Must have been a slow week in Tejas
(Via Karen de Coster) With no menacing dogs to shoot during a SWAT raid, they had to resort to pepper spraying a baby squirrel at…
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Yes, North Carolinans, your state government is out of control
You might remember my post where some Raleigh residents were accused of practicing engineering without a license because they submitted a report that was “too…
“You think we’re stupid?”
(Via the Drudge Report) In the candid remarks, Mr. Obama complains of Republican attempts to attach measures to the budget bill which would have effectively…
Start worrying
(Via the Drudge Report) The Big O wants to expand Homeland Security’s mandate further into the Intertubz. They’ve done such a great job with airports,…
Well, isn’t this special
(Via SurvivalBlog) Inflation, using the reporting methodologies in place before 1980, hit an annual rate of 9.6 percent in February, according to the Shadow Government…
From the Land of Fruits and Nuts
Apparently the California Federation of Teachers is wiser than all the investigators, eye witnesses and judges who have been involved in the case of one…
It seems that it is business as usual in Washington
Yes indeed… The budget deal that Republicans and Democrats negotiated Friday night is for 2011 and funds the government through the end of September with…
It was something about “navigating by the average depth of the ocean…”
And running aground. A new analysis of wind energy supplied to the UK National Grid in recent years has shown that wind farms produce significantly…
Wow…
It’s arrogant, mean, vicious and racist. Oh, and it hurts poor children. With terms like that, you’d think that the NC Legislature was talking about…
Stupid Crook of the Week
This week, we’d like to present the Stupid Crook of the Week award to Jonathan Tyrone Huntley of Charlotte, NC. Jonathan wins the prestigious award…
I wonder if they have any openings
(Via Say Uncle) A local video game company that is serious about getting it right.
While the energy may have been “green”…
It apparently failed to bring in the green. North Carolina’s first ethanol plant has filed for bankruptcy protection, hoping to reorganize under a new operating…
Is this a great country, or what?
Yeah, The Big O has us fighting (yet another) war what has way too many people asking “Dude…WTF?!” Yeah, the economy still is in the…
An actual, common sense gun law
And it’s about time. NC House passes bill to allow concealed weapons in parks, bars And before the whiners show up, let’s note that it’s…
Nannies on parade
Our nannies are whining that we need to be protected from hurting our widdle selves–again. N.C. lawmakers, who already have banned texting and emailing while…
How to beat gun “buy backs”?
(Via Gun Talk on Facebook and the Buckeye Firearms Assoc.) How do the freedom-loving beat the gun grabbers at their “gun buy back” game? Why,…
Free plug
I see that they’re advertising round and about the Intertubz. I don’t take advertising, but I’m perfectly happy to plug something I think is going…
Contessa, you will comply
Daughter is an inveterate viewer of the Food channel, so I do I have a passing familiarity with this woman’s show. So I wasn’t shocked,…
Um-m-m…might want to rethink that headline…
Justice Department eyes plan to fight ‘war on cops’ Because usually, when you’re fighting a war on something (War on Drugs, War on Terror, War…
And in the midst of an economic downturn…
(Via the Drudge Report) The country formerly known as Great Britain is…cutting taxes? This has thrown my world view for a loop…
Goodbye, Elizabeth
Her personal life might have been something of a mess, but you can’t deny that she was a beautiful and talented woman.
Reconstructing history
(Link via RobertaX) A non-college educated former photographer turned truck driver reconstructs the Fat Man and Little Boy bombs. And yes, he has written a…
Washington makes you wear dirty clothes
(Via Claire Wolfe) In which the folks who always know better ruin the washing machine–and your clothes. And yes, I have one of the stinky,…
Can you has nite vision?
Yes, we can now see in the dark, at least after a fashion. The Bushnell Night Watch is a Gen I unit in terms of…
Let’s see here…
Your kid is a bully. He starts to believe his own propaganda and takes on a kid twice his size, and gets body slammed for…
Want to help the Japanese?
Roberta X can show you how to get the t-shirt that gives. And I’m telling you, they’re going to need the help. I was appalled…