January 29, 2014
— Maetenloch
Is Straw Buying a Gun Actually Legal?
Well I always just assumed not since there's a question about it right on the ATF form 4473 and answering yes to buying a gun intended for someone else (a 'straw purchase') will get your transaction refused at a minimum and might result in your prosecution.
But there's a case now before the Supreme Court, Abramski v. United States, that questions whether or not 'straw purchases' really are illegal based on the 2009 arrest of Bruce Abramski for buying a Glock 19 and then immediately selling it to his uncle.
Bruce Abramski is a former cop who is legally allowed to buy firearms. His uncle Angel Alvarez, can also legally buy firearms. Abramski purchased a Glock 19 pistol from a dealer using his law enforcement discount to get a better price, then sold the gun to his uncle. Both transfers-from the Virginia FFL to Abramski, then from Abramski through another FFL to Alvarez in Pennsylvania-followed the law.
The ATF then charged Abramski for perjuring himself on the ATF's form 4473 for saying he was the "actual buyer.
But it turns out that the ATF basically decided on their own that 'straw purchasing' must be illegal and added the above question to the 4473 form back in 1995 and started enforcing it as a law. But no where in any federal statute is there a reference to straw purchases much less a prohibition against them. Even the ATF admits that they're off in penumbra-land when it comes to this rule:
The assistant to the solicitor general, Joseph Palmore, admitted to the court that the ATF was "interpreting" the will of Congress when it added the "actual buyer" question in 1995 on the background form.
And during oral arguments before the court both Roberts and Scalia were highly skeptical of the government's arguments that the 1968 GCA somehow implies that straw purchases are illegal without ever actually mentioning them.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. seemed to side with the plaintiff's position that the ATF had overstepped into trying to create criminal law. Referring to the Gun Control Act, the chief justice said, "This language is fought over tooth and nail by people on the gun-control side and the gun-ownership side."
He called it "very problematic" for the government to cite going after law abiding people who resell firearms as a purpose of the law since "there are no words in the statute that have anything to do with straw purchasers."
There's interpreting the will of Congress by government agencies and then there's just making up laws you'd like to enforce. In a reasonable country this kind of overreach would be quickly struck down.
And only a heart beat away from President Joe Biden.
The Lone Survivor Controversies
So there seems to be a simmering debate among the services over the performance and planning of the SEAL mission recounted in Luttrell's book, Lone Survivor - particularly between Marines and the special forces community.
Daniel Smith, the son of blogger Herschel Smith of the Captain's Journal offers the Marine view here - A Marine Corps View of Tactics in Operation Red Wings.
And Hognose of WeaponsMan presents the special forces view here - About some Lone Survivor controversies.
Both are well worth reading and in agreement on some of the mistakes made. I think Hognose makes a good point when he points out that Marines and SEALS do fundamentally different types of missions and that the high risk/high reward style of the SEALS lets them do things that the Marines don't - along with a correspondingly greater chance of having a deadly day at the office.
Daniel, in his personal experience, does not understand the difference between recon and long-range recon, which the Army and SF have called things like LRR, LRP, LRRP, SICTA, and SR over the years. The principal difference, in tactical terms, is that a Marine unit like Daniel's, like any combat unit, normally pushes ground recon patrols only to within its area of influence. A commander may push them out to his whole area of interest, but he's accepting that they're beyond the reach of his fires if they get into the $#!+.
In the interests of force protection, the commander may enlarge that patrol, but there's a tradeoff: a larger recon patrol brings back less ground truth than a smaller one. A platoon patrol is thirty-plus guys with heavy packs, machine guns, and maybe even an attached mortar or two. They can fight if they're seen and engaged; what they can't do is hide.
In SOF doctrine, a strategic reconnaissance patrol goes deep, alone, and fundamentally unsupported. SF, SEALs, and other sophisticated US SOF are accustomed to going 1000 kilometers or more into a denied area or, if you will, "behind enemy lines." If they get into a fight, their tactic is to call for extraction, run, and engage the enemy to delay his pursuit.
...Remember: these small teams are what brings the commander the ground truth, a substance rarer than diamonds and worth more than gold. There are lessons to be learned from this operation, but "don't send out patrols lest they be eaten" is not one of them.
Herschel Smith has a rebuttal here.
Patterico Reviews His Sous-Vide Experience So Far
When I had tonight's tri-tip, things were quite different. This was a delicious meal that distinctly surpassed the results I have gotten from the same cut of meat on the grill. I tossed it in the Sous Vide Supreme for eight hours at 135 degrees, and at the end of the process, fired up my gas grill good and hot, to 600 degrees. Tossed it on there for one minute each side, and the results were amazing.
...This was very, very good. Very tender, but not mushy; juicy, and done perfectly to my taste. This is the only way to do tri-tip.
And here are some examples of how to make your own sous vide machines.
The reality of contract killing in Britain tended to be striking only in its mundanity, according to David Wilson, the university's professor of criminology. He said: "Far from the media portrayal of hits being conducted inside smoky rooms, frequented by members of an organised crime gang, British hits were more usually carried out in the open, on pavements, sometimes as the target was out walking their dog, or going shopping, with passersby watching on in horror."
Researchers found that the average cost of a hit was £15,180 [$25,132 USD], with £100,000 being the highest and £200 the lowest amount paid. The average age of a hitman was 38 with the youngest aged 15 and the oldest 63.
Okay it's Britain but still $25K isn't that much and probably swingable if you really need to have someone whacked.
Because they're likely to be disease super-spreaders.
Wonder who will be first to die in a massive killer pandemic or perhaps in a zombie apocalypse? Those who have an especially large web of contacts. At least the authorities in Singapore are going to know who these people are. As soon as some of them start acting like zombies all of them should be hunted down in order to save the city. That much is clear. Other parts of the world face a grimmer prospect.
Who Says Roman Tactics Are Dead?
They've just been resting and hanging out in Kiev during the recent riots.
In the early morning of Aug. 9, 1976, the bodies of a young man and woman were found on a secluded dirt road in Sumter County, S.C. Each had been shot in the throat, chest, and back. Both were white and in their mid-20s. They bore no identification, but there were signs that they were wealthy: He wore an expensive Bulova watch and had had specialized dental work, and she wore a jade ring.
"They were clean, neat," remembered county coroner Verna Moore. "She was beautiful, real pretty girl. He was also."
In the 38 years since they were found no one has ever come forward and identified them.
Repairing a Plane in Antarctica
What do you do when your 1940s era DC-3 crash-lands in Antarctica? Well in this case they came back with tools and parts and a team to fix it up enough to fly it back out.
On December 20, 2012 a Basler BT-67 Turbo 67 (DC-3T) - named Lidia - went down in Antarctica. Thankfully out of its 15 passengers there were no fatalities. For full details on the crash you can check out the accident description on the Aviation Safety Network.Lidia was built back in the 1940's, with its wings apparently put together by Rosie the Riveter herself in 1943. Its virgin flight was in 1944. Today, it is operate(d) as a tour plane, and before the accident it was conducting a tour of the Holtanna Glacier in Antarctica.
The plane sat in the snow for almost a year, before a team came back to repair it and bring it home. The expedition lasted two months, and they brought with them two new engines, a new cockpit, landing gear, and fuselage repair supplies.
25 Things You May Not Know About RoboCop
Such as it was actually filmed in Dallas and was written as the inverse plot of BladeRunner.
Quite possibly. But then maybe there was a period in the 70s when knitted Tin Man masks and quiches were fashionable which fits into my theory that everything was fashionable at some point in the 1970s.
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Drudge: Push for Immigration Reform Will Spell End of Boehner's speakership
Suddenly I have a huge throbbing hard on for immigration reform.
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Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 06:46 PM (abZxN)
*hides face*
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 10:45 PM
"Girls"?
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Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 06:48 PM (GEICT)
The Smith jarhead critique says:
"Alternatively, since you knew comms was going to be bad on the other side of that mountain, you could have set down another team of four SEALs on top of the mountain or near it, who could have then relayed comms to the FOB from the recon team."
