Jan
31
Movie Review: Gran Torino
Category: Gun Stuff, Homefront | 
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An aging Korean War Veteran, Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) has lost his wife; his family; his physician; his neighborhood; and actually, the whole society he once knew. His new Hmong (Vietnamese) immigrant neighbors befriend and honor him as a role model, because he is “America”. When gang violence threatens to destroy what is left in [...]
Jan
29
Blackwater has been barred from future Diplomatic Security service in Iraq. Concerns stem from a 2007 incident which resulted in the death of 17 civililains in Baghdad.
Jan
29
Mystery: Sherlock Holmes found dead
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Sherlock Holmes was found dead shortly before 1 AM today. Full story at Star-Telegram.com
Jan
28
Stay safe out there and don’t forget the little ones.
Jan
27
Totally Awesome Guns & Range 4074 West 4715 South Kearns, UT 84118. TEL: 801- 967-8005 h/t Kevin W.
Jan
24
Gun-tar?
Category: Guns | 6 Comments
Guitar + Gun = Gun-tar?
Jan
22
Double Shot – Liquor & Guns
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Priceless! The Double Shot – Liquor & Guns – Drive Thru! God Bless Texas! Pay them a visit at: 304 Kessler Ave. Schulenburg, Tx 78956 (979) 743-9021 Ph (979) 743-3601 Fx Mon – Sat: 10am – 9pm doubleshotliquor.com From this post with a hat tip to Theodores World with whom I share a birth date!
Jan
17
Gun Pr0n: Transferrable Machine Guns Wanted
Category: Guns, Pr0n | 6 Comments
I am one step further in my quest to purchase ALL reasonably priced transferrable machine guns. Today’s find: An unfired Full Automatic Thompson M1 manufactured by Auto Ordnance in West Hurley, NY. Sweet.
Jan
17
Fark Party at TANSTAAFL in Arlington
Category: Homefront | 3 Comments
Fark Party! Saturday (Today) 8:00 PM TANSTAAFL about one block north of Division on Bowen Road in Arlington, TX.
Jan
16
Busy Week – Icy Roads and Airplane Time
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It wasn’t that there wasn’t news to post about: United Flight 1549′s amazing Hudson River landing (?), President Bush’s Final Speech as President, another Gunblogger gains a newspaper gig, reviews from the SHOT Show, etc…. It was just tough for me to get the keyboard time to update Traction Control. Four hours of daily commuting [...]
Jan
10
Best Re-make of the Greatest Song Ever!
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Christina Aguilera does Lady Marmalade. With Cowbell, Baby! For comparison, here is Patti LaBelle’s Original version. Enjoy.
Jan
10
GunShowOnTheNet.com lists Gunblogs and a Webring. (… and I’m adding a few myself – Ed.) Gun Related Blogs GUN BLOGS Here it is folks, the new official webring, (Directory), for GUN BLOGGERS *This post may be a handy bookmark for those who don’t use an RSS Feedreader. Bookmark / add to Favorites and check back [...]
Jan
9
What the Hell? Motorist Arrested with Guns at LAX
Category: Crime, Gun Stuff, Homefront | 4 Comments
LOS ANGELES — A motorist with 16 guns and at least 700 rounds of ammunition in his pickup was arrested Friday at a vehicle checkpoint as he entered Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. SO WHAT?!?! The weapons and ammunition were in a container in the back of the man’s truck, (legally stored, out of [...]
Jan
9
Much Better
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Flight 694 landed with an announcement that the temperature was 78 degrees (F). Much better. Coming from -27 degrees (C) I appreciate the effects of the Sun and the tilt of the Earth’s axis. Any other ‘global climate theories’ are bunk. A.) If it’s too cold, go South. B.) If that doesn’t work, go North. [...]
