The slow slide toward civil war continues
On both sides. At this point, we’re chumming for sharks nearly as much as they are. It was inevitable. I catch myself doing it. Can we…
Ocular dominance
There’s a topic you don’t often see on blogs. 🙂 I’m one of the 30% or so of the population who is cursed with being…
Back to the gardening theme
At least for a moment. If we should happen to get that mini-Ice Age some are calling for, this document from the Alaskan Energy Authority…
Food for the Fighters
That’s the thing about YouTube. You can spend an entire afternoon on it, wondering from one interesting thing to another.
Shooting the double action revolver the FBI way
(From the Ruger Facebook group) From 1961, the FBI opines on how to shoot the double action revolver. Don’t snicker, there’s a lot in it…
Need to learn something?
(From Reccomendo) You might want to try Richard Feynman’s methodology. If a Nobel Prize winning physicist could use it to reduce complicated subjects down to…
Rethinking hostage rescue
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) For those among us who have had reason to be anywhere near those who work in this area, we know…
This is getting to be too frequent
The gunny part of the blogosphere has lost another member, this time Bob Owens of Bearing Arms. It wasn’t a frequent stop for me, but…
You’ve got to be kidding me! (Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 3)
So, I’ve taken the refurbed pipe die apart, and found… That it has the “wrong” cutting teeth in it. In actuality, the teeth are just…
Gab is now open for business
Gab is now open to the public–1 zillion lines, no waiting! You don’t need an invite to get in now, you can just sign yourself…
Welcoming to the blogroll…
For the most part, I’ve stopped noting when a blog or web site comes or goes from the left hand side of the page. However,…
Further thoughts on why you stay away from demonstrations
(Via Michael Bane on Facebook) We’ve talked about how your presence at one of the current crop of demonstrations violates Farnam’s 3 Rules of Risk…
OK, so it’s one groups opinion
(From the AR15 Builder group on Facebook) The Best AR-15 Lowers for Any Budget, early 2017 edition. Nice to see Anderson in there, since I…
So, how hard can it be to put up one little mast? (Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 2)
Well… Since the original post, where things went swimmingly, it seems the Fates have been conspiring against me to some extent. First we’ve been contending…
The Ranger Roll
If you Google “ranger roll”, you’re going to find two things–a method to fold clothes, which is really handy, and this: This is how to…
I’m not sure what is more foolish
(As found on the Gun owners of America Facebook feed) The fact that the constabulary at Colgate University lost their shit over a glue gun…
Brass case ammo vs. steel case ammo
(As found on Facebook) While this debate isn’t as old as the Caliber Wars, it has been fought with the same level of…let’s call them…
The serendipitous landing of links
I have long since stooped being surprised, other than pleasantly so, by the seemingly odd coincidences that have been occurring in my life the last…
You want a civil war?
Because this is how you get a civil war. Remember Farnam’s 3 Rules of Risk Management: Don’t go to stupid places; don’t associate with stupid people;…
Before anything else comes up
I’ve been trying for days to get this posted. Life keeps throwing me curve balls, not all of them unpleasant, and keeping me from it.…
All because of a fat kid in a turd whirled country
I’m getting rumbles via various channels about things nuclear. Chances are these will come to nothing, just as they always have. However, ignoring such things…
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Complacency kills
Most people figure that if they follow John Farnam’s “3 Rules of Risk Management”: Don’t go to stupid places; don’t associate with stupid people; don’t…
Climate change
Does climate change? Of course it does, over vast amounts of time. Are human actions influencing it? Unclear, but unlikely. So why are well-known scientists,…
He was Trump before Trump was Trump
“We rolled the dice with the future of this country,” he tells me. “And I think it’s going to come up snake eyes.” I’m not…
It’s been a while
I really owe you some good, original content of some sort. I even have some, but Mrs. Freeholder and I have been at an Undisclosed…
You gotta read this
I’m not sure I can describe it with any real justice, but it’s about Israel and its defense, terrorism and one Israeli general’s thoughts on…
Putting up a 6m/2m/70cm beam antenna, Part 1
The weather is getting back to spring, and it’s time to launch into some spring projects. One of many is the installation of a Cushcraft 6m/2m/70cm…
Here we go, lobbing cruise missiles again
Last night, we launched what appears to be a pretty well designed and targeted attack on a Syrian government airbase. From all reports, it achieved…
I hate cleaning guns
My least favorite thing about shooting is cleaning my guns. While I do think that a gun needs to be cleaned after it’s shot, I’ll…