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From Soros Grants to Selective Coverage: The Drop Site Model [More] Think of it as Renfield Journalism. If you thought Bloomberg’s The Trace was ridiculous… [Via Michael G]
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We know NOTHINK! We See NOTHINK! Anybody else less than impressed with Patel and Bongino? [Via bondmen]
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Licensed gun owner shoots would-be thieves trying to carjack him in Belltown [More] They make it sound like the license deserves some kind of credit. [Via bondmen]
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Who can reply? Accounts @GIFFORDS_org follows or mentioned can reply [More] Now that’s Giffords Courage! [Via bondmen]
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Jonathan Alpert, a well-known psychotherapist who practices in New York and Washington and writes for the Wall Street Journal, revealed that three-quarters of his patients are now suffering from what can only be described as a political obsession so unhinged it borders on clinical impairment. Alpert explained that within five minutes of a session, many … Continue reading "Running the Asylum"
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Habba has presented a high public profile as a lawyer and a campaign surrogate in candidate Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential race. She first emerged as one of his defense attorneys and spokespersons in his New York civil cases. [More] So this Lisa lunatic is another violent Democrat triggered by inflammatory rhetoric…? [Via bondmen]
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Knapton, 24, got an alert from his home security system, grabbed a .9mm gun, ran outside and fired two shots into the garage through a windowless door, striking Wilson, according to prosecutors and cops…As the group fled, Knapton fired five more shots before going back into his house, reloading his gun and returning outside… [More] … Continue reading "His Own Worst Enemy"
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Leaders of New York City’s “Forgotten Borough” — and most conservative enclave — are re-introducing stalled legislation for Staten Island to secede from what they fear will become the People’s Republic of Mamdani. [More] And they expect people who stupidly disarm their militia to be taken seriously? No smoke wagons to skin… [Via Michael G]
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The real outrage is Nancy Maldanado was confirmed to the Seventh Ciruit 47-43, and seven Republicans didn’t vote. [Via DDS]
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“This case says that if you’re in a small town and somebody who is in the in-crowd decides to victimize you, you could have some problems,” said Marcantel. [More] People ought to go to jail for this. After being flogged in public. [Via Jess]
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Jewish New Yorkers rushing to buy guns for protection after anti-Israel Zohran Mamdani’s victory [More] How many still will vote Democrat? [Via Henry Bowman]
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Kinda looks like the damage is done. Their biggest problem is they didn’t sound like they were under duress– they sounded like they were gung-ho on it. [Via CP]
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There is no new thing under the sun. That’s the thing about gaslighting– it’s so outrageous you don’t know where to start. All I can say is my views were formed and informed by decorated WWII vets who made plenty of sacrifices, and they will be in vain if we let collectivist subversives destroy everything … Continue reading "The Big Lie"
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10-year-old boy among dead following NJ shooting that killed 2, injured 3 [More] Damn NRA members…
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As you may know, for some time the Oregon State Police’s Firearms Instant Check System Unit has been denying firearm transfers to people who have had convictions expunged or “set aside”… Attorney Ross Day, (who defended our Foundation against a years-long attack of lawfare) received word from the ATF that it agreed the policy was … Continue reading "Good News for a Change"
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Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) introduced the Second Amendment Restoration Act on November 12, 2025, launching a direct assault on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed by President Joe Biden in June 2022. [More] “Prognosis 1% chance of being enacted“ Methinks this is just a backdoor way to remind gunvoters of Cornyn’s treason and give boost … Continue reading "Not-So Hidden Agenda"
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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy is battling the deepest crisis of his presidency after a money-laundering probe named members of his inner circle, including an associate accused of living in “golden toilet” luxury, a former government official has claimed. Their comments came as the president faces scrutiny over the investigation that agencies said Monday involves associates … Continue reading "Slava Tualet"
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Decades ago, the USA Fish and Wildlife Service created a regulatory requirement to report the self-defense taking of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states. From 50 C.F.R. 17.40(b)(1)(i)(B)
(B)
Grizzly bears may be taken in self-defense or in defense of others, but such taking shall be reported by the individual who has taken the bear or his designee within 5 days of occurrence ...
The penalties for not reporting to the authorities within 5 days are up to six months in prison and a $25,000 fine.
