“Guns are not the solution to our safety.”
So sayeth the spokesperson for the North Carolina Council of Churches, a group that contains churches that, as a resident of North Carolina, I recognize…
Year: 2018
We’ll have successful commercial nuclear fusion in 10 years
(Via The Woodpile Report) We’ve been hearing the 10 year refrain for nuclear fusion every year for at least 2 decades now. Could it be…
We’ll all be “tinfoil hat-wearing, black-helicopter conspiracy theorists” soon
Ars Techica reports that the Directorate of State Security Department of Homeland Security is building a database to “keep tabs on over 290,000 “global news…
You’re actually surprised?
(Via SurvivalBlog) Karl Denninger seems surprised at the following: Contemplate the entire “bump stock” thing folks. These were sold as legal accessories for years. Millions…
Who will be your allies?
I was reading through some back content on SurvivalBlog when I came across this quote from Mike Williamson: I have noticed, as have several others,…
They want more gun control
Gun control has had its chance since 1934 and the National Firearms Act. There are over 20,000 gun laws in the US–20,000 chances to show…
The NRA, its positions and my relationship to them–one last time
I’m going to address this subject one final time. After this, anyone who brings it up is going to get branded as a troll and…
#DeleteFacebook ?
I believe I’ve posted a few times on the utility of Facebook and the declining utility of same. Well, about a month ago, I deactivated…
About that school shooting in Maryland
This little jewel popped up on one of the last social media sites I still frequent. Take a look at that long list of laws,…
Go fish
(Via the Drudge Report) The Raleigh, NC PD is requesting information from Google on all mobile phones in the area of crime scenes. East Germany…
Who needs the geographic coordinates of your front door?
When we can geo-locate every outdoor picture on the Internet? It’s getting hard to have a reasonable conspiracy theory these days; government is so far…
Let there be light
As usual, I found this while I was looking at other things on the Intertubz. The Humphrey Gas Light. I remember similar lights in old…
Boy…
This week’s Woodpile Report is a dandy. Yes, you ought to read it yourself, but I’m going to toss out a few items that I…
Big government killed free checking; Amazon may save it
(Via Claire Wolfe) An interesting tale of how a checking account came to cost a bank $349/year to provide, why they can’t make money off…
A little something from Miguel
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) Miguel has harsh yet true words for those who oppose the “Fix NICS” bill and the NRA haters. He’s right.…
Time to stick a fork in it?
When Scientific American tells you climate change is over blown, it’s all over but the flow of liberal tears.
Cycling, anyone?
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned that I’ve taken up cycling as an enjoyable way to get some exercise. I may go into some depth about…
Like rust, gun grabbers never sleep
Here is is, straight from the horse’s…mouth. They want them all, folks. AR-15s, your old Marlin Glenfield, great-grandpa’s shotgun. They want them all. They will…
I think I’m going to print this out and frame it
(Via The Shooting Wire) “Our chief politicians, billionaires, anti-gun Hollywood celebrities, and even money being transported in trucks are all protected by people with guns.…
When the antibiotic chickens come home to roost
For some years the medical community has been warning that there might well be a time when bugs would show up that no antibiotic would…
Saran? Like Saran Wrap?
(Via The Woodpile Report) Storing parts to minimize corrosion. This may come in handy soon.
Weaponized high school students
(Via In the MIDDLE of the RIGHT) The Federalist asks “Why Did It Take Two Weeks To Discover Parkland Students’ Astroturfing?” Author David Hines lays…
Being a good neighbor
There’s a post on the SurvivalBlog about being a good neighbor in the American Redoubt. I would suggest that it’s applicable to pretty much anywhere…
When is a bill to shut down online sex trafficking a bad thing?
When it does nothing for its stated purpose and damages online communities instead. I have this terrible feeling that someone wants to cripple the Intertubz…
Handy item when you’re debating
Or if you’d like to check your own thought processes. A list of cognitive biases.
They’ll take it away and kill you with it
An MSNBC “terror analyst” very nearly trots out the old anti-gun canard of “You don’t need a gun for self-defense because the criminal will just…
They don’t make them like they used to
Portraits of fighting men of the American Revolution–made in 1864. An amazing snapshot of our history.
The quality of and fact checking your decision making
(I’m trying to close some of the jillion tabs I’ve been keeping open in my browser for weeks. I believe this one comes via Charles Chu.)…
In the interests of protecting our children
Feel free to steal this meme. The source of the data is at https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/teen_drivers/teendrivers_factsheet.html.