Allahpundit writes:
Looks awful, but I’m suspicious that it’s as bad as it seems given Fox’s misleading headline: “Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist“.
If true, it’s time for America to once again show that we do support our men and women [...]
On yesterday’s radio show, Mark Levin quoted David Kopel’s analysis of the 2nd Amendment restrictions in Obama’s Healthcare bill.
Gun rights quoted in the National Broadcasts again.
Last week, it was Rush Limbaugh.
We’re gaining some big allies out there.
Update: [...]
Found on eBay … 275 of them @ $0.22 each.
Finest floaty, bouncy high-power rifle targets ever!
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Keeping America Safe is one of the big priorities at Traction Control.
Hopefully, the long hours spent this week will keep assets in the air to better support our warfighters around the globe.
Sorry, but details cannot be disclosed.
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Maersk Alabama repels 2nd pirate attack with guns
“At least this time they had a vessel protection detachment on board who were able to repel the attack.”
Who would have thunk it?
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Traction Control goes back on the road to meet new challenges.
The airline was kind enough to upgrade my ticket to First Class for the trip to San Diego last night – thanks American Airlines.
The car rental folks upgraded my wheels to the President’s Circle collection [...]
A tasteful gift idea for the Holiday season: Jack Daniel’s Gift Series
A) Buy the combo Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey (750mm) with the holiday special “Old No. 7 Brand” belt buckle and give them as a gift.
B) Keep the belt buckle [...]
You can vote for Traction Control by pressing the () sign by my comment at the 2009 Weblog Awards for Best Military / Gun Blog .
My entry:
Check out Traction Control – a Gun Blog that has actual guns! [...]
After settling her legal disputes with Pageant Organizers, Carrie Prejean is in the news once again.
Evidently, the latest buzz is about a video (or eight).
And, just who is it again that is working to trying to discourage this kind of thing?
I’ll take, “What is the (oh, so [...]
I first thought that was funny headline, but its’ Sinnott.
Filipino militants released an elderly Irish priest late on Wednesday night after holding him in captivity for 32 days. Father Michael Sinnott had worked in the Philippines for nearly 33 years when six armed gunmen [...]
Good times … unless you were a Haltom fan last night.
Arlington Martin High School rolled over Haltom in their playoff game to a final score of 50 – 6 after Haltom’s blocked extra point attempt was returned for a 96-yard safety!
Bonus: At Arlington’s new Cowboys Stadium!
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If 8 is enough.
Matrox M9188 PCIe x16Drive Multi-Display Monitoring Environments with Feature-Rich Octal Graphics Card
Other configurations / arrangements are selectable via software settings.
Max DisplayPort Resolution per Output: 2560×1600
Max DVI Resolution per Output: 1920×1200
Pretty cool [...]
Via Hot Air:
President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his international security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration [...]
His last broadcast was yesterday evening at 7:00 PM.
CNN’s Lou Dobbs stepped down from his controversial role as an advocacy anchor at the network at the end of his show Wednesday night after announcing plans to seek a more activist role.
“Over the past [...]
Oxford: The College is delighted to announce that, thanks to two generous gifts, it has been able to establish a graduate scholarship in Philosophy in memory of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 27-year-old Iranian philosophy student who was killed in Tehran on 20 June during the protests over the [...]
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 comes with a caution from the store (GameStop). “The beginning is gruesome.”
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The October ePostal results are in for the District 9 targets.
The scores have been tallied, tabulated and HTMLd as follows:
Shooter Class Yds. Score Using Mr. Completely H-1 7 80 S&W Model 41 Engineering Johnson H-1 7 68 Single Six .22LR Billll H-1 7 63 Ruger Mk 1 True Blue Sam H-1 7 61 Single Six .22LR Froggy H-1 7 56 Single Six .22LR MerleM H-1 7 43 Ruger SSS / .22 Mag Danno H-1 11 33 Ruger .22/45 Mr. Completely H-2 8.33 88 High Std Supermatic Citation MerleM H-2 7 75 TC Contender .22LR StahlmanGC H-3 10 87 S&W M&P [...]
A Good Handgun is worth an ounce of gold.
The gun that beat inflationFull article follows:
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — There is an old and apocryphal saying that “a good handgun is worth an ounce of gold” and it turns out to be true — at least it has [...]
abcNEWS reports that Bar-Sto Precision Machine Co. plans a new facility in Sturgis, SD to manufacture gun barrels. The new plant is expected to create or save 30 new positions in Sturgis.
Company background from the Bar-Sto Home Page:
Bar-Sto Precision Machine has been making [...]
Like many others, I called the offices of the House (I can no longer call them “Representatives”) only to be shunted off to a voice mail system which informed me that their “mailbox is full”.
Constituents’ access to Congress via voice messaging, email, letters, and in person (by [...]
Health care bill passes in the U.S. House.
Free health care that costs well over a trillion dollars” passed, 220-215. One Republican, Anh Cao, voted yes. (via Michelle Malkin).
