gewing

ANd the Joker probably killed 6,588 of those 7,000, yet Batman still refuses to kill him.

The Waves of Loki Patera sounds like an excellent pulp SF title.

That and, "If it helps billionaires, it must be good."

I don't even know how much of the Republican agenda is based on any sort of reasoning. I sense a strong, "If the Democrats did it it must be bad" knee-jerk from many of them.

I was just wondering the other day what has happened since the Maoists took over. I don't have time to spend as much time prowling the web for world news, I tend to assume the worst when insurgents take over a nation, have my fears come to pass?

Rolling along in Nepal

Yup. 
There's a reason why, religious or not,  bearing false witness is and should be considered seriously.

something similar was the basis of the Fin stabilized 30mm round used in the RAMICS anti-mine system.   IIRC it would pentrate over 2 inches of steel at 60 or 80 meters.   Seemed to me it would disable subs well...

something similar was the basis of the Fin stabilized 30mm round used in the RAMICS anti-mine system.   IIRC it would pentrate over 2 inches of steel at 60 or 80 meters.   Seemed to me it would disable subs well...

Sometimes changing loads can make a large change to performance.
Duplex subsonic load for suppressed .308/7.62x51mm   rifles.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/03/13/modern-duplex-cartridges-david-tubb-absolute-2-hole-ammunition/

Glue traps are just cruel.  I like the nonlethals, you just have to take the critter over to someone you don't like and release it there.

@gewing: Sorry to hear about your layoff.  Layoffs never get any easier, and it especially sucks when it's the result of other people's incompetence or politics.  It was after layoff number four, when I discovered that my then-new job wasn't going to pay anywhere close to what I'd promised, that I started having my 3am panic attacks.*  Even now my savings accounts are in shreds, although that has more to do with runaway spending than multiple layoffs in the span of four years.
 
We can tell from your posts that you're brilliant, so hopefully the job market will catch on to that.  Just remember that you are more than your job.  Work your (human) network to try and find an opening, even if only for a stopgap position.  List all those things you wanted to do but couldn't because you were working, and do some of those.  Work out and spend some quality time with your family.  I don't know your housing situation but try not to be too attached; be prepared to bail before you go way far into debt, if possible.  And definitely spend lots of time posting here, or else use your new free time to write Hero supplements.    We are pulling for you.
 
 
* The employment-related panic attacks have faded, replaced with marriage-related panic attacks... but that's another issue.

For my Christmas list...
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/01/19/taylors-co-1892-alaskan-take-rifle-shot-2017/

when a Monster (or Supervillian) really NEEDS to be shot...  
 
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/12/06/truvelo-cms-20x42mm-anti-materiel-rifle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm+Blog%29
 
 
great weapon for the low level brick... 

when a Monster (or Supervillian) really NEEDS to be shot...  
 
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/12/06/truvelo-cms-20x42mm-anti-materiel-rifle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm+Blog%29
 
 
great weapon for the low level brick... 

when a Monster (or Supervillian) really NEEDS to be shot...  
 
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016/12/06/truvelo-cms-20x42mm-anti-materiel-rifle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheFirearmBlog+%28The+Firearm+Blog%29
 
 
great weapon for the low level brick... 

However, your solution of MOAR GUNZ could still solve the problem.

Yeah, of course they don't.
 
*Sigh*

Donald Trump says he was talked out of his waterboarding position by General Mattis, and he's much more moderate on Climate Change than he had been.  Time will tell, I suppose. I'm looking for reasons to be optimistic.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-visit.html?_r=0

Not all Muslims are terrorists. Not all Mexicans are murderers and rapists. That lady would want us to hold these things true (and I do). But she sits there calling all Trump voters racists and homophobes. That's just a little hypocritical.
 
Both sides ran their campaigns based on anger, fear and aggression. Let's hope the next two elections aren't also sponsored by the Dark Side.

there is a reason I voted for someone who I personally dislike, over someone I personally, and philosophically, fear

And that might actually be the most encouraging thing I've read in the last few days.

I see a lot of correlation to BUsh vs Gore, running a "look at that idiot, vote for me" campaign does not seem to work very well...

well the was the energy weapon from Orgazmo...