Missed me, didn’t ya? Since we haven’t one in awhile I’ll just do some gun links. Better to ease into it after a long absence.
Remember the SHARE act? Remember how it was going to be the most awesome pro gun bill in history? Remember when Las Vegas got shot to shit? Well, good news! The SHARE act is back! Except it isn’t going to deregulate silencers anymore… it’s gonna ban bump stocks instead! Yay…. wait, WHAT?! What the actual fuck! What kind of stupid party bait and switch is this exactly? Do you want to get firebombed, DC? Cause this is how you get firebombed.
See if you can guess which 17 states formally oppose national reciprocity. Most of these should be obvious but there were a few surprises mixed in. Put your guesses in the comments.
Your weekly nut punch: Record expunged for ex-Tulsa cop acquitted in fatal shooting. Not only does she get to go home safely, but she can find a new job without all of that pesky negligent homicide business muddying up the waters! Still won’t save her from a 10 second google duckduckgo search.
Along that tangent: Cops are corrupt? YOU DON’T SAY!
For all my ATF haters out there, SB Tactical is feeling you. They just released two new products designed to work with their stock arm brace that makes it even better as a stock arm brace. Seriously, they aren’t even trying to hide it anymore.
Status: Operator AF.
See, this is why only police officers should have guns. They are the only ones calm, responsible, and trained enough to shoulder the burden of safe firearms usage.
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252 responses to “Firearms Friday: Back From the Dead”
That isn’t the weirdest porno I ever saw, but it was odd.
I did find her defiance and cursing out the cops and telling them to shut up arousing.
“I did find her
defiance and cursing out the cops and telling them to shut uparousing.”Oh what a surprise, Maura Healey is a signatory. Jerkoffs. I would love for national reciprocity to get shoved down all their throats.
As much as I think that national reciprocity would be great, I don’t think it’s a good idea to try and pass legislation mandating it. I’m sure any bill that pushes national reciprocity will ultimately be amended to include some minimum state standard. That minimum will over time will be increased and eventually we will all end up with the same carry permit process as new jersey.
I still think it goes against federalism, but guess that ship has sailed. I think states should get together and agree a la driver’s license reciprocity. Not a federal law.
I think doing it through federal law is a bad idea. I think striking down state bans through the federal court system is a better way to go about it. Getting rid of bad laws is always better than writing more laws.
IAWTP
I could get on board with that, but we’ve seen how the courts work in the last century or so. I’m not optimistic. And even if they do strike it down, who is gonna enforce it? I mean look at DC, it’s been damn near a decade since Heller. I’m not up on specifics, but I’m guessing it still isn’t easy to get a permit.
The courts and the states are then only places where gun rights have been expanded during my lifetime. As far as i know, since 1987 (the beginning of my life) the only firearms related legislation that has been passed on the federal level has been restrictive. I don’t know a any federal law on the books that expands firearms freedom.
At the state level, it has been a mixed bag. The commie states continually infringe amd the free states mostly continue to be more permissive. The only thing that has stopped the commie states from going further than they already have has been the federal court system. Although massively imperfect, the federal courts have struck a lot of really bad law.
There was the amendment to the card act that made National Park Service lands accept it per whatever state laws are.
AFAIK that is the only Federal law that reduced restrictions.
I disagree on that one. This is one of those few areas out of the individual states’ jurisdictions. I have a constitutionally protected right to carry my firearm that cannot be infringed upon by any state. Whether the state agrees or not is irrelevant, they should have no say in the decision. Do you think states should get together and be able to decide about allowing freedom of speech, the right to a trial by jury, or the existence of chattel slavery? There is no constitutional right for recognizing a driver’s license.
Now, ideally the law would just be affirming that no state can place any restriction whatsoever on carry, whether concealed or open, in accordance with the constitution. Mandatory reciprocity appears to be incremental progress towards that.
“Now, ideally the law would just be affirming that no state can place any restriction whatsoever on carry, whether concealed or open, in accordance with the constitution. ”
The problem with that is that law already exists. I’m no lawyer, but the 2nd allows for no infringing from the fed and the 14th applies that to the state. The law is already there, it’s just not enforced. That’s why I think striking down state restrictions through the federal courts is the best option.
I don’t know enough to discuss who the Bill of Rights applies to. I always thought it reaffirmed restrictions on any level of government, whether local, state, or federal.
I couldn’t agree more that striking down state restrictions through the court is the best option. The question is though, if this is not an option, is better to do nothing or better to pass laws that push more 2nd A freedom? I can appreciate the concerns you raised about this resulting in a national, NJ style process and that gives me something to think on. I’m not convinced though that the potential risk outweigh the benefits.
That’s what I mean. The BOR is so messed up after many decades of abuse by the courts and others, that we get into discussions of whether a federal law regarding CCW reciprocity is necessary (as Lachowsky said it shouldn’t be, since it’s right there already).
I prefer to be consistent in pushing for federalism whether it benefits me or not. Principles, not principals.
