Bullets with a nail gun

Sure, why not? A few things the blogger wishes to share, as follows:

• Blogging may be light for the next 2-3 weeks; I have a part-time contracting opportunity starting tomorrow with a south suburban company that offers retail and catalog sales of tools and equipment; this is good news as our finances have been stretched and I have some bills to pay.
• Even though the Star Tribune decided to bury the story under the fold, the story yesterday about the Islamists who were planning an attack on Fort Dix was a major story, for a lot of reasons. First, some of these guys are from Kosovo, a little problem that no one seems to mention these days, even though we continue to have troops there. Second, there's no evidence that these guys were exercised by concerns about the Palestinians or Iraq. And, most of all, they were planning to attack even though they hadn't been in direct contact with Osama bin Laden or any of his operatives. We have a problem with radical Islam and even though the Democrats have convinced many Americans that it's not as big a problem as BushHitlerMcChimpRatBastardTraitorToHisClassSimpyBushHitler or his neocon colleagues would have you believe, it remains a problem. Luckily, our betters are paying attention to more pressing matters, like the size of the mansion Jim Pohlad is building on Lake Calhoun. See Nick Coleman's sneering, green-eyed column today on the topic. Or better yet, don't bother.
• Ben's Brewers may be off to a rough start, but the Milwaukee Brewers are on fire. Unfortunately, they don't get to play the Pirates and the Nationals all the time. The upcoming swing against the Mets and Phillies should tell us a lot about the True Blue Brew Crew.