Jan
9
From left to right, it may be that this photo shows five U.S. Presidents in the correct order in the idealogical scale. Blue tie, right wing. Red tie. left wing. Bush 41 is just right of President-elect Obama, who (based on pronouncements to date) appears to be far right of Bush 43. Clinton is (barely) [...]
Jan
8
Snowmobile
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A picture from Canada.
Jan
7
Follow-up: alphainventions.com
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Follow-up: alphainventions.com ( http://alphainventions.com ) Traffic report: Five (5) visits from 22:34 to 22:36 yesterday. None since. Verdict and Rating: Not the volume influx I was looking for; 1/2 of 5 stars.
Jan
7
Going to extremes
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Remember the post and pics of last week? 83 degrees (F), blue skies and sun. Now, I back up north: -23 degrees (C), grey skies and clouds. Going to extremes: Brrr. Update: 6:30 AM -31 degress (C).
Jan
6
AlphaInventions.com
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AlphaInventions.com: I’m not sure how it works, but it looks pretty cool.
Jan
6
Don’t Tread On Him
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From recordpub.com Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — Police say an angry 4-year-old Ohio boy grabbed a gun from a closet and shot his baby sitter. Nathan Beavers, 18, was hospitalized Sunday with minor wounds to his arm and side after the shotgun attack. Police say another teen [...]
Jan
6
Greek Fire
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From Fox History’s Most Terrifying Conventional Weapons: Greek Fire
Jan
5
Oh, Those Poor Moths
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From the Houston Chronicle: AUSTIN — An Austin woman who put mothballs in soup at a store’s self-serve kiosk in 2007 has been ordered to undergo mental health treatment and to stay away from the grocery chain unless escorted by another adult.
Jan
5
My Favorite Cat picture
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Is here. You just never know what cats are thinking. Oh wait, maybe you do.
Jan
4
Speculation: Now that he is off of the campaign trail Presiden-Elect Barack Obama may have had some time to assesses the reality of the world and his new role. It seems with his tax cut proposals ($310 B); support of the military (Hawaii and the Inauguration Ball Plans); militarizing space; backing for Israel (no voice [...]
Jan
4
What question would you ask of the RNC Chairmanship candidates? Mine was (link): “Can you give a positive and unequivocal statement that you support and defend the Right of the People to keep and Bear Arms; and you are committed to striking down all laws which infringe upon this Right?” Login here and ask your [...]
Jan
3
Via SayUncle: Congratulations to North Dakota; Brady Campaign? Not so much.
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Good catch by SayUncle: North Dakota experienced only two murders in 2008. Both were stabbings. Not a single firearm murder in the state. Meanwhile, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership has ranked North Dakota 44 out of 50 in gun control. Yep.
Jan
3
2008 Year in Review
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From Red State Update, via Ms. Underestimated, it’s the 2008 YEAR IN REVIEW. Yep.
Jan
2
2008 Darwin Awards
Category: Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Vote Here
Jan
2
2009 Trinity River Shoot
Category: Gun Stuff | 6 Comments
As JR wrote in A Day at the Range, it was a picture perfect day – and he has some really good pictures to prove it. JR and Tony 3 Dogs made it even better with good shooting and lively conversation. Many a target was felled while good instruction was imparted to the younger generations. [...]
Jan
2
WordPress Tech Note: Add an Image fixed
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Since version 2.x? or roughly a year ago, the WordPress Add an Image function has not worked for me. I have been using a separate ftp utility to upload images and then manually creating the links in HTML for posts with pictures. Thanks to “anonymous” on a WordPress Support Forum, I found the fix! It [...]
Jan
1
Tomorrow is the day! The 2009 North Texas Trinity River Shoot is on! We’ll meet at the Sooper Sekrit Texaco: I-45 at Beltline Road – in Wilmer (South of Dallas) at 11:00 AM on Friday, January 2 and caravan to the range from there! Let us know if you are planning to attend. You can [...]
Jan
1
I found another for the collection! Got more?
Jan
1
New Link in Right Sidebar: Texas GOA
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