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On camera? If it involves technical ability I’ll find a way to screw it up. Tune in and see.
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DeStefano has refused to turn over customer lists, and thus has been singled out for total destruction as an example to any who might defy the orders of the violence monopolists. [More] He could minimize his ordeal tremendously if he would just give up customer names. But he won’t. So Letitia James is going to … Continue reading "DeStefano Fundraiser Addresses Donation Integrity Concerns"
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I’d like to believe there’s a special place in hell for Walz, but how special could it be when so many deserve to be there? [Via Jess]
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Darwin loves it when feloniously stupid thugs do feloniously stupid things…like trying to rob people who are walking out of a gun range. With guns on them. That’s right up there with juggling chainsaws or hand grenades with the pins pulled, but that’s what happened in Texas.
A trio of rocket surgeons apparently wanted to audition as the Three Stooges of Crime, watching for a guy to leave a gun store and live-fire range in Houston. They actually laid in wait outside a gun range looking for someone to rob. In Texas. Where “howdy” might as well as mean, “I’m packing, you packing too?”
What could possibly go wrong?
ICE arrested 261 DACA recipients over 10 months last year, document shows
The statistics indicate the vast majority of DACA recipients taken into federal immigration custody during that period had criminal records.
Cameron Kasky… received a brutal but epic SMACKDOWN as he pathetically attempted to censor Scott Jennings [and] insured that he will NEVER again be invited to appear on CNN… [Watch] Point of order– I’m not aware of any evidence that he is “David Hogg’s ex-boyfriend,” and suspect a sarcasm fail. Not sticking with what can … Continue reading "Worn Out His Welcome"
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Rings
I ordered some rings to hold it in a Vixen finder base. Finding rings large enough for a 68mm OD tube was nearly impossible but these seem like they should do:
Those rings are made in the PRC and like most stuff that I am seeing made there, it is beautifully and accurately made. (I bought and returned a camera telescope adapter that looked like it was designed from a photograph: beautiful but inverted in a hard to explain way).
I have made a similar ring set in the past of white acetal. They made the same correct choices. The base, which uses a 75 degree dovetail for Vixen finder shoe compatibility, has slots across it that the rings fit into very precisely so they will never be not perpendicular to the base. It uses 1/4-20 screws through the base into the bottom of the rings. That means that a variety of ring sizes can use that same part. It also makes machining this into three separate parts, each of which is a simple part to machine.
I really wish there were Americans willing to make products like these. Antares builds smaller rings in Canada; I buy their stuff even though a bit more expensive. These rings cost $30. I am sure that these could be made profitably here and sold for $60 and there would be buyers at that price. If I had the time, I would organize this. I have the capital, the interest, but not the time.
Eyepiece
I bought a SVBONY 25mm Plossl for the finderscope. It gives 6x and 8.33 degrees of field which is fine. It is not a crosshairs reticle. It is a beautiful eyepiece. So I went looking for instructions on adding an illuminated reticle to an existing eyepiece and I found some for an Orion 25mm Plossl, which doubtless came from the same factory.
New Bill Closes Loophole Abused By Democrats For Hiring Illegals As Police [More] I’ve covered this topic for Firearms News and AmmoLand, and include “legal” foreign nationals in my concerns, as it’s impossible for them to swear the required oath and mean it. With “Only Ones” like these, who needs blue helmets? [Via bondmen]
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Florida Bill Exempts Church Security from Private Security Regulations [More] Now watch the insurance carriers pee in the pool.
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USA TODAY warns readers gun owners may disagree with its reporting [More] Why would they think that?
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The Post has sought comment from Beretta and Ruger. [More] Now seek one from NSSF and NRA, and ask them to articulate their positions on this and ask if they see any potential Second Amendment concerns legislation could be needed to address. [Via WiscoDave]
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Wild Police Bodycam Footage Shows “Super Drunk” and Belligerent Federal Judge Slurring His Words After He Crashes His Cadillac [More] Why would we want this guy anywhere near a Second Amendment case? And if I read this right, he dismissed a complaint for “lack of standing” later adjudicated moot. [Via Michael G]
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Colorado Bill Criminalizing Computer Code Sparks Constitutional Battle Over Gun Rights and Free Speech [More] Well, they are Democrats...