Tim Sundles of Buffalo Bore recently created a video about handguns for defense against wild animals. He has interesting experiences and views. At about 33:00 minutes, he puts forward his opinion about the requirement to report grizzly bear self defense shootings. He talks about the Fifth Amendment. From the transcript:
And another thing about these protected grizzlies, you know, if you shoot one in self-defense, okay, now you've got a certain number of I think it's 2 days, 3 days to get somewhere to a fishing game department and and notify them. Incriminate yourself. Yeah. And that goes completely against the fifth amendment. There is no law that is legal that says you have to go self-incriminate. Um that's what the fifth amendment is all about.
As Sundles mentions, reporting a self defense shooting has risks. If the government decides to prosecute, it could cost a hundred thousand dollars in defense bills, and take up months or years of time. The risks have little to do with the penalties for not reporting. The risks are primarily from being charged with killing a grizzly without justification. The legal standard for justified shooting of a grizzly, even in the lower 48 states, is not high.
Sundles does not mention the risks of not reporting such incidents. The reporting, itself, implies a level of innocence. Not reporting can imply a desire to conceal. The penalties for not reporting are small compared to the other risks of not reporting. Not many people are convicted of not reporting the self defense shooting of a grizzly bear. A recent case resulted in a plea deal. It appears Othel Pearson did not claim self defense. From justice.gov:
MISSOULA — A Troy area man who admitted to killing a grizzly bear on his property in 2020, not reporting the shooting as required and throwing the bear’s GPS collar in the Yaak River was sentenced today to two months in prison and fined $10,000, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.
The defendant, Othel Lee Pearson, 80, pleaded guilty in February to tampering with evidence, a felony, and to failure to report taking of grizzly bear, a misdemeanor.
According to the court records, Pearson went to considerable lengths to conceal the bear's killing.
Pearson cut a GPS collar that had been fitted to the bear and discarded the collar nearby in the Yaak River. Pearson also cut paws, ear tags and an identifying lip tattoo from the bear carcass. Pearson then concealed the bear’s claws and an ear tag in a hollowed-out tree on Forest Service land near his residence. Meat from the bear was discovered in Pearson’s freezer inside his home.
The remains of the butchered carcass was dumped some distance from Pearson's home. The resources devoted to solving this case were substantial. The tracking collar was found in the river. The GPS unit had been destroyed. The data on it was recovered. It showed the death of the bear occurred about 40 yards from Pearson's residence. DNA testing was used to tie meat in Pearson's freezer and remnants on Pearson's truck to the dead bear. DNA testing tied the bear claws hidden in a hollowed out tree and discovered by hikers 18 months after the killing.
In 2011 Jeremy Hill shot one of three grizzly bears, which he believed was a threat to his children. He reported the incident. After considerable community support, he plead to federal civil ticket and a thousand dollar fine.
“I am thankful that the government has dismissed all criminal charges against me in this case. I received a federal civil ticket and have paid the $1,000 fine to avoid putting my family through the emotional strain and the cost of a trial. I am glad this issue has been resolved out of court and I am looking forward to putting this unfortunate incident behind me.”
Jeremy Hill appears to have met the requirement for legally shooting a grizzly bear in defense of self and others, as established in the Ninth Circuit court of appeals. Unfortunately, the standard was not established until 2021.
In 2017, Brian Berg killed a big grizzly as it attacked him in Montana. He talked to family and friends about the incident. He took two bear paws as mementos. Brian Berg did not report his incident. He ended up with a plea bargain.
Analysis: This correspondent agrees with Tim Sundles on the Constitutional issue. The reporting requirement is unconstitutional. There are risks involved in reporting an incident. There are significant risks in not reporting, unrelated to the reporting requirement. The resources used by the federal government to investigate grizzly bear deaths in the lower 48 states are considerable. The Pearson case shows some of the risks. There are others. If a self defense shooting occurs, did the defender have have a working cell phone with them? Federal authorities can ask for all cell meta data within a box of time and place. The legal standard for justification in a self defense killing of a grizzly bear is not high.
The easiest solution to the fifth amendment problem is to de-list the grizzly bears in the lower 48 states. Once management of the bears is at the state level, the bears can be rationally regulated as required by local circumstances.
