… cops in Cobb County, Ga. — one of the wealthiest and most educated counties in the U.S. — now have an amphibious tank. The picture shows an LVTP-7, with Marines and gear hanging out all over it. It’s not a tank. But is amphibious. I could not see what the cops would do with… More »
We demand a vapid, condescending, meaningless, politically safe response to this petition. It’s not The Onion. It’s at whitehouse.gov. You should sign this. Cross posted to Space For Commerce.
A sign telling all Bad People where victims may be found, helpfully provided by the City of Madison [1] http://www.cityofmadison.com/police/documents/NoFirearmsPrint.pdf I have no problem if you want to hang this up. Your property, your business. You gotta do what you gotta do. Live and let live, maaaan. If I had a shop in Madison I… More »
“I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.” – Steve Martin Saw lefty guys I know posted this on Facebook. … More »
I slept for maybe five minutes last night. Then work’s help desk called, and I spent the next eleven hours fighting a mother-lovin’ fire at work. I got a great deal done today but not much of what I planned on doing. Not complaining – I’m well compensated for what I do and I like… More »
Government can’t take out the trash efficiently. Solution: get rid of the trash cans. The idea is to reduce the load on the authority’s overtaxed garbage crew, which is struggling to complete its daily rounds of clearing out 40 tons of trash from the system. An idea only a bureaucrat or committee would embrace. Look. … More »
I arrived here in 1995, a broken down vaudevillian from the old country. When I arrived in America, here is what America asked of me: Nothing. I was free. Free of my own past, free to succeed, free to fail. America did not even ask me to be a citizen. I choose to be a… More »
Wisconsin Department of Justice sez in regards to the 2011 Wisconsin Act 35 (aka we get to tote guns around, now) Act 35 requires applicants to provide proof of firearms safety training. Any one of the below listed documents will be accepted as proof of meeting the law’s training requirement: (snip) 3. Proof of… More »
Everlasting Phelps It’s been nagging at me how useless and nihilistic this whole Occupy Whatever “movement” (more like a fit) has been about, Hold that thought. Nihilists. Demands. Hey … Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter? Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there’s nothing to be afraid of. Nihilist: Ve don’t care. Ve still… More »
Node.js is Cancer. Node.js is a tumor on the programming community, in that not only is it completely braindead, but the people who use it go on to infect other people who can’t think for themselves, until eventually, every asshole I run into wants to tell me the gospel of event loops. Have you accepted… More »
Take Back Your Government!: A Practical Handbook for the Private Citizen Who Wants Democracy to Work Robert Heinlein From politics I have come to believe the following: (1) Most people are basically honest, kind, and decent. (2) The American people are wise enough to run their own affairs. They do not need Fuehrers, Strong Men,… More »
Anwar al-Awlaki is dead. Fine: he wasn’t a nice guy. I have some serious issues with how he was killed. And you should, too. The Executive, all by it’s lonesome, just murdered a U.S. citizen, without pesky krep like due process, a speedy and fair trial. Whacking a citizen with a drone is no different… More »
An Open Question [1] [2] for the 2012 candidates for President. This letter has been sent – or will be sent – to most of the candidates for the presidency in the Democratic and Republican parties in 2012. Some won’t get it – their web site utterly lacks ‘contact me’ email or a web form.… More »
“You were a Marine? Oh, I could never do that, X.” Where X is a phrase like ‘I could never stand the discipline’ or ‘I could not stand being yelled at’ or ‘I hate it when people tell me what to do’. This is bullshit. All of us put ourselves under discipline for one reason… More »
Progressives are vampires. I can prove it. Accept that vampires are real. Ignore the mystical mumb-jumbo krep about souls: merely hyper-intelligent apex predators. Being not complete dummies, they wish to conserve their stock of prey, homo sapiens. Western Civilization is about progress. More social integration, better technology, members are citizens, not serfs. There are more… More »
Mr. Nadler’s bill would “require the IRS to adjust tax brackets proportionally in regions where the average cost of living is higher than the national average.” In other words, the various tax brackets would apply to residents in certain regions at higher income levels versus other parts of the country. A family with an income… More »
Charles Bolden. Graduate of the Naval Academy. 100 combat missions in an A-6. Test pilot. Astronaut, flew twice, mission commander twice. Commanded 30,000 marines in Kuwait. Retired as major general. Selected to lead NASA. A very accomplished man, a very smart, savvy leader, a man who mastered a difficult career. Gibbs, at his daily news… More »
Thanks, America! Your generosity (in the form of federal stimulus money) paid for a street reconstruction project downtown. It’s done and looking good. From the dead-tree version of this article .. The $450,000 street reconstruction project … replaced the asphalt pavement with concrete between Main and S. Commercial streets. [1] Stamped colored concrete was used… More »
I was going to rant about President Obama sending Joe Biden to Arlington for Memorial Day, while he spends a well deserved weekend in Chicago. When you care enough to send the very best you send your second banana in your stead. But then Richard Fernandez did it for me and he did in a… More »
From the video description: Against GySgt Wallgreens request I recorded his speach in secret….. the result is this awesome video with the last words we heard before boarding helos and heading into the heart of Marjeh. Have you ever wondered how Marines get pumped up? This video will show you how true leaders inspire their… More »
Boycotts are awesome. A very American [1] institution. Economic freedom rocks! Until the boycotted fire back. Arizona Corporation Commission member Gary Pierce to the City of Los Angeles If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer… More »
‘We don’t want offshore windmills,’ they said. ‘They ruin the natural beauty of the island. And they will interfere without sunrise ceremonies.’ I had found these to be reasonable objections to the windmill farm off Cape Cod. My mind’s eye pictured hundreds of the things whirling away in the surf, casting shadows over the beach,… More »
Ladies and Gentleman: Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) articulating (for some values of ‘articulate’) his concern that the island of Guam will “actually tip-over and capsize.” Forget – if you can – that this guy writes laws the rest of us must obey. Note the iron discipline the Admiral demonstrated. Not a snicker, not a smile. … More »
Health Care Reform, Henry Waxman issuing a subpoena to private citizens to account for why they’re following the law, demagoguery on the right and left, politicians making promises to get elected then making a u-turn in office, Abscam, Iran-Contra, Monica-Gate, Watergate .. There are two ways to take the long view on this. a. Politicians… More »
He counted loud he counted long he waited for the shock. He felt the wind he felt the cold, he felt that awful drop. The silk from his reserve fell out and wrapped about his legs, WOOF ARF WOOF WOOF ARF WOOF ARF! “Dogs don’t perceive height difference, so that doesn’t worry them. They’re more… More »
Bruce Bartlett on The Oregon tax vote and Tea Party Membership I can easily see many tea party goers becoming rabid tax-the-rich folks if the alternative is higher taxes on them. Let us not forget that just about a year ago many of the House of Representatives’ most conservative members voted to impose a 90… More »
The White Goddess Palin takes John Kerry to task for his joke about those who don’t study getting “stuck in Iraq,” but the story of her own son proves that he was right. Track joined the military after deciding that he didn’t want to bum around after high school like his friends. This implies that… More »