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Month: April 2012

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All standard jokes on tracers aside

(Via one of my Intertubz Spy Network) They sell it as a trajectory identification aide.  BS.  It’s for making nighttime at the range look like…

April 30, 2012February 15, 2021
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Meanwhile, in the People’s Republic of Chicago

One of the nation’s “Top 100 High Schools” is doubling down on their indoctrination efforts, this time claiming that the NRA wants to kill black…

April 28, 2012February 15, 2021
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I don’t know if this is real or not

(Via Timebomb2000) But if it is, I gotta have one! Edit 4/26/2012 1911: And now I know where to find it. Steep price, however.

April 26, 2012February 15, 2021
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The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind

(Via the Drudge Report) Senator Tom Carpenter (D, La-La Land),thinks that wind farms and a new fleet of electric vehicles will save the US Postal…

April 26, 2012February 13, 2021
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Dear Google,

The new Blogger layout sucks.  You been taking lessons from Facebook?

April 21, 2012February 15, 2021
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Taking advantage?

This story sounds like someone is taking advantage of a situation, but who and of which one makes it an interesting question to ponder.

April 21, 2012February 13, 2021
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The Koreans are coming! The Koreans are coming!

Well, at least some of their M1s are coming, we hope. Just don’t stamp the importers name on the barrels, OK? Hey!  Send ammo with…

April 21, 2012February 13, 2021
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Catastrophic failure in the victim selection process #964

(Via Timebomb 2000) Two robbers decided to wait for the occupants of the home they had burgled to come home.  Unfortunately for them, the occupants…

April 21, 2012February 15, 2021
Who says email is worthless?
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Who says email is worthless?

It brought me the best laugh I’ve had all week.

April 20, 2012February 13, 2021
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How handy

Seeing as how I just bought a pair of matched Ruger Vaqueros in .357 recently, this ought to come in handy as I slowly kinda-sort…

April 20, 2012February 15, 2021
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Short memories

Maybe because my parents grew up poor in the Great Depression, but the concept of “multi-generational households” just does not send me into a panting…

April 15, 2012February 13, 2021
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Old dog learns new tricks

For a long while, I’ve been advocating for my favorite of our civil rights, the 2nd Amendment. Sure, I like the others as well, but…

April 15, 2012February 13, 2021
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Test case?

(Via Mountain Man) “…a local gun store has refused to comply with an order from the ATF to turn over to the agency the official…

April 12, 2012February 13, 2021
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Another catastrophic failure in the victim selection process

Bad guy attempts to break into the home of a veteran recently returned from Iraq. Bad guy quickly begins assuming ambient temperature. But I am…

April 11, 2012February 15, 2021
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Gotta love technology

Especially when it’s deployed after warnings that it’s insecure, and gets hacked. Some people never learn. Wonder just how much money those utilities are saving,…

April 10, 2012February 15, 2021
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Found circulating about the Intertubz

Ineptocracy: A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society…

April 8, 2012February 15, 2021
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Worthy of note

I’ve got a lot going on, and little of the current crap in the “news” moves me to say anything–mostly because it will be the…

April 7, 2012February 13, 2021

Blogroll

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Prepping

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Economics

  • Armstrong Economics
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  • Fed Watch
  • Foundation for Economic Education
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  • Shadow Stats
  • The Collaborative Fund Blog
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Guns

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  • Of Arms and the Law
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Training

  • Active Response Training
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  • Teach Yourself to Shoot Better

Ham Radio

  • Alinco
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  • Eham
  • Elecraft
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  • HF Propagation & Solar Data
  • HF Underground
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  • Kenwood
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  • Work FM Amateur Radio Satellites
  • Yaesu

The Law

  • Likelihood of Confusion
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  • The Shooters’ Bar

Other Important Sites

  • AgWeb
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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