Saturday, July 20, 2019

Borrowed from Wirecutter:

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"GET OFF MY DOCK!"

Typical July weather here,

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which means still hot & humid in the evening, though mornings can be delightful.  Right now it's evening, so indoor studies are in o...

History; it be messy

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While taking sediment cores from a nearby peat bog to help study the ancient environment, archaeologist Paul Ledger and his colleagues dis...
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I need to go to the range

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as there are two rifles that need zeroing, some loads that need testing, and some stuff that just needs shooting. Some of which means ammo...

Socialism, Comrades!

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And yes, it's real socialism. Venezuelan special forces have carried out thousands of extrajudicial killings in the past 18 months and ...
Friday, July 19, 2019

Late. Hot. Tired.

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Data.

I need to try something

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In .45-70 I've tried various alloys, and found both 15-1 and 20-1 lead-tin seem to work the best in mine. I've also noticed that s...

A bit more on the asshats who think violence is fine

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as long as their side is doing it.  
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Adding to ebola in the Congo and region, measles

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is running wild. As the world anxiously monitors the outbreak of Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo, health officials note that a m...
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Thursday, July 18, 2019

The ebola situation is bad

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And from what the gentleman says, probably worse- maybe a LOT worse- than reported . ...As a result, the virus is now poised to break out ...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Yesterday I spent a couple of hours

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melting lead pipe and casting it into ingots. Then found out there was a heat warning in effect(no wonder the shirt was soaked). I think...

A bit of history on the 3rd bomb that wasn't dropped,

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and the dangers of messing with plutonium.

At this point the citizens of Rotherham should've started decorating lampposts with council members

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The council and social services there had behaved abominably. An investigation discovered that more than 1,000 girls had been raped or sexua...

Roman concrete,

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she thinks she's figured it out.

A: The EffingBI has been this way for a looong time,

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the current mess just brought it more to public attention. B: Fairly or not, the current FBI tragedy is that an American citizen should b...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

"Make them tell people what they believe BEFORE the election?

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That's not fair!" Anyone who's surprised hasn't been paying attention Same here Why would anyone be surpri...
Monday, July 15, 2019

I really need to do some handloading,

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but it's late and I'm tired.  Maybe tomorrow. I've now got regular access to a very nice outdoor range, so hopefully I can get...

Ammo To Go did some suppressor testing,

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and put it together with some of the legal stuff.
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Definitely time for popcorn

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Pressley seeming to hit back at the criticism from the CBC et al: “We don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice. W...

Why does the Postal Service bother with tracking numbers?

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Aside from making you feel good or something?
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