My take on the elections
Democrats didn’t win, as much as Republicans lost. They lost by running away–from the conservatives who voted them in in the first place. They lost…
Democrats didn’t win, as much as Republicans lost. They lost by running away–from the conservatives who voted them in in the first place. They lost…
You should read it. You can read the first 5 chapters now by going here. (Warning–this link won’t be good for this purpose forever. Go…
The Carnival is in full swing at Spank the Donkey. I’ve got to get out more….
(Via Random Nuclear Strikes) Orson Scott Card is voting Republican. Here’s why. I don’t totally agree with him, but it’s well worth the time to…
(From Random Nuclear Strikes) The 10 Commandments of former Sen. Harry P. Cain: You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the…
I was prompted by a thread on Timebomb2000 to check out the fire extinguishers around The Freehold. Much to my surprise and chagrin, I found…
(Via Timebomb 2000.) Or at least on the cause of it. The Physical Evidence of Earth’s Unstoppable 1,500-Year Climate Cycle From the Executive Summary: The…
(Via Drudge) Just in case I haven’t pointed this out recently, no matter what our political beliefs, we need to remember who our real enemy…
Well, if you’ve been under a rock all day, Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging for “crimes against humanity”. OK, I can…
(Via Drudge) University of Pennsylvania president Dr. Amy Gutmann is obviously unclear on the concept “Why suicide bombers are bad.” I say this with more…
The one, and I do mean only, show that I watch on network TV is CBS’ Jericho. For those who don’t indulge, the basic story…
(Via The Smallest Minority — his post) I’ve made a few posts here about Firefly and Serenity. Firefly was a Fox TV series by Joss…
Maybe I’m just tired and busy trying to catch up from my recent trip, but I find myself with little of substance to say. So…
This one came in via the CMP newsletter. You should subscribe. This is a great story about one of the men immortalized in the book…
Didja miss me? The trip I was on was a “mostly business” trip to Monterey, CA. Yes, I was a pilgrim in an unholy land,…
I’m going to be heading west tomorrow for business. Blogging will be light to non-existent, depending on whether or not I decide to drag my…
Napster, Gnutella, allofmp3.com, LimeWire, BitTorrent–the Internet literate know these are all various ways that pirated media content is moved around the world. They exist for…
I’m just waiting for the feminists to jump on this bandwagon: An old-boy network at Hewlett-Packard contributed to the legal troubles of former Chairman Patricia…
(Via Timebomb 2000) I’ve made several posts in the past weeks on how to lose the war in Iraq/War on Terror. Want to know how…
OK, since everyone knew that I was finally going to the range, I’ll just bet you’re actually expecting me to blog about it, huh? Saturday…
So let’s see a show of hands out there–who is surprised that North Korea was able to develop a nuclear weapon? Yeah, that’s about what…
Last night, a cold front passed through, bringing rain and much cooler temperatures. On the drive to work this morning, the change in leaf colors…
I missed the story yesterday that criminal charges have been filed in the HP spying-leaking case. According to News.com, former Chairman Patricia Dunn and former…
(Via Chaos Manner) It starts with “The Jihad, the Islamic so-called Holy War, has been a fact of life in Europe, Asia, Africa and the…
Oh Lord, my sides *hurt*. Oh yeah. Bow season ends November 3, muzzle-loading season starts November 4 and ends November 10 and gun season starts…
(But I repeat myself….) I’ve been watching with some amusement and some alarm the flap revolving around the Mark Foley “Hey young man, would you…
This just isn’t the year for gunblogging for me, I guess. Or shooting. I haven’t gotten to the range in months. The callus on my…
Gunmen linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement threatened Tuesday to assassinate leaders of the rival Hamas group… That would be one way to…
(Via News.com. Original story here.) If you’re stuck running Windows, you may be like a lot of people, refusing to upgrade to the latest, greatest,…