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Culture and society...
Don´t marry!
1891 advice on how and why (not) to marry, the best thing since Darwin’s list of the pros and cons of marriage.
For a positive counterpoint, see Anna Dostoyevsky on the secret to a happy marriage and Virginia Woolf on what makes relationships last.
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1891 advice on how and why (not) to marry, the best thing since Darwin’s list of the pros and cons of marriage.
For a positive counterpoint, see Anna Dostoyevsky on the secret to a happy marriage and Virginia Woolf on what makes relationships last.
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online today!
Gun Controllers Call For AR Ban. Meanwhile,
these remain under the radar.
The Detachable Magazine (DM) Shotgun is relatively new to the market.
The 1st vid below
features a Remington 870DM; Mossberg is bringing out their version.
The concept of the Duckbill Shot Spreader in the 2nd vid below has been around since Navy SEALs used 'em in 'Nam...
The shotguns use six round magazines.
Each 3" 12 gauge shell holds 41 .240 calber pellets.
So...
Six rounds × 41 pellets/round = 246 pellets/mag.
A six round magazine could be easily emptied in under ten seconds.
The shotgun could be reloaded with a fresh magazine in about a second, maybe two or three.
This process could be repeated as often as one has magazines with which to reload.
Let's do the math, shall we?
Yes. We shall......
Six magazines × six shells/mag × 41 pellets/shell...
That'd be roughly 1,500 .240 projectiles fired off PER MINUTE!!
I recently heard a program discussing gun control following the recent shooting in Florida.
It was a call-in program.
A law enforcement officer called in and asserted that when a mass shooter who knows how to run a pump shotgun uses one of those rather than a semi-auto AR...he'll redefine 'massacre'.
I've thought this for some time - well before the introduction of the new quickly reloadable DM shotguns - and have hesitated to even mention it.
No point giving anyone ideas.
But it's all out there now
It's only a matter of time.......
The Detachable Magazine (DM) Shotgun is relatively new to the market.
The 1st vid below
features a Remington 870DM; Mossberg is bringing out their version.The concept of the Duckbill Shot Spreader in the 2nd vid below
has been around since Navy SEALs used 'em in 'Nam...The shotguns use six round magazines.
Each 3" 12 gauge shell holds 41 .240 calber pellets.
So...
Six rounds × 41 pellets/round = 246 pellets/mag.
A six round magazine could be easily emptied in under ten seconds.
The shotgun could be reloaded with a fresh magazine in about a second, maybe two or three.
This process could be repeated as often as one has magazines with which to reload.
Let's do the math, shall we?
Yes. We shall......
Six magazines × six shells/mag × 41 pellets/shell...
That'd be roughly 1,500 .240 projectiles fired off PER MINUTE!!
I recently heard a program discussing gun control following the recent shooting in Florida.
It was a call-in program.
A law enforcement officer called in and asserted that when a mass shooter who knows how to run a pump shotgun uses one of those rather than a semi-auto AR...he'll redefine 'massacre'.
I've thought this for some time - well before the introduction of the new quickly reloadable DM shotguns - and have hesitated to even mention it.
No point giving anyone ideas.
But it's all out there now
It's only a matter of time.......
online today!
(Troll) Trouble Brewing?
I'm Taking The Unorthodox Step Of Posting My Final Comment At The BEGINNING of this renamed blog...
COMMENT -
Shall we begin by defining our subject?
We shall.
INTERNET TROLL
"In Internet slang, a troll (/tro?l, tr?l/) is a person who SOWS DISCORD* on the Internet by starting quarrels or upsetting people, by POSTING INFLAMMATORY*, extraneous, or OFF-TOPIC MESSAGES* in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or BLOG*) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or otherwise DISRUPTING NORMAL, ON-TOPIC DISCUSSION , OFTEN FOR THE TROLL'S AMUSEMENT*."
- Wikipedia (*emphasis mine, Mic)
I submit to the gentle reader (and any other interested parties) that what follows below the horizontal line is not the perfect picture of a trolled blog.
And if so, how said trolling was instigated, enabled & accomplished in the astonishingly short span of a very few comments.