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West Virginia could sell its residents machine guns under new bill [More] Here’s the bill. Washington Gun Law breaks it down. Bondi’s gonna freak. So might these guys. [Via Jess]
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Laurel County officials call for federal investigation into wrong-address police shooting [More] Hey, you can’t be too careful on those stolen weed eater cases. [Via Jess]
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HB 4145, the Democrats’ latest attack on gun rights, has passed the Oregon House and is on its way to the Senate. (Oregon’s Republicans provided the quorum that allowed the bill to pass.) This outcome should be a surprise to no one. [More] No, of course refugee immigrant Trần doesn’t appreciate the essential differences between … Continue reading "And the Hits Just Keep on Coming"
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Life-threatening Listeria risk prompts massive frozen blueberry recall across multiple states [More] What could be the cause? Listeria monocytogenes is a dangerous bacteria, causing roughly 172 deaths annually in the US, frequently linked to contamination from environmental sources, animal feces, and potentially, human fecal contamination due to poor hygiene in agricultural or food-processing environments. It … Continue reading "I Found My Thrill on Blueberry Hill"
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[More] That seems… illegal. Yes, I know she had another account tied in with her office, but as the linked article notes: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that public officials who post about topics relating to their work on their personal social media accounts are acting on behalf of the government, and therefore can … Continue reading "The Bully Pulpit"
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U.S. Representative Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09) issued the following statement in response to reintroducing H.R. 7678/S. 3916, the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act), legislation to ensure federal taxpayer dollars are not used to create, maintain, or expand state firearm owner registries. [More] Yeah, uh, about that… Must be midterms coming up… Then … Continue reading "Get a GRIP"
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So Donald Trump seems to be following the ravings here. Consider this post from December:
In general, mid-term elections favor the party out of power. This is true so often that it is almost considered a law of nature, particularly during a President's second term. What you don't ever see is anyone ask why do voters reject the party in power in the mid-terms? There's quite a simple answer.
Fatigue.
The voters have had some time to get used to the Administration and starts to tire of the typical amount of scandal, incompetence, and general dum-assery that any administration accumulates.
That's not at all what we see today. The main focus of the Trump 47 administration has been border security, deporting criminal illegal aliens, economic growth, and lower inflation. There are remarkable results for all of these, despite the legacy media's frantic efforts to hide them.
Each of these are 80% issues - i.e. the issues all get 80% support in polls.
I would go so far as to say that the voter fatigue is on the other foot. It's the Democrats who spent the last four years stumbling through a morass of dumb-assery. And who are all on the 20% end of the issues that voters care about.
And here comes DJT with the State of the Union Address. Here's the TL;DR version:
Boy, those Democrats are crazy, aren't they?
You're welcome.
I just got this notification on X: I, of course, followed back, and noticed something that touches on a point I’ve been making for years. Tennessee must have its political threats figured out if that’s all from the estimated 51.6% of gun owning households who care enough to even keep up with what their state … Continue reading "What Good is Leadership Without Followership?"
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A self-defense handgun should be reasonably powerful and shootable, features which favor the larger and heavier pistols and revolvers. Unfortunately, they’re tougher to conceal. Careful holster choice, however, can make them more comfortable and more discreet in daily wear. For most of my adult life I’ve carried either a full -size service handgun (4” barrel […]Preliminary details showed that an ex-employee came to a business and started a confrontation with an employee. During the confrontation, the ex-employee began to chase the employee with a gun, Price said.
Another employee then grabbed his firearm from his vehicle and shot the ex-employee who was chasing the employee with a gun.
Around 4:30 a.m., Gilbert police received reports of “unknown trouble” at an apartment off of the Loop 202 and San Tan Village Parkway. The 911 caller reported that an unknown man broke into their apartment and assaulted one person. Investigators say one tenant opened fire, striking the alleged intruder.
Once officers arrived, they found the suspect seriously hurt, and he was rushed to the hospital. He remains in critical condition, according to police. No residents inside the apartment were hurt.
