Paranoia will destroy ya
The Heartless Libertarian has the skinny on just how professionally paranoid the US Secret Service is. I understand that protecting their charges is their #1…
No. Absolutely not.
(Vai Say Uncle and Massbackwards) Hollyweird is considering a remake of “Red Dawn”. Given the current propensities of that bunch, the movie will be 5…
Mormon women teach about food storage
(Via Frugal Squirrels) Think you’ve got plenty of food on hand for an emergency? Take a look at these women then go check our your…
Your Sunday Firepower Video
OK, I’m not too thrilled that someone actually cut open a Tiger I, but since it can’t be undone here’s a brief glimpse inside one…
“Always Think Forfeiture” no more?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has decided, under Congressional pressure, to drop its use of the decade-old slogan “Always Think Forfeiture”. This…
And you’re surprised…why?
Ruth Davis banked on looking like just another granny in the slow lane. But the 65-year-old Floridian was on business. A high-dollar delivery — 33…
Olofson convicted
I haven’t been blogging the ordeal of David Olofson, the man who loaned out his AR to an acquaintance, who then suffered a malfunction, leading…
Still voting for McCain?
I know it’s petty of me, but I wonder if the “I love my country more than I hate John McCain” crowd are still feeling…
Something to consider
I would ask you to go here and watch the sideshow in the banner. Any company that thinks like this can have my business.
Am I evolving?
I’m constantly amazed at the places I wind up, and their effects on how and what I think on a given subject. A Computer World…
I installed a zillion CCTV cameras…
and I could only use them to solve 3% of crimes. But then, yours truly suspects it never was about crime solving anyway. I wonder…
Not getting the message
In local politics, Randolph County (NC) voters rejected a sales tax increase in the May 6 voting. A disgruntled County Manager Richard Wells said: We…
McCain’s problem
(Link via the Drudge Report) In yesterday’s primaries, 27% of Republican voters in North Carolina voted against John McCain, while 23% of Republican voters in…
More Cavalry Arms news
(Via Pirate 4×4) And yes, you should prepare to be pissed. (Why do you expect differently when BATF is involved?) The BATF is apparently auctioning…
Well, this will set off a firestorm
Providing, of course, people actually notice it: Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The…
Your Sunday Firepower Video
Go Ugly Early–an A-10 provides some very close air support. Be sure to note the distinctive sound made by the GAU-8 cannon. I used to…
Freezing food
One method of storing away extra food for lean times is in the freezer. While not suitable for long-term storage (especially in a situation where…
Check out that used wheel gun
(Via LawDog) Jim March’s Revolver Checkout Procedure. print it out and file it away–there will be a test the next time you buy a revolver.
Dear Environmentalists
There are good and valid reasons why our ancestors hunted out the big predators in their midst: A nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from the…
I had given up hope of finding anything worthy of posting
(Via Timebomb 2000) This has been a poor week for posting–again. Sure, we have O’blah-blah and Pastor Wrong, our current economic spasms, Daddy Freakazoid in…
Getting the joke
Even in Moscow on the Catawba (otherwise known as Charlotte, NC), We the People are finally beginning to understand that the responsibility for their personal…
Your Sunday Firepower Video
Actually , this Sunday it’s “Videos”, since I skipped last Sunday. First, we have the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) paying Iraq a visit in full…
How can I create a fraction in Word that isn’t in any of the fonts I have?
This is too cool not to share. Mrs. Freeholder is working on an advanced degree, and needed to type fractions in the traditional format–numerator, horizontal…
Hey Mayor Daley, what’s up with this?
(Via the Drudge Report) Three men and two women were fatally shot Wednesday afternoon inside a home in the Chatham neighborhood, police said. Shot, as…
Not to cause a panic or anything…
(Via Timebomb 2000) But when a Wall Street Journal columnist starts warning people to stock up on food, you have to wonder if the end…
Isn’t this one of the signs of the Apocalypse?
You know, even in the South I don’t expect the media to be a friend of gun owners. But when it happens, I am happily…
It. Gets. Worse.
OK, I’m stupid–I just had to see what else was on Youtube. The Leningrad Cowboys do ZZ Top… Led Zeppelin… Metallica… and much, much more.…
This. Is. So. Wrong.
(Via Timebomb 2000 and To The Point News) On. So. Many. Levels. A Finnish band with the Red Army Choir and they’re doing “Sweet Home…
Happy Patriots’ Day
Today is Patriots’ Day, in which we celebrate the Battle of Lexington and Concord–“The Shot Heard Round the World”. Or at least, we should be.…