Month: July 2007

Despair is setting in, and I’m throwing myself on the mercy of my readers. I have an Erma EM-1, an M1 Carbine look-alike in .22LR.…

eBay (*spit*) has decided that following the law isn’t good enough. Instead, they’re going to ban the sale of any part that can make a…

The Brady Bunch is lying again. I can tell, because they issued a press release. WASHINGTON, July 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Paul Helmke, President of the…

Senator Reid (Nabbed-NV) has withdrawn his “P2P is a threat to national security” amendment to the Higher Education Act. It seems public ridicule still works.

Of course, you have to wonder if this is what he’d really think, but I’ll tell you this: I do.

There has been a spate of dam demolitions, such asthis one on Oregon’s Sandy River, in recent years. Many of them provided hydroelectric power generation.…

It seems that the new North Carolina lottery is not making nearly as much money as our legislature thought it would make. As a matter…

(The time on this post has been deliberately reset so it will appear in a desired order.) Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (Asshat-Calif.) said…

Despite a certain amount prejudice on may part against NASA, I’m a firm believer in giving credit where it’s due, given the Spirit and Opportunity.…

Amazing. Despite the rush to surrender by Congressional Democrats, it would seem that the surge is actually bearing fruit: Fed up with being part of…

(Via Oscar Poppa) …I will take over all preschools, spending $25 billion in the process. Our nanny state will once again prove how much we…

A wannabe gun grabber violates federal law by participating in a straw purchase, admits it in a very public forum, and he’s angry when the…

(Via The Drudge Report) From a survival standpoint, I’ve long expected any sort of TEOTWAWKI event to involve a global economic collapse. The trigger event…

(Via The Drudge Report) Producing 2.2lb of beef generates as much greenhouse gas as driving a car non-stop for three hours, it was claimed yesterday.…

From the Mountain Man, we have a tip on improving our personal safety: (He says he got it from Rimfire Central.)

I just got this from the NRA-ILA: Labor Department Announces It Will ReviseOverreaching OSHA Explosives RuleThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it will…

(Via Survival Blog) The title of this post consists of some very wise words. Even though I’d never heard them put that way before, I’ve…

(Via Kim du Toit) If you’re interested in surviving an encounter with a predator (as opposed to Joe Criminal), you need to note these danger…

I just love it when I stumble across something that takes me back to my misspent youth. Rush videos on YouTube. You can start here…

…but that doesn’t keep me from liking art. And brother, this is Art. Thanks, Kim.

Armed and Christian has blond jokes.

A Texas grandma proves that you can apprehend the bad guys with whatever defensive tools are at hand: “He was well done.” That’s what one…

You may not have known this, but it’s common knowledge in my business–many color printers and copiers print their serial numbers on every page you…

The Shooting Wire reports that “OSHA has decided to grant a 60-day extension in which to submit additional comments on the proposed legislation”. (No link;…

(Via WorldNet Daily) Of course, those who are not as coarse as me refer to it as “phallic”. You be the judge.

(Via Drudge) It would seem that the Democrats in Congress just can’t say “no” to the looney left fringe elements in their party: The first…

Our Fiddlin’ Gobermint, the the guise of OSHA, wants to make it impossible to produce, warehouse, distribute, transport or sell ammunition. (Yes, it is really…

Every so often, I go through my entire blogroll, just to see if these folks are still in the game. As I’ve noted here before,…