By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Special to Liberty Park Press Gannett’s flagship, USA TODAY, actually warned its shrinking readership that gun owners may call out its staffers for using fake mass-shooting data in their reporting. In a story published Monday, reporter C. A. Bridges, who writes for the USA TODAY NETWORK, first […]
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On February 26, 1929, US President Calvin Coolidge established Grand Teton National Park. — And on February 26,1935 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt and Arnold Wilkins in Daventry, England. — Today’s feature article is a guest piece by a SurvivaBlog reader who is also a podcaster. — We need entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends on March 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a …
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Background I travel for work, often traveling all over the word into some not-so-friendly environments where I don’t want to be a target but I still need to remain capable. I’ve interviewed behaviorists about the science behind being memorable and I’ve also spoken with members of certain 3-letter-agencies about what they’ve learned about traveling in austere environments. This short essay is an aggregate of that information that is easily consumable and understandable. In the world of tactical preparation and survivalism, there is a pervasive image of the “operator”, that is; someone decked out in multicam patterns, sporting morale patches, and …
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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, Hawaii’s planned dictatorial “Emergency” powers. Hawaii Plans Expansive Emergency Powers By way of the Whatfinger news aggregation site: Hawaii Bills Would Allow Gov’t To Quarantine People, Enter Property, …
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“I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.” – John Wayne
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Victor Davis Hanson is a renowned historian and he gives us some good perspective on the buildup in the seas around Iran.
Rapper Nicki Minaj and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Monday knocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom over his SAT remarks at an event in Atlanta previewing the release of his memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry.”
“I’m not trying to impress you. I’m just trying to impress upon you I’m like you. I’m no better than you. I’m a 960 SAT guy,” Newsom told Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D).
“I’m not trying to offend anyone — trying to act all there if you got 940,” he added.
The recorded clip quickly sparked backlash from the MAGA base from Minaj and Scott alike.
“His way of bonding with black ppl is to tell them how stupid he is & that he can’t read. This means my first read on him was correct. He’s been handed so many things & put in high positions he never earned or deserved,” Minaj wrote in a post on the social platform X.
Newsom is about my age so I suspect that he means his SAT Verbal and Math scores totaled 960. If so, it explains why he is the most likely Democratic candidate for President. I was not one of the smarter people in my social circles but I still managed 1390. Some of my friends achieved 1480.
Yes, tell black people that they are just as intellectually challenged as you are. That's a way to make friends!
UK Officers Used Police Cars to Help Traffic Girls for Pakistani Rape Gang [More] Something must be done! I know: [Via Michael G]
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NSSF Petitions U.S. Supreme Court in NSSF v. James [More] What’s stopping the court from doing the right thing? [Via Jess]
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Sheriff loses it after California parole board releases serial child predator serving three life sentences [More] As amended, anyone who can’t be trusted with children… Parole board members who released him ought to be identified and continuously confronted in public. Along with whomever recommended and approved them. And don’t get me started on the “Japanese … Continue reading "Suffer the Children"
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A man in his 20s was hit in the stomach and chest and taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition, JSO said. The other man, who was shot in the wrist, was in non-life-threatening.
Kaleb Tubman, a witness, described how he stepped in to help the man who was shot multiple times.
Around 1:44 a.m. on Saturday, two men wearing black hoodies entered the gym while carrying AR-15 style rifles. They pointed the rifles at people inside the gym.
The 35-year-old gym owner grabbed his own firearm and confronted the suspects. The suspects were outside the building when gunfire was exchanged between them and the owner.
The two suspects then ran away on foot and have not been found.
MP5, HK51, HK53, clones, optics, magazines, and a whole lot more! We're going deep with this guide to everything roller delayed!In our CFDA club, we go through a lot of primers specifically 209 shotshell primers. Sourcing them can be problematic, so I let the internet handle the problem. A couple of years ago, I bought some primers at a shoot that were packaged, not in those nice little 100 packs, but in a much larger box where each tray held 1000 primers.
Handling them in bulk became an issue, until I stumbled on to these little plastic containers that easily hold 1000 loose primers. They are stackable and the club members are comfortable with them now, rather than the little 100 primer trays. As in all things, buying bulk saves a few cents and I get these primers in the door at lees than 5 cents per shot.
