Lilburn, GeorgiaFrom WTVM of February 27, 2009Lilburn homeowner shoots, kills intruder at doorTeGwinnett County police say a homeowner shot and killed 1 of the intruders when two men kicked in his front door.The incident happened shortly after 5 p.m. Friday when the men knocked at the door and when no one answered, kicked it in.Police spokeswoman I...

As reported, a then-pregnant St. Paul woman was recently honored for defending herself, her toddler, and her husband from a would-be armed robber at their convenience store: Two years ago, Susana Khalil, eight months pregnant and with a toddler daughter at her side, shot a would-be robber at her husband’s convenience store on St. Paul’s...

By the way - we double checked to be sure that our signs were spelled correctly. Wouldn’t want anyone to mistake us for liberals. - Breda ...

Kausfiles has this: A government official will serve as the arbitrator. Arbitrators will impose a two-year contract when unions and firms are unable to come to an agreement. Guess whether unions will have much of an incentive to negotiate....

From email CMP Sales Update 02/27/09: LATEST CMP SALES NEWS: ORDER BACKLOG. Normally, we average receiving 2,000 - 3,000 sales orders per month and ship an order in 2-3 weeks. However, these are not normal times. Since October, 2008 we have been receiving 5,000 - 10,000 orders per month, which is several times normal. [emphasis added - Ed.] Tract...

The government's take over of Citigroup hardly engenders a lot of confidence.Wall Street ended another unforgiving month with a steep loss -- one that left the Dow Jones industrial average at less than half its record high.The day's news unsettled investors. Citigroup Inc. agreed to turn over a big piece of itself to the government, a move that fan...

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This is outrageous.For CCSU student John Wahlberg, a class presentation on campus violence turned into a confrontation with the campus police due to a complaint by the professor.On October 3, 2008, Wahlberg and two other classmates prepared to give an oral presentation for a Communication 140 class that was required to discuss a “relevant issue i...

I wish that Samuelson would have gone after the Stimulus package for the fact that it will increase unemployment. His conclusion is pretty strong:Politics cannot be removed from the political process. But here, partisan politics ran roughshod over pragmatic economic policy. Token concessions (including the AMT provision) to some Republicans weaken...

Due to an apparently large amount of confusion between various factions of the Philadelphia area conservative movement, the “Tea Party” protest that was held yesterday was not the actual event, sort of.  Bitter and I headed down to Independence Mall this afternoon, figuring if this event wasn’t happening, we could always get some...

When Mark Warner ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 1996, as well as when he ran for Governor in 2001, he expressed support for the Clinton Gun Ban. It is believed when he responded to the NRA questionnaire for the 2008 U.S. Senate race, he signaled a change of heart. Yesterday, The Hill newspaper reports that Warner opposes a renewal of the...

My wife and certain friends have called me a "gun nut" for years. But real "gun nuts" (and I use that term with love, as I'm sure my wife and friends do for me) would shake their head when they heard it because they knew I was woefully lacking in one requirement to be a gun nut: Guns!Sure ... I had a few. After I got my concealed carry permit I beg...

"Doctor Detroit" - Devo....

Some of you have sent me the direct YouTube link, but I learned of this from Civil Liberties Examiner J.D. Tuccille, and believe you'd benefit from reading his article as well as watching the video. [More]I entered my comments on his page, but will add this:Deputy Paul Schene, you are one of the most disgusting, brutal, thuggish and cowardly "Only ...

For CCSU student John Wahlberg, a class presentation on campus violence turned into a confrontation with the campus police due to a complaint by the professor. [More]Paula Anderson doesn't even want to let us talk about it? This is a "communications professor"? What is that, some kind of Orwellian sick joke?I wonder if she realizes the implication...

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"...the only background check I'd support is one on politicians."SHERIFF RICHARD MACK (Sheriff of Graham County, AZ; filed suit challenging Constitutionality of the Brady Law) ...

The pass granted by Lord and Genl. Howe to William Taylor, dated the 18th, is of such a nature, as not to afford any protection to the Vessel and Crew, even on the most scrupulous construction of the Law of Nations, and She came in so suspicious a manner, without a flag flying, as would have justified severer treatment than mere detention. But 'tis...

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Fortune magazine has this:During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama tempered his pledge to substantially raise taxes for high earners with an important proviso: He'd simply restore rates to their levels during the Clinton Administration. The implication was that families in the upper brackets would see their total tax bite go back to the level...

So some garage cleaning was in order. A fresh coat of paint will help on the workbench side. My best friend had painted the other side a while back while housesitting with some bright yellow found at the Island of Misfit Paints at Lowes, so this didn't take long, once the work benches, garbage can and such were taken outside.There's a lot of "stuf...

VSSA Life Member and author of the new book The Founders and the Second Amendment was on Lou Dobbs' CNN program Lou Dobbs Tonight (February 23rd), just two days before Attorney General Eric Holder stuck his foot in his mouth over renewal of the ban on semi-automatic ("assault") rifles. Steve talked about gun control and the Obama administration....

Pardon the dust. Just ironing out the kinks in the initial rollout of Ansible....

The Nationwide Tea Party Protests that took place across the nation yesterday were a great success. Most of the National mainstream media failed to cover it, but there was coverage on Instapundit,......

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Well, I figured now was as good of a time as ever. I'd like to welcome you all to my new blog engine, Ansible, written from scratch by yours truly. ...

National Guard set to pull out of New Orleans Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weekend, leaving behind a city still desperate and dangerous. Residents long distrustful of the city’s police force are worried they will have to fend for themselves. “...

So, Big Albert Haynesworth signed a huge contract to play football. In these days of billion and trillion dollar government spending, an hundred million sounds like chump change.Unless you go here and enter your annual salary. If you do, you'll get some interesting numbers, and this sentence:You will need to work xxx.xx years in order to make Alber...

It was a balmy fifty-something degrees just the other day, but in celebration of the bowling pin match today, Gaia has sent another cold front. Luckily it stayed cloudy last night, so it's only about 31 out there, but it's not expected to get any warmer today...But, yay! Bowling pins! And then maybe going to a gun store! Yay guns!...

Woodland Park, ColoradoFrom KRDO of February 26, 2009Pellet Gun Scares Would-Be Robber, Suspect at LargeA suspect armed with a revolver ran away after a Woodland Park store clerk pulled out a pellet gun and told him to leave Thursday. He is considered armed and dangerous by police.The robbery happened at the 99 Auto Detail on 219 South West Street ...

I’ve previously discussed the fake gun rights group, the American Hunters and Shooters Association.  Yesterday, I received an unsolicited email from their political director, Colin Rogero, in which they attempt to falsely pass themselves off as pro gun, while the facts show that they are as anti gun as it gets. Background information on the ...

C’est la vie, if I wanted to always play my sport in good conditions, I’d have taken up basketball. - Caleb Which makes me want to go shoot trap this weekend, no matter what the weather is like. ...