It's been known pretty much since the SOG era in Vietnam that small elite recce units (of any service) who insert long distances into Injun country can and do get in serious trouble on occasion, when discovered by larger units they can't fight off and can't exfiltrate away from.
The only options then are to extract the unit or reinforce them, and both rely on rock solid reliable communications. When comms go out, outcomes for such trapped outnumbered units become ugly.
From an engineering perspective, the services spent shit-tons of money on various whiz-bang speculative technology tools for Iraq and Afghanistan, much of which never really worked. (JIEDDO comes to mind.) Whereas drone relays for guaranteeing reliable comms in bad topography are a known problem with a known solution requiring only modest funding, which was never forthcoming.
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Ah, Paris. Where else can you find anteater sh*t on the sidewalk?
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12 Damn. Boehner is darker than Obama. Is he the first black Speaker?
Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2014 10:38 PM (sdi6R)
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Nah. I had some Black Harmon Kardon Speakers in the early 80's. Nice sound.
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In 1987, I had a beautiful Korean girlfriend....neither here nor there. That year, we went to RoboCop at the local theatre.... with her mom. The mom laughed through the entire movie ... she thought it was a comedy. To her... the violence was cartoonish ... far different than the realities of Korea in the 40s and 50s.
Posted by: the another joe at January 29, 2014 06:52 PM (Kodzh)
Uh, like what fucking state did this happen in? Not telling? Oh well, neither am I.
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Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 06:57 PM (abZxN)
Ya, and an opposition commander with local knowledge set up an ambush for the rapid reaction force that went into the same landing zone.
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Are you serious???
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https://twitter.com/JoseCanseco
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 10:57 PM (DmNpO)
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Haven't seen Jose Canseco here at the HQ in a LOOOOOONG time. I miss him.
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 10:47 PM
No, but your question implied a degree of shame. I saw about a minute of it the other day. Dunham was dancing in a graveyard. It was both fascinating and shameful. I could not look away. It was like watching a hippo frolicking.
Posted by: otho at January 29, 2014 07:00 PM (9gNQd)
All right, who else didn't think that one nit cap was the tin-man?
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 10:47 PM (DmNpO)
This meeting of the Man Council is called to order....
Our first order of business is to decide if watching Girls is an Immediate Man Law Violation... and if pulling the Man Card is enough of a punishment?
The floor is now open...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 29, 2014 10:49 PM (84gbM)
Point of order...NDH, being an 'ette in good standing (and occasional cob-logger) is not in possession of, nor is she qualified for, a Man Card.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:04 PM (yh0zB)
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Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:05 PM (UAMVq)
MSNBC tweeted a retraction and apology for the cheerios tweet?
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Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 11:04 PM (yh0zB)
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I was fairly sure that most of the 'ettes had possession of the men's Man Card.
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Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 29, 2014 07:07 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 07:07 PM (ojnk6)
What tweet, NDH?
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 07:08 PM (abZxN)
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Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 07:09 PM (cxs6V)
It should. Just a little experimentation for real water temp for the pot being used. Assuming it controls as well as they say.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 07:09 PM (TI3xG)
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Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 29, 2014 07:10 PM (bCEmE)
The General Mills PR department likely had a collective heart attack when they saw that tweet.
Posted by: mrp at January 29, 2014 07:10 PM (JBggj)
No kidding. More like, ooops, we let the mask slip just a liiiiittle bit too far.
Posted by: no good deed at January 29, 2014 07:11 PM (vBhbc)
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Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:11 PM (DmNpO)
Trying to make up my mind.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 10:51 PM (GEICT)
I recommend against the Ruger .380 LCP, myself. Hit or miss on reliability based on the two I've bought: one--the one my girlfriend owns--works great, the other doesn't (or didn't, since I got rid of it).
Bought an ancient, 100-year-old Colt Army Special .41 Long Colt revolver on GunsAmerica the day before yesterday: http://tinyurl.com/ldx39ux
It arrives next Monday. It's an old (but still functional) beater of a gun that uses a near-obsolete and incredibly expensive cartridge, so I'll be doing the bullet casting and reloading myself. Can't wait.
Posted by: troyriser at January 29, 2014 07:11 PM (ptcFO)
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Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 29, 2014 07:11 PM (bCEmE)
73 Battleship is on HBO again.
I fully intend to do a Saturday night watch-and-comment post about this movie someday soon.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 10:51 PM (DmNpO)
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I like that movie too, NDH.
Don't care what anybody says about it...it's a fun movie, imo.
I dunno how many times I've seen it...a lot...but I can always watch it again.
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He's in Ft. Worth.
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Posted by: Avi at January 29, 2014 07:12 PM (p/izY)
Addendum: I hope a bunch of bears don't break into your house looking for them.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 07:12 PM (abZxN)
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No.
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Posted by: Nanzi Pelosi [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 07:14 PM (cxs6V)
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Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 07:14 PM (MiLnO)
Posted by: University of California, Irvine at January 29, 2014 07:14 PM (AymDN)
You wouldn't believe how many yootube vids there for the grill. From people cooking steaks to weirdos offering tips on how to clean it....
soothsayer, you're funny.
Posted by: Puncher at January 29, 2014 07:15 PM (LhAqq)
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 29, 2014 11:07 PM (KlVdw)
Much like Gingy and souls, she may have one, but it ain't hers. 
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:15 PM (yh0zB)
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Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 29, 2014 07:16 PM (N/cFh)
174 BillO thinks $10 should be the minimum wage. What say you?
He's an idiot.
It will kill millions of jobs...and make restaurant and fast food prices soar.
But he doesn't care. He's a millionaire.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 07:16 PM (rxJe2)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 29, 2014 07:17 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 29, 2014 07:17 PM (+jyzN)
A few days later my older brother came up to tell me HBO has everything from the last 12 years on demand until January 15, 2015.
I would watch Angels in America & John Adams again but not the series because I had seen the enough.
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 11:08 PM
I don't get HBO here per se. It's some other channel that shows that stuff as well as other newtork's stuff. I think showtime has a devoted channel, though. "Trailer Park Boys" will probably be on that when it comes on again. I'm just digging the reruns of "Batman" and "Lost in Space" that are on now.
Posted by: otho at January 29, 2014 07:17 PM (9gNQd)
Spendy at $180 but I would probably eat better than the takeout stuff that makes up too much of my diet.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 07:17 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 07:17 PM (MiLnO)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:18 PM (PhBt9)
Posted by: TickledPink at January 29, 2014 07:18 PM (TZEUg)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:18 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at January 29, 2014 07:18 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 07:18 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Papa at January 29, 2014 07:18 PM (jECGF)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 07:18 PM (abZxN)
Ha, that's what I was thinking. I guess it's because my husband is hooked on The Americans and keeps asking me when it's coming back on.
Posted by: no good deed at January 29, 2014 07:19 PM (vBhbc)
Posted by: University of California, Irvine at January 29, 2014 11:14 PM (AymDN)
Could be worse
Posted by: UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs at January 29, 2014 07:19 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: DC in Towson at January 29, 2014 07:19 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 29, 2014 07:19 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 11:12 PM (PhBt9)
but it needs to be followed by "IYKWIMAITYD"...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:19 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: MSNBC at January 29, 2014 07:20 PM (C4743)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:20 PM (X3GkB)
Perfect Bacon Bowl https://www.buyperfectbacon.com/
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 07:20 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 29, 2014 07:20 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 11:18 PM (X3GkB)
B.S. That's exactly who they are at messnbc
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at January 29, 2014 07:20 PM (F75MN)
Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2014 07:21 PM (M/TDA)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at January 29, 2014 11:16 PM (N/cFh)
It's dark here in the basement mistress. May we have a night-light?
Posted by: Gingy's Soul Collection at January 29, 2014 07:21 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 29, 2014 07:21 PM (bCEmE)
It's a truly dreadful movie in so many ways but I really enjoy it.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 11:14 PM
It's total crap. But, it's fucking entertaining total crap. It stands as a lesson to Hollywood. If you're going to make total crap, this is how you do it... with flair. I like the movie, I went in prepared to hate it, but couldn't. It's good.
