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godspeed, gunny

Just when I think this weekend could not get any worse, I find out that Gunnery Sergeant Ronald Lee Ermey died from complications from pneumonia – that kind of puts the dent in my car in the “who cares?” category.

No news agencies I could find at the moment appear …

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in memorial

To every soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine who gave his or her life to help defend our magnificent country:

Thank you.

Those two words could never even come close to repaying you for your sacrifice, or sufficiently honoring you and your deeds, but thank you all the same.

And for …

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so much for that

You will have to forgive me if I do not feel like posting much for the next few days:

Yes, everyone is ok from both cars involved. Better Half and I came away unscathed, and the guy in the Explorer had a slight cut to his head.

Yes, that is …

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Bulk convert your media to AppleTV format

This isn’t normally something we talk about here at WOTC, but I wanted to throw it out here so Google can find it.

I had some friends in from out of town this weekend, and naturally conversation drifted to tech stuff. My friends each have an AppleTV. They use handbrake

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trying to fabricate criminals

Yesterday, Better Half and I went to Earth Fare here in Knoxville. No big deal… except that by the end of this week, if we do that again, I could be a criminal.

How does that figure? Well, a few visits back, we noticed that the glass adjoining the sliding …

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yesterday, at home

Due to some pre-existing holes/leaks in the roof (that we bought the house with full knowledge of, and had some money taken off its purchase price for), we had some contractors come out over the past few days and give us estimates how how to go about fixing them and …

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dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge

The completely whacky thing about this all-too-crazy accident? The Porsche Cayenne that narrowly avoids turning into a pancake underneath the Pepsi truck just keeps driving. And, by “narrowly”, it looked to be somewhere in the “less than two feet” range.

Me, I would at least have to pull …

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saw that coming

For those poor, dejected anti-rights nuts out there who are feeling a little down over Our Glorious President not being nearly as aggressive in attempting to control his citizens firearms in America as he promised, maybe this news will put a little pep back in your step:

American gun

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sliding into irrelevancy

Want to know one of the best ways to announce to the world how truly insignificant and ineffective your organization is?

Offer to sell your membership rolls online.

To put those numbers in something of a perspective, this weblog probably ranks as about a third-tier entry on the “firearm-related” …

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you say that like i should care

By way of USCitizen at Traction Control (a stand-up guy if there ever was one, and one with a fair amount of firepower for sale), we learn that some particularly spineless, ignorant, ingrates were able to convince the town of Warren, RI, to take down the Gadsen Flag they

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when he says it like that

A common argument from pro-rights activists like me is that anti-rights nuts are routinely and frequently projecting their own psychological shortcomings onto us when demanding further controls on firearms, with the short-and-simple phrase of “why are anti-rights nuts so violent” being something of a rallying cry for that notion. …

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the equalizer

Unless your handgun was registered with the city before 16APR1982, you, as an average American citizen whose rights should still be protected by the Constitution, cannot legally possess it in Chicago.

Unfortunately, that means this 80-year old hero, who defended himself and his family from someone very much intent …

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Bredesen displays lack of cognitive ability

Bredesen talks to a reporter about the veto override.

Bredesen laughed when asked by a reporter whether he would be surprised to see lawmakers reject the veto.

“Not in the least,” he said. “Not in the least.”

When he vetoed the bill, he fully expected the veto to be …

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Nikki Goeser gets her blog on

Over at NikkiGoeser.net.
Linoge and I have both mentioned her a couple of times in the last year.

For those that are unfamiliar with her story, here is the short version: Nikki’s husband was shot and killed at a bar last year while she watched helplessly. She had her …

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Veto Override

It’s today in the Senate. Then it’ll go to the House. Not sure on a date for that.…

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expand your vocabulary

Weer’d Beard has (rightfully) been making a lot of various noises about how a significant number of anti-rights nuts show all of the clinical symptoms of unchecked narcissism. You have to admit, after taking a look at the blow-by-blow requirements, the similarities between their actions, and the symptoms, are …

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yesterday, at wal-mart

I had to make a quick jaunt over to the local supercenter yesterday to pick up some orange juice and a few other odds and ends, and, like I always am when I am not at work or home, I was openly carrying my Walther PPS, even though I was …

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just a little something to keep in mind

Did you know that the voting bloc of “recreational target shooters” is about 20% larger than the bloc of “golf players”? You did not?

Well, if you are a politician looking to run for office in the future, you should start learning.

Last year, 34,400,000 Americans hit the range …

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just a little poetical

Speaking as someone who used to have something of a propensity for buying all manner of random-assed toys before doing the appropriate research on them, I can honestly say that buyer’s remorse really does suck, and I really have experienced it on more than a few occasions. Based on that …

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planning for the future

Les Jones reports that the Millennium Manor will be open again this weekend. If you live in the Knoxville area, and have not yet seen this particular structure, you really should – it offers a somewhat unique glimpse into a particularly intriguing mind. …

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