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Month: March 2007

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Welcoming the new and improved….

Jim Zumbo. Yes, that’s “Jim Zumbo”, as in the Zumbo Affair. Geek With A .45 is reporting that Jim has written an open letter to…

March 31, 2007February 13, 2021
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The curious case of Derek J. Hale

(Via War Rifles) The family of a former Marine who was given multiple electric shocks and then shot to death by police sued Friday, claiming…

March 29, 2007February 13, 2021
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That hand you feel in your pocket

“No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” This saying is attributed to Gideon J. Tucker, and has been…

March 29, 2007February 13, 2021
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Better and better

North Carolina, already famous as one of the states where it’s easiest for an illegal alien to get a driver’s license, has now set its…

March 29, 2007February 15, 2021
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Here’s a proposal I can get behind

As a Tar Heel (but not a UNC fan, I need to note), I’d like to urge my fellow North Carolinians to write/email/call/fax their state…

March 29, 2007February 15, 2021
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A World Without Oil, anyone?

Many training exercises are based on scenarios. “You arrive home, open the door and are confronted by an intruder. What do you do?” “You’re stopped…

March 28, 2007February 15, 2021
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Failing memory

I can’t remember if I’ve linked the M1 Carbine Notes pdf from ODCMP or not. If I haven’t, here it is, if I have, well,…

March 27, 2007February 15, 2021
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We knew it was a matter of time

(Via War Rifles) As I and many others noted during the Zumbo Affair, it was only a matter of time before the gun grabbers used…

March 26, 2007February 13, 2021
The high cost of sex
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The high cost of sex

Prices for oral contraceptives, or birth control pills, are doubling and tripling at student health centers, the result of a complex change in the Medicaid…

March 23, 2007February 13, 2021
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At some point….

(Via The Drudge Report) At some point, the world is going to realize that Iran will have to be dealt with. Hopefully it won’t be…

March 23, 2007February 15, 2021
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Republicans growing a pair

(Via Drudge) It would seem that the Democrats are not as completely in control of the House of Representatives as they think they are: House…

March 23, 2007February 13, 2021
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Not complaining

Sometimes, it seems like all I do on this blog is rant and rave and complain. Not this time. This time, I want to say…

March 20, 2007February 13, 2021
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*snort*

I can’t figure it this one is funny or sad, but either way, they owe me a keyboard.

March 20, 2007February 15, 2021
The golf cart as a survival vehicle
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The golf cart as a survival vehicle

I can hear you now–“Is this guy smoking crack?” It isn’t big enough, fast enough, can’t carry enough, it runs off batteries, whatever. I’m not…

March 17, 2007February 13, 2021
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OK, so the Bush administration canned 8 US Attorneys. So?

Yeah, the Dummycrats are whining that “Oh, oh, it was politically motivated!” And? US Attorneys are political animals first, attorneys second if ever. It’s the…

March 15, 2007February 13, 2021
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Yeah, baby!

I was feeling so crappy yesterday I had to go to the doctor, and he diagnosed a rampant sinus infection. I came home, slept the…

March 10, 2007February 13, 2021
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Anyone surprised?

(Via Drudge) The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United…

March 9, 2007February 15, 2021
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Busy, busy, busy

Like has gotten hectic, but not so hectic that I don’t have time to put this news from Grass Roots NC in front of you.…

March 8, 2007February 15, 2021
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Not what you need on a Sunday morning

Gun Glut No, not the kind a gunny would like to see–lot of interesting guns at low prices. This is the liberal/progressive/whatever sort of gun…

March 4, 2007February 13, 2021
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Can’t top this one

http://www.survivalblog.com/ has the absolute best post on the “OMIGOD, he had a gazillion rounds of ammunition!” stories coming from California this week. For an extra…

March 3, 2007February 15, 2021
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Things that make you go hm-m-m

I’ve seen the blog Smoke on the Water mentioned around the blogosphere for a long time, but never did I take the time to go…

March 3, 2007February 13, 2021
Get Right With Gaia!
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Get Right With Gaia!

(Via Capitalist Lion) Brothers and Sisters, I have seen the florescent light! I have been washed clean in the bottled waters of carbon neutrality! Iowahawk…

March 3, 2007February 15, 2021

Blogroll

  • 357 Magnum
  • Bayou Renaissance Man
  • Eaton Rapids Joe
  • Eric Peters Autos
  • In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT
  • Nobody Asked Me
  • Notes From The Bunker
  • Raconteur Report
  • Random Acts of Gibberish
  • Splendid Isolation
  • The Burning Platform
  • The Silicon Graybeard
  • The Ultimate Answer To Kings
  • traditionalRIGHT
  • Western Rifle Shooters
  • Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise

Prepping

  • Blue Collar Prepping
  • Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy
  • Prepping 2.0
  • SurvivalBlog

