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i’m (not) melting

Now this is just priceless:

1881: “This past Winter, both inside and outside the Arctic circle, appears to have been unusually mild. The ice is very light and rapidly melting …”

I guess the North Pole has enough ice that it has taken it 120+ years to melt …

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legally losing friends

By now, pretty much the entire country has probably heard about Leonard Embody carrying his “AK-47-style” handgun into Radnor Lake State Park in Nashville last weekend, and I want to thank WizardPC for fielding the story while I was more-or-less away from the keyboard for the holidays (gotta love being …

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Congratulations, Air Travelers!

You now know what it feels like to be a gun owner in America!

  • Unaccountable Government Agency with the power to ruin your life over seemingly minor transgressions? Check!
  • Assumption that you’re up to no good based solely on lawful activity? Check!
  • Ridiculous hoops to jump through that will do

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Me and the new city are gonna have to have a sit-down.

Mrs WizardPC and I close on the new house tomorrow. If everything goes according to plan, that is.
As a part of all this, we of course have to have the utilities put in our name. Electric was not a big deal, except the electric company uses forced charity unless …

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just so you know

If your cute little aftermarket-modified Cobalt SS (complete with its from-the-factory supercharger) is emitting copious quantities of sparks from its coffee-can “muffler”, there is something seriously wrong.
Like in the “about to be impressive” kind of way.…

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know them by their ranking

Tennessee is apparently the fourth happiest state in the union.
Kalifornistan weighs in at 46. Florida at 3.
Having lived in all three of those states in the past five years, I cannot say as though I am terribly surprised. In fact, the thing that amused the most about living …

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even where they are “winning”

… the anti-rights advocates of the world are actually losing.
Given a country where there have been numerous firearm confiscations disguised as “buy-backs”, unending legislation controlling and limiting the private ownership of firearms, and an overall anti-firearm leaning among the public, why am I not surprised that there is not …

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four years

Over 2200 posts.
Over 2700 comments.
Over 138,000 visits.
I guess I can live with those kinds of numbers. To everyone who has stopped by my little corner of the cortex in those past four years, and whomever else might stop by in the future, please accept my thanks – …

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merry christmas

To any of the poor schlubs who are spending time online today rather than with their families, have a very Merry Christmas!…

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from the doctor’s mouth

A lot of not-really-”liberals” make a lot of pointless noises over citing “primary sources” when it comes to topics like health-care reform. Well, how does this primary source suit you?

…To those who would accuse me of greed: I don’t make as much as you think I do.

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wheat from the chaff

One quick-and-dirty way to identify whether someone is pro-control or pro-freedom:
To a pro-control individual, the Bill of Rights grants rights to citizens, allowing them certain abilities within reason.
To a pro-freedom individual, the Bill of Rights sets boundaries on the government, limiting how far it can infringe on citizens’ …

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what are you hiding?

Remember: if you are silencing dissenters by force or by exploiting a position of power/authority, what you are preaching is not “science”.…

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Man Doesn’t Break Law in State Park

…is detained for two and a half hours by NINE law enforcement officers.
To be honest, I don’t know what he was thinking, because according to the news story, he had an AK pistol slung over his back, walking through the park wearing BDU’s and a watch cap.
Actually, …

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and they are off

By this time, Better Half and I should be headed south to spend Christmas with family. I have a few posts lined up to generate over the holiday, but nothing too spectacular. Have a very Merry Christmas, and catch you all on the flip side.…

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just cannot make this stuff up

Or, rather, you cannot make this kind of stuff up if you are not a member of the Violence Policy Center, which has been contining its age-old tendency of fabricating complete nonsense and passing it off as “facts”:

Would you trust the statistical and factual reporting acumen of an organization

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the way things are going

I cannot say as though I can honestly disagree with this particular assessment of the situation we find ourselves in (as pointed out by David at RNS):

You’re looking at this the entire wrong way. They’re not listening to us. They have the polling data. You’re wasting your time

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Tennessee appeals Guns in Restaurants ruling

Story here.…

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So that’s how he’s able to feed the elves

Santa Clause pulls Glock, Robs Bank.
Complete with pictures.…

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Must be the southerners

…because we all know the only racists in the world are Southerners.
So it must be the southern Chinese making those statements.
No wonder Obama can’t get them on board with his plans.…

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Why would you ever need a gun at McDonalds’?

Gee, I dunno, in case a gang fight breaks out while I’m enjoying a tasty burger?
By the way, I’m pretty sure I drove by that McDonalds’ last night with my wife. For those that don’t know, the Greater Nashville Area doesn’t get much whiter/more suburban/sleepier than Hendersonville, but …

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