Subdeacon Joe
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27 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
How long , do you suppose, before this is made common knowledge in the lamestream media??
Ad kalendas graecas.
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On 1/8/2026 at 5:06 AM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
And people have scolded me for NEVER having used You Tube. Never have, Never will.
You seem to leave comments on quite a few of the YouTube videos that I post.
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The NRA top crust got too big and too self-important.
From my perspective, it started in the '80s, with a pendulum swing from its historic focus on shooting and safety to political activism, trying to set itself as the ONLY pro-civil rights organization and worked to undermine any other groups. And then became more about THE NRA!!! than supporting the shooting spots and the 2nd Amendment. Wayne La Pierre was afflicted with a god-complex, and surrounded himself with sycophants who both protected him and sought power for themselves at the same time.
As a Californian, my impression of the NRA is that it went after easy wins in already gun-friendly states in which anti-gun legislation had little chance of passage so it could claim wins with almost no effort, and ignored major battles in which it would have to commit major resources and no guaranteed outcome. It would weigh in only after some other group had done the heavy lifting.
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And get there in 3 hours and 40 minutes!
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Well done, sir! It sounds like a work that could be used as a text for an "Introduction to..." class, both academic and readable.
And this:
(Name redacted) is an educator and Colonel in the United States Army Reserves with combat experience, as well as a former law enforcement officer. His work examines authority, accountability, and ethical responsibility within high-trust institutions.
He holds master's degrees in history, management and leadership, and strategic studies, and is pursuing a PhD in psychology focused on stress and decision-making. His writing is informed by both academic research and professional experience in military and law-enforcement contexts.
A rather impressive CV.
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Eighty-one years ago, on January 7th, 1945, Major Thomas B. “Mickey” McGuire, Jr., Fifth Air Force, was killed in action at the age of 24 while leading a group of P-38s on a fighter sweep over northern Negros Island in the central Philippines. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and the second-highest scoring American ace of the war with 38 victories. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for fighting with conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity over Luzon, Philippine Islands. In his last engagement he took great risks in an effort to save a fellow pilot from an attack. He crashed and was declared missing. What was originally called Camp Dix Army Airfield in 1941 was closed in 1946 but reopened in 1948 as McGuire Air Force Base, now part of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst complex. According to Air Force records, McGuire's decorations in addition to the Medal of Honor include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star with two bronze oak leaf clusters (three awards), the Distinguished Flying Cross with silver oak leaf cluster (six awards), the Purple Heart with two oak leaf clusters (three awards), and the Air Medal with two silver and four bronze oak leaf cluster (fifteen awards).
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Saw this a little while ago on Flightradar24.
Leave Sacramento, fly west until you get to Biloxi!!!
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So. Taking down your Christmas decorations!
33 minutes ago, Singin' Sue 71615 said:
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1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:
So...insurance fraud by overvaluing the product.
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From the "Paper Cartridges" Facebook group:
This is an Austrian musket cartridge from circa 1840, for tube lock smoothbore muskets.
The brass percussion igniter (Zünder, in German) is the thing attached with string to a cardboard button-wad.
The theory was that soldiers would “prime” the musket first, placing the percussion tube in the lock, then pull the cartridge away. This would yank out the wadding attached to the primer.
Such a cartridge eliminated the need for the soldier to tear open any paper with his teeth. He just pulled the wad out, opening the paper tube, and then the entire rest of the cartridge — powder and bullet sandwiched between two more wads — got dropped into the muzzle, and then rammed.
It was a clever idea and made it possible for Austrian soldiers to fire 7 rounds in 60 seconds from a smoothbore tube lock musket. However, it was also very expensive and tedious, and ultimately the k.k. Imperial Austrian military command decided to keep using the cheaper plain musket cartridges.
Still pretty cool though. I will try to make some of these to test when I get home from deployment in a few months!
Also
https://capandball.com/the-story-of-the-augustin-tube-lock-ignition-system/
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This will be on Svengoolie this weekend.
The Skull https://share.google/3RZMy7hyku5F9FAty
Heck of a cast.
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4 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
Lagenae! Eas para!
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I was a late starter on learning to drive a stick,12 or 13 years old. My brother's pickup, 3 speed on the column. It took me quite a while to get the hang of throttle and clutch.
Fast forward 30 years, 10 spent driving a Chevy with a 3 1/2 speed. Technically 4 speed, but with a granny low. Had about 18 feet of throw between gears. We were looking for a car for my wife. I test drove a VW something with a 5 speed. Throw was about an inch. THAT was a challenge. All that muscle memory and having to THINK about it again.
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Kind of dark.
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The hoopoe, Upupidae upupa, gets its name from its call:
The hippopotamus comes from the Latin version of the Greek word, ἱπποπόταμος , meaning "horse of the river."
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Temple Red to Able Six
in SASS Wire Saloon
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The writers and director didn't want him. The studio execs insisted because he was hitting his stride as a stand up comic, especially his telephone routine.