Can You Dig It?

During my most recent vacation, I visited some Indian mounds and historical sites in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.  At one of the sites, Carson Mounds in Mississippi, archaeologists had done some excavating, and marked their findings with various small flags.

The archaeologist in charge of the site said that he was accepting volunteers for this summer's continued digging, but since I live over a thousand miles away, I won't be lending my hand to the project.

This is also a test post, in an effort to become familiar with the picture-posting capabilities of Blogspot.  Left click on the picture, or right click and open it in a new window, to see it in a larger size.

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A Few Links

Back during my time at AndRightlySo, I would rather frequently make links posts, adopting the practice from the blog's other authors.  Instead a specific topic, we would direct the reader to a variety of things in the news, or maybe to other blogs offering their commentary on recent events.  To continue that tradition here at Bigfoot's Place, it's time for me to run around the Internet, and see what's out there.

From the Daily Mail, a seventy-year old British fighter plane from World War II has been found preserved in the Sahara Desert.  (H/T Apache Clips)

From Reuters, the Chinese government says that firms operating in China must hire more Chinese citizens.

From CNS News, President Obama has formed an interagency natural gas council, to be run by La Raza veteran Cecilia Munoz.

From Concervative Blogs Central, Mitt Romney opposes gay marriage, but favors allowing gay couples to adopt chidren.

From Boot Berryism, Republicans in Arkansas are preparing a welcome reception for George Bush.  This George Bush, however, is not a former president.

From the USA Today, it's Great Britain's newest weatherman, Prince Charles.

From Yahoo News, a family is pulled off a Jet Blue flight because one of them was thought to be on a "no fly" list - an 18-month-old girl.

From PJ Media, welcome to the New Reset Order.

From the Washington Free Beacon, a $100,000 Fisker Karma electric car bursts into flames.  (H/T Director Blue)

From Fox News, a Minnesota couple reported forced their daughter to shave her head and wear diapers, because of bad grades.

And to finish off, from the Roanoke Times, anyone hanging around my alma mater tomorrow had better be on their best behavior, or they just might meet some Secret Service agents, who are there to accompany the commencement speaker.

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Maryland Budget Deal Includes Tax Increases

As reported by WBAL, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley (D) and the state legislature (both houses D-majority) have reached a deal that will raise state income taxes on people making over $100,000 per year, raise taxes on some cigars, and move the costs of teacher pensions from the state to county governments.  From WBAL:

O'Malley, also a Democrat, says a "balanced approach" to the state's finances is necessary and that balancing the budget solely through cuts would "harm all of us."

The income tax increases would affect about 16 percent of Marylanders. They would kick in for individuals making $100,000 or more or households making $150,000.

Maryland residents pay income taxes to the state government, and also to our county or (in some places) city government.  Both are figured out on a single income tax form.  The county and city tax rates vary from one to the next.

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Lugar Loses

Six-term Senator Dick Lugar has been projected to lose the Indiana Republican primary to Richard Mourdock, currently the state's Treasurer.  He follows former Senators Robert Bennett (R-UT) and Arlen Specter (D-PA), who lost their seats in 2010.  From the Washington Post:

Results early Tuesday night showed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock leading the six-term senator 61 percent to 39 percent with 40 percent of precincts reporting. The Associated Press has called the race for Mourdock.

Mourdock now becomes the GOP standard-bearer in a state where Republicans have a built-in advantage. But his nomination also opens the door a crack to Rep. Joe Donnelly, a Democrat whose chances improve now that he doesn’t have to face the more moderate longtime incumbent.

Also reporting on the Indiana senatorial primary is Fox News.

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Hello Again

Hello out there.  It's been awhile since I've put anything onto the web, other than 140-character blurbs over at Twitter.  Starting in 2008 and continuing through most of 2011, I was one of the contributors to a blog called AndRightlySo, which sadly became one of those good things that came to an end.

Now that I'm starting up in a new place, it's going to take some time, and maybe some trial and error, to figure my way around the Blogspot format.  When I joined AndRightlySo, the blog had been around for several years.  Its format and layout had been determined long before taking in yours truly, so all I had to do was figure out how to post using the html editor.  With this new blog, on the other hand, I must do all that for myself.  But with time, I hope to have things worked out.  So let me start out with some music, courtesy of YouTube.

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