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Month: July 2012

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Naming names

Congress names 5 government functionaries to be blamed for “Fast and Furious”. Interestingly enough, the blame stays within BATFE. Uh-huh. After a year of pursuing…

July 31, 2012February 13, 2021
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What? Jimmy Carter was busy?

Or can His Onsiness not make his own case (without a teleprompter)? Inquiring minds want to know.

July 30, 2012February 13, 2021
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They’re at it again

(Via the Drudge Report) Never ones to let a crisis go to waste,Senate Democrats are looking to sneak in a standard capacity magazine ban into…

July 28, 2012February 13, 2021
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The problem with socialism…

…is that eventually, you run out of other people’s money. Margaret Thatcher was right, much to the French Socialist’s chagrin. The CNBC headline reads: Cash-Strapped…

July 25, 2012February 13, 2021
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A tiny little blow for freedom

(Via Ars Technica) Courts have long held that citizens have a First Amendment right to photograph or video police in the performance of their duties.…

July 24, 2012February 15, 2021
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LMFAO

(Via the Drudge Report) I bet he’s got 10 of ’em stashed and a case of hand grenades.

July 24, 2012February 15, 2021
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On any Sunday

On any Sunday after a mass shooting, the usual suspects can be found, whoring on the talk show circuit, trying to peddle their same old…

July 23, 2012February 13, 2021
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Huh…

(Via Chaos Manor) Ann Coulter on Fast And Furious. I didn’t even know she was paying attention to this, but I’m sort of gratified she…

July 22, 2012February 15, 2021
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No

(Via the Drudge Report) While dancing in the blood of innocent victims, anti-civil rights cultists want to go after their favorite target, the right to…

July 21, 2012February 13, 2021
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Twaddle

(I posted this a a comment on the Charlotte People’s & Worker’s Daily, but since my comment has been submitted for moderation, I’m posting it…

July 21, 2012February 13, 2021
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I’ve been unplugged all day…

So, unlike the rest of the US, I had no clue that the latest in a long series of pathetic nut jobs decided that a…

July 20, 2012February 15, 2021
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Atlas Shrugged

(Via the Drudge Report) Now on page 638.

July 16, 2012February 15, 2021
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And in the former Great Britain

(Via the Drudge Report) A Bruce Springsteen concert ends early because of restrictions on noise. And in a lovely piece of irony, Steven Van Zandt,…

July 15, 2012February 15, 2021
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Got the urge to own a piece of history?

Here’s a good chance–an auction of Bonnie and Clyde items, including his and her guns.

July 14, 2012February 15, 2021
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Oh noes! Evil Apple has withdrawn their stuff from greenie certification!

And the City of San Franfreakso says they will buy no more Apple products. That decision was announced by Melanie Nutter, the director of the…

July 11, 2012February 13, 2021
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Smile

July 11, 2012February 13, 2021
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” I don’t understand any political benefit that can be achieved with that.”

Democrats are stalking Republicans, much the same way a hunter would stalk a game animal (except they use cameras). Republicans are all butthurt about it.…

July 10, 2012February 15, 2021
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And why did I predict the Republicans will not repeal Obamacare?

Because it’s about politics, not about doing what’s right. The only thing they believe in is their own power, prestige and privilege.

July 10, 2012February 15, 2021
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What is it with fund raisers?

I have a number of causes that I donate to on a fairly regular basis. And it almost never fails that they will spend what…

July 8, 2012February 13, 2021
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Smarter folks than I

Something that we should all admit is that we are not the smartest person in the room. No matter how smart you are, there are…

July 8, 2012February 13, 2021
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It ain’t just Detroit

(Via The Email List That Shall Not Be Named) We’ve all seen the pictures of a decaying Detroit, and we’ve all been told by folks…

July 8, 2012February 15, 2021
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Well, I missed this one

(Via Say Uncle) Bad guy shows up at a Stop-N-Rob that has decided that it doesn’t like concealed carry holders patronizing the joint. So does…

July 7, 2012February 13, 2021
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Happy Birthday!

To the AK-47. Not my favorite gun; I don’t even own one of the civilian versions. (Yes, I have shot the civilian version. The thing…

July 6, 2012February 15, 2021
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Occassionally, the ACLU gets it right

(Via the Drudge Report) While the (probably) vast majority of police officers are the sort of stand-up folks we’d all want them to be, there…

July 5, 2012February 13, 2021
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More niceness from our government

(Via theDrudge Report) Are you “reverent of individual liberty”? Do you think that a large, centralized government is a Bad Thing? I know I do.…

July 4, 2012February 15, 2021
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The difference between Obama and Romney is a bucket of warm spit

Seriously. I want someone (*cough* the NRA *cough*) to tell me one more time that we need Romney to so we can appoint conservative justices…

July 4, 2012February 13, 2021
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Hey, they say a .50 Barrett can shot down an airliner…

(Via the Drudge Report) I have to wonder how it would work on a drone. Just thinking out loud, mind you.

July 4, 2012February 15, 2021
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“Forget everything we’ve taught you for the last 10 years”

That seemingly innocuous quote from this article on the TSA’s “trusted traveler” program tells us more about what has really been going on with that…

July 3, 2012February 15, 2021

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