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http://world.guns.ru/assault/as37-e.htm>Mini-14 rifle was developed in early 1970s and introduced near 1974. To speak simply, Mini-14 is M-14 "clone", scaled down to use then-new 5.56mm / .223 Rem cartridge. Mini-14 is somewhat similar in design to M1 Garand and M-14 rifles, utilizing same gas action with underbarrel gas piston, rotating bolt, positive safety with safety switch located at the forward part of the triggerguard. Mini-14s initially were manufactured in both semi-auto only "civilian" versions and in select-fire "military" versions, featuring flash hider and bayonet mounts. However, these "military" rifles weren't adopted by any military, and were used to some extent by some Police departments and Law Enforcement agencies across the USA. Those select-fire versions, known as AC-556 or Mini-14GB, were manufactured with one piece wooden stock or with pistol grip and side-folding metal buttstock. In 1987, Ruger developed Mini-30 version of the semi-auto Mini-14, chambered in 7.62x39mm Russian cartridge. All Mini-14s and Mini-30s are known as reliable rifles, but accuracy is inferior, compared to M16/AR-15 series. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

Some really cool but some scary shit here too!http://www.darpa.mil/dso/programs.htm I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

Even if their country was being run by a tyrant who oppresses and murders his own people, and the invasion promised to set everyone free and make life better? And you would be okay with American Indians attacking and killing you because you now occupy what was formerly their land? Had to respond to this one. Tyrant (GWB). And I'd gadly give the Native American Indians there land back as we slaughtered them and took it from them.. Texans> Steers and Queers I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

well, why the fuck would they? I know you trout out some weird cultural concepts, but I don't respect neighbors with a stated policy of ending my existence. And if I were the big stick on the block, as Israel is, I certainly wouldn't accept crap like kidnappings from shitholes like Lebanon. In the real world, the little guys behave or get stomped. Whining about it is pointless. Pretending the current fighting is one sided is childish. Hence. Why the "Little Guys" don't care about killing themselves and others I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

All my Italian mobster friends say " bada bing bada BOOM " I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

A petition is not a reflection of fact. Petitions are a reflection of a resentment. Only 4200 signatures on an online petition should tell you something. Being around the military doesn't amount to a hill of beans, sorry. I see reps from the VA everyday, am good friends with a VA appeals judge, and spoke at a VA/USSW conference. There are no doubt some bad stories dealing with the VA, but in the heart of the environment now, I've not witnessed them. Dig up all you want, looking from the outside-in. What I see right in front of me trumps a petition or a whine about a $9M earmark. Hey bro. I appreciate your service to this country. My dad was full bird Col. I see how they did him. My cousin is a Vietnam vet. Took a mortor. I see how they do him. I did a short stint myself. No combat thanks. I'd fight a WW1 or 2 anyday but you can have all this Nam, Iraq shit. We started all the shit to begin w/ trying to take over the world for the rich elite and the corps.. And I'm pretty much on the inside looking in. I ran the halls of the Pentagon as a kid. All empires fail sooner or later. Get back to me in 20 or so yrs. Have a god day. Hope you get to run w/ your buddy Bush one day. BSBD bro I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

As someone who is the recipient of that care (currently at Walter Reed), I can tell you that no expense has been spared in the treatment of my injuries, and rehabilitation. If I were being billed (from time of injury to now), the tab would easily be in the millions. I see a lot of injured vets every day. I've not heard anyone mention that they felt they were being short-changed in their care or the administration of that care while they've been here. To Amazon: Your link does not show any outline to the budgets of either the VA or DOD. Those are the departments that oversee the care of active duty servicemen and vets. Your "example" is a mere $9M within the Dept of Health and Human Services (whose budget is bigger than DOD btw). So. What's up w/ this?>http://www.petitiononline.com/Ferguson/petition.html And I can dig up a whole lot more. Been around the military my whole life I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

On our first shot on the elk hunt last yr. we had a bad hit. We tracked her for hrs. We finally had to give up as was getting dark in no mans land. We left her for the mountain lions/wolves. Any lazy hunters out can kiss my ass. Sorry. Didn't mean to hijack the thread I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

Yup. Keep the sheep scared (afraid) Words escape me. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

"In the cognitively superior older group, who outperformed both the cognitively comparable older adults and the younger adults on every ability tested, "agreeableness was found to have a contrary relationship with general knowledge suggesting that a disagreeable nature may go hand in hand with better vocabulary and knowledge retention in older age," said Baker. This result supports previous research that suggests that those who are highly intelligent may be more aloof and independent." ___________________________________________________"Grumpy Old Men " comes to mind. LOL_______________________________________________ I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

It's not so bad... Here in The EU, the "Human-Rights-Laws" mean they still have to allow us internet-access!

