Oct
31
Airport Blogging – Boston bound
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Back from Houston – headed to Boston. Gotta’ go. Updates later. Update: Arrived!
Oct
30
Minigun Show
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Minigun Show Content Warning for firepower displays bordering on the sexual. Thanks to ghengis. (via Ace – go see!)
Oct
28
Airport Blogging – Houston bound
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Gotta’ go. See you on the other side. Update: Arrived at 11:30 PM; as of now I am comfortably ensconced in my palatial suites above the Galleria. Sometimes travel has some surprises. This was one of those times. Travel Tip: If it’s 300 miles or less, drive. I left for the airport at 5:30 and […]
Oct
28
“Hillary Uncensored” – The Trailer
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According to Fox News: “Hillary Uncensored,” a scathing documentary whose 13-minute trailer has been No. 1 on Google Video since Oct. 10, with more than 1.1 million views to date. Clip 1 Clip 2
Oct
27
e-Postal Match – Handgun Golf! Reminder
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Reminder: The November e-Postal match – Handgun Golf! is up. See the Rulz and download the targets here! Lot’s o’ fun to be had with these targets. Lowest score wins. Allowing for potential bad weather the deadline to email scores is December 2. Shoot safe!
Oct
26
Incoming! Ace-a-lanche
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Thanks to Ace, for the mention … maybe you’ll be able to attend next year’s Gunblogger Rendezvous. GBR Related posts: Gun Blogger Rendezvous II Registration GBR-II Update at Mr. C.’s Gunblogger Rendezvous Deux (GBR-II) Update Hi-Point Donates Pistol To GBR-II GBR-II Travel Kit (Gun Pr0n) GBR-II: And so it begins … GBR-II: Arrived! GBR-II: A […]
Oct
26
What’s not to like about that?
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Bikini’s and Belt-feds, it’s Chicks with Guns – Thanks to Say Uncle!
Oct
25
The Arrowhead Fire
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Just west of Big Bear Lake on the right side of the airplane, we witnessed the Arrowhead Fire. The billowing smoke completely obscured the lake from our perspective. A new, smaller fire was reported 8 miles east of Ramona to our south, but views were not available from my position. The Santa Ana winds had […]
Oct
25
Airport Blogging – Large Fonts
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Oct
24
Airport Blogging – Heading to the Fires
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The message found me in my Houston office at 2:15 yesterday afternoon. Change of plans; I’m bound for Los Angeles this morning. I’ll see if I can provide some wildfire blogging from the scene. No time to talk … Traction Control, out.
Oct
23
Smoke from several large wildfires which flared across Southern California on October 22, 2007 is shown in this image taken at 1:55 p.m. U.S. Pacific Daylight Time taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite, and released by NASA October 23. (NASA/Handout/Reuters) The house of friends from Ramona, CA was overrun […]
Oct
22
Ode to Neanderpundit
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Feeble Crapblogging Attempt: Have you ever had the feeling that your computer’s mouse was just so grimed up and caked with sweat, palm oil, sneeze particles, dust, and various forms of mucous that you could almost see the mouse droppings? Me too. So just now, I grabbed a towel and gave my mouse the most […]
Oct
21
Cowboys Win! Go 6-1 With Win Over Vikings
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I didn’t get to see the 4th quarter – on an airplane to somewhere … but, the Cowboys held a 10 point lead at the final score! Romo had a great game (31 completions out of 39 attempts, including the ones he had to throw away). The ‘boys done good today.
Oct
21
Blue Angels headline air show attractions By BRYON OKADA, Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH — It just wouldn’t be the Cowtown we know and love without the long history of civil and military aviation. It has been the backbone of our economy. It still is. And the annual air show at Fort Worth Alliance Airport, […]
Oct
20
Archery Park No Longer Allows… Archery
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A purpose-built park is subject to the latest PC / PSH ban. Archery Park No Longer Allows… Archery EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — The city’s Archery Park may need a name change. How about No-Archery Park? Tom Draper and his bowhunting friends have practiced archery at the park for more than 20 years, and he […]
Oct
19
NASA: Ozone Hole Returns to Average Size
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Antarctic ozone hole is back to an average size, shrinking about 16 percent from last year’s record high, NASA said Friday. Full story here [I credit the smokeless powder in my ammunition. – Ed.]
Oct
19
Cannonball Run: 2007
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(or was it 2006?) The Pedal to the Metal, Totally Illegal, Cross-Country Sprint for Glory from Wired On October 7, 2006, Alex Roy set out from the Classic Car Club on Hudson Street in New York City. His self-assigned mission: Beat the record for a cross-country drive to Los Angeles. That record, set in 1983, […]
Oct
18
Project Valour-IT
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Sebastian writes: Our guest of honor for the GBR was Chuck Ziegenfuss who was representing Project Valour-IT. Here’s a little about the project: Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, provides voice-controlled software and laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at major […]
Oct
17
ePostal Match: Handgun Golf Returns
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Welcome to another ePostal Match for 2007. Traction Control presents: Golf! Classes: There are two (my bad) four classes: Class I – Rimfire – with open sights Class II – Rimfire – with optical sights Class III – Centerfire – with open sights Class IV – Centerfire – with optical sights . . . Range: […]
Oct
17
BBTOJ* has Arrived!