I don’t know enough to discuss who the Bill of Rights applies to.
Originally, the BOR only applied to the federal government. Each state had its own constitution that limited the states’ governments to what is included in their constitutions. Some states had a 2nd amendment like clause and some didnt. In the mid 19th century, all this changed. There was a civil fought and after the civil war was fought, the 14th amendment was passed.
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;”
The above is the privileges and immunities clause of the 14th amendment. It states that states can’t infringe upon things that the feds can’t infringe on. It applied the federal bill of rights to the states.
The problem is that it has been unevenly implemented. The federal courts have been effective striking down state laws that violate the parts of the bill of rights.
If the 14th amendment were to be applied as written, all state restriction on firearms would be unconstitutional. Unfortunantly we have judges ano politicians who can read the plain text of the amendment and somehow believe it says something different that what it says.
Cram it down their throats and let them argue over federalism.
Technically, doesn’t the “full faith and credit” clause mandate it?
I agree with you Lachowsky. Put reciprocity under federal control and sooner or later D’s (with their beer pal R’s) will use it to restrict concealed carry. Minimum standards, federal approved training, etc. on a nationwide basis.
Yes, that plus federalism. I think the most local government is the best government. (aside from no government)
So Iowa has shall issue and reciprocity with 30+ states today, thanks to the Republican House and Senate the voters recently put in charge. But the Democratic Attorney General who has been in office a couple of decades, find national reciprocity to be evil. The voters are never going to throw out an incumbent AG, and he is too young to die anytime soon. So I guess we’ll have to live this embarrassing fuck for a while to come.
Miller is a POS on many counts.
Iowa honors permits from every state by statute, so national reciprocity would change nothing as far as Iowa honoring anything.
724.11A Recognition.
A valid permit or license issued by another state to any nonresident of this state shall be considered to be a
valid permit or license to carry weapons issued pursuant to this chapter…
You are correct. I was thinking of the states that accept the Iowa permit.
At any rate, it is clear the Attorney General of Iowa has no comprehension of current Iowa law. Or he’s a lying sack of shit. Or both.
I’m curious about the legal definition of that HK.
I have an HK USC that might need a date with the chop saw.
That is considered a pistol with an arm brace. If you have a rifle and make it into a pistol, that’s illegal, but if you buy it as a pistol its completely harmless. Makes perfect sense, right?
http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/component/virtuemart/shipping-pistols/zenith-z-5k-pistol-detail.html?Itemid=0
All yours for a mere 1700
I kept waiting for the guy to shoot the lady or the EMTs since he kept covering them with the muzzle. And no way would I give that gun back to him after that episode.
He and his partner said they only ever committed crimes while in uniform. “The most I did were robberies while working, never outside of work,” Gondo said.
That makes it all better. I only robbed people when working as an agent of the government. That makes it ok, because that’s what all agents of the government do anyway.
Seriously, all those officers deserve a life sentence.
And another gem from the article,
“Most of our robberies were as police officers, so we weren’t too worried about getting caught,” said Jemell Rayam, Gondo’s partner who also testified Wednesday.
Fucking assholes.
OT:
So apparently right now at NYU there’s a “debate on capitalism” going down. As far as I can tell, it’s KMW and the Jacket versus a couple of commies from Jacobin.
Given that the audience are a bunch of kids at a school that costs $60k+ a year, you can guess how it’s going for the Reason folk.
https://twitter.com/ENBrown/status/926601961742524416
Ooooh, there’s a livestream.
https://reason.com/blog/2017/11/03/livestream-of-nick-gillespie-and-katheri
Will the Jacket insist on being called “Doctor”?
Only the idle rich can afford Socialism…
That idiot just said if you belive in true freedom and liberalism you have to be a socialist and those idiot kids just cheered. We may be doomed as a species.
That is such a stupid statement I can’t even.
The freedom to do as you’re told and the liberalism of rule by the elite. What’s not to like?
Confused – it’s says Cooper Union, not NYU.
Cooper Union
does not charge a tuitionstarted charging tuition in 2012.that should go great for libertarianism.
Just read who was there for Jacobin, they’re not standing us their best.
I’m looking forward to some great black Friday deals this year on firearms.
Ok. I’ll bite.
Minnesota: because they don’t seem to like other state’s permits much.
North Dakota: they passed constitutional carry, but only for residents. Doesn’t sound like
a state that would like forced reciprocity.
Florida: because then people wouldn’t need a Florida permit.
Texas: because “sure there’s other states, but they’re not real states”
Wrong on all counts. I guess that’s something.
Only 17 opposed? Sounds like we have an emerging national concensus.
That’s how we’re supposed to decide things, right?
I’d assume New York is one, because our worses in Albany don’t want anybody to have guns.
New Jersey, California, and Maryland would be other likely choices.
Illinois, because we suck.
NJ has a Republican Governor for a few more weeks, so no.
Once Murphy is in, we’re screwed.
Hold your horses. That comes after the “national conversation” phase.