The original title is included. The blog appears in its entirety below the line.
No comments have been deleted for the sake of brevity.
The 2nd blog referred to in one of my comments may viewed @ miclee blogs - Coffee Talk
THE ORIGINAL BLOG AND ALL COMMENTS APPEAR BELOW. Judge For Yourselves -
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Trouble Brewing?
Do You Have Difficulty Making Good Coffee?
This blog is not about coffee. Or tea. Or beer.
I got that out there so y'all won't have to make puns in the comments.
Considerate of me, no?
It has to do with the timing of certain current events...
1) Israeli F-35s overflew locations in Syria & Iran undetected, including the site of Iran's alleged nuclear goings on.
2) Netanyahu spoke about Iran's alleged nuclear aspirations - (Casus Belli
)
3) The U.S. backed out of the Iran nuke deal & announces strict sanctions.
4) Iranian missiles were allegedly launched into Israel from Syria.
5) Israel launched the largest air strike in Syria since the '73 war.
6) Israel will celebrate its 70th anniversary of becoming a nation on Monday.
7) And the U.S. will open it's embassy in Jerusalem.
8) Ramadan (and presumably the attendant annual spike in terrorist attacks) begins on Wednesday.
Is it just me?
Or does anyone else see any potential problems here?
COMMENT -
Shall we begin by defining our subject?
We shall.
INTERNET TROLL
"In Internet slang, a troll (/tro?l, tr?l/) is a person who SOWS DISCORD* on the Internet by starting quarrels or upsetting people, by POSTING INFLAMMATORY*, extraneous, or OFF-TOPIC MESSAGES* in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or BLOG*) with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or otherwise DISRUPTING NORMAL, ON-TOPIC DISCUSSION , OFTEN FOR THE TROLL'S AMUSEMENT*."
- Wikipedia (*emphasis mine, Mic)
I submit to the gentle reader (and any other interested parties) that what follows below the horizontal line is not the perfect picture of a trolled blog.
And if so, how said trolling was instigated, enabled & accomplished in the astonishingly short span of a very few comments.
The original title is included. The blog appears in its entirety below the line.
No comments have been deleted for the sake of brevity.
The 2nd blog referred to in one of my comments may viewed @ miclee blogs - Coffee Talk
THE ORIGINAL BLOG AND ALL COMMENTS APPEAR BELOW. Judge For Yourselves -
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Trouble Brewing?
Do You Have Difficulty Making Good Coffee?
This blog is not about coffee. Or tea. Or beer.
I got that out there so y'all won't have to make puns in the comments.
Considerate of me, no?
It has to do with the timing of certain current events...
1) Israeli F-35s overflew locations in Syria & Iran undetected, including the site of Iran's alleged nuclear goings on.
2) Netanyahu spoke about Iran's alleged nuclear aspirations - (Casus Belli
)3) The U.S. backed out of the Iran nuke deal & announces strict sanctions.
4) Iranian missiles were allegedly launched into Israel from Syria.
5) Israel launched the largest air strike in Syria since the '73 war.
6) Israel will celebrate its 70th anniversary of becoming a nation on Monday.
7) And the U.S. will open it's embassy in Jerusalem.
8) Ramadan (and presumably the attendant annual spike in terrorist attacks) begins on Wednesday.
Is it just me?
Or does anyone else see any potential problems here?
Oh, what a tangled web Republicans have weaved.
It turns out, that Devin Nunes, who is supposed to be investigating Trump for his trying to influence Ukraine to investigate the Bidens, himself went to the Ukraine in an effort to try to get 'dirt' on Biden. 
From CNN;
From CNN;
In response to:
Exclusive: Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden
CNN NY Vicky Ward
A lawyer for an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani told CNN that his client is willing to tell Congress about meetings the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee had in Vienna last year with a former Ukrainian prosecutor to discuss digging up dirt on Joe Biden.
The attorney, Joseph A. Bondy, represents Lev Parnas, the recently indicted Soviet-born American who worked with Giuliani to push claims of Democratic corruption in Ukraine. Bondy said that Parnas was told directly by the former Ukrainian official that he met last year in Vienna with Rep. Devin Nunes.
