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Polite?

Mr. Polite may have been less than polite to the intruders who broke into his home, but he had the right idea. A Winston-Salem homeowner…

September 13, 2011February 13, 2021
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Hey rich folks!

(Via Big Hollywood) You don’t have to wait! Send all that extra money in now!

September 12, 2011February 15, 2021
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Don’t agree with all of it…

But there is a lot of stuff in “How to Beat Terrorism: Refuse to Be Terrorized” that’s worthy of consideration.

September 12, 2011February 15, 2021
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Well I’ll be…

(Via Karen de Coster) It seems that our Fiddlin’ Government actually keeps track of the real level of unemployment in the country. Currently at 16.4%.

September 12, 2011February 13, 2021
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Want graphic evidence that capitalism is better than any other ism?

(Via RobertaX) A light map of the Korean peninsula.

September 12, 2011February 13, 2021
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A decade later

So here we are, at the end of a week-long festival of sackcloth and ashes over 9/11. Not to belittle the actual event, mind you–I’m…

September 11, 2011February 15, 2021
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Would it surprise you…

If I said I support Obama’s jobs plan 100%? As a matter of fact, I think double, triple, dodeca it. Can we start printing $100,000…

September 10, 2011February 13, 2021
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Another miracle of government medicine

(Via the Drudge Report) Family doctors have been ordered to ration the number of patients they send for life-saving cancer scans to save money. They…

September 8, 2011February 15, 2021
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Perhaps it was the pitch of his voice that gave him away?

(Via FoxNews) Nathan Mark Hardy Arrested With Live Lobsters In Shorts: Cops

September 8, 2011February 13, 2021
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“Atlas Shrugged” was a warning, not a manual: It’s only sexual assualt if they’re not government employees

(Vai the Drudge Report) As a government agency, the TSA is not subject to the sorts of market forces that cause companies and corporations to…

September 7, 2011February 15, 2021
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Even a stopped clock is right twice a day

(Via the Drudge Report) $1 trillion in stimulatin’ didn’t work, so let’s try another $300 billion–that we don’t have–and see how many jobs that creates.…

September 7, 2011February 15, 2021
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If you ain’t smilin’ before it’s over

(Via Smallest Minority) Then something is way wrong with you.

September 6, 2011February 15, 2021
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In the country once known as Great Britain

(Via SurvivalBlog) The Olympics start in less than a year. But if your a kid and you want to see one of the shooting sports,…

September 6, 2011February 15, 2021
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As Tam would say

Stop touching it! Authorities say a woman was accidentally shot by her boss at a South Florida convenience store. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office…

September 5, 2011February 15, 2021
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Luqidate!

(Via the Drudge Report) “…liquidate labor, liquidate stocks, liquidate farmers, liquidate real estate… it will purge the rottenness out of the system. High costs of…

September 5, 2011February 15, 2021
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Your “Duh!” of the day

“The job market is even worse than the 9.1 percent national unemployment rate suggests.” In the midst of theirpreparations for the reanointment of the Light…

September 5, 2011February 13, 2021
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We’re from Apple, and we’d like to search your house

(Via the Drudge Report) What’s next–checkpoints on the local roads? Police officials said they helped Apple investigators, who searched a man’s home here recently. They…

September 4, 2011February 13, 2021
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Will you be in Aurora, Indiana September 23-25?

I sure wish I was, because I’d be going to tour a World War II LST. Of course, it’s home port is relatively nearby in…

September 3, 2011February 13, 2021
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Say it ain’t so

I haven’t said much on the Gunwalker scandal, mostly because other folks are doing it much better than I. But… Just hours after the death…

September 3, 2011February 13, 2021
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How far do you trust an entity that is “too big to fail”?

Me? Not so much. Counties across the United States are discovering that illegal or questionable mortgage paperwork is far more widespread than thought, tainting the…

September 3, 2011February 15, 2021
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Woot!

(Via Claire Wolfe) Atlas Shrugged Part 1 is now available for pre-order, November 8th delivery. Chose from 4 editions with varying special features, or you…

September 2, 2011February 13, 2021
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This is why coastal residents don’t evacuate for hurricanes

Some Hatteras Island residents will be allowed to return starting Sunday,more than a weekafter Hurricane Irene severed N.C. 12 in several places, cutting off access…

September 2, 2011February 13, 2021
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Thank you for your support of President Obama

Remember how big banks were such big contributors to the Obama campaign in the 2008 election cycle? Remember all those “too big to fail” bank…

September 2, 2011February 13, 2021
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Oh yes…WANT!

I’m geeking again…

September 2, 2011February 13, 2021
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Take a walk

The von Mises Institute‘s Doug French expounds on questions of morality in the home mortgage market. I know one thing–if my house ever goes underwater…

September 2, 2011February 13, 2021
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Well, I never!

E-e-e-vil Republicans in Arizona are raffling a gun. Said gun is the same type of gun used in the assassination attempt on Gabrielle Giffords. Ever…

September 2, 2011February 13, 2021
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Reading assignment

“Friday“, by Robert A. Heinlein. Pay particular attention to the discussion between the characters of Friday and Boss on the identification of sick societies in…

September 1, 2011February 13, 2021
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No, the media couldn’t possibly have an agenda…

(Via Say Uncle) As always with the lame old mainstream media, the plural of “gun” is “arsenal”. And heaven help you if you have a…

August 31, 2011February 13, 2021
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I always knew it

(Via the Drudge Report) My gut really does make good decisions. I’ve always said that every time I’ve ever went against my “gut instinct”, I’ve…

August 31, 2011February 15, 2021
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End results

Tam on the legacy of Woodie Guthrie. Sweet.

August 29, 2011February 15, 2021

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