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“Con Air” Corvette

by USCitizen April 11, 2012 Traction Control

Quote from the owner: “Ever seen the movie Con Air with Nicholas Cage? This is one of the two Corvettes used in that movie. Obviously, this is the one that wasn’t dropped out of the airplane.”  

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Why Reading and Comprehension Skills are Important

by USCitizen April 10, 2012 Traction Control

Sodium Cyanide, 1000 kg  

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Cool Poster at LAS Airport

by USCitizen April 9, 2012 Traction Control

  Seen Sunday night in the Las Vegas Airport (inside security). Heh.

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Voting as Eric Holder? – No Problema

by USCitizen April 9, 2012 Traction Control

Holder’s quotes denying that anything is wrong are priceless. Holder’s dereliction of duty is on display for all to see here.

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Travel Observation: Arizona

by USCitizen April 9, 2012 Traction Control

When you leave a bag of Crunchy Cheetos open in Arizona, they don’t get soggy, they get even crunchier.  

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April 15 is Buy A Gun Day

by USCitizen April 8, 2012 Traction Control

 

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Is Obama and Big Media Fomenting A Race War?

by USCitizen April 7, 2012 Traction Control

Selective coverage of reported ‘facts’ before facts are known. (See NBC video editing scandal.) Quote from Barack Obama: “If I had a Son, he would look like Trayvon Martin” Both Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton calling for protest rallies and people are now being beaten by ‘nondescript mobs’ in the street. All in all, a [...]

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The Battle of Athens

by USCitizen April 4, 2012 Traction Control

h/t IMAO:Why the Second Amendment Matters: The Battle of Athens

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Texas Tornados

by USCitizen April 3, 2012 Traction Control

Texas Fred called to check on us in the DFW Metroplex. At the time I did not know that a tornado actually touched down and destroyed the niece’s former house; uprooted a tree at her current house. One student at Martin High School of Arlington received a text message the his (or her) grandmother had [...]

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T, U, V, W, X, (no Y) and Z

by USCitizen April 2, 2012 Traction Control

The Commercial Site database is going through some structural changes. The products folder for the catalog had grown to hold over 43,500 jpg files! This many files in the same folder significantly slowed data retrieval times and even impacted my ability to add new items. My FTP program even started to time-out when loading the [...]

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Flexibilty

by USCitizen April 1, 2012 Traction Control

“On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space. . . . This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.” — Barack Obama to Dmitry Medvedev, March 26, 2012. Unfortunately for America, this is not an April Fool’s Day [...]

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Afraid of Fireams: A Ballad

by USCitizen March 31, 2012 Traction Control
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Human Achievement Hour is Upon Us!

by USCitizen March 31, 2012 Traction Control

The lights will be blazing at le Maison de TractionControl at 8:30!

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The Trainwreck is Coming, And It Will Be Fatal: Bill Whittle Explains

by USCitizen March 31, 2012 Traction Control

Bonus! Merchants of Despair  

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Dangle the participles – full speed ahead!

by USCitizen March 30, 2012 Traction Control

Rachel Lucas is back in the Blogosphere  – from Italy.

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Don’t Try That With a 9mm!

by USCitizen March 30, 2012 Traction Control

Bring enough gun!

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Texas legalizes suppressor use while hunting

by USCitizen March 29, 2012 Traction Control

Use of Lawfully-Owned Suppressors While Hunting Legalized in the Lone Star State Yea, Texas! h/t NRA

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Squeaker

by USCitizen March 29, 2012 Traction Control

House Kills Obama Budget 414-0

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Living Daylights Poster

by USCitizen March 29, 2012 Traction Control

Girls with Guns = Freedom!

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It’s On!

by USCitizen March 28, 2012 Traction Control

Dallas area Blogshoot – lock and load for April 21 OK, I have final confirmation on availability of the venue for 21 April, so let’s lock the date. The lovely and SMLE Mrs. Borepatch will be out with me, so ideally we’ll have a turnout of the ladies to keep the rest of us on [...]

