Author: The Freeholder

(Via Jerry Pournelle) If the country that may be our next great enemy could also be the country that gave us a safe route to…

You knew that Oshkosh, Wisconsin wouldn’t be the end of it, didn’t you? Now a California Sheriff has taken advantage of a registration database to…

(Via Usenet) Media Bias Against Guns John R. Lott, Jr Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute An impressive (if informal) piece of research on the role…

(Via This Is True) There are a lot of sites out there that are organizing efforts to support our troops overseas. This Is True, one…

Apparently, the State of Florida thinks that you shouldn’t be allowed to fix you own house, or ask friends to help you. A man flies…

If you missed Zell Miller’s speech last night, you missed something truly important. (Read the transcript.) You missed the last remnant of the party I…

It’s Wictory Wednesday, folks. Time to join all us Wictory Wednesday bloggers and donate and or volunteer to be sure that George Bush wins re-election…

Choosing Your Battle Rifle And if you want one with all the evil features, just keep an eye on the AWB Countdown to Freedom timer…

in hopes of helping them overcome their hoplophobic ways. Or you can send it to them just to PO them. Legal quotes, courtesy of HK91.com.…

(WARNING: GEEK ALERT!) Earlier this month I noted that Seagate, the hard drive manufacturer, was suing a former employee because he might reveal some of…

Remember Chernobyl? That was some scary stuff, especially if you lived in Europe. Alexander Yuvchenko was there. Interesting reading–sort of like a report from the…

{via Kim du Toit) If you’re a shooter, you’ve doubtless heard and probably participated in the Great Debate about the 5.56 NATO round. (For those…

DGCI notes that after the GOP Convention, us little folks will not be able to donate to the campaign to reelect President Bush. Thanks, Congress.…

Germany, the country that won’t help out in the war on terror, has suddenly figured out who is helping butter its bread. The problem is,…

(Via Coldfury) The New York Daily News reports that 46,000 people are registered to vote in both New York and Florida. Interestingly enough, 68% are…

Gunner at No quarters has found an interesting site for those who seek anonymity. dodgeit is a free, read-only email site. Make up a user…

Without comment. Methuselah’s Daughter (via Kim Du Toit)

If you’re like me, paranoid, mistrustful of authority, suspicious curious about where these “public interest groups” get their money, here’s a useful website. Of course,…

(Via Drudge) I’m not sure how long sur how long this link will be good, so look now if you’re interested… A few select quotes…

(Via Drudge) National ID seen in 9/11 panel plan “There needs to be consistent standards to ensure the integrity of both the document and the…

(Via Worldnet Daily) Occasionally, I find something that gives me hope that all is not screwed up in the world. This is one of those…

You catch some pervert in a tree, pants around his ankles, watching your 5-year-old daughter who’s asleep in her bed. You and some loyal friends…

Fun quiz. I took it and… You’re Augustus, the first emperor of Rome. He had a lot of drive and skill, possessing a respectable spirit…

I had a heck of a day looking up things on the WWW today. Didn’t find what I was looking for, but I found a…

I was looking on the web for something else entirely and ran across a great opinion piece in the Illinois Leader by Joyce Morrison. It’s…

You may remember my note on Vernon Blake last month. In the current “This Is True“, Randy Cassingham returned him to my consciousness, and I…

(Via mensnewsdaily) Those of us who are children of the 80s (OK, so I had an extended childhood–sue me) are going to love this one:…

(Via Drudge) With little fanfare, the Federal Reserve will begin transferring the nation’s money supply over an Internet-based system this month… The NY Post has…

(via WorldNet Daily) Family diary tells story of kindnesses given soldier held in Civil War prison Here we have an interesting (and interestingly enough, unbiased)…

(With apologies to Jimmy Buffet) Well, here in my part of North Carolina, Hurricane Charley was mostly a rainstorm. But for others, it has been…