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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Finished a recent book on Paul Revere, (updated with title)

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and in the chapter on April 19, it has a piece from an interview done with Captain Levi Preston of Danvers, at 91, on the events that day. ...
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"ONLY the police are qualified", etc. (updated)

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A SWAT team in upstate New York is being mocked as an example of the difference between military and police training after an officer was ...
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Friday, March 15, 2013

A US Navy cruiser anchored in Mississippi

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 for a week's shore leave. The first evening, the ship's Captain received the following note from the wife of a very wealthy and ...

"We just want common-sense gun-safety laws!"

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I just intro’d bill to prevent kids under 12 from going to gun shows.Kudos to @agschneiderman for agreement on Model Gun Show Procedures. ...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

Went to the outdoor range today,

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because outdoor range.  And beautiful day. In the past, you could count on being able to pick up some useable rifle brass people had left ...

When you've got some time, and need the catharsis of liberals

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and socialists being beat over the head with their own bullshit, you have GOT to go over to Correia's place and read this . Have a dri...
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Climaquiddick Part 3:

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more e-mails released .  No time right now to read them, quick scan indicates some interesting stuff there. Nazir Ahmed, 55, was jailed i...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Tides Foundation

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The Tides Foundation   The Tides Foundation   The Tides Foundation The Tides Foundation   The Tides Foundation   The Tides Foundation ...

LAPD: "Yeah, we nearly killed you and your mother, but

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if you don't jump through our hoops we won't replace your truck." Effing dirtbags. Speaking of dirtbags, Today the Depart...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

What? there's aanother problem with the Zimmerman case?

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Who could have expected such a thing ? I mean, it's not like there were any other problems with the way it's been handled , right...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Since it's not taxed, it should be: the Democrat motto

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“There should be something like a bit tax. I mean a bit tax could be a cent per-gigabit and they would still make, probably, billions of d...

So some Democrats are admitting they want to ban ALL firearms

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from ownership by us commoners: Mattera: So the assault weapons ban is just the beginning? Schakowsky: Oh absolutely. I mean, I’m again...
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Colorado Democrats: Aren't they just wonderful?

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.. .A message delivered verbally to a representative of the Colorado Sheriff’s Association basically stated that the Senate Dems are very ...

Short tab-clearing, 'cause I'm not feeling it right now

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A Henderson officer suspended after he drove a damaged SWAT vehicle until it caught fire drove at least a mile and a half with sparks sho...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

Jeanne Nicholson: another politician who needs a serious reminder

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of who's the boss and who's the employee: A former TSA employee shows why the whole damn organization needs to go away . Ye...
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Saturday, March 09, 2013

Sometimes I need a visit from Churchill or Shakespeare, because I do not have the words

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to properly say what this causes to run through my mind . There are no excuses.  None.  Don't even try .  'Miserable, suckass excu...
Friday, March 08, 2013

I don't know if Coburn kept Schumer busy this long

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as the gentleman thinks , or if he simply wasn't willing to give in to Schumer on registration. And make no mistake, that's really...

Thank you CO democrats, for demonstrating fully what sexist clowns

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and dirtbags you truly are. A debate that produced a great deal of agonizing stupidity from gun-control zealots in Colorado ended with thei...

Hudak's a dirtbag, and this passes as a professor

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in Colorado: During the Monday hearing, Julie Carr , a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, said just because someone is...
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Thursday, March 07, 2013

More on the backdoor registration DHS has been working on

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in Missouri , and no telling what other states: As I first told you earlier this week, the Department of Revenue has been working with the ...
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