Daily Archives: July 12, 2007

False Flags In the Gun Debate

Last night PBS’ NewsHour chose to focus on the debate and vote today in Congress on the Tiahrt Amendment. Dave Kopel has a nice writeup here on the real significance of the Amendment to gun owners. Don’t forget to CALL … Continue reading

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The Soundboard: Beatin’ the Heat

And rockin’ to the beat. As I posted yesterday, it only gets hot enough to turn the AC on in the truck a couple times a year. Other than that I only turn it on once in the Spring and … Continue reading

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The Song Remains the Same

Some things just do not change Another Supreme Court term has come to a close, and, while many things changed in the law, one thing stayed the same: The justices spent much of their time reversing the U.S. 9th Circuit … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day: 07/12/07

Whenever the defenders of the eco-sociopaths ALF/ELF get all morally relativistic about the organization’s terrorist acts, they always pop off with the line “But they’ve never killed anyone”. I chalk that up to pure dumb luck. Actual members of ALF/ELF … Continue reading

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Funny Work Anecdote of the Day

With the temperature being what it was yesterday (a steady 96-97 degrees with full-on humidity), one of the dreaded hauls was the manure box out of a local PDs Mounted Patrol facility. They have two large dumpsters there, 1-10 cubic … Continue reading

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Must have been right before their lunch break

Ilya Somin at Volokh links to this very frightening episode in a neighborhood near our nation’s capital Yesterday, two men tried to break into my friend’s home while she was inside. One man attempted to pry the door open and … Continue reading

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