ALL HANDS

Retired Major of Marines Jack sends the following list of consumables for servicemen/women stationed in Afghanistan. Our wonderful post office will not deliver mail unless a specific individual is named as the recipient, so if you're having a problem finding one, please email me and I'll forward the Major's email address.

Food / Snacks:-Coffee (Ground/filters)
--Star bucks coffee (instant Packets)
-Hot Sauces (fast food packets - BBQ, Ketchup)
-Beef Jerky
-Pistachios
-Peanuts
-Cocoa (with marshmallows)
-Soups
-Chili
-Power Bars / Protein Bars / Cliff Bars
-Candy / Gum (hard candy or heat tolerant candy like tootsie rolls)
-Drinks Mixes (singles) Kool-aid / Gatorade / Crystal Light
-Dried Fruit / Raisins
-Tuna in cans or pouches - any type
-Cup Noodles or Ramen
-Protein Powder
-Mac & Cheese
-Tapatio
-Flower Tortillas


Toiletries: (All)-Baby Wipes (Note this is the #1 item requested by Field Troops)
-Foot Powder (or something that will dry boots)
-Body Powder
-Disposal Razors & Shave Cream
-Tooth Paste
-Tooth Brush
-Eye wash
-Hand Cleanser (Small / Waterless)
-Razors
-Shaving cream
-Dental floss
-Mouth wash
-hair clippers
-Deodorant
-laundry detergent
-soap
-body wash
-Dr, Scholls inserts
-Q tips
-Electric razors
-Nail clippers
-Sunscreen
-Chap stick


ServiceWomen-Requested items
-Shampoo/conditioner
-Lotions
-Deodorant
-Personnel Hygiene Products (Sanitary Napkins / other)
-Feminine Wash
-Feminine Wipes
-Hair Rubber Bands
-Hair Gel (for all types of Ethnicity)
-Face Wash
-Manicure Kits
-Wash Clothes
-Sun Block
-QTips
-Sun Glass (Ballistic) They tend to lose there all the time.

Other:
-Socks (Heavy Duty / Black, White, Green & Brown)
-Pt shorts
-Boot laces
-Hand Warmers
-Mouse Traps
-Card and or letters (Pen Pals)
-AA and AAA Batteries
-CD's / DVD's (see SUPPORTERS "AMVETS Task Force DVD")
-Pens / Pencils
-Chapstick
-Disposable Cameras
-International Phone Cards (see SUPPORTERS "Cell Phones")
-Insect Repellent
-Playing Cards
-Cigars (I have been advised not to worry about the health issues as IEDs and bullets are far more dangerous)

Note: No Compressed Air Products (i.e. Hair Spray)
         No Glass Containers (use plastic containers)

To reiterate, BABY WIPES is the single most asked for item on everyone's list. Generally speaking, Army units have room for some degree of storage but Marines do not so anything you send to a Marine unit should be an item(s) that can be easily transported by an individual and most certainly have a reasonable expiration date. Power Bars yes, chocolate treats no. It's a scazillion degrees so do the math. I have many lists of individuals prepared to accept care packages for their units but Major Jack is the honcho and can steer you the right way. Posting an active Marine's name on some Google blog isn't the smartest thing to do and while I was never considered smart I ain't too dumb either.

Happy Mother's Day

To my Mom and your Mom and everyone's Mom. Even soccer Mom's. 

Dicky Daley Wants Armed Protection For Life

This week's outrage comes to us from the Windy City, where retiring Mayor Richard Daley (D) has allegedly requested an armed bodyguard detail to protect him after he leaves office on May 16. 

According to a recent Chicago Sun-Times online story, the extremely anti-gun Daley has requested at least three around-the-clock bodyguards because he is concerned about "serious safety threats."  As a result, the Chicago Police Department contacted the Secret Service to determine whether such security was necessary, the story reports.

We've often reported Mayor Daley's anti-gun, anti-self-defense record.  His long history of relentlessly attacking and depriving Chicagoans of their Second Amendment and self-defense rights is well documented and speaks for itself.  Daley hates guns and he doesn't want "ordinary" citizens to have them.  He thinks his "gun-free" city is plenty safe for the average citizen.  But apparently not for him, as he feels he has a right to protection that all other residents of Chicago don't deserve.  That's not only the height of arrogance and hypocrisy, that's outrageous.

