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I read the below on Breitbart’s Big Hollywood blog and thought it was worth re-posting here. A good portion of our crew are current and/or former military, with 3 of them having server in the GWOT and one on his way. Honoring September 11th: They Wants Us to Forget by Mark Tapson “The past is never dead. It’s not even… Continue reading "Honoring 9-11"
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The battle of San Jacinto was the concluding military event of the Texas Revolution. On March 13, 1836, the revolutionary army at Gonzales began to retreat eastward. It crossed the Colorado River on March 17 and camped near present Columbia on March 20, recruiting and reinforcements having increased its size to 1,200 men. Sam Houston’s scouts reported Mexican troops west… Continue reading "April 21, 1836 – The Battle of San Jacinto"
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Whoa – just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Iran blogger jailed for Khamenei insult dies A young Iranian blogger jailed in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison for insulting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah said that although there is not yet an official report about… Continue reading "More freedom fun from our global friends"
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So, apparently there was something going on here.
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One of the most important documents in Texas history is the Declaration of Independence, adopted in general convention at Washington-on-the-Brazos, March 2, 1836. Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BY THE DELEGATES OF THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, IN GENERAL CONVENTION, AT THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, ON THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1836 When a… Continue reading "Texas Independence Day – March 2, 1836"
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The Texas Gunshow List on Orion Woods Brigade has just been updated for 2009. Go check it out. And then go check them out.
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December 29, 1845 U.S. Congress approves annexation of Texas On this day in 1845, the United States Congress voted to annex Texas. Statehood was first proposed in 1837, but was rejected by President Martin Van Buren. Constitutional scruples and fear of war with Mexico were the reasons given for the rejection, but antislavery sentiment in the United States undoubtedly influenced… Continue reading "Texas’ Original Sin"
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Ok – yes, economic woes aside, we are still heading towards The Singularity and all of the interesting changes and shifts that includes. A predator drone has been moved from Arizona to North Dakota to patrol the northern border between the U.S. and Canada. Here are some details: After two failed tries, an unmanned aircraft expected to be the first… Continue reading "Hunter-Killer Watch – Drone lands in ND"
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I went to the SAXET gunshow this morning with some of the crew and was pretty put-off by the amount of price gouging going on with some of the more shady dealers. I expected a little bit of shenanigans due to the recent election, but a quick browse through Shotgun News will show that recent reports of the end of… Continue reading "$1000 is the new $500"
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I’ve been struggling over the past few weeks, trying to figure out how exactly the Libs are going to take their next step in the war on firearms rights in America. You know it’s big on their wish lists and with all four branches of the government now being Democrat (the House, the Senate, the President, and the Media), it… Continue reading "Banning Assault Weapons Because of . . . Mexico?"
