In Time: Rather than take a rather imaginative concept, sit down, and think about it to develop a story surrounding it worthy of the originality, we instead are faced with a nearly-verbatim techno-Robin-Hood, complete with a rather convincing Sheriff of Nottingham portrayed by none other than Cillian Murphy. …
There is a whole host of reasons that, despite being a Christian and despite graduating from one of their high schools, the Roman Catholic Church and I never particularly got along. Religions are kind of like that, though, which is why it is just as well there seems to be …
I have to admit, it is kind of cool to see an idea come to fruition.
As a reminder, go here and vote for the above patch by leaving a comment including either the words “Eastern Tennessee Monster Hunters” or “In God we trust, all others we nuke”; if you …
As I have been obliquely mentioning over the past few weeks, I have been slowly getting into the modern sport / recreation / activity that is commonly known as "airsoft". For the uninitiated, think "paintball without the paint", and for the really uninitiated, think "war games with pellet rifles". So …
Screwed up the Fifth Road of Tán Tuǐ* a little, and missed a step in my third staff spin during its form, but I did them all perfectly during the pre-test earlier this week, so I guess the instructor bore that in …
One of the favorite talking points of "gun control" extremists is that they are representing a "silent majority" of Americans who support increased levels of "gun control". Of course, this "silent majority" has a strange tendency of being about as quiet as your average graveyard, and even the membership rolls …
I have brieflytouched on how ludicrous and excessive the restrictions and regulations imposed by the National Firearms Act are, but today I give you this outstanding graphic courtesy of Silencerco that should really drive the point home:
(Note: they mislabeled the "Total Form 4" block for 2010, but that …
To expand on a point Thirdpower made yesterday, if the only celebrations you have are when your opponents falter in their ongoing march towards their goals, you and your cause have already failed, regardless of whether inertia keeps you going or not.
On the one hand, the request to read and offer my thoughts on the particular weblog post discussed below came as part of a mass-spam of various folks on Twitter.
On the other hand, I am always looking for quick-and-easy blogfodder, especially that no one else has touched on before. …
… Or lack thereof. Since the question has come up on Twitter and email more than a few times in the past few months, I thought I would go ahead and provide an update here:
Speaking of changing how you see the world… I had heard of this technology a little while ago, but I am surprised at how quickly it made it to the market (though "quickly" is a relative term – apparently it has been in the works for 15 years).
“The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and the military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an 'equalizer'. Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed?ut do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny.” by Edward Abbey
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