This is what charity and gratitude look like in the gun culture
(Via Chaos Manor) Go read. Amazing, instructive and humbling. Thanks, you guys.
Time to pull the plug?
(Via the Drudge Report) It seems that the vaunted plug-in auto(semi-)mobiles are not doing so well in the marketplace–even with government incentives to help hold…
We’re racists…again
(Via the Drudge Report) If it doesn’t work the first thousand times you try it, try it again, but harder. That seems to be the…
Not getting the message, part n
House Republicans attempt to revive Real ID The next thing we know, the Stupid Party is going to bring up gay marriage again.
It’s a sad statement
That there was ever any real question about this. Only in Moscow on the Catawba, I suppose. An employee at a Subway restaurant in northeast…
Illinois (anti-gun) Nazis?
It seems their Attorney General may be one. In a showdown over the privacy rights of gun owners, the Illinois State Police are refusing to…
I’d be checking George Soros
(Via the Drudge Report) Evidence outlined in a Pentagon contractor report suggests that financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile…
A life well lived
91 years old and died on a tractor working his farm. Somehow, I don’t think a man could ask for more than that.
Kahr CM-9
No, I haven’t bought one, although I am interested. It’s just that GunsAmerica has reviewed it.
Shouldn’t this be made of lead?
Or perhaps recycled toxic waste? Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury Bronze Medal
The end of an era
Frank Buckles, the last surviving veteran of World War I, has died. Godspeed, sir.
Only in the People’s Republic of San Francisco
Otherwise known as “The Nanny City-state by the Bay”, could a Coke sign get people so riled up. I have to wonder just how badly…
Compromise? I think not.
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis fired up Democrats at the party’s national winter meeting in Washington on Saturday, as the feisty former California congresswoman chastised Republican…
Hey dude, it’s a scary world, you know?
(Via the Drudge Report) …Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa believes he is in danger, and therefore needs a six-foot security wall erected around L.A.’s official mayoral residence…
I needs me some more Firefly
I really, seriously do. And this would be the biggest fan triumph of all time–buying the rights to our Big Damn Show and getting it…
Local blogger sued by Righthaven
It seems the bottom-dwellers at Righthaven *spit* have decided to go after a local blogger in my AO. The unfortunate thing is that the pond…
As SciFiJim notes…
I owe you guys a report on my trip to the Wilkesboro, NC gun show. Apologies for not doing it sooner, but my week went…
Told ya so
As I predicted, the House has approved an extension of the “Patriot” Act. This is my shocked face.
Supid anti-gun idea #4,895,432
A Connecticut lawmaker wants to create the country’s first state registry for people convicted of gun crimes, a proposal he says will help police track…
In which AC Snow is delivered his comeuppence
(Via Say Uncle) An NC Bun Blog takes on the Noise and Disturber’s AC Snow, who has once again decided that something about guns is…
From the Email List that must Remain Nameless
Customs and Border Protection officers clear 80 percent of all cargo before it enters the United States. Congress has mandated that they clear 100 percent…
You’re on your own for the rest of the day
And I’d appreciate it if ya’ll kept things together while I’m busy. Me, Son and Mountain Man (who really needs to attend to that blogging…
Maybe we could just leave it shut down?
A government shutdown is on the table if Congress fails to reach an agreement on spending cuts, a freshman GOP congressman told Fox News on…
Perhaps the Tea Party is doing some good after all
I have to admit, after some early back-pedaling by certain Tea Party backed elected officials, I was ready to write them off en masse. Current…
Teh Stupid…
(Via Claire Wolfe) It burns! According to a document published by Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News, the Air Force legal office has issued a guidance…
I understand the point
But if you don’t like how your PS3 works, wouldn’t it be simpler to buy a different console?
Don’t bet on this lasting for long
The House failed to extend three key expiring provisions of the Patriot Act on Tuesday, elements granting the government broad and nearly unchecked surveillance power…
Uh…excuse me?
Oddest search term I can recall ever showing up in the stats: “tommy haddock” bojangles god I got nothing here….
Interesting data point
I wish I could remember where, but someone on my blog roll recently started a discussion on Kimber pistols and their reliability–or lack thereof. I…