Criminals for Gun Control- July 1, 2008 Criminals for Gun Control is a satirical web site making crystal clear that denying possession of self defense tools benefits nobody but criminals. You can buy T-shirts, mugs, hats, bags, buttons, and stickers, emblazened with their logo, at their CafePress shop.http://billstclair.com/blog/criminals_for_gun_control.html Black-and-Tans- July 1, 2008 Mike Vanderboegh at Western Rifle Shooters - another chapter of Absolved, an upcoming novella. The resistance in America's coming war deal with mercenaries as they deserve. Brightfire is the name of the mercenary company in this fictional tale. Sorta rhymes with Blackwater, doncha think Quote:"You know, even when we were killing them, we felt sorry for the gun cops. I mean it really was self defense for us but they were somebody's son, or husband or father. . . they were, they had been,...http://billstclair.com/blog/black_and_tans.html Clipperz: Anatomy of a zero-knowledge web application- July 1, 2008 Clipperz hosts an online password manager that, according to them, you don't have to trust with your private information, since it's all encrypted in your web browser before being sent to and stored on their server. This article talks about the general architecture. Security is provided by their open source JavaScript Crypto Library. Their service is free, and you need only a username and password to get started. Your password is never sent to their server, and they cannot recover it. You can...http://billstclair.com/blog/clipperz_anatomy_of_a_zero_knowledge_web_application.html A New Mossberg American Lever Gun- July 1, 2008 L.F. Combs at Gunblast - there's a new lever gun on the block, the Mossberg 464 Lever-Action Rifle. An improved Winchester Model 94, according to Mr. Combs. 20" barrel. Drilled and tapped for a scope. Available in .30-30, but Mossberg has a poll on their home page, asking for votes on which calibers to include next. Retails for $473. They're also making a rimfire version, price not yet determined. Marlin has a PDF of an article in their 2008 Gun Annual: There's a New Lever Action in Town:...http://billstclair.com/blog/a_new_mossberg_american_lever_gun.html Grand Theft Society- July 1, 2008 Lew Rockwell at LewRockwell.com - why we shouldn't allow idiots with gummint titles to play "Grand Theft Society" anywhere but in their living rooms, on their game consoles. They learned nothing from the 1929 depression, and are dead set on doing exactly the same things this time around, which will have exactly the same consequences. lew Quote:A core problem with government is that its managers believe that all reality will conform to their wishes if they issue the right orders, pass the right..http://billstclair.com/blog/grand_theft_society.html Heller Decision -- Deeper Analysis- July 1, 2008 Alan Korwin, The Uninvited Ombudsman - Chicago's Mayor Daley fears a "return to the days of the Wild West." Biased, misleading, and prejudicial news coverage. So-called "gun deaths" are really drug war deaths. "The big hurdle, with Heller now in place, will be control of the court of popular opinion." Handguns are fully recognized as "the quintessential self-defense weapon." And: Quote:THE TRULY TREMENDOUS ADVANCE FOR RKBA: The core issue of "judicial scrutiny" is now established -- better than.http://billstclair.com/blog/heller_decision_deeper_analysis.html The Capsizing of American Democracy- July 1, 2008 James Bovard - Why it will be nearly impossible to shrink the state. So many people depend on it that any attempt to do so threatens them personally. And they vote. Quote:American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees. This has created a voting bloc that overwhelms every other potential force. H.L. Mencken quipped in the 1930s that the New Deal divided America into those who work for a living and those who vote...http://billstclair.com/blog/the_capsizing_of_american_democracy.html Lenny Ladner for United States Senate- July 1, 2008 Lenny Ladner is running for US Senate from the state of Tennessee as a Democrat. He's an ordinary working guy who owns and operates an eighteen-wheeler. His platform is very simple: Quote:I WILL VOTE AGAINST ANY LEGISLATION OR PROPOSALS WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE SIZE, COST, REACH OR EXPAND THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. (75 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS BUREAUCRATIC EXPANSION SINCE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTS NEW DEAL HAS BROUGHT "U.S." DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO TOTAL GOVERNMENT.) LIKEWISE, I WILL VOTE...http://billstclair.com/blog/lenny_ladner_for_united_states_senate.html |