My vendor is CAC Associates, out of Ebensburg, PA. If you need primers, put them on your list.
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A press release from Colorado legislature Democrats:
The bill would also prohibit the possession of instructions and the sale or distribution of instructions on how to use a three-dimensional printer to create a firearm or a firearm component. HB26-1144 would not apply to federally licensed firearms manufacturers.
Why not prohibit having the knowledge of how to machine he parts on a conventional mill? Prepare to mail STL files for M16 lowers to members of the legislature after this passes.
On Sunday, Mexican military units (given intelligence from American military sources) set out to capture “El Mencho,” the head of the CJNG cartel. During the raid, El Mencho was killed. That triggered significant cartel versus military violence leading to a total of 73 soldiers and cartel members being killed within the last few days. […]On February 25, 1791, the First Bank of the United States was chartered by the United States Congress for a term of 20 years. JWR’s Comment: Many economists point to this as the first in a chain of events that would lead the United States into perpetual debt and positioning bankers as the nation’s ruling elite, pulling strings from the shadows. — February 25, 1855: Bowery Boys gang leader William “Bill the Butcher” Poole was shot in the back by the gang of archrival John Morrissey in New York City. (He died on March 8th of the same year.) — …
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Recently I wrote about the Elenco AM/FM radio kit and was pulled away from the build before I could do a full alignment of the radio. The kit was finished but my work took me out of town, and I wasn’t able to do a full and complete alignment of the kit per the builders manual. I should add that I am employed full-time as an electronics engineer and have been involved in electronics repair, design, and building for over 50 years. And as an amateur radio hobbiest, my experience goes further back than that timeline. My “shop” is equipped …
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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — This new video shows that the Gear Rack guys still have DRMO surplus stacked to the rafters, and more truckloads arriving regularly: We Bought 20,000 LBS of Military Surplus From the U.S. Military. If you place an order with Gear Rack, then be sure to mention that you saw them linked at …
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“I have so fixed the habit in my own mind that I never raise a glass of water to my lips without a moment’s asking of God’s blessing. I never seal a letter without putting a word of prayer under the seal. I never take a letter from the post without a brief sending of my thoughts heavenward. I never change classes in the section room without a minute’s petition on the cadets who go out and those who come in.” – Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson
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By Dave Workman A 32-year-old Washington state man, apparently violating a no-contact order, fatally stabbed four people before a Pierce County sheriff’s deputy arrived and fatally shot him Tuesday morning. In a state where anti-gunners have been pushing increasingly restrictive gun control laws in recent years, the incident serves as a stark reminder that such […]
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By Dave Workman Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday announced his legislative gun control agenda Tuesday surrounded by gun control advocates, and at the top of his list are bans on “military assault rifles,” high-capacity magazines, safe storage and firearms insurance requirements, mandatory reporting of lost or stolen firearms and implementing a firearms and ammunition […]
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Outlook sends but I cannot get it to read from my IMAP server. There are days that I feel so stupid.
Outlook is now sending and reading. I hate Outlook.
Thunderbird on two different PCs is refusing to send and sometimes refusing to read.
It appears that Thunderbird is unable to open SMTP connections. CoPilot has taken me down multiple rabbit holes without success.
This is beginning to look like Thunderbird has just stopped working.
I may need to just use webmail or my Android.
Thunderbird is sending the emails because they appear in my Sent folder at webmail. They just get deleted before inbox.
It appears that my IP has been blacklisted. Here. And here. And here. I think someone on my ISP was doing bad things and all of us were blacklisted.
Hostrocket has no idea how to get my outgoing emails working. This is frustrating. I have been hosting my webpage and email with them a couple decades.
Survive! These are some of the best rifles that pack down, fold up, or otherwise stow away for when you need them.
The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC), created by John Lott, has published research on the ratio of active shooting attacks by people who are mentally confused about their gender identity, commonly referred to as "transgender". In 2024, according to the CRPC research, "trans" were 12 times as likely to commit an active shooting attack compared to the population as a whole.
