Author Archives: Joel

Martin O’Malley is wasted on the prez campaign. We need to get him a rumpled overcoat and a TV show right frickin’ now. Horrifying news out of #SanBernardino. Enough is enough: it's time to stand up to the @NRA and … Continue reading →

Obama In Paris: Mass Shootings Don’t Happen In Other Countries In response to a question about the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado, President Obama went back to a familiar talking point, claiming mass shootings are unique to America. The only … Continue reading →

…or get suckered in by Buzzfeed listicles, for that matter. But this is worth it. 21 Reasons Why The World Should Never Mess With Canada “So my sister got hit by a moose…” h/t

This will be the fourth winter since I acquired my bitsy Fiskars kindling hatchet. At the time I bought it, it seemed an extravagance: $45 for a kindling chopper? What foolishness. But spending money on a good tool you’re actually … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago somebody in comments wanted to know when we’d see a Taurus Tracker review. It’s coming, I promise, but I’ve got some new gear and hotter ammo coming – and this morning I heard it’s not … Continue reading →

The National Gun Victims Action Council (NGVAC) is petitioning President Lightbringer to declare a state of emergency, permitting him to use emergency powers to fight the “gun violence epidemic.” I’ll give them credit, there’s no pussyfooting around about how ‘nobody … Continue reading →

But that’s not who we are. Left me wondering, ‘well, who the hell does he think we are, exactly?’ I’m going to wash some laundry, and then as soon as the temperature permits carbon dioxide to sublimate back into the … Continue reading →

And after all that preaching, too. Maybe I should change my sidebar photo… Just got my saw back from the shop. It’s fine, thanks, no need for concern. Let’s just say that fuel stabilizer doesn’t mean you don’t need to … Continue reading →

Obama Sees Need for More US Icebreakers: Former Coast Guard Commandant Maybe they need the icebreakers to open paths through the drowned bodies of all those polar bears that died because there’s no ice?

Funny how for the first fifty years of my life I was only vaguely aware of what that word means. And I associated it with Druidism and similar irrelevancies. But now I’ve got my little free sample of a solar … Continue reading →

I happened to be looking at a paper map of the world (kids, ask your parents) and I noticed that Norway – the whole freakin’ country – has this dotted line running through it marked “Arctic Circle.” Even famously gloomy … Continue reading →

In early summer when I put up the first of the Lair’s new siding, I also replaced the rear window. It had always been just a set of high, narrow tilting windows for ventilation and light, because I didn’t really … Continue reading →

Consider doing it through Claire’s link, right here. Then she gets a cut of the swag, and it’s a painless way to help her out. I write this with a guilty grimace on my face, since I have that link … Continue reading →

The weather gets too cold for me to want to wash laundry outdoors. So it piles up, which violates the first rule of hand-washing: Don’t let it pile up. Used to do it in the sink, which was a real … Continue reading →

Well, now forget it. For some reason this year there’s been a real emphasis on ‘winning Thanksgiving dinner debates.’ This mostly comes from the lefties, who unaccountably haven’t yet declared Thanksgiving an inappropriate cultural appropriation, or racially insensitive or something, … Continue reading →

Older Brother sent me this link with his own heading: Military Weapons Ban! He was just conning me into clicking the link… West Point bans annual pillow fight after dozens injured WEST POINT, N.Y., Nov. 26 (UPI) — United States … Continue reading →

Concerning the Macy’s parade… In a tradition that has since been discontinued, at the end of each parade the balloons were released and allowed to drift away in the wind. Anyone who recovered a balloon and returned it to Macy’s … Continue reading →

But it says here that two of those Paris terrorists were in fact sent to meet their virgins by non-state shooters. There’s just one little problem with the narrative… French police reported these two unsung heroes are from Columbia and … Continue reading →

SpaceX has been trying to get this right for years. Bezos’s group finally nailed one. Welcome, people of earth, to the 1930’s.

Belgian Jews repudiate call for gun ownership Belgian Jewish leaders denounced calls for their governments to issue gun permits to members of their communities this weekend, saying that such efforts could lead to harrowing consequences. Last week, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, … Continue reading →