Posted by: otho at January 29, 2014 07:21 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:21 PM (PhBt9)
Olive Garden must really be hurting...
They are offering a 'Date Night' special for couples:
- Free babysitting [at a play center nearby]
- $25.00 dinner for a couple
Sounds like a pretty good idea...until you contemplate the probability of all the lawsuits that could happen when someone's special little snowflake hurts themselves at that 'play center'.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 07:22 PM (rxJe2)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 29, 2014 07:22 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: TickledPink at January 29, 2014 11:12 PM (TZEUg)
$10 should be the maximum pay for BillO.
Posted by: Economic Advisor at January 29, 2014 07:22 PM (H+j7N)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:22 PM (X3GkB)
That's so much classier than a tube sock.
Posted by: The Red Hot Chili Peppers at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (vBhbc)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (MiLnO)
Posted by: Disgruntled Soul at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Dave M at January 29, 2014 07:23 PM (lKR5m)
Nearly 300 Marines returning to North Carolina from Afghanistan were stuck at Raleigh-Durham International Airport Wednesday night due to slick roads
Hope the USO and others are offering them some comforts of home. All that way--and stuck.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (abZxN)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (JQuNB)
otho, you get MeTV?
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 11:18 PM
I don't think so. What is it? Entertainment, docos/news, movies, special interest?
Posted by: otho at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (+jyzN)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:24 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 07:25 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs at January 29, 2014 07:25 PM (WdbF7)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (ZEvg7)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: no good deed at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (vBhbc)
I can get my fill of 7.62x39 (Soviet mil-surp crap) for my Chi-Comm SKS, but how many rounds over 1000 on stripper clips does one need?
Asking for a friend...
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2014 11:23 PM (JMmQ9)
Yep, I'll believe the ammo crisis is over when I can get .22LR in 555 round boxes at WalMart again.
Posted by: Disgruntled Soul at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (yh0zB)
There is nothing more comforting than having a large inventory of once fired brass, primers, powder, and bullets on hand.
Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (kxSZr)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (PhBt9)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 07:26 PM (MiLnO)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 29, 2014 07:27 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: mrp at January 29, 2014 07:27 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 11:24 PM (DmNpO)
Get what feels comfortable for you. The best gun in the world is the one you have when you need one.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:27 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at January 29, 2014 07:28 PM (C4743)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 07:28 PM (ojnk6)
I have one of those basic pizza ovens. With a little aluminum foil you can cook all kinds of stuff in it. Used it for quite awhile before I got the gas line run to my stove.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 07:28 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 07:28 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: madamemayhem at January 29, 2014 07:29 PM (S2RnE)
The awesome taste of icy hot hate sandwiches:
A number of motorists who had to abandon their vehicles in the snow on Highway 280 outside of Birmingham, Ala. were able to find shelter in the storm thanks to the kindness and generosity of Chick-fil-A restaurant employees and the restaurantÂ’s owner, Mark Meadows.
The snow started falling and accumulating, and pretty soon people were stranded. They sought shelter at the nearby Chick-fil-A.
Some of the drivers had been stuck in their cars for nearly seven hours without any food or water. So the staff of the Chick-fil-A decided to lend a helping hand.
“We cooked several hundred sandwiches and stood out on both sides of 280 and handed out the sandwiches to anyone we could get to – as long as we had food to give out.”
The staffers braved the falling snow and ice and Chick-fil-A refused to take a single penny for their sandwiches.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 29, 2014 07:29 PM (n0DEs)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:29 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 07:29 PM (MiLnO)
RDU-USO : http://www.rdu.com/travelinfo/uso.html
Posted by: mrp at January 29, 2014 07:30 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 11:26 PM
Ah, I see. Nah don't get that. Free to air is really limited. Without cable it's basically just reruns of "Neighbours" and "Wheel of fortune" plus whatever crappy new shows they've come up with recently. All those shows you mentioned are on cable and they're pretty much chopped up between various channels.
Posted by: otho at January 29, 2014 07:30 PM (9gNQd)
Democrats love them some check boxes.
Posted by: navybrat at January 29, 2014 07:31 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:31 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 29, 2014 07:31 PM (DNB5Z)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:31 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Tuna at January 29, 2014 07:31 PM (M/TDA)
Sold my semiA Beretta due to FTF multiple times. Revolver is more reliable for my taste; have speedloader. Clint Smith convinced me via:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4_Bv8PCDEI
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 07:31 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:32 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:32 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 07:32 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 07:32 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Country Singer at January 29, 2014 07:32 PM (CWquH)
Posted by: madamemayhem at January 29, 2014 07:33 PM (S2RnE)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 07:33 PM (MiLnO)
Posted by: mugiwara at January 29, 2014 07:33 PM (3a584)
And Biden, who is an ADHD adult that can barely stay focused on a ping -pong game, a plagiarist imbecile, the number two man in the government
Top. Men.
Posted by: Ribald Conservative riding Orca at January 29, 2014 10:45 PM (+1T7c)
And the 52% who voted for them can't tell they're idiots!
That's the WORST of it!
Posted by: D-Lamp at January 29, 2014 07:33 PM (XnALK)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:35 PM (PhBt9)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 29, 2014 11:29 PM (n0DEs)
Now I'm hankering for a Hate Chikin sammich...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:35 PM (yh0zB)
If you guessed because US decided that bribing those corrupt bastards was illegal, you win!
UN, FIFA, IOC, FIA, FIBA, IIHF, all corrupt to the damn core.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at January 29, 2014 11:24 PM (HxSXm)
Yeah, we even did some bribing for Salt Lake City and they had to bring in Romney to clean up the mess after the bidding scandal. They also hated Atlanta because it was over commercialized, even though it was the only games to turn a profit.
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at January 29, 2014 07:36 PM (WdbF7)
I was never at ease with the Beretta semiauto. With the Taurus revolver I now have, am very at ease with it. No racking, clearing FTFs, etc. Easy to maintain. Accurate.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 07:36 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 07:36 PM (abZxN)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 11:35 PM (PhBt9)
Never been fly fishing.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:37 PM (yh0zB)
The problem with sous vides is not only the price - it's that they're massive. I have a small kitchen and not enough counter space.
If it's really useful and good, the same thing will happen that happened with microwaves - the first ones were very expensive for the time, clunky and not very powerful - now, they're cheaper, smaller and better. The first rule of electronics (everything from microwaves to cell phones) - first ones to hit the market are expensive and not that good. Hold off on buying one and the price will go down and the quality will go up.
Posted by: Donna V. at January 29, 2014 07:37 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: US Olympic Commitee at January 29, 2014 07:37 PM (H+j7N)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 07:37 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2014 07:37 PM (JMmQ9)
292 So I've been wondering if the new Robocop was going to take place in Detroit just saw an ad for it and saw the words Detroit, Michigan in the corner of one shot so I'm thinking that's a yes.
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I would think that Detroit would be perfect...since there is so much real estate there that already needs demolishing.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 07:38 PM (rxJe2)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:38 PM (PhBt9)
Posted by: FBI & other buffoons at January 29, 2014 07:38 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: soothsayer
It's decent but expensive.
Plain old store bought dry brown rice can be done in slow cooker despite what the instructions say.
Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 07:38 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 29, 2014 07:38 PM (Qr7/Z)
LINK: http://preview.tinyurl.com/mgod2o7
Excerpt:
By 8 p.m. the USO-NC had found acommodations for all of the troops at a range of local hotels. A host of local businesses, including Sheetz, Jimmy Johns, Golden Corral, Kangaroo Express and New York Pizza partnered with USO-NC to feed the men and women.
Posted by: mrp at January 29, 2014 07:39 PM (JBggj)
You mean, the one where you go bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, click, and then, oh shit I better run, all I did was piss him off?
Posted by: navybrat at January 29, 2014 07:39 PM (AW7Gr)
Both my girls did not vote Obama and politically are conservative (25 and 27).