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The *Big Brown Truck of Joy arrived just a few minutes ago. A fellow blogger should be very happy with this development.
Oct
17
Gun Pr0n Alert – At KisP
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Oct
16
Coburn Stalls Virginia Tech Gun Bill Oklahoma Republican Opposes Bipartisan Mental Health Measure Arguments that there is an adjudication process for those who have been treated for mental illness to be taken off the federal registry do not allay him. And Coburn, who opposes most spending bills, also balks at the $400 million the Senate […]
Oct
16
From The Smallest Minority: GBR-II – The Range Trip
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Kevin has a post up at The Smallest Minority: GBR-II The Range Trip Go see!
Oct
16
So, how far IS a 1,000 yard shot?
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Great pictures – by DirtCrashr at Anthroblogogy Amazingly there was a gong out there, up on the hill at 953-yards. It was up on a trail next to an old 55-gallon steel drum below a boulder towards the top of the mountain. It was almost impossible to see with the naked eye until several “looks” […]
Oct
16
One more Steven Tyler quote …
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“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap” – Steven Tyler … from a commenter at AeroForceOne.com Upcoming Event note: Steven Tyler and Toby Keith Perform for CMT Giants: Hank Williams, Jr TOBY KEITH AND STEVEN TYLER ADDED TO THE PERFORMANCE LINE-UP FOR CMT GIANTS: HANK WILLIAMS, JR Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Kid […]
Oct
16
Reminder: National Buy a Gun Day is only six months away!
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Beat the rush; order yours today!
Oct
15
GBR-II: Transport recommendation – The Ford Earthfucker
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I quoted it as an “environment-crippling GMC Yukon”. I may have misspoken. Sebastian recalls a different phrase: SayUncle: “[USCitizen] offered to take us over to the hotel in the Ford Earthfucker he rented.”
Oct
15
Quote of the Day: From Steven Tyler
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Upon being scrutinized, scanned, wanded, and practically weighed, X-Rayed and DNA-profiled at the concourse check-in line, Steven remarked: “I didn’t have this much inspection when I checked my pistols on the flight.” Traction Control hereby nominates Steven Tyler as a “People of the Gun.”
Oct
14
(Photo by USCitizen) Charles Ziegenfuss and Steven Tyler at the Reno airport. Steven said, “Say Hi to everyone“! Check Charles’ site at http://TCOverride.blogspot.com
Oct
14
GBR-II: Review of the KO-TONICS KT68
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Traction Control had the opportunity to review the KO-TONICS KT68 Combat Edition 6.8 SPC AR-15 Upper at the Gunblogger Rendezvous, including some range firing. In a word: impressive! The KT68 performed flawlessly, putting rounds after round on steel at 300, 400 and even 500 yards – all from a 16″ barrel! The 6.8 SPC rounds […]
Oct
13
GBR-II: Range Day
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Day at the The Range – with pictures! as soon as the remote communications link is established.
Oct
12
GBR-II: An afternoon with the NRA
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An enlightening afternoon with NRA / ILA grass-roots representatives. Gunbloggers poised pointed questions and provided many suggestions for more effective outreach, community involvement and more effective marketing of the NRA’s message. Gunbloggers: Public perception of the NRA’s efforts are often neglected when ‘back channel’ moves are a focus of lobbying efforts. What is being done […]
Oct
12
GBR-II: Texas Hold ‘Em Tourney
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Say Uncle and I entered a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament at Circus-Circus; my first try at the game for money$! I somehow made it to the final four at the last table! Holding a King-10 with two more 10’s on the table after the river card, I made an All-In call (about $10,000); only to […]
Oct
11
The second Gunblogger Rendezvous is officially launched! We arrived in Reno right on time! On the plane was Sebastian from Snowflakes from Hell and JimmyB from Conservative UAW Guy. Say Uncle was waiting for a misplaced bag and caught a ride in with Sebastian and I to the hotel in an environment-crippling GMC Yukon … […]
Oct
11
All AK-47s All the Time – on NRA Radio
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Ahab’s interview on Cam & Company, Snowflakes in Hell has an mp3 of it here.
Oct
11
GBR-II: And so it begins …
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We’re Reno bound – updates on arrival to the Gunblogger Rendezvous!
Oct
10
(Air Travel and) The Meaning of Life, Part 1
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Domestic Flying In The Seventies & Eighties I had to look back over all my posts to confirm that I had not written down some of my fond memories of flying in the 1970s and early 1980s. Yes, those WERE the days. Things were never perfect, but compared to today, well… My oldest regular flying […]
Oct
10
A Whatziss for Argghhh!
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Seen in a parking lot at a local eatery – Whatziss? The Answer is In! What we have here is a Ferret Light Scout Car. Thanks to Chris in the comments.
Oct
10
Gun Pr0n – GBR-II Travel Kit
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As a traveler, I seldom check baggage, preferring to carry on an assume responsibility for my own gear. However, certain items must transported as checked baggage. My Travel Kit (picture for insurance purposes should the unthinkable happen and they somehow become ‘misplaced’): Contents: One Kimber Pro Carry in .45 Auto with three magazines: empty One […]
Oct
9
“The Government Must Have a Monopoly on Force”
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Link to slide show at Blogonomicon
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