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The shooting happened Wednesday at a location on Highway M in the town of Germania, just west of Tigerton, around 9:15 p.m.
A 911 caller reported that a man had pulled a gun and shot his friend. The caller said he was in another building on the property with the door locked. While the caller was on the phone, sheriff's officials say the original shooter tried to get into the building, and the caller fired his gun in the man's direction.
When deputies arrived, they say the shooter initially refused to comply with their verbal commands, but eventually they were able to arrest him.
The victim, a 67-year-old man from the Greenleaf area, was found in a garage. His name was not released.
November 17, 1774: First City Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry formed at Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia. It is one of the oldest US military units still in service. — On this day in 1777, the Articles of Confederation were submitted to the states for ratification. — Be sure to mark your calendar for February 1, 2026, to order your 20th Anniversary Edition of the waterproof SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick. The 2005-2025 edition will have at least 12 more bonus books. These will include the 4-volume Audel’s Carpenters and Builders Guide as well as Horace Kephart’s classic book on Woodcraft, and the USMC’s …
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The new Mantis TitanX provides a training pistol that is compatible with both motion-based and laser-based training systems. The MantisX motion-based training system is freely available for iPhone, Android and Kindle devices. It is a sophisticated app that provides an extensive collection of drills and courses. The TitanX pistol is also compatible with the Mantis Laser Academy Kit, which cost $159 at mantisx.com at the time of this writing. As a dry-fire training aid, the TitanX does not expend ammo, can be safely used at home, and provides immediate feedback. In this way, it improves marksmanship while saving both money …
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The following simple and largely forgotten recipe for Eggs in Brown Butter is from The New Butterick Cook Book, copyright 1924, now in the public domain. That is just one of the dozens of bonus books included in the 2005-2025 20th Anniversary Edition of the waterproof SurvivalBlog Archive USB stick that will be available to order in January of 2026. Ingredients 6 eggs Salt Pepper 3 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vinegar Directions Sauté the eggs in one tablespoon butter or butter substitute until set. Season wiih salt and pepper, and place on a platter. Brown two tablespoons butter in the …
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Today’s graphic is a map that shows that only 33 of the world’s 195 countries are in the Southern Hemisphere. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) The thumbnail below is click-expandable. — Please send your graphics or graphics links to JWR. (Either via e-mail or via our Contact form.) Any graphics that you send must either be your own creation or uncopyrighted.
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“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.” – President Calvin Coolidge
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I expect some comments about the things that Pr. Roosevelt got wrong, but I have a real appreciation for one thing he and his Administration got right. The Civilian Conservation Corps.
Established in 1933, it was a government program run by the Army that accepted young men 17-25 and put them to work. The CCC built Skyline Drive, Big Bend National Park, over 700 state parks, over 3,400 firetowers, fought wildfires, worked at flood relief, and a long list of projects. At it's largest, in 1935, there were 500,000 men involved, overall 3 million served. Most of them starting wearing a different uniform in 1942 and the program was shut down.
We ran into the legacy of the CCC everywhere. The style of the work they did is iconic. Driving into a park, you might only need to see one building to know the CCC had been involved and we saw it over and over.
China escalated its diplomatic feud with Japan on Sunday by sending Coast Guard ships to patrol near islands the countries both claim, and warning Chinese students in the country about what it said were risks to their safety.
The escalation came after comments this month by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan about Taiwan, a self-governed democracy that China considers part of its territory. Ms. Takaichi told the Japanese Parliament that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.
Shabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that “dark forces are stirring up anger” over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over the most sweeping overhaul of refugee rights in a generation.
On Monday, Mahmood will announce controversial new laws to overhaul refugee status, which must be reassessed every two years, as well as curbing asylum appeals and toughening the approach to rights to family life.
The home secretary warned in an article for the Guardian that anger about illegal migration could turn on second-generation immigrants such as her and rupture community relations.
“I know that a country without secure borders is a less safe country for those who look like me,” she said.
Unsurprisingly, other Labour Party MPs are prepared to risk "dark forces" coming to power to stop the Pakistani rape gangs. Certainly Labour does not care enough.