I hope so too. Robin is one of the best. Pity the poor cop that pulls him over if he's on a roll. It'd make a damn good episode of "COPS" I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

If I were to want to, yes. I'd rather not tho. I'd rather see Big Oil do preventative maintenance with the billions they are reaping rather than having A FUCKIN OIL SPILL Plus. It's too COLD up there. Edit to add: Would you rather me stay in So. Cal. and make more clean water and electricity for you or go up there? It's too fuckin HOT here. So I'm fucked either way I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

try THIS!!! Or THIS!!! For Liquid Explosives you shouldn't fly with! Mike. You crack me up miked. keep up the good work I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

It was Nitroglycerin. And Andy and Warped have a big hug I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

For the uniformed> Wall thickness on a 24"-36" std. pipe is usually around 1/2". (depends if the pipe comes from China, Japan Russia, Korea. I've seen it all) http://www.interpipe.com/Pipe_Dimensions_and_Weights.htmAt 80% loss due to corrosion. You due the math. They should have pigged the lines more often. They're just milking they're initial expense at the cost of the enviornment AND YOUR WALLET. Fuck the little guys like me that have to go in and fix the mess because the didn't want to fix the problem prior. They(management) fukin know what's going on I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

Yeah. Him and Mel should be havin a good time. To bad thet aren't in together. I'm sure a rehab movie will be out soon. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

The way the world is headed in general I think lead and brass and a boat are the best investments I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

So who was he spying for? I'm confused.http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525834949&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525834949&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

We had the TB/ al Qaeda/ Anti-Coalition Militants ('ACM' is our buzzword for the badguys, the TB aren't the only faction left that hate us.) on the ropes and let them off. That happened for a variety of reasons. In RC South there wasn't a major presence like there is now, US efforts were on RC East and the Pakistani border (our track record with securing borders kind of sucks, but I'm hijacking this thread enough). Our ISAF bretheren came in and were shocked at the condition of RC South. With a few exceptions the Deh Chopan, Deh Rawod, Tarin Kowt area was free of US forces, save for some SOF guys here and there. I can't speak for Iraq, but our policy in Afghanistan fluctuates too much. Our insurgency experts (SF guys) aren't running the war and in some areas their efforts are marginalized by conventional commanders that don't know how to wage a counter- insurgency. There are some things right over here, some things that are wrong. We had a real chance at ending this thing and we let it slip away. Oddly, that was due in part to Iraq, but that is for another time if anyone is interested. My two years over here draws to a close literally within a few hours, I should be stateside by Friday. Iraq has caused ripples in the Stan and I don't believe that we will recover from them. I'm interested. And a big thanks for your service I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

There is gratitude for you, Joe Lieberman was a good guy and did an excellent job for his constituents. I wonder why the Dems had to get rid of him? I guess there is no place in politics for a man who tells the truth. Tainted by association with Bush. Birds of a feather flock together comes to mind. I think it makes a statement. People are tired of all the warmongering. We'll see in Nov. I know were my money is riding I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

