Ninth Stage

I just created my gmail account - see at right
Manish at Damn Foreigner was kind enough to hook me up.

It’s fall in my corner of Tennesee
I snapped some pics in my backyard with my Wife’s Nikon Coolpix 2100. The Photobucket account I use has limited free monthly bandwith so these are reduced images.

Jeff Soyer has a new post up on the differences between the candidates for President
He gets to his pick for President in a round-a-bout way. Read it, it’s worth the trip.

Screed!

Kerry has connections to Vietnam?
Imagine my surprise.
Via Stephen Green some new tidbits at World Net Daily. Paraphrasing the aforementioned blogger “consider the source”.
One freshly unearthed document, captured by the U.S. from Vietnamese communists in 1971 and later translated, indicates the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese delegations to the Paris peace talks that year were [...]

Publicola is soliciting advice for a reader.
“Do you or your readers have any suggestions for a paraplegic seeking a good concealed-carry sidearm?”
This is what I left in comments:
If a person has limited grip strength a semi-auto pistol may be the worst choice. If your grip strength is poor then the likelihood of “limp wristing” [...]

Kevin at The Smallest Minority has new must read post up.
An editorial in the Sunday Telegraph is the start and then Kevin runs with it. It seems that enough Brits have finally awakened to the fact that the state cannot and will not be able to protect them all. Probably just a [...]

Alphecca’s latest Check on the Bias is up.
It’s “improved” with Kerry photos.

ACORN is being sued again, bringing to mind my post a year and a half ago.
At that time they were stealing from their employees, this time it sounds like they’re trying to steal the election.
Read more at AlphaPatriot .

Jeff has his “Weekly Report on Media Gun Stories” up
and a day early at that.
Jeff warns us of the execrable attempt by California “lawmakers” to impose an ammunition registration scheme. Laser marking each cartridge case and projectile with an identifiable number traceable to the retail purchaser.
If this scheme proceeds as usual, the government and [...]

From James Lileks and American Digest:
13 ways to identify yourself as the Muslim fundamentalist
1. You will tolerate if someone says that there is no Allah, but will call for his head if he says that Mohammad is not the final prophet of that Allah.
2. You will claim that Allah is most merciful and most compassionate, [...]

SayUncle talks up building your own AR
and links to Model 1 Sales for complete kits less the stripped lower starting at $415.00. Model 1 sales also has 6.8 Rem SPC Uppers starting at $355.00.
AND MAKE SURE YOU GO to SayUncle’s post, he’s got a link to some AR lowers for $85.00 or $80.00 [...]

Cheney mentions “factcheck.com”
and 10 seconds later it’s unavailable.
Update: Cheney said “factcheck.com” and probably meant “factcheck.org“. Cheney played right into the hands of George Soros, if you click my first link you’ll be redirected to http://www.georgesoros.com/.

“In the end, what difference does it make what one candidate or the other did or didn’t do during the Vietnam War? In some ways, that war is as distant as the Napoleonic campaigns.”
Dan Rather said it talking about the candidate for president. No not Bush, he said it about Kerry during that one [...]

Jeff at Alphecca has his weekly thing up.
Check out his entries on the effort to end the ban on handgun ownership in D.C.
Insty has a post that goes well with the above:
Most people opposed to each[, gays and guns,] are concerned as much with symbolism as with practical effects (you often hear comments prefaced with [...]

Black Sky: The Race for Space
premieres tonight on the Discovery Channel.
For the past thee decades, Burt Rutan has produced one new research airplane per year. Considered one of the most influential aircraft designers, Rutan is building SpaceShipOne, a personal space vehicle.
Starting at 8:00 p.m. central and at 9:00 p.m for you “coasters”.
Update: per Instapundit the [...]

“Me Cop You Chump”
Publicola points to an astonishing correspondence with “Ranger” a former cop with 8th grade attitude and language skills.

Les Jones takes time out from baby blogging for some cowbell blogging
And congratulations Les on the birth of your daughter Katie, it’s not just a job - it’s an adventure.

The GWa45 is going 6.8
He’s planning on going Barrett. In this climate, I applaud him.

Countertop has no idea what Kerry believes.
Hah! He shows that Kerry has no idea what Kerry believes.