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Month: July 2009

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Just in case you’ve missed it

89 years old with a 45 year old auto, 540,000 miles on the car and a concealed carry permit. They don’t make women or cars…

July 12, 2009February 15, 2021
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The One says “You must be patient.”

For despite the Hope, his economic policies may take many years to bear fruit. Change you’ll just have to wait for.

July 12, 2009February 13, 2021
How about some more Retro Tech?
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How about some more Retro Tech?

I was amazed at how well my original “Retro Tech Days” post went over–enough so to be linked by both Tam and SurvivalBlog. I’m grateful…

July 12, 2009February 15, 2021
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I liked this so much

There is an on-line forum, Timebomb 2000, that I participate in. Billing itself as “A World Events Focus Group and Forum”, it’s actually a lot…

July 10, 2009February 15, 2021
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Timely Information

One-Year Emergency Food Supply For One Adult, 3,000 Calories per Day From the looks of it, you would eat well and have a pretty fair…

July 10, 2009February 13, 2021
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Score one for the good guys

Police say Leonard Ray Isenhart Jr., 18, of 422 W. Sixth Ave., first tried to steal the purse of an unknown elderly woman and was…

July 9, 2009February 13, 2021
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You’re doing it wrong

(Via the Drudge Report) The buyer’s remorse is setting in as Obama’s policies fail. It’s interesting to note that the numbers are pretty close to…

July 9, 2009February 13, 2021
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Can you ping your pistol?

I heard about this on the podcast version of Guntalk, and I really had to wonder if it was April 1–RFID tags in pistols? What…

July 9, 2009February 15, 2021
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Socialized Medicine

I’ve been wanting to write a blazing condemnation of socialized medicine/nationalized medicine/single payer insurance/health care farting unicorns for a while, but I’ve kept putting it…

July 9, 2009February 13, 2021
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Gunnery Sgt. Hartman has a new show

(Via Say Uncle) Watch it, you grab-asstic pieces of filth. 🙂

July 8, 2009February 15, 2021
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Ba-a-a-a!!!

Michael Bane recommendsthis editorial by Liz Soares. Here’s a couple of excerpts: Which brings us back to the ammo shortage. In ordinary times, I would…

July 8, 2009February 15, 2021
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Dear California,

Welcome to the new economy! We’re all laughing our asses off watching! On one side, IOU recipients are beginning to trade them like currency, forcing…

July 7, 2009February 15, 2021
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“Shoot for 8 ball”

Yes, I’ll date myself and tell you that I’m old enough to remember playing pinball. (For that matter, I’m old enough to remember when the…

July 7, 2009February 15, 2021
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Think using less electricity will save you money?

(Via the Drudge Report) I can remember the old public service announcements in the 70s exhorting everyone to save energy and save money at the…

July 6, 2009February 13, 2021
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If someone offers you free money…

Don’t be an irrational idiot, just take it and say “Thanks!” The Ultimatum Game, in which test subjects respond to take-it-or-leave-it offers, has allowed psychologists…

July 6, 2009February 15, 2021
Retro Tech Days
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Retro Tech Days

It seems to be turning into an Independence Day tradition–a visit to the Southeast Old Threshers Reunion in Denton, NC. First and foremost, threshers reunions…

July 6, 2009February 13, 2021
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*SNORT*

(Via Timebomb 2000) It seems that the death of Michael Jackson has spawned a cottage industry on YouTube. Warning…this isn’t quite work safe.

July 6, 2009February 15, 2021
Happy Independence Day
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Happy Independence Day

We’ve played baseball, and now we’re off to see tractors and fireworks.

July 4, 2009February 15, 2021
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Devil caught buying ice skates

Film at 11. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed the federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of Errol Houston Jr., who was arrested last…

July 4, 2009February 15, 2021
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So…how bad is it when the cops are scared?

(Via Timebomb 2000) Be sure you don’t miss the last sentence. The fear on the street is palpable. Ever since the election of Barack Obama…

July 4, 2009February 13, 2021
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Ooof!

(Via Timebomb 2000) Ho. Ly. Moses. I feel like I just took a punch in the gut. Dr. Manning is a powerful speaker (in the…

July 2, 2009February 13, 2021
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The ATF does Houston

Michael Bane has a good write up on the current spate of ATF “enforcement actions” in Houston. It would be interesting to see if the…

July 2, 2009February 13, 2021
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No such thing

(Via @spann on Twitter) The sky is not falling; the Earth has been cooling for ten years, without help. The present cooling was NOT predicted…

July 1, 2009February 13, 2021
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Now let’s see…

Reject your country’s constitutional strictures about term limits? Check. Fire the person who refused to follow your unconstitutional orders? Check. Get you ass tossed when…

July 1, 2009February 13, 2021

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