The data is in
Head has performed exhaustive testing on the AR vs. AK argument and has concluded that the Mosin-Nagant is superior to both. Warning–wrap the keyboard in…
And a different kind of carnival
Publicola gives us the Carnaval De Les Garand. He just had to go do this. He had to. I’m sure, just sure, that it has…
A large bore Carnival
This week’s Carnival of Cordite is #45 (and 45 is the number of the Carnival of Cordite), and as such has been devoted to all…
Well, I feel more like a human…
Although a trip to the MD was finally necessary. Out of the entire family, I get to play for the bonus round (secondary infection, in…
Meet the Hackensnotts
The lack of bloggage has been directly related to the entire population of the Freehold’s recent spate of upper respiratory illness. Hopefully by the weekend…
Worthy of widespread distribution
(Via Jerry Pournelle) Until We Meet Again My thanks, as well.
Ah, caught you looking!
For the Carnival of Cordite #44, right? Much gunny goodness, as usual. Particularly interesting to me was the notation of ATF’s continued record keeping snafus.…
Yahoo and Microsoft and AOL, on my!
There’s a lot more news today on the Google subpoena that I blogged yesterday. First, I have to report that my idea of sending messages…
Googling for Big Brother
Everyone knows Google–the most popular search engine on the Internet. The Federal government most definitely knows them–they’resubpoenaing Google for an unspecified week’s worth of search…
Everything must go!
U.S. Holds Going-Out-Of-Business Sale “The U.S. government, America’s place for law and order since 1776, has lost its lease, and everything must go, go, go,”…
No more Winchesters? Say it ain’t so!
(Via the Yahoo LongRangeRifle group) Word is that US Repeating Arms (which is owned by a Belgian firm, Herstal Group), will be closing the Winchester…
Know your history
(Via Jerry Pournelle) One of Dr. Pournelle’s multitudinous readers has found an excellent resource, The Founders’ Constitution. I haven’t had time to go over all…
Nothing to worry about?
(Via FreedomSight) Justin Buist seems to think this is nothing to worry about. I follow his argument, but even if he’s correct, I doubt that…
*sigh*
Do I really need to spell this out for you? All I can say is that if I ever hit a lottery, you had better…
More…Carnival!
Gullyborg has a special zombie edition for the Carnival of Cordite #43. All the information you need to provide for the defense of you and…
Repealing the First Amendment
Well, at least as far as the Internet is concerned, it may be repealed–at least until some poor soul has to go to court and…
The tale of the Savage 6D
In early December, the Mountain Man and I road tripped to the Charlotte Gun Show. Neither of us had ever been to the Charlotte show,…
Time is still short in my life
But it’s never too short to peruse the Carnival of Cordite, Issue #42! Congratulations to Gullyborg on his impending marriage. And don’t forget to check…
This could be interesting to watch on CSPAN
(Via Drudge) Our President says it’s a breach of security, but now we have someone who wants to blow the whistle on the NSA (and…
Who said the Germans are unthinking robots?
The Germanic peoples have had, for many decades (if not centuries), the undeserved reputation of being somehow predisposed to authoritarianism. History says that isn’t true…
Preparedness finds
Hitting the local Wall-to-Wal-mart, I found two interesting finds in the flashlight section. The first is the Nite Ize LED Upgrade for the AA Mini…
Is your home your castle?
The lucky amongst the survivalist community are able to live where they plan on retreating to in the event of TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The…
Holidays? What holidays?
I wish I could say the lack of posting the past two weeks has been due to family obligations over the holidays. Instead, it’s mostly…
The plot thickens
(Via Drudge) In an earlier post, I asked the question “Why did the Bush Administration resort to secret (and likely illegal) spying by the NSA…
Duely noted
So the House and Senate compromised on a 5 week extention of the Patriot Act, sent it to the President, and bailed for their vacation.…
Well, isn’t this a surprise
Senate Renews Patriot Act Well, actually, they’ve renewed it in its entirety for 6 months. However, in 6 months it will at least be renewed…
Something wicked this way comes
FoxNews reports: Senate Republicans Wednesday evening tentatively signed onto an agreement that will fully reauthorize the Patriot Act in its current form but also allows…
Who said this?
I got this in my inbox just now from the Yahoo Handloading group. The question is, who said it? The original poster doesn’t know. At…
We’re all ears
I’ve been following the slowly expanding brew ha ha around the subject of the NSA’s domestic spying, the President’s defense of it, who was getting…
Get ready, because here it comes
Oh, we’ve been bad boys and girls and Daddy has scolded us! Oh my, how can we make amends? “…lawmakers explored possibilities Monday for a…