It’s THAT time of year again… The damn lawnmower started, and so did the weed eater… sigh… And now my back is ‘talking’ to me! 1.2 miles to walk and mow/weedeat the yard, so I’m gonna get my exercise whether … Continue reading
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Ammo to Go has just wrapped up a pretty big study of self-defense ammo. In all, fired 109 loads according to FBI protocol across four calibers into ballistic gelatin. Pretty interesting to look at, and a good data set for reference. … Continue reading
Now a judge in California wants COFFEE to have a cancer warning label… Really??? Article, HERE at AP And even worse, he’s put it on the defense to ‘prove’ there isn’t an issue… To whit, less that 1 in 100,000 … Continue reading
He is risen! May you and yours have a Happy Easter! … Continue reading
Off to do some volunteering for the week… Go read the folks on the sidebar. I’ll get a post up if/when I can. TGM- Twilight continues to trickle out the door, and the reviews are appreciated! Half way to that … Continue reading
Random shots from over the years… Cubi Point- 1974 Kuwait City- 2005ish… The Tree of Life– Bahrain 2008ish The infamous blog meet gun pic… Yes, this IS the original picture! Favorite little Italian Restaurant in Motta, IT Big airplane, little … Continue reading
Former SCOTUS judge John Paul Stevens published an ‘interesting’ OPED in the NY Times yesterday… He wants the Second Amendment to be repealed in response to the kids protesting… His OPED is HERE. He makes some interesting statements, including the … Continue reading
Sooo… There is much ado about the Trump campaign PAYING for data from Facebook. It’s trying to be blown up into a major scandal, right? We’re seeing that plastered across the MSM almost daily. But… It appears Facebook violated Federal … Continue reading
From Gizmodo… Bold/Italic mine. In the hopes of deterring violence, schools are turning to big data analytics to examine social media posts for the earliest signs of violence—depression, resentment, and isolation. Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Massachusetts has turned to Social … Continue reading
I spent the morning watching the March for Our Lives gun control rally coverage on various networks. CNN and MSNBC were fawning, to put it mildly. Fox was at least balanced. The WAPO was all about the march, again fawning … Continue reading