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Year: 2007

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On charity

Reading yesterday’s Merry Christmas greetings, it occurs to me that some of you may think I’ve went all mushy for the holiday season, or worse,…

December 26, 2007February 13, 2021
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Merry Christmas

I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from the Freehold South. I was a little worried about just how much Christmas it could be,…

December 25, 2007February 15, 2021
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Why we don’t allow Liberals/Progressives/Whatevers to write Christmas stories

(Found on the local newspapers’ website, which must remain nameless for OpSec.) “A Charlie Brown Holiday”: Charlie Brown is tasked with directing the play for…

December 25, 2007February 13, 2021
Greetings from the Freehold South
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Greetings from the Freehold South

I won’t bore you (much) with the details of a family vacation. If you’ve ever traveled, you know what that’s like. Interstates, rest stops and…

December 24, 2007February 15, 2021
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Heading South

The Family Freeholder is heading south toward a warmer clime and the House of the Mouse, among other attractions. Time and Wi-Fi access permitting, I’m…

December 21, 2007February 15, 2021
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Ammo prices got you down?

(Found on The High Road) If you shoot, you’ve probably been wondering if ammo prices will ever stop rising. gun-deals.com can’t make them stop rising,…

December 20, 2007February 15, 2021
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First Flight

Today is the anniversary of the first flight of the Douglas DC-3, the plane that popularized commercial flight. If you’re interested in my favorite DC-3…

December 17, 2007February 15, 2021
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How to hurt the nannies?

Make ’em pay: Officials in a Northern California school district might not think Tiggers are such wonderful things after agreeing to pay $95,000 in lawyers’…

December 17, 2007February 15, 2021
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“…absolutely nothing illegal…”

(Via the Drudge Report) “Reverend” Al Sharpton is reportedly on an FBI videotape cutting a deal with a fundraiser in a New York hotel room.…

December 16, 2007February 15, 2021
Way to go, Joe
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Way to go, Joe

Joe Namath, who won a national championship with the Crimson Tide in 1964 but quit school before going on to become a pro football great,…

December 16, 2007February 13, 2021
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Read this book

(Via Gun Talk) I have to listen to Gun Talk via podcast, since no radio station here will dare to carry a show about *gasp*…

December 13, 2007February 13, 2021
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What a wimp

(Via the Drudge Report) State police say a teacher at Booth Free School barricaded herself in a classroom Wednesday when she mistook someone singing a…

December 13, 2007February 13, 2021
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High geekery–Time Nuts

OK, this gets a 9.0 on the WayCool-o-Meter. Amateur Time Hackers Play With Atomic Clocks at Home Be sure to catch Part 2 when it…

December 11, 2007February 15, 2021
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Santa Claus, data thief

Well, sort of. At least it’s nice to know that other countries have people who are fully as stupid as some of our citizens. Santa…

December 11, 2007February 13, 2021
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Something you’re not going to see a lot of in the Lame-stream Media

I haven’t blogged much about the recent spate of shootings. Others, such as Say Uncle, Michael Bane and others have been there since the beginning,…

December 11, 2007February 13, 2021
December 7, 1941
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December 7, 1941

“…a date which will live in infamy…” Today, we remember the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Click the link and then just sit there. Turn the…

December 7, 2007February 15, 2021
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Absolutely and utterly NSFW

(Found on Timebomb 2000) And if you click on it, you might want to cover your keyboard, too.

December 7, 2007February 15, 2021
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Tragedy compounding tragedy

John Lott hits it out of the park: A Google news search using the phrase “Omaha Mall Shooting” finds an incredible 2,794 news stories worldwide…

December 6, 2007February 13, 2021
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DVD sales are off

Hollyweird is worried that sales of DVD movies are tanking. As a public service, The Freeholder will enlighten you Hollyweirdos on why this is happening.…

December 4, 2007February 15, 2021
Warm and cozy
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Warm and cozy

One of the reasons that Mrs. Freeholder and I were able to agree on this particular house to be The Freehold v2 was the existence…

December 4, 2007February 13, 2021
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Didja ever hear the one…

About the mule between two bales of hay? He was so dumbfounded over his choice, he starved to death. It would seem the eco-idiots are…

December 1, 2007February 15, 2021
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Was Ben Franklin wrong?

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” So sayeth Benjamin Franklin, at least. However, the eco-fools who work for…

November 30, 2007February 13, 2021
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Damn speculators

Will someone explain to me how a pipeline fire justifies a run-up in the price of crude oil? Yeah, yeah, I know the argument that…

November 29, 2007February 15, 2021
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Now there’s an idea…

A 400-year-old book covered in a sheet of wrinkled human skin is going under the hammer in a bizarre auction. Now, believe it or not,…

November 29, 2007February 13, 2021
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Sometimes progress…isn’t

OK, time for some computer geekery, and a little helpful advice from The Freeholder. Long-time readers know that I work in the computer industry, doing…

November 27, 2007February 13, 2021
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Brother, can you spare a dime

OK, fellow gunnies, time to put our money where our mouth is. Everyone knows that Heller v. DC has made it to the Supreme Court.…

November 25, 2007February 15, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving
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Happy Thanksgiving

I hope that you too are free from want.

November 22, 2007February 15, 2021
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And here we go

Boys and girls, for better or worse, we’ve gotten what we’ve asked for–SCOTUS has granted cert on Heller v. DC. This is a high stakes…

November 21, 2007February 15, 2021
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What’s that music I hear?

(Via the Drudge Report) It might be the Fat Lady singing: When Tom Brokaw, an old-time mainstream media figure in his own right, says he…

November 20, 2007February 13, 2021
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Rednecks

I had to do some research for a web forum reply to someone concerning the use of the term “redneck”. Luckily, I remembered these three…

November 18, 2007February 13, 2021

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