They have given me 3 grandkids. One is half black and the other 2 are half Mexican. My problems with thier choice in men have nothing to do with color. And I love my grand-kids to death.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 07:39 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:39 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:39 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 07:39 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 29, 2014 07:40 PM (RZ8pf)
That's the WORST of it!
Posted by: D-Lamp at January 29, 2014 11:33 PM (XnALK)
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This is why I vote "R". Even if they are socialist-lite, at least when they are in power, the media will do their f'in job and R's are generally held accountable.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 29, 2014 07:40 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2014 07:40 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Titanium at January 29, 2014 07:40 PM (IgOQg)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:41 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 07:42 PM (aDwsi)
Do all the workers that make O'Reilly Gear make more than $10 an hour?
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 07:42 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:42 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:42 PM (PhBt9)
"Then there are those ladies who enjoy creating such things as penis sweaters"
Penis sweaters are selling well in the Upper Midwest these days. And why not? Gents - there's the solution to the cold weather shrinkage problem. And if the sweater comes from the womym who knits out of her vajayjay, well, won't Mr. Happy be that much happier?
Posted by: Donna V. at January 29, 2014 07:43 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at January 29, 2014 07:44 PM (GEICT)
They have given me 3 grandkids. One is half black and the other 2 are half Mexican. My problems with thier choice in men have nothing to do with color. And I love my grand-kids to death.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 11:39 PM (TI3xG)
As a dad, I can pretty much guess that your problem with their choice in men is that no man is good enough for your little girl.
When my first grand-daughter was born and Son In Law was holding her for the first time, he got the funniest look on his face, then looked up at me and said "I understand now."
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:44 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:44 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:44 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: El Sombrero de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula at January 29, 2014 07:45 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 11:41 PM (X3GkB)
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When "30 Rock" was still on the air, Alec Baldwin was begging New York not to stop giving them tax breaks for filming in NYC. He said that it would too expensive to film there without the tax breaks. This was shortly after a rant about the rich not paying their fair share.
Posted by: Darth Randall at January 29, 2014 07:45 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: Donna V. at January 29, 2014 07:45 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:45 PM (s6y4N)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 07:46 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 29, 2014 07:46 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at January 29, 2014 07:47 PM (JQuNB)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2014 07:47 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Country Singer at January 29, 2014 07:47 PM (CWquH)
Thanks for the update. Generally, NC is very good to our troops. I don't read the NO, so appreciate your info. Thx again.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 07:47 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:47 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:48 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 07:48 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 07:48 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 07:48 PM (abZxN)
Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 29, 2014 07:49 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:50 PM (s6y4N)
Posted by: Country Singer at January 29, 2014 07:50 PM (CWquH)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at January 29, 2014 07:50 PM (bCEmE)
"Are you using the push-pull technique, where you grip the slide with your off hand and pull while simultaneously pushing forward on the handle?"
huhuhuhuh uh huhuhuh uh huhuhuh...
Posted by: butthead at January 29, 2014 07:50 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:50 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: NCwoof
I just did an internet search and the story popped up.
Posted by: mrp at January 29, 2014 07:50 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:51 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: andycanuck at January 29, 2014 11:48 PM (abZxN)
Daughter would have objected strenuously.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:51 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 07:51 PM (Q6HBD)
PDX ammo, practice and accuracy means I don't have to go bang, bang, bang.....and then run. If the first round does not
hit throat, I should not bother to carry/fire.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 07:51 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:52 PM (s6y4N)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:52 PM (DmNpO)
346 Duck dynasty question so Jep, Jase and Willie are brothers and Phil is their dad, right?
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Right, Pgis.
There is another brother, Allen, I think is his name...and he is a preacher.
He's the oldest.
Then there's Jase and Willie...Jep is the baby.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 07:52 PM (tiSr+)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 07:52 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 07:53 PM (s6y4N)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 11:31 PM (DmNpO)
My girlfriend more or less laid claim to my stainless Taurus M85 .38 SPL snubnose. She loves it, shoots like Annie Oakley with it even though snubbies can be notoriously difficult for beginners to shoot. It has a surprisingly good double-action trigger for a lower-end price point revolver. It's a quality piece and--when loaded with +P rounds--of power approaching .40 Smith and Wesson.
Posted by: troyriser at January 29, 2014 07:53 PM (ptcFO)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 07:53 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 07:53 PM (ojnk6)
hit throat, I should not bother to carry/fire.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 11:51 PM (aUQgu)
Excellently put.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:54 PM (yh0zB)
"As a dad, I can pretty much guess that your problem with their choice in men is that no man is good enough for your little girl."
A woman in the comments section of the WSJ was saying tonight that the Planned Parenthood in her city was telling teenage boys to bring their girlfriends into PP offices for contraceptives. So that way, the girl couldn't use pregnancy as an excuse not to have sex.
I can just imagine how my dad would have reacted if a high school boyfriend who was pressuring me to have sex with him took me to PP and he found out about it. He not only would have killed the boy, he would have burned the PP office to the fucking ground.
But isn't it nice how PP helps horny teenage boys pressure their girlfriends into having sex? Hey, don't criticize them, you anti-women ha8ers!
Posted by: Donna V. at January 29, 2014 07:54 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 07:54 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Adriane... at January 29, 2014 07:54 PM (qoKTg)
Brown rice is better for us...it has more protein and potassium than white rice.
We need a lot of potassium every day.
Most people these days aren't getting enough of it, and don't realize why they are tired all the time.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 07:54 PM (tiSr+)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:55 PM (UAMVq)
So saith Saint John Browning. Amen.
Posted by: navybrat at January 29, 2014 07:56 PM (AW7Gr)
When Planned Parenthood comes up in a conversation, I always like to remind people of Margaret Sanger's opinions regarding non-whites.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 29, 2014 07:57 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 07:57 PM (Q6HBD)
I have had same problem with push/pull. Right hand severely injured years ago; strength training as done some, not much.
Weak right (strong) hand. Not comfortable with semi's. They seem so popular; I was only one on CCW class with revolver. But I learned to use it effectively and for me it is (corny) a friend. I know everything about it and can maintain it easily. No safety to worry about; I fire it single-action and i am good to go.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 07:58 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: soothsayer at January 29, 2014 07:58 PM (MiLnO)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 11:53 PM (ojnk6)
I don't think I'd carry a .22, but it has taken out a goblin or two (I can think of one right off the top of my head, a hotel clerk in SC, who used one to...discourage...a would-be rapist. Permanently). Nothing wrong with a 9mm using hollowpoints, they do with velocity what a .45 does with mass.
As far as the caliber wars, I ask them if they think a 30 caliber is a big rifle round (they say yes) and I point out that 7.62 is smaller than 9mm, and the most popular sporting rifle in the US today (AR-15) is a .22 caliber (.223 is a .22).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 07:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Insomniac at January 29, 2014 07:59 PM (UAMVq)
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 29, 2014 08:00 PM (abZxN)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 08:01 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Jean at January 29, 2014 08:02 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Margaret Sanger at January 29, 2014 08:03 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at January 29, 2014 08:03 PM (ZEvg7)
Posted by: Adriane... at January 29, 2014 08:03 PM (qoKTg)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 08:03 PM (Q6HBD)
I used to believe (media) that .22 cal are ineffective for personal defense. Now, after instruction, I know better.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 08:04 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:04 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2014 08:04 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:05 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:05 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Butch at January 29, 2014 08:05 PM (EV3Uf)
Posted by: RWC at January 30, 2014 12:03 AM (Q6HBD)
Grand-dad used to call the .22LR the assassin's caliber. Apparently quite a few bad guys met their end with a .22 hole behind their ear courtesy of OSS and the like.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 08:06 PM (yh0zB)
smller calibers, from .22- 9mm, whp present all sorts of data in>>
In the end any gun you are willing/comfortable/good at shooting/carrying is the gun you should carry. Since there will be a bang and pain that will stop most attacks (or slow it to where you can escape). Odds are that will do for 99% of perps, the guy on crank that will keep coming after the first shot is not the norm.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 08:06 PM (TI3xG)
That is true. It was the preferred mob hit gun. Cheap, easy to shoot. The round just ping pongs around in the skull case, does not exit.
