Talk about special deliveries — geologists generally agree that more than 95% of the gold deposits discovered on our planet are residual results of collisions with gold-carrying asteroids.

Herbert Hoover was the first U.S. president to be born west of the Mississippi River.

Preparers of gourmet foods recommend that one never peel off the skins of mushrooms prior to (or after) cooking. I located no recommendations for preparing toad stools.

Certain fires are difficult to extinguish. (I am not referring to old love affairs.) I humbly offer in evidence: A tire inferno blazed and smoldered for more than 9 months in Mountain Falls, Virginia. The 1983 fiasco polluted with a smoke plume sometimes 50 miles in length and severely contaminated nearby soils with arsenic and lead. A focused soil cleanup lasted for 19 years. However, many local residents have expressed concerns that their homelands shall never again be free of contamination.

A few species of marine cone snails are so poisonous that they can kill a person with a single venom injection. The hollow tooth used by the mollusk is propelled forward with such force that it can even penetrate rubber wet suits. At least 30 human deaths have been attributed to encounters with the attractively colored, but very dangerous cone snails.

Some medical patients forget to take prescribed pills as scheduled (especially old geezers like me). Dr. George Savage has pioneered what may soon be a boon for those who are “memory-challenged.” After seven years of development, he and some colleagues are ready to market tablet and capsule medications designed to send small electrical signals to a receptor patch on a patient’s skin. That receptor can wirelessly relay information to a doctor’s office, etc. each time a pill first reacts with normal stomach acid. This advancement should allow medical personnel to remotely monitor a patient’s scheduled intakes and appropriately respond.

University and high school classroom supervisors can now use a handheld device ($499) that sniffs out even small cellphone signals (e.g., texts) from as far as 100 feet. The expressed intent has been to reveal attempts at cheating on exams. However, those in charge of prisons and corporate/industrial trade secrets are likely two additional consumer populations.

A recent study indicates that approximately 12 out of 100 American men snore “loudly” as they sleep. “Loudly” was not clearly defined, so I am clearly off the hook. Have a great week. 

Starting Dec. 3, sportsmen have the opportunity to voice their thoughts online on a list of Oklahoma hunting and fishing related rule change proposals.

Most notable is a proposal to change the structure of the combined season deer harvest limit to include no more than two antlered deer, with only one antlered deer allowed during deer muzzleloader and gun seasons combined. Another proposal would prohibit transporting live bait from one body of water to another in the state.

"This public comment period is an important opportunity to comment on items that could lead to changes in our hunting and fishing regulations," said Nels Rodefeld, information and education chief for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. "We feel strongly that our constituents should have every chance to provide their comments, which is why we are providing an online comment form for those wanting to be heard on these specific subjects. We encourage you to provide your comments through wildlifedepartment.com anytime during the open comment period."

To view a complete listing of proposed rule changes or to complete an online comment form, log on to wildlifedepartment.com beginning Dec. 3. The online comment period will remain open until 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2013.

If comments cannot be made online, written comments will be accepted by mail until Jan. 11, 2013, at the Wildlife Department’s main office in Oklahoma City (P.O. Box 53465, OKC, OK 73152).

The Wildlife Department also will be hosting a public hearing on proposed rule changes at 7 p.m., Jan. 8 at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation headquarters auditorium in Oklahoma City (1801 N. Lincoln Blvd).

Breitbart has posted a very significant interview with Oklahoma’s Sen. Inhofe. 

Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.) says, “This [Benghazi] is going to go down as the biggest cover-up in history, They all knew it, they were all hoping it’d go away.

Tulsa Today questioned weeks ago “What kind of America could watch American Heroes under fire for seven hours, not only refusing to send aid, but telling military and CIA officials to “stand down?” 

The answer, which we believe our regular readers knew immediately, is no honorable American – only Barack Hussein Obama who, with deliberate malice and forethought, then mislead the American people three weeks before his reelection contest because the event did not align with his ideology and foreign policy narrative.  And four Americans were killed?  Yes, this is bigger than Watergate, Monica-gate or any other impeachment offense ever considered by Congress. 

The blood on Obama’s hands will not wash.

Click here for the video interview of Senator Inhofe.