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Month: March 2009

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Behold, America: the taxman (and considerable snark) cometh.

As Ronald Reagan once noted of the Democrats, they believe “if it moves, tax it“. At the end of this, all you will have left…

March 31, 2009February 15, 2021
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Once again…

Further proof that it takes someone with a gun to subdue an active shooter. For those of you who don’t advocate for citizens owning and…

March 31, 2009February 13, 2021
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The Apocalypse shall be blogged

(Via Timebomb 2000) While bankers were still ordering $1,000 bottles of wine in trendy Manhattan restaurants, these internet Sybils of the impending economic apocalypse were…

March 30, 2009February 13, 2021
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This time, I’m not speechless

Prepare for a “The black helicopters are circling my house!” rant. I’m miffed. Unlike the government’s actions with the Wizards of Wall Street, the Dumbasses…

March 30, 2009February 13, 2021
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Silly socialists

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has criticized the European Union and the US for tariffs on products from developing countries and has advocated…

March 27, 2009February 13, 2021
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Now that’s a train set

(Via Timebomb) I wonder what airfare to Hamburg goes for these days?

March 27, 2009February 13, 2021
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Atlas will shrug

(Via Tam) I currently manage a medium sized hedge fund (long/short equity). The current populist uproar is absolute insanity. I don’t know how else to…

March 26, 2009February 15, 2021
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Wanna see a pole dance video?

LawDog’s got a great one.

March 26, 2009February 13, 2021
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Me want

Tesla Model S.

March 26, 2009February 15, 2021
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Look! The locals are getting ideas!

Well, it seems that our favorite Chicago politician’s following extends all the way down to the state and local levels, and crosses party lines as…

March 26, 2009February 15, 2021
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Can you guess why?

Obama wants high-paying, high-skill jobs in future I’m sure the fact that “the rich” pay more in taxes has nothing to do with it. Of…

March 26, 2009February 15, 2021
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Well. God bless Agent Austin Banks!

My readers know I’m not an ATF fan. But here is one ATF agent who will never buy a beer in my presence–Agent Austin Banks.…

March 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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Oh, go on already

(Via the Drudge Report) The Obama wants the power to nationalize seize firms “whose collapse would damage the broader economy“. That leads me to two…

March 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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Cameras for me, but not for thee

(Via the Drudge Report) The UK, Land of the Omnipresent Surveillance Camera, some have decided that Google Street View is a bad thing and must…

March 24, 2009February 15, 2021
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I’m embarrassed

(Via Michael Bane) If I could write 10% as well as Victor Davis Hanson in his essay “Thoughts About Depressed Americans“, I could a famous…

March 24, 2009February 15, 2021
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Amazing

If you pump $1 trillion into the banking system, the stock market goes up almost 498 points. At that rate, it would only take $13…

March 23, 2009February 15, 2021
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The end is near

I heard about this on the Rush Limbaugh show last week, and someone has kindly Youtube’d it. Enjoy it as you contemplate the end of…

March 23, 2009February 13, 2021
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Ammo prices getting you down?

(Via Michael Bane) How about a search engine for ammo prices?

March 23, 2009February 15, 2021
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Am I the only one who thinks our lord and master is flailing about?

Treasury’s Toxic Asset Plan Would Cost $1 Trillion Wait a second…I thought the $700 billion TARP was supposed to handle that. Iran’s Supreme Leader Rebuffs…

March 23, 2009February 15, 2021
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I’ve noticed something this week

Outside of the simple fact that being insanely busy leads to a lack of blogging, that is. There seems to be a bit of a…

March 20, 2009February 15, 2021
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President Tool

(Via the Drudge Report) Because what else can you call a man who can’t figure out that the speech he’s reading from the teleprompter is…

March 18, 2009February 13, 2021
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So, will we be going after those “assault bows” next?

A woman who was shot in the stomach with an arrow on a New York City street is recovering at a hospital. The 30-inch arrow…

March 16, 2009February 13, 2021
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You know your blog has hit the big time…

…when you have to delete spam comments. Grumble, grumble.

March 15, 2009February 13, 2021
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Put Serenity in orbit

(Via Chaos Manor) Remember how Star Trek fans were ripped off when they lobbied to have the first Space Shuttle named “Enterprise”–and then it never…

March 15, 2009February 13, 2021
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A view of the future?

(Via Timebomb 2000) French photographers document the ruins of Detroit. Pretty scary.

March 15, 2009February 15, 2021
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Mass shootings

SayUncle has the best (as well as most succinct) post on the recent spate of mass shootings and the reactions to them that I have…

March 15, 2009February 15, 2021
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I want you to go back down the page, please

I’ve been on a little posting frenzy in the past 24 hours, and I’d like to direct your attention to an edit for my Lexington…

March 15, 2009February 15, 2021
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The Big Lie

It seems the Left is once again putting the theory of The Big Lie to work: “There seems to be a market for saying that…

March 15, 2009February 13, 2021
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Floating around the Intertubz

This list and similar ones have been floating through the Intertubz since forever. That dowen’t make them any less true. I received this one today,…

March 15, 2009February 15, 2021
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OK, I got nothing here

A Hong Kong cop takes a midnight stroll through the park wearing nothing but fishnet stockings and high heels…. I mean, I really got nothing…

March 14, 2009February 13, 2021

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