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My brother has been working with Ubuntu for a project he’s working on and is impressed.
I have to say, that is the most
impressive out of the box combo I’ve ever worked with,
especially considering the price. I’d say in about 45
minutes I was able to install the software and make
J2EE “Hello World” application that included […]

As I would expect the American populace is much less sqeemish on “torture” than the media or politicians which is made ever so clear based on what passes as torture these days.
I’m personally opposed to real torture simply because it is one of the things, value of life and humanity, that separates us […]

It looks like the British are putting the .338’s to good use in Iraq.
Each team was equipped with L115A .338 sniper rifles, capable of killing at up to 1,000 yards.
Actually the .338 will do better than that. We often hear about the effectiveness of the .50 BMG and there are numerous videos around the […]

I find it interesting that the AK, Automat Kalashnikov, has been twisted to mean a bad guy’s weapon. I maintain that one of the first rifles to come into the “assault rifle” fold was the Winchester repeater so it is perfectly apt thatCowboys should take up AK47s to combat drug runners on Mexican frontier. […]

A liberal has finally actually admitted that increasing taxation decreases tax income.

This whole insane non-story has me worn out so its a good thing that its being covered well in the blogosphere: JustOneMinute: “Will Mr. Fitzgerald Now Say He Was Wrong?”

Why dictators are cheering the U.N. Internet turf grab.
Yet one more development of the “evil military industrial complex” everyone else wants a piece of. But then none of this is about “technology”…. but politics, power and sticking it to the US.

Three weeks later the scant media coverage has evaporated. Thankfullly Pajama Media is on the job: Rioting further weakens French president, but he has company in nearby capitals (6407298/AP).

It occurs to me that I should refrain from using analogous historical references older than the last 30 days else risk the comments loose all meaning to the larger portion of the population.

This is how you promote stopping smoking. Treating smokers like Russian captives during the Winter War does not help the crusade but, as with the Russians, causes smokers to trench in for a long fight.

Strangely it may be that decaffeinated coffee may be harmful to heart because the decaf Robusta bean contains fats that cause extra fatty acid production in the body.
Personally I can think of no finer bean on the planet than the Arabica… I prefer it ground and soaked and the run-off put in my […]

Sony has now joined the likes of Dan Rather and Mary Mapes in being exposed by bloggers. There is one big difference…… in a year Sony won’t be wandering around trying to covince everyone that it wasn’t a root kit.

What a nice reminder of how poor our security was under Clinton which also points to why this reporter will garner no where near the fame of Judith Miller.

NBC Universal President Bob Wright admits prime time propoganda is targeting non-Liberals.

OK so they’ve been selling one agenda or another almost since the birth of the media and all of a sudden they’re opposed to selling real products in their scripts?
Its sort of like Hitler getting to Stalingrad and having a sudden fit of moral indignation: “oh no, I’ve killed too many Russians.”. […]

No surprise to me that NBC is still swinging their Law & Order propoganda club. This time it looks like they’re painting Minutemen as murderers of illegals.

An excellent piece on Fox News Climate Change special and their deviation from “fair and balanced” because the seriousness of the charges. Sound familiar?
For many years now people have accused Fox News of being a Republican puppet despite the amount of money Murdock gave to Al Gore’s 2000 Presidential run. In truth I […]

If you’re going to deep fry a turkey better brush up on the UL’s Turkey Fryer Safety Tips.

Fortunately not all residential disputes end up like this but I can sure understand the frustration of both parties. Though I personally would consider 7″ of real estate a small price for neighborly peace there is also the fact that if uncontested for enough time that 7″ strip has basically been conceded to the neighbor. […]

This article is an interesting read though I’m really not sure how it jibes (or not) with my own thoughts. Considering how easily several claims about OKC were dismissed by the media I’m not ready to rule anything out. Was it a huge conspiracy? Considering how ignorant people are of their surroundings […]

This never would have happened on Scotty’s watch.

The piece actually ran at 10PM last night (where’d 6PM come from?) and amusingly they started out by saying “we understand owning firearms is your Constitutional right and we are not disputing that” to paraphrase. I would imagine that they got a lot of nasty-grams that lead to that preface.
The piece was reasonably balanced though […]

The NRA isn’t going to take the San Francisco Gun Ban without a fight. Something else that has surfaced is that not only does this proposition ban the possession of firearms but ammunition and the manufacture of ammunition which means no reloading either. It is my hope that the Judiciary will rule that a […]

I really think someone needs to check his medications. His rants leave me wondering if he’s lucid and even knows what is going on in the world outside of his little politicised fantasy world.

Ismlam spreading their religion the historically Islamic way. I’m so thankful Islam is a Religion of Peace because if they were a Religion of Violence we’d all be in serious trouble.
It seems the the local police ran like little girls when faced with 2000 Muslims bent on destruction. I don’t know what […]