You get zero points.
North Dakota: they passed constitutional carry, but only for residents.
See, this right here is where the courts should be stepping in under the 14th Amendment and opening it up to all US citizens and permanent residents.
My mate is out of town, and I am busy power slamming Jai alais and watching battlebot footage on YouTube….
Sooooo Which of you mammals is down for a meetup in ybor tomorrow night? Dirty Shame? (They have real dart boards and plenty of crappy pool tables)
good beer.
I believ they ha
They laugh, ha ha ha?
Goose island, and fransiskaner on tap among others…damn I’m a mess
*perks up at mention of Franziskaner*
I lived off that in Germany, in 1997.
Well you can re-live it tomorrow if you dare
I am in Illinois, and don’t have access to supersonic transport.
The Franziskaner sounds interesting. Might have to go looking for it now.
NY MA DE CA PA OR WA RI CT HI IL VA… DC counts right?
13, still missing some.
The ones you guessed are all correct. DC was the trick part.
Yes!
I just FUCKING KNEW IL would be on that list…. 🙁
I am so ashamed to see VA included in a list with those other states, with the possible exception of PA.
Let’s see what happens Tuesday.
Just make sure your minority children are off the streets that day.
well I missed a few, but did pretty well!
confused at NM. what?
OT – this just must be one of those amazing coincidences: There’s an obscure island group in the Indian Ocean known as the Comoros. The capital of the Union of Comoros is Moroni.
The angel Moroni hid the golden plates in NY at a hill known as Cumorah where Joseph Smith found them.
Moroni.
Flashback to constant Hill Cumorah Pageant TV commercials growing up.
Im guessing Nevada and New Mexico as your surprise states.
you got one right
I recall NV wasnt recognizing AZ CCW. Its why I guessed them.
Maybe NV hasnt gone full retard!
Jennifer Lawrence Responds to ‘Passengers’ Criticism: ‘I’m Disappointed in Myself’
It was “a selfish and rather creepy act”, so it should have been the woman who did it?
You grabbed some breaking news there.
But I just saw the movie last week, so it’s news to me. And I’m what’s important.
Did he grab it by the pussy?
It’s a customary greeting on on some planets.
Heh. If I were a female that face would be my new avatar.
(pay no attention to my current avatar)
Wait….what?!
That is very obviously photoshopped.
Yeah, but still….
…shot
What?
Odd. I thought it was pretty good. My only issues was her occupation was writer while Pratt’s character wa a robotics tech. One would be useful colonizing a planet, the other…
You want a 30 to 1 ratio of men to women on that planet?
You have a point. Carry on.
I bet if the robot bartender was a hot female robot he wouldn’t have woken anyone up.
Dry martini…and a handy.
An Old Fashioned and an “old fashioned”
Very Painful On Crotch. Vodka, Peach Schnaps, Orange Juice, Cranberry Juice. It’s the only way I could remember what went into the disgusting “Sex on the Beach”.
My critique was that they couldn’t be out back in hibernation. The writer was planning on staying a short while, then going back to earth. And what about the crew? I’m sure they were planning on taking the ship back to earth. So, did the primitive colony have the equipment? It seems more likely that the multi billion dollar space ship would have it.
So, I would not mind meeting glibs in the coming days. I live in western new York and will be in Albany next weekend. Any takers for a meet up in either location?
You could meet up for still water and saltines with Uncivil.
He was on my invite list. I’d even bring the saltines if the bar we meet at doesn’t serve them.
If I wasn’t half drunk, I probably wouldn’t have laughed so hard….
Be easy on that remaining kidney, goodguy. *hat tip*
I make sure I am not dehydrated!
technology solves all problems
Paging Ted S. and Rhywun?
Hey, is there a bullet choo-choo that goes to Albany in less than 3 hours?
From where?
NYC
I don’t plan on being in Buffalo or Albany any time in the near future.
Nor do I.
Can’t argue with those choices.
I would be down, but I’m in a bit of limbo. I may or may not be moving from Buffalo to Utica this week. Or next week. Or not at all. I still haven’t received the revised offer letter from the new distillery.
Well, if you figure it out, or end up stuck in buffalo you can hit me up at lacky0989 at gmail and we can figure out the rest from there.
Reposting from the afternoon links since that thread seems to have met the reaper.
Tesla Q3 earnings call; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGazS-1KRB0
I don’t think I’ve ever heard Musk speak before, but have lord have mercy does that man ever come off as a supreme bullshit artist.
So what you’re saying is that I should buy some Tesla stock. Done and done.
I’m not an investor, nor do I play one on television, so perhaps you or someone else here can clue me in on some of the jargon therein. What is a “step exponential” in this context?
The fuck if I know – flux capacitor?
I know what step and exponential functions are though.
I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’ll sell you if you have any cash left over.
How long before Tesla gets lumped in as a scam like The Dale?
That story has everything.
