Monthly Archives: October 2020

BidenWatch for October 12, 2020

Biden refuses to reveal his position on court-packing, but he still wants to take your guns and hike your taxes until your eyeballs bleed, plus more on the enthusiasm gap, fracking flip-flops, and we’re all going to be millionaires (the … Continue reading →

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The Five Worst Production Tanks Of All Time

Dwight and Borepatch have both weighed in on this one already, but as (I think) the only one of us who has actually visited the Tank Museum in Bovington, I though I would weigh in as well. This is not … Continue reading →

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China Invades Taiwan: Two Scenarios

Two different pieces have come out recently, painting competing pictures of what a Chinese attempt to conquer Taiwan would look like. First up, this Samson Ellis piece for Bloomberg: Beijing’s optimistic version of events goes something like this: Prior to … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 9, 2020

Greetings, and welcome to another Friday LinkSwarm! Today’s topics include Texas, voting fraud, and Texas voting fraud. Potentially the biggest story of the week is President Donald Trump authorizing the release of all documents relating to the Russian Collusion Hoax … Continue reading →

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King Abbott Deems Some of His Subjects Might Be Permitted To Quaff A Flagon Of Ale. Sometime Next Week. Maybe. If The Local Baron Approves.

The title of this post is a shameless riff on this Michael Quinn Sullivan tweet: In today’s Grand Pronouncement, your Texas King – Greg the Masked – has announced his Feudal County Lords may in their benevolence chose to allow … Continue reading →

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Cuties Brings Indictments

I was going to write a piece about Cuties, the French film picked up by Netflix that, while theoretically condemning the sexual exploration of children, actually functions as sexual exploitation of children and meets the definition of child pornography. John … Continue reading →

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Austin Hires Thief For Library, Shocked He Keeps Stealing

As a book collector, book thieves are something that angrys up my blood. Not only did Austin hire a thief, they made it illegal to ask if he was a thief: A former Austin Public Library employee is facing a … Continue reading →

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BidenWatch for October 5, 2020

Like antifa, Joe Biden is just an idea, CNN skews its poll even more than usual, more “inappropriate” touching, and Biden refuses to take a position on, well, just about everything. It’s this week’s BidenWatch! New poll shows Biden “lead” … Continue reading →

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Observations from the San Antonio Gun Show

I finally got my ducks in a row to carry out a roadtrip to the Saxet San Antonio Gun Show, the largest in central Texas, along with Dwight and Mike. (With two large dogs to board, the logistics can be … Continue reading →

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Shooting a S&W .500 Magnum

Been a while since I posted some gun videos, so here’s a video of someone firing the ridiculous Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum, a cool gun I have absolutely no justifiable use-case for. Looks like a lot of fun to … Continue reading →

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