Year: 2008

I just love good Security Theater: A new Transportation Security Agency (TSA) policy will block passengers from flying if they do not have proper ID,…

(Via Timebomb 2000) Historic food prices.

I should hope I don’t need to say what I’m thinking. But if I’m the least bit psychic, several school officials and LEOs have just…

(Via FreedomSight) Many blogs have been keeping track of the doin’s that surround Red’s Trading Post, and Idaho gun store that ran afoul of our…

On Monday again. I hate being busy…

Lincoln County Sheriff’s officers are searching door-to-door in east Lincoln following a home invasion early Monday. According to a news release, a man and his…

Given European proclivities, I bet the PSH factor went off the scale: German police have discovered a well-preserved WWII anti-aircraft cannon in a German man’s…

The head of the World Health Organization’s HIV/AIDS department has officially admitted for the first time that there will be no global epidemic of the…

Did I go to sleep and wake up in a surveillance state? From Ars Technica: Congress urged to investigate ISPs over user tracking From The…

The LawDog has yet another case of guns, in the hands of good people, stop crime. Of course, it’s being whole-heartedly ignored by the media,…

Well, if one can believe the lame-stream media, it’s all over for Hillary but the cryin’. And the recriminations, and the blame and so on…

Apologies for the lack of bloggage. Busy, busy, busy IRL. Perhaps later this week.

Once again, brought to you on a Monday. Let’s look at things from a higher plain/plane today, shall we?

(Via Timebomb 2000) I made the post immediately below this with the intention that it would be my only post on Memorial Day. Well, it…

Today is the day we celebrate Memorial Day, once known as Decoration Day. For most, it marks the unofficial start of summer, but once upon…

The world’s largest shotgun: That’s the XM1028 Cannister Charge. “Gunner…load cannister.” I wonder when words to that effect were last heard in combat?

Phoenix has landed safely. Usually, I’m a pretty harsh critic of NASA, feeling that more often than not, they are the problem with manned space…

…or are these home-grown fools? A group in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is seeking a ban on Wi-Fi signals in public buildings because they say…

The Heartless Libertarian has the skinny on just how professionally paranoid the US Secret Service is. I understand that protecting their charges is their #1…

(Vai Say Uncle and Massbackwards) Hollyweird is considering a remake of “Red Dawn”. Given the current propensities of that bunch, the movie will be 5…

(Via Frugal Squirrels) Think you’ve got plenty of food on hand for an emergency? Take a look at these women then go check our your…

OK, I’m not too thrilled that someone actually cut open a Tiger I, but since it can’t be undone here’s a brief glimpse inside one…

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has decided, under Congressional pressure, to drop its use of the decade-old slogan “Always Think Forfeiture”. This…

Ruth Davis banked on looking like just another granny in the slow lane. But the 65-year-old Floridian was on business. A high-dollar delivery — 33…

I haven’t been blogging the ordeal of David Olofson, the man who loaned out his AR to an acquaintance, who then suffered a malfunction, leading…

I know it’s petty of me, but I wonder if the “I love my country more than I hate John McCain” crowd are still feeling…

Helecopters vs. terrorists–not even a contest.

I would ask you to go here and watch the sideshow in the banner. Any company that thinks like this can have my business.

I’m constantly amazed at the places I wind up, and their effects on how and what I think on a given subject. A Computer World…