Year: 2006
Pity the Poor DA…
NOT! Not only is Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong in hot water with the NC Bar Association, but nowthe North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys…
Sic Semper Tyrannis
The state motto of Virgina applies equally to this: Saddam Hussein’s Brutal Reign Ends in the Gallows We can argue for days on whether we…
Say What?
(Via Publicola) This may fit in the category of “Christmas Miracles”–NPR (yes, National Public Radio) has done a story on the 100th anniversary of the…
This is not your normal cheery Christmas fare
(Via The Smallest Minority) Peggy Noonan has, as she is in the habit of doing, hit another one out of the park–and it isn’t even…
Merry Christmas
Here’s wishing you all a Merry Christmas. I hope you all have a warm, dry place to sleep and good food to eat. But remember…
A quickie
This is a quick post before I take a perfectly good day and ruin it by going out into the pre-Chirstmas shopping lunacy… I’m killing…
Storing batteries
I was Googling around for information about battery storage, in particular the long-term storage of Ni-MH and Ni-Cad batteries, and I found this Battery Storage…
I’m flattered, I think
OK, so I’m trolling through the referrers log on Site Meter, and this one catches my eye: http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geuq5mKIhFo3cBcYFXNyoA?p=free%20web%20sites%20for%20people%20looking%20for%20sex%20in%20north%20carolina&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-405&x=wrt Yes, the search text is “free web…
An afternoon at the range
It’s been too long since the Family Freeholder went to the range. With moving, football season and so on, time has been at a premium…
Let me guess–this clown is going to run for President, right?
News.com reports Senator John McCain (RINO-Manchuria) is proposing a law that will levy a $300,000 fine (plus, one must assume, prison time) for any webmaster…
Lest we forget
Today is the anniversary the beginning of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II–The Battle of the Bulge. Over 160,000 casualties were incurred…
Picture? I don’t see any picture.
OK, not all cops are bad. Stipulated. However, enough are that we always need bear in mind that it happens. In that spirit, Claire Wolfe…
Speaking of political correctness
In researching the piece below, I ran across this: The 10 least politically correct movies ever I own 6 of them. How many do you…
A modest proposal
(With apologies to Jonathan Swift.) I’ve often said I do my best thinking in the shower. (Sorry for that visual, those of who who know…
Three-peat!
Or as they say, “Once more with feeling!” The Bulldogs won 13-7 over an excellent opponent, James Kenan High School, at Kenan Stadium at UNC-Chapel…
For your consideration
This talk by Dmitry Orlov, “Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: the USSR was better prepared for peak oil than the US“, has been getting considerable play…
Virtual Firefly
Browncoats rejoice! Firefly is coming to the Internet as a massively multiplayer online game. Shiny! Unfortunately, we’re going to have to wait until 2008 to…
From the “Clueless on the Hill Department”
New York Democrat Charles E. Schumer and Arizona Republican John McCain, in a press release, said they planned to introduce a bill at the beginning…
HP settles with California
News.com reports that HP “will pay $14.5 million to settle civil charges related to the company’s now infamous spy scandal“. This is the same State…
Cool tech toy
If you live in an area where public Wi-Fi hotspots are available, check out the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Browser, VOIP, IM, music and video…
Time passes
(Recommended by The Mountain Man) People tend to mark the passage of time by remembering events of the past–“It was the last year we had…
For your consideration…
This essay by Orson Scott Card is mentioned in The Smallest Minority linked below. I’ve just read it and I think you should do the…
Unintended Consequences
The Smallest Minority has this excellent piece on the continuing militarization of our police. Especially interesting is the Cato Institute map of “Botched Paramilitary Police…
Got a cellphone? You may have a bug as well.
(Via Ars Technica) I’ve seen the idea that your cell phone could be eavesdropping on you in novels and around the Internet, but I’ve been…
Interesting…
(Via Chaos Manor) You know, if they could live up to it, these people wouldn’t be the worst neighbors you could have. Their manifesto (stop…
Making a better nail
(Via Chaos Manor) If you want a better nail, this guy has it. I know one thing–for $15, if I was building a house, these…
Lies, Damn Lies and campaign promises
It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement all…
Fighting the flu
Joining numerous other levels of government, my home state of North Carolina is waving its arms about over the inevitable flu pandemic. (Mistake #1–assuming it…