Author Archives: Joel

All out of ammo: US cops can’t stay stocked up as gun and bullet sales soar No, you can’t borrow a cup of ammo.

Went to GC Central after this morning’s (frigid and wind-blown) shit-shoveling. Only GC guy met me and said we’re off for at least the next five days. Whipped out his magical wi-fi tiny fairydust-driven does-everything-my-laptop-and-satellite-dish-can-do-only-better iPhone-kinda-gadget, pushes a single button, … Continue reading →

There are times when I feel a grudging sympathy for whoever dumped Zoe. I may be behaving a bit irresponsibly myself, booting up the ‘pooter. We got no sun at all yesterday, and the night before last I definitely broke … Continue reading →

The weather report says that’s the last sun we’ll see in a while. Right now it’s calling for three days of snow. The weather report is sometimes hilariously fallible, so we’ll see. But I may be rationing the electricity for … Continue reading →

(Cue the heavy metal guitars) Of course my idea of being a gleeful lawbreaker sometimes involves spending the bulk of the day sitting in one place, cutting out bits for geiger counters in a trancelike state. I still do the … Continue reading →

Does this guy think he can make 33 percent of the country criminals with a stroke of the pen? I do believe the tally of America’s unintentional criminals is, and has been for a long time, considerably more than 33% … Continue reading →

From Freedom Feens, a couple of unmutual, doubleplusungood ne’er-do-wells who should immediately turn themselves in for re-education. The name is vaguely familiar, but I don’t think I’ve ever listened to their podcast before.

The music would have been better.

Having bought all the carbon credits or something, so he cornered the market on global warming. Bastard. He could have left some for us. Past few days haven’t been so bad. Lots of sun, afternoon highs in the low forties. … Continue reading →

I’ve got to do something about these poor hens. I’ve got one fine, fat sleek Rhode Island Red and two that look like battered housewives. I don’t recall who suggested putting axle grease on the wounds to discourage pecking, or … Continue reading →

…it’s stranger than we can imagine. I’m not a huge fan of Day By Day as a rule, it’s normally just conservative talking points with pretty girls. But once in a while Chris Muir surprises me. Y’all may know my … Continue reading →

So a while ago, somebody claiming to be a professor of “constitutional law” put forth for our consideration a radical, completely new proposal: Let’s Give Up on the Constitution He shoots his own argument in the foot with his very … Continue reading →

There are unreasonable fears, and then there are perfectly reasonable fears. And two of the things you should fear like bloody self-induced amputation are chainsaws and axes. Your first clue that something may have gone slightly wrong is likely to … Continue reading →

Remember how the feds’ tax increases were only going to soak the rich? Congratulations! You’re rich! Well, not quite so rich as you were a week ago…

Mama Liberty, over at the Price of Liberty, has gifted us a great short story. Go read!

But dammit anyway. I’ve been congratulating myself that the water hasn’t even (apparently) tried to freeze during our extended cold wave. Then the sink drain stopped working. The end of the grey-water pipe is completely frozen, which means the pipe … Continue reading →

Via the incomparable Oleg Volk, of course. Yeah, sorry. It’s just too damn cold for thinky this morning. Maybe by late April…

Waited until noon-ish to go to Friday shit-shoveling, because cold. Since that was the only errand and Fridays are usually quick, I brought the boys with me. They should be able to sit in the Jeep and watch for the … Continue reading →

If a failure to conform to the fears of people I have not harmed makes me a criminal, though, so be it. I’ll just add it to the list. Image via Sensing.

Ghost started trying to wake me up sometime around four in the blessed AM. At first, after sticking my head out of the blankets and then sticking it right the hell back in, I said LB could bloody well crap … Continue reading →