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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

A good read: 'The Denial of Shit:

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International Knife-Fight Edition Which definitely touches on why Nick Searcy said this to the subject PM of (fG)Britain getting pissy abou...

Next stop: powerguns

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We're getting closer and closer to Hammer's Slammers in capabilities . And I think Ronald Reagan can look down on some of the 'S...
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And yet more fallout from the idiots in charge screwing up dealing with Wuhan

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And this one's particularly bad on kids, it seems isolating them- surprise!- has long-term consequences . The panic mongers and control...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Yep. It went from 'chance of showers and a few thunderstorms' through tonight

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to a tornado watch for the whole damn area.  Which is most of the state. Yeah, it's approaching spring.
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New drone swatter ammo for the Marines

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I'd guess carry a mag/belt with these in case needed .
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Does this not make you think of someone saying "Put these places together on a new target list"

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for a bunch of pilots? Meanwhile, a Tehran resident said that Basij and IRGC forces—fearing street demonstrations that could turn violent an...
Monday, March 09, 2026

I'm curious how the NYeffingTimes will report this,

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if they do. One of the accused terrorists busted for lobbing explosive devices near Gracie Mansion flashed a sick salute honoring ISIS as he...
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Dammit. "Hey, I can fix that fast"

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which turns into an hour, which causes you to find something else....
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Analysis: True

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A liberal man in NYC yelling about how everyone is welcome, as a Muslim man yells "Allahu Akbar!" and uses him as a literal spring...
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The Village Affliction did gather some responses to Mayor "I support this,

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and so does my wife" responding to the terror attack the media doesn't want to name that. And yes, there's more

I have no actual use for this,

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but a double rifle with affordable ammo ... oh yeah. Make it bigger and .45-70, less affordable ammo but I'd love one.
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Sunday, March 08, 2026

And if they'd gone off as the terrorists planned,

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Hizzoner the Globalize-the-Intifada Mayor would have been calling for an end to islamophobia. And that's exactly how the NYeffingTimes ...

A downside to e-books instead of paper

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Few years back I started getting a bunch of stuff on e-books instead of paper, and the one big problem* is location: I used to wind up with ...
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Saturday, March 07, 2026

I think I figured out a problem on a rifle,

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but I'm not sure why the problem, and why this fixes it.  Details sometime when I think I've got this actually figured out.
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Friday, March 06, 2026

Why are lots of Iranians burning mosques?

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For damn good reasons .  And yeah, a lot of westerners need to pay attention to why.
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Thursday, March 05, 2026

It's nice when a politician tells you what they actually think,

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especially when they're telling you how your rights should be limited to suit them . And some other things happened to run across today:...
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There was a tree in the back yard

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One of those that had become a horribly tangled mess that, no matter what you did, always put branches out toward the nearest power lines an...
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The Firearm Blog has a list of four cartridges

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in the 'Do you think they'll make a comeback?' category, I can make comments about two: The .257 Roberts is still the favorite...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2026

How messed up are things across the Atlantic?

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A British Jew decides he wants German citizenship in case he has to flee Britain... And syrupean* countries are worried about some of all t...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2026

I need either gel blocks or a bunch of water jugs

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so I can try this stuff out.  It's a new- to me at least- .300 Blackout subsonic ammo from Federal .  1000fps is claimed, and it's a...
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