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monday motivation

It seems to me that a great number of Americans, and not just those currently employed on Capitol Hill, need to be reminded how this country works…

(Courtesy of Captain of a Crew of One.) …

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markley’s law, recorded for posterity

Well, I guess I figured out wiki functionality well enough to generate up a Wiktionary entry for Markley’s Law, mentioned yesterday. It probably will not be there long ([1119 Update] And has already been deleted. *sigh* How are you supposed to add new words to an online …

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there are fixations, and then there is this

Do you want to know what the difference is between pro-rights activists and anti-rights nuts?

Folks on my side of the fence are concerned with defending, protecting, and preserving individual civil rights for all people, regardless of the rights involved, or the skin tone, economic situation, education level, location of …

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bowing to the inevitable

For those folks out there with more disposable income than I have, and a smartphone to go with it, you will probably be happy to hear that, at Faitmaker‘s request, I recently installed the WPtouch plugin on this weblog. Of course, lacking the aforementioned all-too-shiny piece of hardware myself, …

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someone gave an idiot a cad program

If I tried to document all of the various and sundry ways that this is the worst firearm-related idea I have ever seen, I would pretty much be here all day, and possibly part of tomorrow.

Suffice to say that while science fiction is awesome, it is often …

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hardwood flooring near eastern tennessee

Now that the money from our dispute is back on our credit card, I feel wholly comfortable writing this post.

Based on the misleading and substandard quality of the product they delivered to us, based on their atrocious customer service, based on their complete and utter unwillingness to work with …

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’bout time

After literally a month in the shop, and enough money to buy a decent starter-1911 from any of the big names out there, the Bullitt is back home, and is pretty damned near the same condition it was before the accident. Shiny.

And let me just say, from the bottom …

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… then make the best use of it you can

On the one hand, the majority of Americans think cities have no right to ban handguns:

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Americans say city governments do not have the right to prevent citizens from owning handguns, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

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Only 35% of all

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are you sure you want to know?

And with this quote from his Claws That Catch, John Ringo just forcibly propelled himself to being my second-favorite author:

Space, the final and all that . . .
Four of the main screens in Conn could be set to external view and Captain Prael had to admit that

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*glom*

Well, that is just going to give me nightmares.…

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Home Theater Bleg

My HTiB receiver just gave up the ghost. It was about 9 years old and we were thinking-about-maybe-thinking-about getting one for Christmas, so I haven’t really done any research. I’ve temporarily configured everything to go through the TV’s speakers, but honestly going from 5.1 to 2.0 is probably going to …

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guns are ‘bad news’ for women… or not

Remember, ladies and gentlepeople – despite all outward appearances, guns are ‘bad news’ for women in all cases and situations.

In light of this all-too-obvious ‘fact’, anti-rights nuts should be crawling out of the woodwork to decry this incident as an unnecessary loss of life:

A South Bend woman

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zippy the teensy bullet

Being able to zip through armor like an acid-tripping mouse boring through cheese is great and all, but until we see some more-intensive ballistics material testing of this newfangled 6.5×25 CBJ round from outside/impartial sources, I am going to have to reserve judgement. After all, how many times before have …

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the a-team

The A-Team: Aside from a distinct lack of pitying fools, and squishing THE VAN far too early in the movie (What? The previews showed you that…), it was more than appropriately ludicrously absurd, the new actors chosen for the old roles filled the shoes left by their predecessors fairly …

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Update on Franklin County Deputy Shooting

Remeber the off duty deputy who was shot while househunting at midnight?

The homeowner will not be charged.

For now.…

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never thought i would see that

And speaking of writing things that turn out to be strangely prophetic, Thirdpower points us to an interesting article over at The Daily Kos (one that I will refrain from linking to directly), of which I will quote a portion below:

No. 2: We oppose restrictions to our civil

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win-win

Want to buy a pretty slick gun while doing some good for American military veterans?

Here is your chance.

Gun Nuts Media has teamed up with Honored American Veterans Afield, and will be auctioning off one firearm a week for the rest of the month… with all the

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the posts just write themselves

Regular readers of this weblog may be familiar with a certain character who comments relatively frequently at Robb‘s and Joe‘s weblogs under the moniker of “UBU52“, primarily because I have taken the time to expose that particular individual’s ignorant bigotry in the past. However, this time …

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hot tub time machine

Hot Tub Time Machine: Not even the supposedly-”unrated” nature of the version I saw, nor even the offbeat humor of John Cusack, could save this movie from a solid, “Ok, I would like my two hours back… NOW,” at the end of it. …

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Clueless

First line of the story:

Local taxpayers in Nashville will largely be off the hook for the costs of repairing public facilities damaged by severe flooding in May.

Headline: Federal, State Money To Cover Most Flood Damage

Apparently, if you live in Nashville you don’t pay federal or state taxes.…

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