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…
Year: 2009
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
*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.
Happy Independence Day
We’ve played baseball, and now we’re off to see tractors and fireworks.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Old school stealth
(Via GreatDismal on Twitter) Top stealth-plane experts have re-created a radical, nearly forgotten Nazi aircraft: the Horten 2-29, a retro-futuristic fighter that arrived too late…
Oh boy! New energy standards for lighting.
Let’s see…we’re still fighting a war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have a proto-revolution in Iran, a kinda-sorta-revolution in Honduras and our economy…
Didn’t we try something like this before?
(Via the NRA-ILA) And it didn’t work very well? I can remember having to cough up all kinds of personal information and sign a log…
Fish are getting big ears, and it’s all our fault
According to a study published Friday in the prestigious journal Science, boffins at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at San Diego’s University of California have…
“wise Latina”, huh?
It seems that another Sotomayor decision has bitten the dust. It probably won’t derail her appointment, though–more’s the pity.
House decides that you should pay more for energy
Based on questionable science, political payback and sheer stupidity, the House has passed legislation meant to “climate change”. We could have a raucous debate on…
I am, unfortunately, not surprised
Am email I received tonight led to some Googling, which lead to this: David Jr. Meets His commander In Chief For those who do not…
Well, no S**t Sherlock
(Via Say Uncle) I’m deeply saddened to report that criminals break laws–even laws that relate to guns. New government research says so. Next up: a…
Good for her!
It’s about time that the wives of foolish, lying politicos started standing up for themselves. I’m tired of seeing politician’s wives stand at a press…
Let’s get it right, people
OK, I grew up in North Carolina and I’ve been through Jacksonville plenty of times. I’ve never heard the name of the Marine base there…
Psss-t. Hey buddy…wanna get Windows 7 cheap?
I don’t do a lot of tech blogging, even though it’s how I earn my keep. But I want to pass this one on to…
Rest easy, gentlemen
(Via Timebomb 2000) When I was growing up, it was a simple fact of life–I was surrounded by veterans of World War II. If a…
White House “Wants” Bipartisan Health Care Plan?
So The Obama “wants” nationalized healthcare (disguised as a government “insurance” plan), and he’s going to steamroller anyone who gets in the way, huh? I…
Conservative Kansas teacher gets his job back
(Via Timebomb 2000) A high school teacher in Kansas who claimed his contract was not renewed due to his conservative political views has been reinstated.…
Well this sucks
It seems that Microsoft is discontinuing several of its software products, including Microsoft Money, which I’ve used since I had to give up my DOS-based…
Baa! Baa!
(Via Hecate’s Crossroad) As gunnies, we all experienced this situation: you wind up in a “discussion” with a hoplophobe, and no matter how politely you…