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Hmm, with a few minor tweaks, the Walking Dead approaches enjoyability.  Instead of refusing to work together to survive through a quite survivable global crisis, the team is now looking for a banjo and enjoying some Cheetah Candy! -BLT

...with all the extreme nastiness, heartlessness, selfishness and cowardice that seems to be becoming the new norm in society. I can’t take much more of this bullshit.  If I hit my breaking point, I swear to God I’m just going … Continue reading →

...when certain contributors lived in Michigan 20 years ago… http://www.ksl.com/?nid=711&sid=24909011&title=zombies-invade-university-of-michigan-campus -BLT

This guy is… -BLT

Instead of blaming the victim by telling soldiers what to wear, to carry a gun, and to avoid dangerous places alone…just tell Taliban to stop attacking! -A BLT real tired of the namby pamby responses/mems about violence against women.

Found in Mali was apparently Al Qaeda’s updated list of tips for avoiding problems with drones. Educational for several meanings of “educational.” For all the usual OPSEC reasons, please limit comments to snide remarks and cutting sarcasm. For example, my … Continue reading →

Last night’s Walking Dead is brought to you by the letter: C:  For “Don’t let crazy people be in charge,” and also “Carl!! THERE he is!” and the number: “30” for the standard capacity magazine size of any useful rifle … Continue reading →

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html What has specifically jumped out at me lately: He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. … Continue reading →

The first rule of Walled Fortress in the Woods is: You do not talk about Walled Fortress in the Woods. The second rule of Walled Fortress in the Woods is: You do not talk about Walled Fortress in the Woods. That is … Continue reading →

...since buying anything “interesting” is still a difficult/expensive proposition, I’ve been branching deeper into my wish list.

A simple look at U.S. census data for state rates of murder per 100,000 residents http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ ... 2s0308.pdf And a comparison to a list of countries by murder rare per 100,000 residents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co … By_country Shows basically NO correlation between … Continue reading →

My intellectual superiors insist that young female teachers can’t possibly be expected to be armed and trained to defend against mass shooters…but we can apparently let them into the infantry, where they can be armed and trained to take on … Continue reading →

So I went into a wikipedia death-spiral, and ended up reading Mexico’s thoughts and response to the Zimmerman Telegram. Basically, Mexico wasn’t stupid.  They easily figured out many reasons it would be stupid to go to war with the U.S. … Continue reading →

As an exercise in reminding ourselves of how contemptible the opposition is, I decided to try a little mind experiment.  Put today’s headlines back in, say, 2006, during Bush’s administration, and try to imagine how the Usual Suspects would react. So: #1 … Continue reading →

Why haven’t I heard of this band before? In any case, several badass pieces of music to be had…I’ll start you all off with this one: -BLT

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CNN put up an…interesting article.  For certain values of “interesting” (i.e. “interesting” meaning “watching a reporter completely fucking un-grasp the situation.”) Last night, I was introduced to this great Michael Chricton quote: Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as … Continue reading →

Since we are not (for good reason) mentioning the remake of a certain 1980s classic U.S. invasion movie…I offer this trailer of a much more physically and politically plausible invasion movie (which isn’t saying much). -BLT

http://www.cafepress.com/beatbushgear/418013 51% is not a mandate, but 50% is! -BLT