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jumper

A horrible movie sabotaged by the fact that Hayden Christensen played the main character.
And, conceptually, it held such promise…

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guess they needed some lettuce

And people wonder why I carry whenever I am outside of my apartment and legally permitted to do so… it is because of gos-se like this:

The Knoxville Police Department is investigating an armed robbery at a West Knoxville grocery store.

Just after midnight Saturday, two black men

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grain of salt

Since the staff of the Commercial Appeal banned my commenting account there without warning, justification, or notification (this paper is as much a champion of the First Amendment as it is the Second – in a word, “not”), I have to respond to one of its…

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once more into the breach (again)

Crap on a crutch… the staff of the Commercial Appeal just cannot keep their mouths shut:

Martino Johnson, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Terrelle Beasley this week after a minor traffic accident, held a Tennessee-issued permit to carry a handgun.

The

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get off my lawn

Anectdotal evidence is, by very definition, not a sound basis upon which to build any argument, but it is hard to argue with success:

In March 1982, 25 years ago, the small town of Kennesaw – responding to a handgun ban in Morton Grove, Ill. – unanimously passed

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intentional or incompetent

President Barack Hussein Obama lied. Again.

President Obama has laid out the most ambitious and expensive domestic agenda since LBJ, and now all he has to do is figure out how to pay for it. On Tuesday, he left the impression that we need merely end “tax breaks for the

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counting is hard

Ways To Tell Your Inventory Control System Needs Work: Your online system shows a product as “in-stock”. A customer orders said product. You charge the customer’s credit card. The same day the product shows upon the customer’s doorstep, a physical letter shows up in their physical mailbox informing them that…

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sensor ping LVIII

Time to put up another… The general premise is that you are free to ping this post (and every other post in this category), as long as you link back to it. Consider it free Google PageRank inflation, or something.
  

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infighting

So… does anyone want to take bets on how the new 10th-Amendment-reinforcement laws that twenty-odd states are considering will mesh up with the newly-proposed “Assault Weapon” Ban? It might just be me, but the two seem rather… contradictory.

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something a little lighter

You are a

Social Liberal
(75% permissive)

and an…

Economic Conservative
(93% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Libertarian


Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid


Big surprise there.

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curving the graph

And this, ladies and gentlepeople, is what an Instalanche looks like:

Yeah… never going to see traffic like that again…

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alcohol run

And just to prove that Tennessee is not without its own stupid laws, it turns out that it is a crime for a private citizen to transport any amount of alcohol into the state.
So, if a Tennessee resident were to drive to Virginia, and stumble across a…

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do it again, only harder!

By the time this post goes up, I will be almost 24 hours behind the curve on this news, but it has already been thoroughly covered from just about

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quote of the day

If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of crime rates reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying — that they must sweep under the

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getting exposure

How is it that I am just now finding out about high-dynamic-range photography?
My new (“new” as in “five years old, and graciously given to me by my father he purchased a screaming DSLR and my cruddy little point-and-shoot went and got all manner of dust in its…

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another unfortunate passing

As if recent news could not get any more craptacular, Philip Jose Farmer died last night. I confess to not having read very many of his books, but his impact on my favorite genre of writing is unforgettable.
Enjoy sailing the River, Mr. Farmer.

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how the tables have turned

President Barack Hussein Obama lies, and he lied last night during his speech.
What is more surprising, however, is that the Associated Press called him on his prevarications, distortions, and fabrications.

OBAMA: “In this budget, we will end education programs that don’t work and end direct

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three steps closer

Possibly one step back.
At any rate, pro-rights activists here in Tennessee can officially claim their first victory:

The House Criminal Practice Subcommittee approved three of four bills recommended earlier by a special study committee.

