I, Fascist

I thought some here would enjoy the comment by " Fascist Alarm Tingling ." [ More ]

Starve the Beast

We go on a consumption strike until and unless our demands are met. [ More ] I wish I could be optimistic that enough people would care to d...

A True of False Quiz

It's easy. What's amazing is how many people fail it. [ More ]

Crabby Shack Remodeling?

Ol' Joe has a long shot chance at landing a media/PR gig with a local firm that reps some of the big players in the boomstick market. [ ...

We're the Only Ones "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" Enough

A Maryland Transit Administration police officer has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her...

We're the Only Ones Entrepreneurial Enough

A Saint Landry Parish Sheriff's Deputy has been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs and other illegal contraband into the St. Landry ...

Will N.J. 'One Gun a Month' Bill Stop the Violence?

So when this latest assault on the people who are not responsible for the violence doesn't work, the "solution" will be to dra...

This Day in History: June 30

On June 30, 1777, Maj. General John Burgoyne's right wing put ashore on the western shore of Lake Champlain to the north of Fort Ticond...

Meanwhile, Over in Boss Daley Paradise

Six Men Shot Dead In 24 Hours In Chicago Several Others Shot Or Stabbed And Wounded [ More ] The mayor was never in any danger. He has taxpa...

We're the Only Ones Opening Doors Enough

Via Dan S who notes "Spoof video that might be a little more funny if there wasn't some truth behind it." [ More ]

When Assault Cheetos are Outlawed...

...only outlaws will have assault Cheetos. [ More ] I understand what they mean now by "Dangerously cheesy." [Via Ed M ]

Slowing Down?

Arms Makers Fall Back From Obama Surge [ More ] Not that this experience hasn't been valuable, but perhaps we'll see gun and ammo a...

Remorseless Killer Executed

The chain saw severed branch after branch with a buzz and a crack and a bang. Dust and sap and heat seeped out. [More ] And notice what the ...

We're the Only Ones Parroting Enough

Pirone and his attorney say he was parroting an epithet that Grant first hurled at him... [ More ] He badmouthed an " Only One "...

No Borders

Kent McManigal challenges "borderists." It's his 100th column and he'd like to see it widely read. I have said I disagree ...

South Africa Gun Owners Get Reprieve

Fortunately, some of their citizens recognize madness when they see it. The challenge to the FCA, and the interim reprieve granted by the co...

This Day in History: June 29

I this moment received an express from Capt Bouker of Otter Creek by way of Coll Hammond , informing that Ticonderoga is besieged and the c...

U.S. Cyber Command: 404 Error, Mission Not (Yet) Found

Lt. Col. Tim Sands (from left), Capt. Jon Smith and Lt. Col. John Arnold monitor a simulated test April 16 in the Central Control Facility a...

Big Shift In Afghanistan Drug Policy

G8 foreign ministers said in a joint statement that they were "firmly committed" to supporting Afghanistan and Pakistan. Photo AFP...

NATO And Russia Expected To Resume Military Ties -- Yahoo News/AP CORFU, Greece – NATO and Russia are set to resume military ties Saturday a...

Is Somalia's Civil War About to Expand?

Eritrea Slams US For Providing Weapons To Somalia -- AFP ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Eritrea on Saturday slammed the United States for providing wea...

US Forces Withdrawing From Iraqi Cities Will Move Instead To Encircle Them

Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, gather as they begin to pack at the Joint Security Station...

Obama, Democrats In Congress Clash On Spending

President Obama threatened to veto the $369 million Congress wants for new F-22s. Bloomberg News From The Wall Street Journal: WASHINGTON --...

Honduras In A Constitutional Crisis That Now Involveds the military

Honduran soldiers keep a perimeter around the general staff's headquarters in Tegucigalpa. Photo AFP Honduras Heads Toward Crisis Over R...

Why not focus on Mexican Cartel/Police Alliance Instead of U.S. Guns?

Who in their right mind believes Mexican police and military personnel rely on "straw purchasers" at U.S. gun shops and gun shows ...

