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gewing

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  1. I'm trying not to. He's got his final appeal, and I don't think he's going to like the judge's ruling.
  2. This is actually the movie I have most been anticipating for many years.
  3. Staged does not necessarily mean false. A staged photo is one that was set up in advance rather than one was mocked up afterwards with Photoshop. So if she knew that they were going to take silly pictures, and it was arranged in advance that is staged edit; so much for definitions, sounds like the claim of the quote is completely fake which is a different issue.; I don't know the full truth in Franken's case, but he has apologized and called for an ethics investigation of himself. Moore has multiple accusers with many many people backing up their statements. Even if I didn't consider Moore s whack job and rather despicable, I would think that that was grounds for him to be stepping down from the race. One of the things that's interesting is the reconsideration of Clinton's actions in the past.
  4. I was kind of hoping it would turn out that Tony's the heir of a super, probably villain... chaos ensues Not that they couldn't throw that in there...
  5. Well I would want to at least a second maybe a third opinion, because one little thing I caught in it was the statement that after using antibiotics to combat diseases for centuries... But we've only had them since the World War II era. Maybe I'm just too picky
  6. I'm really surprised that at least appears they've done it without major violence. I always figured Mugabe would be in power until he died of whatever causes. I hope that the military does not turn out to be as bad as it often does but the people are already used to dealing with one dictator so maybe it will actually be an improvement for them
  7. I fear that is a question that should be asked but probably will not. I wonder how much this kind of attitude has to do with the reports in the media the last couple weeks about a certain candidate?
  8. 16" would be better for use, imo... but a pintle mount would handle the recoil better...
  9. I remember a discussion amongst us 12 year olds (terrifying creatures we were) when our mothers and sisters were terrified of the "south hill rapist" Kevin Coe. it involved deep fryers, as I recall.
  10. I grew up shooting competitively, from age 11, iirc. I fired many thousands of rounds of .22lr in smallbore rifle both indoor and outdoors, and some thousands of rounds of .308 in highpower rifle competition. later I did a little .22 pistol shooting. I shot in matches in 6 states, including the nationals twice, as well as one match in Australia, though it was a casual match. (Anzac day match outside Sydney. This was probably the most fun I ever had at a match. We performed a WWI style "walkdown" , and the only thing I have been involved in that was anything like it was the Military oriented "Infantry trophy" matches, also called "Rattle Battle" though they did not involve automatic fire. ) I have never known of an injury other than sunburn, heat exhaustion, or a rolled ankle from matches. back in the late 70s and early 80s, shooters were almost like a family. THere were no serious fears about theft, though we often had well over a thousand dollars (then year) of equipment left at our firing points. But then, school shootings were never discussed, afai remember, until the kid here in WA shot up his school.
  11. Glamorization of criminals: murderers, drug dealers, pimps, etc... is, imo, part of the problem. and yes, I include popular media glorification of vigilante behavior. Historically, there have been times when it was appropriate. Normally it was just one group killing another group they disliked.
  12. sounds more like an extension of the demonizing propaganda that has been aimed at gun owners for years...
  13. the muzzle blast and report on that would be ... uncomfortable. barrels that short, not my preference for 5.56. Now .300 blackout, or one of the pistol calibers... 7.62x25 might be fun...
  14. I have had to have a drug screen for my last several jobs... Insurance or banking support...
  15. that and companies who operate in more than one state, particularly in certain fields, prefer to abide by Federal Law. Actually, I am surprised Trump and his AG jackass have not tried to go after the tax profits of the states that have allowed medicinal or recreational sales. A lot of my former co workers are heartfelt supporters of marijuana usage... won't admit there could ever be any problems from it... Every time I see "it is a natural plant" I want to say "so is Deadly Nightshade, do you want to smoke it?" or else " well, 100 years ago, sure. at current levels of THC content due to selective breeding and hydroponics? not so much. " I have become a curmudgeon... :-(
  16. IIRC General Atomics is trying to build a self contained laser weapons pod to mount on a high altitude drone. IIRC it was 1-3k lbs.
  17. It is also legal to use hollowpoint bullets in police and counterterrorism situations, though not in warfare against organized enemies behaving in accordance to the rules of land warfare. so you can shoot your own people with them, but not enemy soldiers. Though I understand the later Geneva conventions have basically stated everyone is to be treated as compliant with the laws of war, unless very limited situations hold true...
  18. No, they passed it a couple years ago, proclaiming it a great improvement...
  19. I confess I felt the California was pretty strange by making it a loss of any firearms for five years on a 72-hour psychiatric watch, no matter what the result of the observation and evaluation was. Guilty on suspicion...
  20. Somehow it's notifying me of just about every posting anyone makes I thought I said it to at most send me one message per week but...
  21. More death of a Thousand Cuts huh? And how do you come up with 5 round magazines? And people wonder why we don't want to compromise
  22. There is certainly no effective separation of church and state in that country.
  23. I saw an article the other day about a suppreddor rated at -26db
  24. Those all sound like federal charges, which it sounds like Trump could pardon to keep them quiet.
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