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Entries from August 2007

You Know You’re A Concealed Weapons Carrier If:

August 31st, 2007 · Comments Off

(unabashedly stolen from TheFiringLine Forums)

You start your day selecting what clothes do not print.
You only use a public restroom if you can get the stall that is at the far end against the wall.
You don’t mind stopping to help people stranded on the road.
If you ever asked your significant other “does this 1911 make me [...]

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Tags: Guns

Envision An America Without Pants

August 30th, 2007 · Comments Off

From the Washington Post:

Do not think of Brad Hutchins’s new store, the Kilted Nation, as a novelty shop, but rather as a vision of America without pants.
One nation, under kilts, where virile, skirt-wearing fellows can walk the streets in confidence and comfort, liberated from the stuffy constraints of their bifurcated garments.
The first contemporary-kilt boutique in [...]

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Tags: Strange/Funny · The US

Moose Are Destroying The Planet

August 29th, 2007 · Comments Off

From Spiegel Online:

The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year — equivalent to the CO2 output resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey.
Norway is concerned that its national animal, the moose, is harming the [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · Norway · Strange/Funny

National “Exercise Your Rights” Day

August 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments

In honor of the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “March on Washington” for civil rights, this blog is joining with other gun rights groups to declare today, August 28, “National Exercise Your Rights Day.”
From FirearmsCoalition.org:

Reverend Jesse Jackson is calling on citizens to exercise their First Amendment rights by participating in anti-gun/anti-violence protest [...]

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Tags: Guns · The US

Vick Admits Guilt

August 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

From the AP via 11Alive.com:

Standing erect and answering questions with soft, short responses, NFL star Michael Vick pleaded guilty Monday to a federal dogfighting charge and awaited a Dec. 10 sentencing date that could send him to prison.
The plea by the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback was accepted by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson, who [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Sports

Georgia Team Wins World Series

August 27th, 2007 · Comments Off

The team from Warner Robins, GA, won the Little League World Series title Sunday.
From the AP via 11Alive.com:

Dalton Carriker couldn’t feel his legs as he rounded the bases.
His home run in the bottom of the eighth had just given Warner Robins, Ga., a thrilling 3-2 victory over Tokyo to win the Little League World Series [...]

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Tags: Georgia · Sports

Taking Back The Streets

August 27th, 2007 · Comments Off

From The New York Times:

Eliezer Greer walked out of the Yeshiva of New Haven at dusk on Tuesday armed with a walkie-talkie in his hand and a loaded pistol at his side. Alfred Brooks Jr., 58, a former marine, was checking the batteries in his flashlight. Mr. Greer, 27, handed him the walkie-talkie.
Good news, Mr. [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Guns · The US

Hollywood Confused Once Again

August 24th, 2007 · Comments Off

From pinknews.co.uk:

Ever the elusive two-time Oscar winner, Jodie Foster granted a rare one on one interview to More Magazine.
The 44-year-old actress is making the rounds to promote her latest strong-willed woman role in the film, The Brave One.
When talk turned to gun control, a subject many movie critics will likely tackle in reviews for The [...]