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Last I read the Lautenberg amendment didn’t include ‘delusional’ as something that prohibits one from owning a ammunition, especially when the “subject” is deemed such by an ex-girlfriend! Even under domestic protective orders it’s the firearm that is prohibited. And I wonder how much pressure the ex- was under by the us attorney […]

Huh.. I wonder where it went? Many pointed out that anytime someone claims consensus and that the “debate is over” are trying to shut down that debate rather than deal with it. And now we know why….
Of 528 total papers on climate change, only 38 (7%) gave an explicit endorsement of the consensus. If one […]

If you’ve not heard the evening news touting how poor the President’s approval rating is I’ll let you in on the secret as to why. It’s actually very simple really, since last election when Democrats took over the Congress’s approval rating tied with the historical low of 18%. Compare that with the President’s who […]

Anyone who doesn’t understand why i’m content with my shack in the middle of the woods and away from the foolhardiness of “town” can read about the guy who got jail time for fixing his and city property without a permit. Even the more hick villages have commisions that think they’re god with […]

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly . . . who knows […]

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature! If you don’t get it that’s ok, nothing to see here… move along… move along…

When the wall came down and the old Empire crumbled a lot of optimists thought that was the end of the Soviet system. And while it may have been the end of that system it certainly was not the end of the Russian Bear nor their military ambitions. Putin has been rattling his saber for […]

It is no surprise to me that two-thrids of US adults are in the dark about world politics. The constant bombardment of our media on such stupidity as Lindsy Lohan and Anna Nicole takes up most front page headlines as American media struts the 1% as normal. How long before we simply tune out because […]

Laws - the good people don’t need them and the bad people don’t obey them, so what good are they?
- Unknown

While you’re worrying about your kids eating Chinese toys better make sure you’re not flying Chinese maintained aircraft, too. One thing that annoys me in this article is the confusion between the two China’s. Is the media now complicit in obscuring from public view that we do have 2 China’s? I suppose I’d be […]

I always hear people say things like “this isn’t a black and white issue” and issues such as the Immigration Activist Deported to Mexico with her US born son is a great example. What I always tell these “it isn’t black and white” is simply that it would have been if they’d enforced or followed […]

I guess the old adage is true, birds of a feather and all as Heidi Fleiss shows support for Hilary Clinton. I think Heidi was turned away from a Hilary fund raiser because Hilary’s handlers realized the implication. In Heidi’s defense though, at least she’s up front about what she does… politicians maintain […]

For the first time in nearly 3 weeks I actually drove the car today due to the forecast of rain and heavy storms. I can drive through my local agricultural countryside and see huge waves of withering beans and corn starting to turn well short of its growth potential, ears with little on them. […]

From a report on artic thawing:
“great masses of ice have now been replaced by moraines of earth and stones,” and “at many points well-known glaciers have entirely disappeared.”
This year? Nope… nineteen hundred at twenty two…

Today marks one month with the VTX and I find that I have logged 3,302 miles in those 31 days. In the last 10 1/2 months I have put 14k miles in on two wheels and if I continue at this rate by the end of September that number will be well over 18k. […]

As an IT Admin it’s not that we won’t tell… its that it makes our job much more difficult when you know. A fair warning to those considering trying some of these tricks, in some corporate enterprises the attempt alone could cost you your job if you’re found out.