Monthly Archives: March 2010

The source of probably 75% of our bad laws

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Oscar Gordon

with the other 30% of bad laws being regulatory capture and rent seeking. Mr. Clarkson nails it

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Boomershoot Picture of the Day

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Alaska

From Boomershoot 2009. That’s Matthew and the lovely Kat with their (drool) Savage 12 F/TRs in .308 Win. Photo by Shasta Wilson from this awesome article. I believe Phil and I passed the author and his sidecar-ensconced wife going up … Continue reading →

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District 13: The Protector

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Alaska

I haven’t seen the first District 13 movie, but the wife and I just watched the sequel on Comcast’s On Demand, and it’s not bad. Decent extended parkour / combat sequences. I understand the inventor of parkour is involved. Something … Continue reading →

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Friday Fiction: The Problem of Cell 13

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Alaska

Jacques Futrelle perished (heroically) on the Titanic. Thus, some had thought there to be only a few tales of Professor S.F.X. Van Dusen, The Thinking Machine. Happily, more have been rediscovered and collected in this book. The Problem of Cell … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 03/12/10

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Phil Kadath

The media loves it when they can get Megan McCain to speak up about Republicans. They also love that Ron Regean is a hardcore leftist/progressive. Which makes it only a very small mystery that we’ve never heard of this guy … Continue reading →

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New Criminal Booking Proceedures

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Phil Kadath

In the Obamanation: Mugshot, fingerprints and DNA sample. Josh Gerstein over at Politico sent Threat Level his piece underscoring once again President Barack Obama is not the civil-liberties knight in shining armor many were expecting. Gerstein posts a televised interview … Continue reading →

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Tax Foundation: 52 Million (36%) of Tax Returns Pay Zero Income Tax

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Scott

From TaxProf Blog: I remember the President saying, “Everybody is going to have to give. Everybody is going to have to have some skin in the game.” But, we all knew that he didn’t mean everybody. Take a guess whom … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: August, 2006

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Scott

We are annoyed by the assumption on the part of certain public figures that the citizen should be able to prove the need to acquire a means of protecting himself. The citizen’s personal needs are no business of the state. … Continue reading →

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I done a good thing

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Oscar Gordon

Today was the last day of science club, where I (and two other Engineers) showed 4th & 5th graders how to attach a sling to the end of their trebuchets and thereby increase the throw by a factor of 5 … Continue reading →

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Nanny State in Your Auto?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Scott

US Mulls ‘Black Box’ in new cars. From the 2nd page of the article: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief David Strickland told a congressional hearing on Thursday that the regulator is considering whether to make “black boxes” mandatory for … Continue reading →

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