Subdeacon Joe

So don't put the scent pad in

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Interesting. But somehow I don't think that a speed of 11 to 12 knots would allow them to catch up to the convoy. ADDED: Correcting myself Speed of Advance: Slow convoys 7 -8 knots. Fast convoys 9-10 knots. Troop convoys 13 - 15 knots. I thought all moved at the speed of troop convoys.

Should be Standard Time, not DST.

I think more about sending a loud message to Russia and China about how vulnerable they are. "The "rightful place" for 90% of their people should be the same." Smart money says that 90% of their people want the mohammedean warlords and their thugs gone and be able to return to the prosperity of pre-revolution Iran, but without the brutality of the Shaw. ====================== One side effect, which actually may be the main goal, of all of President Trump's foreign advebturism is what a lot of people revile him for. "The whole world hates us! Look at how they are coming together against us!: EXACTLY! Since the start of the "Pax Americana" after WWII our allies in Europe have leaned heavily on the United States for their military needs. They spent relatively little on it, which allowed them to develop all of their much-praised, government (taxpayer) provided social programs and security nets. Remember last year when several NATO countries were complaining that if they met their NATO obligations they would be forced to raise taxes and/or cut programs? After 80 years sucking at the American teat, they are resisting being weaned onto solid food. Last week, I think it was, SecState Rubio mentioned closing bases in Europe and bringing 100,000 people home, "If Europe won't let us use them for this, way keep them open?" Something like that. Which I'm sure was met with howls of "You ca8do that! Local economies depend on those bases!" Like in Puerto Rico, when their government banned the US Navy from using a gunnery range. We closed the base because it's only real purpose was a base for our ships who were getting in gunnery practice on that range. Long range plans within plans within plans. And, unlike professional politicians who can't resist bragging about the details, and showing their cards before the last round is dealt, he keeps his close to his vest. Sure, he makes bombastic statements, and seems full of bluster and BS, but most of those statements, if closely examined, yield almost no information of any value, and often seem to be calculated to confuse and misdirect people.

So they gave you verifiable data? Or at least were able to tell you of half a dozen incidents? I don't know if it was here or TEAM SASS, but sometime in the last year there was a discussion centered around the "Only use factory ammo in your defense gun. If you use hand loads prisecutors can convince a jury that you are inordinately bloodthirsty. Everybody knows that." Several people more versed in law than I am, which doesn't take much, pointed out that case law doesn't support that. Absolutely no evidence, but everyone, including LEOs, knew it was true.

That's the problem with the "It Sounds Logical" documentation, which ties in closely with the "Everybody Knows" school of thought. Perfectly Logical reasoning, if started from a false premise, will usually yield a Perfectly Logical wrong answer. That gets read by 100 people who say, "That sounds logical!" and spread it. Pretty soon Everybody Knows such and such without anyone questioning it. It's like the Janet Reno quote about registration only being a step, always with a citation of the date and show she is supposed to have said it. Sounds like something she would have said. Seems logical, and hey! it cites a news show! Except she wasn't on the show anywhere near that date. There's no record of her saying it on any news show. But it sounds like something she might have said, so it's logical to assume that she said it, and pretty soon Everybody Knows she said it. What I suspect happened to start the Everybody Knows That People Who Open Carry Are Targeted is that someone read one incident where a person was targeted, maybe even two incidents months apart and said to his buddy, "Look at this, Clem! This idjit was targeted because he was open carrying!" And then Clem told someone else, who told someone else, and that person had read about the same incident, but because no details were given, logically assumed it was a separate incident. And so it spreads. And that's why I ask for documentation.

BINGO!!!! That's exactly what we're getting at. You mutter but do nothing because it's not unusual enough to be worth your time. We want it to be that "not unusual enough" so people don't freak out. And something that is "not unusual enough," while maybe weird and uncommon is normal.

I keep hearing that, and I just can't seem to find the data to support it being a even a moderate problem. Does it happen? Sure. But other than the nebulous CDC statement that people who carry are 3 times more likely to have a gun stolen than people who don't. Can you please post links to studies that support the claim?

That reminds me of

You're conflating the initial reason with secondary effects. You did catch the part about trade deals and investment in the US?

"Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20 percent United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States,” Trump wrote" So, made his initial, ridiculridiculously high asking price, haggled some with interested parties, and, at least on paper, got what he really wanted.

Or flash hider or muzzle brake.

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You just want a Cadillac!

Thank you. Although I like this one too

My brothers and I tried mounting one on a Pinewood Derby car. It did not go well. I haven't watched but the first couple of minutes of this, but it looks interesting:

Interesting flag display. Isn't your Red Ensign for merchant vessels? Oh..thanks for posting this bit of history.

Comparing apples and iron ore. So, you're saying that we should all stay cowering in the shadows. That's exactly what the anti-civil rights advocates are counting on. Make it unusual, demonize it, keep repeating the Big Lie that anyone with gun is a violent thug.

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