OK, I’m a child at heart, but this is very cool.

The Lego Secret Vault: Lego Secret Vault Contains All Sets In History

The ruling is in! In a 5-4 ruling, the DC gun ban has been struck down. Justice Scalia, writing for the majority, had several interesting things to say.

“The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.”

“…the requirement that any lawful firearm in the home be disassembled or bound by a trigger lock makes it impossible for citizens to use arms for the core lawful purpose of self-defense and is hence unconstitutional.”

I was happy to see that the historically traditional definition of “militia” was reiterated quite early in syllabus of the document. Both Majority and Minority opinions seem to be using this same definition as far as I can tell.

“…comprised all males physically capable of acting in concert for the common defense.”

It’s nice to see that clarified. It seemed quite obvious to me that the writers of the Bill of Rights would have used that definition of militia, but you often see it confused with a more modern interpretation in modern political discourse.

Th legal language is, at times, difficult to follow, but impressive none the less. The legal history and documentation presented on both sides of the argument are fascinating to read. I’m looking forward to finishing it.

SCOTUSblog has the opinion in it’s entirety.

From The Frontlines, Ustream.TV.

Melanie Morgan and Michelle Malkin are hosting a fund raising effort to send care packages to troops in Iraq. If they live up to their own hype, it should be quite spectacular.

We’ve got a star-studded line-up of troops, military charities, celebs, and talk radio stars — from Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to Dr. Laura and Laura Ingraham to musician John Ondrasik and “Lone Survivor” author and Navy SEAL hero Marcus Luttrell — who’ll be joining us in our eight-hour marathon fund-raising drive to help send the largest number of care packages in history to our men and women in uniform serving overseas. – Michelle Malkin

Go check it out.

Senate to honor last living U.S. vet of WWI, at 107 – CNN.com

Buckles is the last survivor of the more than 2 million U.S. military men sent overseas to fight in what was called the Great War.

Buckles, who turned 107 in February, lied about his age to join the U.S. Army at the age of 16.

BMW GINA – Design Feature – Baekdal.com

BMW has created a new concept car, and it is unlike anything you have ever seen before. It is a shape-shifter, has a textile skin, and it challenges our perception of what a car should look like.

I’m going to classify this car under art, because it really is a work of art. An innovative way of thinking about car design.

This isn’t a show that I normally would watch, but this guy can really dance… or something. I’m not really sure what I’d call it. What ever it is, he’s really talented.

“Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… That’s what gets you.” – Jeremy Clarkson