Archive for the 'Media' Category
Saturday, April 4th, 2015
John Geer was killed a year and a half ago, but it wasn’t until a judge ordered officials in Fairfax County, Virginia, to release 11,000 pages of documents earlier this year, detailing their 17-month cover-up of the case, that details of his homicide by police became known. Owner of a local kitchen design business in […]
Full Article Categories: 2nd Amendment, Big Brother, Due Process, Killer Cops, Law Enforcement, Media, Self defense
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
In case anyone is suffering those winter blahs, let’s start with some recent good news: The Huffington Post reports “For the first time in more than 20 years, Americans say it’s more important to protect the right to own guns than it is to control gun ownership.” A new Pew Research Poll released Dec. 10 […]
Full Article Categories: 2nd Amendment, Common Defense, Crime, Law Enforcement, Media, Self defense
Monday, December 22nd, 2014
I suppose by now close observers have noticed the Great Swami’s crystal ball was clouded, a few weeks back, when it came to predicting the lineup for the inaugural Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, set to kick off at noon local time (closer to dawn, in civilized time zones) Wednesday, Dec. 24 at Tom Robinson National Stadium, […]
Full Article Categories: Books, Drug War, Entheogens, Fiction, Media
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
It’s sort of like one of those old “Twilight Zone” episodes. What if you had a billion dollars, but you couldn’t use it to buy what you wanted? With a net worth of about $34 billion, former Wall Street banker Michael Bloomberg is reportedly the sixteenth-wealthiest person in the world. He spent about $74 million […]
Full Article Categories: 2014 Election, 2nd Amendment, Big Brother, Elections, Law Enforcement, Media
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
(Re-posting Vin’s traditional Halloween column) Halloween, the day when many an American parent will suit up the little ones in black robes, matching 17th century conical hats, and over-sized warty noses, sending them off to delight the neighbors with this impersonation of a witch, as traditionally represented from 17th century Austrian paintings of the Hexensabbat […]
Full Article Categories: Drug War, Due Process, Entheogens, History, Media, Medicine
Monday, October 13th, 2014
(NOTE: a condensed version of this report appears in the Autumn, 2014 issue of “Range” magazine, on newsstands through Oct. 15.) IS IT ALL TO SAVE THE TORTOISE?
Full Article Categories: Big Brother, Common Defense, Due Process, Earth Stewardship, Economics, Endangered Species, Energy, Extreme Green, Heroes, Law Enforcement, Media, Nevada, Private Property, Public Land, Taxation
Saturday, October 11th, 2014
Yes, we now have Korla Pandit!
Full Article Categories: Books, Collectibles, Media, Music; LPs
Monday, September 22nd, 2014
(NOTE: a condensed version of this report appears in the Autumn, 2014 issue of “Range” magazine, on newsstands now.) WHAT’S ‘THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF GRAZING’?
Full Article Categories: Big Brother, Common Defense, Due Process, Earth Stewardship, Endangered Species, Extreme Green, Heroes, Law Enforcement, Media, Nevada, Private Property, Public Land, Taxation
Saturday, September 20th, 2014
One of the first things you notice when you go looking for “mainstream” reviews of the film “Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?” is how few there are. Needless to say, most of the mouth-flappers of our mainstream media — being diehard fans of (and apologists for) our current, all-corrupting, welfare-warfare-taxation state — hate Rand, […]
Full Article Categories: Big Brother, Economics, Media, Movie reviews
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
‘ATLAS SHRUGGED: WHO IS JOHN GALT?’ REVIEWED The film “Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt,” part three of the trilogy, premiered in Las Vegas Sept. 6. The film opened nationwide Friday, Sept. 12.
Full Article Categories: About Town, Economics, Fiction, Heroes, Media, Movie reviews