"Mr. Parnas learned from former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin that Nunes had met with Shokin in Vienna last December," said Bondy.
Shokin was ousted from his position in 2016 after pressure from Western leaders, including then-vice president Biden, over concerns that Shokin was not pursuing corruption cases.
Republican senators echoed Biden in urging Ukrainian president to reform prosecutor general's office
Nunes is one of President Donald Trump's key allies in Congress and has emerged as a staunch defender of the President during the impeachment inquiry, which he has frequently labeled as a "circus." Nunes declined repeated requests for comment.
After the story published, Nunes disputed CNN's report, telling far-right website Breitbart that it was "demonstrably false."
Giuliani made an appearance on Fox News on Saturday and, when asked about the CNN report, said he had no reason to doubt Nunes.
Bondy told CNN that his client and Nunes began communicating around the time of the Vienna trip. Parnas says he worked to put Nunes in touch with Ukrainians who could help Nunes dig up dirt on Biden and Democrats in Ukraine, according to Bondy.
That information would likely be of great interest to House Democrats given its overlap with the current impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and could put Nunes in a difficult spot.
Bondy told CNN his client is willing to comply with a Congressional subpoena for documents and testimony as part of the impeachment inquiry in a manner that would allow him to protect his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
Bondy suggested in a tweet on Friday that he was already speaking to House Intel though the committee declined to comment.
Giuliani has told CNN previously about his conversations with Shokin and ?Parnas, saying that this was part of his legal work for his client, President Trump. Parnas' claims about Nunes' alleged involvement offers a new wrinkle and for the first time suggests the efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens involved a member of Congress.
Parnas' claim that Nunes met with Shokin, which had not been previously reported, adds further context to a Daily Beast report that Parnas?helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Nunes last year, citing another Parnas' lawyer, Ed MacMahon.
Those revelations came to a head on Thursday when Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell raised the Daily Beast story publicly during the impeachment hearing......
Exclusive: Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden
CNN NY Vicky Ward
A lawyer for an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani told CNN that his client is willing to tell Congress about meetings the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee had in Vienna last year with a former Ukrainian prosecutor to discuss digging up dirt on Joe Biden.
The attorney, Joseph A. Bondy, represents Lev Parnas, the recently indicted Soviet-born American who worked with Giuliani to push claims of Democratic corruption in Ukraine. Bondy said that Parnas was told directly by the former Ukrainian official that he met last year in Vienna with Rep. Devin Nunes.
"Mr. Parnas learned from former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Victor Shokin that Nunes had met with Shokin in Vienna last December," said Bondy.
Shokin was ousted from his position in 2016 after pressure from Western leaders, including then-vice president Biden, over concerns that Shokin was not pursuing corruption cases.
Republican senators echoed Biden in urging Ukrainian president to reform prosecutor general's office
Nunes is one of President Donald Trump's key allies in Congress and has emerged as a staunch defender of the President during the impeachment inquiry, which he has frequently labeled as a "circus." Nunes declined repeated requests for comment.
After the story published, Nunes disputed CNN's report, telling far-right website Breitbart that it was "demonstrably false."
Giuliani made an appearance on Fox News on Saturday and, when asked about the CNN report, said he had no reason to doubt Nunes.
Bondy told CNN that his client and Nunes began communicating around the time of the Vienna trip. Parnas says he worked to put Nunes in touch with Ukrainians who could help Nunes dig up dirt on Biden and Democrats in Ukraine, according to Bondy.
That information would likely be of great interest to House Democrats given its overlap with the current impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and could put Nunes in a difficult spot.
Bondy told CNN his client is willing to comply with a Congressional subpoena for documents and testimony as part of the impeachment inquiry in a manner that would allow him to protect his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.
Bondy suggested in a tweet on Friday that he was already speaking to House Intel though the committee declined to comment.
