Month: February 2006

Illegal immigrants’ children costing N.C. more The cost of educating children of illegal immigrants in North Carolina is more than 20 times what it was…

I’ve had times when I didn’t have anything I felt like blogging about, now I don’t have the time to blog a number of interesting…

The 49th Carnival of Cordite is over at Resistance is futile!. (You of course recognize that next week is the 50th Carnival. Do you suppose…

(Via The High Road) The headline reads: Jury clears homeowner who took cop for intruder A jury took less than 30 minutes to determine a…

I’ve been a fan of S.M. Stirling since I read his Draka works. But in Dies The Fire, the man quite simply outdoes himself. This…

I’ve babbled on enough on this week’s hears on the BATF-Richmond Showmasters gun show hearings of this week. I thought you might want to read…

The Carnival of Cordite #48 is up at RWVA. Cabinboy has done an excellent job, even dredging up one of my old blog entries to…

(Via Heartless Libertarian) I won’t sully this with my thoughts. Go read.

(Via the Captain’s Quarters) Well, it seems our neighbors to the north have realized that their billion dollar (Canadian, I suppose) gun registration scheme isn’t…

GuyK at Charming, Just Charming has 27 thoughts for you to ponder. I’d swear I’ve seen/heard these before, but they’re too good to miss. My…

The BATF hearings before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security took place yesterday, as advertised. Reports are that very few…

I was checking the stats today, and I note that I had a visitor from the University of Oregon, no doubt drawn by this post.…

(Via TB2K) OK, it’s a tearjerker. Go watch it anyway. If you’re curious, here’s the backstory.

As noted a few days ago, there will be congressional hearing on the BATF Richmond, VA/Showmasters gun show hoopla from last year. The Free Market…

Gullyborg was a little late getting the Carnival up this week. Click here to see why, after removing everything breakable from easy reach. “Illegal aliens”…

You have to love it when a US Court of Appeals has the following to say to the ATF on the subject of their jihad…

News.com reports that TheAnonymousEmail.com, a service that provides anonymous email (duh), is suing the Federal government in order to have the portion of the Violence…

As part of a grand jury investigation that’s still secret, the Justice Department asked a federal magistrate judge to approve monitoring of an unnamed person’s…

It seems that Ithaca may be returning to life. The company has new owners, a new web site and has moved to a new location.…

(Via The High Road) The gunnies among us remember last year’s little go-round at the Richmond Showmaster’s gun show (Lord knowsI blogged about it enough.)…

Big White Guy reports thatHong Kong is going to eliminate the ownership of private poultry (more or less) as a way of stopping avian influenza.…

(Via No Quarters) ” Arbeit Mach Frei” Translation: “Work will set you free”. These were the words the Nazis posted in iron at Dachau, where…

I didn’t know that today is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birthday. Cool.

I’ve ran into the name Theodore Dalrymple in several places around the Internet, in particular at City Journal (which, BTW, is a pretty interesting site…

Those who pay attention to such things have long noted that the US auto industry isn’t what it used to be. Foreign competition, poor business…

(Via WorldNet Daily) Long-time readers know that the ATF isn’t my favorite Federal government agency. It’s not that I hate them, per se, I just…

Wired is reporting a possible test for Alzheimer’s Disease. While still in it’s early stages, the test looks for amyloid plaques in the eye, which…

(Via The Smallest Minority) Create your own motivational poster! Hours of fun! Impress your friends! Hang them at work! Or just observe his efforts. I’m…

Take pity on poor Gullyborg. who’s having his time and soul eaten. (I wonder what it feels like to have your soul eaten?) However, in…