November 2012 - Argghhh!

At least they had the where-with-all to keep the stuffing one percent under the limit. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20121108_Vote_was_astronomical_for_Obama_in_some_Philadelphia_wards.html BOQ

I run through my usual tropes below - but I want to make a special point this year to thank our Global War On Terror veterans, especially those whose service started post 9/11. That graphic is from the Facebook page of SFC Kevin Doe. Perhaps more accurately... the less than 1%, as the guys at RangerUp do the math: Today is my day. Today is SWWBO's day. Today is Dusty's day. Today is Bill's day. Rich's, Neffi's, Bloodspite's, Sanger's, Jim B's, Mike L's, Jim C's...

Sticking it into the culture... We're the Battling Bastards of Benghazi , no fame, no glory, no paparazzi. Just a fiery death in a blazing hell, defending the country we loved so well. It wasn't our job, but we answered the call, fought to the consulate, 'n scaled th' wall. We pulled twenty countrymen from the jaws of fate, led them to safety, 'n stood at th' gate. Just the two of us, 'n foe by th' score, but we stood fast to bar th' door. We called for reinforcement...

...to watch professionals at work....

And ignorant people reporting about it. The NRA should fight this just because it's an example of ignorant people wanting to regulate something they are afraid of and clearly don't understand. They just know it's scary. And for them, that's enough. Laws based on ignorance are bad laws. Laws based on emotion are bad laws. They rarely, if ever, work as intended, and do tend to grind people up who get swept up in the hysteria. But that's okay, because, well, it makes the lawmakers...

I'm going to be mean. I got this WWII Navy-built, double-sized Browning M191A4 trainer on eBay, back in the good old days (2002), for $350, from a guy in Utah. It was simple robbery then, it would be armed robbery with battery thrown in to steal it at that price now. Of course, my karmic payback is I've never been able to find the five-round belt with proper red plastic rounds. Though I do have some of the green plastic rounds used with the BAR and Garand cut-aways, the source provided to...

..."Bring the heat, Bring the Stupid." "The U.S. Navy cracked down Monday on late-night drinking in Japan following a spate of alleged crimes involving U.S. servicemembers that occurred despite a month-old curfew. In addition to the 11 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew for all American servicemembers in the country, active-duty sailors are prohibited from drinking alcohol from 10 p.m.- 8 a.m., even in their homes, regardless of leave or liberty status, according to U.S. Naval Forces Japan spokesman...

An unsolicited ad for the guys at RangerUp....