Author Archives: Alaska

RNS Quote of the Day, Werner Herzog Edition

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Alaska

Life in the oceans must be sheer hell. A vast, merciless hell of permanent and immediate danger. So much of hell that during evolution some species—including man—crawled, fled onto some small continents of solid land, where the Lessons Of Darkness … Continue reading →

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Not Monolithic

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Alaska

Back in 1988, as a naive college student, I attended a Jesse Jackson for President rally at a community college in the black enclave of Pittsburg, California. (I had been a Biden supporter, but he dropped out when he was … Continue reading →

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Rifle Surgery

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Alaska

Some years ago, Jim Rawles casually mentioned that he’d had the muzzles on all of his bolt-action centerfire rifles threaded to accept flash hiders like the Vortex design. I made a mental note that someday, whenever I stopped playing with … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson Lives!

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Alaska

And (s)he’s pretty damned sexy. I never believed MJ was trying to transform himself into another Diana Ross. Just sayin.’ To clarify: I prefer to believe that somewhere, the pre-facial-surgery Sandra Bullock we all drooled over is sitting on a … Continue reading →

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Fuck You Too, You Ignorant Old Man

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Alaska

Watching retired Justice John Paul Stevens muttering away at the Brady Center presentation on C-SPAN today, I could only shake my head: [Miller] was generally understood to limiting the scope of the Second Amendment to the uses of arms that … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of The Day, Scots Edition

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Alaska

No generation has seen their country so altered, so turned upside down, as children like me born in the 20 years between the two world wars. In our adult lives Britain’s entire national spirit, its philosophy, values and standards, have … Continue reading →

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First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All The Looters and Moochers

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Alaska

The Skeptical Optimist has it mostly right, but where he’s right, it’s not precisely in the way you might think. …not everyone at the top earned their way to that position. For example, a few are the well-positioned rentiers leveraging … Continue reading →

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Amped from Atlas Shrugged. Can’t Sleep.

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Alaska

I keep going over the Money Rant, which was very well done in the film. Good omens for how they’ll treat John Galt’s infamous book-length rant in the third film: condense to essentials, dramatize with camera work and character action … Continue reading →

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Hannibal Lecter on Proper Scotch Whisky Pronunciation

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Alaska

That is, the esteemed actor Brian Cox, whose interpretation of Hannibal Lecter was, in my view, far more subtle, menacing and scary than that other guy who just chewed scenery. Unfortunately, Cox’s performance was in a movie that otherwise sucked. … Continue reading →

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Atlas Shrugged Part 2 — The Strike — This Friday

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Alaska

In theaters in a matter of hours. The wife and I will likely be at the 7:40 showing Friday at Hacienda Crossings in Pleasanton, CA. Find it at a theater near you. Trailer. Yes, I already like the new Dagny … Continue reading →

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