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Month: January 2008

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Reason #621 why I’m utterly against socialized medicine

An 11-year-old boy from Britain, who was partially deaf for nearly 10 years, was suddenly cured when a thick piece of cotton popped out of…

January 29, 2008February 13, 2021
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I like calling North Carolina home…

Yeah, I was born and raised here, but the real reason I still live here is the people. People like Assistant Randolph County District Attorney…

January 28, 2008February 15, 2021
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Survivalism going mainstream?

(Via SurvivalBlog) It seems that a new group of people are becoming aware that our civilization could be failing before our eyes. In Middleville, MI,…

January 27, 2008February 13, 2021
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Crap

This is not the news you want to get from your spouse at the supper table: Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of…

January 23, 2008February 15, 2021
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Nah, not a police state yet

(Via the Drudge Report) But coming along nicely, thanks all the same: A 75-year-old woman was arrested at a Clearwater McDonald’s drive-thru, because police say…

January 21, 2008February 13, 2021
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Appeasement doesn’t work

Part umpteen in our continuing series. On March 11, 2004 a series of Islamic terrorist bombings lead the voters of Spain to reject their sitting…

January 19, 2008February 15, 2021
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Sold out, but by who?

Jim Shepherd of The Shooting Wire has some interesting thoughts on the DOJ amicus brief (written, as we now know with the help of the…

January 18, 2008February 13, 2021
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Here’s a good reason to vote for Fred

(Via Say Uncle) Because he thinks the Bush administration has blown it with their amicus brief in the Heller case. Fred Thompson obviously groks the…

January 17, 2008February 15, 2021
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FFLs–defend yourselves!

Jim Shepherd’s The Shooting Wire has this interesting tidbit of news for FFLs: Today at the AcuSport dealer show in Salt Lake City, UT, the…

January 16, 2008February 15, 2021
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More on the DOJ amicus brief

(Via Michael Bane) Among all the other things I have to do, I’ve been trying to keep up on this subject. Michael Bane is doing…

January 16, 2008February 15, 2021
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The value of wood

(Found on Timebomb 2000) In the event of a crash, would you rather have gold, or wood? Before you decide, you might want to read…

January 16, 2008February 13, 2021
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Hysterical Fools

Time to indulge in a little local foolishness. From one of thelocal fishwrappers: North Davidson Middle and High schools were on temporary lockdown Tuesday morning…

January 15, 2008February 15, 2021
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Betrayal

(As found in various places, but first noticed on The Smallest Minority) The effing Federal government has filed an amicus brief on the Heller case.…

January 14, 2008February 15, 2021
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Got juice?

Among the many projects I’ve wanted to take on for some time is making some provision for electricity if the grid is down for an…

January 14, 2008February 15, 2021
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Will work for taxes?!

(Found on Timebomb 2000) If you move around in the “doom and gloom” circles on the Internet, you’ve surely ran across the Mogambo Guru. He’s…

January 13, 2008February 13, 2021
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Wickedly Firefly

(Via the NC Browncoats Yahoo group) y_fish has coupled music from the Broadway show Wicked to images from Firefly and Serenity and arrived at awesome.…

January 12, 2008February 13, 2021
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On the mark

“The police protect the People. The military protects the State. When the military becomes the police, the People become the enemies of the State.” This…

January 12, 2008February 13, 2021
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You tell em, Fred!

I don’t know if you caught any of last night’s Republican presidential debates, but I managed a bit here and there, plus more on the…

January 12, 2008February 13, 2021
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SF gets its pee-pee whacked again

Anti-freedom forces will never stop. But as long as we fight, we will win. This was in my email box from the NRA-ILA: The California…

January 10, 2008February 13, 2021
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The ATF is trying to shut down an NC gun dealer

(Via Red’s Trading Post) It’s amazing what happens in your own back yard. I’m really amazed that I didn’t see this in some of my…

January 9, 2008February 13, 2021
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I opened the door and in flew Enza

I just found this on the Adjutant Briefing site. Since it isn’t really played up, I wanted to bring it to everyone’s notice. It’s the…

January 9, 2008February 15, 2021
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This just in

My Internet spies have sent me the following from the National Shooting Sports Foundation: Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp. are refusing to process…

January 9, 2008February 13, 2021
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Spinning vinyl

Remember when music came on large vinyl circles called “records”? Remember being able to go to Peaches Records to buy these items? (I remember the…

January 7, 2008February 13, 2021
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Family photography as a terrorist act

Once again, anarcho-terrorism rears its ugly head. Not in the form of the “terrorist” photographers, but in the form of the moronic mall manager. A…

January 5, 2008February 15, 2021
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Heh

I’m not one for blogging jokes, but this one is a bit too good to let pass. I received it from one of my Internet…

January 4, 2008February 15, 2021
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Tripped over something interesting

I was looking for something on the Internet when I tripped across this: Received Pronunciation. Interesting stuff. (And yes, as I child I used to…

January 3, 2008February 13, 2021
Boring vacation pictures
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Boring vacation pictures

You don’t think I’d let you all off without seeing some of them, did you? Those are the Christmas trees at Disney’s MGM, Animal Kingdom…

January 1, 2008February 15, 2021
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The wailing begins

(Via the Drudge Report) Arizona, one of the first states to take concrete measures against businesses employing illegal aliens, may have to implement some concrete…

January 1, 2008February 13, 2021
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to one and all. We have returned from The Freehold South, and are in the process of trying to sort out the…

January 1, 2008February 15, 2021

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