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Well, not exactly my style, but…

(Via Gun Talk) Many women who wish to carry a concealed weapon face a big problem–how? For men, it’s not so bad. We wear pants…

November 15, 2011February 13, 2021
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Can someone explain to me

Why in the hell US taxpayers are spending $50 million to provide security for a political convention? Let the political parties foot the bill for…

November 15, 2011February 15, 2021
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OK then…

A half-dozen protesters were arrested Tuesday morning outside the Bank of America corporate headquarters building while demonstrating against the bank’s financing of coal projects. OK…

November 15, 2011February 13, 2021
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What she said

“Libertarian” Does Not Mean “Extreme Republican”

November 15, 2011February 13, 2021
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Not another gun I want to see!

I was over at GunsAmerica looking at something else (well, OK, it was the Springfield XD(M) 5.25 test if you just have to know) and…

November 15, 2011February 13, 2021
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Well, at least there will be plenty of jesters for the carnival

(Via the Drudge Report) Protesters hope to shut down Wall Street on Thursday — home to the New York Stock Exchange — by holding a…

November 15, 2011February 13, 2021
11/11/11.  11 AM.
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11/11/11. 11 AM.

Once again, thanks.

November 11, 2011February 15, 2021
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Careful, kids

What you post on Facebook may well come back to haunt you.

November 11, 2011February 15, 2021
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Big woop

OK, so the big Emergency Alert System test was scheduled for 2 PM today, and I made a point of being tuned into a broadcast…

November 9, 2011February 15, 2021
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A leading indicator

(News story link via the Drudge Report) There are certain signs of a civilization in decline. One of the most unmistakeable seems to be a…

November 6, 2011February 15, 2021
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Want to see how people will react when TSHTF?

(Via the Drudge Report) Here’s the Girl Scout Picnic version. Bear in mind that these folks know that help is out there and people are…

November 5, 2011February 13, 2021
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If you break a lightbulb

(Via the Drudge Report and with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy) You might just be a terrorist. Or you might just be a panicky postal employee.…

November 5, 2011February 15, 2021
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That we breed such men as these

One man on Iwo Jima: Yet for four hours on Feb. 23 of that year, his courage went beyond ordinary valor: He strapped on a…

November 5, 2011February 13, 2021
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Amen, brother!

In an article on how much money people lose waiting for the repair guy to show up and fix their broken crap, there’s a discussion…

November 4, 2011February 15, 2021
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Gunny T-shirts

(Via Claire Wolfe) 1791 I gotta have the Garand one.

November 4, 2011February 15, 2021
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Stre-e-e-tch

(Via the Drudge Report) You can add tickets for “inches over the stop line” to the “1 MPH over the speed limit” tickets as a…

November 4, 2011February 13, 2021
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Easy fix

A 14-year-old Florida student who hugged his friend was suspended as a result of his middle school’s zero-tolerance no-hugging policy, myFOXorlando.com reported. You know, I…

November 4, 2011February 15, 2021
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“paper money is a crime”

Well, yeah–but you should read the whole thing. It sounds a bit Occupy Wall Streetish in a few places, but it’s worth it.

November 3, 2011February 15, 2021
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Well that didn’t take long

Not even as long as I had expected. Wheels Come Off Euro Plan in Just Five Days I see nothing, and I do mean nothing,…

November 1, 2011February 13, 2021
Hey!  Anyone seen a gun blog around here?
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Hey! Anyone seen a gun blog around here?

It’s been too long since we talked about guns. It’s been too long since I bought a new gun, and too long since I managed…

October 31, 2011February 15, 2021
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Fixated? Indeed.

It has been noted to me that I have developed something of a fixation with the message of Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged. I plead…

October 31, 2011February 15, 2021
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Let me see if I’ve got this straight

If I’m against Obama because I think he’s a socialist/incompetent/any old reason at all, I’m a racist. And if I’m for Herman Cain because I…

October 29, 2011February 15, 2021
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D.D. Harriman…paging Mr. D.D. Harriman…

(Hm-m-m…another meme for this blog?) NASA has shifted its goals from returning to the moon to visiting an asteroid or even Mars, but not everyone…

October 28, 2011February 15, 2021
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Occupy Wall Street gets occupied

(Via Facebook) It seems that the Occupy crowdhas itself been occupied–by the “professional homeless” (hell of a profession). You have to love it when the…

October 28, 2011February 13, 2021
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My Big Fat Greek Haircut

(Via the Drudge Report) Reuters is reporting that there is an agreement for the private holders of Greek bonds to take a 50% “haircut”. In…

October 27, 2011February 13, 2021
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If you loved it before, you’ll love it more now

The US House of Representatives is back with a newer and less palatable version of last year’s Internet “anti-piracy” act. I still get a big…

October 27, 2011February 15, 2021
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“Atlas Shrugged” was a Warning, not a Manual: How to run an Occupied world

(Via the Drudge Report) So…if Occupied had its way, how would we all live? We’d all communicate with hand signals to hold down the noise.…

October 26, 2011February 15, 2021
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Something we should remember

The Battle of Leyte Gulf.

October 23, 2011February 13, 2021
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Rule 4

(Via the Drudge Report) It’s important, people. A man hunting with his grandson accidentally killed a U.S. Marine due to return to duty this week,…

October 23, 2011February 13, 2021
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Down to the True Believers, apparently

(Via the Drudge Report) Like this wasn’t predictable. They put on a gritty war face and insist they are more determined now than ever, but…

October 23, 2011February 15, 2021

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