Archive for April, 2006

Animal ID System

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

If you want to keep family livestock, a dairy cow or goat for example, USDA wants it radio tagged and little commotion has been rasied and the media has been largely silent.

Belgian Weapons Craft

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

If you like antique and interesting historical firearms then this site will keep you busy for hours.

Nintendo Revolution renamed

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

All I can think of is the old joke that asks what a snail says while riding on a turtle’s back….  Wii!

Senate Investigation: FEMA should be disbanded

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

SENATE INVESTIGATION: FEMA so flawed and beyond repair ‘it should be disbanded’ Wed Apr 26 2006 18:57:19 ET FEMA is so flawed and beyond repair that it should be disbanded, a bipartisan Senate investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina has concluded. The report, which is scheduled to be released on Thursday, says that the [...]

Senate Panel Demands Oil Co. Tax Records

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

So while the rest of us are fretting high gas prices guess what the Senate is doing? They’re fretting over the possibility that they didn’t get their share of those dreaded oil profits. Seems if they were really concerned they’d reduce the at-the-pump taxes or maybe allow exploration and drilling in the US, specifically Alaska. [...]

State Would Outlaw Mandatory Microchip Implants

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

I tend to refer to parts of Wisconsin as “Berkeley North”  (specifically Madison) so it’s good to see them doing something right up there….

Border Fence Project

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

As usually happens in America we don’t always wait for the Government to fix things that are broken. Unfortunately, someone will file suit or do something else to stop this but I think it’s really the publicity that is the most important and as important as the fence itself.

Knox County (Indiana) Reconsiders Time Zone

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

This will be great news for some in my family since most of my immediate family came from Knox County. But Knox is also the first county to  realize their choice to change to Central Time to spite the Governor wasn’t such a good idea, after all. Maybe if there as a sizeable town across [...]

Creating a job recommendation letter

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

Some parts of my job I really don’t like and writing references is one of them. But I found a great tool to create them that is really slick.

Bullet Lead

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Metals are going through the roof which isn’t making my search for lead any easier. Already I’m seeing cast bullets at twice the prices of only 3 or 4 years ago and the local supply of wheel weights, linotype and plumbers lead is very competitive.  So I’m looking for lead where ever I can find [...]


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