I went to thr range on Sunday, last week, or was it the week before. Cannot remember which but wrote this up shortly thereafter and then forgot to post it. Procrastinating once again as usual. Yet, as if to confuse my self image as THE Great Procrastinator, I went to the range again the day after as well! I sighted in the scope on my Savage Axis at an indoor
range. Granted only at 30 yards but I can figure out how to set it to 100 yards when afield. Thing is, any shots I take are likely to be 50 yds. or less so having it okay at 30 yards is not far off. No bait, no tree or
tripod stand, just still hunting or a ground stand.
The order of shots by the numbers was 3, 5, 4 and 1. I figured 1 was good enough and stopped twiddling with the scope.
Then I shot my Ruger Redhawk at 15 & 25 yds., 6 rds. at each distance each.
The rds circled were at 25 yds. I was happy even with the flyer in the 7 ring. I did not get the moniker of Ballseye for nothing!such a nice memory for me, not for the other guy.
Fired my Beretta 92FS as well - 6 shots each at 25 & 15 yds, then 15 rds. at 10 yds.
I will likely shoot a 92FS for my upcoming annual LEOSA qualification. I
shoot better with my five 92 series Beretta pistols than any other handgun.
Heck, I shot better with one on this range trip than I did with the rifles!
Last was my Marlin 336, iron sights at 30 yards.
No clue as to why that image reversed when the others did not. Figured group that was okay and ran out my paid for hour at that point. Maybe not great but none too shabby for an old man's blurry vision is how I see it. Then again shooting the 92FS was sweet and the 44 MAG was a blast.
Deputies responded to Sierra Center Boulevard in Wesley Chapel around 6 p.m. Thursday for a shooting investigation.
A person over the age of 65 fired a gun after a juvenile allegedly struck the victim in the head, PCSO said. No one was stuck by the bullet, deputies said.
The juvenile fled and was later arrested, according to PCSO.
"This shift impacts first-time homebuyers, credit-invisible buyers, and realtors helping clients navigate mortgage requirements. And yes, it could open the doors to homeownership for thousands of people who previously couldn’t qualify."
I am sure there are perfectly good credit risks who have never held a credit card. I am pretty sure that they are outnumbered by people who pay cash for everything because their customers pay entirely in cash.
Remember "stated income loans"? People who could not provide any evidence of their income. "Trust Me."
This will work so well.
On November 16, 534, the Second and final revision of the Justinian Code (“Codex Justinianus“) was published. This was a codified set of imperial and classical laws that initially began in 528. — November 16, 1933: Swiss physicist Fritz Zwicky published the first evidence for the existence of dark matter in his seminal article “The Redshift of Extragalactic Nebulae”. — November 16th was the birthday of Michael D. Echanis (born 1950, died September 1978), a former United States Army Special Forces and 75th Ranger Battalion enlisted man. He was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with “V” device as …
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If you really want to counter the chaos grifters of the political left in the US, then you have to be willing to offer a coherent and consistent plan which dissolves the chaos they thrive on. Planning eases instability. Consistency defeats confusion. Clarity squashes disorder. The public needs to see a comprehensive list of standards, actions and goals and they don’t like it when their leaders suddenly derail the train. When it comes to economics, vision is meaningless. Every idiot out there has an economic “vision”, very few people have any idea how to get from Point A to Point …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: An Alarming Statistic: 1 in 8 Liberal Women Will Be Diagnosed With Prostate or Testicular Cancer A Relevant Link: Cancer Screenings in the Transgender Community. Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.
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“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? Thou …
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We just finished up the shoot in Mobile, AL and we are ensconced in the hotel room. The host put on a very good shoot at his home range. Hats off to the local club, Benders Bandits Good shooting, good food, good people, who could ask for more.?
Your scribe, known here as PawPaw, is known as Major D in the CFDA. We all have an alias, and because I am a retired US Army Major, and because that is what my troops called me during Desert Storm, I answer to that alias reflexively.
Today, I came in 7th place by the simple expedient of hitting the target. In this game, one cannot miss fast enough to win. You gotta hit the damned target.
- City raccoons are evolving to look like pets.
- Your own personal Jesus.
- Apparently DJT and MTG are all broke up now. Currently.
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“The employee, she believed that they were armed at the time,” added Short. Surveillance footage shows one of the robbers with both his arms extended out as if he were holding a weapon before jumping across the counter, grabbing necklaces in handfuls. The other men, simultaneously smashing cases and making off with more than $170,000 worth of jewelry, according to Madera Police.
