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More like a season of give-aways, greed and stupidity

The Big O, in a rush to salvage Christmas in Hawaii, tossed the following over his shoulder as he was running for the chopper: “Instead…

December 22, 2010February 15, 2021
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Just shaking my head

(Via the Drudge Report) A 5 inch snow and an entire continent is paralyzed for days? Doesn’t speak well for their ability to, oh, survive…

December 22, 2010February 15, 2021
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Demonstrating a decided lack of Christmas spirit

(From The Email List That Shall Not Be Named) I feel so sorry for the poor and starvin’ of Macon, Georgia. NOT. Perhaps Raymeica Kelly…

December 21, 2010February 15, 2021
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Difficult becomes impossible

Remember when I said I’d never buy a GM vehicle because “our” government had stolen the company from it’s rightful owners, and that sentiment went…

December 21, 2010February 15, 2021
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OK, it’s easier if you understand this simple fact

It isn’t about safety, it’s about revenue. There. All better now?

December 21, 2010February 13, 2021
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Just throw everything at them and see what sticks

(Via the Drudge Report) 10 high school students who like to wear Christmas sweaters and sing are in trouble with their idiot school system for…

December 21, 2010February 15, 2021
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Free for Christmas

Brian Aitken, a political prisoner of the State of New Jersey, got that wish today courtesy of Gov. Chris Christie. For those of you who…

December 20, 2010February 15, 2021
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Stupid tech ideas

(Via Timebomb 2000) Apparently taking their cue from OnStar, Intel decides to put a remote kill switch in their next generation processors. Unfortunately, they probably…

December 19, 2010February 13, 2021
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How many more days until these jerks go home?

It would seem that the lame-ass duck session of Congress is turning into a ship of fools, blindly cruising the harbor hoping to run into…

December 16, 2010February 15, 2021
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F Troop is at it again

According to the St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner, BATFE is now interesting in a new reporting requirement if you buy multiple long guns in a…

December 16, 2010February 15, 2021
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Much ado about nothing

Stratfor makes the case that, for all the hoopla about Wikileaks and their release of a gazillion diplomatic cables, it is the equivalent of a…

December 15, 2010February 13, 2021
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And the winner of the 2010 Not Getting It Award is…

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Breyer, who managed to edge out the front-running Republican Party with a late round of asshatism, has been unavailable…

December 12, 2010February 15, 2021
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So, what does it say

What does it say about you as a gun geek and a home handyman when you use cases of Greek 30-06 ammo as weights for…

December 11, 2010February 13, 2021
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The Four Rules

Not Col. Cooper’s Four Rules, but four rules about tyrants from Joe Huffman. They may be as worthy of memorization as the Colonel’s.

December 10, 2010February 13, 2021
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Revenue enhancement at work

Moscow on the Catawba holds another fishing expedition DWI roadblock and manages to have 10% of the arrests be actual DWIs. Color me unimpressed.

December 10, 2010February 13, 2021
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Copyright trolls meet their match?

Apparently, the bottom-dwelling scum that is RightHaven has decided that they’re now good enough to take on the Drudge Report. I’ll bring the beer; who’s…

December 10, 2010February 15, 2021
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Been saving this one

For a day when I felt that I should blog something but just couldn’t find anything I felt like saying. The People’s Cube Eerily humorous.

December 10, 2010February 15, 2021
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Who got hit?

(Via Timebomb 2000) If you’d care to see who got hit the worst by the foreclosure crisis, The Daily Bail has a graphic for you.…

December 8, 2010February 13, 2021
Once again…
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Once again…

We find ourselves looking back at the day that demonstrated to the 20th century the price for not preparing. For our parents and grandparents, it…

December 7, 2010February 13, 2021
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Not worth the paper they’re printed on?

(Via Drudge) It seems the government’s new, counterfeit-resistant C-notes may also be printer resistant. The phrase “too clever by half” comes to mind….

December 6, 2010February 13, 2021
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You better watch out, you better not cry…

Because Da Prez is comin’ to town! Woo-hoo. The local TV media is mostly in pants-wetting mode this morning. “Obama is going to talk about…

December 6, 2010February 13, 2021
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Latest from the Department of Hysteria

(Via FOXNews) The FBI is warning that a new Barbie doll could be a gift — to pedophiles. In an alert sent to investigators, the…

December 5, 2010February 15, 2021
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Not sure…

Why this woman has such an issue with an inter-agency police task force that she starts a blog about them, but be that as it…

December 4, 2010February 13, 2021
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ZOMG!!!

(Via Wired) Terrorist robots have been sighted in Denver!!! Call out the bomb squad!!! Murray said that suspicious objects do not automatically warrant a call…

December 3, 2010February 13, 2021
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It’s a miracle I didn’t get bailed out

(Via the Drudge Report) Becauseit seems that everyone else did. Why am I in this handbasket and why is it getting so warm in here?

December 2, 2010February 15, 2021
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Multiple Choice

“Someone” cuts a fence and torches 5 “high mileage” state-owned vehicles. Option A: “Someone” was ticked off at how they had been treated by the…

December 2, 2010February 13, 2021
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Knowledge is power

So how about some knowledge about power–battery power, that is.

December 1, 2010February 15, 2021
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Sure, we can print all you want

The United States would be ready to support the extension of the European Financial Stability Facility via an extra commitment of money from the International…

December 1, 2010February 13, 2021
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“Alcoa and the great North Carolina power grab”

A good piece on the issue of Alcoa-owned dams on the Yadkin river and the State of NC’s attempt to appropriate them.

December 1, 2010February 15, 2021
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Not much to say

Apologies for the lack of blogging, but I’m caught between real world demands, a mild case of “doom burn out” and being left near-speechless at…

December 1, 2010February 13, 2021

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