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Month: April 2011

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I’m going to get a reputation as a cop hater pretty soon

(Via Say Uncle) But these things need to get out there and people need to know what is going on. Cops get a burglary call…

April 29, 2011February 15, 2021
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You’re doing it wrong

I’d like to thank Michael Willis for making all of us with concealed carry permits look bad. While I appreciate his trying to take care…

April 29, 2011February 13, 2021
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Turn left here!

Right into the waiting arms of a speed trap. Yes, this is in the Netherlands now, but just you wait. Our geniuses will be on…

April 29, 2011February 13, 2021
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Wow

If you really want to go all the way in building a saferoom or armoring your house against the mutant zombie cannibal welfare bikers, you…

April 28, 2011February 13, 2021
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OK, so they released a birth certificate

It still has to sting when more old folks like Paul Ryan’s budget plan than his. Interestingly enough, the only ones who support it are…

April 27, 2011February 13, 2021
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And that’s the end of that

(Via a friend on Facebook) The last company making typewriters calls it quits. I wish I still had my Underwood portable; I have my Dad’s…

April 26, 2011February 15, 2021
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So who’s in a world of hurt now?

(Via the Drudge Report) Mitchell Crooks filmed Las Vegas PD officers involved in an arrest at the house across the street. He suffered quite a…

April 23, 2011February 13, 2021
Peg the Hypocrisy Meter:  How “green” can you get?
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Peg the Hypocrisy Meter: How “green” can you get?

Here’s the first of what I hope will be a semi-regular feature on the blog, pointing out the hypocrisy of liberals, leftists, statists or what…

April 22, 2011February 13, 2021
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Oh look…another anti-rights Democrat

(Via the NRA on Facebook) Noted gun grabber Debbie Wasserman Schultz has gotten promoted to the head position of the Evil Party. Just out of…

April 19, 2011February 13, 2021
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How to build a space station

(Via Timebomb 2000) Or, more accurately, how the space station was built.

April 19, 2011February 15, 2021
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Second Amendment advocates…

Here’s one to vote out come the next election: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill to allow guns to be carried on public…

April 19, 2011February 13, 2021
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Must have been a slow week in Tejas

(Via Karen de Coster) With no menacing dogs to shoot during a SWAT raid, they had to resort to pepper spraying a baby squirrel at…

April 17, 2011February 13, 2021
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Yes, North Carolinans, your state government is out of control

You might remember my post where some Raleigh residents were accused of practicing engineering without a license because they submitted a report that was “too…

April 17, 2011February 13, 2021
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“You think we’re stupid?”

(Via the Drudge Report) In the candid remarks, Mr. Obama complains of Republican attempts to attach measures to the budget bill which would have effectively…

April 16, 2011February 15, 2021
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Start worrying

(Via the Drudge Report) The Big O wants to expand Homeland Security’s mandate further into the Intertubz. They’ve done such a great job with airports,…

April 15, 2011February 13, 2021
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Well, isn’t this special

(Via SurvivalBlog) Inflation, using the reporting methodologies in place before 1980, hit an annual rate of 9.6 percent in February, according to the Shadow Government…

April 15, 2011February 13, 2021
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From the Land of Fruits and Nuts

Apparently the California Federation of Teachers is wiser than all the investigators, eye witnesses and judges who have been involved in the case of one…

April 14, 2011February 15, 2021
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From the Email List That Must Remain Nameless

But they come up with some good stuff.

April 12, 2011February 15, 2021
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It seems that it is business as usual in Washington

Yes indeed… The budget deal that Republicans and Democrats negotiated Friday night is for 2011 and funds the government through the end of September with…

April 9, 2011February 15, 2021
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It was something about “navigating by the average depth of the ocean…”

And running aground. A new analysis of wind energy supplied to the UK National Grid in recent years has shown that wind farms produce significantly…

April 8, 2011February 15, 2021
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Wow…

It’s arrogant, mean, vicious and racist. Oh, and it hurts poor children. With terms like that, you’d think that the NC Legislature was talking about…

April 8, 2011February 13, 2021
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Stupid Crook of the Week

This week, we’d like to present the Stupid Crook of the Week award to Jonathan Tyrone Huntley of Charlotte, NC. Jonathan wins the prestigious award…

April 8, 2011February 13, 2021
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I wonder if they have any openings

(Via Say Uncle) A local video game company that is serious about getting it right.

April 6, 2011February 15, 2021
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I needs me some more Hope-n-Change

April 6, 2011February 15, 2021
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While the energy may have been “green”…

It apparently failed to bring in the green. North Carolina’s first ethanol plant has filed for bankruptcy protection, hoping to reorganize under a new operating…

April 5, 2011February 13, 2021
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Party time!

April 1, 2011February 13, 2021
Is this a great country, or what?
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Is this a great country, or what?

Yeah, The Big O has us fighting (yet another) war what has way too many people asking “Dude…WTF?!” Yeah, the economy still is in the…

April 1, 2011February 15, 2021
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New stuff on the blog roll

<—- Over there.

