Well here’s a shocker
An ATF official overstates his case (See how nice I am? I could have called ATF Deputy Assistant Director Bill McMahon a liar, but I’m…
Incompetence at the North Carolina Department of Transportation
It turns out Wendi Johnson, a Wilson-based construction engineer for the state Department of Transportation, was right all along: The central office experts skimped on…
Crazy Joe
(Via the Drudge Report) For some weird reason, I’m reminded of the scene in Band of Brothers where Guarnere and Heffron were talking about a…
You’re doing it wrong
The director of the Congressional Budget Office issued a warning to Democrats Thursday that their health care proposals would raise costs, not lower them. Well,…
Appeasement as a failed policy
Astute readers of history (along with members of the Neville Chamberlain Fan Club) know that appeasement doesn’t work as an instrument of government policy. In…
Not human
(Via the Drudge Report) Fair warning: this is a rant. Way back in the dim mists of time, I read a book by George R.R.…
Bleg
Not for me, but for Chris Muir. It’s time for the Day By Day Annual Fundraiser. If you can, go drop some money in his…
Welcome to nationalized health care. If you don’t want it, we’ll shove it down your throat.
Well, it isn’t as if they didn’t telegraph it: House Democrats unveiled ambitious legislation Tuesday to remake the nation’s health care system and called on…
Internet serendipity strikes again
Over at the GeekWitha.45’s place I was perusing/commenting on this well written piece that, as I commented, reinforces my my conviction that government interference in…
Just in case you’ve missed it
89 years old with a 45 year old auto, 540,000 miles on the car and a concealed carry permit. They don’t make women or cars…
The One says “You must be patient.”
For despite the Hope, his economic policies may take many years to bear fruit. Change you’ll just have to wait for.
How about some more Retro Tech?
I was amazed at how well my original “Retro Tech Days” post went over–enough so to be linked by both Tam and SurvivalBlog. I’m grateful…
I liked this so much
There is an on-line forum, Timebomb 2000, that I participate in. Billing itself as “A World Events Focus Group and Forum”, it’s actually a lot…
Timely Information
One-Year Emergency Food Supply For One Adult, 3,000 Calories per Day From the looks of it, you would eat well and have a pretty fair…
Score one for the good guys
Police say Leonard Ray Isenhart Jr., 18, of 422 W. Sixth Ave., first tried to steal the purse of an unknown elderly woman and was…
You’re doing it wrong
(Via the Drudge Report) The buyer’s remorse is setting in as Obama’s policies fail. It’s interesting to note that the numbers are pretty close to…
Can you ping your pistol?
I heard about this on the podcast version of Guntalk, and I really had to wonder if it was April 1–RFID tags in pistols? What…
Socialized Medicine
I’ve been wanting to write a blazing condemnation of socialized medicine/nationalized medicine/single payer insurance/health care farting unicorns for a while, but I’ve kept putting it…
Gunnery Sgt. Hartman has a new show
(Via Say Uncle) Watch it, you grab-asstic pieces of filth. 🙂
Ba-a-a-a!!!
Michael Bane recommendsthis editorial by Liz Soares. Here’s a couple of excerpts: Which brings us back to the ammo shortage. In ordinary times, I would…
Dear California,
Welcome to the new economy! We’re all laughing our asses off watching! On one side, IOU recipients are beginning to trade them like currency, forcing…
“Shoot for 8 ball”
Yes, I’ll date myself and tell you that I’m old enough to remember playing pinball. (For that matter, I’m old enough to remember when the…
Think using less electricity will save you money?
(Via the Drudge Report) I can remember the old public service announcements in the 70s exhorting everyone to save energy and save money at the…
If someone offers you free money…
Don’t be an irrational idiot, just take it and say “Thanks!” The Ultimatum Game, in which test subjects respond to take-it-or-leave-it offers, has allowed psychologists…
Retro Tech Days
It seems to be turning into an Independence Day tradition–a visit to the Southeast Old Threshers Reunion in Denton, NC. First and foremost, threshers reunions…
*SNORT*
(Via Timebomb 2000) It seems that the death of Michael Jackson has spawned a cottage industry on YouTube. Warning…this isn’t quite work safe.
Happy Independence Day
We’ve played baseball, and now we’re off to see tractors and fireworks.
Devil caught buying ice skates
Film at 11. The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana filed the federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of Errol Houston Jr., who was arrested last…
So…how bad is it when the cops are scared?
(Via Timebomb 2000) Be sure you don’t miss the last sentence. The fear on the street is palpable. Ever since the election of Barack Obama…
Ooof!
(Via Timebomb 2000) Ho. Ly. Moses. I feel like I just took a punch in the gut. Dr. Manning is a powerful speaker (in the…