Year: 2006

Now here’s a headline that belongs in the “Who’d a thunk it?” files: N.C. most wanted lists filling with suspected illegal immigrants Hispanics represent more…

Because, as Mr. Lion says, it’s fun. I remember a certain Corvette with a non-stock engine and a nitrous bottle…or a ’69 Camaro with a…

Claire Wolfe has a new and improved version of the old tale of the Ant and the Grasshopper. I’ve been thinking along these lines for…

The Sentencing Project (yeah, I know, it’s a somewhat suspect source) is reporting that Methamphetamine use is rare in most of the United States, not…

I found this product mentioned on Timebomb 2000: The FIFO Systems Food Storage Rack During the discussion of this product, several folks noted that it…

Writing on the subject of justice in the United States, McElroy pulls together two seemingly unlikely incidents–Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s alleged assault on a police officer…

Whatever. The Second Amendment Foundation reports that a California Superior Court has tossed out the SF handgun ban. Expected, but welcome news nonetheless. How many…

And it looks like Jews For the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO) has pushed over that line. A number of individuals and companies who have…

(Via WorldNet Daily) Rejecting an argument being made by some conservatives in his own party, President Bush said Thursday that the idea that the United…

I’m not belittling this–killing this so-and-so is a major achievement, and everyone involved deserves our thanks. There’s a couple less cockroaches on the face of…

You may place Dr. James H. Johnson Jr., director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the University of North Carolina’’s Kenan-Flagler Business School; and…

Military families are being encouraged to “load up their pantries” as the Defense Commissary Agency launches an awareness campaign encouraging military families to keep nonperishable…

New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley has apparently decided that a Federal investigation isn’t something he’s interested in being a part of. The following it…

So President Bush had decided to support a Constitutional amendment that defines marriage as the union of a single man and a single woman. Leaving…

The Second Amendment Foundation is publicizing a radio interview with current New Orleans Police Superintendent Warren Riley where he notes “During an exigent circumstance like…

So how long will we continue to delude ourselves with this “religion of peace” business? Canada Police Use Sting in Terror Arrests (link via Drudge)…

World Powers Reach Agreement Over Iran Nuclear Program Leaving aside quibbles over wording (it should say “Iranian”, morons), the short version of this story is…

It would seem that Mrs. Freeholder’s desires are going to be met–we’re packing up and moving out to new digs. And soon–we have to close…

Of this week’s Carnival of Cordite. It’s chocked full of Gullyborg’s usual gunny goodies. Be sure to read this particular story, which should leave you…

Over the years, a number of special laws have been enacted to protect whistleblowers–people who expose wrongdoing where they work. This was done as a…

The Federal government has conceded the fact that the Spanish-American War is over–and paid for. Of course, you realize that either another tax will be…

Well, it seems when one of their own, no matter what party, gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, all our Congresscreatures get…

(This post was prompted by this thread on TB2K along with other readings in recent months.) If you’ve attended business school in that last 15-20…

A corrupt politician, and from Louisiana at that. I’m shocked, shocked I tell you!

I’ll be taking Daughter to the Nickelback concert in Raleigh, NC on Sept. 3. This is her first concert. The last one I went to…

In the continuing battle to protect our freedom, we’ve gotten a win: A prominent Republican in the U.S. Congress has backed away from plans to…

I haven’t had a chance to read it myself, so you’re on your own. Go read.

The fall of the Roman Empire occurred after Emperor Valens opened Rome’s borders in 376 A.D. By 476 A.D., Rome vanished after it allowed the…

Free Market News has a piece on how the various Alphabet Soup agencies can creatively use the data they have on us in a data…

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