April 1, 2011February 13, 2021

Blogroll

  • 357 Magnum
  • Bayou Renaissance Man
  • Eaton Rapids Joe
  • Eric Peters Autos
  • In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT
  • Nobody Asked Me
  • Notes From The Bunker
  • Raconteur Report
  • Random Acts of Gibberish
  • Splendid Isolation
  • The Burning Platform
  • The Silicon Graybeard
  • The Ultimate Answer To Kings
  • traditionalRIGHT
  • Western Rifle Shooters
  • Wilder, Wealthy, and Wise

Prepping

  • Blue Collar Prepping
  • Dr. Bones & Nurse Amy
  • Prepping 2.0
  • SurvivalBlog

Gear

  • 511 Tactical
  • Apmex
  • Blue Force Gear
  • Cool Tools
  • Dark Angel Medical
  • Duluth Trading
  • Gainesville Coins
  • Galloway Precision
  • Galls
  • J. Peterman Company
  • Kabar Knives
  • LA Police Gear
  • LAG Tactical
  • Lehmans
  • Limitless Gear
  • Mountainside Medical Equipment
  • Old Coleman Parts
  • SD Bullion
  • SOG Knives
  • Streamlight
  • Texas Precious Metals
  • UW Gear
  • Vermont Country Store

Economics

  • Armstrong Economics
  • Calculated Risk
  • Captain Capitalism
  • Fed Watch
  • Foundation for Economic Education
  • Mises Institute
  • Of Two Minds
  • Shadow Stats
  • The Collaborative Fund Blog
  • Variant Perception

Guns

  • AIM Surplus
  • American Suppressor Association
  • Ammo For Sale
  • Ammo Man
  • Ammo To Go
  • AmmoSeek
  • Ammo.com
  • Ammo Land
  • Ammunition Store
  • Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network
  • Ballistics By The Inch
  • Bulk Ammo
  • CDNN Sports
  • Crimson Trace
  • Crow Shooting Supply
  • Dillon Precision
  • EEzox
  • EOTech
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • Grass Roots North Carolina
  • Gun Facts
  • Gun Laws
  • Gun news Daily
  • Gun Talk Radio
  • Gun Talk TV
  • Gun Watch
  • GunBlast!
  • Gun Owners of America
  • Guns.com
  • Handgunlaw.us
  • Hornady
  • Joe Bob Outfitters
  • Lee Precision
  • Lucky Gunner
  • Midsouth Shooters Supply
  • Natchez Shooters Supply
  • National Rifle Association
  • National Shooting Sports Federation
  • North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association
  • Of Arms and the Law
  • Powder Valley
  • RCBS
  • Redding Reloading
  • Second Amendment Foundation
  • Silencer Shop
  • Suddarth Optical Repair
  • Target Sports
  • The Citizens Committee For the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • The Firearm Blog
  • The Firearms Coalition
  • The Gun Feed
  • The Law of Self Defense
  • The Lost Target
  • The Shooters’s Bar
  • The Tactical Professor
  • Where To Shoot
  • Wideners
  • WikiArms

Training

  • Active Response Training
  • Defensive Concepts North Carolina
  • Gunsite
  • Handgun Combatives
  • I.C.E. Training
  • The Patriot Nurse
  • Pistol Training.com
  • Practical Firearms Training
  • Rangemaster
  • Shootrite Firearms Academy
  • Southeastern Defensive Firearms Academy
  • Teach Yourself to Shoot Better

Ham Radio

  • Alinco
  • Alpha Antenna
  • American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
  • Amateur Radio Newsline
  • AMSAT North America
  • DXMaps
  • CQ Magazine
  • CQ Magazine Newsroom
  • BITX Transceivers
  • Eagle Antennas
  • DX Commander Antennas
  • Eham
  • Elecraft
  • EQSL
  • FlexRadio
  • Ham Radio Answers
  • HamSCI
  • HF Propagation & Solar Data
  • HF Underground
  • Icom
  • ICQ Amateur Radio Podcast
  • IPS Solar Flare Alerts
  • Kenwood
  • Logbook of the World
  • MFJ Enterprises
  • NC QSO Party
  • QRZ
  • Radio Society of Great Britain
  • RT Systems
  • Short Wave Listening
  • Ultimax Antennas
  • VOACAP
  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Yaesu

The Law

  • Likelihood of Confusion
  • Legal Insurrection
  • The Shooters’ Bar

Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
  • AlertsUSA
  • American Partisan
  • Downdetector
  • FlightAware
  • Forward Observer
  • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Marine Traffic
  • Michael Yon
  • poweroutage.us
  • Project Gutenburg
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
  • The Watchers
  • Threat Journal
  • Waterwatch
  • ZeroHedge

YouTube Channels

  • blancolirio
  • CheapRVLiving
  • Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
  • Corporal’s Corner
  • Cowboy Kent Rollins
  • Essential Craftsman
  • Forgotten Weapons
  • jehugarcia
  • John Daniel
  • Kyle Noseworthy
  • Lucky Gunner Ammo
  • Paul Shinn
  • Project Farm
  • Rob Braxman Tech
  • S2 Underground
  • Steve’s Small Engine Saloon
  • Tier 1 Citizen
  • The Gray Bearded Green Beret
  • The Hillbilly Kitchen
  • The History Guy
  • The Wolfe Pit
  • Triggered!

Other Viewpoints

  • 99% Invisible
  • The Automatic Earth
  • Ecosophia
  • James Howard Kunstler

Absent Friends

  • Bad Eagle (Link to Wayback Machine)
  • Chaos Manor (Dr. Jerry Pournelle) (RIP)
  • Freedomsight (On hiatus)
  • Our Rhodesian Heritage (Status Unknown)
  • Says Uncle (On hiatus)
  • SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE and other things (RIP)
  • Sipsey Street Irregulars (Off The Air)
  • Standing Outside Looking In (Status Unknown)
  • Thunder Tales (RIP)
  • Weaponsman (RIP)
  • The Whited Sepulchre (RIP)
  • The Woodpile Report (RIP)

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