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Month: May 2009

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“Chicken fluid”

Mrs. Freeholder and Son are in the process of discussing today’s grocery run and the storage thereof. The phrase “chicken fluid” came up. No thanks,…

May 31, 2009February 15, 2021
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Not buying the RINO BS

Trent Lott gets run out of Washington for an off-color joke at a birthday party, but a wise Latina gets a pass if she’ll just…

May 31, 2009February 13, 2021
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A bit defensive, aren’t we?

(Via the Drudge Report) President Barack Obama on Friday personally sought to deflect criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who finds herself under intensifying…

May 30, 2009February 15, 2021
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Do something good

(Via Geek With a .45) AnarchAngel needs help. Go buy a cookbook and do a good deed. Why: They guy’s involved in an international custody…

May 29, 2009February 15, 2021
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Can a society be predicated on a lie?

(Via @GreatDismal on Twitter) Or perhaps a better question, can a society be remade by the actions of a spy? This matter has great implications…

May 28, 2009February 15, 2021
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More evidence of the well-known phenomena of “hoplophobia”

(Via @nranews on Twitter) A Community College of Allegheny County student yesterday publicly accused the school of trying to stop her from organizing a group…

May 28, 2009February 15, 2021
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I don’t think so

(Via the Drudge Report) “I think it is probably important for anybody involved in this debate to be exceedingly careful with the way in which…

May 28, 2009February 15, 2021
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Curtis Lowe owes me a new keyboard

Do you have any idea how hard it is to get sweet tea out of a wireless keyboard? Do you?

May 27, 2009February 15, 2021
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The SCOTUS pick

The One has appointed a left-leaning activist Federal court Judge, Sonya Sotomayor, as his nominee to replace David Souter on the US Supreme Court. While…

May 26, 2009February 13, 2021
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Take from it what you will

John Scalzi’s essay on “Being Poor“. I missed it when it came out, but I’m glad I found it. No matter who you are or…

May 25, 2009February 13, 2021
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Stuff White People Like

I’m not sure if the guy is serious or not, but it makes for interesting reading in our multi-cultural, diverse, politically correct society.

May 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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Why I am not “still a Republican”

Because people like Colin Powell think they are. Where is a conservative with a heavy libertarian bent who just wants to be left alone to…

May 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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Vote the bastards out

(Via TFS Magnum) We’ve always heard that California leads the way socially. Normally, this would cause me to cringe, but in this case, I sure…

May 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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New zombie movie

(Via @GreatDismal on Twittter) A zombie movie from the zombie’s perspective. Shot on a $70 budget and probably distributed by the Japanese. Watch out Hollywood.…

May 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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Do you emit?

If you answer “No” or “WTF?” you might want to read this article from Wired. Short version is that if you have any device in…

May 21, 2009February 15, 2021
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Victorville ATF raid update

A help line has been established for gun owners who had weapons at a Victorville firearms shopped raided last week by federal agents. About 200…

May 21, 2009February 13, 2021
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Jeremy Clarkson really doesn’t like the new Honda Insight

Really. “…sit a dog on a ham slicer.”

May 20, 2009February 15, 2021
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“Government Motors” indeed

(Via the Drudge Report) We’re all going to need to be more careful about our jokes. General Motors Corp’s plan for a bankruptcy filing involves…

May 19, 2009February 15, 2021
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Oh look, another “common sense” gun law is proposed

I simply don’t understand why our elected representatives A) keep getting elected and B) insist that the Constitution really doesn’t mean what it plainly says.…

May 17, 2009February 13, 2021
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Automate your home security

(Via Timebomb 2000) They also have a web site at The Sentry Project. This has possibilities….

May 17, 2009February 15, 2021
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“A rifle in one hand, a laptop in the other.”

This (fairly even-handed) piece on the NRA Convention and gunbloggers has started making the rounds, and already the anti-freedom forces are using the comments to…

May 17, 2009February 15, 2021
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2nd Amendment Blog Bash

OK, I’m late to the party. (I’m sure that, in the best liberal tradition, it is actually an unconscious reaction to my anger at being…

May 17, 2009February 15, 2021
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Is the ATF at it again?

Unknown-there simply isn’t enough information. But we could be seeing the beginning of the next Red’s Trading Post. Or the beginning of the end for…

May 17, 2009February 15, 2021
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Tactical Bacon?

And it doesn’t have rails, a white light, a laser or anything. How tactical can it be?

May 17, 2009February 13, 2021
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How it used to be

An old mill town, ready for the scrap heap, makes a comeback.

May 17, 2009February 15, 2021
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How does your state rank for freedom?

(Via Karen DeCoster) The ratings are in–see how your state does. North Carolina ranks #23 overall–that means we’re barely on the right side of the…

May 16, 2009February 15, 2021
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You must click on the link below

You must. The Obama demands it. The Link.

May 16, 2009February 13, 2021
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How about some good news for a change?

(Via Wired) How about a plane full of passengers who were likely saved from a mid-ocean water landing by an observant USAF noncom in transit…

May 15, 2009February 15, 2021
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So does this mean that the march toward neo-socialism is going to stop?

(Via the Drudge Report) President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance…

May 15, 2009February 13, 2021
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Well, that didn’t take long

It seems that yesterday’s idea of the government setting pay for executives in the finance sector needed improvement, and the bloviating Bwarney Fwrank obliges. Oh,…

May 14, 2009February 13, 2021

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