In 2024, Politifact published an article claiming that mass shooting by "trans" people is a small number of all mass shootings. As the CPRC research points out, this does not tell us if people who identify as "trans" are more or less likely to engage in mass murder or attempted mass murder than the population at large. As is common in discussions of violence and statistics, the way you define the variables makes all the difference in how the numbers shake out. Considering broad definitions of "terrorism" or "gun violence" will give a significantly different result than considering more precise definitions of active shooting attacks or mass killing. Another important variable is what time frame is considered.
The variables most important to determine if "trans" people are over-represented in active shooting attacks are the total number of active shooting attacks, the number committed by "trans" people, and the percentage of "trans" people in the population as a whole. The numbers can be refined by looking at particular population sub-groups if there is enough data. All of these numbers can be manipulated by changes in definition. When conducting statistical research, it is extremely important to use precise definitions.
The research published by the CRPC does a good job of carefully defining the numbers it uses, and the definitions which are used. The CRPC study examines both active shooting and mass killing with the traditional FBI definitions. It uses estimates of the percentage of "trans" people in the population from the Center for Disease Control, a Gallup survey in 2021, and the Census. The numbers vary from .5% to 1% in the period studied. The numbers appear to be rising. The study only looks at the period from 2018 through 2024. The study does not speculate about the causes of the increase in the percentage of people who identify as "trans".
The CRPC study also looks at the age distribution of "trans", finding that most "trans" active shooters are concentrated in age groups younger than 30 years old. The CRPC study cites research showing "trans" people have much higher levels of suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, about 10-20 times higher than the rest of the population. That is not 10-20%. It is about 10 times the percentage of people considering suicide than the general population. It is about 20 times the percentage of attempted suicides compared to the percentage attempting suicide in the general population.
The research by the CRPC is a welcome counterpoint to articles which work hard to show people who identify as "trans" as less violent than non-trans people. The CRPC research does not examine the motives of "trans" people involved in active shooting incidents.
Analysis: It is not surprising that a population which takes significant amounts of powerful drugs, who are not happy with their bodies, who attempt suicide at 20 times the percentage of the population as a whole, could commit crimes against society at much higher levels than the general population.
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Gun Watch
When the first group left about 10 minutes later, the second group followed them outside and “words were exchanged,” Mancha said.
A man in the second group “brandished a handgun,” prompting a concealed-carry license holder in the first group to grab a gun from his vehicle, according to police.
They exchanged fire, and the man from the second group was hit multiple times. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead within the hour, police said.
At 7:30 p.m., a suspect threatened a man and a woman with a knife outside of the Royal Breeze Apartments located at 21227 U.S. 19 N.
Clearwater Police identified the suspect as 37-year-old Josten Pack.
Police said that, fearing for his life and the life of his girlfriend, the man shot Pack, hitting and injuring him.
40-year-old David Evans attempted to break into his estranged wife's home, where he was shot, per the Sheriff's Office.
Evans was transported to a medical facility with minor injuries.
Investigators said Heath and a 16-year-old girl conspired to rob a 15-year-old boy in the parking deck. During the robbery, the 15-year-old allegedly used a pistol to shoot and kill Heath.
The 16-year-old girl was charged with armed robbery and criminal conspiracy. Police also charged her with murder “due to her participation in a violent felony that resulted in the death of another.”
Tempe PD said Ruiz entered the apartment through a broken window and was confronted by 22-year-old Schon Nicholas Rhode, with the two exchanging gunfire.
Rhode and 21-year-old Gavin Scott Van Tassel were identified as the two men with injuries not expected to threaten their lives.
No other information was provided.