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Another View of NICs Firearm Check Data:Pre-Obama and the Obama Era

by USCitizen March 27, 2012 Traction Control

(Click for Larger Size) ATF data shows NICs Background checks are 61% Higher in the Obama Era compared to the average of the previous 9 years and seven months. Full data file here – csv format. Right-click to save as a file.  

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Good Answer

by USCitizen March 27, 2012 Traction Control

Q: Dude! So, since when did you start wearing pantyhose? A: Since my wife found a pair in the glove box of my car h/t Mom

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NICS Firearm Background Checks: Nov 1998 to Feb 2012

by USCitizen March 26, 2012 Traction Control

Seems like a positive growth trend.  Click for larger picture. These statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS. They do not represent the number of firearms sold. Based on varying state laws and purchase scenarios, a one-to-one correlation cannot be made between a firearm background check and a firearm sale. [...]

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Obamaville

by USCitizen March 25, 2012 Traction Control
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Dick Cheney Has A Change Of Heart

by USCitizen March 24, 2012 Traction Control

Best Wishes for a speedy recovery to my boss’s next door neighbor. NT Times has the story here.

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How I Roll …

by USCitizen March 24, 2012 Traction Control

Seen at (stolen from) I Own The World  

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Ammunition Shortage? Not Seeing the evidence here.

by USCitizen March 22, 2012 Traction Control

You don’t have to look very far to read multiple breathless accounts of the return of ammunition shortages at retail outlets. I’m not seeing that right now. It is true that the available distributor stock fell dramatically during the last 69 days: But this appears to be only but a recent adjustment following a spike [...]

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Madison Rising

by USCitizen March 20, 2012 Traction Control

Meet The Band video.

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“One Nation Under Socialism” – Jon McNaughton

by USCitizen March 20, 2012 Traction Control

McNaughton Blog There are three kinds of people who view my paintings: Those who like it, those who hate it, and those who simply don’t understand. I am especially interested in this last category. I hope my work will create conversation and reach people on a deeper level. I like to use metaphor and multiple [...]

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Kidnappers free 2 Brazilian women in Egypt’s Sinai

by USCitizen March 18, 2012 Traction Control

That’s a LOT of women! Story at Yahoo! News

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What if Obama signed an Exective Order to Take Over All American Resources?

by USCitizen March 17, 2012 Traction Control

Evidently, he just did, A worrisome and troublesome development, indeed. This phrase comes to mind: When asked to lay down their weapons, King Leonidas of Sparta had a similar response: ????? ???? If you think it’s time to bury your guns, it’s probably the time to dig them up, because, it doesn’t look like we [...]

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Forgerygate: Ignoring Arpaio’s report is a scandal in itself

by USCitizen March 17, 2012 Traction Control

“The media class is betraying its fundamental mission to pursue the truth.” – The Washington Times

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Nuke Time: Phase II

by USCitizen March 17, 2012 Traction Control

Uh, Oh: The OS nuking didn’t help. Laptop runs an hour, then it’s, “Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights.” Perhaps it’s heat related? I guess I’ll have to delve into its innards to see if it has fur balls in need of extraction. Update: Disassembled laptop. Fired up the compressor and blew out a cloud [...]

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Nuke Time

by USCitizen March 16, 2012 Traction Control

After a couple of years, multiple program installations, several printer configurations and the inadvertent glitches that occur over time, Windows computers seem to reach a point where the Windows operating system can benefit from only one thing: Nuking the OS. The laptop reached that stage today after shutting down repeatedly after start-up. The full nuke [...]

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Why There Are No Silver Bullets

by USCitizen March 15, 2012 Traction Control

Given the current Spot Market price of Silver (Ag) of $34.30 per Troy Ounce, 115 Grain 9mm rounds would cost $8 each, plus the cost of casing, propellant and primer. A 168 Grain .308 round would cost $11.70 (plus casing, propellant and primer). In addition, the melting point of silver 960+C is about three times [...]

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