The cliche that “the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent” applies here. You can go broke waiting for reality to hit Wall Street regarding a “precious” stock. Due to their lefty cred, Tesla can get financing to cover their losses for a lot longer than could McDowell Coal, Inc. (or whomever) in WV. I think Playa M can speak to this.
That said, put options limit your risk to what you pay for them.
Sorry – I mentioned short selling in a previous version of the post, then edited it out.
Defection to another group means weakening one’s own group and strengthening the alien group, which has always been regarded as the gravest mortal sin: treason. (Dante’s hell has Judas Iscariot in its centre, which is the severest punishment for it).
Treasonoustarians.
Just drug the populace into submission if they don’t agree with you. Sounds like a plan.
This is how you get Reavers.
*backs up slowly, finishes beer*
Anyone dive into the Derp and utter Racism that is Eugene Robinson? I wonder if all Black Journalists write about race over and over and over and……..
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/03/trumps_racism_makes_him_corrosive_to_national_fabric_135437.html
Eugene has been mining teh race derp mine for decades. He has soiled the pages of the Chicago papers since I was kid with one message…”Whitey’s fault”.
for a second I thought you referring to FOE, and I had a confuse. Flashbacks to TOS, FLASHBACKS MAN!
OT – FFS… the booze biz is corrupt enough – let’s destroy it further with fucking unions.
Uber?
Right? WTF does delivering booze need a union for? (Yeah, I know the answer.)
Attn Vhyrus and other Gun Glibs: I’m starting to look at possibly getting a CC gun. It looks like the most popular calibers are .380 or 9mm? Opinions on which is the better round?
As far as specific models, I’m thinking about this Remington RM380. There’s a $100 mail-in rebate, and on Nov 9 it is going to have an additional $50 “instant saving.” $149 for a pistol seems very reasonable. Opinions on this model?
I’m also looking at this Taurus Millennium® G2 package. It includes a holster and a clip loader for $264.
I’m looking at under $300. As far under $300 as possible. I appreciate any advice.
9mm wins on cost and availability, so if you shoot a lot for practice its something to consider
G43 can be found around $300 sometimes?
PPS just under 300
also this
Don’t know enough about the RM380, but at that price it’s hard to pass up.
Opinions on which is the better round?
The one you can hit the target with great confidence while shooting in a very stressful situation.
Yeah, either is better than nothing. both are more than adequate for the job.
Maybe (as usual) I”m overthinking this. You’re right, I suppose. Both will do the job.
Anyone here reload?
I know suthen does.
Are you planning on just the one CC gun? If so, go for the 9 in whatever you like. If you plan to get another fairly soon, you can go for the 380 now, then it can be a backup or summer gun when you go larger. I prefer the most potent round I can carry in a particular situation, given clothing, etc.
I don’t have an opinion on either of the guns. Both companies make quality guns, but have had some stinkers.
R51…
Yes, I plan on just the one CC gun.
So the 9mm has better takedown power? While guns aren’t foreign to me (I have a few) I’ve never gotten into them enough to learn all the pros and cons of the various calibers. I have a Ruger GP100 .357 but it’s a little big for CC. I guess under a winter coat it could work.
Yeah, I bet you could carry that.
there’s a range of force that each caliber has, but 9mm will be higher. I’m sure there’s a .380 round that is more powerful than a 9mm round out of the right guns.
As dorvinion said above, 9mm is cheaper. And even a layman like me knows that 9mm is an extremely popular, and therefore readily available, round. Now I’m starting to lean towards that Taurus G2. That Walther you linked to looks nice, too. Decisions, decisions…
I think what gives 9mm the advantage is its availability. It’s the most popular pistol round therfore it is sold everywhere and has the most varities. There is a wider range of 9mm products available than you will find in .380
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I will go with 9mm for the reasons you state.
…unless I go with a small .38 revolver (like SW linked below) since I already have a bunch of .38 ammo for practicing with my GP100
Not sure about this particular model but Remington’s new design handguns have been absolute dogshit lately. Get the Taurus or a Beretta Nano https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/77774/Firearms/Handguns/Beretta/Beretta+JMN9S15+BU9+Nano+6%2B1+9mm+3.07
or a Charter Arms revolver
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/2084_21_203/products_id/38052/Charter+Arms+13820+Undercover+5RD+38SP+%2BP+2
Both of those look intriguing. Thanks for the opinion and info!
This is a really good deal.
I have this. It is easy to shoot, easy to carry and hasn’t puked on anything I’ve put through it.
I almost went that way.
That’s a good price. If I didn’t already have a single stack I’d pick one up.
Thanks, Tundra. That’s a nice looking option. Ill have to go to some gun shops and hold them all and see which one feels best.
You can get the gun by itself for under $200 if you look
That whole video is all questions no answers.
