More Greece

I’ve said before that the Greeks are well and truly hosed.  More proof of that.

Free phones

And this is why we need a small Federal government, and small state governments as well.  Idiotic ideas like this.

More Buck Rogers

Looks like the Pentagon continues to turn out some high tech weapons.  Let’s hope they don’t have to use them.  Story here.

Report from the west coast

Our intrepid west coast reporter, Jim Bates, provides this way cool photo below.

Turbo Otter

A small victory

There’s been a small victory for freedom in the war on photography.  Story here.

T-55 Smackdown

Recently, MMCL had a challenge build (Smackdown) at its July monthly meeting.  While several members built Tamiya 35th scale T-55s for the event, only three, Dr. Terry Hill, John “Uncle Daddy” Dietrich and Mike “Danger Boy” Nofsinger had the stones to show up and compete.  See the entries below and decide for yourself which one was the “best”

Danger’s T-55

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Terry’s T-55

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Uncle’s T-55

Cool Video

From the archives of the Japanese National Broadcasting company NHK.  View here. (H/T David Aiken on Hyperscale)

Legal roundup

Here in Louisville a woman faces a contempt charge for publicly naming her juvenile attackers.  I don’t believe the court’s order passes constitutional muster.

DUI in a Barbie jeep?  Only in the UK.

Jack Daniel’s shows the classy way to handle copyright infringement.

Where we are headed

I think this article gets it exactly right, and therein lies a real problem.

We interrupt this blogcast….

My alma matter, U of L law school, seems to have stepped in it by offering more money in scholarships than they had money available.  Story here and here.