The Freeholder

While we’ve all be fixating on Wall Street, Jihadistan decided to take a swing at us in Yemen, bombing the US Embassy in that country.…

We’ve now entered into the early phases of the grand liquidation offinancial derivativesI wrote about last June. The most stunning—indeed flabbergasting—event so far has been…

U.S. stocks tumbled as bank lending seized up in the wake of the government’s takeover of American International Group Inc., raising concern that more of…

Remember when the Fed “persuaded” Bear Stearns to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase for $2/share, only to eventually have the price go up to something…

John Ross is enthusiastic about Sarah Palin. Nothing of earth-shaking import here, but Ross is always fun to read.

(Via LawDog) OK, I’m late to this party. But just in case you haven’t seen this, I want to draw your attention to it. Be…

(Via the Drudge Report) Not trying to be nasty, but just how else would you describe a politician, running for national office, who asks a…

(Via the Drudge Report) It would seem that the writers of cyberpunk got another one right: Google may take its battle for global domination to…

And you too can own this one: Of course, I bet the reloading press and dies for that brass are kinda steep….

The Smallest Minority has a collection of political cartoons for you. Finish your beer before you click. Your keyboard will thank you.

Major Chuck has the primo idea of all time to raise funds for the GOP: hunting trips. They really should do this. It torques all…

(Via Kim du Toit) You may recall my post about Richland County, South Carolina and their new armored vehicle. Radley Balko has a post at…

(Via Kim du Toit) It seems that Louisiana residents outside of Nawlins arequite prepared for hurricane season, thanks so much. “Hunting over bait” I don’t…

…you can always find other ways to amuse yourself, such as calling a phone sex line. And luckily for duck hunters, the Federal government is…

I hate starting off a Sunday morning like this. The article is short, so I’m going to quote the whole infuriating thing: A small fire…

LawDog asked a question that lead me back to this piece of his. It. Is. The. Best. Thing. On. The. Internet. Period.

Republican workers saved 12,000 US flags from the trash generated bt the DNC’s “green” convention. Saved by a vendor at Invesco Field, they were delivered…

Not that this is a surprise, mind you. Treasury Plans to Take Control of Fannie, Freddie Of course, we could have fixed them a few…

(Via Kim du Toit) In today’s Opinion Journal, Peggy Noonan spends some time considering the subject of Sarah Palin. Go read it first, and then…

“What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?” “Lipstick.” I’m still amused by Sarah Palin’s speech to the GOP convention last night.…

I hope that “space alien” thing was bizarre enough to get your attention. Given the number and quality of rumors swirling around Gov. Palin’s since…

Is the fact that the adults you grew up with will pass on. Jerry Reed has died at 71.

In honor of dove season, which starts tomorrow here in NC, we’re going to do a different kind of firepower this week. Squab–it’s what’s for…

David Olufson, recently convicted of transferring a broken gun illegal machine gun has filed an appeal. The Smallest Minority has a link to the original…

This in from an Intertubes correspondent…WWL radio is streaming coverage of Hurricane Gustav. Very interesting, especially the phone calls from folks in the evacuation stream.…

(Via the Conservative Scalawag) It would seem that the militarization of our police has just developed its very own arms race–the Richland County South Carolina…

So John McCain has chosen a relative unknown, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Interesting. If her Wikipedia bio is to be believed,…