“During that time, the store owner retrieved a firearm and began firing at the subjects.” The family put up a good fight; one employee is seen attacking a robber from behind.
“He’s within his rights to own that firearm and did what he had to do to protect his family and his property there at the store.” The owner chased after them, firing a few more rounds as the robbers drove away.
“I heard the door being kicked open,” Johnson said. “[The suspect] was already in the house. I told him to get out.”
After rushing to get his gun, Johnson described how the suspect rushed at him, giving him no choice but to open fire. He said he fired four shots, hitting the suspect at least once. His wife then called 911.
“We had blood on the walls,” Tonya Johnson said. “We don’t know this guy.”
The suspect was identified by Raleigh police as 26-year-old Christian Beasley. He was taken to the hospital for treatment and will be charged when he is released.
This song is an anthem from Old America. I listened to this as a teenager, and you (Old Farts) know how old I am. This is from a time when politics was not Uber Alles, and when Americans could have civil conversations even if they were in opposite parties.
ASM836 has been posting about how he went on a road trip and found that Old America is sill here. This song sings to that, even if Arlo was a Commie Bastard - and son of a Commie Bastard - but he endorsed Ron Paul (!). Because back then we were always America First, even back in the 1970s. I think that this proves my point, that we shouldn't hate Americans because they are in the other political party.
Arlo Guthrie, City Of New Orleans (Songwriter: Steve Goodman):
City Of New Orleans (Songwriter: Steve Goodman)
Riding on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday morning rail;
There are fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors, twenty five sacks of mail.
They're all out on a southbound odyssey
The train rolls out of Kankakee
Rolling past the houses, farms and fields,
Passing trains that have no names
Freight yards full of old black men,
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.
Singing, "Good morning, America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done."
I was dealing cards with the old men in the club car,
It's a penny a point, there ain't no-one keeping score.
Won't you pass the paper bag that holds that bottle,
You can feel the wheels a-rumbling through the floor.
And the sons of Pullman porters and the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steam;
Mothers with their babes asleep, rocking to the gentle beat,
The rhythm of the rails is all they dream.
Singing, "Good morning, America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done."
Nighttime on the City of New Orleans,
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee.
It's halfway home, and we'll be there by morning,
Through the Mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea.
But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream,
The old steel rail it ain't heard the news,
The conductor sings his song again, it's, "Passengers will please refrain..."
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.
Singing, "Good night, America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone five hundred miles when day is done."
Singing, "Good night, America, how are you?
Say, don't you know me? I'm your native son.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans.
And I'll be gone a long, long time when the day is done."
As with all great songs about America, this is bitter sweet. This was once the artery that pumped blood between America's different regions. Now - in the 1970s - it was dying as a passenger system.
But people remembered what it was. Here's the Highwaymen who did this almost as well as Arlo. Waylon makes this almost what it was. Sure, Willie carries this, but watch Waylon.
America is not gone. Art tells us what it was, and is, and can be.
That's what ASM826 is telling us. America is here. Just look around.
On November 15, 1720, pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read (pictured in a woodcut), and Calico Jack were captured by Captain Jonathan Barnet and brought to the Spanish Town of Jamaica, for trial. — Today is birthday of David Stirling. (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990.) He was a Scottish officer in the British Army, mountaineer, and the founder of the Special Air Service (SAS). He saw active service during the Second World War. — Today’s feature article was too short to qualify for the writing contest judging. — We need a few more articles for Round 121 of the …
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In the past if anyone had asked me if it were possible to reload aluminum-case autoloading pistol rounds I would have said no. Is it possible? Yes and no is my answer now. It’s not a good idea though, in my opinion. In the milder seasons of the year we do a lot of pistol shooting. Recently, at a spot that at least three generations of shooters use I noticed a pile of spent aluminum .45 ACP cases. I knew the ammunition existed but had never seen any for sale in this area. Examining one, I noticed that it had …
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To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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“In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. When they were …
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By the time Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, he had established an enormous network of wealthy and influential friends. Emails made public this week show the crime did little to diminish the desire of that network to stay connected to the financier.Thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday offer a new glimpse into what Epstein’s relationships with business executives, reporters, academics and political players looked like over a decade.
