Polyethelene is the same substance that milk and shampoo bottles are made out of.  But supposedly it’s better than Kevlar when made into fibers to be used in soft body armor. Looks like they aim for these to be a replacement for the Zylon vests which were recalled because they were shown to react with water and become weakened over short periods of time.
Author: Sebastian
Philadelphia’s Italian Bees
Classical Values has something on Philadelphia’s bee problem.
Rudy OK With Concealed Guns?
Looks like Rudy is now okay with concealed weapons. You know, this issue really just doesn’t work for him.  I’m not sure he can really reconcile himself with his record here. The harder he tries, the less I’m buying it.
Good Second Amendment Paper
On a link from Instapundit yesterday, I read this latest paper on the second amendment. If you haven’t read it yet, I would very much recommend it. It gets into the history of gun regulations in colonial times, and is one of the first attempts I’ve seen to address some of the assertions made by the folks at the Joyce funded Second Amendment Research Center.
We’re Number 3. Where is Your State?
Rightwingprof provides this handy link. It ranks states according to percentage of population with carry licenses. One surprise is how far down on the list Texas is. You’d think they’d be higher, but they are beat by many other states.
I chalk it up to how restrictive their carry laws are, and the expense involved getting licensed. Â I’d be willing to bet that many Texans carry illegally.
You know the networks are desperate…
… when they are turning commercials into TV shows. I don’t even give this one two weeks before it’s canceled.
From the Evil Twin
We learn that Tim Kaine is getting all Gun Control on the citizens of Virginia, and an appeal to Governor O’Malley.
Well, We Knew This Would Happen
I’ve heard more than a few gun control proponents say privately that if people didn’t own guns, there wouldn’t be any way to steal them. Publically, they won’t say this, because Handgun Control Inc. The Brady Campaign supposedly isn’t in favor of banning handguns any longer, at least publically.
One of these days I’m going to write a post on substitution.  There’s some interesting statics that I’ve run across that I want to share, which basically show that if you close down one means of criminal access to firearms, it boosts other means. Create background checks at point-of-sale, you get a straw purchase problem.  Shut down straw purchases, you get a theft problem.  Shut down theft, you get more organized smuggling. There will always be someone to fill the demand, which is obvious to us.  But the anti-gun folks are always going to push to close that one last “loophole” until we can’t own anything anymore.
He’s NutRageous
John Lott reminds us that Michael Moore is completely nuts. Or is that NutRageous? Watch the Video.
I am often a critic of police tactics, particularly the use of military tactics, but Moore’s video here is insulting and demeaning, and trivializes the difficult job they have to do in discerning whether or not deadly force is justified. Moore also misrepresents what the law is in this matter.
Everyone should check out, if you already haven’t already seen the video that was linked by Crime and Federalism last year. It involves a police shooting a man with a cell phone, much like the one Moore was using as a prop in his video. I would challenge anyone to say the police officers in this case were not justified in their actions. Also see the frame by frame analysis of the situation.
Moore is a buffoon, and the fact that he’s a hero of the far left is a big reason I can’t take them seriously.  Given some real abuses out there in law enforcement tactics, one that have killed numerous innocent people, Moore chooses simply to mock officers and play the race card. The issue of race in law enforcement is a serious one, and by approaching it in this manner, Moore is simply making a fool of himself.  It’s certainly not the first time though.
Lost Finale
Most unexpected twist ever. All along you’re wondering when they are flashing back to, and they are flashing forward, or is it sideways maybe?  The odd thing is, Jack’s dad is still alive in this parallel Lost universe. I’m also wondering who died? No one showed up at his funeral. For some reason, I’m guessing it’s Ben.