Archive for January, 2004
Free speech means never having to say you’re sorry about tackling someone actually speaking freely.
An Unknown Jackass and an Obscure Hack whine that “Cold Mountain” is about them and why aren’t they in it?
Read the Book! Idiots.
Hat tip to Ravenwood’s Universe.
File under Mental Midgets
The military has been recruiting retired servicemen back into the ranks.
Elephant rants has a photo of the Navy’s newest vessel used to entice the geezers back. Note the dazzle paint scheme.
Us old guys heal slow.
My brother e-mailed me this link.
There’s some links there to high speed video of some folks shooting pistols. Some of the videos are of pudding cups or cans being shot. You can see the projectile in several. My Brother’s favorite is “pudding cup wide”.
Update: More high speed photography.
Man it’s good to be home but dang it’s COLD.
It’s 11 degrees Fahrenheit outside the back door right now.
I’m going home tomorrow.
Kevin’s first time.
An old time story.
Kids and guns - just try it today.
Old guys heal slow.
Get better soon Jeff.
Addendum: I should have said “Us old guys heal slow”.
Jeff is back on schedule!
Alphecca’s weekly check on the bias against guns is up.
I’ve been listening to an interesting program about blogs, bloggers and blogging
One of the L.A. NPR stations (KPCC 89.3 FM) has a program on called The Blogging of the President: 2004. So far featuring bloggers Josh Marshall, Ed Cone and Jeff Jarvis.
Background check on gun owners good, background checks on travelers bad.
Coyote at the Dog Show illustrates the disconnect at the Denver Post between this:
“Instant background checks are designed to prevent crooks from getting guns without seriously inconveniencing law-abiding gun buyers.”
and this:
… in a twist of logic that is bizarre even for the DenverPost, they warn [...]
China moderating their censorship of the internet?
I hope so. Fellow Rocky Top Brigade member Voluntarily in China thinks maybe.
At the always fun Best of the Web there is a little spat going on with Matt Welch over BOTW’s comments on the SOTU
Best of the web said about the state of the union speech “after the president noted that ‘key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year.’ In response, notes [...]
Ouch!
Kindness can get you killed (er injured).
Jeff takes it on the arms for a stray kitty.
My wife and I have a stray living in our shed so we can sympathize with what Jeff has been going through. Our indoor cats would never allow “Julia” to come inside, but we can’t not feed him (Julia [...]
Where’s the kid who says “Uncle”?
Say Uncle has a new look.
Fun with Politics
Hijack my bandwidth will you? Publicola gives us the details of a politician’s bandwidth thievery and the hilarity that follows.
“They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?”
I should be dead.
James’ best buddy is going to Blackwater.
Wish I could go.
Pacifica?
Lileks and Pacifica?
