Month: November 2007

“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…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

(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…

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…

John Walker at Fourmilog has apparently been considering the subject of governments and the coercive powers thereof. (If I were governments, I’d be worried. The…

Before someone want to bash me as a “cop hater”, let me point out a little something–if you are in a position of exceptional responsibility,…

Here’s an interesting site, the Grandfather Economic Report. There’s a lot there to read, but if you’re short on time, look at some of the…

I keep a “Blogs for consideration” folder in my bookmarks. Every time I find a blog that’s interesting, I chuck the URL in there, and…

A federal judge in Ohio has ruled against a longstanding foreclosure practice, potentially creating an obstacle for lenders trying to reclaim properties from troubled borrowers…

(Via Kim du Toit) STI, purveyor of some of the nicer specimens of John Moses Browning’s 1911 design, has decided that California is not a…

(Via the Drudge Report) Demarest School District Installs Laptop Surveillance Videos Monitored, Operated By Local Police I don’t even need to say it, do I?

Yesterday, the small town in North Carolina where I live honored our veterans with a parade. (It was on Saturday, because the 11th hour of…

This year, we’re taking an extra month at Camp Freehold. The weather is good, and we’ve missed a lot of weekends this summer for one…

I’ll give the leftists one thing–they can stick to their playbook like no group I’ve ever seen. Democrats controlling the House of Representatives will try…

(Via the Drudge Report) I’m shocked, SHOCKED I tell you. This may actually rise to the level of incensed! It is the greatest scam in…

(Stolen without conscience from the Heartless Libertarian) And I’m nice enough to warn you.

In the 16 counties where a propsed real estate transfer tax, meant to fund things like schools and roads made necessary by unrestrained growth, was…

Kim du Toit is on a roll lately–that’s why you’re seeing a lot of links to his posts. Today the one of interest is on…

(Via Timebomb 2000) But it’s still a goodie. Enjoy it again.

Here’s an interesting blog I just tripped over–Paper Economy. It bills itself as a “real estate bubble blog”, and the content is quite interesting. If…

This one can be filed under a lot of things–Thank You Lord, why I carry concealed, why North Carolina’s concealed carry laws are stupid, Bad…

(Via Kim du Toit) The Verve is together and on tour. I wonder if we dare hope for an album? Oh, and guys…let’s be careful…

(Via Timebomb 2000) If you’ve been around the various gun forums on the web, or the old Usenet rec.guns group before that, you’re probably familiar…

(Via The LawDog)