It answered the question of who’s smarter -Crazy Bitch in Handcuffs or Guy Who Returns Gun to Freaking Out Cop. Hint : CBiH thinks it’s a bad idea.
interesting
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In 1866 diamonds were discovered at Kimberley, prompting a diamond rush and a massive influx of foreigners to the borders of the Orange Free State. Then in 1886, gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand area of the South African Republic. Gold made the Transvaal the richest nation in southern Africa; however, the country had neither the manpower nor the industrial base to develop the resource on its own. As a result, the Transvaal reluctantly acquiesced to the immigration of uitlanders (foreigners), mainly English speaking men from Britain, who came to the Boer region in search of fortune and employment. This resulted in the number of uitlanders in the Transvaal potentially exceeding the number of Boers, and precipitated confrontations between the earlier-arrived Boer settlers and the newer, non-Boer arrivals.
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As tensions escalated, political maneuverings and negotiations attempted to reach compromise on the issues of the rights of the uitlanders within the South African Republic, control of the gold mining industry, and Britain’s desire to incorporate the Transvaal and the Orange Free State into a federation under British control. Given the British origins of the majority of uitlanders and the ongoing influx of new uitlanders into Johannesburg, the Boers recognized that granting full voting rights to the uitlanders would eventually result in the loss of ethnic Boer control in the South African Republic.
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The June 1899 negotiations in Bloemfontein failed, and in September 1899 British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain demanded full voting rights and representation for the uitlanders residing in the Transvaal. Paul Kruger, the President of the South African Republic, issued an ultimatum on 9 October 1899, giving the British government 48 hours to withdraw all their troops from the borders of both the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, albeit Kruger had ordered Commandos to the Natal border in early September and Britain only had troops in garrison towns far from the border,[citation needed] failing which the Transvaal, allied to the Orange Free State, would declare war on the British government. The British government rejected the South African Republic’s ultimatum, resulting in the South African Republic and Orange Free State declaring war on Britain.
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So much for open borders.
So… You’re reading Wikipedia for fun and have gotten to K?
I’ve always like reading encyclopedias. I usually just skip around though.
Me too, I’m just giving you a hard time. As you were.
I was reading some silly report from the Heritage Institute. They were bemoaning the fact that the biggest joint service procurement project is for a “truck”- the joint light attack vehicle, which is intended for the needs of the wars we have been fighting.
They’re peeved because they think we should be spending money on fancy toys to counter our “near-peer” (that’s some nice weasel words, Lou) rivals, who spend a fraction of what we do.
There is a requirement that the US military needs to be strong enough to fight to major regional conflicts simultaneously, a situation which has not happened since WW2.
Cutting military spending by fifty percent seems like a good investment. Good luck on that though.
“Trucks” are fairly useful in a surprisingly large amount of situations.
Lyn Ulbricht’s mom on Tom Woods. After watching BBC’s documentary, it’s nice to hear the other side of the story.
It was interesting, her son got screwed. She mentioned the Preet Bharara/Reason kerfluffle too.
It’s evoking some forgotten rage in me. Maybe I should turn it off.
Moobz. Truly awful human.
The retroactive sustaining of objections that weren’t made seems the worst to me. I didn’t know they could do that.
Yep. Using his philosophical posts online as an excuse for the sentence makes him a political prisoner.
So the BBC doc wasn’t sympathetic?
Sorry, at work. No, the BBC doco makes it look like a slam dunk that he was behind the hit for hire. They never mention the corruption of some of the agents.
Don’t sweat it, I’ll have to give it a watch.
Well, just got back from seeing Thor: Ragnarok, and grabbing some beers at the local. I had to suffer through this on tap. Thor wasn’t bad, it has more of a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe, and appears to do some place setting for the Avengers 4 movie.
Planning on taking my niece to see Ragnarok Sunday as part of her birthday present. When they’re with me I’ve always only ever let my nieces and nephews watch shows I like, and only ever bought them toys I like. In it’s 18th year this plan is going very well.
The niece I’m taking to Ragnarok has seen every episode of G1 Transformers, Voltron and Thundercats. She watched Thundercats from my DVDs, and I still haven’t watched them all.
I tried guiding my niece, who’s now in her early 20’s and has admitted she enjoyed the comics, but couldn’t read them around her friends without being branded a geek.
My nephews on the other hand, as each has turned 6 they get to go to free comic book day with me. One of your local comic book stores does two separate releases for FCBD, one at midnight the other at opening the next day. The great fun came when the youngest was able to go, and his older brother started explaining the rules and telling him how everything worked. One of the stops that has become mandatory is this one, I literally get to take two kids to a candy store and see how happy they get.
I got lucky, when my nieces (older than nephews) started worrying about cool Marvel films were pop culture. And they, unlike me, could be proud nerds in public and still have social lives.
My one comment on Ragnarok is that I think they really missed the mark when this wasn’t the fight song for the final fight of the movie.
