Month: September 2006

Any fan of the James Bond franchise will remember the character of Tiger Tanaka from “You Only Live Twice“. The Register is reporting that Tetsuro…

(Via Drudge) The city (New York City–FH) health department unveiled a proposal Tuesday that would bar cooks at any of the city’s 24,600 food service…

Col. Jeff Cooper, the father of the Modern Technique of shooting, died today at his home with his wife and daughter by his side. Col.…

A group of experts (well, at least they say they are) have evaluated various scenarios for the future and noted the ones they think most…

Apple has sent the first of what is doubtless to be a large number of cease and desist letters to a website that catalogs podcasts.…

News.com reports that Patricia Dunn has resigned her seat on the board of HP. A welcome step forward, but only a step. However, it appears…

The good news just keeps coming, I suppose: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a major policy shift, have recommended that all…

Should the people who banned DDT pay a price for the deaths and suffering caused by what is turning out to be one of the…

FOXNews is reporting that US Census Bureau, the nosiest government agency there is, (way outside their Constitutional role) has lost 246 laptops containing personal information…

You may or may not have heard about the Hewlett-Packard’s snoop-fest on board members, employees and reporters. It’s already cost the Chairman of the Board,…

ars technica is reports on a new tool to help preserve your ever-shrinking privacy. The Torpark web browser can live on a flash drive, has…

Hugo Chavez made this remark during his speech to the United Nations last night: And maybe we have to change location. Maybe we have to…

My pirate name is: Captain Bartholomew Rackham Even though there’s no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you’re the one in charge. You…

One thing I have found out with The Freehold V2–a bigger house and a larger yard mean more work. (Shocking discovery, huh?) The old riding…

Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ar-r-rg!

OK, this one’s for Gunner, since he asked for it in the comments to this post. The story of my parents growing up years during…

(Via Kim DuToit) No, it not time for me to buy one or you to buy one. It’s time for Tina to buy one. Go…

Wired News is reporting that, in a move reminiscent of Orwell’s 1984, the Senate Judiciary committee has allowed this abortion of a bill to pass…

FOXNews is reporting that a recent photograph: was not authorized for release by the Pentagon. It shows a large number of Taliban gathered for a…

It’s been five years since our world changed. Two years ago, I wrote this piece on the subject. I’ve just went back and reread it.…

I’ve made some long-overdue changes to the blog roll. A couple of bloggers (Armor Geddon and Heads Bunker) who are no longer with us are…

YouTube is generally not my thing. However, I’ll poke around there from time to time. This time, I found this: For the fellow Browncoats, there…

The Geek With a .45 recently made a trip to Hungary. You should read these 2 posts (1 & 2) about a part of his…

OK. I saw this same quiz on Heartless Libertarian’s blog, but I didn’t really feel like taking it at the time. Now Countertop has taken…

(Via WorldNet Daily) A Turing Bombe, an early relative of the computer, has been recreated at the old WW II British code-breaking center, Bletchley Park.…

While looking at the Shatner piece, I noticed this on the sidebar: Why womenshouldfake orgasms Being a guy, this is guaranteed to attract my attention.…

(Via Drudge) As Captain Kirk he vowed to boldly go where no man had gone before, but away from the TV screen actor William Shatner…

(Via Wolfesblog) OK, so if you’ve read my blog or any of the other gunblogs, you know the story of The Great KT Ordinance ATF…

(Via TB2K–lots of good stuff there today) It seems that people outside of the “normal” survivalism groups are getting interested in being prepared for the…

(Via TB2K) …Skunk Baxter! Many of you will remember Skunk’s guitar work for Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers. But Skunk can also design missile…