Author Archives: Alaska

My Cousin Vinny on AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Alaska

Good analysis. I hope Scalia’s reading. More on this later.

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New Truck

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Alaska

2001 Ford Excursion. 7.3-liter diesel. 260k miles. Purrs like a maned cat. I like it very much. This is my first Diesel, so I will have lots of questions I am sure. More later. – Posted using BlogPress from my … Continue reading →

Posted in By Ourselves, For Ourselves | 9 Comments

Free Food Storage Analyzer

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Alaska

Haven’t tried it out yet, but this looks like a pretty cool tool.

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Wikileaks: Mexican Cartels’ US Guns came from Mexican Government

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Alaska

Kudos to NSSF for finding this.

Posted in Have Gun, Will Travel | 1 Comment

The Nigerian Model

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Alaska

I figured out what all those Irish unemployed mortgage brokers are up to. Just got this email: “This is to inform you that your email #05, 17, 18, 22, 34, 37 Bonus 35 have been selected for a cash prize … Continue reading →

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Young Obama, Marxist-Leninist? Meh.

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Alaska

I wouldn’t necessarily hold this sort of thing against the president — after all, I’ve still got a bunch of Christic Institute stuff in the garage somewhere from my days as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley — but the emphasis … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day, 02/24/11 Edition

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Alaska

Excellent commentary at the American Thinker. …the workers[‘] … agricultural-age peasant culture… experiences the world as a fixed pie where you have to fight for your share or get it from a powerful patron. That’s just not how the world … Continue reading →

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Old Man’s War Movie Incoming

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Alaska

Oh, this is gonna be good. If you haven’t read the book, well, you have a treat in store for you.

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Bitch Daniels

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Alaska

I’m sorry, pal, but saying Democrat legislators in your state running away to hide is “a perfectly legitimate part of the process” is pretty much an automatic disqualification for the Republican nomination. I had high hopes for Mitch Daniels, but … Continue reading →

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What Marx Got Wrong

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Alaska

Excellent quickie essay on a bunch of holes in Marx’s, er, logic. Been looking for this type of resource for a while, especially since I still haven’t been able to force myself to wade through Kapital or the Marx-Engels reader. … Continue reading →

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