Posted by: navybrat at January 29, 2014 08:08 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Dave M at January 29, 2014 11:23 PM (lKR5m)
Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 08:09 PM (T1005)
389...I havenÂ’t been interested in the Olympics since I was a kid.
---------
Me either, Carol.
It used to be interesting, back when it was actual amateurs competing.
Now, with all the corruption and the professional 'amateurs' and the commercialization...it's not the same sort of thing anymore.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 08:09 PM (tiSr+)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:10 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: navybrat at January 29, 2014 08:10 PM (AW7Gr)
I always used to wonder how a society could "go Nazi" or follow Pol Pot, or think Stalin is OK or any of that kinda stuff. I never got it, but I am starting to understand it. MSLSD has been explaining it to me for a while now. I really do not doubt that those members of the corporate mediae would love to cheer if someone were to walk me into an oven, the killing fields, or on to a train to Siberia. I am systematically being other-ized in my own damn country.
Posted by: jc at January 29, 2014 08:10 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 12:05 AM (ojnk6)
Yep. Doesn't do you any good if it's in the safe.
I have a friend who carries a .454 Casul, he shoots it but he says if he ever has to pull the trigger for real he only wants to have to do it once...and then he'll try hard not to kill the guy cause he wants to beat him to death for making him shoot that monster.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 08:10 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:10 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:11 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:12 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at January 29, 2014 08:12 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: The Gun Hat at January 29, 2014 08:13 PM (AymDN)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:14 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:14 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: lindafell at January 29, 2014 08:15 PM (PGO8C)
So guess who gets left with the bill for the money that has already been spent? If you guessed the taxpayers, you are correct.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 29, 2014 08:15 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2014 08:17 PM (JMmQ9)
You can't really take the .44 or 45colt down to true pocket gun size (unless you have big pockets) and the 9mm/10mm/45ACP carbines are either really hard to find or odd. 22mag is under-rated, that keltec is alot of bang in your pocket.
Posted by: Jean at January 29, 2014 08:17 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:17 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Stranded but proud Progtard at January 29, 2014 08:17 PM (oFCZn)
But, I just love my .45acp pistols. I have 3.
An attacker shot (at any place, chest, leg, arm, knee) with that thing is going to rethink his situation pretty quickly.
Posted by: navybrat at January 29, 2014 08:17 PM (AW7Gr)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:18 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:18 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 29, 2014 08:18 PM (oFCZn)
Reading the supporting links in the debate about Lone Survivor. Small units being pursued by much larger enemy units like the story here, used land mines to discourage pursuit.
Now, do you remember all the hollywood celebrities campaigning against land mines? So land mines are now recognized as inhumane, and we don't use them any more. Rules of Engagement.
Posted by: Biscuit Boy at January 29, 2014 08:18 PM (yUYQL)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:18 PM (z4WKX)
Whatever's not melted by Friday will probably turn into fog. Enjoy!
Posted by: Iasonas at January 29, 2014 08:19 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 08:19 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 08:20 PM (s6y4N)
Guess I was thinking you were stomping on GGE. My error.
Sorry for the misinterpretation.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 08:20 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: Weirddave at January 29, 2014 08:20 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:20 PM (z4WKX)
His credits include Doctor Sado from Space Battleshipe Yamato and Cherry from Urusei Yatsura.
http://tinyurl.com/k2rmy5v
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 08:20 PM (wL/ra)
Posted by: Angel with a sword at January 29, 2014 08:20 PM (hpgw1)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 08:21 PM (Q6HBD)
Wait a few years for the $299 model which will actually be an improved version compared to the first run.
Posted by: Iasonas at January 29, 2014 08:21 PM (FHNkr)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 08:22 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:22 PM (aDwsi)
430 I hear it's warm in the barrel...
The process of rotting organic matter does generate a certain amount of heat.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 08:23 PM (tiSr+)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 30, 2014 12:18 AM (ojnk6)
===
our winter was stolen. january has been march/april weather. I will be way pissed if it turns out to be a trade and we have january weather in april.
Posted by: jc at January 29, 2014 08:23 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:24 PM (ojnk6)
don't stop shooting 'till it's empty...
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 30, 2014 12:17 AM (JMmQ9)
Shot placement.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 08:24 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:24 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:25 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 08:26 PM (s6y4N)
Posted by: lindafell at January 29, 2014 08:26 PM (PGO8C)
I just noticed that my hash has changed again.
It changes so often these days...I could prolly go on a tear, and post like Sven for a while...and Mætenloch would never find all of them, since they'd have different hashes.
Heh.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 08:27 PM (tiSr+)
Posted by: Kreplach at January 29, 2014 08:27 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at January 29, 2014 08:28 PM (HxSXm)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:28 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 29, 2014 08:28 PM (54dkR)
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 29, 2014 08:28 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Reggie1971 at January 29, 2014 08:29 PM (S11Oq)
Oh, sorry, that's "climate change."
Posted by: tcn at January 29, 2014 08:29 PM (fwcEs)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:29 PM (aDwsi)
And here in the Jackson, MS area its a very balmy 17F.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 08:30 PM (wL/ra)
1) Daniel Smith's comments are correct. You're doing a helo insert, that's a big footprint, at least run a full squad in, displace by team and/or during low vis to minimize footprint, do some route planning, establish an ORP, emplace a couple crew serves, delegate comms and EPW handling... then push up the team in charge of recon/HVT. It's bullshit to say you can't hide a squad a terrain feature behind the tip of your spear in rugged terrain - if you can't hide a squad dispersed in defilade and veg, you most likely can't hide more than a buddy pair. In some ways the SOF sales pitch requires this type of employment, but the reality is they could've brought a few more teams and detection risk would have remained exclusively a product of bad luck rather than footprint - but that risk would've been mitigated by mutual support and redundancy. Not always true - if we ever fight a conventional enemy with aerial FLIR or GBOSS on post, sure, maybe we need a smaller thermal signature. But that's not the fight right now. Still great men, still a well-planned op, still a great story to remember. But you will die when you fail to apply brilliance in the basics, to include not just small unit tactics but the MOOSEMUSS - which commanders tend to ignore when they're talking SOF. MARSOC, SEALs, SF can all do a lot of really fancy technical shit that it makes no sense to train a line platoon on, but that fancy shit in no way backfills a want for sound fundamentals.
2) The more I think about it, JWF can EAD over shitting on Grimm. We've got another bullshit SOTU to choke down, and rather than pushing tough questions on the friends of the guy who just dropped that steaming turd, the media's interested in diverting attention from their failking to a congressman of virtually no concern in relative terms. "Oh but integrity!" Yeah, this whole eating our own thing is working out great, it's really showing so much character to insist a republican resign over rhetorical flourish, and it's clearly gotten us traction with the left in the past 5 years. Psych. Let him throw that twat off the balc, then we can laugh and say "Yeah, his career's probably over." But unless he does that, JWF should put on some big boy pants and stop acting like such an easily offended pansy. Douche reporter went to 7000RPM for the spin machine, Grimm said what we all want to say, no harm no foul.
Posted by: 0302 at January 29, 2014 08:30 PM (R8X6T)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:31 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at January 29, 2014 08:31 PM (HxSXm)
448 Man - already 8 deg here in W. NC
It's a toasty 35° here in W-central OK...you're getting that cold stuff that was here Monday and Tuesday.
I wish we'd get some moisture tho...we need it badly, even if it's ice or snow.
Posted by: wheatie at January 29, 2014 08:31 PM (tiSr+)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 08:31 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at January 29, 2014 08:32 PM (54dkR)
BTW, any Charlotte NC area roonz/ettez who would like to support a good cause Saturday, check this out:
Benefit car show for the Hooper's
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Come out and support bring your Car Truck Bike Scooter radio flyer wagon whatever you wanna bring to help out this family
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Registration starts @ 9:00am ends at 3:00pm
Awards @ 5:00pm.
