Oct
31
Headline Summaries: Border Security
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Headlines and links from all over (10/27/2006 – 10/31/2006): October 31, 2006 Lane for faster crossings opened at Laredo border bridge Smuggling survivor recalls banging on trailer walls Judge blocks Pennsylvania town’s illegal immigration law Mexico agrees Portillo’s return It’s Almost Comical, If you Take A Deep Breath Listen To’Em Scream…. Why do they hate [...]
Oct
30
The Jawa Report
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The Jawa Report: Blogroll Me or I will Kick You in the Nuts. OK, you’re on the blogroll, but not because of the headline. Perhaps it’s your tireless devotion to keeping the World safe from evil. And that’s a good thing.
Oct
29
Tidy shelves. Nice. Looks like Kim was visited by the Ammo Fairy – see Treasure Trove. Well, me too then. . . . Tags: Ammo Pr0n Gun Pr0n
Oct
29
Slo Mo Balloon
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More from Photron.com. Click video. Tags: Video Pr0n
Oct
29
Slo Mo Beer
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High speed film, recorded with the Photron ultima APX video camera, shows a full bottle of beer hitting the floor. Tags: Video Pr0n
Oct
28
Atomic Bomb detonation Photos by Harold Edgerton Via NevadaSurveyor Automatic Camera situated 7 miles from blast with 10 foot focal length. Shutter speed equaled 100 microseconds. Pure Energy engulfs the Joshua trees, vaporizing them in nanoseconds. Tags: Photo Pr0n, Gun Stuff
Oct
28
Ultra high-speed photography capturing thousands of frames per second, slows bullets to a crawl as they impact ordinary items con gusto! A link you’ll like. (Right click and Save As to download a local copy.)
Oct
28
Reporting Illegal Immigrant Activity
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A search string was routed to the Traction Control site yesterday for “numbers to report an elegal (sic) immigrant”. To “report suspicious activity” call Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security at: (866) DHS-2ICE (866) 347-2423 This post contains the details. H/T MichelleMalkin.com. This concludes Traction Control’s Public Service Announcement [...]
Oct
26
Headline Summaries: Border Security
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Headlines and links from all over (10/25/2006 – 10/27/2006): October 27, 2006 Mexico decries U.S. fence plan Mexico’s Calderon says fence will hurt U.S. visit Border Fence Plan Worries Texas Ranchers Torturer Toto Tells Terrorist Tale of Immigration Woe Frum: Why The GOP Faces Trouble In November Slowdown at Canadian border crossing Live Desk with [...]
Oct
26
Sensible Gun Laws
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“A Well-Regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” That works for me, but how is it that I feel like I’ve been infringed? Could it be that we now have unconstitutional laws? Can we trust our courts [...]
Oct
25
RightWingNation – Added
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RightWingNation was quietly added to the blogrol after reading this post. Update: Welcome back to the blogroll to Hell in a HandBasket. Scoot on over and say, “Traction Control sent you.”
Oct
25
A Balanced and Reasoned Viewpoint: Uncle Mac
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On the topic of Muslim strife … Uncle Mac manages to express many of my own thoughts, sans the nuance that may have otherwise clouded the essence of the basic truths behind central issues of the day. Thanks Uncle Mac, you’re on the Blogroll.
Oct
25
My Beautiful America
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My Beautiful America. Well done. Visit OldBlueWebDesigns and enjoy. Proceeds from CD orders support the Wounded Warrior Project.
Oct
24
Headline Summaries: Border Security
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Headlines and links from all over (10/21/2006 – 10/24/2006): October 24, 2006 Five plead not guilty to disruption in flag-raising Snow says question on officers’ prison time ‘nonsensical’ The Illegal Immigration Issue And Election 2006 The Secure Fence Act October 23, 2006 Bush to sign meaningless border fence bill in public ceremony Mexicans Don’t Like [...]
Oct
23
Sign the Fence Bill Already!
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Secure Fence Act Signing Set For Thursday (via Captain’s Quarters). Mr. President, why the drama? Why the delay? Como se dice constituents? The people who voted for you outnumber the illegal immigrants by 600%. Do you really want to go with those odds? I don’t think so. Mr. President, I am one your most ardent [...]
