My wife’s new laptop has an HDMI out. So, last night as an experiment, we watched a movie from Netflix streamed to our TeeVee. Quality was good and I was quite impressed. I’ve noticed that our Bluray player has an ethernet port on the back and I can hook it directly to Al Gore’s Internets and get Netflix directly, without having to hook the PC up to the TeeVee. Now, my internet modem and wifi gizmos are located elsewhere in the house. So, I’d like to figure out a way to hook the disc player (this Samsung) up to the internet. But my modem is on the other side of the house. Suggestions?
I guess I could move the modem to the TeeVee and get wireless for my desktop computer. But that would probably cause me networked printers to not work.
In London, the police are teaching people they should lock their doors by stealing from them. I guess the next step is to beat people up and take their money if they’re out too late in a bad part of town? You know, for their own good.
That the citizens of this state have a right to keep and to bear arms for their common defense; but the Legislature shall have power, by law, to regulate the wearing of arms with a view to prevent crime.
NRA is none too happy about the city enforcing an illegal gun ban and may pull the convention out of the city. The convention draws about 70K people and several million dollars.
If Americans could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, 57% would throw out all the legislators and start over again. Just 25% would vote to keep the Congress.
And, yet, incumbents are still re-elected about 95% of the time. If you want to throw the bums out, you gotta start with your bum first.
Investors in hedge funds run by Cerberus Capital Management LP, whose audacious multi-billion dollar bet on the U.S. auto industry went bust, are bolting for the door, clinching one of the highest-profile falls from grace of a superstar in the investment world.
Clients are withdrawing more than $5.5 billion, or nearly 71% of the hedge fund assets, in response to big investment losses and their own need for cash, according to people familiar with the matter.
“We have been surprised by this response,” Cerberus chief Stephen Feinberg and co-founder William Richter wrote in a letter delivered to clients late Thursday.
Cerberus owns many gun companies. And used to own Chrysler.
Insty has a photo of a sign outside the Bonefish Grill that says they don’t want law-abiding gun owners to spend money there. Someone should tell them their sign doesn’t appear to comply with Tennessee law regarding posting weapon prohibition.
Seen at Bob’s, with a different take (i.e., not happy):
The North Carolina Supreme Court says a 2004 law that bars convicted felons from having a gun, even within their own home or business, is unconstitutional.
Good. Civil rights should be restored once your debt to society is paid.
You love kimchi or hate it. There is no in between. I happen to love it. If you happen to hate, I won’t try to convince you otherwise.
That said, in The City (My The City) there is a market called, interestingly enough, The Market. Good meat selection, seafood, and locally grown veggies. I’m a fan.
Stopped in a bit back and they had kimchi. I struck up a conversation with the owner about it and how I make my own and how it’s a lot of work. He explained to me that one of his regular customers came in and said her husband, who had a terminal illness, served in Korea. And he said he wanted some good kimchi. The owner took it upon himself to track down some one local who could make it. And he did. He started selling it for her. I bought some that day in the event that it was good, so I could stop making my own. It was good. Delicious. I’d buy it all the time.
Today, I swing by to get some kimchi. And they don’t have any. I ask about it and the guy behind the counter (different guy) says that the FDA told them they couldn’t sell it anymore because the supplier was not a licensed manufacturer. Of course not. The supplier of good kimchi was a Korean lady.
Government: Keeping the world safe from good food.
For the G20 summit, Pittsburgh will revive it’s assault weapons ban. Sebastian says: The law was thrown out in court, and is therefore no law. If the City of Pittsburgh tries to enforce it, they are acting under color of law.
Depriving someone of their rights under color of law? That should be illegal.
Do you know of a reference to the Camp Perry matches where they have gunsmiths to handle malfunctions? Or any other such venue where they are used to shooters having guns that malfunction by firing a burst and then jamming? Time is of the essence on this.
The NFL wants to implement a program to ensure that players that carry guns get an appropriate permit. The also want players to register their guns. Of course, someone should tell the folks at the NFL that we don’t register guns. At least in the free states.
UNDER new legislation, all gun owners are required to invest a huge amount of time, satisfying complex and confusing red tape requirements, according to IFA countryside chairman David Wilkinson. He called on the justice minister to rethink the newly introduced licensing system for firearms.
The British Medical Association (BMA) and Association of Chief Police Officers have discussed ways in which doctors can be made aware of patients who own firearms.
The BMA’s plan to “tag” – or highlight – the medical records of patients who have shotgun or firearms licences have received a mixed reaction.
