2A advocate, writer, firearms policy & law analyst, general observer of pre-apocalyptic American life.
Read it before you get mad at me; I’m not insulting Marines. This in reference to California’s “assault weapon” ban.
POSSIBLY THE MARINES NEED TO WORK ON THEIR MARKSMANSHIP
Because, after reading this “expert report” by retired Marine Colonel Craig Tucker, I’m wondering how many of those “9 assassination attempts” were failed, not-so-friendly-fire fragging attempts.
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The US shot down another mystery “high altitude” object today; this one over Canada.
The object in the Alska shoot-down was described simply as a cylinder the size of a small car, with on obvious surveillance equipment.
Mylar balloon?
The Canada “object” hasn’t been described at all yet.
The first big balloon/payload that crossed much of the US, until was downed off the Carolina coast, was reported taken down with an AIM-9X air-to-air missile. Depending on the source, the AIM-9X runs well in excess of $400,000 apiece.
At least one report said an AIM-9X was used on the Alaska shoot-down, too.
At this point, if I were China, I’d be releasing a bunch of cheap mylar balloons into airstreams that with take them to the US…
…and watch the US take out ten dollar balloons with half-million buck missiles.
I think the AIr Force needs to look into a better way to take out a balloon.
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Did they just shoot down another alien spaceship?
New Information Released About Object U.S. Military Shot Down Over Alaska The unidentified object that the U.S. military shot down over Alaska on Friday reportedly had a “cylindrical shape” and was about the size of a small car.
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A U.S. official told Politico that the object did not appear to have any “observable surveillance equipment.”
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“We have no further details about the object at this time, including any description of its capabilities, purpose or origin,” said Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder. “The object was about the size of a small car, so not similar in size or shape to the high-altitude surveillance balloon that was taken down off the coast of South Carolina.”
Protecting airspace is all well and good. But I’m still a little dubious of shooting down something because you can’t identify it. In nominal peacetime, at least. Look how well that turned out for the Soviets.
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MRI AND GUNS DO NOT MIX
I’d only heard of this happening once before, several years ago. But it seems it’s happened since. And now again.
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Has anyone seen a full transcript of Gropin’ Joe Xiden’s SOTU speech as delivered?
Every one I’ve found is word for word identical to the one the White released before he gave the address: “Prepared for Delivery”. Some admit that what is posted is the as-prepared version, but other claim it’s the actual transcript.
Seeing as how Biden is incapable of not going off-script, I found the claims that it’s “actual” a bit dubious. And since various quotes from the delivered address don’t match the as-delivered…
Odd. This is the first time I haven’t found at least a preliminary transcript the day after the SOTU address.
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HOW MANY DOORS?
I seem to be re-using that quote a lot lately; here we go again. A few days ago, I wrote about a New Mexico bill to ban “assault pistols” (and other things). That bill would ban future transfers, but leave currently possessed items alone. Clearly state Rep. Andrea Romero and her co-conspirators couldn’t settle for that. (There are actually several bills, but I’ll focus on one.)
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I’ve been reading about it, because back in the ’80sI lived in Malatya. I and traveled, even vacationed, in the areas hit bad.
Malatya itself seems to be northeast of the epicenter, but from pictures I’ve seen it was still hit really hard. The other areas I spent time in were even worse.
I’m glad a big quake like that didn’t happen back when I was there.
There were some concerns about Chernobyl, but I don’t think much of the fallout ever reached our area.
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In another 120 years.
Miami should begin ‘preparing for evacuation’ due to climate change, Berkeley professor argues
Daniel Aldana Cohen and Samantha Schuyler provided arguments regarding the question “Should We Start Preparing for the Evacuation of Miami?” in a piece for The Nation on Friday.
Miami is at an elevation of 2 meters. Over the past 110 years, sea level there has risen about 2.5 millimeters per year. It’s “accelerating” by 0.008 millimeters per year.
Worst case, water will be up 1 foot in about 120 years (with another 6 feet to go before it submerges. Which would be much less than it rises for a passing hurricane already.
So basically, we’ve got 800 or so years before the city makes like Atlantis and sinks beneath the waves.
That clearly calls for spending hundreds of billions to evacuate half a million people now.
Yep, those UC Berkeley sociology professors are real good at reading charts and doing basic math.
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Wisco Dave sent me a link to a Twitter video. Go ahead and watch it. It’s amusing until it turns infuriating.
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Yeah, the cops called a Coca Cola/baking soda mix an improvised explosive device. That got me wondering what Georgia would include.
Lots. 227 different “explosive materials.” But not soda pop and baking soda. But…
(4) “Destructive device” means:
(A) Any explosive, incendiary, or over-pressure device or poison gas which has been configured as a bomb; a grenade; a rocket with a propellant charge of more than four ounces; a missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce; a poison gas; a mine; a Molotov cocktail; or any other device which is substantially similar to such devices;
“Over-pressure device … configured as a bomb.” Anything that goes -pop!- from pressure. Is a soda bottle a noise-maker (most “common fireworks” are excluded from the definition of explosive), novelty, or … “configured as a bomb”?
One might think it should be based on how the popper is deployed. Was it meant to cause damage or injury?
But if you’re going to argue — in court? — that any over-pressure device is a bomb…
Might be fun to be in court to watch the prosecutor try to convince a jury that kid should go to prison for an “improvised explosive device” for popping soda bottles in his backyard.
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Dallas Morning News Does Humor
Not intentionally, mind you; but still.
The editorial board of the Dallas Morning News published an opinion piece on why those nasty pistol braces need to be banned. Their… reasoning stops short of informed rationality. For instance:
There’s no difference between the business end of a rifle and a handgun of the same caliber.
Perhaps they’d consider changing that to “cartridge” instead of “caliber.” Otherwise — and ignoring the effect of barrel length on ballistics — they’re saying that a little .22LR revolver is the same as a AR-pattern rifle chambered for 5.56 NATO. They’re both .22 caliber, after all.
But this one…
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