Monthly Archives: August 2010

Sunday Cleaning Earworm

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Alaska

Whether you’re cleaning rifles after a weekend at the range, or doing laundry and cleaning the house like we are this weekend, this song should get you in the groove. Oh, you’ll probably wake up and find yourself singing it … Continue reading →

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Belated Friday Fiction: The House of the Nightmare

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Alaska

We had the first brown leaves of the season littering the lawn this morning, which means it’s time to start reading this sort of tale. A classic of the genre, with some added resonance for any fan of Unintended Consequences. … Continue reading →

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The Alan Gura Steamroller Project

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Alaska

Good stuff’s happenin’ in Chicago, folks. And the Sykes and Pena California cases are about to get fun, too, and Nordyke’s not far behind. Not to mention the victory in Millender, the 4th Amendment search-and-seizure of guns in your home … Continue reading →

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Grab a drink

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Make it a stiff one. Hyperinflation Part 1: How It will Happen Part 2: What it will look like

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Rain Water Capture

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Why you should, and how. The story behind the link reads of a couple in Bellingham, WA. Popular Mechanics is lucky that they interviewed that couple and not one in King County. Just before Ron “Tax to the Max” Sims” … Continue reading →

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Hungry Hounds

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Phil Kadath

The Wife has always made the food for our gang of canines. It is pretty easy. She hunts the dent and ding section of the canned food aisle for the canned vegetables, buys eggs in bulk and hard boils them … Continue reading →

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Private Space Flight moves ahead another step

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Oscar Gordon

This is just awesome. A group of private Danish citizens have (without any government help, or more importantly, interference) built a manned spacecraft, and are preparing to launch it next week. What was once an undertaking so complex that it … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day: 08/27/10

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Phil Kadath

Dreading that burden? Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. I must not be normal. I thrive … Continue reading →

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Vertical Inception

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Phil Kadath

It’s been a heavy week around here. I think we need to lighten it up a bit.

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Obama on the $1, FDR on the $100

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Alaska

First banning ammunition by an end-run around Congress, now this? The administration’s really going for broke to ram everything through before the election, aren’t they? Fake! Calm your blood pressure, folks. This is not a Treasury proposal. It’s actually an … Continue reading →

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