August 9, 2006 A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749 By MICHAEL BARBARO and TOM ZELLER Jr. Buried in a list of 20 million Web search queries collected by AOL and recently released on the Internet is user No. 4417749. The number was assigned by the company to protect the searcher’s anonymity, but it was not much of a shield. No. 4417749 conducted hundreds of searches over a three-month period on topics ranging from “numb fingers” to “60 single men” to “dog that urinates on everything.” And search by search, click by click, the identity of AOL user No. 4417749 became easier to discern. There are queries for “landscapers in Lilburn, Ga,” several people with the last name Arnold and “homes sold in shadow lake subdivision gwinnett county georgia.” It did not take much investigating to follow that data trail to Thelma Arnold, a 62-year-old widow who lives in Lilburn, Ga., frequently researches her friends’ medical ailments and loves her three dogs. “Those are my searches,” she said, after a reporter read part of the list to her. AOL removed the search data from its site over the weekend and apologized for its release, saying it was an unauthorized move by a team that had hoped it would benefit academic researchers. But the detailed records of searches conducted by Ms. Arnold and 657,000 other Americans, copies of which continue to circulate online, underscore how much people unintentionally reveal about themselves when they use search engines — and how risky it can be for companies like AOL, Google and Yahoo to compile such data. Those risks have long pitted privacy advocates against online marketers and other Internet companies seeking to profit from the Internet’s unique ability to track the comings and goings of users, allowing for more focused and therefore more lucrative advertising. But the unintended consequences of all that data being compiled, stored and cross-linked are what Marc Rotenberg, the executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a privacy rights group in Washington, called “a ticking privacy time bomb.” Mr. Rotenberg pointed to Google’s own joust earlier this year with the Justice Department over a subpoena for some of its search data. The company successfully fended off the agency’s demand in court, but several other search companies, including AOL, complied. The Justice Department sought the information to help it defend a challenge to a law that is meant to shield children from sexually explicit material. “We supported Google at the time,” Mr. Rotenberg said, “but we also said that it was a mistake for Google to be saving so much information because it creates a risk.” Ms. Arnold, who agreed to discuss her searches with a reporter, said she was shocked to hear that AOL had saved and published three months’ worth of them. “My goodness, it’s my whole personal life,” she said. “I had no idea somebody was looking over my shoulder.” In the privacy of her four-bedroom home, Ms. Arnold searched for the answers to scores of life’s questions, big and small. How could she buy “school supplies for Iraq children”? What is the “safest place to live”? What is “the best season to visit Italy”? Her searches are a catalog of intentions, curiosity, anxieties and quotidian questions. There was the day in May, for example, when she typed in “termites,” then “tea for good health” then “mature living,” all within a few hours. Her queries mirror millions of those captured in AOL’s database, which reveal the concerns of expectant mothers, cancer patients, college students and music lovers. User No. 2178 searches for “foods to avoid when breast feeding.” No. 3482401 seeks guidance on “calorie counting.” No. 3483689 searches for the songs “Time After Time” and “Wind Beneath My Wings.” At times, the searches appear to betray intimate emotions and personal dilemmas. No. 3505202 asks about “depression and medical leave.” No. 7268042 types “fear that spouse contemplating cheating.” There are also many thousands of sexual queries, along with searches about “child porno” and “how to kill oneself by natural gas” that raise questions about what legal authorities can and should do with such information. But while these searches can tell the casual observer — or the sociologist or the marketer — much about the person who typed them, they can also prove highly misleading. At first glace, it might appear that Ms. Arnold fears she is suffering from a wide range of ailments. Her search history includes “hand tremors,” “nicotine effects on the body,” “dry mouth” and “bipolar.” But in an interview, Ms. Arnold said she routinely researched medical conditions for her friends to assuage their anxieties. Explaining her queries about nicotine, for example, she said: “I have a friend who needs to quit smoking and I want to help her do it.” Asked about Ms. Arnold, an AOL spokesman, Andrew Weinstein, reiterated the company’s position that the data release was a mistake. “We apologize specifically to her,” he said. “There is not a whole lot we can do.” Mr. Weinstein said he knew of no other cases thus far where users had been identified as a result of the search data, but he was not surprised. “We acknowledged that there was information that could potentially lead to people being identified, which is why we were so angry.” AOL keeps a record of each user’s search queries for one month, Mr. Weinstein said. This allows users to refer back to previous searches and is also used by AOL to improve the quality of its search technology. The three-month data that was released came from a special system meant for AOL’s internal researchers that does not record the users’ AOL screen names, he said. Several bloggers claimed yesterday to have identified other AOL users by examining data, while others hunted for particularly entertaining or shocking search histories. Some programmers made this easier by setting up Web sites that let people search the database of searches. John Battelle, the author of the 2005 book “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture,” said AOL’s misstep, while unfortunate, could have a silver lining if people began to understand just what was at stake. In his book, he says search engines are mining the priceless “database of intentions” formed by the world’s search requests. “It’s only by these kinds of screw-ups and unintended behind-the-curtain views that we can push this dialogue along,” Mr. Battelle said. “As unhappy as I am to see this data on people leaked, I’m heartened that we will have this conversation as a culture, which is long overdue.” Ms. Arnold says she loves online research, but the disclosure of her searches has left her disillusioned. In response, she plans to drop her AOL subscription. “We all have a right to privacy,” she said. “Nobody should have found this all out.” Saul Hansell contributed reporting for this article. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

