January 2011 - Argghhh!

1920: One year after the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, starry-eyed idealism knows a brief triumph over human nature as Prohibition goes into effect. Shortly thereafter, gun violence spikes as criminals vie for the booze trade. The gov'ts response? Impose a tax on machine guns and short-barrelled weapons. That worked well. From Constitution.net:21st AmendmentIt would be a disservice to say that the 18th Amendment was completely ineffective. It would also be a disservice...

Jeppesen actually published this approach ...

Yes - There is one Republican in this picture: Boq

...The United States Department of Defense Pompously Self-Important Process-Focused Medal of Mostly Posthumous Honor Processing Agency. How else to explain this? Corporal Ben, of the Australian Special Air Service, is awarded the Victoria Cross for actions in... wait for it: October 2010. Staff Sergeant Guinta was awarded his Medal of Honor (the first one to a *living* recipient for actions post-Vietnam) in September 2010 , for actions that took place in October 2007. Something is wrong at the Pentagon...

...I think we need a firearm. In this case a Mutzig-made French percussion pistol converted from a flintlock. This poor fellow needs some TLC, hence why he's been dragged from the Arms Room to the Armorer's Workbench. Sometimes, I just let you guys have the pics for free... And yes, Argent - there is cat hair all over in that pic....

A French Army Tigre helicopter takes off and heads out to participate in a joint U.S. and French live fire helicopter exercise at Forward Operating Base Morales-Frazier Jan. 23. The exercise consisted of a pre-mission brief, walk around of aerial assets, and live-fire practice on the FOB’s Blue Max range. Pilots and combat ground controllers took the opportunity to practice communication between the two forces. (Photo by: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier)...

I've kept my mouth shut on the shootings yesterday because... well, I don't know anything, so to speak. And, after skimming through the news... heh. I still don't really know much more than before.But there is an interesting compare and contrast from the coverage.The Mainstreamers get on we bloggers because we don't fact-check. For a distressing number of bloggers, it is a fair criticism. Of course, perhaps we learned it from the Mainstreamers... who have cut, among other things from...

Yesterday, Massa John showed you only half of a picture. The one half that he showed you, was of his Coyote-Slaying Prodigee: Buffy . What he didn't show you, was the other half of the picture; which if shown in full context, makes full sense. (Click for higher resolution) Do you know what any of them are saying? Boq