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…
Time for a Public Service Announcement
(Image and links via the Drudge Report) This is not a joke. If you’re in the path of this hurricane your life is in danger.…
Eating my words
Well, to today to an extent. Eventually I get to eat them all. Last week I was smirking about how I like making Google foot…
A modest proposal
(With apologies to Jonathan Swift. Link to “Rebel yell: Southern nationalists again crying ‘secede'” via the Drudge Report) I’ve discussed the concept that we’re in…
Besides President Trump and his policies
Here’s something else the West Coast liberals can worry about: volcanoes.
Since we were speaking of Google
Breitbart is having a multi-part interview piece with those who are or have been behind enemy lines at Teh Googlez. Obviously there’s no way for…
I enjoy making Google publish this
Perhaps you’ve heard ofthe latest little row at Google—an employee had the temerity to publish his thoughts on the Google monoculture and suddenly is he…
Will Amateur Radio become extinct?
It’s an interesting question that has been thrashed around the table more than a few times. I know that my club is in trouble–our youngest…
It seems the Deep State just won’t stop
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) I’d really like to write about something else. Almost anything else, really. But you can’t pay attention to current events…