October 2011 - Argghhh!

Okay, let us continue. This is the other end of the rod from yesterday, with a 9mm round for scale, and the blued disk is a component of the overall item. The pic will embiggen....

...bring 'em home camp. I've never made it a secret I wasn't happy with invading Iraq (and smart people I respect disagree with me there) but I did believe once we broke it, it was ours to fix. We've given the Iraqis the chance to make a better world for themselves, and, in the end, *they* were going to have to be able to make it work. We weren't going to make it work for them. It was never going to look like a western-style democracy anyway, and anyone who thought so clearly...

WARNING : Clicking here may cause irreparable corneal damage. Proceed if you are brave enough...

ATFE manages to have bad ideas, poorly thought out and more poorly executed, regardless of who is in the White House. Stunning news (not) - Republican political appointees in the law enforcement field share some traits with Democrat appointees in the law enforcement field. Bubbles are bubbles. Meet Operation Wide Receiver:

That was the signal to go from Step 4 -- pistol out, oriented at the Bad Guy's feet, finger outside the trigger guard -- to Step 5 -- pistol up, aimed at Bad Guy's face, and blazing away within one second.With a Glock 19. Never fired one before, but I had to qual with it for the new job. First table was 4 rounds, rapid fire, combat reload, fire 1 round, and holster. Two iterations.Second table was all malfunctions -- clear the misfeed, fire 4 rounds, combat reload, fire 1 round, and holster...

Finally - A civilized way to chow down your kibbles. Boq

236 years ago, the Continental Congress authorized two ships, 80 men, and 10 guns in order to screw with the Brits. The Navy has been sucking the Treasury dry since. Happy Birthday, Squids! The Nimitz-class aircraft Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) passes under the Golden Gate bridge during the San Francisco Fleet Week 2011 Parade of Ships. San Francisco Fleet Week is a five-day event which highlights the equipment, technology and operational capabilities of the military's sea services and their...