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The Old Norse compound ragnarok has a long history of interpretation. Its first element, ragna, is unproblematic, being the genitive plural of regin (n. pl.) “the ruling powers, gods”. The second element is more problematic, as it occurs in two variants, -rök and -røkkr. Writing in the early 20th century, philologist Geir Zoëga treats the two forms as two separate compounds, glossing ragnarök as “the doom or destruction of the gods” and ragnarøkkr as “the twilight of the gods”.[2]
The plural noun rök has several meanings, including “development, origin, cause, relation, fate.”[3] The word ragnarök as a whole is then usually interpreted as the “final destiny of the gods.”[4]
The singular form ragnarøk(k)r is found in a stanza of the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna, and in the Prose Edda. The noun røk(k)r means “twilight” (from the verb røkkva “to grow dark”), suggesting a translation “twilight of the gods”.
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I always want to know where words come from.
Thunder!
Thunder!
Thunder!
THUNDERCATS – HOOOOOOO!
Mumra had an exceptionally poor counter-insurgency strategy: he spent too much time in fortified rear areas and failed to win the hearts and minds of Third Earth. His failure is yet another example of how an insurgent force can defeat a superior adversary.
I always hated his transformation spiel: “…transform this decayed form…” There had to be a better phrase the writers could have some up with.
interesting
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Theodore Walter “Tobin” Wolf, also known as Ted Wolf (July 21, 1922 – June 21, 1999), was an American writer who was responsible for creating the animated television series ThunderCats. He was also an inventor with several patents to his name. Wolf was born in 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in 1999, in Honolulu, Hawaii
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Tobin Wolf knew a thing or two about the dramas of battle and survival. He was born in 1922 and his father died when he was young, so he was sent to live with grandparents, who gave him up to a foster home at about age 10. Janice Wolf said her father soon moved out on his own, putting himself through high school and marrying at 19.
Wolf enlisted during World War II, and lost part of a leg during the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he studied mechanical engineering, then worked for Westinghouse, where he developed contraptions qualifying for several patents.
Eventually, Tobin Wolf struck out on his own as an inventor of toys. During this period, he invented the precursor of today’s ubiquitous portable stereo: a portable record player for teens, manufactured by Singer.
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4832783/jon-grissom-corey-feldman-alleged-paedophile-abuser/
Cory Feldman accuses 2 low level shitheads that are already convicted pedphiles. That’s totally worth $10 million, right?
Even if it’s true, using this to fundraise is a sleazy move.
Two Mules For Sister Sara is really good. Shirley is a psycho, of course, but damn was she hot in 1970.
She looked pretty good in the 60’s, too.
I have really been f’ing up comments lately:
She looked pretty good in the 60’s, too.
random thought
All the machine-based codes used during WW2 were broken. The only one that wasn’t was the human-based Navajo code.
A code made with technology can be broken with technology. That is not true of speech. With a written code or a code based on very clear signals, you can be confident of what the message is. With speech, there are a whole bunch of extra factors like static, distortion, slang, and accent. You can’t be sure about what the message is.
There is no machine which can learn a foreign language the way a person can and it is very unlikely that such a machine will ever exist. And even the most talented linguists require months of intense study with dictionaries and other aids to gain even a basic proficiency in another language.
If the Navajo code was the best performer, it should be the model. The languages used do not need to be natural, although I suspect natural languages would work better since fluent speakers already exist.
If it were up to me, I shift to using obscure languages like Welsh and Quechua for codes. It is very unlikely that an adversary would be able to recruit enough speakers to decrypt a significant volume of the traffic. And that assumes they can identify the language being used as well as other features of the spoken code. In the Navajo code, they had a very clever and simple system. Submarines were “iron fish”. Tanks were “tortoises”. Some of the meanings in English are easy to guess, but in a language like Navajo, it is very hard for a non-native speaker to figure out.
The Japanese scoured US POWs for Navajo speakers. They found one, Joe Kiyoomia. They tortured him and forced him to translate the messages. But the translations were gibberish. The Navajo word for “egg” was used to mean “bomb”. The word for “frog” meant “amphibious”. The English word “about” was encoded with the Navajo words “ant fight”- the “ant” part stood for “a” and the “bout” became the Navajo word for “fight”. Imagine the confusion of the Japanese.
You can’t argue with results. Technology is not a silver bullet.
I remember reading somewhere that the Japanese codes were broken rather quickly because of their frequent use of formalities like “it is my honorable duty to inform your excellency that…“
Military intelligence is a fruitful field because most people just can’t keep their mouths shut.
Yeah, don’t do that.
Dude, everybody knows that channel 4 is fake news.
I actually did that once. Not literally pulled a gun, but they were outside at like 3am and I heard something and went outside with one of my rifles and ran right into one of them when walking around the side of my garage. I never seen anyone run that fast before.
I had a meth head on my porch in burlington one day. he was coming out of the house next door after robbing it. went up over my porch and fell off it when he saw me.
I’m a light sleeper and the least unusual noise will wake me up. I heard someone talking outside, or I thought I did. I think there were three of them, but I only saw the one kid, but there was talk afterwards because it was apparently kids of friends of ours. I didn’t even say anything to him, I just saw it was probably a teen before he probably pissed his pants and set the world record for 500 yard dash, lol.
