I believe the 2nd Amendment protects the right of every adult to own any weapon of their choice, up to and including a nuke.

Don't give me any of that bullshit that, "No honest American needs a nuke for hunting deer!"

The reason to own weapons is to kill criminals, invaders, and uppity politicians.

And realistically, if Bill Gates wants a nuke, no ( Read more... )

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/14/161156783/wind-power-plentiful-study-says

I learned that coal mines ruin the landscape, but wind turbines do not.

I learned you can pull power out of wind and not reduce its available power to blow, so there will be no environmental effect.

I learned we have magic technology that lets us place wind turbines on the ( Read more... )

This is why you pat liberals on the head, say, "That's nice," and send them off to make some modern art, or write a poem, or some crap, while real men deal with relatively simple problems.

Anyone who's dealt with Arab culture can tell you that apologizing gets you nowhere.  It's seen as weak, submissive, "feminine."  You show up strong and polite ( Read more... )

MY DRAGONCON SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK, 31 AUG TO 3 SEP

Friday

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Military SF: Current vs Fictional

Regency V - Hyatt

(FICTION HAS TO MAKE SENSE)

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Baen Book Signing

Larry Smith (Bookseller) - Marquis Ballroom -Marriott

(I WILL ONLY MAKE THE LAST FEW MINUTES)

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

Belief Systems in SF 101

Fairlie - Hyatt

(I'LL ( Read more... )

I've been hanging smurfs by nooses outside my Pennsic tent for a decade. Everyone is amused.

During a rainstorm this Pennsic, I open the tent to see some woman untying them and putting them down in the mud. I asked her WTF she was doing, because she was getting them muddy.

"It's no worse than what you're doing to them."

Well, actually it is, because ( Read more... )

http://discussions.wdbj7.com/20/wdbj7/wdbj7-radford-business-owner-declines-joe-bidens-request-to-stop-in-store-20120815/10

So, the man expresses an opinion, which many people support.

I'm gratified to see there weren't many charges of racism.  Apparently, since Biden is white (But works for a black man, who is the actual patient in question), ( Read more... )

"Liberal" apologists keep insisting "He's correct, you right wing morons are just too stupid to grasp the context!"

Why is an allegedly great leader making speeches that can be taken out of context?

PS: I got the context exactly. It was "Give the government more money."

And telling people they didn't get the context and are therefore stupid is not ( Read more... )

The press exacerbates these lunatics by giving them coverage. "WORST SHOOTING IN HISTORY!!  SHOOTER (INSERT NAME) WAS SUCH A NICE BOY!! EVERYONE SHOCKED!!  LOOK AT ALL THE BLOOD!!  INTERVIEWS WITH BYSTANDERS! EXPERTS!  OUTRAGE! SADNESS!"

The losers with the mindset to do it are encouraged.  "Everyone will know who I am!  I will be FAMOUS!"  Their ( Read more... )

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news%2Fstate&id=8729292

Texas Medical Association survey given to The Associated Press over the weekend found that the number of Texas doctors willing to accept government-funded health insurance plans for the poor and the elderly has dropped dramatically amid complaints about low pay and red tape.

Only ( Read more... )

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303734204577465413553320588.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

The flaw in this article is the assumption that worthless layabouts in the education industrial complex would magically turn into productive private sector workers.

This is not to say that all teachers are layabouts, but you can bet the excess ones ( Read more... )