Scott Greenfield is more familiar than I with the history of Joel Rosenberg's recent conflicts with the Minneapolis police department, leading up to Joel's arrest, and in his latest post Scott offers this important bit of background: For a fellow who sincerely believes in principles, there comes a point, a threshold if you will, where he decides to take a stand. … [Read more...] about Smell the Retaliation
Protecting New Jersey’s Strategic Road Salt Supply
Coming soon, to a WikiLeaks mirror site near you...SaltBarnGate: The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the state after it refused to release the construction plans for a barn used to store road salt, on the basis that doing so would be a security risk. ... According to the complaint, [Carole] Chiaffarano suspected that the salt barn was built … [Read more...] about Protecting New Jersey’s Strategic Road Salt Supply
25% of Windypundit Blog Team Now In Jail
As I write this, 25% of the Windypundit blogging team is in jail. When I brought Joel Rosenberg in to Windypundit as a co-blogger, I wanted him to cover firearms issues, especially the right to keep and bear arms. And he did, rather rabidly, with some of the longest posts on the blog. Even though his last post was over a year ago, he's still on the masthead, so as far as I'm … [Read more...] about 25% of Windypundit Blog Team Now In Jail
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel…
At about this time every year when I was in college, my friend Todd Cohen used to complain about all the businesses that would wish everyone a "Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends!" It was the "to our Jewish friends" part that somehow got on his nerves. With that in mind, I was listening to a few tracks off of The Life and Times of Mike Fanning by Da … [Read more...] about Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel…
Defense Secretary Gates on Wikileaks
This sounds about right to me. It's from an email to Michael Yon from Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates: This is obviously a massive dump of information. First of all, I would say unlike the Pentagon Papers, one of the things that is important, I think, in all of these releases, whether it's Afghanistan, Iraq or the releases this week, is the lack of any … [Read more...] about Defense Secretary Gates on Wikileaks