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    Shows the importance of having secure...

    Shows the importance of having secure communications channels.
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    I just got an ad from SG Ammo in my email...

    I just got an ad from SG Ammo in my email yesterday.

    https://www.sgammo.com/product/44-magnum-ammo/500-round-case-44-magnum-pmc-180-grain-jhp-ammo-44b

    Price is about 85 cents a round for a 500...
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    Anything that will shoot 44Mag will also shoot...

    Anything that will shoot 44Mag will also shoot special, just like any 357 will shoot 38.
    I have heard, though, that shooting a lot of 38 will cause the steel just in front of the cartridge to...
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    If it is a Henry, it must be good. Thoughts? ...

    If it is a Henry, it must be good.

    Thoughts?
    I assume it is chambered for 44 Mag, as I have never seen one chambered for 44 Special.

    If you are like me, and getting a little slower at...
  5. Thread: Solar panels

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    If it is a bot, it is a new and improved type: it...

    If it is a bot, it is a new and improved type: it isn't throwing up any of the usual things that mark a bot.

    (multiple nonsense postings, hidden links, links that have embedded tracking numbers...
  6. Thread: Who's the Liar

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    Interest on $30T at 3% is $900B. In a few years,...

    Interest on $30T at 3% is $900B. In a few years, the interest on the debt will be bigger than our national budget. Some of the debt is internal (one government agency owes another government agency)...
  7. Thread: Who's the Liar

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    World Population Review puts it at 108% of GDP...

    World Population Review puts it at 108% of GDP and says there are at least 7 major countries (and several minor ones) worse than us.

    Wold Economics puts it at 124% and says Japan (and several...
  8. Thread: Who's the Liar

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    They been doing that for years. That is one of...

    They been doing that for years.
    That is one of the main reasons the national debt is so huge.
  9. Thread: Who's the Liar

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    You did what you thought was right. No one...

    You did what you thought was right.

    No one should feel guilty for that.

    We all have those kinds of things in our past:
    the ones we spend our lives "second guessing ourselves about."

    No...
  10. Thread: Who's the Liar

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    Lots of serious side effects. Some buried, most...

    Lots of serious side effects. Some buried, most ignored.
    A lot of the deaths were marked as death from something else.

    If the patient didn't exhibit side effect in less that 20 minutes, chances...
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    No. Next you will see someone like Marcus Garrett...

    No. Next you will see someone like Marcus Garrett or Will Richardson on their team.
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    Personally, I expect them to contract with...

    Personally, I expect them to contract with Chang'an Motors. [/SARCASM]
  13. Not likely to be a "super spreader" event,...

    Not likely to be a "super spreader" event, although I wouldn't put it past the MSM to call it that.
    (I would be a lot more worried about a terrorist attack, with so many Americans in one place)
    ...
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    OOps. Thanks.

    OOps. Thanks.
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    Some pistols will stop with the empty casing...

    Some pistols will stop with the empty casing sticking out of the ejection port, an effect a lot of hand gunners call a "stove pipe"

    A bit of twisted humor, M230 (replaced the M-60) crews call...
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    That is the case with me, at least nowadays it...

    That is the case with me, at least nowadays it is.

    When I was in the AF, I shot expert, almost every time I went to an AF range.
    When I went to an Army range, I got a wake up call.

    It was...
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    Naw, it was a "paying attention to what was...

    Naw, it was a "paying attention to what was actually said" problem.
    I didn't read carefully.
    He didn't say they didn't fire.
    He said they didn't eject.
    The loads didn't have enough powder to...
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    OK, cool. I don't do reloading, as I have the...

    OK, cool.
    I don't do reloading, as I have the philosophy that one should either DO reloading, or NOT do reloading.
    I don't have the time or inclination to do an obsessively perfect job, so I do...
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    Ahhh, my mistake. Thanks for correcting me.

    Ahhh, my mistake.

    Thanks for correcting me.
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    I would want to know who reloaded that ammo. 2%...

    I would want to know who reloaded that ammo. 2% fail to fire is unacceptable, let alone 20%. What does that range do with Fail to Fire ammo?


    How fast is "pretty quick? 7 minutes?
    I could see...
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    OK, I knew it as a long time ago, just didn't...

    OK, I knew it as a long time ago, just didn't know it was that long ago.

    The guy I am discussing this with doesn't (yet) know there is a difference between
    the .308 cartridge and the 7.62x51,...
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    Accuracy and Ammo

    Someone on another forum is spouting some information, that I think my have been correct a long time ago, but I need some second opinions, from people who actually put a lot of lead downrange. (I got...
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    Fox News, or Newsmax, one of them had a former...

    Fox News, or Newsmax, one of them had a former MLB ?commissioner? on for an interview. He acknowledged what you are saying, but mentioned that arguing with facts is a losing proposition, when dealing...
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    It is pretty simple. On the blue collar and...

    It is pretty simple.

