Year: 2006

(Link via The Mountain Man.) It’s hardly news that the generation that grew up during the Great Depression and fought and won World War II…

The Carnival of Cordite #68 is up, full of Chicks With Guns (it seems like we’re stuck on that one, somehow), guns, gun pr0n, guns,…

That’s what blogger Josh Wolf is telling the Federal government. Josh is a video blogger, and during one of his outings with a camera (at…

Officers were dispatched to a break-in in progress call on Dearborn Drive (in Durham, NC–FH) at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday. When they arrived, the residents told…

News.com reports that there is a large underground movement in China dedicated to the fast translation of American TV programs, which are then distributed by…

(Via Timebomb 2000) Bystanders Save Boy, 3, From Pond Drowning But wait, you say, that’s good news! Well, you’re right, then again, you aren’t. The…

It’s been a while since I’ve done anything about guns, and this picture in one of the local papers is too good to pass up.…

(Via Drudge) Police in Orlando, Fla., are searching for the drivers of three vehicles who ran over a pedestrian early Monday and did not stop…

You’d think that a piece of antivirus/anti-spyware software, offered for free by a big-name ISP, would be a welcome development. After all, it’s the experience…

If you’ve been around the Internet a while, you may remember a piece of advice that goes something like “Never post/email/IM/blog/make a web page/or in…

(Via Drudge) Most often, miscarriages of justice in our country are rare and rarely reported. However, in the case of the Duke lacrosse players accused…

(Via Drudge) Once again, bloggers (along with a number of professional photographers) have caught the legacy media in a blatant lie. Since the truth doesn’t…

Yes, I think we shall. Much on the anti-gun crowd (talk about “shooting fish in a barrel”, so to speak), much gun news and a…

Claire Wolfe seems to have a problem with outfits like Blackwater, who specialize in providing security in high-risk environments. I find this a bit odd,…

One thing that has become abundantly clear to me about The Freehold V2–I don’t know the neighborhood as well as I did around The Freehold…

It’s been a while since I did a quotation. Today’s Patriot Post has one that is too good to ignore: Those who would trade our…

A bit of background: During a recent festival at the North Carolina coast, the State’s Ports Authority made a ferry available to host a party…

(Via Drudge) “I don’t know how I ever got a Nobel Peace Prize…” says Nobel Peace Prize laureate Betty Williams, an Irish poet. Neither do…

I’ve been in “not posting mode” for long enough that a lot of the things I was watching have progressed so far that I’ll never…

(Via TB2K) Extreme Instability is the website of storm chaser/photographer Mike Hollingshead. As art, I think the stuff is fantastic (even if it does need…

And still moving, unfortunately. After 10 days of effort, the Freehold V2 is beginning to take a recognizable form. There are still boxes and piles…

I just wanted to file one more report from The Freehold V1 before packing up the computer. Tomorrow at 9 AM, the professional movers show…

The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in…

Of two homes. Yes, yesterday was closing day for The Freehold v2. Pretty frightening, when you watch all of that money that has come into…

(Via Drudge) Im usually encouraged by news of people trying to prepare themselves for bad times, but this is so asinine that I can’t do…

This is too weird. Last night at the supper table, Daughter and I had a discussion centering around the NSA actions in tapping phone calls,…

According to News.com, NASA is planning a competition where companies will design and build a new generation of spacecraft, which NASA will then lease. The…

The Carnival is up (well, actually, it’s been up for a while now, but with the big move going on, I’m behind) at Spank the…

(Via No Quarters) Because if you do, some smart fellow may put your sorry, no-good behind on the Internet so that you can face the…

(Found on Timebomb 2000) Scout snipers from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment killed an enemy sniper and recovered a Marine sniper rifle lost nearly two…