Author Archives: Alaska

Jose Guerena’s Family Files Wrongful-Death Lawsuit

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Alaska

Story here.

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Perry’s Meltdown.

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Alaska

Oh dear. He’s done. I am no Romney fan, but I will now begin the process of acceptance.

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Hidden Agenda

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Alaska

I’m an atheist, but this is pretty cool: Evangelical Chinese Christians have come up with a way to evangelize a large portion of the world that will never see a western missionary. These are countries with large Muslim, Buddhist and … Continue reading →

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Disneyland is much cooler than when I was a kid

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Alaska

That’s my 5-year-old nephew as a newly-minted padawan battling Vader in the background at the Jedi Training Academy. Soooo awesome! – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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.17 Hornet

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Alaska

I’ve got a Contender in .17 Fireball, which pushes a 20-grain bullet at about 4k*, but the slower .17 Hornet (now in factory mode from Hornady) looks interesting, if only for the trajectory match with .223. Not owning an AR, … Continue reading →

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Without Rule of Law

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Alaska

When a commodity trader invokes Stalin’s systematic use of government to massacre the Ukrainians in a discussion of last week’s MF Global failure, you pay attention.

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You can sit on a Cray! Touch an Enigma!

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Alaska

From the What are America’s Quirks? thread: …seriously awesome shit that’s taken for granted. There was an aircraft carrier docked someplace we went – I can’t even remember where it was, because the aircraft carrier was the most mindboggling gigantic … Continue reading →

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Donate to the Pit Team for Stache Bash — Soldiers’ Angels!

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Alaska

Major Chuck Ziegenfuss, who just deployed overseas, wastes no time in pushing Soldiers’ Angels’ Stache Bash — your favorite Mixed Martial Arts athletes teaming up and growing mustaches to support the troops. From now until the MMA fight on 10 … Continue reading →

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Cool Tat

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Alaska

One of those cool agorist kids in Free State New Hampshire. It says “Liberty or Death” in latin. The skeleton is the inside cover page for the 1876 London edition of the Grey’s Anatomy book — Naomi Jeys Free State … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma Paricutin?

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Alaska

As a child I read about a Mexican farmer witnessing the birth of a volcano as a fissure in his field. The volcano grew into a mountain that enveloped his field and an awful lot of surrounding land, as mountains … Continue reading →

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