This Day in History: June 27

SPANKTOWN June 27, 1777 Gen. Charles Scott's light horse and Col. Daniel Morgan's Rangers harass British after evacuation of New B...

Loyalist Paramilitaries Give Up Weapons In N.Ireland

A young family walk past a mural for the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on Belfast's Shankhill Road in 2005. The main loyalist paramilitar...

A Twitter Timeline Of The Iran Election

From Newsweek: In some ways, social media defined the protests surrounding Iran's election. Here are the most noteworthy events, as told...

Unrest In Iran -- News And Commentaries -- June 27, 2009

A poster for the opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi that has been defaced in Tehran. AP Iran's President Lashes Out At Obama -- Yahoo ...

An End To Nigeria's Civil War Over Oil?

MEND militants said they had blown up a well-head in the Afremo field in Delta State. Photo AFP Nigerian Militants Agree To Disarm By 4 Au...

Liberal Discontent And The Spies Next Door -- A Commentary

Photo : Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn. From The Wall Street Journal: "Occasionally, he would voice frustration with U.S....

Iran's Turmoil Opens Rift Among Shiites Across Mideast

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei From The Wall Street Journal: Unrest in Iran has opened a theological rift within the Shiite sect of Islam...

Pakistan Army Operation Hinders Taliban Efforts In Afghanistan, U.S. Says

Image from the BBC From The L.A. Times: The offensive against militants in the Swat Valley, as well as Pakistanis' growing support for t...

Goodbye To The Old Boss, Hello To The New Boss

In this June 6, 2008, photo, reviewed by U.S. military censors, a guard stands at a gate at the Camp Delta detention compound, which has hou...

'Hizbullah Could Hit US Harder Than al-Qaida'

From The Jerusalem Post: Hizbullah has a greater capability of staging a mass casualty terrorist attack in the US than al-Qaida does, and mi...

Arab Activists Watch Iran And Wonder: 'Why Not Us?'

After opposition gains in Parliament, the government of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt delayed local elections. Shawn Baldwin for The New ...

Burma (Myanmar) Presses Rebels In Bid To Eliminate Armed Opposition

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 9, 2009 released by Free Burma Rangers, Karen villagers board a pickup truck as they flee the fighting bet...

The End Of Freedom On The Internet

User ID: a police officer checks registrations at an internet café in Xuchang, central China. From next month, Beijing wants new computers t...

South To Boost Surgical Strike Capability Against North

South Korean and US troops are on a heightened state of alert after North Korea announced it was abandoning the armistice that ended the 195...

A U.S. General Speculates On What A Ground War With North Korea Will Be Like

US General: Prepare For Terrorist Tactics From North Korea -- The Christian Science Monitor The commander of US forces in South Korea says t...

Latest Updates on Iran’s Disputed Election

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in ...

UN: 1,200 Congolese Killed By Ugandan Rebels In 09

Hutu rebels from the FDLR rebel group, which are being hunted by the Rwandan and Congolese armies, move through the forest deep in the bush ...

World News Briefs -- June 26, 2009

In this Jan. 31, 1993 file picture, Michael Jackson performs during the halftime show at the Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, Calif. Jackson ha...

Somalia Civil War News Updates -- June 26, 2009

A hardline Islamic fighter of 'Hizbul Islam' fires a heavy callibre machine gun during training near the frontline. Photo AFP. Somal...

US Will Not Use Force To Inspect NKorean Ship

In this photo taken on Thursday, June 25, 2009, and released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo, North Korean par...

Iraq War News Updates -- June 26, 2009

Police inspected the site of a bombing at a bus station in Baghdad on Thursday. Loay Hameed/Associated Press Wave of Bombings Continues in I...

Is A Trade War With China Brewing?

A worker checks newly produced steel girders at a foundry of Laiwu Steel Group in Laiwu, Shandong province April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Alfred Ch...

Pakistan Civil War News Updates -- June 26, 2009

Pakistan's army soldiers rush to a spot of a suicide attack in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir, Friday, June 26, 2009. A suic...