Monthly Archives: December 2008

They wouldn’t have heard from me

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Phil Kadath

If an H&K G36K accidentally winds up on my doorstep, I’ll be calling in sick to work so I can find a good place to hide it When the parcel arrived by courier, grandmother Catherine Roots prepared to unwrap the … Continue reading →

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Love It!

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Phil Kadath

If anyone knows where this came from originally, put a link in the comments. That person deserves traffic.

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Great Quotes

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Phil Kadath

And more? C.C. d’Aussie asks if any of his readers have read a book titled “The Probability Broach” I am too. Hit the first link for the quotes and the second one for the book’s Wiki page. Should it go … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 12/10/08

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Head up ass. Full speed ahead (in an electric car) The price of a gallon of regular gasoline, which peaked at over $4 last summer, is now about $1.75. This means that today’s drivers are enjoying the equivalent of 1980 … Continue reading →

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Catch 22

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Phil Kadath

So long as the 22 you’re catching isn’t Class 3 We can’t have machine guns because they are unusual because they are regulated by the government, they are regulated because they are unusual, they are unusual because they are regulated, … Continue reading →

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Good for you, Oregon

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Phil Kadath

I wonder where I can find stats like this for my home state? More Oregonians will get concealed weapons permits in 2008 than in any year since tallies began in 2000. The Oregon State Police say sheriffs reported 115,600 permits … Continue reading →

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Turn that frown upside down

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Just don’t do it in the offices of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is restricting glasses, hats, scarves — and even smiles — in driver’s license photographs. The new rules imposed last month … Continue reading →

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In Political News

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Phil Kadath

Today’s distraction: online poker play online roulette usa online casino online casino usa casino online roulette slot live roulette online online casino blackjack online roulette game poker game online poker real money casino slots online online poker bonus bacarrat casino … Continue reading →

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Biting the Helping Hand

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Phil Kadath

58% of the people who were defaulting on their mortgages and were able to negotiate with their lenders and restructure their mortgages re-defaulted within eight months, says this CNBC report. I realize that a small to moderate portion of those … Continue reading →

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Mmmurph, sonofabfft!

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Phil Kadath

How stupid can people be, you ask? This stupid Oregon’s struggling auto dealers plan to ask the Legislature to impose “blue laws” prohibiting car sales on Sunday. The day off would help them cut costs during an economic downturn that … Continue reading →

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