Gear

  • 511 Tactical
  • Apmex
  • Blue Force Gear
  • Cool Tools
  • Dark Angel Medical
  • Duluth Trading
  • Gainesville Coins
  • Galloway Precision
  • Galls
  • J. Peterman Company
  • Kabar Knives
  • LA Police Gear
  • LAG Tactical
  • Lehmans
  • Limitless Gear
  • Mountainside Medical Equipment
  • Old Coleman Parts
  • SD Bullion
  • SOG Knives
  • Streamlight
  • Texas Precious Metals
  • UW Gear
  • Vermont Country Store

Economics

  • Armstrong Economics
  • Calculated Risk
  • Captain Capitalism
  • Fed Watch
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Mises Institute
  • Of Two Minds
  • Shadow Stats
  • The Collaborative Fund Blog
  • Variant Perception

Guns

  • AIM Surplus
  • American Suppressor Association
  • Ammo For Sale
  • Ammo Man
  • Ammo To Go
  • AmmoSeek
  • Ammo.com
  • Ammo Land
  • Ammunition Store
  • Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network
  • Ballistics By The Inch
  • Bulk Ammo
  • CDNN Sports
  • Crimson Trace
  • Crow Shooting Supply
  • Dillon Precision
  • EEzox
  • EOTech
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • Grass Roots North Carolina
  • Gun Facts
  • Gun Laws
  • Gun news Daily
  • Gun Talk Radio
  • Gun Talk TV
  • Gun Watch
  • GunBlast!
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Guns.com
  • Handgunlaw.us
  • Hornady
  • Joe Bob Outfitters
  • Lee Precision
  • Lucky Gunner
  • Midsouth Shooters Supply
  • Natchez Shooters Supply
  • National Rifle Association
  • National Shooting Sports Federation
  • North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association
  • Of Arms and the Law
  • Powder Valley
  • RCBS
  • Redding Reloading
  • Second Amendment Foundation
  • Silencer Shop
  • Suddarth Optical Repair
  • Target Sports
  • The Citizens Committee For the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • The Firearm Blog
  • The Firearms Coalition
  • The Gun Feed
  • The Law of Self Defense
  • The Lost Target
  • The Shooters’s Bar
  • The Tactical Professor
  • Where To Shoot
  • Wideners
  • WikiArms

Training

  • Active Response Training
  • Defensive Concepts North Carolina
  • Gunsite
  • Handgun Combatives
  • I.C.E. Training
  • The Patriot Nurse
  • Pistol Training.com
  • Practical Firearms Training
  • Rangemaster
  • Shootrite Firearms Academy
  • Southeastern Defensive Firearms Academy
  • Teach Yourself to Shoot Better

Ham Radio

  • Alinco
  • Alpha Antenna
  • American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
  • Amateur Radio Newsline
  • AMSAT North America
  • DXMaps
  • CQ Magazine
  • CQ Magazine Newsroom
  • BITX Transceivers
  • Eagle Antennas
  • DX Commander Antennas
  • Eham
  • Elecraft
  • EQSL
  • FlexRadio
  • Ham Radio Answers
  • HamSCI
  • HF Propagation & Solar Data
  • HF Underground
  • Icom
  • ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast
  • IPS Solar Flare Alerts
  • Kenwood
  • Logbook of the World
  • MFJ Enterprises
  • NC QSO Party
  • QRZ
  • Radio Society of Great Britain
  • RT Systems
  • Short Wave Listening
  • Ultimax Antennas
  • VOACAP
  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Yaesu

The Law

  • Likelihood of Confusion
  • Legal Insurrection
  • The Shooters’ Bar

Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
  • AlertsUSA
  • American Partisan
  • Downdetector
  • FlightAware
  • Forward Observer
  • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Marine Traffic
  • Michael Yon
  • poweroutage.us
  • Project Gutenburg
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
  • The Watchers
  • Threat Journal
  • Waterwatch
  • ZeroHedge

YouTube Channels

  • blancolirio
  • CheapRVLiving
  • Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
  • Corporal’s Corner
  • Cowboy Kent Rollins
  • Essential Craftsman
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • jehugarcia
  • John Daniel
  • Kyle Noseworthy
  • Lucky Gunner Ammo
  • Paul Shinn
  • Project Farm
  • Rob Braxman Tech
  • S2 Underground
  • Steve’s Small Engine Saloon
  • Tier 1 Citizen
  • The Gray Bearded Green Beret
  • The Hillbilly Kitchen
  • The History Guy
  • The Wolfe Pit
  • Triggered!

Other Viewpoints

  • 99% Invisible
  • The Automatic Earth
  • Ecosophia
  • James Howard Kunstler

Absent Friends

  • Bad Eagle (Link to Wayback Machine)
  • Chaos Manor (Dr. Jerry Pournelle) (RIP)
  • Freedomsight (On hiatus)
  • Our Rhodesian Heritage (Status Unknown)
  • Says Uncle (On hiatus)
  • SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE and other things (RIP)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars (Off The Air)
  • Standing Outside Looking In (Status Unknown)
  • Thunder Tales (RIP)
  • Weaponsman (RIP)
  • The Whited Sepulchre (RIP)
  • The Woodpile Report (RIP)

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