Month: August 2008

In honor of dove season, which starts tomorrow here in NC, we’re going to do a different kind of firepower this week. Squab–it’s what’s for…

David Olufson, recently convicted of transferring a broken gun illegal machine gun has filed an appeal. The Smallest Minority has a link to the original…

This in from an Intertubes correspondent…WWL radio is streaming coverage of Hurricane Gustav. Very interesting, especially the phone calls from folks in the evacuation stream.…

(Via the Conservative Scalawag) It would seem that the militarization of our police has just developed its very own arms race–the Richland County South Carolina…

So John McCain has chosen a relative unknown, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Interesting. If her Wikipedia bio is to be believed,…

This one was pointed out to me by an Intertubes correspondent–a 1930 map of radio broadcasting stations in the US. Don’t miss the rest of…

This is the South I grew up in. Believe it or not, if you get away from the big cities (I can remember when Raleigh,…

(Via the Drudge Report) Of course it does–the Empire State Building was once struck 8 times in 24 hours. And surprise, surprise, hurricanes can strike…

I’ve been digesting the Messiah’s choice of Biden as his running mate. I guess lightweights of a feather cling together, or something of the sort.

How about a demonstration of British firepower? Of course, if I were a spectator, I’d feel a lot more comfortable if the reviewing stands were…

Due to a pounding headache (I woke up with it and the malevolent thing is still with me) and an overabundance of guns to clean…

Yours truly has to fly to New York in October, and I was pleased to find that JetBlue has a direct flight from a local…

Found somewhere on the Intertubes on another forum or blog, we have this site: Wind Power This is all about the concept of building and…

Remember that line from Aliens? The Marines are in their dropship and they’re starting the descent to the planet surface. Well, if you still own…

Once again on a Monday. Today, Okinawa: This battle is why we used nuclear weapons to end the war. As terrible as the destruction they…

Or not. A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much…

More than two months after being forced to return children from a polygamist sect to their parents, Texas child welfare authorities want eight youngsters put…

Joss Whedon says “No Serenity sequal is on the way”. This sucks.

Well, folks, this story has everything in it–everything that is rotten about our society and our justice system, anyway. The standard “remove all breakables” warning…

(Via FreedomSight) Ryan Horsley has restarted the Red’s Trading Post Blog. I guess I should have asked sooner…. He also announces that the Grand Opening…

It’s RINOs for Obama! So we have two “centrist Republicans” plus a Republican defector, and we’re …claiming anecdotal evidence of thousands of Republicans already ready…

Jed at Freedomsight is determined that neither the Red’s Trading Post or Cavalry Arms stories fall into a crack. He’s right, you know. We all…

(Via Freakonomics) And, depending on how things go economically, how any of us might find ourselves living some day soon. There’s a lot to think…

(Edit 8/13/2008: ViaXavier Thoughts. I had emailed myself the link and neglected to note where I had found it. I found it again today. Mea…

(Via Kim du Toit) No matter how bad things may seem, all is not corruption and ruin. In the village of Chettle, things are going…

One of my many sources has drawn my attention to this story: The southern California man who published the radio scanning biblePolice Callhas passed away.…

(Via The Smallest Minority) Lynn Moses will be locked up in federal prison next Wednesday. His crime? Protecting the city of Driggs, Idaho from flooding.…

Apparently it also runs through the office of Freddie Mac’s CEO: Freddie’s Forecast Seems A Little Too Bright As CNBC’s Diana Olick notes, the issue…

Watching the Fannie and Freddie Follies is sort of like watching a horrible wreck happen on the highway when you’re far enough away to see…