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Above the law?

You decide.

May 10, 2007February 15, 2021
Remember Artie Johnson’s Laugh-In character?
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Remember Artie Johnson’s Laugh-In character?

(Via The Drudge Report) I remember this from watching it as a kid. Artie’s German soldier character, hiding in the bushes, waiting to deliver the…

May 9, 2007February 13, 2021
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Now what was I saying about cockroaches?

Well, at least these six had the bright light turned on them–and got squashed before they could scurry away. I think it’s important to note…

May 9, 2007February 13, 2021
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The military doing what it does best

Breaking things and killing bad guys. Now, can we just let them do it so we can end this thing?

May 8, 2007February 13, 2021
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And now for a “good cop” story

Kim du Toit has a run-in with a good cop, in particular a Missouri state trooper. See, they aren’t all bad.

May 8, 2007February 15, 2021
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Evidence

(Via Say Uncle) While I haven’t gotten any comments on the subject, I’ll bet more than a few people have thought something along the lines…

May 6, 2007February 15, 2021
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This is what setting a timetable to end a war gets you

Al Qaeda’s No. 2 mocked both U.S. President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress bill setting a pullout timetable for U.S. troops from Iraq,…

May 6, 2007February 13, 2021
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Hm-m-m…I wonder

I wonder if this sort of thing might be misused by school administrators in order to conduct searches when they can’t be justified any other…

May 4, 2007February 15, 2021
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CDC Guidence on masks in the event of pandemic flu

The CDC has issued “Interim Public Health Guidance for the Use of Facemasks and Respirators in Non-Occupational Community Settings during an Influenza Pandemic“. Short version…

May 4, 2007February 15, 2021
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Poking around the ol’ hard drive

I was looking around my hard drive for a file, and I ran across this oldie but goodie. Enjoy. Cowboy’s Guide To Life Don’t squat…

May 3, 2007February 13, 2021
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They take a vacation; we take a hike

It would seem that politicians are the same the world over… The Iraq parliament’s recess, starting this July, would likely come without Baghdad politicians reaching…

May 3, 2007February 13, 2021
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Freedom of speech abolished; no film at 11

Wired is reporting on a Chicago high school student arrested for his essay in a creative writing class. That shredding sound you hear is the…

May 1, 2007February 15, 2021
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Attention Guilford County, NC

The State of NC Annual Revenue Enhancement Patrols are in your area. The NC Highway Patrol’s 2007 Operation Slowdown is underway, and this week it’s…

May 1, 2007February 15, 2021
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Also worthy of note

I ran across a mention of this on the Bison Survival Blog: Urban Survival Not exactly what you think from first glance. This isn’t survival…

April 30, 2007February 15, 2021
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A handy site

Batteryspace.com has batteries of all descriptions, plus a variety of LED lighting products and quite a few things that sort of go along with the…

April 28, 2007February 15, 2021
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A little something that made my day

So I’m on the way home, and I’m behind soccer mom in her SUV. You can see mom driving and the head of a kid…

April 27, 2007February 15, 2021
Thanks, morons
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Thanks, morons

Just what gun owners and those of us who aren’t exactly in love with our government need: Feds Raid Alabama Militia Group, Uncover Small Weapons…

April 27, 2007February 13, 2021
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A sign of hope?

(Via Timebomb 2000) Remember the 92 year old woman, shot to death in her home in Atlanta last winter by police executing a “no knock”…

April 26, 2007February 15, 2021
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They “let” the mentally ill avoid the “gun list”?

The Raleigh News and Observer is reporting that “N.C. lets mentally ill avoid gun list“. Of course, the tone is immediately that this is bad…

April 26, 2007February 13, 2021
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A letter to the NRA

I received the following from Grass Roots North Carolina.. It originally came from Gun Owners of America. The biggest gun battle of the year is…

April 25, 2007February 15, 2021
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I’m from the Thought Police

And I’m here to fire you. Nicholas Winset, professor at Emmanuel College, has apparently gotten himself fired for having the temerity to question the prevailing…

April 24, 2007February 15, 2021
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Potty Talk

OK, there’s no nice way to put this, so you might as well be humorous: U.S. singer plans to wipe away global warming Yes America,…

April 24, 2007February 13, 2021
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Gotcha!

(Via The High Road) We don’t like scary looking guns because…they’re scary looking. What a tool.

April 22, 2007February 15, 2021
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Someone is doing something positive

As pointed out by Oscar Papa in his recent comment: http://www.savethe2nd.org/ Save the 2nd’s goal is to hold a pro-Second Amendment rally in each state…

April 19, 2007February 13, 2021
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LawDog sums it up

Perhaps the best take on the Virginia Tech massacre. Worth reading if you haven’t already.

April 18, 2007February 15, 2021
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Didn’t waste any time, did they?

Knowing no shame, the anti-gun forces are ever ready to take advantage of any tragedy available to further their agenda: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy has introduced…

April 18, 2007February 15, 2021
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How to be a hero

Survive the Holocaust, survive the Communists and die trying to save your students. God, filled with Motherly Compassion, grant a full and perfect rest under…

April 18, 2007February 15, 2021
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Virginia Tech

What to make of 32 dead at Virginia Tech? Those of us who know that all the laws in the world will not prevent criminals…

April 17, 2007February 13, 2021
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A quick prediction

I haven’t had time or inclination to comment on the subjects of Don Imus, the Paul Wolfowitz business, the secret White House communications system/gazillions of…

April 14, 2007February 15, 2021
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Words of Wisdom

The LawDog brings us this on the subject of laws, peace officers, gun store clerks and knowledge. Yeah, I know that “gun store clerks” and…

April 12, 2007February 13, 2021

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