Opportunity missed.
The picture of that toilet paper roll should be over the barrel of a .22
http://5newsonline.com/2017/11/03/mulit-craft-contractors-employee-dies-in-crane-accident/
Ah shit. I just came across this on my local news site. The company I work for hires MCC to do work at our plant during shutdowns every year. I worked with the deceased from the article on a project last May. That sucks.
fuck. that does suck. sorry, man.
Sorry to hear it.
That’s terrible, man. Sorry
I’m sorry L. One of my extended work group passed last month. Sucks to loose people when they’re young. Just were working with them and then they’re gone.
Yeah. that sucks. Sucks especially when a man dies while doing his job that supports his family.
I work around cranes everyday. They can be very dangerous. Earlier this year I was present when one of my coworkers crushed himself between a load and a steel frame. He damn near died. That was about 6 months ago and last I heard he is just barely getting around with a cane. Whenworking around cranes, you really have to have a strong sense of awareness to stay safe.
“See if you can guess which 17 states formally oppose national reciprocity.”
“The Honorable Chuck Schumer”
Shit, I never knew that honarable was the same as shitbag.
^This. Other D senators once in a while stumble on the right side of an issue. Moobz is consistently bad.
FATCA. I don’t even know what else to day to add to the douchebaginess of that vile piece of shit.
He’s like the John McCain of Democrats.
Hypocrites. “Every developed country provides health care, bans guns, blah, blah, blah”. The US and some African backwater are the only two countries that do FATCA shit.
Since they love to drop the “no other country does X” line so much, I like to flip the script and use it on them. I point out that no other countries (except Cameroon and japan) have higher corporate tax rates than us.
When dealing with sophists, what difference does it make at this point?
My usual line is: Most countries are poorer and less free than the US. Why should we imitate losers?
More bathos from Current Affairs
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If there is a single person in America who cannot be accused of having an irrational anti-Hillary bias, or being a conspiratorial “Bernie Bro,” it is Brazile, whose devotion to serving Clinton above all literally cost Brazile her job.
Yet in a newly-released except from her book Hacks (the title of which refers to Russian meddling, though some had jokingly suggested it could apply to Brazile and other members of the Democratic political elite)…
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I bet the Amazon reviews of that book are a scream.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/11/new-proof-that-the-dnc-was-just-as-corrupt-as-you-thought-it-was
“NEW PROOF THAT THE DNC WAS JUST AS CORRUPT AS YOU THOUGHT IT WAS”
This question is the official test for retardation.
Is bathos a brand name for a bath salt? If not, trademark bitches! That’s how the legal system works, right?
It is a Greek word that means “unintentional humor”. The literal meaning is “depth”, as in the primitive submersible known as a bathysphere- deep ball.
Huh. Scientific terms always sound silly when literally translated.
Telescope- far-see
asthma- panting
I know what it is. I just thought that it’s a good brand name for bath salts. I think all your time in the derp mines may have damaged your sarcomoter. It’s best to get it calibrated every 3 months to be safe.
I’m addicted to explaining things.
Like Bathos TM? (I don’t know how to do supersript)
BaTHos™
“Laugh in Your Bath!”
The Doctors enemy gets it.
Maybe more like Mentos.
Bathos better
Bathos fresher
Bathos better, fresher full of life!
Bathos: the derp maker
That’s not a fair fight. The nomination is supposed to be decided by the voters, not by who happens to have the most control over party fundraising at the outset.
HAHAHAHAHA!
“If one side has a giant money laundering operation that helps it skirt campaign finance laws, and the other side does not, the whole nomination process is tainted.”
And nobody was aware of this before now.
That’s most amusing part about leftists. They want political power, but are clueless about how it works in practice.
The world mostly runs on greased palms and tit-for-tat. Money and power always find each other.
This is a really weird week and Friday night. My wife is already in bed and I’m up alone, which is really unusual for Friday night. She had a 4 hour job interview today which involves some high level security. The level of background check is crazy she’s going through. I’ve never went through that level of scrutiny, which is good since they’d obviously find out I’m a crazed libertarian and that would be the end of it.
Also, diet. It works. I’ve lost 23 lbs in 6 weeks, went from 38 waist to 34, while not giving up my alcohol. I still have another 20 lbs to lose, but I’m feeling encouraged. I’ve only been walking for exercise, around 2-3 miles a day, but I plan on starting working out again soon. Probably should also start drinking less, that is the hardest part. When are they coming up with that consequence free alcohol? We as a society have our priorities all fucked up.
I have been eating one meal a day for the past 5 months. It has helped quite a bit. I went from 220 earlier this year to the 195 I’m at currently. I haven’t changed much else about my lifestyle. Same drinking and same work, just less food.
Congrats on that, bro. I’m down from around 220 to 197, so about the same. I need to get to around 175 for my ideal weight. I’m eating 2-3 meals a day, I don’t always have time for breakfast. Breakfast is a lot easier when I work from home, which is only about half my work week. Basically, I eat real food, meat, produce, nothing else. Probably close to paleo. No snacking. Fucking amazing results so far. No reduction in alcohol so far at all, but I know I need to do it, I just don’t want to.