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Kids Stuff (coloring contests, games, etc)
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Any info needed please call one of the 3
Ellis-(803)-810-2243
James-(704)-453-3120
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Be on the lookout for this car:
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and tell the fat guy next to it that he looks like a moron.
Later roonz and roonettez fear no evil!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 29, 2014 08:33 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: AltonJackson (from the depths of The.Barrel™) at January 29, 2014 08:33 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: lindafell at January 29, 2014 08:34 PM (PGO8C)
Yes but the cost of range time and practice ammo will be high for a hit.
Posted by: The Hickster at January 29, 2014 08:34 PM (TI3xG)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:34 PM (ojnk6)
I know we aren't supposed to be all up in arms about credentials and such, but the bitch has a journalism degree, A FUCKING JOURNALISM DEGREE.
#3 AT THE FAA - CHIEF OF FUCKING STAFF!!!!!
I WANT FUCKING ANSWERS!!!
GET TAPPER ON THE PHONE!!
Posted by: Kreplach at January 29, 2014 08:34 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:35 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Dave M at January 29, 2014 08:36 PM (lKR5m)
Posted by: Edward Gibbon [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 08:36 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: Jean at January 29, 2014 08:36 PM (4JkHl)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:38 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:39 PM (DmNpO)
ahem.
With a revolver, you won't have to worry about stackers, ringers, safetys, FTF, FTE, and all those semiauto things. From experience (with weak hands) I can tell you unequivocally that my revolver is with utmost confidence the one I place my life in, if if comes to that. Not the semi. End of rant. My motto: Keep it simple.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 08:39 PM (aUQgu)
Korean riot police training exercise:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uREJILOby-c
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at January 29, 2014 08:39 PM (AjiwO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:40 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: DamnDirtyRINO at January 29, 2014 08:40 PM (m0h0I)
We will want Tacitus,
Settle for Gibbons,
But will get Suzanne Collins
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 08:42 PM (wL/ra)
Posted by: AltonJackson (from the depths of The.Barrel™) at January 29, 2014 08:42 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Edward Gibbon [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 08:42 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: The Dude at January 29, 2014 08:43 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 29, 2014 08:43 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:44 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:45 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Wonga-Taa, King of Jungle at January 29, 2014 08:46 PM (FlRtG)
Interesting, also, that the Berkut (pictured above and deployed as "riot control", are really spec ops Ukrainian military) utilized snipers atop government buildings to take out Ukrainian protesters who are staking their lives for freedom from Russian control. Been following this for a time.
Posted by: NCwoof at January 29, 2014 08:48 PM (aUQgu)
Posted by: AltonJackson (from the depths of The.Barrel™) at January 29, 2014 08:49 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 08:50 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: gibbons,yes with an 's' [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 08:50 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:50 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:51 PM (aDwsi)
Not as long as some might think.
I don't think this country can survive the SCOMF and GOP-e.
I don't think we get to '16 before SHTF!
Posted by: Kreplach at January 29, 2014 08:51 PM (Xkr8I)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at January 29, 2014 08:52 PM (1j9qS)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 08:53 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 08:54 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 08:55 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 08:55 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 08:58 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at January 30, 2014 12:52 AM (1j9qS)
=====
the only difference between being led by stupid and being led by evil is the entertainment value. the outcome is the same.
Posted by: jc at January 29, 2014 08:59 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: thunderb at January 29, 2014 09:02 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: weft cut-Marx [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 09:03 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 09:03 PM (X3GkB)
Especially if the goblin shoots himself in the dick:
http://tinyurl.com/oz93pef (AP)
Protip -- When running away from a robbery, it's a good idea to reengage the safety before shoving the gun into your waistband.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 29, 2014 09:04 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Baron Vladimir Harkonnen at January 29, 2014 09:04 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: garrett at January 29, 2014 09:04 PM (s6y4N)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 09:04 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Wonga-Taa, King of Jungle at January 30, 2014 12:46 AM (FlRtG)
I don't break out the pants or sweats till it hits 20 and the jacket comes out during single digits :/
Posted by: The Dude at January 29, 2014 09:04 PM (bStrg)
Colt Woodsman, I believe.
Posted by: mrp at January 29, 2014 09:05 PM (JBggj)
IÂ’m going to put a scarf on & another sweatshirt jacket on to get them out.
I am waiting for papers from MA Saves for insulation. I am willing to bet Comcast blocked them. They blocked a return label to Eddie Bauer.
I am going to call tomorrow if I do not have them. I will ask them to send to work email.
Posted by: Carol at January 30, 2014 12:55 AM (z4WKX)
Is the dryer vent blocked?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 09:05 PM (T1005)
Posted by: thunderb at January 29, 2014 09:06 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 09:06 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 09:08 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: fastfreefall at January 29, 2014 09:09 PM (GSSJl)
Posted by: One Ping Only at January 29, 2014 09:09 PM (zELMe)
He's Just An Excitable Boy
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 29, 2014 09:09 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 09:10 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: One Ping Only at January 29, 2014 09:10 PM (zELMe)
Posted by: thunderb at January 29, 2014 09:11 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: The Dude at January 29, 2014 09:11 PM (bStrg)
Depends on how the cards are rolling.
Posted by: Billy Gibbons at January 29, 2014 09:11 PM (m0h0I)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 09:12 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 09:12 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: AnnaS at January 29, 2014 09:14 PM (Npv5I)
Posted by: One Ping Only at January 29, 2014 09:14 PM (zELMe)
Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2014 09:15 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 09:15 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: AnnaS at January 29, 2014 09:16 PM (Npv5I)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 09:16 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: thunderb at January 29, 2014 09:16 PM (zOTsN)
Fuckity.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 29, 2014 09:17 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 09:19 PM (ojnk6)
***
Vacuum packed cooking at low temps for a looong time.
So basically Crock Pot in a bag
Posted by: bill-o at January 29, 2014 09:19 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 09:19 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 09:21 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Doom at January 29, 2014 09:22 PM (CWh1u)
Posted by: Doom at January 29, 2014 09:23 PM (CWh1u)
In the “US Intelligence Worldwide Threat Assessment,” delivered to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Clapper reported that Tehran has made significant advances recently in its nuclear program to the point where it could produce and deliver nuclear bombs should it be so inclined.
Posted by: Edward Teller at January 29, 2014 09:23 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 09:23 PM (wL/ra)
wow, reading the comments means you can't really engage in time to matter - no, not the first time I noticed this
DC-3s - fascinating, should read the link; perhaps it's one of those that I rode on from South Africa to another southern African country to remain nameless lo those many years ago - was very nice inside, completely updated - pilot flew low to avoid radar and so that we could see the wildlife, but mostly to avoid radar (though there were actually animals to see, too)
PJ O'Rourke - his Lebanon "travel article" in 1985 was sheer brilliance, from conception to execution; too many outstanding moments to recall - hilarious account of being the only outsider, not to mention tourist, in Baalbek (site of wonderful Roman ruins), where he shared drinks with the Syrian officer in the hotel bar, while outside the Pasdaran and hashish traders plied their respective trades
Lone Survivor/Marines/SEALs - Yoshi, if you're still here, I attended a SEAL Qualification Training graduation two years ago in Coronado, two Marines sat in front of me, one of their buddies was among those having the Trident pinned on that morning - I still recall, when the Naval Spec. Warfare commander who was presiding described how the 61 or so grads before him had fired more than 1,000,000 rounds of ammuntion in the preceding year of SQT, the Marines just sighed and looked at each other (I shook my head and sighed a bit in envy and admiration as well)
Posted by: non-purist at January 29, 2014 09:25 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 29, 2014 09:25 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 09:25 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 09:26 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 09:26 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 09:29 PM (X3GkB)
http://youtu.be/gnuj9mpxC-A
Posted by: The Dude at January 29, 2014 09:30 PM (bStrg)
Congratulations, US foreign policy in general and Barry McFuckStick in particular.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 29, 2014 09:30 PM (wNF3N)
Posted by: RWC at January 29, 2014 09:30 PM (Q6HBD)
Posted by: Andrea Mitchell at January 29, 2014 09:33 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 09:33 PM (wL/ra)
So the DNI (post that shouldn't exist) says that Iran is a "turn of the screwdriver" away from nukes. Shocking!