The three that passed would make it a crime to publish…

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providing feedback

I might have just corrected the NRA.
In a recent action alert, the NRA-ILA indicated that it is currently unlawful to carry a handgun onto federal parks within the state of Tennessee:

If passed, law-abiding citizens of the Volunteer State can lawfully carry within the confines of local,

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just a matter of priorities

It must be nice to be the President. Apparently, you get to go for weekend vacations rather than sign the legislation you pushed so hard to get passed, completely change your stance on something and have countless sycophants (who may not even work for you) defend…

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one is not like the rest

Today saw yet another idiot who just happened to have a handgun carry permit murder another citizen for no good reason.
Let me make myself perfectly clear – what this man did was unconscionable, unacceptable, and completely unwarranted, and he should be prosecuted and…

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monkey in the middle

On the one hand, we had to deal with eight years of this:

On the other hand, a political cartoon that has absolutely nothing to do with the current President is somehow “racist“:

Let me make this situation…

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pictures from (around) the park

While Better Half and I never actually went in the park, these pictures were taken around the Great Smokey Mountains:














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push the hot button

Like I said repeatedly before, the staff of the Commercial Appeal have found a hot-button issue with their privacy-invading database of handgun carry permit holders, and, by God, they are going to pound the gos-se out of that button and generate as much publicity, good or…

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assisting myself

One of the advantages of taking a vacation in the back hills of the Sevierville region (pictures to follow once I look through them) is that you almost have to drive past the Smokey Mountain Knife Works coming or going. For the uninitiated, underneath its bold, blue roof…

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recap

After a relaxing, if somewhat tiring, and all-too-short vacation, it seems as though we have come home to the “nation of cowards” comment taking on all new life, the federal government considering greater nationalization of banks, more hoplophobic “journalists” engaged in specious

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today

Sixty-four years ago:

And one hundred nine years before that:

Talk about an auspicious day.

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a response, of sorts

To the First Tennessee Bank’s credit, they did, indeed, get back to me, after my email to them a while back, and their more-recent “we will get back to you” email concerning their advertisements at the Commercial Appeal (and, yes, so far, they are…

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home again

It is always funny how some of the best vacations leave you the most tired.
Normal posting to resume tomorrow, once I get some sleep.

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just to prove i can

Yes, I am writing this post from the middle of nowhere on my phone.
Ain’t technology grand?

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emotional editorial

Since the staff at the Commercial Appeal has seen fit to suspend my commenting account at their site without provocation, warning, or explanation, I will have to post my comments concerning their most recent emotionally-driven editorial here (with some expansion, since I have the space, time,…

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heading for the hills

Fair warning – Better Half and I will be headed into the mountains this weekend. Granted, we will be “roughing it” in a bed and breakfast complete with a hot tub and drinks, but we will be doing our best to avoid the internet and its various snares. I might…

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history repeats itself

Remember, boys and girls, only Republicans are corrupt – that is why Democrats have never done anything wrong:

Burris now admits he tried to raise money for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who authorities say sought to sell President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat…

The chairman of

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his actions betray him

A while ago, I wrote both my Senators in an attempt to convince him to vote against Eric Holder back when he was being nominated to be our next Attorney General. As you all know, Mr. Holder was confirmed as our current Attorney General (and has already started

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one step at a time

Currently, Tennessee state code discriminates against those who want to simultaneously be lawfully equipped to adequately defend themselves, and purchase and eat a meal in a public location that just happens to also serve alcohol for consumption.
Right now, lawmakers in Nashville are working on an arrangement that would…

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already got a name all picked out for her

Help NASA name Node 3 of the International Space Station.
You can guess which option I chose.

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ho. ly. crap.

Live-action Half Life 2.
Do I really need to say more?
(Found by way of Conservative Scalawag.)

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check the rulebook

Because dressing like this has got to count as “failure to do right“… I mean, distracting other competitors that much? Can we say “unfair advantage”?

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what freedom of movement?

If you value not having images of your naked body displayed to complete and utter strangers, I would strongly advise against flying out of Tulsa, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami, Albuquerque, and Salt Lake City for the time being.
Of course, if you do not want to…

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wrecking erp

If you have not been watching the Discovery Channel’s new show, Wreckreation Nation, you should be.
When the host, Dave Mordal, is not busy racing minibikes, wrestling aligators, fighting against other Live Action Gamers (not to be confused with Live Action Roleplayers, mind you), engaging in lumberjack…

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sometimes, a flag is just a flag

On the one hand, before the elections, then-Senator Barack Hussein Obama could not even be bothered to wear a small flag pin on the lapel of his suit. On the other hand, President Barack Hussein Obama now surrounds himself with flags, and even manages to wear…

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call to calm

In regards to the privacy-invading database that the Commercial Appeal has put up on their webpage, a lot of things have been said by both sides of the debate; however, one thing came through very loud, and very clear – those supporting the database, and more…

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