Wednesday, February 12, 2014

In (formerly Great)Britain, find an old cartridge in the dirt,

people freak out.
The 26-year-old said: “The workmen were there to replace a fence panel which had been blown down in the high winds.”

“They knocked on the door and told me they were phoning the police. They said they had found live ammunition.”

“I couldn’t believe it. I’ve got to keep the kids out of the garden until it is removed.”
“I’m worried what else could be there.”

She added that police had been called twice about the bullet, but no-one has yet been to remove it.
Considering (fG)Britain today, I can see leaving it there for the police; if you picked it up and turned it in you're likely to be arrested for being in illegal possession of ammunition.


"Don't worry about all those blasphemy trials and executions and murders!  It's not the true spirit of our religion no matter how many bodies pile up."


About that idiot insisting A: "Communism wasn't that bad!" and B: "It just hasn't been done right yet!", McCain has a response.
Ever since his Rolling Stone article advocating the abolition of private property provoked a furious reaction last month, Myerson has sought to evade the consequences of his ideas by employing rhetorical tactics familiar to anyone who has long studied the Left. His Salon.com article last Sunday was a particularly tedious exercise in these methods, and inspired me to remind readers of how Ludwig von Mises had described the ultimate futility of socialism:
“Socialist writers may continue to publish books about the decay of Capitalism and the coming of the socialist millennium; they may paint the evils of Capitalism in lurid colours and contrast with them an enticing picture of the blessings of a socialist society; their writings may continue to impress the thoughtless — but all this cannot alter the fate of the socialist idea.”

That's just the start; long piece, worth it.


This guy says the PRC is actually less capable than generally painted, which is some ways makes it more dangerous.

Here's the part that worries me: But more importantly, they must continue investing in the training that makes them true professionals. While manpower numbers are likely to come down in the years ahead due to defense budget cuts, regional democracies will have less to fear from China’s weak but dangerous military if their axes stay sharp.
How the hell do you keep the axe sharp when the politicians- both in and out of uniform- keep cutting training?  Both to save money and because "That training is messy and icky, and if anything happens we'll just have some quick 'get- ready' training before we sent them out!"


Somebody tell Rivera that A: Obama's a politician, not effing royalty, and B: If the press corps had any balls or integrity Obama would've been getting questioning FAR worse than this for years.





1 comment:

George Groot said...

Considering that if you pick it up to turn it in you'll likely be arrested for illegal possession of ammunition.

Were you talking about the UK or Washington DC?