London hacker loses appeal over US extradition A London hacker left messages on U.S. Army computers which he’d compromised, saying “US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days…” and “It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand down on September 11 last year… I am SOLO. I will continue [...]
Your SWAT team gets a tip drug dealing is going on at an address so without checking further the team storms the house. The scare the heck out of the homeowner who opens fire with his home defense shotgun and scores hits but hurts no one due to body armor. SWAT Team fires back and [...]
The author of Nothing for the Nation – Who Got What Out of Iraq is none other than my own former congressman, John Hostettler, who was turned out of office in 2006. He like a few other staunch big “C” Hoosier Conservatives were turned out that year with little support from the national party for [...]
The American Physical Society and the myth of consensus in the Gobal Warming Debate.
I don’t even know where to go with this one. Apparantly Aurora, Colorado is full of scared old women who cannot tell an AK47 from a nail gun at a local Lowe’s store….
“One of the most naive notions is that politicians are trying to solve the country’s problems, just because they say so—or say so loudly or inspiringly. Politicians’ top priority is to solve their own problem, which is how to get elected and then re-elected. Barack Obama is a politician through and through, even though pretending [...]
Running late getting home tonight so I stopped 30 minutes from the barn to call the Missus and give her an ETA. Within the 5 minutes I was there I had 2 other bikers slow enough to make sure I wasn’t broke down. Then a guy in a truck pulling an empty trailer actually turned [...]
So Dad and daughter leave a theme park and some stranger pats the daughter on the behind… Rightfully so the Dad is upset and yells at the perp and his friend who then gather their friends and beat up Dad. I don’t know what the concealed carry rules are in Minnesota but I’d wager Dad [...]
I have to at least partially agree with Gramm in saying the economic slowdown ‘mental’ but rising fuel costs are not, they’re a fact. How we GOT to that point, that’s absolutely ‘mental’…
I’m so glad Atlanta has everything else under control so they can address the discrimination represented by signs that say ‘Men At Work’….
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amateur photographer an avid motorcycle rider, shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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