It is certainly constitutional. Indeed, it is one a few punishments expressly mentioned there.
I cringe at the lackof Undo, if you discover later, "Whoops!" The evidence must be pretty overwhelming. Our legal system has made a wrongful conviction pretty near impossible in a way that life imprisonment does not. This execution in South Carolina seems to not have much doubt.
My current research project has led me to read some pretty awful news articles. One from 1967 involved parents charged with poisioning their seven children with parathion, an insecticide of the nerve agent family. The sheriff was investigating the suspicious death of the father's six previous children. Yes, he had life insurance on them. Some monsters are so horrible that letting them live seems hard to justify.
CNN’s review of thousands of pages of Epstein’s emails shows that Trump was one of the figures he returned to often. Across exchanges with lawyers, journalists, business contacts and familiar acquaintances, Epstein repeatedly invoked Trump — sometimes to offer analysis of his behavior, sometimes to gossip, and sometimes simply to position himself as someone with rare insight into the man who had become president.
The emails suggest that Trump remained a fixation for Epstein, as he’s frequently mentioned numerous times over a span of nearly a decade — including long after their friendship ended.
And now Democrats are obsessed about Epstein and Trump. The CNN article lists lots of emails but mostly deals in innuendo:
In one exchange with former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, discussing Michael Cohen, Trump’s longtime fixer who had flipped on him, Epstein added, “i know how dirty Donald is.”
The Democrats are reading pedophilia into that. I could read real estate development practices into that. Or adultery. There is nothing the Democrats can seem to find.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has officially dropped three charges out of dozens in Georgia's election interference case against President Trump and others.
On Friday, McAfee ordered that Counts 14, 15, and 27, conspiracy and criminal attempt to file false documents and filing false documents, respectively, should be dismissed. Mr. Trump had been charged with two of the counts, 15 and 27.
McAfee had signaled in September 2024 that he wanted to remove the charges, arguing that they lie beyond the state's jurisdiction. He was not able to officially drop the charges until the case was remanded to him, which did not happen until Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's disqualification was finalized by the Georgia courts.
In Friday's ruling, he said that the defendants' remaining motions challenging the indictment over the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution were denied, meaning only the three were quashed at this time.
The judge had previously quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Mr. Trump, in March 2024....
The ruling comes on the same day that Peter J. Skandalakis, the director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, announced he would be filling the position left vacant by Willis after she was disqualified from the case.
Skandalakis said he had appointed himself to lead the prosecution after his organization could not find another prosecutor before McAfee's Friday deadline. If a prosecutor had not been found, the judge said he would have dismissed all charges.
I think everyone can smell how bad Willis' lawfare case was.
Russia’s first AI humanoid robot collapsed on stage seconds after making its debut at a technology event in Moscow.
Video showed the robot, Aldol, staggering onto the stage to the soundtrack of Gonna Fly Now from the film Rocky during a showcase of Russia’s emerging robotics sector on Tuesday.
But as the humanoid lifted its hand to wave at the crowd, it lost balance and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
Developers were seen hastily trying to pick the robot back up before giving up and trying to cover it with a black cloth. But this ended up being tangled up with the robot, which was moving erratically on the ground.
Putin drove most of the young techies out of Russia with the Ukrainian War. Stupidity has consequences.
Migrants granted asylum will no longer automatically get a permanent right to stay in the UK, Shabana Mahmood is to announce.
The Home Secretary will unveil reforms on Monday to increase deportations and reduce Britain’s attractiveness to migrants, describing the reforms as “the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times”.
At present, asylum seekers granted refugee status are given automatic permanent settlement in the UK after five years, with some rare exceptions.
Under the new proposals, refugees will only be granted a temporary right to stay subject to regular review. They will be sent home if officials deem that their country is safe to return to.
The changes are inspired by Denmark, which initially gives refugees only a temporary two-year stay. The country’s centre-Left government has reduced the number of asylum applications to their lowest in 40 years and successfully removed 95 per cent of rejected asylum seekers.
Planaria can learn from electric shock, and even Labour can learn from Nigel Farage's success. American progressives seem to not learn from the shock of Trump.
