Kentucky fall skwack season starts tomorrow, Saturday the 20th. Anyone who has read the website or the old site knows its one of my passions. I’m going to hunt them pretty hard all weekend and the following week. A sort of little vacation for me. So expect not that much daily posting this weekend orContinue reading “Announcement- Squirrel Season 2022”
Monthly Archives: August 2022
551st PIB In Southern France Recreation
After the Instagram vote I set out to do a project on the 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion. It was originally just going to be a static display with a few carbine pouches but I was having enough fun with it that I decided to do a full to do with it. Brace yourself, it’s aboutContinue reading “551st PIB In Southern France Recreation”
Some Worthwhile Interviews
Here are a few interviews with veterans from different wars. There are a lot on the American Veterans Center YouTube channel but here is a sampling to get you started. The last one will stick with you. Iraq Vietnam Korea World War II
“The West Is Really In Deep Trouble On Many Fronts – Many Self-Inflicted”
By Michael Every of Rabobank Byron, Shelley, and Churchill We have some wildly bullish markets out there right now. US equities have to be beaten back whack-a-mole style, it seems, as regardless of what happens it is ‘always time to buy stocks’. Especially when “important indicators” say it is; until “important voices” say it isn’t.Continue reading ““The West Is Really In Deep Trouble On Many Fronts – Many Self-Inflicted””
Swenson Bullseye 1911
Karl has a real special one for us today. What a cool gun, The Colt left Hartford in 1968, and was likely in SoCal by 1970 or so to get built. While Swenson may not be best known for his Bullsesye builds, though his accuracy improvements on most all his guns make them shoot likeContinue reading “Swenson Bullseye 1911”
The Last Boyscout
Way back in the year of our Lord, 1991 Tony Scott directed a little film written by Shane Black. The script for that film set an industry record for the price the studio paid for it. $1.75 million for the script, with over a $1 million guaranteed up front. That film is the excellent TheContinue reading “The Last Boyscout”
An Earthbound ‘Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection’ Event Could Be Imminent
A minor earthward-directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) already hit Earth’s magnetic field on Wednesday. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) expects a more powerful earthbound CME to strike Thursday-Friday. SWPC has already issued geomagnetic storm watches for a minor geomagnetic storm today, a strong geomagnetic storm on Thursday, and a moderate one on Friday. The impacts willContinue reading “An Earthbound ‘Cannibal Coronal Mass Ejection’ Event Could Be Imminent”
Nambu Pistol Series
From Rock Island Armory Of all the things you own that were made in Japan, we’re betting a Nambu pistol isn’t one of them. The Nambu pistol series was developed by Lieutenant General Kijiro Nambu in 1092, who claimed the design for Japan, but it looked a lot like the Mauser C96 Japanese officials admiredContinue reading “Nambu Pistol Series”
The FBI Is Now The Federal Bureau Of Intimidation
Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics.com, Nothing symbolizes the decline of the American republic better than the weaponization of justice that we saw last week when the FBI raided the home of former President Trump. And nothing better represents the divide that now exists between Democrats and Republicans than the fact that some people stillContinue reading “The FBI Is Now The Federal Bureau Of Intimidation”
GR103 40mm M-79 Round
Rare GR103 40mm M-79 Round. With it an antenna wire could be fire through triple canopy jungle for better reception. I am not sure who would want to give away their position by trying this gimmick though,
Scattered Shots 