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That may not be the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard, but it is certainly in contention.

Ya, figures...blame the victim. He was just another conservatard christian idiot...it's not like the liberal democrap atheist who shot and killed him had anything to do with it. The dipshit who decided that Kodiak bears were in fact just big Winnie the Pooh types was entirely responsible for becoming a snack for the bears with whom he decided to pal around. Similarly, telling someone pointing a firearm that it won't work because the Magic Jewish Zombie will intervene is an act of terminal stupidity. "He says my gun won't go off. Let's see... Nope, works fine." When they locate the people who elicited his fatally moronic decision, they should give them a fair trial and hang them. Them's the breaks. However, in the same sense that "suicide by cop" is a commonplace reality, daring someone pointing an apparently operational firearm at you is not a good career move. BSBD, Winsor

You appear to be fascinated by the idea of military personnel with various sexual inclinations. I will not bother to guess why. As far as how novel is the presence of military people who are not strictly hetero, I suggest you read "The Persian Boy" by Mary Renault. If you're into it, knock yourself out. If you don't find it of interest, don't sweat it. BSBD, Winsor

Just wow. Some crazy ideas in that holy book. Stupidity should be painful. In this case it was fatal. The correlation between invoking the name of any particular mythical construct and any change in outcome is pretty much a null set. Bad to bank on an artifact. Since there is no mention of offspring, his actions are likely Darwinian. I am impressed that, unlike most "believers," he put his money where his mouth was. I also find it vastly amusing that so predictable an outcome was the result. BSBD, Winsor

Want some toilet paper? It is so much fun interacting with Mensans.

I can't really think... Truer words were never spoken. Observing family traditions such as Pesach and Purim does not mean that one expects Elijah to pop in and drain his wine glass, nor that the Magilla is historically, factually, verbatim accurate. If someone came through the open door claiming to be Elijah, someone would dial 911 stat. Pointing out to most Rabbis that the Book of Esther is contradicted by a wealth of contemporary accounts would elicit, at most, a shrug. Against such overwhelming and dedicated ignorance, the suggestion to get a clue is a waste of breath at best. BSBD, Winsor

You don't know that. There may be something in scripture that speaks to them on deeper level and gives them a sense of comfort and puts them at ease, limiting the need to pump them full of antidepressants... Scripture speaks! It says "you're full of shit!" Yea, verily.

I think you meant to say, "Atheism linked to autism". Yes, there's a difference. As I said...give em a bible. Have them in various languages - to include the original. Your point? Neurotypicals are sheep.

Oh, I don't know. If Hillary decides to mount a challenge, BHO could find himself alone. Much though I loathe that woman, the field of candidates makes her look stellar. The scum truly rises to the top. BSBD, Winsor

Ah, Unions!

that the thread starter is obsessed with his own navel... At least his does not need to be transparent for him to navigate. Just saying.

Neither do I gamble nor believe. I also do not consider the subject worthy of a great deal of consideration. You appear to care, while I do not. BSBD, Winsor

What do you think of the pancake theory in regards to the collapse of the towers? >I am not familiar with a "pancake theory" offhand. Is it plausible considering the temperature of the fires (jet fuel)? >If you are asking if structural failure could/did result from jet fuel fires, it most assuredly could/did. And what is the probability of a symetrical collapse from a random and chaotic event such as fire? >Given that it happened twice in a row, I'd say it approaches 100%.

I love the smell of nanothermite in the morning...

Add a little nanothermite, and Presto!

Like i said, they run out of food and go home, if they run out of fuel too, we have towboats, don't you know. Or you just leave them there adrift and someone will probably end up coming to get them. The rest of my arguments stand. 'kinetic military what?' So the military can act any time it wants independently of Congress? Great, - so we ARE actually in a military dictatorship, just fucking great! Hey, watch it with the ThoughtCrime, buddy.

Look, though people criticized us for claiming that Saddam had Weapons of Mass Destruction, we had the receipts to prove it.

Are you going to ever start bellyaching about your buddies.. the Turks now?..... I mean they have such a stellar record in their treatment of their own people... OOOPS.. I guess you did not know that... maybe you should go look up Turkish-Kurdish history. The Turks were real sweethearts to the Kurds by comparison to their treatment of the Armenians.

