Sold out, but by who?
Jim Shepherd of The Shooting Wire has some interesting thoughts on the DOJ amicus brief (written, as we now know with the help of the…
Here’s a good reason to vote for Fred
(Via Say Uncle) Because he thinks the Bush administration has blown it with their amicus brief in the Heller case. Fred Thompson obviously groks the…
FFLs–defend yourselves!
Jim Shepherd’s The Shooting Wire has this interesting tidbit of news for FFLs: Today at the AcuSport dealer show in Salt Lake City, UT, the…
More on the DOJ amicus brief
(Via Michael Bane) Among all the other things I have to do, I’ve been trying to keep up on this subject. Michael Bane is doing…
The value of wood
(Found on Timebomb 2000) In the event of a crash, would you rather have gold, or wood? Before you decide, you might want to read…
Hysterical Fools
Time to indulge in a little local foolishness. From one of thelocal fishwrappers: North Davidson Middle and High schools were on temporary lockdown Tuesday morning…
Betrayal
(As found in various places, but first noticed on The Smallest Minority) The effing Federal government has filed an amicus brief on the Heller case.…
Got juice?
Among the many projects I’ve wanted to take on for some time is making some provision for electricity if the grid is down for an…
Will work for taxes?!
(Found on Timebomb 2000) If you move around in the “doom and gloom” circles on the Internet, you’ve surely ran across the Mogambo Guru. He’s…
Wickedly Firefly
(Via the NC Browncoats Yahoo group) y_fish has coupled music from the Broadway show Wicked to images from Firefly and Serenity and arrived at awesome.…
On the mark
“The police protect the People. The military protects the State. When the military becomes the police, the People become the enemies of the State.” This…
You tell em, Fred!
I don’t know if you caught any of last night’s Republican presidential debates, but I managed a bit here and there, plus more on the…
SF gets its pee-pee whacked again
Anti-freedom forces will never stop. But as long as we fight, we will win. This was in my email box from the NRA-ILA: The California…
The ATF is trying to shut down an NC gun dealer
(Via Red’s Trading Post) It’s amazing what happens in your own back yard. I’m really amazed that I didn’t see this in some of my…
I opened the door and in flew Enza
I just found this on the Adjutant Briefing site. Since it isn’t really played up, I wanted to bring it to everyone’s notice. It’s the…
This just in
My Internet spies have sent me the following from the National Shooting Sports Foundation: Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp. are refusing to process…
Spinning vinyl
Remember when music came on large vinyl circles called “records”? Remember being able to go to Peaches Records to buy these items? (I remember the…
Family photography as a terrorist act
Once again, anarcho-terrorism rears its ugly head. Not in the form of the “terrorist” photographers, but in the form of the moronic mall manager. A…
Heh
I’m not one for blogging jokes, but this one is a bit too good to let pass. I received it from one of my Internet…
Tripped over something interesting
I was looking for something on the Internet when I tripped across this: Received Pronunciation. Interesting stuff. (And yes, as I child I used to…
Boring vacation pictures
You don’t think I’d let you all off without seeing some of them, did you? Those are the Christmas trees at Disney’s MGM, Animal Kingdom…
The wailing begins
(Via the Drudge Report) Arizona, one of the first states to take concrete measures against businesses employing illegal aliens, may have to implement some concrete…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to one and all. We have returned from The Freehold South, and are in the process of trying to sort out the…
On charity
Reading yesterday’s Merry Christmas greetings, it occurs to me that some of you may think I’ve went all mushy for the holiday season, or worse,…
Merry Christmas
I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from the Freehold South. I was a little worried about just how much Christmas it could be,…
Why we don’t allow Liberals/Progressives/Whatevers to write Christmas stories
(Found on the local newspapers’ website, which must remain nameless for OpSec.) “A Charlie Brown Holiday”: Charlie Brown is tasked with directing the play for…
Greetings from the Freehold South
I won’t bore you (much) with the details of a family vacation. If you’ve ever traveled, you know what that’s like. Interstates, rest stops and…
Heading South
The Family Freeholder is heading south toward a warmer clime and the House of the Mouse, among other attractions. Time and Wi-Fi access permitting, I’m…
Ammo prices got you down?
(Found on The High Road) If you shoot, you’ve probably been wondering if ammo prices will ever stop rising. gun-deals.com can’t make them stop rising,…
First Flight
Today is the anniversary of the first flight of the Douglas DC-3, the plane that popularized commercial flight. If you’re interested in my favorite DC-3…