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Month: January 2005

Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Well that didn’t take long

(Via WorldNet Daily) WARNING: GEEK ALERT! Cryptographers unlock code of ‘thiefproof’ car key Matthew Green starts his 2005 Ford Escape with a duplicate key he…

January 30, 2005February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Iraqi election a disaster

At least if you’re a member of the boot-licking Liberal Left Mainstream Media: CNN: Iraqis vote amid violence Insurgents carried out more than a dozen…

January 30, 2005February 15, 2021
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Another bombing in Spain

A bomb exploded Sunday in a Mediterranean resort hotel in southeast Spain after a telephone warning from the Basque separatist group ETA, Interior Ministry officials…

January 30, 2005February 15, 2021
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Bloggus is still sorta interruptus

Loyal Readers will remember that life here at The Freehold has, well, been forcibly reorganized due to the medical and other needs of an aging…

January 28, 2005February 15, 2021
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Damn.

Johnny Carson is dead at 79. Damn. Damn, Damn, DAMN! I started watching “The Carson Show” when I was a teenager, probably around 14. Then,…

January 23, 2005February 15, 2021
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Say it ain’t so!

For many years, one of the eco-whatevers big issues has been to force us gas-guzzling unwashed off our vehicles and onto public (government supported, paid…

January 23, 2005February 13, 2021
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Who says civilians don’t need automatic weapons?

(Via The High Road) You think only the military should have this much fun? Oh, and where to buy…

January 22, 2005February 13, 2021
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Third World politics at their best

(Via Jerry Pournelle) Did you happen to catch President Bush’s inaugural speech? Very inspiring, especially the part about spreading freedom and democracy. The nice thing…

January 21, 2005February 13, 2021
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Neal Knox, RIP

For readers of the Shotgun News, Neal Knox’s column was a wealth of information on the continual fight to protect the Second Amendment. It was…

January 19, 2005February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Dude!

(Via Frugal’s Forums) Proof that gun bans can’t work. You have to love American ingenuity.

January 17, 2005February 15, 2021
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Big time Blogus interruptus

My few daily visitors will note I haven’t posted for a week. Pardon the abrupt disappearance, but I’ve been dealing with the medical issues of…

January 16, 2005February 15, 2021
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But I’m Sure She Knew Nothing About It

(Via Drudge) Hillary Clinton’s Former Campaign Finance Director Indicted And her husband did not have sex with “that woman”.

January 8, 2005February 15, 2021
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Long forgotten events

Today’s email bears the treasure of knowledge. NCSouth sends this note on the War For Southern Independence, “The battle at Yadkin River” (odd capitalization is…

January 8, 2005February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

A Founding Father’s words of hope

You know, lately the news hasn’t been all that great. Besides the tremendous damage and death in Asia, there has been increasing terrorist activity in…

January 8, 2005February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Noted, if just for the humor

I was perusing the TLB Ecosystem list, and ran into a blog called California Patriot Watch. If you want to see the future of the…

January 7, 2005February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Greeting some visitors

I was looking at the stats, and noticed I’ve had visitors from usmc.mil and army.mil. Cool! Welcome to my little bit o’ the blogosphere. Come…

January 7, 2005February 15, 2021
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And while we’re on the subject of dictionaries

The Barking Moonbat Early Warning System has 16 new words for us to add to our dictionaries if not vocabularies. Number 3, cashtration, I find…

January 7, 2005February 15, 2021
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The Urban Dictionary

Dean Esmay has found a wonderful resource for those of us who are terminally unhip, over 40 or who have teenagers (I unfortunately fit in…

January 7, 2005February 13, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Shaking my head…

and mumbling about just how much my job stinks. These guys have a great job…

January 4, 2005February 13, 2021
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Frank Kelly Freas, RIP

(Via Jerry Pournelle) Frank Kelly Freas, a long time friend and associate and the dean of science fiction illustrators, died peacefully in his sleep at…

January 4, 2005February 15, 2021
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Has Congress Created ‘Federal Police Power’?

Today must be the day for such thoughts… FOXNews writer Kelley Beaucar Vlahos has an excellent essay on the growth in the number of “federal…

January 2, 2005February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Beginning the American Gulag?

(Via Drudge) Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects This is a worrisome development. What happens when the definition of “terrorist” changes? We were warned, shortly…

January 2, 2005February 15, 2021
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Shaking my head…

and walking from the room, mumbling to myself… House in Hamptons sells for $45 million (Via WorldNet Daily)

January 1, 2005February 13, 2021
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Another one bites the dust

(Via WorldNet Daily) We really have to do something about marksmanship in this country… A homeowner fought back Thursday morning after her teenage nephew was…

January 1, 2005February 15, 2021
Tryin' to reason with hurricane season

Prognostications for 2005

Given I have the necessary qualifications as a professional psychic (a pulse, blood pressure and a positive IQ), I thought I’d enlighten my faithful readers…

January 1, 2005February 13, 2021

Blogroll

  • 357 Magnum
  • Bayou Renaissance Man
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  • Eric Peters Autos
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Prepping

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Gear

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Economics

  • Armstrong Economics
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  • Fed Watch
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Mises Institute
  • Of Two Minds
  • Shadow Stats
  • The Collaborative Fund Blog
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Guns

  • AIM Surplus
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  • Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network
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  • CDNN Sports
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  • Dillon Precision
  • EEzox
  • EOTech
  • Forgotten Weapons
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  • Hornady
  • Joe Bob Outfitters
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  • National Rifle Association
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  • Of Arms and the Law
  • Powder Valley
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Training

  • Active Response Training
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Ham Radio

  • Alinco
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  • BITX Transceivers
  • Eagle Antennas
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  • Eham
  • Elecraft
  • EQSL
  • FlexRadio
  • Ham Radio Answers
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  • HF Propagation & Solar Data
  • HF Underground
  • Icom
  • ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast
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  • Kenwood
  • Logbook of the World
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  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Yaesu

The Law

  • Likelihood of Confusion
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  • The Shooters’ Bar

Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
  • AlertsUSA
  • American Partisan
  • Downdetector
  • FlightAware
  • Forward Observer
  • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Marine Traffic
  • Michael Yon
  • poweroutage.us
  • Project Gutenburg
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
  • The Watchers
  • Threat Journal
  • Waterwatch
  • ZeroHedge

YouTube Channels

  • blancolirio
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  • Corporal’s Corner
  • Cowboy Kent Rollins
  • Essential Craftsman
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • jehugarcia
  • John Daniel
  • Kyle Noseworthy
  • Lucky Gunner Ammo
  • Paul Shinn
  • Project Farm
  • Rob Braxman Tech
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  • Tier 1 Citizen
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  • The History Guy
  • The Wolfe Pit
  • Triggered!

Other Viewpoints

  • 99% Invisible
  • The Automatic Earth
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  • James Howard Kunstler

Absent Friends

  • Bad Eagle (Link to Wayback Machine)
  • Chaos Manor (Dr. Jerry Pournelle) (RIP)
  • Freedomsight (On hiatus)
  • Our Rhodesian Heritage (Status Unknown)
  • Says Uncle (On hiatus)
  • SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE and other things (RIP)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars (Off The Air)
  • Standing Outside Looking In (Status Unknown)
  • Thunder Tales (RIP)
  • Weaponsman (RIP)
  • The Whited Sepulchre (RIP)
  • The Woodpile Report (RIP)

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