January 2012 - Argghhh!

..." because punching truthers in the face is patriotic." Snerk.

[This pic embiggens.]So, the Heartless Libertarian takes a break from his PhD research regimen to ask a question..."How much do you know about Garand malfunctions?""And whether they indicate the need to replace parts?""Took my Garand out yesterday for a test fire. Firing the sixth round, the op-rod went all the way back, but the bolt didn't. The two got disengaged, leaving the bolt about .5-.75" back from the chamber, with the right locking lug wedged against the...

Earlier this week I did a post on the XM-25, the newest grenade launcher in the inventory (though still not formally adopted). That post kind of got me thinking. How'd we get here? And just how fast has the evolution been? In the late 1600s into the 1700s and beyond, we had these things: Hand Mortars.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - A cat belonging to an Arkansas Democratic campaign manager was found dead on Sunday nigh t with the word "Liberal" spray-painted across its side, the campaign manager said. The cat was a pet of Jake Burris, who manages Democrat Ken Aden's bid for Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District... One. The message was "spray painted" on the cat's side? That musta been a large cat, or the perp carries around an airbrush (now there's support for...

No, really. I mean, most of us manage to, you bleepin' hypocrites. Oh, I know, you're just too busy... doing the important work of government. And it's all for the children, etc etc etc. Yadda yadda yadda. Talk to the hand. It should be a presumptive firing offense when you work for the FedGov if you don't pay your taxes. Sure, stuff happens. And that should be a defense. But you should have to frickin' defend yourself. A new report just out from the Internal Revenue Service reveals...