On February 24, 1786, General Charles Cornwallis was appointed governor-general of India. — February 24, 1807 at least 17 people died and 15 were injured in a crowd crush, witnessing the triple hanging execution of Holloway, Heggerty, and Godfrey, at Newgate Prison, England. The crowd, in narrow streets, was reportedly destabilized after being disturbed by a collapsing wooden cart. This triggered a chain of events leading to the fatal crowd crush. Many fatalities and severe injuries resulted, with newspapers reporting that at least 27 perished in the accident and one observer counting at least 34 dead. — And on February …
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The idea that our country is thought of in terms of conservative versus liberal areas caused me to think about how so many people today and in the recent past have either moved, will be moving, or even thinking about moving for better opportunities. I wanted to write more about how this has occurred historically and more about how my conservative region is part of this trend including how it is impacting farms. Technological change and government interventions are often two factors that cause the settlement and population redistribution throughout the country. Urbanization following the Second World War was just …
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This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Video: They Say 170,000 Elk in Montana: The Wolves and Grizzly Bear Lie And a tokenization threat is described in this video: Foreign Countries are Using Wolves to Buy the American West A new video from a world-traveling North Idaho couple: The Race Against Winter… We Bought a 1980s House with Everything Included — Episode 12. Stolen Ambulance Doused in Gasoline Rammed into Idaho ICE Facility, Suspect Flees. …
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“No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.” – President William Howard Taft
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The loader is an indispensable part of a tank crew. He is responsible for keeping the main gun fed and keeping the coaxial machine gun cranking. When not engaged, he is responsible for providing security on his side of the tank. Sometimes his hatch will have a machine gun mounted, sometimes not.
The loader is generally very junior enlisted. Sometimes an E-3 or maybe an E-4.
The video is here. I wish YouTube would let me embed shorts, but they don't.
It appears that the ammo he is loading is service HEAT (High Explosive Anti Tank). It's a shaped charge round that works good on lots of stuff. It's a general purpose "Fuck You" when the Tank Commander doesn't want to use up his sabot rounds.
By Dave Workman The Reload is reporting that recently released Justice Department files related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation indicate former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg—who now supports gun control efforts and was co-founder of Everytown for Gun Safety—”was part of the circle of powerful men” in which Epstein and Gislaine Maxwell also traveled. Reacting […]
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5/21/25 Columbia Journalism Review:
Wesley Lowery—the winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award, and whose work in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, chronicled the organizing power of Black Lives Matter—is, at thirty-four, one of the most recognized journalists in America. He has reported for the Washington Post and CBS News. He is the author of two books: They Can’t Kill Us All (2016), about unarmed Black men killed by police, and American Whitelash (2023), a history of violent white resistance to people of color. Among young reporters, he is perhaps best known for questioning traditional journalistic objectivity, noting its failures to reckon with racism.
But for some women in journalism, his standing is more complicated. Imani Moise, a Wall Street Journal reporter, remembers that when she met up with him at a bar, in December of 2018, for what she thought would be a professional conversation, he’d ordered her a cocktail before she arrived. Olivia Messer—a journalist who is now the editor in chief of the Barbed Wire, an independent outlet focused on Texas—recalled that, in January of 2020, at a happy hour with Lowery, he was ready with more alcohol every time she returned to the table. In the spring of 2022, after two drinks, a journalist with whom Lowery matched on Bumble said that she had reached her limit, and he entreated her to get a third. (This journalist spoke on the condition of anonymity, because even a first name would make her easily identifiable, and she feared how her family would react.) A writer and researcher noticed that, in February of 2024, when she and Lowery went to a bar, he had a drink waiting for her whenever she got up to use the bathroom. (This woman, too, did not want to be named, because of the toll she said the experience has taken on her mental health.) In each case, these women wound up leaving with Lowery, who they said then sexually assaulted them.
A group of Block 52 F-16CJ Vipers belonging to the South Carolina Air National Guard was recently spotted heading east across the Atlantic as part of a huge build-up of U.S. forces ahead of potential strikes on Iran. Each of the Vipers was notably seen carrying an Angry Kitten pod, a new electronic warfare system that helps defend against anti-air threats, and that may now be headed for its first use in real combat. Angry Kitten also has a very unique genesis, which we will dive into in a moment. These particular F-16s are primarily tasked with the Wild Weasel mission and are optimized for neutralizing enemy air defenses, something that would be crucial in any future operation aimed at the regime in Tehran. They can fulfill many other types of missions, as well.
The 12 F-16CJs arrived at Lajes on the island of Terceira in the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the mid-Atlantic, on February 17 and left the next day. The Vipers are readily identifiable as ones assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing by the “South Carolina” emblazoned on many of their tails, as well as distinctive markings reflecting the wing’s nickname, the “Swamp Foxes.” They were accompanied by at least one KC-46A Pegasus tanker. A substantial U.S. Air Force tanker force is now also forward-deployed in Lajes to support the ongoing build-up.
