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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Guns Stolen From Mexican Police Arsenal

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Six thieves wearing police uniforms entered the compound, drove directly to the radio room, tied up the staff, then proceeded to the armory....
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Owner Of Segway Company Dies In Segway Accident

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He plunged off a cliff.
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Hitting A Bullet With A Bullet

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About 2 minutes in, he does it: h/t Maddened Fowl.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Chix Kix Lix Hix

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High-schooler Ashley Flinn kicks a field goal and two point-afters to help her school's football team to a 17-10 win over their rivals f...
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The Uranian Phalanstery Is Being Evicted!

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Founded by Richard Tyler: Richard Tyler was born in Lansing, Michigan April 1st, 1926. He was the only child to an Artist Father and My...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Snapshots

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Some photos from my bicycle ride: The Browntown General Store RC Cola sign (actually a thermometer - 92 degrees) The bridge across the Shena...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Rural Bicycling II

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Today I saddled up and took a long ride on the bike, about 20 miles round-trip I believe. Crossed the Shenandoah River at a little one-lane ...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Our Perpetual Copyright Laws

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Back in the 1930's and 40's, a young audio engineer (and jazz fan) named William Savory recorded hundreds of live, over-the-air perf...
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Long Range High-Power Champion

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Sports Illustrated reports that this year's Long Range High-Power rifle champion at Camp Perry is 26-year-old Sherri Gallagher of the U...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Rural Bicycling

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Started at the eastern end and worked my way west, then returned. A 14-mile round trip. Very hilly; about 1200 feet of elevation at the east...
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Friday, July 23, 2010

Foreigners And Their Crazy Laws

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This time it's Israel. A Palestinian man has been convicted of rape after having consensual sex with a woman who had believed him to be ...
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Monday, July 19, 2010

My Son The Comedian

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He got hired this summer (actual paycheck!) to write and appear in a made-for-web comedy sketch show aimed at middle-schoolers. He'll be...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Evolution Of The American Popular Song...

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...can take you by surprise if you, like me, haven't been paying attention for awhile. Take last night. I hosted a group of six college ...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Good News!

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“The last two years have been a disaster for us,” said Representative Carolyn McCarthy, a New York Democrat and a longtime advocate of incre...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Five Months Ago

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So I'm not complaining about the heat.
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Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Gun Show Loophole Has Vanished

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The New England Journal Of Medicine has just published another article on gun shows ("criminogenic pumps", according to the abstra...
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

I Wish I Had Said That!

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From a wide-ranging discussion of the Second Amendment, McDonald, Sotomayor, Kagan, etc. on the Volokh Conspiracy: Owen H: Can any of the or...
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The Girl Who Played With Fire

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The second book of the trilogy is as good as the first. What an unforgettable character! I want a T-Shirt that says "WWLSD?" (What...
Monday, June 28, 2010

I'm Lovin' It!

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I'm sure I'm not the first with this pun, but it's the best I could come up with. Otis McDonald and Dick Heller. Two winners. P....
Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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There's a story in publishing that the author William Makepeace Thackeray picked up Dumas' The Count Of Monte Cristo one morning at...
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