Oct
23
InstaPundit Poll – Your Vote Counts
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Read. Click. Vote.
Oct
22
Celebrities Killed in Avaition Accidents
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Separated from the previous post, a thread from FlightAware Celebrities Killed in Aviation Accidents. A list culled from that thread brings some memories: 10 members of Rick Hendrick’s crew and family Amelia Earhart Bill Graham (concert promoter from the Bay Area) Buddy Holly Glenn Miller JFK Jr. Jim Croce John Denver Otis Redding Patsy Cline Randy [...]
Oct
21
FlightAware – Cool Site; Interesting Threads
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FlightAware.com allows you to monitor flight progress in near real-time. Enter the airline and flight number and track its journey; also works for tail numbers for non-commercial flights. Another awesome display is the time lapse graphic of all traffic over North America in a 24 hour period – 12 frames per minute here. There are [...]
Oct
21
Headline Summaries: Border Security
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Headlines and links from all over (10/15/2006 – 10/21/2006): October 21, 2006 Updates and Hat Tips to missionaryman – The first nine headlines are from News from The Border (also in Blogroll): Border Patrol agents sentenced to prison Mexico arrests former police commander disappearances of alleged guerrilla members Activists block government buildings, continue hunger strike [...]
Oct
18
Shameless “Link-Seeking Comment” Missile
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Your humble host, Traction Control posted a comment at the well respected site of Cam Edwards – a really great guy who is on top of the nationwide gun-issue news for the NRA: His Post: Taking a Break Posted by Cam on October 18, 2006 – 3:06 pm As I’m sure you’ve noticed, blogging has [...]
Oct
16
Traction Control Joins the Anti-PC League!
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The Anti-PC League is an aptly-named association (actually, a blogroll) which Traction Control is proud to join. The PC (politically correct) movement that took hold of our society over the last 10 – 20 (?) years has been the bane of civilization. Notwithstanding respect for others’ feelings, we should not ever tolerate the intolerable; sometimes [...]
Oct
15
Iowahawk Goes Nuclear
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Or maybe just nukuler. Anyway, refuse Linkage and Trackbacks to Iowahawk at your own peril! There. This ought to cover Traction Control with a protective blogospheric barrier against incoming bottle rockets with M-80 tipped warheads, augmented with advanced glow-stick technology. Whew! That was a close call. Now, where did I put those stealth countermeasures? They [...]
Oct
15
Texican Hog
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Ride Fast and Shoot Straight, one of the many fine Gunbloggers who was on hand for GBR1 in Reno last week reminds me that I owe the group a picture “of the Texican Hog”. Here you go! (link) (Click & Enjoy!)
Oct
14
The Air Force Memorial
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Today’s dedication ceremonies revealed a well done tribute to our Air Force. It is truly a thing of beauty. The Inscription Panels read: Service. Integrity. Excellence. Valor. Courage. Sacrifice. Now these are the words properly used with our memorials: words which inspire; words which honor; words which recognize the solemnity of that being memorialized. In [...]
Oct
14
Video Link: Indian Girl Skates under 40 Cars!
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Wow! Just, “Wow” . . . She’s just 5 years old, too! I guess it’s true then, “No one has more fun than people.” Check it Out!
Oct
14
Headline Summaries: Border Security
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Headlines and links from all over (10/11/2006 – 10/14/2006) October 14, 2006 Attorney hired by Mexico to aid Quintero’s case October 13, 2006 Republican Busts Border with 3 Elephants & Mariachi Band The Border Border Security Isn’t There Yet Video: Raj Bhakta crosses the border – on an elephant The Hannibal of Immigration Restrain This [...]
Oct
13
Army.mil
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The Site Meter shows that 2% Update: 5% of Traction Control‘s traffic is from Army.mil addresses! I’m proud of all you men and women who fight for our freedoms. It’s my hope I’m somehow providing news, comments and links that are interesting to you. Let me know what I can expand on to make your [...]
