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Seen on the drive home from Chicago last weekend: an honest-to-God “Girls Gone Wild” RV. And a big one, at that.
Also, a tractor trailer towing a flatbed with both a Unimog of unknown model and a Porsche of unknown model strapped down upon it. I wonder if both were …

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the power of images

Once again, Chris Muir knocks it clean out of the park:

When you gave the state your responsibilities, you gave us your rights.

Indeed.…

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blending in

I have been a little light on hints about it, so here is another: it can be found in two different colors… this time. Last time it came in three.…

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hie thee hence

Brownells is having a Black (Rifle) Friday sale. Need I say more?
(Yes, I was a blithering idiot with the above link. Such is life.)…

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QOT(turkey)D

The U.S. Marine Corps has long noted the success of the U.S. Air Force AC-130 aircraft that SOCOM uses. But they couldn’t afford them, as an AC-130 costs more than three times as much an a marine KC-130J aerial refueling aircraft. But the marines developed a solution. This is something

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current altitude: 40011 feet

Wifi on planes is somehow just wrong… it takes away the whole “but I am on a plane” excuse for not doing work while travelling…
Anywise, time to go wave at Joe Huffman as we fly over. Y’all have a good Thanksgiving.…

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give thanks

Better Half and I are visiting my parental units out west, so do not expect too much in the way of posting over the next few days. Have a happy Thanksgiving, and be thankful that we live in one of the freest, if not the freest, countries in the world… …

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piss poor planning

I have been intentionally avoiding commenting on the charges brought against three Navy SEALS, simply because I believe that the full facts of the situation have not been adequately documented or exposed, and are not likely to be so until after those SEALS’ courts martial. However, this has got

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a topping of awesomeness

Now that we have figured out how to properly augment frozen pizzas, as well as create our own from more-or-less scratch, Better Half and I buy take-out/delivery pizzas… well… never. However, Papa John’s just earned a metric butt-ton of respect from me:

Earlier this year, “Papa” John Schnatter set

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*splat*

Remind me to not drop fully-loaded magazines from a height of 8.5 feet. Seems as though the folks at MagPul have some catching up to do, which I am sure they are more than capable of… Of course, that said, I am not sure I dig the 100% translucent …

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the truth will always out

A few days ago, the Hadley Climate Research Unit got its happy little butt hacked, and somewhere over 60MB of data was exported (and is available here, if you want it). The Research Unit has admitted to the hack, and while they will not confirm whether or not …

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got to leave a mark

What do 58 Senators, 251 Representatives, 891 state legislators, 38 state Attorney Generals, 42 district attorneys in two states, and various other civil rights, academic, law enforcement, professorial, conservation, and socio-religious organizations all have in common?
Every last one of them …

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old-skool capacity

Over at The Firearm Blog, Steve adequately puts to rest the theory that “high-capacity” firearms are a new and recent development.
I would point out that all three of those antique firearms were designed and produced in the 1859 to 1878 range, and were designed to carry between 10 …

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speaking up for his rights

I really have to give Sergeant Singer credit for standing up and saying what he believes in:

The tragic results of victim disarmament were made real with the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. If this were a moral and proper world, as soon as the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik

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layers of editorial oversight

When it comes to the Fort Hood mass murder, it would seem as though the only thing the anti-rights advocates of America can bring to the table is lies and more lies (which bear a striking resemblance to the first set of lies).
Really now… how hard is it …

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in search of information

Ok, my Google-fu is failing me.
For my readers in various other states in the Union, if your state allows concealed or open carry of firearms, and if your state further allows those who are carrying firearms to also consume alcohol, please send me the chapter and verse of the …

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double-tap

Want.
*sigh* What is it with me and firearms who are designed for things I never do, include functionalities I do not need (I guess crazy-arsed German laws are to blame for the double-barrel, single-shot arrangement), use calibers I have never heard of, are priced where I could never …

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talk about a mental image

Seen last Friday at work: a SMART car… with a U-Haul hitch.
*blink*
… the hell? (Yes, I know, it is probably for a hitch-mounted bicycle rack, but still.)…

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the plot thickens

Your next hint as to what it is (and this may be sufficient for some people): it is originally from a town called “Flat Rock”.…

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clearing out the rodents

I really cannot blame Breda for going this route:

I am now and forevermore going to be deleting comments by mikeb302000 because all he ever does is come here and try to stir up arguments. This is not a person who wants a real debate, or who can be

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