I can add 2 + 2
And come up with bullshit. Will the last bit of common sense to leave the USA please turn off the lights?
I bet you thought I’d never come back around to this (Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 5)
In actuality, I’ve been working on this since the last post, but a lot of it has been in small parts that didn’t lend themselves…
Desperation is the mother of all spam
Now I’m getting Bitcoin spam on posts that are weeks or months old. The bots are getting desperate if they’re pitching Bitcoin here.
This ought to light off a few
(Via Kim DuToit at Splendid Isolation) I’m at the age where ladies of quality began being very difficult to come by. Seriously. I’ve watched guys…
Stop bleeding all over my floor!
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) One of the training points that has come up in the last few years is that “If you carry a…
Hacking pharmaceuticals
(Via the Drudge Report) I’m not wild about the guy’s politics or a lot of other things about him, but the concept of of a…
9 types of gun control the Democrats have supported since Sunday
The Democrats cannot stop themselves when it comes to gun control, and proof of it lies in the fact that various Democrats—and/or Democrat surrogates—have voiced…
Chainsaw, use of
(Via SurvivalBlog) YouTube, even though it’s owned by Google and is in the middle of some sort of politically motivated purge, is still a source…
Word from Puerto Rico
I need to have the time to read my own blogroll more often. Over at cdr salamander’s joint, there is an excellent article on the emergency…
Not helping
Seth Smith, the owner and operator of Aynor Armory Firearms Research and Manufacturing in Aynor, SC, is not helping gunnies out. Speaking to a local…
In which a liberal writer
Learns that none of her anti-gun ideas would actually do any good in the real world. I have to give credit where credit is due…
I must haz hit the Big Times
Like most people who blog, I probably attract one comment per hundred plus readers. So I’m thrilled to find 6 comments awaiting moderation. All spam.…
Give ’em an inch
And Diane Feinstein will take every firearm accessory she can ban. This is yet another example why there is no way that gunnies can actually…
Yo! Lefties! Read up if you want a clue why we’re not going to compromise on guns.
At the Federalist, Meredith Dake-O’Connor write a very nice, civil piece titled “6 Reasons Your Right-Wing Friend Isn’t Coming To Your Side On Gun Control”. She…
Spree Killing, Part n
As Joel at The Ultimate Answer to Kings so elegantly put it, “Oh, hell. Here we go again.” That’s not to belittle the deaths or the…
So this is where the 7 day pain pill business is coming from
(Via the Drudge Report) It seems our own government is going back to a failed idea from yesteryear–we’re going to restrict pain meds that work…
The de-Googlefication continues
Slowly, step by sometimes painful step, I continue to extract Google from my life. Today it was about the browser. I’ve been using Microsoft’s Edge…
See-through suppressors
(Via Michael Z. Williamson on Facebook) These are simply too cool. Suppressors with the normal outer shell replaced cast acrylic and filmed with a high-speed…
Who and what do you trust?
For months now we’ve heard the term “fake news” hurled about. We’ve also heard that “facts are fungible”. There is a certain amount of truth…
Our judgement is better than your doctor’s
I’m not a big fan of The War On (Some) Drugs. The crimes committed in its name are legion. But something that is often overlooked…
There are days when something slaps you in the face
As I age, I have more and more experiences where I feel like something has slapped me in the face. Sometimes it’s unpleasant, like the…
A quiet voice
Last week, I went to West Virginia for the unhappy duty of attending a family funeral. My family on both sides are Baptists and have…
So yeah, I’ve been laying low
I’ve been busy. I don’t even remember if I’ve noted that the New Employer and I have parted ways (there’s a long story for another…
New firearms parts resources
(Found on Facebook) While they may not be new to you, They’re new to me. Jack First Gun Parts is another online resource for hard-to-find…
All Irma, all the time
My apologies if things around here feel like it’s “All Irma, all the time”, but when you have a storm of this magnitude in the…
Passings, indeed
It is my unhappy duty to report the death of Dr. Jerry Pournelle. He was one of the writers who helped shape a lot of…
Irma: No news is good news
There is no good news on the hurricane front. The models that were predicting a turn toward the open sea are all gone now. Barring…
On the practical side
I’ve been cruising a Facebook group that’s dedicated to one of the areas Mrs. Freeholder and I are considering as a possible retirement location. It…
Continuing with Hurricane Irma
I wish I was able to say “What a difference a day makes.” Maybe I can, but not in a good way, especially not for…