Let us all recall way back when Dubya was president, and the *ridiculous* National Intelligence Estimate was issued claiming that Iran had abandoned its nuke program/ambitions.
Lack of intellectual heft and integrity in the intel community - check.
So what does Dubya do? Instead of (as in the Hamdan "ruling" from the SCOTUS on military tribunals) advancing the national interest, and essentially calling "bullshit" on the hijacking of serious national institutions and missions by unserious and unfit people, he just goes along.
The institutions are probably beyond redemption, but Dubya might have helped the country start the rebuilding process if he'd only stated the obvious and used his office to challenge, expose, humiliate, and diminism the incredibly sub-mediocre people who either dominate or have a large presence in the national security/foreign policy bureaucracy.
Posted by: non-purist at January 29, 2014 09:33 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 09:33 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2014 01:33 AM (wL/ra)
expect belts, lots and lots of belts
Posted by: The Dude at January 29, 2014 09:34 PM (bStrg)
Yeah, he tipped Guam over too. The bastid.
Posted by: Hank Johnson at January 29, 2014 09:35 PM (wNF3N)
Maybe it was half a million rounds in the year of SQT training - sounds more probable. In any case, it was an unimaginable s**tload of shooting.
Posted by: non-purist at January 29, 2014 09:36 PM (afQnV)
Would it be possible to use the heat exchanger from an otherwise scrappable forced-air furnace to allow dryer ventings to warm outside air coming in, or would it get clogged with lint too fast?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 09:37 PM (T1005)
Posted by: fastfreefall at January 29, 2014 09:38 PM (GSSJl)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 09:40 PM (wL/ra)
When the gods decided to wipe out mankind with a flood, the god Enki, who had a sense of humour, leaked the news to a man called Atra-hasis, the ‘Babylonian Noah,’ who was to build the Ark. Atra-hasis’s Ark, however was round. To my knowledge, no one has ever thought of that possibility. The new tablet also describes the materials and the measurements to build it: quantities of palm-fibre rope, wooden ribs and bathfuls of hot bitumen to waterproof the finished vessel. The result was a traditional coracle, but the largest the world had ever dreamed of, with an area of 3,600 sq. metres (equivalent to two-thirds the area of a football pitch), and six-metre high walls. The amount of rope prescribed, stretched out in a line, would reach from London to Edinburgh!
Posted by: Noah at January 29, 2014 09:43 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 09:43 PM (wL/ra)
Posted by: AnnaS at January 29, 2014 09:43 PM (Npv5I)
Posted by: One Ping Only at January 29, 2014 09:43 PM (zELMe)
Posted by: Carol at January 29, 2014 09:44 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2014 01:43 AM (wL/ra)
watch the vid, they show off the character in the first 10 seconds. Keep in mind that this is the main character who beats girls so they strip off their clothes and power up
Posted by: The Dude at January 29, 2014 09:44 PM (bStrg)
I couldn't bear to read any more of it.
Syria has shipped out less than 5% of its chemical arsenal...
This falls under 'Mission Accomplished', I guess.
I've gotta quit reading late night news. I wonder what's on Netflix?
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 29, 2014 09:45 PM (wNF3N)
Guess this means he'll be hittin' the links with extra vigor in the near future.
Better get Air Force One warmed up for him.
Posted by: dissent555 at January 29, 2014 09:46 PM (yR6A1)
Posted by: AnnaS at January 29, 2014 09:46 PM (Npv5I)
Posted by: thunderb at January 29, 2014 09:47 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Yoshi, Aggrieved Victim of the White Man at January 29, 2014 09:49 PM (ZEvg7)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 09:50 PM (ojnk6)
Has Sony put a gun to character designers to churn out identical forgettable characters? So has to Suchi-Pai them to power up, are there also hidden tattoos on them that when combined will transport the 'hero' to a new world? Ugh.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 09:51 PM (wL/ra)
Posted by: thunderb at January 29, 2014 09:51 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2014 09:52 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2014 01:51 AM (wL/ra)
sequel to Monster Monpiece which is a CCG
Posted by: The Dude at January 29, 2014 09:53 PM (bStrg)
Posted by: logprof at January 29, 2014 09:54 PM (X3GkB)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 29, 2014 09:57 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 09:58 PM (ojnk6)
Vasiliy (One Ping Only), as I added later, 1 million rounds does sound too high, but I know the total was expressed as (at least) some fraction of a million. A half million would be 1,300 rounds per day; half that sounds plausible at 600 rounds/day. Considering weapons and marksmanship are just one of their training areas (don't recall exactly, think they include underwater/scuba of course, parachute/airborne, medical, navigation/maps/planning, something like that). Attended as the guest of an old friend and 25 year+ SEAL who was an SQT instructor for that class.
Best part was another class (could have been a BUD/S class) standing to the side at attention the entire time, in their fatigues/boots, and then after they'd all received their Trident pins the top member of the SQT class said to his brothers something like "now we get to give the order!" and all the guys in their whites stood and shouted at the other class "wet and sandy!" while pointing towards the beach just behind the walls in front of us. The other class runs out, and returns a few minutes later, resuming their position, dripping with seawater and with sand all over their fatigues.
Posted by: non-purist at January 29, 2014 10:01 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2014 10:02 PM (sdi6R)
Think time for some sleep. Russian dash cam footage. I think about 1:20 is a new lens technique for JJ Abrams. And the grandpa on crutches...
http://youtu.be/OUzoBo4uOD8
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 29, 2014 10:03 PM (wL/ra)
Posted by: Deety at January 29, 2014 10:04 PM (D8ONs)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 29, 2014 10:05 PM (PpAf4)
BillO should let the market decide, pompous gasbag
Posted by: bill-o at January 29, 2014 10:16 PM (AWwDY)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 10:17 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: rickl at January 29, 2014 10:27 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: ManWithNoParty at January 29, 2014 10:39 PM (ojnk6)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 29, 2014 10:42 PM (cxs6V)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 10:50 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 02:50 AM (T1005)
time for a spatula
Posted by: The Dude at January 30, 2014 02:51 AM (bStrg)
One doesn't normally figure that you'll see humidity in that range this time of year -- but it's supposed to break into rain in a few hours, and we're getting the warm/moist side of the front.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 10:59 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Yip at January 29, 2014 10:59 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Yip at January 29, 2014 11:02 PM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Yip at January 30, 2014 03:02 AM (/jHWN)
It's because of Antarctica's strict anti-littering laws.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 11:05 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 29, 2014 11:09 PM (+w1hQ)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 30, 2014 03:09 AM (+w1hQ)
Hey, Joffen! I was thinking of sending you an email earlier today, 'cause I hadn't seen you around. How's it going?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 11:11 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 29, 2014 11:13 PM (+w1hQ)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 29, 2014 11:17 PM (+w1hQ)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 30, 2014 03:13 AM (+w1hQ)
I bet you're laughing your fanny off about the poor bastards in Atlanta and the rest of the south. They have so little experience, preparation, or resources to deal with the snow that they're completely clusterfucked by something you'd shrug off as "Tuesday". The stories coming out of that region are just wild.
And, for some of them, it's bringing out the magnificent: http://tinyurl.com/mjvjjo6
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 11:19 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 30, 2014 03:17 AM (+w1hQ)
There are several types, and each type has several speeds -- and, then, there is the treatment and the person. My uncle had leukemia -- Acute Myelogenous -- and was given less than six months. He made it 2-1/2 years, which is quite the margin of error. Why do you ask?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 11:21 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 29, 2014 11:24 PM (+w1hQ)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 29, 2014 11:38 PM (AymDN)
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My girlfriend (fiancé--its complicated) has a tumor in her brain that the doctors told her was cancer. I don't know what type or anything. Its hard to get more information from her...
