matt | August 12, 2011
So, because I’m over 20, they’re testing my blood every few years for cholesterol. As such, I’ve been researching it, and have dug up some more information on things I read some years ago. http://thehealthyskeptic.org/cholesterol-doesnt-cause-heart-disease This article cites a lot of sources, but is not tremendously lengthy. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/the-cholesterol-myth-that_b_676817.html This article cites few sources, but quotes [...]
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matt | August 12, 2011
I was listening to the Cato daily podcast, and they referenced this freedom study. I found it interesting. Unsurprisingly, NY is quite un-free, though the gay marriage bill being passed will likely move us up a couple of steps.
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matt | February 20, 2011
So, I was sitting here painting tanks this afternoon, when I had an interesting thought – I fully expect to be explaining to my grandchildren what these weapons systems were, how they worked and what they did, because the sun has set on our military industrial complex. Make no mistake, this is not a swords [...]
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matt | February 16, 2011
.. that as I look at world politics, more and more I miss the good old days where the Soviet Union was going to nuke us all. At least they were predictable, and it was (more or less) going to all shake out as a stand-up fight between nation states. Everything else was a brush [...]
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matt | February 10, 2011
So, I’ve been listening to old episodes of Dan Carlin, (playing catch up), and he was talking about the Collateral Murder video released by WikiLeaks. I watched this version. To summarize the content: Two AH-64 gunships are doing close air support and attack some insurgents. Two reporters were in the group. A mechanized infantry group [...]
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matt | December 26, 2010
So, some time ago, I learned that Lawn Darts were actually banned. (CPSC page). Out of control nanny state.
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matt | November 13, 2010
So, today I watched Protocols of Zion. It’s generally a documentary about 9/11, how a lot of people blame the jews, anti-semitism, etc. It is likely nothing you haven’t seen before. However, as expected, there are interviews with various types of segregationists and supremacists, who are against racial mixing, because various societies need to “keep [...]
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matt | September 3, 2010
So, we got a copy of the American Community Survey. I was kind of mindlessly filling it out, and then started asking Liz the questions, and she started yelling at me. They want to know who we are, what we do, what we make, when we leave for work, how we get there, whether we [...]
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matt | February 2, 2010
Okay, to recap: Heller says that the FedGov can’t ban guns in common use, or that are logical evolutions of the arms required to be kept for militia purposes. DC is forced to open up their gun registry, but the registry is not abolished. There is suggestion that registration of arms may be reasonable, but [...]
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matt | November 19, 2009
Back from Carnage. Great con. Played in: The Unexplained. Lots of fun. Bought it. Heavy Gear Blitz. Decent, but likely won’t pick up yet another minis game. I’m not going to say it’s better or worse than Battletech – just different. Battletech is shoot, shoot, shoot, now you’re in arm’s reach, and you beat the [...]
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