Another great reason not to talk to the nosey-bodies
FOXNews is reporting that US Census Bureau, the nosiest government agency there is, (way outside their Constitutional role) has lost 246 laptops containing personal information…
Hewlett-Packard and ethics–an incompatible pairing?
You may or may not have heard about the Hewlett-Packard’s snoop-fest on board members, employees and reporters. It’s already cost the Chairman of the Board,…
Another tool in the fight for privacy
ars technica is reports on a new tool to help preserve your ever-shrinking privacy. The Torpark web browser can live on a flash drive, has…
Snark-Snark
Hugo Chavez made this remark during his speech to the United Nations last night: And maybe we have to change location. Maybe we have to…
Me Pirate Name
My pirate name is: Captain Bartholomew Rackham Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. You…
The right tool for the job
One thing I have found out with The Freehold V2–a bigger house and a larger yard mean more work. (Shocking discovery, huh?) The old riding…
Growing up during the Great Depression
OK, this one’s for Gunner, since he asked for it in the comments to this post. The story of my parents growing up years during…
Time to buy a gun
(Via Kim DuToit) No, it not time for me to buy one or you to buy one. It’s time for Tina to buy one. Go…
Paging Claire Wolfe…Is it time yet?
Wired News is reporting that, in a move reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984, the Senate Judiciary committee has allowed this abortion of a bill to pass…
Why we will loose the War on Terror
FOXNews is reporting that a recent photograph: was not authorized for release by the Pentagon. It shows a large number of Taliban gathered for a…
It’s been five years
It’s been five years since our world changed. Two years ago, I wrote this piece on the subject. I’ve just went back and reread it.…
Changes to the blogroll
I’ve made some long-overdue changes to the blog roll. A couple of bloggers (Armor Geddon and Heads Bunker) who are no longer with us are…
Some things are too important to leave to the studio
YouTube is generally not my thing. However, I’ll poke around there from time to time. This time, I found this: For the fellow Browncoats, there…
The ways of monsters
The Geek With a .45 recently made a trip to Hungary. You should read these 2 posts (1 & 2) about a part of his…
Finland?
OK. I saw this same quiz on Heartless Libertarian’s blog, but I didn’t really feel like taking it at the time. Now Countertop has taken…
The sound of history
(Via WorldNet Daily) A Turing Bombe, an early relative of the computer, has been recreated at the old WW II British code-breaking center, Bletchley Park.…
Faking it
While looking at the Shatner piece, I noticed this on the sidebar: Why womenshouldfake orgasms Being a guy, this is guaranteed to attract my attention.…
Wuss
(Via Drudge) As Captain Kirk he vowed to boldly go where no man had gone before, but away from the TV screen actor William Shatner…
The ATF jackboots stomp again
(Via Wolfesblog) OK, so if you’ve read my blog or any of the other gunblogs, you know the story of The Great KT Ordinance ATF…
Survivalism 101
(Via TB2K–lots of good stuff there today) It seems that people outside of the “normal” survivalism groups are getting interested in being prepared for the…
And the winner of the Way Cool Award for this year is…
(Via TB2K) …Skunk Baxter! Many of you will remember Skunk’s guitar work for Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers. But Skunk can also design missile…
But will MoveOn and company move on?
(Via Drudge) Even the uber-liberal Washington Post has had enough of the Valerie Plame foolishness. Their op-ed piece on the possibility that Richard Armitage possibly…
Sure, I’ll play
The Smallest Minority has accepted Zendo Deb’s open invitation to borrow her book meme. And since both of them have made it open, why the…
The check is in the mail
News.com is reporting that Michael Chertoff, Homeland Security overlord Secretary is promising that our privacy will be respected as we carry out the War on…
Head scratcher
(Via This Is True) Now here’s an interesting online quiz, the “Belief-O-Matic“–answer 20 questions and find out what religious faith you’re most in agreement with.…
Carnival of Cordite, Number, ah, well…ahem
OK, OK! It’s Number 69! Given all the “chicks with guns” items lately, I guess you people have you minds in the gutter full-time, huh?
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(Link via The Mountain Man. Dude, when are you going to start your own blog?) If you’ve been around computers long enough, you know what…
Yep, I disappeared again
Back well-rested from overuse during the actual move of The Freehold, I’ve been working on the “customization” necessary to create The Freehold V2 out of…
Stupid Security
(Via The Register) In the wake of the recent “liquid bomb” scare, have you caught yourself wondering just how much safer you really are now…