Tuesday, December 14, 2010

$20 trader joes highland 10 single malt is actually...

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Pretty damn good, at least for the price.  Smooth.  I've drank a quarter bottle in two days without meaning to.  Short finish, not super...
Monday, December 13, 2010

XM2010

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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/snipers-will-soon-shoot-taliban-from-a-quarter-mile-away/ Starting next year, the snipers will be ...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

The craziest rifle ever: XM25

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Range find w/ laser.  Pull trigger.  Mini grenades explode by target (which means shrapnel goes around corners, behind walls, etc).  Grenade...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Debt doubling.

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From USA Today (yeah, I know).

So you think you can bench?

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Excellent set of videos from an ex-powerlifter.   Fairly technical, so if this isn't your thing, not worth it.  Otherwise, many interest...

In praise of the Chicago 16th manual of style

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I think I'll have to buy a copy Chicago 's examples could be recondite or mischievously witty or of a weirdly resonant blandness. ...

Detroit's last gunshop

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Short, but interesting. http://www2.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=13488

Cool real life Noir.

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From  Vanity Fair  where I've actually seen a large number of interesting stories. After a woman living in a hotel in Florida was raped...

leaked diplomatic communications

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I'm a bit surprised at how low key the initial coverage seems to be (perhaps b/c it's a weekend).  It seems like this has the potent...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Business and Obama.

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From  Politico : “These weren’t issues that got the president any votes or political leverage,” said one insider to the conversations. “The...

UN might be cause of cholera in Haiti

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Good intentions  perhaps, but not too insightful about the effects of effluent in drinking water.

Chinese thought bubble: "We are the masters now"

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Interesting article by Niall Ferguson , perhaps best summed up by a simple picture: Hat tip: The Browser.