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 specifically, the journalists who …
In response to the publichueandcry concerning their privacy-invading database of handgun carry permit holders, the Commercial Appeal did not take it down… no… they went and updated it. Their numbers are slightly more believable this time around, claiming 219,245 entries as of 31JAN09 (and still active …
If you want to find out what information the all-knowing, all-seeing internet has on you and people you know, Taxing Tennessee has a listing of search engines that will help you do just that. Unsurprisingly, given my frequent moves over the past ten years, none of the search engines in …
As you could have probably predicted, I recorded and watched Joss Whedon‘s new television show, Dollhouse. What follows will be my mostly-spoiler-free take on this new series, so if you do not want to know anything at all before you watch it yourself (if you have not already), …
Was Neal Stephenson paid by the word when he wrote Cryptonomicon? I am not saying it is a bad book, but… gorram, a four-page description of some schmuck eating Captain Crunch? Ok then……
In a lot of states where the carrying of firearms for self-defense is licensed, the permit is often a “Concealed Carry Permit”, or a “Concealed Weapon Permit”, or a “Concealed Carry of Weapon” permit, or somesuch other combination of those words. In some states, open carry is legal without a …
Setting your oven to “Self Clean” does as advertised – it incinerates just about all of the debris, grease, and miscellaneous junk that tends to accumulate in its metal box. Unfortunately, all of the superheated gases, ashes, and waste materials that result from this incineration have to go somewhere – …
It seems as though the Commercial Appeal just cannot stop rationalizing away their “logic” for posting the searchable database of handgun carry permit holders… methinks they dost protest too much. Oh well, it gives me blogfodder, and lets me flex my fisking skills.
If I had any children, I would be apologizing profusely to them today. The specious “stimulus” package, with a price tag of over $787,000,000,000.00, passed both houses of Congress yesterday. If anyone honestly thinks President Barack Hussein Obama will not sign this, you are fooling yourself. I always wondered …
Since it is becoming apparent that the staff of the Commercial Appealdoes not care about the opinion of the public they are supposedly serving, it is time to take this one step farther – to the people who pay them for advertisement space. After poking around on their webpage …
“The American people have a right to know what’s in this bill,” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind) told HUMAN EVENTS after the press conference. “Every member of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — voted to post this bill on the internet for 48 hours, 48 hours
Three days later, no response. Granted, they might be busy, but the database is still up and operational… just partially hidden behind pretty graphs and text. Time to level the playing field a little. This information has undoubtedly been reposted elsewhere, but below is a list of …
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