“My hate mail started shortly after the White House issued the ‘fishy’ request,” said Kathryn Serkes, AAPS’ Director of Policy and Public Affairs. “We were quite visible and vocal before then, so it doesn’t seem like a coincidence. Who did they share their data with? With whom might they share it?”
Joe and David discuss the case against NYC in which the city violates federal law by arresting those traveling lawfully with firearms for local firearms violations.
Corker says he’s for health insurance reform. However, I think he and those that oppose nationalized health insurance should keep making that distinction. One of the more effective bits of propaganda from the socialized medicine crowd is to label it health care reform. It has as much to do with health care reform as arguing over who pays the tab has on the quality of your dinner.
Municipal Tax Services, a private Trumbull-based firm, will comb city streets at night with an infrared camera, photographing every license plate. Plate numbers automatically will be entered into a database that will be cross checked with the city’s grand list of taxable property.
Sure, it’s covered by rule three but if you’re quickly trying to stop gravity from working, your booger-hook could end up on the bang-switch. So, the point needs to be emphasized.
I find it unusual that, through his pants, he managed to grab the trigger but I guess that is possible. However, an appropriate holster would have prohibited that from happening.
Chicago’s WGN couldn’t believe we have the right to keep and bear arms out here. I had to tell them most places have RKBA, a surprise to them in their little cloister. “Do people shoot each other on the streets a lot?” They actually asked that. These folks aren’t in a bubble, they’re in a vacuum, they get nothing. “With your new guns-in-bars law, which has created quite a commotion here in Chicago, are there shootouts in bars?” I’m not making this up.
And we all know there are no shoot outs in Chicago.
I’ve often said I don’t want the people who spend $900 on a hammer anywhere near my medical decisions. Smijer points out other great moments in government intervention.
Coming soon to a restaurant near you. I make these and they’re quite good. And fries need ketchup so I usually mix some sour cream, brown sugar, and honey to dip the fries in.
Not sure what’s more interesting about this. The fact that she actually talks like that. That she didn’t know facebook wasn’t exactly private. Or that someone on her friends list took a screen cap an submitted it to a humor site.
Update: Apparently, that was the result of a hack. See comments. Ok, then.
Ex-Student with pipe bombs, sword, a chainsaw, and other video game cliches tackled by teacher before rampage. Clearly, we should ban pipe bombs. Oh, wait.
The bill was postponed. Apparently, there may be some compromise in the works to allow carry except when there’s an athletic event at a park. You know, the same argument about mass shootings at little league games and all that. If sporting events are so dangerous, clearly we should just ban them. For the children.
Sheriffs and police chiefs may demand concealed carry applicants show “good cause” before a concealed carry permit is issued in California. In El Dorado county, supervisors want “good cause” replaced with “law abiding citizen”.
Caleb says ammo is back. I stopped by Coal Creek Armory last week for the first time in a while and they seemed to have plenty of ammo. Prices seemed to have gone up a bit but that happens when supply meets demand. Also, they had a lot of black rifles and parts. The prices on those were reasonable. A lower for about $140. Looks like the Obama induced gun rush may finally have calmed down a bit.
The Illinois Farm Bureau may soon join the Illinois Sheriff’s Association in adopting a policy supporting legislation allowing the concealed carrying of firearms in the state.
Typical scenario these days: people move next to shooting range shocked that there’s a shooting range. Lawsuit ensues. David Hardy reports:
The Second Circuit affirmed the district court, which agreed with the EPA that the discharge of projectiles is part of their normal use, and firing them does not “discard” them within meaning of the law. It also affirmed a finding that the plaintiffs had failed to make out a case under the Clean Water Act.
The guns in parks issue was said to be resolved since Knoxville had an old law on the books banning possession in parks. Steve Hall has proposed an ordinance repealing the ban and the meeting is scheduled for tonight. This could be an interesting meeting as Stacey Campfield reports that Mayor Bill Haslam plans on weighing in on the issue. Haslam is running for governor and made the mistake of joining Mayors Against Guns. He later realized his mistake and quit the group (Good for him). This could get interesting.
A proposed petition drive to trigger a referendum on overturning a City Council resolution banning guns in city parks has run into problems before it could begin.
According to state law, the Tennessee Constitution and Oak Ridge’s City Charter, referendums on such resolutions can’t be held, City Attorney Ken Krushenski said Monday.
In a post 9/11 security crackdown, NYPD cited a local gun shop for ’security breaches’ that consisted of an unobserved counter, hole in the fence, and unlocked safes. The business license was suspended and inventory confiscated. Good news:
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Against City of New York for Violation of Constitutional Rights in Post-September 11 Security Crackdown