Even from you that is a shitty heartless comment. What goes around.. comes around... Karma has a way of doing that Thus, you are in deep, deep kimchee.

Cast bullets are generally well-suited to larger calibers. Even with very hard alloys and gas checks, you are velocity-limited by lead fouling, so sectional density is the way to go. With pure lead, you should stick with patched balls or slugs, since fouling goes off the scale fast. I have had really good luck with cast 12 ga. slugs, but don't cast anything for bottleneck rifle cartridges (too much like work). Lee molds are aluminum, and a lot less sensitive to preheating than ferrous molds. Casting bullets is tedious, and I am willing to use those showing wrinkles for plinking instead of starting from scratch. The Lee bottom-dispensing casting pot (I forget its model name) works well, but adequate ventilation is critical. Hot lead fumes are not good for you. The Lee Loader turns out ammunition that works just fine, but it is very time-consuming. You don't have to go all the way to a Dillon progressive to improve greatly on throughput, but that is the way to go if you shoot a lot. About the only metallic caliber I am not set up to load on a progressive of one type or another is .50 BMG. Then again, if you fire 20 rounds out of that puppy you've done a LOT of shooting (and burned 0.6 pounds of powder), so speed is not of the essence. For .224" and .311" slugs, go to gunbroker.com and look for bulk. I have bought multiple thousands of slugs for dirt cheap due to tarnish from long-term storage; throw them into the tumbler for half an hour, and they shine like new. The few rounds I actually shoot at game I can afford to buy retail. For the rest, the cheaper the better. I highly recommend getting a good manual (or a shelf full) for any specific type of reloading you are considering. The Lyman Cast Bullet Manual/Handbook is a great place to start. Good luck, Winsor

DD...is that you? Read "The Creature from Jekyll Island," and check the claims against information in the public domain. The "Federal Reserve" is neither Federal nor a reserve. It is a consortium of private banks that generate "money" out of thin air in an end-run around the Constitution. If the Treasury were to simply issue currency without something backing it, it would be entirely illegal. However, by "borrowing" money from a private enterprise (the Fed), the Treasury may then issue currency based on said debt with impunity. Like it or not, the Rothschilds were to the modern banking system what Ford, Carnegie, Rockefeller et al. were to their respective industries, and the entities they created are still at the epicenter of our economy. The Fed was the brainchild of the Rothschilds and their proxies - though I am not sure if any of the Rothschild family is still involved (I would guess so). It was not, by any means, a conspiracy. It was a very straighforward business model, as successful as it was amoral. BSBD, Winsor

I hope you wore ear protection. Actually, I made sure that he and his girlfriend (now wife) did, indeed, wear ear protection. Even for someone who is profoundly deaf, massively powerful firearms (.460 Weatherby, etc.) fired at close range can do damage to the inner ear, which can have adverse effects on one's balance and so forth. Flip Wilson used to advertise for Sea and Ski suntan lotion, which was viewed as a joke. It turns out that he had gone to Jamaica and assumed that, since he already had a pretty good tan going, he was immune to the tropical sun. Wrong. While in the hospital for severe sunburn/sun poisoning, his doctor told him that he should use the best sun protection he could get in the future. In the days before sunblock, that turned out to be Sea and Ski. He really was a customer, and it was not a joke. In the same sense that a blind person should wear eye protection when indicated, a deaf person should wear ear protection when things get really loud. BSBD, Winsor

Without proof marks it would be hard to identify, beyond likely country of origin, vintage, etc.. It is NOT a shooter. What you have is either a collector piece or a wall hanger, depending on the market. When I was based at Spaceland, I could have given you the opportunity to shoot fully operational modern versions quite similar to yours. It's a hoot. I recommend that you do some homework regarding blackpowder firearms before shooting any of them, whether modern or vintage. Though the fundamentals are rather simple, there is a decent amount of nuance involved, and getting well-versed on basic safety procedures is a good idea when dealing with anything that can go "bang." BSBD, Winsor

And how would you suggest whitey do that? A free trip home to Africa. I mean, if being here is such an imposition, it can be rectified.

I would breathe a sigh of relief if he was to choke on a chicken bone, but I cannot envision going out of my way to do him any injustice. I certainly would not vote for him, but that is about it. BSBD, Winsor