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 30, 2014 03:24 AM (+w1hQ)
Cancer, in general, is an incredibly complicated subject. Consider, for example, that a huge proportion of men will develop prostate cancer if they live long enough (1 out of 10 guys who hit 70 will develop it in the next 20 years http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/statistics/age.htm ) -- but few of them will need to treat it (frequently causes urinary incontinence and impotence) because it's growing slowly and they're busy dying of something else.
It's made more complicated because the phenomenon of cancer (human cells becoming immortal) is almost just a symptom, like "fever". There are all sorts of immortal cells -- any amoeba, for instance -- and that's perfectly normal.
If you're looking for more info, see if there's anything around her that says "-oma", as in melanoma, glioma, carcinoma, etc. That'll get you a rough idea as to flavor. Then, you'll be wanting to know if they'll try surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation. Around here (Silicon Valley), one of the interesting technologies being used is to project a beam of energy smaller than a pencil through a patient's head while clamped, but move the emitter rapidly around the patient in 3D so that the cancer gets cooked while the rest of the brain is merely warmed slightly.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 29, 2014 11:39 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 29, 2014 11:47 PM (+w1hQ)
>>>GOP Candidates Trail Leading Dem. in Georgia Senate Race
Daughter of Sam Nunn, looong time senator for S. GA. Coattails run long down there - could actually sway the vote.
He was the senator for our area from the year I first encountered politics (even though I was too young to really realize it) til after I escaped the region.
Posted by: PMRich at January 29, 2014 11:48 PM (KDUNf)
584 1M rounds divided by 61 people in a year is certainly doable.
Wish they let ME pick up their brass
Posted by: MAx at January 29, 2014 11:52 PM (b7yum)
God, thank you. I know nothing of cancer. Nobody I know has ever had it. It was always something I heard about. I never paid much attention to it. From what I've read (where in Gods name do I start???) cancer of the brain is pretty much a death sentence. Jesus.
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 30, 2014 03:47 AM (+w1hQ)
There are all sorts of surprising things in medicine. One that I'm particularly fond of is the story that the French polymath Blaise Pascal -- the guy who formalized probability, invented projective geometry, came up with the first mechanical calculators, inventor of the hydraulic press and the syringe, among other things -- died at the age of 39....and, upon autopsy, had significant physical brain damage that rendered 40% of his brain useless during his most productive period.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 12:00 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 03:39 AM (T1005)
God, thank you. I know nothing of cancer. Nobody I know has ever had
it. It was always something I heard about. I never paid much attention
to it. From what I've read (where in Gods name do I start???) cancer of
the brain is pretty much a death sentence. Jesus.
Posted by: Joffen, fucking sunshine patriot at January 30, 2014 03:47 AM (+w1hQ)
And "where to start?" -- bing "brain cancer" works.
Hey, did you ever get a laptop or anything? Are you still stuck on your phone?
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 12:07 AM (T1005)
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 30, 2014 12:08 AM (AymDN)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 12:12 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 12:25 AM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 12:32 AM (T1005)
When I first moved to this area, I showed up in January, and it rained -- significantly -- in all but three days in February.....and I thought, "my God, I've moved to a freakin' swamp." Now I wish I could rely on that.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 12:39 AM (T1005)
GOP Candidates Trail Leading Dem. in Georgia Senate Race
A race previously thought to be safe for Republicans is now looking like a toss-up in Georgia, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey. The poll shows likely Democratic candidate Michelle Nunn leading four of her potential Republican opponents.
http://tinyurl.com/kocyvlv
Posted by: The Political Hat at January 30, 2014 03:38 AM (AymDN)
PPP is Demonrat outfit. I never have believed anything they say. I am from GA and she will have to do a lot more than be Sam Nunn's daughter to win GA despite all the Detroit assholes who moved to Atlanta to escape the shit they made of their home city.
Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 30, 2014 12:51 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 12:57 AM (T1005)
Just curious - former GA myself, now in OH
Posted by: PMRich at January 30, 2014 05:05 AM (KDUNf)
No I am in SC now. But I have a nephew who married a gal from OH in GA..
Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 30, 2014 01:07 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: bill-o at January 30, 2014 01:18 AM (AWwDY)
I haven't lived down there for almost 20 yrs. But my dad and 2 sisters are still there.
Posted by: PMRich at January 30, 2014 01:23 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: PMRich at January 30, 2014 01:29 AM (KDUNf)
Posted by: bill-o at January 30, 2014 01:35 AM (AWwDY)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2014 01:36 AM (LIQGY)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 01:36 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 30, 2014 01:41 AM (T2V/1)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2014 01:46 AM (LIQGY)
Posted by: model_1066 at January 30, 2014 05:36 AM (LIQGY)
Not sure. I'm in finance, and I heard about it from someone who was in inventory control......evidently, this technology is very promising and very effective, and the company that is making it into a product is headed by a CEO who is absolutely, passionately committed to making it work.
But who is, perhaps, a titch too tightly wound......because when the movement thing cut out with the beam still operating, he went down into the stockroom and accused the folks who may have pulled the wrong parts to put on control boards of murdering the patient. Without, mind you, an analysis of whether the patient's death was inevitable before treatment; or whether the treatment made things worse; or what was at fault for the misbehavior of the apparatus; or what part of the system failed to allow for the apparatus to fail, etc. Instead of software engineers who didn't code for "am I still moving?", the CEO made a very emotional speech about "zero tolerance for failure" in the stockroom, which led (as you might imagine) to a mass exodus from the stockroom.
It is a great pity -- the company does real good, has an innovative product, is the best there is at it and is getting better......but can't keep some of its best people because they're held to impossibly high standards. The guy I knew was top-notch, but was working in cable TV instead of medical devices.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 01:55 AM (T1005)
Posted by: panzernashorn at January 30, 2014 02:05 AM (MhA4j)
Get educated. Shit, get expert. I know I had cancer, and I did. I'm 8 years free and clear too.
Posted by: GnuBreed at January 30, 2014 02:09 AM (wNF3N)
Posted by: not a lying rightwinger (D) at January 30, 2014 02:09 AM (r/XjE)
Stress brings out the worst and best in people.
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 02:10 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2014 02:22 AM (DmNpO)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 30, 2014 02:33 AM (60Vyp)
Posted by: panzernashorn at January 30, 2014 02:37 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 30, 2014 02:42 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: panzernashorn at January 30, 2014 02:43 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: cthulhu at January 30, 2014 02:46 AM (T1005)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at January 30, 2014 02:47 AM (t3UFN)
Posted by: Carol at January 30, 2014 04:11 AM (z4WKX)
Posted by: AnnaS at January 30, 2014 06:05 AM (Npv5I)
Outside the law? Everything this adminstration does is outside the law!
Posted by: burt at January 30, 2014 06:15 AM (1+kJ5)
Regarding RoboCop, if you want to know just how awful Dallas was during the mid-80s, watch the scene early on when Boddicker and gang are escaping in their van (which is where they throw Bobby out the back). It cuts to a wider shot where they are moving next to a highway. That's I-35 and on the far side is where the American Airlines Center now stands. At that point it was a cement plant, and the surrounding area was hell.
There's more, but I could go on forever about how awesome that flick is.
Posted by: sans_sheriff at January 30, 2014 06:51 AM (Lljg2)
How in the world can a gun that was processed by an FFL for...wait for it...TWO TRANSACTIONS...ever be considered a straw purchase. The whole idea of straw purchasing is the avoidance of the background check system. Thats the reason its "illegal". There is no straw purchase here...there are TWO PURCHASES with TWO RUNs thru the background system. One guy bought the gun...had an FFL process it...then sold it to his friend (Which incidently does not require a background check) and ran it thru an FFL again.
What a stupid case this is...and they wonder why those of us for gun rights do not support the dumb laws these idiots propose.
Posted by: Chris at January 30, 2014 07:14 AM (kyeFg)
Posted by: wodun at January 30, 2014 12:47 PM (fbqZE)
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