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Sergeant Kimberly Munley
Firearms Expert and Hero, Kimberly Munley bolted from her car and shot at Major Hasan. He turned toward her and began to fire. She ran toward him, continuing to fire, and both she and the gunmen went down with [...]
Shooter at Fort Hood (Texas) survives counter-shooting.
Good.
Now (that he is alive) we may be able to dispel this whole notion of political correctness toward the Islamic threat to society, and its enduring stain on the history of civilization.
Some may disagree; but some would be wrong.
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There are two ePostal matches running now. Mr. C announced the final match while Traction Control’s match is being held with an entry deadline of November 9.
Twice the fun.
Click either target image for a link to each contest’s down-loadable targets and rules.
It looks like New York has added another Democrat Representative. [via Ace]
The votes as of 11:47 PM were Owens 59,388 (49%); Hoffman 55,002 (45%); Dede (RNCC’s choice who endorsed Owens) 6,683 (6%).
Ballot machine failures in Fulton County (23 Districts) prevented these votes from being reported. [...]
Scozzafava immediately becomes a Democrat; endorses Owens in NY-23.
Nice going RNCC. Stay classy, libs.
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The choice between tyranny fast (Democrat Owens); tyranny slow (left-wing Republican Scozzafava); and no thanks, I’ll not be supporting tyranny, thank you (American Conservative Doug Hoffman) was simplified yesterday when the Republican Party nominee Dede Scozzafava suspended her campaign.
Hat tips to Dede for a gracious withdrawal.
The GOP, [...]
NH hunter shot while using rope to hoist rifle
OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) – A New Hampshire deer hunter has accidentally shot himself in the right hand while trying to lift his loaded rifle into a tree stand using a rope tied around the weapon.A state conservation officer says [...]
On Obama’s Afghanistan question …
MR. GIBBS: Again, we haven’t gotten into broad specifics on that yet.
On the first part, Jeff, you know, look, I think — I don’t — I used to have it calculated, I should just go back and do it, the number of hours [...]
From Jane’s:
US special forces prepare for additional SCAR influx (new rifle)Initial fielding of FNH USA’s Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR) to the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM)…is anticipated in early 2010 to fully equip the majority of [SOCOM]. So far 1,200 Mk 16 and Mk [...]
Article headline: Halloween etiquette: Trick-or-treat but be polite
Oops, I was going to provide a quote until I noticed the source was AP. The question I was looking to answer is this:
For an evening where dozens, if not hundreds of people gain license to ring at strangers’ doors [...]
Were last week’s actions by “Pay Czar” Kenneth Feinber in cutting compensation for industry executives constitutional?
The Wall Street Journal’s Michael W. McConnell says, “No.”
I agree.
In fact, I assert that the whole Healthcare trainwreck is also unconstitutional.
Here is a quote from Rush Limbaugh with some more detail:
As [...]
The Speech – October 27, 1964
A TIME FOR CHOOSING“Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you and good evening. The sponsor has been identified, but unlike most television programs, the performer hasn’t been provided with a script. As a matter of fact, I have been permitted to [...]
Heather Amos
Vancouver — Globe and Mail Update
Published on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 8:12PM EDT
After a year’s hiatus, the mystery of B.C.’s floating feet is back.
On Tuesday, two men out walking on a beach in Richmond found a severed human [...]
Since Big Media is all about “keeping the populace informed” (<- sneer quotes) about news and issues and upcoming things we are actually allowed to vote for, I was curious as to why I had not seen any particulars about the Texas vote happening in just about [...]
The City of Houston received 17,000 Doses of the Swine Flue vaccine.
The population of Harris County is 3,984,349.
Does Obama’s new government want 99.5733 percent of the population to die in this National Emergency?
Surely there will be other tragic, and more convenient events to take the rest [...]
[UPI News]
And that would legitimize their votes.
Actual quote:
“This is going to disempower immigrants massively.”
Boo-Freaking Hoo!
So, what level of electoral sway should people who are in ths country illegally hold? I’m going to open the bidding at zero.
The age of disempowerment is upon us!
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Obama’s Katrina.
The U.S. government may end up throwing away unused doses of swine flu vaccine if people cannot get it soon enough, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.
[Reuters]
Just 22.4 million of the 120 million vaccine doses promised [...]
Frank J. Fleming makes the case that Obama is in fact “a whiny, sissy little girl?”
Heh.
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Three of quotes from Ted Nugent at Human Events:
“In typical liberal fashion, the facts, however interesting, are irrelevant to denial driven liberal airheads.”
and this:
“Don’t know about you, but I’m not planning to star in the sequel to Soylent Green.”
and this:
“The O Administration is either [...]
Secession.
As refreshing as that may be, the better long term goal is to support real Conservatives to take back the Republican Party and restore the Republic.
Ironically, Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Dodd and Frank are helping in that effort.
Updated thought: How’s about All 50 States seceding together?
We could leave [...]
