Month: November 2005

(Via Claire Wolfe) The dominos of modern criminal science just keep falling. First, we find out that fingerprints may not be a reliable identifier, now…

Our politicians at the Federal level apparently want to prove that they will not lag behind the State of NC in graft.

Never let it be said that North Carolina doesn’t havethe best politicians money can buy.

A lot of us think of Thanksgiving as a time to eat too much, take a couple of days off work, watch football on TV…

Yes, the Carnival of Cordite #39 is up at Resistance is Futile!. Once again, Gullyborg has all sorts of gunny goodness and this time, some…

(Via Drudge) An Ohio judge has sentenced a woman who abandoned cats in a local park to 14 days in jail. Oh, and a night…

(Via the GeekWithA.45) Me, I’m Maximus. You scored as Maximus. After his family was murdered by the evil emperor Commodus, the great Roman general Maximus…

Wired reporter Bruce Schneier has this interesting piece on the Sony BMG music rootkit fiasco. It’s interesting to see how long this thing was floating…

(Via Jerry Pournelle) Benjamin Barton of the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) College of Law has written an essay (abstract and full paper available here) examining…

Now this gentleman is a reloader!

Wendy McElroy, writing for FOXNews, explores gun rights and gun ownership from a feminine perspective. Very interesting and chocked full of facts on gun ownership…

News.com is reporting that Sony has decided to do the right thing and recall their copy protection-infested music CDs. Of course, this is after several…

A Veteran’s Day special edition of the Carnival of Cordite awaits you here. You gotta love that picture of Patton.

(From FreedomSight) You gotta be kidding. Me?! You scored as Special Ops. Special ops. Your sneaky, tactful, and a loner. You prefer to do your…

I need to remind you that Saturday is Get out there and buy a 100 rounds. Send a message.

(Noted on TimeBomb 2000) USATODAY notes that we have A ‘fiscal hurricane’ on the horizon. Pithy quotes include: “We face a demographic tsunami” that “will…

Well, not the whole weekend, but a goodly portion of it at any rate. As I mentioned earlier, Friday was a trip to the range…

One of the things I love about being a geek is that other geeks are interested in the most fascinating things. Like survivalism. Oh, they…

God save the French from failure, is all I can say. Overnight, the number of car-torchings “— a barometer of the unrest ” dropped sharply,…

(Via Drudge) I’ve been watching the “bird flu” story with a cross of interest and amusement. Interest because it is important from a survivalist point…

News.com is reporting two pieces of good news on the Sony rootkit copy protection scheme from Hell story: Sony has decided that making its customer’s…

Whether you call it Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Veterans day… Thank you, veterans. Now, I’m off to take my father, late of the 27th…

I’m sure all you gunnies have heard that the bliss ninnie majority in San Francisco have approved a ballot initiative (Preparation Proposition H) that bans…

The story about Sony BMG music CDs installing software disguised with a rootkit has been buzzing around the Internet for a week or two now.…

Have you ever felt that your workday, maybe even your life, was experienced in small fragments? Worse yet, every time you try to “get something…

I’ve been catching up on Fred Reed’s columns. Fred’s always a good read, but this one on PMS is better than average. Ducking and weaving,…

The French government has declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew after 12 nights of rioting and burning. Let me explain this to…

I’ve commented before that I don’t watch much TV. However, if this concept works out for CBS and NBC, I think other networks will be…

OK, I’m late to the party, like usual. I didn’t see Firefly on TV, and I wasn’t one of the first in line to see…

Gullyborg has again blessed us with a new Carnival of Cordite, this week featuring small furry creatures with guns. I’m not kidding. Also, while Gullyborg…