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Month: September 2009

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Explanation

Random Nuclear Strikes points us to one of the many reasons why they are known as “The Stupid Party”. And, like he says, “…Elder would…

September 30, 2009February 15, 2021
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SCOTUS takes 2nd Amendment incorporation case

(Via Guntalk on Twitter) SCOTUS has granted cert to McDonald v. Chicago, a case orchestrated by Alan Gura for just this purpose. Currently batting 1.000…

September 30, 2009February 13, 2021
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Career criminals nabbed!

Deputies said 45-year-old Donald Leon Kanupp Sr. stole the copper, then gave it to his son, Donald Leon Kanupp Jr., 22, who sold it to…

September 29, 2009February 15, 2021
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Wound channels and penetration and stopping power, oh my!

Via Survival Blog, we have enough ballistics calculators to keep any gun geek happy.

September 27, 2009February 13, 2021
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Q: How screwed up does your state have to be to be without a government?

(Via the Drudge Report) A: Michigan. Note to folks from Michigan–Please don’t be mad I’m picking on your state. It’s nothing personal; it isn’t even…

September 27, 2009February 13, 2021
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No one expects the vast right-wing conspiracy

(Link from Drudge; apologies to Monty Python) Apparently, someone has spiked the Kool-Aid again. The “vast right-wing conspiracy” has resurfaced, as virulent as ever. You…

September 27, 2009February 13, 2021
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Have a serving of nostaliga

Via a mailing list, we have A Day In The Life of the Atlanta Municipal Airport, June 1956. Jets are all fine and dandy, but…

September 27, 2009February 15, 2021
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Your tax dollars at work

In 2004, U.S. Rep. David Price inserted a $10 million program into the federal budget, sending the money to UNC-Chapel Hill for a new effort…

September 25, 2009February 13, 2021
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Right on schedule

(Via Neal Boortz) The political indoctrination of our children. Remove all sharp and/or heavy objects and liquids from the vicinity of your computer before going…

September 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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On no! A gun-related post!

Yeah, it’s been way too long since I’ve posted about anything that goes bang. Via The Survivalist Blog, PappaDeltaBravo has a good picture of the…

September 24, 2009February 13, 2021
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Business opportunity

Does anyone remember the the t-shirts from a few years ago with the DeCSS code printed on them? (For the record, yes, I had one.…

September 23, 2009February 15, 2021
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Real-time ship locations

Via one of my numerous Internet spies, we have this nifty, real-time commercial shipping locator. Not all that useful unless you’re a Somali pirate, but…

September 23, 2009February 13, 2021
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The many unitended consequences of Cash for Clunkers

We’ve all heard about the dealers who nearly went out of business fronting money to Uncle Obama, what would have been “good used cars” being…

September 22, 2009February 13, 2021
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Shocking

Wired has “12 Shocking Ideas That Could Change the World“. While a couple of them are truly shocking (I’m really not to sure I’m ready…

September 22, 2009February 13, 2021
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Crisis du jour

With health care “reform” well in hand (NOT!), the Amateur-in-Chief moves on his next topic, global warming: President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared that the…

September 22, 2009February 15, 2021
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It’s a good start

(Via Random Nuclear Strikes) While Democrats rule, 20 things the press won’t report on The first 20 things on the list, anyway.

September 20, 2009February 15, 2021
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Some good news

Mecklenburg District Attorney Peter Gilchrist said Friday he won’t charge 76-year-old C.L. McClure in the shooting death of a 15-year-old who police said was part…

September 19, 2009February 13, 2021
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And yes, North Carolina is one of them

Fiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet…

September 19, 2009February 15, 2021
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I know how to save North Carolina government $millions

Shut down the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  Really. You may remember the instance some months ago when “activists” shut down a speech by former…

September 19, 2009February 15, 2021
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OMG!! Racists!!

Ye Old Furt has found racists!  Racists at a Tea Party!  Quick–Call Pelosi!  Call MSNBC!  Call the SEIU!  Call…uh, wait a second…this guy isn’t white….…

September 19, 2009February 13, 2021
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Weren’t we talking about “revenue enhancement” earlier today?

Be careful what you put in that yard sale, Citizen. For the children, of course.

September 18, 2009February 13, 2021
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A new resource

Here’s a new resource in the fight against Big Government. Use it in fiscal health.

September 18, 2009February 15, 2021
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Pandering to the illegals again

Colleges may take illegal immigrants Illegal immigrants may be allowed back into the state’s community colleges, but under restrictions likely to exclude all but a…

September 18, 2009February 13, 2021
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Here’s an interesting revenue enhancement program

If you’ve been reading me for a while, you know that I view the various sorts of law enforcement “crackdowns” as nothing more than thinly…

September 18, 2009February 15, 2021
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Big surprise

Those of us who distrust the current “leadership” provided the Democrat party have yet another reason to do so: The Massachusetts House voted late Thursday…

September 18, 2009February 15, 2021
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“I Do Not Know Any Liberal Jews “

(Via TechnoYid) This is an identity crisis that is most commonly seen among Jews, but far from alien to the rest of the West. Universalism…

September 17, 2009February 15, 2021
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Bailing out

President Zero has decided to bail out on two allies in what I believe is a blatant move for Russian “help” in another area, while…

September 17, 2009February 15, 2021
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Do you wonder what happened after Jericho, Season 2?

Yeah, I know. All of the “Nuts!” who loved the show want to know what happened after Jake and Hawkins made it to the Texas.…

September 16, 2009February 15, 2021
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Linda Rawles, RIP

Via Be A Survivor, I have word that JW Rawles wife Linda, always known on his blog as the “The Memsahib”, has died after her…

September 14, 2009February 15, 2021
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Can you feel it all coming apart?

(Via the Drudge Report) The Big O has got to be losing sleep nights. The second black president of the US is losing his grip…

September 14, 2009February 15, 2021

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