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I was kind of surprised at the Sherman. I'd always thought it was a billy-goat.
View ArticleOutbid
And thank goodness!I didn't really want to spend what I had bid on that bayonet, but to get it for that bid would have been quite a deal.
View ArticleMore F-35 Defense
Being a youtube junky I've been looking at USAF F-16C's.A common warload I see is 2x AIM-120. 2x AIM-9. 2x 370-gal. drop-tanks on the wings. 2 stations with the bombs for the attack. Centerline is...
View Article2nd 1st Farewell Their Fallen Comrades With A Huge Haka
You have to admit, the Kiwis give a send off with style.Armistice Day for the Commonwealth.Veteran's Day for the US.
View ArticleJust Noticed Something
On the basis of material that I have located on the internet.I did not attend basic training at Fort Knox.There is no basic or one station unit training at Fort Knox according to the internet,...
View ArticleWho Is That In The Picture
Applebee's allows you to show a picture of yourself in uniform as proof of service for their free grub on Veteran's Day.Uh...Who _IS_ that person in the private first class uniform?He's wearing my...
View ArticleVeterans Day
97 years, nine hours ago, the armistice ending The Great War took effect.It is Armistice Day, Remembrance Day and Veteran's Day; depending on where you live.For Veteran's Day: Take one out to dinner,...
View ArticleThank You
Thanks to Chili's, Applebee's and Hooters for the free food yesterday.To Applebee's especially for having The Empty Chair. While I go on and on about Veteran's Day not being Memorial Day...Absent...
View ArticleScience Still Happens
Despite consensus, science is still happening.h/t Jerry Pournelle.
View ArticleHow Fact Check Sites Work
They'll have a headline, "Ten Billion Jews Murdered By Hitler."They'll have a sub-head, "Claims of Holocaust Overblown."They'll quote a claim, "Professor R. E. Searcher says 10 billion Jews killed by...
View ArticleCasting swords in the movies - forging a lie
This has been driving me nuts for decades too.
View ArticleGlock Gadget Thingy
I was wondering if the thumb strap on a holster pressing on it would prevent firing like it does on a hammer equipped gun.I remember seeing a "how it works" diagram with internals shown, but I can't...
View ArticleNo LAV Endorsement
Magpul is selling a belt.Not only are they turning their backs on half the market by making the longest size 44"; they are skipping an endorsement from Larry Vickers.Short sighted!
View ArticleSame Same
The Republican concern about the wants, needs and feelings of illegal aliens is nothing new.When any politician chooses to worry about the rights of a criminal over the rights of the law-abiding, it's...
View ArticleHogged
I posit that you really haven't owned a Mosin-Nagant 91/30 until you've hogged out the inside of a bayonet to fit the barrel and don't just swap it for a different bayonet because this one is numbers...
View ArticleActual Scientists Science
Fake Scientists LobbyInteresting development from Australia.Remember, there is no such thing as settled science as long as there is new data coming in.
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Rust Never Sleeps
Cleaning up a Tula Mosin today...When I went to remove the rear barrel band, the retainer went "tink".Looks like a trip to Clearwater next week to Mark Kubes to get a replacement. Or not since he shows...
View ArticleOld Joke
Something reminded me of this...We're in the motor pool and a Crescent wrench has given up the ghost.One of the sergeants says..."Crescent wrench, a took barely alive. We can rebuild it. Make it...
View ArticleFascinating Exercise
Six different portraits.In each case what changed was the narrative.Extrapolate this out and you can see why the media is so effective at influencing people.This is also how advertising works.
View ArticleConsensus
The next time someone brings up scientific consensus and uses it as a club to beat your position...Remind them of epicycles, luminiferous aether and the sound barrier.
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