Year: 2008
Ah, Christmas break!
Yes, the Freeholder is on an extended break for Christmas. Well, sort of a break. I have firewood to deal with, a metal carport/awning-thingee that…
This story will just warm your heart
Well, it’ll warm it if your a gunnie like me. If you’re someone like Diane Feinstein or Schmuck Schumer, you’ll probably have fluids and semi-solids…
Down the memory hole again
It seems that The Bringer of Change may have some memory impairment. Did he talk to Blagojevich or not? Days of our Trailers has your…
More of “Denial is not a river in Egypt”
A public school system attempts to deal with a problem in a marginally realistic way, and “Controversy Erupts Over School Proposal to Teach Kids to…
Christmas humor
(Via Timebomb 2000) Lest we allow the stress of the holiday season get to us, how about some humor? When four of Santa’s elves got…
Illinois politics full of corruption and crime?
Who’da thunk it? Our best hope is that someone involved (up to their eyebrows) in all this decides to sing for their freedom. If that…
Absolutely unsure how to categorize this one…
Is this a story about the increasing over-militarization of our police, government interference in our private lives/choices or an exercise in black helicopter belief? Let…
There is, however, hope
When voters in Louisiana, arguably one of the most corrupt states in the union, can vote out a Congressman caught with a freezer full of…
Ka-f’ing-Ching!
The Big O apparently believes his own propaganda. Schools, roads, broadband for everyone, sunshine and puppies (OK, you got me on the last two) are…
What an incredibly crappy non-apology
(Via The War on Guns) H-S Precision, the gun culture fools de jure, has issued a non-apology. What a bunch of spineless losers. Dear H-S,…
News for global warming fetishists
The Drudge Report is just full of global warming-related items today. Good thing, since my little area of the world has been experiencing lower than…
How to build Stonehenge
(Via The Mountain Man (Get a blog!) andThe J-Walk Blog) Un-freaking-believable. I’m always in awe of people who solve problems with elegant simplicity.
DIY infrared video camera
Here’s a do-it-yourself video camera that operates in the infrared wavelengths. Night Vision Camera – Amazing videos are here As a bonus, you get instructions…
We caught a break
Saxby Chambliss has won his Senate race in Georgia. This means that the Democrats will not have a supermajority in the Senate. This gives us…
Snark from Fred Thompson
I got a link to the latest video message from Fred Thompson yesterday, and almost ruined a keyboard listening to it. I wanted to blog…
Adapting the new to service the old
(From pdb via Tam) How to carry M1 Garand en bloc clips in web gear meant for other things. If you own SOE gear, you’re…
Shut up already!
Bush, Bernake and Paulson speak; Dow drops 680 points. Do you think that silence might be golden, guys? Seriously, however, I have noticed something–most days…
A big voice in Blogland goes silent
Kim du Toit has posted his final words. While I respect his decision, I hate to see him go silent, right when we need our…
Let me see here…
(Links via the Drudge Report and FOX News) So, 10 terrorists were able to carry out the attack in Mumbai, India where they left bodies…
What you can do this week
This week’s action item is multi-purpose. It can help out our project by providing cover for some of our supporters in Congress and can also…
Some days, all I need to fill up the blog is the Drudge Report
For those who don’t bother, the Drudge Report is a simply excellent source of breaking and little-reported news. Many things that break on Drudge are…
Happy Thanksgiving
We at The Freehold would like to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving. I hope this day finds you in the midst of plenty–plenty…
Well, here’s another gun company that doesn’t get it
But at least they’re not anti-gun. They’re just in the business of hiring murderers. Look carefully at this picture of the back of of H&S…
Here’s hoping the High Sheriff receives his comeuppance
A Pennsylvania woman Monday sued a county sheriff who revoked her concealed-weapons permit after she upset fellow parents by wearing her holstered pistol to her…
How bad can our economy get?
Pretty bad, if Bill Bonner is even close to correct: But yesterday evening…walking along the quai…we had a thought. What if Mr. Market intends to…
What you can do this week
As promised, here’s the first “thing you can do this week” to keep political pressure on our new President. The goal is to soften his…
Just like we’ve been saying
(Via Xavier Thoughts) The other statistic that emerged from a study of active killers is that they almost exclusively seek out “gun free” zones for…