Yeah, i could probably get down to 170 pretty easily if I quit drinking beer. I don’t see that happening any time soon though. I like it too much.
^this^
Today is day 3 of my vegetarian experiment. I feel pretty good and I lost a pound.
I decided if my Irish ancestors could function on milk and potatoes, so can I.
3 days and you’re already telling people about it? You’ll fit right in.
I walked right in to that one.
A meatball right over the plate.
I have a close co-worker who went vegan. She was already pretty healthy and thin and so it’s hard to judge results, but she did it about the same time I went paleo type diet. I have to look at paleoanthropology here as justification. Sapiens have been eating meat for 200,000 years. Since the dawn. That’s my only excuse besides I’d rather die than stop eating meat. Eating only meat and raw veggies and greens? Not a problem, I actually like it.
You know, as long as it includes beer and liquor. They were brewing in East Africa 150,000 years ago, right? I’m sure I read about that.
I can get by with eggs and cheese. Many hunter gatherer tribes get/got most of their calories from plants, so I think the paleo thing is a bit of a misnomer.
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To see how much meat ancient people ate, archaeologists rely on the fact that protein is the only macronutrient that contains nitrogen. Different foods have different ratios of heavy and light nitrogen isotopes, or atoms of the same element with a different number of neutrons. So in a given ecosystem, scientists can reconstruct ancient diets by measuring the fraction of heavy-to-light nitrogen isotopes in fossilized bones.
But the body also preferentially stores heavier isotopes of nitrogen, so scientists calculate an offset to adjust for that tendency when determining what a person actually ate. Historically, the offset was derived from studies in which animals were fed diets with different protein amounts. [7 Perfect Survival Foods]
Using that offset, many studies estimate that between 60 and 80 percent of the prehistoric human diet came from proteins, with most of that from animal sources.
That was surprising because no more than 45 percent of modern diets come from protein of any type.
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Previous estimates based on animal studies were too small and thus inflated how much animal protein our ancient ancestors ate, she said.
Instead, the first farmers, who lived around 12,000 years ago, likely ate no more than 40 to 50 percent of their protein from animal sources. Those people ate a diet more similar to subsistence farmers in modern-day India or China, O’Connell said. Hunter-gatherers from the Paleolithic period also ate less meat, she added.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/27/caveman-diet-stone-age-humans-meat_n_2031999.html
nice!
Lost 60 pounds and all I had to do was lose my apatite because my dad died! 4 stars, would recommend!
You switch to ether. It has no calories and metabolizes faster. The downside is the terrible taste. And the hallucinations.
The Irish Ether Drinking Craze
*Raises hand* Uh… Doesn’t that cause, you know, like, death, or something?
wiki sez
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One advantage is a well-defined margin between therapeutic and toxic doses, which means one would lose consciousness before dangerous levels of dissolved ether in blood would be reached. With a strong, dense smell, ether causes irritation to respiratory mucosa and is uncomfortable to breathe, and in overdose triggering salivation, vomiting, coughing or spasms. In concentrations of 3–5% in air, an anesthetic effect can slowly be achieved in 15–20 minutes of breathing approximately 15–20 ml of ether, depending on body weight and physical condition. Ether causes a very long excitation stage prior to blacking out.
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Trump is coming tomorrow. Ivanka is here already. Hope Trump leaves her here.
Trump and offspring visiting Japan
Watching Trump interact with Japanese people is intriguing. Western media made a big to do out of his handshake with Abe after the election. Media here didn’t give a shit. FFS Bush sr. puked on one.
I hope Trump doesn’t infect Japan with his xenophobic nationalistic tendencies.
or protectionist trade policies
Me neither. That’s exactly why I like it here.
They need some of those, just not Pearl Harbor level those.
I find it interesting how the MSM refer to Trump as Trump when for 8 years they referred to Obama as President. I’m sure that’s just an accident.
Reading the newspaper and checking comments at the same time. I just tried to scroll down with my finger on the paper.
“Reading the newspaper”
Wait… what? Newspaper? What is that? I actually have a subscription to Washington Post. A couple of weeks ago, my wife asked me what we’re supposed to do with this shit on our doorstep. I said that since we don’t have any bird cages, throw them away. I think WaPo are running some sort of scam where they send out young college kids to peddle their rag for various causes. You know, if it’s your neighbor’s kids, you give them 30 bucks and this doucherag shows up to litter your deck.
The NYT does have a great crossword.
I member when cops usedta beat the shit out of us instead of straight up murdering. I member.
The only time that they caught me was when I was dragging a friend by the ankles. Vodka, too many. I could have run like the rest of my friends but I stayed put like an asshole. Dude was my best friend and there was no way that I would abandon him. Stoned on acid. Good times.
Those were the days.
Songs that made the Hit Parade.