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I’ve got nothin’, part n

I just haven’t been in the blogging mood, whatever that is.  Been Tweeting some things (to the 4 followers I have), but nothing so far…

June 23, 2013February 15, 2021
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Bug fixes

(Via Claire Wolf) In the computer world, there is a long-running discussion on whether security bugs should be publicized as soon as they are found…

June 19, 2013February 15, 2021
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I love it when blog content arrives via email

Or, in other words, I don’t have squat to talk about, so I’m going to point you to something someone else has written. Both of…

June 18, 2013February 15, 2021
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Yes, I twiddled the settings

I’ve decided to go back to a Blogger template, just so I can take advantage of some of their gadgets and such.  I’ll probably continue…

June 16, 2013February 13, 2021
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3,592 “mean rounds before stoppage”?

Via FOXNews The US Army has decided to “conclude” testing for the Individual Carbine program and declare that no one wins.  This is apparently based…

June 15, 2013February 15, 2021
Perusing Drudge this morning…
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Perusing Drudge this morning…

I pretty much had to laugh.  Here’s the “above the fold” portion just now: As you can see (click on the image if your eyes…

June 9, 2013February 13, 2021
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From the “Deserves to be spread around” department

Madame Roberta X has news of a biography of SF great H. Beam Piper. If you don’t know who H. Beam Piper was, then your…

June 8, 2013February 15, 2021
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I haz to lol

The New York Times editorial board, which twice endorsed President Obama and has championed many planks of his agenda, on Thursday turned on the president…

June 7, 2013February 15, 2021
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D-Day, once again

We’ve heard it all before.  D-Day. Operation Overlord. Juno, Gold, Sword, Utah, Omaha.  Pointe du Hoc.  Brecourt Manor.  Every year, a lot of us bloggers…

June 6, 2013February 15, 2021
Guns

Why would you walk away from training you had paid for?

Oh, because the instructor is unsafe?  That ought to be enough, don’t you think? Sean Sorrentino, the proprietor an An NC Gun Blog, has his…

June 5, 2013February 13, 2021
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Another anti-gun business

Oddly enough, this one is blowing up on the Book of Faces, but not so much on the blogosphere (or at least I’m not seeing…

June 1, 2013February 15, 2021
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Are we really sure this happened?

After all,guns are still pretty much totally illegal in Chicago.  If you’re a good guy, anyway.  Bad guys, please proceed as usual.

May 28, 2013February 15, 2021
A heartfelt “Thank You” to everyone who has served
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A heartfelt “Thank You” to everyone who has served

The mast of the USS Maine, Arlington National Cemetery.

May 27, 2013February 15, 2021
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And the winner of the Internet today is…

OldNFO.

May 25, 2013February 15, 2021
Just a reminder
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Just a reminder

May 25, 2013February 15, 2021
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“…ran into the front yard of the residence, where he collapsed and died.”

Of course it’s a happy ending to a home invasion when the invader gets what he deserves.  But there is something special to note here:…

May 24, 2013February 15, 2021
Guns

Really? Are you sure?

Acknowledging that the train has left the station, Homeland Security Theater has warned“…it could be “impossible” to stop 3D-printed guns from being made…”.  Dire warnings…

May 24, 2013February 13, 2021
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Cumbersome but useful

(Via Say Uncle) How to check the availability of ammo at Walmart online, even if the Walmartians don’t want you to know.

May 23, 2013February 15, 2021
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Want a revolver?

J & G Sales can fix you up.

May 21, 2013February 13, 2021
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The lunacy continues unabated

And why should it abate?  After all, it’s not like we’re living a police state or anything. Wilfredo Seda was arrested Monday for openly carrying…

May 21, 2013February 13, 2021
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Oh, way to go Colorado

(Via The Shooting Wire) Just way to effing go. Daniele Perazzi, president of the Italian Perazzi Shotguns firm, was taken into custody yesterday by Adams…

May 20, 2013February 13, 2021
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This will not end well

(Via SurvivalBlog) The mass exodus of Christians from the Muslim World The “religion of peace” strikes again, and new Dark Age continues to bear down…

May 19, 2013February 13, 2021
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Yeah, I can go with that

Why military guys (and likely gals) think Prince Harry is the shit.

May 19, 2013February 13, 2021
And for my last effort today
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And for my last effort today

A “Thank You” for those who serve.

May 18, 2013February 15, 2021
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Backlogs

From time to time, you’ll see a blogger who is “tab clearing”–just tossing out, with minimal comments, all those links that tend to accumulate in…

May 18, 2013February 15, 2021
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High tech target spotting

At first glance, spending$549 for a wireless camera system to spot your 1000 yard target might seem a bit crazy.  But have you pricedtop-of-the-line spotting…

May 18, 2013February 15, 2021
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Online learning for grownups

The heck with a degree–let Rob Pincus teach you techniques to counter an ambush in the comfort of your own home.

May 16, 2013February 13, 2021
Economics

How is our economy like a sand pile?

Because either can collapse in the most unpredictable of manners.  John Mauldin addresses the critical state and fingers of disequilibrium and how those concepts apply…

May 16, 2013February 15, 2021
Economics

Warning: Another Cyprus likely to occur soon

(Via SurvivalBlog) The International Monetary Fund, that paragon of fiscal virtue, thinks that Spain may be all but bankrupt.  Here’s the link–96 pages of dense…

May 12, 2013February 13, 2021
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OK…

Smoke caused an early morning evacuation of the White House Press Room.  There is no truth to rumors that mirrors were also involved.

May 11, 2013February 13, 2021

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