So. I sent some money to the Sierra Club thinking it was a good cause. I got a cheap backpack in the mail today as thanks. Went digging and found the tag. Made in Sri Lanka. Did a little digging wondering who made it. They won't get another dime from me___________________________________ Best part "Addressing Sri Lankan business leaders in Colombo on January 10, the US ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead said bluntly: “I would not bank on the FTA as a solution right now... There is a chance but not a great chance.” He insisted: “Instead of looking at market access for Sri Lankan products as a type of development assistance, Sri Lanka should look at the major benefits that accrue by opening other markets in other countries.” His remarks reflect the interests of US and other multinational clothing makers and retailers. They are determined to continue reaping the benefits of shifting garment production to countries, such as China, with the cheapest labour and harshest working conditions"___________________________________________________________________________________________. Garment workers in Sri Lanka can only defend themselves through unified struggles with their fellow workers internationally against the companies and the underlying profit system itself._______________________________________________________________________________________________ .>About 10,000 jobs have been slashed so far in Sri Lankan garment factories since the end of the international quota system on January 1, 2005. In order to protect profits, companies are passing the burden of the new “free trade” regime onto workers, closing down factories and attacking working conditions. According to a survey conducted by the Workers Welfare Centre, more than 60 garment factories out of a total of 735 have closed totally or partially during the past year, retrenching about 4 percent of the Sri Lankan industry’s mostly female workforce of 300,000. Among the large factories that closed recently were: Indev Apparel in Monaragala with 700 workers; PV Garment and Work Wear in the Biyagama free trade zone with 541 and 350 respectively; Pearl Mount Apparel of Matara with 456; Cadillac Garment of Angulana, 400; Hessing Garments of Colombo with 350; Shanex Apparel of Doluwa with 250. A long list of small factories with less than 100 employees also shut down. In addition, many partial closures and retrenchments were reported. According to a survey by Oxfam Australia, very few companies paid any form of compensation to the retrenched workers and most of the factories were closed abruptly, without adequate notice. Almost all the closed factories had large employees provident fund (EPF) defaults and some companies had not paid back wages. One retrenched worker from A.J. Milton & Co told the media at the launch of the Oxfam report that the factory gates were suddenly closed in June 2005. No salaries were paid. “I am struggling to survive. I am still trying to settle debts due before I lost my job and at 45 years I can’t get another job,” she said. Another 36-year-old unmarried female worker said she was laid off from Cadillac garments after 17 years of service and now had to work in a small factory earning 4,000 rupees ($US40) a month. Some workers formerly employed in the Ratmalana industrial zone, south of Colombo, explained their plight to the WSWS. About 15 retrenched Best Way Fashion workers had gathered to see whether they could get their unpaid salaries. A 27-year-old woman said: “That was my third job. I came to Ratmalana from Welimada (a rural area). The second factory I worked in was closed within nine months without any compensation. Even the EPF was not deposited. “Then I joined another factory. It was closed last December without us being paid the November salary and other salary arrears. I have six members in my family. My father was a retired carpenter. My sister and I were earning for the family. But we both lost our jobs.” Another worker said: “We still have not been able to find another job. Life has become very difficult as there’s no money to pay for food and rent.” Some had left their boarding places and were staying with friends until they found work. Some vacancies had been announced in Ratmalana garment factories but workers explained they were reluctant to apply because they would have to start as unskilled workers for lower salaries. Most factories have begun slashing workers’ attendance bonuses, overtime payments and leave entitlements, while increasing daily production targets. A worker from DNP Garments at Ratmalana expressed her disgust: “Every day work is compulsory from 8.00 in the morning to 7.00 at night. We didn’t even get a holiday for the Christmas festival. I hate this job. The situation is worsening day by day. We have no freedom at all.” The Multi Fibre Agreement (MFA), in force from 1974 to 2004, gave “developing countries” almost guaranteed shares of the world market. It was initially designed as a short-term measure to allow industrialised countries to restructure and adapt to competition from cheaper imports. Increasingly, however, global garment companies utilised the system to outsource production to low-wage sweatshops run by local entrepreneurs in poor countries. Many of the same firms are now using the abolition of quotas, demanded by the World Trade Organisation, to shift production to even lower-paying locations. Last October, the UN’s International Labour Organisation stated that million of jobs were being affected worldwide. In a recent press release, the International Textile, Garment, and Leather Workers Federation said serious plant closures and job losses had been reported in Kenya, Cambodia, Mauritius, Philippines, and Tunisia, as well as Sri Lanka. The US was the single largest market for Sri Lankan garments, accounting for about 60 percent of total exports. While the value of Sri Lankan garment exports to the US grew slightly by 3.13 percent in the first three quarters of 2005, this compared to rises for China, India and Bangladesh of 56.21 percent, 23.96 percent and 12.26 percent respectively. The Sri Lankan government has been desperate to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US but so far has failed. After discussions with US officials at the recent WTO conference in Hong Kong, trade and consumer affairs minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle lamented that Washington had initially agreed to give Sri Lanka least developed country status, following the December 2004 tsunami. “But they have backtracked now and the chances are remote,” he said. Addressing Sri Lankan business leaders in Colombo on January 10, the US ambassador Jeffrey Lunstead said bluntly: “I would not bank on the FTA as a solution right now... There is a chance but not a great chance.” He insisted: “Instead of looking at market access for Sri Lankan products as a type of development assistance, Sri Lanka should look at the major benefits that accrue by opening other markets in other countries.” His remarks reflect the interests of US and other multinational clothing makers and retailers. They are determined to continue reaping the benefits of shifting garment production to countries, such as China, with the cheapest labour and harshest working conditions. Garment workers in Sri Lanka can only defend themselves through unified struggles with their fellow workers internationally against the companies and the underlying profit system itself. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

And we in the USA don't have our own propaganda machine? Say it ain't so I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.