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the sunsphere is NOT a wigshop » dazzo's italian castle
Posted 5 minutes ago
Today I went to a castle- a castle where Pizza is King, Pasta is his Queen, and various noble sauces and processed meat products hold court. Calamari frolic on lawns of sauteed vegetables and the... A few Knoxvillians muse about life in the city with a huge golden disco ball. [Link]

SayUncle » Like you and me, only better
Posted 48 minutes ago
Laws are for little people: Smith — as a commissioner — had successfully pushed for a citywide bike registration program to help police track stolen bikes. But when he contacted police to report his own stolen bike, he had to admit it was not registered. [Link]

BlountViews » County tables plan to relieve jail overcrowding by taking in more prisoners
Posted 50 minutes ago
But says they will take a "look see" at construction costs anyway. [Link]

SayUncle » Cool
Posted 50 minutes ago
Boomershoot pics. A series. [Link]

SayUncle » Hoplophobia
Posted 52 minutes ago
DC rejected the license plate TRIGGER. Well, until NRA lawyers stepped in. Really, afraid of scary gun words? Ebay is scared of pictures of guns and will pull your auctions over it. [Link]

SayUncle » Cannon safe update
Posted 55 minutes ago
Michael Bane has the latest. [Link]

SayUncle » More on the Mexican guns canard
Posted 60 minutes ago
You would expect a retired general to know guns. You’d be wrong. He does, however, know his PSH: Mexican law enforcement authorities and soldiers face heavily armed drug gangs with high-powered military automatic weapons. Perhaps 90% of these weapons are smuggled across the US border. They are frequently purchased from licensed US gun dealers in Texas, Arizona, and California. AK-47 ... [Link]

SayUncle » Party Guns
Posted 63 minutes ago
Republicans have them: When moderator Grover Norquist asked how many firearms the candidates own, the current RNC chairman, Mike Duncan, who despite presiding over his party’s 2008 electoral trouncing is reapplying for his job, noted proudly that he claims four handguns and two rifles. Rival Katon Dawson, chairman of the South Carolina GOP, said that he has “too many to ... [Link]

SayUncle » AWB Cite
Posted 65 minutes ago
Greg looks at Obama’s promises for gun control. [Link]

Dr Jim West » SOTS Day 2- Morning Session
Posted 65 minutes ago
Three papers were read this morning.  Professor Geller’s was particularly interesting and I think Bob Cargill would have enjoyed it a lot as it dealt with divination texts in Babylon and Qurman.  The gist- priests compiled divinatory texts for the use of the Monarch who then could choose the right person for the job in his government.  The scrolls at ... [Link]

SayUncle » Chicks and guns
Posted 66 minutes ago
Breda and mom head to the range. And Mike wonders why gun people recommend women get 38 snubbies. It seems to be a trend. My personal experience is that women have difficulty with the long, heavy trigger pull on these revolvers. [Link]

Camp4u » Congressional seat possibles
Posted 67 minutes ago
Wamp is in. That opens up his congressional seat. Rock ribbed conservative Senator Dwayne Bunch as well as State party chairwoman Robin Smith is taking a long hard look at it. Sen. Bo Watson sniffs around the edges but decides to hold off.Lincoln Davis says he is thinking. If Lincoln Davis gets in expect state rep. Eric Swafford to make ... [Link]

SayUncle » ND and Colombia
Posted 70 minutes ago
A look at the two: One thing I’m sure of, it’s not the difference in firearm ownership. [Link]

SayUncle » Another hat in the ring for TN governor
Posted 71 minutes ago
Mike looks at Bill Gibbons. [Link]

Camp4u » Money, Money, Money.
Posted 73 minutes ago
LT Governor Ron Ramsey says it will be a huge factor on if he will run for Governor or not. Marsha is silent. [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » Sullivan on Panetta
Posted 84 minutes ago
POST: Panetta At CIA, By Andrew Sullivan, 05 Jan 2009 Couldn't agree more with Andrew here. Panetta is a real mensch. [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » Gates' steady hand
Posted 84 minutes ago
ARTICLE: Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism, By Walter Pincus, Washington Post, January 5, 2009; Page A09 Another great reason for keeping Gates on: he views Russia with an un-hysterical eye, and realizes the rebranding potential that should prove useful to us in the years ahead. [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » One scare-the-hell-out-of-the-America-public department was enough
Posted 84 minutes ago
ARTICLE: "Man-Made Disaster: Five years on, the Department of Homeland security is still a catastrophe," by Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic, 24 December 2008. The basic bit: The only way of calming people down is political leadership that puts the terrorist threat in perspective. But, despite efforts by Chertoff to avoid the color-coded hysteria that defined the department in its ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » This is how we do it
Posted 86 minutes ago
ARTICLE: "Behind Caterpillar's Big Scoop in China: Patience, persistence, and transfer of technology yield a coveted acquisition," by Dexter Roberts, BusinessWeek, 22 December 2008. Caterpillar has made a lot of money off China's infrastructure build-out so far, and aims to capture a bigger chunk of that growing pie in the future. So it basically takes the advice I've been peddling ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » Save the economy
Posted 89 minutes ago
PRESENTATION: 10 Commandments for the President Elect - to Save the US Economy, By Juan Enriquez, Pop!Tech 2008 This is a great presentation by Juan Enriquez, with whom I shared a stage at Pop!Tech a few years back. Worth listening to the entire 30 minutes. Very sensible stuff on the financial crisis and how we realistically move forward. The obvious ... [Link]