    On the blue collar and middle class level: Woke = Stupid = Slave
    (for you computer programmers: Woke == Stupid == Slave)

    On the aristocracy and Social Justice Community...
  25. I can't find the written account of the third...

    I can't find the written account of the third story, but I remember it well, since it was my old neighborhood. SouthEast Austin in the early 80's was pretty run down. We had "day labor" workers that...
  26. These links don't work any more (gee, they're...

    These links don't work any more (gee, they're only 8 years old), but I have some clippings from them:
    http://www.texas-fire.com/2012/02/shooting-victim-drives-himself-to-waco-fire-station/...
  27. I think you are going to have to have some custom...

    I think you are going to have to have some custom made.


    I will try to find a story from a while back about someone shot with a 22.
    I used to have two of them, one kinda funny and one kinda...
  28. Follow up on above. ...

    Follow up on above.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/another-obama-solar-company-burns-out-dc-solar-owners-plead-guilty-to-largest-ponzi-scheme-in-eastern-california-history/
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    Smith And Wesson Company Splits

    https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2019/11/13/smith-wesson-parent-company-splits-in-two.html
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    When I saw this was from you, and about the 9th, ...

    When I saw this was from you, and about the 9th,
    I was really hoping it was an autotune... :))
  31. Thread: Solar Panels

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    Would love to drill down into those numbers in...

    Would love to drill down into those numbers in the study,
    but don't have time to :(
    The cost for solar is quite a (huge) bit low, compared to the
    studies I did a few years back. Me-thinks, they...
  32. Thread: Solar Panels

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    Today's solar panels amortize really well in a...

    Today's solar panels amortize really well in a market where electricity is $1.75 per KWH.
    At 15 cents per KWH, not so much.
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    I was unaware of that part, and that explains a...

    I was unaware of that part, and that explains a lot.
    Sad state of affairs that our country is in.
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    She is lucky the Temple cops weren't there to...

    She is lucky the Temple cops weren't there to assault her and arrest her.
    Odd that Kent State allowed something legal
    that Temple TX cops would assault us for.
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    Thanks for the info, even if it is a bit...

    Thanks for the info, even if it is a bit premature.

    I still think the best way to do business is the old fashioned way:

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    This is ?international? tsunami preparedness...

    This is ?international? tsunami preparedness week.
    Maybe the rest of us need a plan for floods?
    (I am thinking about writing a paper:
    How to do a 5 step study to determine your chances of being...
  37. Instead of telling his buddies to "hold my beer"...

    Instead of telling his buddies to "hold my beer" he should have told them to "hold my gun" :doh

    Looks like he got two years probation, misdemeanor charge (apparently no alcohol in his blood) but...
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    Of interest. Almost two years ago, several...

    Of interest.

    Almost two years ago, several members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council resigned in protest. ...
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    I had a co-worker with that name. He had a...

    I had a co-worker with that name.
    He had a great sense of humor about it.
    And the job involved a lot of handling wood.

    The guys at the HQ were probably beside themselves, while listening in...
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    I used to have advice for expecting parents...

    I used to have advice for expecting parents (until I learned most people are unteachable). Get a list of the 100 most popular names (easily found in little booklets), discard the top ten names, and...
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    Making fun of the little girl's name, after she...

    Making fun of the little girl's name, after she was boarded and gone would have been forgivable, but doing it in front of her was offensive and rude. Posting a picture of the boarding pass to social...
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    The woman who wrote the "Violent Acres" blog...

    The woman who wrote the "Violent Acres" blog wrote a couple articles about such parenting. Unfortunately, someone Dox'ed her and she was harassed until she deleted those posts. She was offended that...
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    It is often said that preppers don't prep for...

    It is often said that preppers don't prep for disaster, the prep for what comes after the disaster.
    Well, we are not alone in that thinking. While the below articles (especially the second one)...
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    And, ... that should come as no surprise.

    And, ... that should come as no surprise.
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    Firearm makes a woman more alluring

    I have said the above a few times, so I thought I would start a thread on the subject.
    This twitter thread was started by some jerk who thinks women shouldn't have guns.
    ...
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    Why would it matter to someone applying makeup...

    Why would it matter to someone applying makeup and doing hairstyles :))
    (Yes, I know I am wrong...)
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    OK, I guess I learned wrong. I will blame it on...

    OK, I guess I learned wrong. I will blame it on books that were written before Copernicus :)
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    Record keeping has been so poor until the 1960's...

    Record keeping has been so poor until the 1960's that we really don't know if they were increasing or decreasing before that. In the past dozen years there has been an upswing, just as there probably...
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    Well, whoever told you that was talking through...

    Well, whoever told you that was talking through their hat.
    In fact no one knows how many hurricanes there were from 1818 thru 1918.
    They only know there were several.

    The climate here on...
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    Little off topic, but then, hurricanes are...

    Little off topic, but then, hurricanes are something that preppers discuss.

    Touches on the subjects of not getting flooded, dealing with power outages, and dealing with being stuck at home and...
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