Monthly Archives: May 2010
Obama: 39%
Only 39% of voters would vote to re-elect Obama if the vote were today. As trust in national institutions falls, so has Obama’s approval rating. Just 48% approve of the job Obama is doing, while 46% disapprove, the poll shows. … Continue reading
Vicious Circle 49 – 404 Title Not Found
alan, Weerd Beerd, JayG, Robb, UJ and Jim. Zombie Awareness Month, Concealed Carry At CO State U, NRA idiocy, Various digressions and some BS about an iPad. Get it here.
Zombie Awareness Month
Tam and Mat G have alerted me to this important information: May is Zombie Awareness Month You know what to look for, just be careful out there.
QOTD
“The intellectual problem isn’t that some Pakistani nut tried to car bomb the Lion King, the problem is that our understanding of it will come from a gated community of idiots.” — The Last Psychiatrist
OK, so I bought an iPad
Yeah, laugh it up. I was wrong about the iPad… Sort of. I was not happy with the iPad when it was announced and posted at least once here and bored people to death in other places complaining about it. … Continue reading
Video of a SWAT Raid
This should make you angry. This is the blunt-end result of all the war imagery and militaristic rhetoric politicians have been spewing for the last 30 years—cops dressed like soldiers, barreling through the front door middle of the night, slaughtering … Continue reading
This will not end well
UN wants a nuke free Israel. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council said they support a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East, according to a unanimous statement circulated during a conference aimed at strengthening nonproliferation. Without mentioning … Continue reading
From the same folks that brought you the Department of Defense
A medal for NOT killing the enemy. And no, it’s not The Onion. NATO commanders are weighing a new way to reduce civilian casualties in Afghanistan: recognizing soldiers for “courageous restraint” if they avoid using force that could endanger innocent … Continue reading
The 1.5 mile shot, by the numbers
Joe has run the numbers on “The Shot”. On the average you would have to shoot 83 three-shot groups to get one which was less than or equal to 1 MOA (about 30 inches). Only about 30% of the shots … Continue reading