Giuliani has told CNN previously about his conversations with Shokin and ?Parnas, saying that this was part of his legal work for his client, President Trump. Parnas' claims about Nunes' alleged involvement offers a new wrinkle and for the first time suggests the efforts to dig up dirt on the Bidens involved a member of Congress.
Parnas' claim that Nunes met with Shokin, which had not been previously reported, adds further context to a Daily Beast report that Parnas?helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Nunes last year, citing another Parnas' lawyer, Ed MacMahon.
Those revelations came to a head on Thursday when Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell raised the Daily Beast story publicly during the impeachment hearing......
online today!
Biden regime in full desperation mode
According to Steve Bannon - who has more contacts in the America First movement than anyone else - the FBI (Democrat Party Gestapo) conducted raids on THIRTY FIVE TRUMP ASSOCIATES yesterday. This is an act of absolute desperation. You don't do these kind of things when you're in control and have the trust of the majority of the American people.
(watch video)
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FIREBALL IN THE SKY, E. Wisc. 1:25 a.m. Feb. 6
Stars are visible...lightning seems unlikely.
Fireball meteor?
Did anyone else in the area observe this?
BTW - I'm stark raving sober.
Fireball meteor?
Did anyone else in the area observe this?
BTW - I'm stark raving sober.
The mike brown ruthless murder
I wasnt going to comment on this issue bc the media is doing its best to hype a race war....but some blogs i read sicken me to my stomach......people are rioting bc they are tired of racist cops patrolling their community....they are tired of racist trigger happy cops....hears the truth multiple eye witnesses say mike brown was murdered in cold blood....the police report was done after(6wks)the physical evidence returned....ive never heard of that in my life....also the last police station officer wilson was at they were so racist that the whole station had to be disbanded.....but people who support homocide show me at heart they are murderers....hell get a book deal foxnews will make him famous....who knows him and zimmerman might become a wwe wrestling tag team called the nazies lol....and yes theyll be fanfavorites lol
Record Employment, Record Pay, Record Stock Market, Record Family Wealth -- Now RECORD SHOPPING DAY!
The Trump economy is unstoppable in spite of the Democrats relentless effort to destroy it and prevent his reelection. Christmas day comes with yet another record high US stock market and, now another record in the books, the biggest day of shopping in US history in the middle of the most successful holiday shopping season in history.
Can you imagine how good we would have it if the Democrats supported President Trump's most successful economic policies of all times instead of trying to make people lose their jobs, lose their savings and go bankrupt just so President Trump would stop putting so many points on the board? Vote Democrats out and you won't have to imagine it.
Can you imagine how good we would have it if the Democrats supported President Trump's most successful economic policies of all times instead of trying to make people lose their jobs, lose their savings and go bankrupt just so President Trump would stop putting so many points on the board? Vote Democrats out and you won't have to imagine it.
online today!
GROUNDHOG DAY! WINTER WILL...
1) END - 
2) CONTINUE FOR SIX MORE WEEKS -
History...
Groundhogs (aka hedgehogs, whistle pigs, woodchucks) break hibernation this time of year. The weather lore holds that when they emerge from their Winter burrow, if they see their shadows, it frightens them, they return to their holes & Winter will continue for six more weeks.
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If, however, it is cloudy, they do not see the shadow, so they remain out of their Winter abode and...WINTER ENDS!
...
First reports from Eastern U.S. locales should be coming in shortly...
Stay tuned to this blog for updates as they become available!
Score -
END OF WINTER - 10
SIX MORE WEEKS OF FROZEN HELL ON EARTH - 6
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2) CONTINUE FOR SIX MORE WEEKS -
History...
Groundhogs (aka hedgehogs, whistle pigs, woodchucks) break hibernation this time of year. The weather lore holds that when they emerge from their Winter burrow, if they see their shadows, it frightens them, they return to their holes & Winter will continue for six more weeks.
.........If, however, it is cloudy, they do not see the shadow, so they remain out of their Winter abode and...WINTER ENDS!
... First reports from Eastern U.S. locales should be coming in shortly...
Stay tuned to this blog for updates as they become available!
Score -
END OF WINTER
- 10SIX MORE WEEKS OF FROZEN HELL ON EARTH
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