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Guns in America: The DIY Specter
The first 3-D printed gun was produced by a Texan named Cody Wilson, a self-described crypto-anarchist.
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Posted in guns, Uncategorized
Tagged 3-D printed guns, 3-D printing, Cody Wilson, Defense Distributed, gun control, gun laws, guns, Liberator, technology
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Picasso’s Women
With images from Musée National Picasso Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art, Cubism, Musée National Picasso, museums, painting, Paris, Picassop, Surrealism
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Guns in America: Smart Guns and the Folks Who Keep ‘Em Dumb
The NRA has fought against every attempt to research, manufacture or sell a smart gun
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Posted in guns
Tagged gun control, gun lobby, gun violence, guns, location gun, LodeStar, Loretta Weinberg, New Jersey, NRA, smart gun
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The Tower, the View, the History
Gustave Eiffel’s 1889 Parisian landmark. Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Eiffel tower, France, Gustave Eiffel, Paris, Paris Exposition, travle
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Guns in America: Prohibition and Gun Control
Gun violence during Prohibition gave rise to the 1934 Federal Firearms Act.
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Posted in guns, History
Tagged automatic weapons, gun control, gun violence, guns, history, mobsters, Prohibition
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Atelier des Lumieres — Digital Klimt
A digital art museum in a converted Paris foundry. Continue reading
Posted in Art
Tagged art museum, Atelier des Lumnieres, digital art, Gustav Klint, museum, painting, Paris, travel
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Guns in America: Where’s the Blaze of Glory?
Few things have had a greater impact on popular culture in America than images of the Wild West.
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Posted in guns, History
Tagged Cowboys, Doc Holiday, frontier, gun control, guns, gunslingers, Tombstone, Westerns, Wild Bill Hickok, Wild West, Wyatt Earp
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Along the Way to Ousel Falls
Gallatin National Forest (Montana) hiking trail Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Big Sky, Gallatin National Forest, hiking trails, Montana, Ousel Falls, Ousel Falls Trail, travel, waterfalls
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Looking Down from Big Sky
The view from atop Lone Mountain Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Big Sky, Cedar Mountain, Lone Mountain, Lone Peak, Montana, Rocky Mountains, skiresort, travel
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‘For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People’
Teddy Roosevelt’s words stand as a welcome to Yellowstone Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Gardner Mont., Montana, national parks, Roosevelt Arch, Theodore Roosevelt, travel, Yellowstone National Park
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