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Month: March 2011

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An actual, common sense gun law

And it’s about time. NC House passes bill to allow concealed weapons in parks, bars And before the whiners show up, let’s note that it’s…

March 31, 2011February 15, 2021
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Nannies on parade

Our nannies are whining that we need to be protected from hurting our widdle selves–again. N.C. lawmakers, who already have banned texting and emailing while…

March 30, 2011February 13, 2021
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How to beat gun “buy backs”?

(Via Gun Talk on Facebook and the Buckeye Firearms Assoc.) How do the freedom-loving beat the gun grabbers at their “gun buy back” game? Why,…

March 29, 2011February 15, 2021
Free plug
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Free plug

I see that they’re advertising round and about the Intertubz. I don’t take advertising, but I’m perfectly happy to plug something I think is going…

March 27, 2011February 15, 2021
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Contessa, you will comply

Daughter is an inveterate viewer of the Food channel, so I do I have a passing familiarity with this woman’s show. So I wasn’t shocked,…

March 27, 2011February 15, 2021
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Um-m-m…might want to rethink that headline…

Justice Department eyes plan to fight ‘war on cops’ Because usually, when you’re fighting a war on something (War on Drugs, War on Terror, War…

March 24, 2011February 13, 2021
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And in the midst of an economic downturn…

(Via the Drudge Report) The country formerly known as Great Britain is…cutting taxes? This has thrown my world view for a loop…

March 24, 2011February 15, 2021
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Goodbye, Elizabeth

Her personal life might have been something of a mess, but you can’t deny that she was a beautiful and talented woman.

March 24, 2011February 15, 2021
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Reconstructing history

(Link via RobertaX) A non-college educated former photographer turned truck driver reconstructs the Fat Man and Little Boy bombs. And yes, he has written a…

March 22, 2011February 13, 2021
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Washington makes you wear dirty clothes

(Via Claire Wolfe) In which the folks who always know better ruin the washing machine–and your clothes. And yes, I have one of the stinky,…

March 20, 2011February 13, 2021
Can you has nite vision?
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Can you has nite vision?

Yes, we can now see in the dark, at least after a fashion. The Bushnell Night Watch is a Gen I unit in terms of…

March 19, 2011February 15, 2021
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Let’s see here…

Your kid is a bully. He starts to believe his own propaganda and takes on a kid twice his size, and gets body slammed for…

March 18, 2011February 15, 2021
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Want to help the Japanese?

Roberta X can show you how to get the t-shirt that gives. And I’m telling you, they’re going to need the help. I was appalled…

March 18, 2011February 13, 2021
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Welcome to “just in time”

(Via the Drudge Report) General Motors Co. says it suspended production at its Shreveport, La., plant for the week of March 21 because of a…

March 18, 2011February 13, 2021
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Skin in the game

“I may not be at this table, probably won’t be, in 2015, but I’ll tell you that my son is in uniform, and Lieutenant Petraeus…

March 17, 2011February 13, 2021
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For the Evil Party

All’s fair–all the time. Because they’re smarter than we are, more sophisticated than we are, and they should rule. Don’t believe me? Just ask them.

March 17, 2011February 15, 2021
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Dear Nannies

Do you think you mind your own business–you know, like fixing the Federal budget–instead of stomping the guts out of the Tenth Amendment yet again?

March 17, 2011February 15, 2021
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A thought for your St. Patrick’s Day

“Don’t be angry about growing old. Many are denied the privilege.” An old Irish Proverb (so I’m told)

March 17, 2011February 15, 2021
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I lol’d

March 16, 2011February 15, 2021
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A voice of sweet reason

In a sea of OMG WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! …But don’t go on the television and tell me that in an area where the houses…

March 15, 2011February 15, 2021
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In the country formerly knowns as Great Britain…

(Via Survival Blog) Man finds a “gleaming” round of .22 LR, PSH immediately occurs. Do you realize how much fun you could have over there…

March 14, 2011February 15, 2021
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But why would you need to carry a gun in your own home?

Because the Bad Guys know where you live and that you have good stuff. A few years ago I would have just raised an eyebrow…

March 14, 2011February 15, 2021
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Well, at least we haven’t drawn a bullseye on him

(Via the Drudge Report) The Big O says “we are slowly tightening the noose” around Moammar Gadhafi. Shooting metaphors bad, hanging metaphors good. OK, got…

March 11, 2011February 13, 2021
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Good riddence

Embattled NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resigned Wednesday at the request of the board after a hidden-camera video was released showing a fellow executive criticizing Republicans…

March 10, 2011February 15, 2021
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Welcome to the New Bad Old Days

South Carolina is considering a bill that would allow police to slap $150 tickets on motorists caught driving less than 10 mph over the limit…

March 8, 2011February 13, 2021
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Explain to me again

(Via the Drudge Report) Just how the deficit is Bush’s fault? Because I’m just not gettin’ it….

March 8, 2011February 15, 2021
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As well she should

(Via the Drudge Report) Michelle Bachmann is not backing off: The House Tea Party Caucus founder said, “I don’t take back my statement on gangster…

March 7, 2011February 15, 2021
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This is what charity and gratitude look like in the gun culture

(Via Chaos Manor) Go read. Amazing, instructive and humbling. Thanks, you guys.

March 4, 2011February 13, 2021
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Time to pull the plug?

(Via the Drudge Report) It seems that the vaunted plug-in auto(semi-)mobiles are not doing so well in the marketplace–even with government incentives to help hold…

March 4, 2011February 13, 2021
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We’re racists…again

(Via the Drudge Report) If it doesn’t work the first thousand times you try it, try it again, but harder. That seems to be the…

March 3, 2011February 13, 2021

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