Year: 2010

(Via Drudge) It seems the government’s new, counterfeit-resistant C-notes may also be printer resistant. The phrase “too clever by half” comes to mind….

Because Da Prez is comin’ to town! Woo-hoo. The local TV media is mostly in pants-wetting mode this morning. “Obama is going to talk about…

(Via FOXNews) The FBI is warning that a new Barbie doll could be a gift — to pedophiles. In an alert sent to investigators, the…

Why this woman has such an issue with an inter-agency police task force that she starts a blog about them, but be that as it…

(Via Wired) Terrorist robots have been sighted in Denver!!! Call out the bomb squad!!! Murray said that suspicious objects do not automatically warrant a call…

(Via the Drudge Report) Becauseit seems that everyone else did. Why am I in this handbasket and why is it getting so warm in here?

“Someone” cuts a fence and torches 5 “high mileage” state-owned vehicles. Option A: “Someone” was ticked off at how they had been treated by the…

So how about some knowledge about power–battery power, that is.

The United States would be ready to support the extension of the European Financial Stability Facility via an extra commitment of money from the International…

A good piece on the issue of Alcoa-owned dams on the Yadkin river and the State of NC’s attempt to appropriate them.

Apologies for the lack of blogging, but I’m caught between real world demands, a mild case of “doom burn out” and being left near-speechless at…

(Via The Email List That Must Remain Nameless) Brian Kaller is a former newspaper report in Ireland. He’s live-blogging the current Irish “situation” at Restoring…

President Obama’s post-Thanksgiving Friday was anything but restful after he played some hoops and walked away with a split upper lip requiring 12 stitches. After…

The introduction of so-called porno scanners at America’s airports and the egregious pat downs of airline travelers have turned every American into a German Jew.…

The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that the district has begun requiring a note from parents before it will allow students to bring Chapstick…

Here’s the situation. Your once lucrative job isn’t so lucrative any more. As a matter of fact, you’ve lost nearly 25% of your pay because…

Tax reform is headed to the back burner again in North Carolina. Republicans will be in charge of both chambers of the Legislature for the…

It seems that the traveling public walked through the body scanners today, just like they’re supposed to. I guess all I can say is…Ba-a-a-a-a.

(Via Tam) A random act of culture… And for those of us who are musically impaired…

Even if it is an antique muzzle loader. Apparently, the other 3 rules were ignored as well, and a 3 year old boy is dead…

The N.C. Utilities Commission is eating crow after inadvertently posting a Greensboro moving company’s confidential information online in violation of the commission’s own privacy policy.…

Yesterday, Republicans in the NC House elected a relative political newcomer, Thom Tillis of Mecklenberg County, as Speaker of the House. Good move, bad move,…

Whining all the way, Democratc Bob “Who are you?” Ethridge concedes to Republican Renee Ellmers in the NC 2nd Congressional District. Another win for the…

Holsters, that is. Meet N82 Tactical, makers of concealed carry holsters. Nice folks–I’ve personally met a couple at gun shows. Good gear, good price and…

(Via Claire Wolfe) At least I had it brought to my attention before… National Ammo Day! Go shoot, go buy, go make Barbara Boxer cry!

“Mr. Pistole, you’re doing a great job,” Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat and chairman of the Senate committee overseeing air travel, told TSA chief…

The Ramshead Rathskeller may be making a return to Chapel Hill. Not sure how this “update” will work out. It strikes me that they’re killing…

Much has been made in the legacy media and the blogosphere about the latest TSA abuse of the populace. A million solutions have been suggested,…

(Via Say Uncle) Whenever the ATF decides it isn’t. And you wonder why gunnies hate that bunch so.