The Freeholder

Yours truly has to fly to New York in October, and I was pleased to find that JetBlue has a direct flight from a local…

Found somewhere on the Intertubes on another forum or blog, we have this site: Wind Power This is all about the concept of building and…

Remember that line from Aliens? The Marines are in their dropship and they’re starting the descent to the planet surface. Well, if you still own…

Once again on a Monday. Today, Okinawa: This battle is why we used nuclear weapons to end the war. As terrible as the destruction they…

Or not. A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is much…

More than two months after being forced to return children from a polygamist sect to their parents, Texas child welfare authorities want eight youngsters put…

Joss Whedon says “No Serenity sequal is on the way”. This sucks.

Well, folks, this story has everything in it–everything that is rotten about our society and our justice system, anyway. The standard “remove all breakables” warning…

(Via FreedomSight) Ryan Horsley has restarted the Red’s Trading Post Blog. I guess I should have asked sooner…. He also announces that the Grand Opening…

It’s RINOs for Obama! So we have two “centrist Republicans” plus a Republican defector, and we’re …claiming anecdotal evidence of thousands of Republicans already ready…

Jed at Freedomsight is determined that neither the Red’s Trading Post or Cavalry Arms stories fall into a crack. He’s right, you know. We all…

(Via Freakonomics) And, depending on how things go economically, how any of us might find ourselves living some day soon. There’s a lot to think…

(Edit 8/13/2008: ViaXavier Thoughts. I had emailed myself the link and neglected to note where I had found it. I found it again today. Mea…

(Via Kim du Toit) No matter how bad things may seem, all is not corruption and ruin. In the village of Chettle, things are going…

One of my many sources has drawn my attention to this story: The southern California man who published the radio scanning biblePolice Callhas passed away.…

(Via The Smallest Minority) Lynn Moses will be locked up in federal prison next Wednesday. His crime? Protecting the city of Driggs, Idaho from flooding.…

Apparently it also runs through the office of Freddie Mac’s CEO: Freddie’s Forecast Seems A Little Too Bright As CNBC’s Diana Olick notes, the issue…

Watching the Fannie and Freddie Follies is sort of like watching a horrible wreck happen on the highway when you’re far enough away to see…

So Friday I took the day off to visit the eye doc. Good news is that my eyes are fine and I don’t need new…

Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Now that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have a blank check on the US Treasury bank account, the truth is going…

(Via Timebomb 2000) The Mogambo Guru says we have been “Betrayed by the Village Idiot“. Me, I say it’s time to wake up Leroy.

(Via The Countertop Chronicles) I’m not sure if this is funny or just very, very stupid.

(Via the Drudge Report) Spain’s socialist government has declared “The era of cheap energy has passed.” To prove it, they’re cutting the speed limit, handing…

You know, you’d think that The Powers That Be in DC would be able to figure out that the Supreme Court means what it says,…

(Via the Drudge Report) The Democratic Party, in its quest for power, has managed a propaganda campaign with subliminal messages, creating a God-like figure in…

The Battle of Britain: If you’ve never seen the movie “The Battle of Britain“, do yourself a favor.

(Via Irons in the Fire) Irish journalist Kevin Meyers has been “Writing what I should have written so many years ago” and nowhe’s in some…

Well, it’s all but a done deal–the Fiddlin’ government is going to spend our tax money to bail out fools, thieves and greedy bastards. Of…

Then again, increasingly, our Congress acts much like a junta, only with less efficiency and accountability. This comes to you courtesy of Petronis, a commenter…