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December 2010
Winter on the Palouse
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 15:29Winter arrived for me and the wife just prior to Thanksgiving this year and has yet to leave. This past Thursday we had yet another significant snow fall but with the catch of high winds. This resulted in much of my yard being devoid of snow, yet my drive way and sidewalks in decently sized drifts.
Yes that snow next to the truck is up to the running board. Opening the door caused snow to be scraped off the top of the drift. Clearing the driveway was fun because the drifts were big enough to have to be slowly cut off.
I will say though, that 44 inch blower for the lawn tractor thus far has been a life saver. When I get to the far side of the driveway it actually takes a couple passes because it's so deep as well. While yes, the snow can be annoying, I am willing to put up with it for the following couple reasons.
There's some more of the senic pictures I took today here.
Death to Pumkins
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 13:43I have been meaning for a while to put up this post but never had the time to get around to it until today. Instead of cleaning the shop I wasted my time editing pictures, writing this post and working on some others, and chatting on GBC.
A couple years ago we blew up some pumpkins as relief for the election of fearless leader. After rolling through the store and being able to walk away with 400 lbs of pumpkins for about 20 cents a pound I sent an email to Joe.
The results were quite wonderful.
And lastly, as I always try to do, here's the video:
We just want to talk...
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 12/28/2010 - 15:00Supposedly the man was using a crossbow in his back yard. 20 police respond and attack him when he refused to present ID indicating they have no right to request for it. After they beat the crap out of him they accuse him of assault. The wife video taped the incident, it appears at this time Youtube yanked it. The video can still be seen here (Part 1) and here (Part 2).
Coming to a Mall Near You
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Mon, 12/27/2010 - 11:09With everyone refusing to have their privacy and 4th Amendment rights violated by TSA at the airport, They have decided to expand to commonly traveled areas.
I've already seen that the TSA is worse than Russia in 1989. However with the tactics and the rate that they're expanding, I'm seriously beginning to wonder when people are going to start "disappearing" in the night to never be seen or heard from again.
DHS and TSA are both totally out of control and obsessed with power. The worst part of all of this though is we're told it's for our own good. William Pitt has expressed my feelings on that type of sentiment quite well.
Update: Some coworkers and I were talking and trying to figure out why they would want to screen malls. Then it dawned on us, the number of teenage girls at malls is through the roof. Coupled with their soccer mom escorts, it's a sexual predators wet dream.
If you speak out against us,
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 15:57we will raid your house, and destroy you.
I guess it's positive they haven't started loading people into train cars yet.
CIA creates a new taskforce
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 15:30The CIA created a new taskforce today to asses the impact of WikiLeaks. The new task force is the WikiLeaks Task Force, or WTF for short.
Finally they use an acronym that describes exactly what everyone is thinking!
Now this is good news
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 12/21/2010 - 10:37I'm glad to hear Aitken's sentence was commuted to time served. While a full pardon would be absolutely wonderful for him, for the rights of everybody this allows him to continue the fight to rectify the situation.
Mr. Aitken know this, I do not think there is a single gun owner who is not behind you. Those that aren't, if any, don't understand how easily it could have been them.
Overheard in the living room
Submitted by Janelle Barnett on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 22:42Barron: Isn't it interesting that we commit sodomy against angels by shoving a tree up their ass at Christmas?
Janelle: Interesting or ironic?
Barron: No ironic would be shoving the tree up baby Jesus!
A Lesson in Proper Ventilation
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 12/17/2010 - 10:15Three thugs attempt to rob a jewelry store. The store owner responds with a tribute of hot lead providing excess ventilation to the lung cavities.
On my many different lists of rules, the one when dealing with men in general comes to mind:
Rule 1: Never fuck with a man's family!
H/T to Uncle
This is all sorts of AWESOME!
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 20:05Unpossible
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 15:27There was a shooting during a school board meeting in Florida.
What is completely unsurprising is the fact that the "shooter" was stopped after an armed individual returned fire. He actually killed himself after the armed individual returned fire.
I would like to point out there was this incident as well recently. The homeowner is damn lucky. I would have either waited outside, or found a way to pull down the tarp. Further upon seeing the intruder had a weapon pointed at me, I would have dropped him. That is NOT the time to hesitate. The only reason I think that home owner survived is because it ended up the firearm was unloaded. Problem is though Rule #1 says I should fear for my life, PERIOD. Never the less though the homeowner successfully defended his property, but entering the way he did was a huge risk. That tarp doesn't provide cover, and will display your location.
Update:
The shooter killed himself after being injured by the security officer. What is even more interesting from this new article is the following:
Doing some more digging he is in fact a convicted felon. It's a double failure, < Begin Sarcasm > I thought that the laws were supposed to keep this from happening!< End Sarcasm >
Now reporting your neigbor...
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Tue, 12/14/2010 - 11:40Is as easy as running an app on your iPhone!
This is wrong on so many levels it drives me insane that someone would actually willingly download it. It reminds me of Nazi Germany telling school children to report their parents and any other suspicious behavior they see.
What is most annoying though is they call it the "Patriot" app. These people wouldn't know what a patriot is if it jumped up and bit them right in the ass.
The app should be called either "Brown shirts" or "1-800-Dial-a-Nazi".
But remember....
Submitted by Barron Barnett on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 15:13If you attempt to use a firearm to defend yourself, the attacker will take it and kill you with it.
At this point, I would say the Brady campaign should be forwarding this advice to criminals, not the law abiding.
My applause to the woman who fought back and won.
-B
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H/T to Uncle for the idea to use the Gun Control line.
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