Oct
12
From AP: Strange Oct 12, 7:02 PM EDT PORTHILL, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho baby sitter shot and killed a 422-pound black bear that broke into a backyard where three toddlers were playing. Henslee said her 3-year-old daughter Brooklyn and twin 2-year-old sons Cleo and Charles were playing in the backyard of their home [...]
Oct
11
Only about a week ago Traction Control wondered why we were not seeing more charges of Treason brought against those who would harm us. Today, we have news of just such an event: Adam Gadahn is indicted for Treason. More details from the Counterterrorism Blog: HERE is the indictment (Acrobat file), thanks to Steven Emerson. [...]
Oct
10
H/T Ace, via Michelle Malkin. Just when you think the story couldn’t get any worse and had died down, Fox News Channel’s Special Report with Brit Hume uncovers this appalling news about the Arizona 9/11 moonbat memorial. Ace: Some of the commissioners actually wanted to add 19 more characters to represent the deaths of the [...]
Oct
9
Traction Control is back from the Gunblogger Rendezvous. Now that the lawn’s mowed and the bills are paid, the work resumes tomorrow. Thanks to the many new visitors to this humble blog over the last few days. Check back often for updates and remember: The only “Spin” here is provided by the rifling of the [...]
Oct
8
Headline Summaries: Border Security
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Headlines and links from all over (10/4/2006 – 10/8/2006) October 8, 2006 Impact of Illegal Immigrant Crime Hard to Assess 300 Million People And Counting Pocket Veto of the Border Fence? Just Over the Border and Back on Sundays A Failing Fristful of fence? Arizona Race a Test for Tough Immigration Stance . October 7, [...]
Oct
8
At a late Sunday breakfast with Dan McKown, Mr. Completely, Keewee, Rivrdog and Og the Neanderpundit, the first annual Gunblogger Rendezvous drew to a close. By all accounts, the event was a success. Much food, drink, conversation and a full day shooting at the range made the weekend fly by. A highlight from last night’s [...]
Oct
7
Live from the Gunblogger Rendezvous in Reno! the results from the September ePostal match are now in! Mr C dominated the both the Pro and Men’s tee Class I (Rimfire); Marc (Ninth Stage) rules in Class II (Centerfire)! KeeWee and Tech Support win the Ladies’ rimfire and centerfire classes, respectively. Mr. Completely and USCitizen tie [...]
Oct
7
ePostal Match Scores!
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Will be posted at 6:30 PM Pacific Time. 7:30 PM Mountain Time, 8:30 PM Central Time, 9:30 PM Eastern Time, and 10:00 PM in Newfoundland just to make it confusing! Stay tuned!
Oct
7
We’re off to the range this morning to unleash cordite, nitrocellulose and projectiles of all sorts upon 630 acres of Nevada desert! Memo: No additional vehicles are expected to be destroyed in today’s events. If desert blogging proves to be an option, expect some updates here. An ePostal Match reminder: We plan on trying the [...]
Oct
7
At the Hospitality Room round table it’s: Traction Control Mr Completely & Keewee SayUncle The Smallest Minority The Anarchangel & Mel The Conservative UAW Guy The View From North Central Idaho Rivrdog Chris Barrett Cam Edwards Ride Fast & Shoot Straight – the conversation is indeed excellent! Live Posts: Rivrdog sez: the conversatimon is deglightable. [...]
Oct
6
It was 5:14 AM when I heard the sirens echoing downtown and parted the curtains for a look outside. The Fire Department was responding to reports of smoke from the parking structure at Circus-Circus! A car was in flames on the top leve of the parking garage; grey smoke spouted hundreds of feet above the [...]
Oct
5
Mr C and KeeWee arrived safely at the Hospitality Suite, and were met by myself and Kevin of the Smallest Minority. We are informed that jimmyb‘s arrival is imminent. Update: SayUncle‘s here, too but I have not met him yet. Time for a pass at the Blackjack tables. Cheers!
Oct
5
And so it begins – The Gunblogger Rendezvous
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A nice flight in, a quick cab ride to the Circus-Circus and Traction Control is in the house! Some interesting insights, via the cab driver, “Reno is going condo all over downtown.” He named three or four casinos that I could see in various stages of remodeling. “The Indian gaming has hit Reno hard,” he [...]
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