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Browncoats rejoice! Firefly is coming to the Internet as a massively multiplayer online game. Shiny! Unfortunately, we’re going to have to wait until 2008 to…

New York Democrat Charles E. Schumer and Arizona Republican John McCain, in a press release, said they planned to introduce a bill at the beginning…

News.com reports that HP “will pay $14.5 million to settle civil charges related to the company’s now infamous spy scandal“. This is the same State…

If you live in an area where public Wi-Fi hotspots are available, check out the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Browser, VOIP, IM, music and video…

(Recommended by The Mountain Man) People tend to mark the passage of time by remembering events of the past–“It was the last year we had…

This essay by Orson Scott Card is mentioned in The Smallest Minority linked below. I’ve just read it and I think you should do the…

The Smallest Minority has this excellent piece on the continuing militarization of our police. Especially interesting is the Cato Institute map of “Botched Paramilitary Police…

(Via Ars Technica) I’ve seen the idea that your cell phone could be eavesdropping on you in novels and around the Internet, but I’ve been…

(Via Chaos Manor) You know, if they could live up to it, these people wouldn’t be the worst neighbors you could have. Their manifesto (stop…

(Via Chaos Manor) If you want a better nail, this guy has it. I know one thing–for $15, if I was building a house, these…

It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement all…

Joining numerous other levels of government, my home state of North Carolina is waving its arms about over the inevitable flu pandemic. (Mistake #1–assuming it…

Let’s Say Thanks I have.

(Via Drudge) That today is going to be a day for, well, let’s call it flakiness. Judge Orders Treasury Department to Make Paper Money Recognizable…

(Via Chaos Manor) They Didn’t Attack Switzerland is a “sort of” two part article, and both “parts” are worth reading. In the first part the…

(Via Drudge) There is absolutely no way I’m going to comment on this story. I may have been born at night, but it wasn’t last…

(Via Drudge) You just knew the Democrats wouldn’t be able to contain themselves for long, right? The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce…

(Via Capitalist Lion) Our auto recycler is Jeremy Clarkson of the show Top Gear. He also recycles Toyota Priuses (Prii?), which may be the only…

(Via Rivrdog) When you have an old car that no longer runs and you live way out in the country, you simply take the old…

Me and mine would like to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. Try not to overeat, OK?

Once again, the US Mint is going to try a new dollar coin. They hope for better acceptance than in their previous attempts. It won’t…

(Via Drudge) Well, we can now have a new hobby. At random intervals, look up into the sky and raise your middle finger in salute:…

Nancy Pelosi has taken a torpedo and is listing. Here’s hoping she sinks with all on board.

(Via Drudge) I think not. Arizona Sen. John McCain, taking the first step toward a 2008 White House bid, said on Thursday a return to…

Electronic voting: the silent catastrophe If this is correct (heck, even if it is half correct), you have to wonder just how much difference this…

(Some links via Drudge and WorldNet Daily) OK, we all know the Democrats will be taking over the house in January. Since November 2nd, we…

I doubt that those of you who read my blog regularly have missed that point. I just want to ask a small favor of you–find…

We had to bid goodbye to our Ricky kitty this morning. At nearly 17, he had beaten diabetes and was slowly declining from chronic renal…

(Via Worldnet Daily) President Bush on Wednesday said increasing the national minimum wage is likely an issue on which he could cooperate with Democratic leaders…

After watching Jericho (which now seems a bit more plausible), I started nosing around the web to see how things were playing. My mood is…