That in a nutshell is a liberal democrat.

Little Dicky's own life is far more important than anyone else's, and his head  so far up his own ass he doesn't even see how tragically wrong this is. As a public servant the PEOPLE should come first, but once a Dick always a Dick.

The Last Will And Testament Of OSAMA bin Ladin

My final advice is to all the Mujahideen where ever they maybe: reconstitute yourselves and do not forget until fight the Jews and the Christians and attend to purifying your ranks of the agents, lazy and scholars of evil who collaborate against the Jihad and hold the Ummah back.

Your brother, Abu Adbullah Osama bin Mohammad bin Ladin

From Osama's own hand. Notice the "O"...not a "U". 

Click here to see the full thing but make sure you haven't eaten first.

All Your Osama's Are Now Belong Us

Just about every outfit with "news" in its name is running the moslem pledge to revenge Osama bin Laden.

Bring it.

SONY Continues To Apologize But PlayStation Network Still Dark

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer apologized to users of its PlayStation Network and other online services, breaking his silence on the biggest Internet security break-in ever.

Stringer's comments, which did not specify when services would resume, come after criticism of his leadership since Sony revealed hackers had compromised the data of more than 100 million accounts used for accessing games and music over the Internet.

"As a company we - and I - apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack," Stringer said on Sony's U.S. PlayStation blog late on Thursday.

They've been apologizing for weeks now but still no PlayStation Network.

And as most companies do when charged with being as anal as Sony, they dragged out the old "possibly credit card information" as a way to stir the masses against hackers.

The kerfuffle over Sony's refusing to allow the PS3 to be jailbroken or the operating system to be altered IN ANY MANNER is the root cause of the heretofore puny attacks on the system, but the mid-April foray was Omaha Beach in comparison.

At first, Sony said that no credit card info was compromised, but to instill some sympathy in its plight changed the tune to "perhaps", and "we aren't really certain". This changed the event from something of a hooray against Sony to HOW DARE THOSE HACKERS GO AFTER OUR MONEY!

(To those leery of releasing credit card information while online shopping in any manner, here's a hint; establish a debit card for such occasions and keep the bare minimum in it. This way, at the first indication of any intrusion just shut the thing down.)

The hackers...not crackers, mind you...were sooner or later bound and determined to pay back Sony for taking away their ability to write their own games and play them on the PS3. Imagine Ford Motor Company taking back your newly purchased car because you installed a different radio, or tires, or somehow had the effrontery to personalize the thing. Sony basically says that you NEVER really own a PS3, THEY DO. 

And that sucks. Not to condone the recent actions, but Sony had it coming and should have been better prepared.

Ruminations Upon A Desultory Philippic

"...my Presidency will the most transparent in modern times..." Candidate Barack Hussein Obama.

"...the press and the American people have the right to be made aware of and view incoming coffins...draped with an American flag..." Incoming President Barack Hussein Obama.

Yes. Barry feels that its okay to have a gander at flag-draped coffins of American servicemen but doesn't dare release a pic of a dead sand flea. Our enemies will see this as a sign of weakness and continue to believe that Osama bin Laden is still alive. To them, he's immortal and the proof is in the US hiding the pictures of whomever it was they killed.

Special Guest On Cutlery Corner...The Mastermind Behind RCR Racing

Richard Childress was on with the girls from Cutlery Corner, and it was an honor to watch and listen to 3 unintelligible men speaking over one another at the same time.

Mr. Childress was of course complimenting Queen James on his wonderful knives, and as most of the folks bereft of anything resembling a frontal lobe was agog at how low Queeny's prices were.

"And fer $10 ya'll can git a Frost Double-Tap-Justice-Is-Served, and if'n ya'll been watchin' the news you've heard of double-tap fer the past several few days and know what I mean." Queen James

"And I can't imagine for the life of me wonder why anyone wouldn't want to put off not buying these knives right away..." Todd (Mullet...What Mullet) Boone.

Some are $10, some are $12. Can't beat it with a stick, and check out old Osama on the blade. Classy. Click for a closer view, and isn't it a shame the old Queen couldn't get one a' them pics of Osama with holes in his head.

Oh and for all the lawyers out there, how long before Osama's relatives sue Frost for using his likeness on a commercial product?

Last Word...For Now... On New Florida Gun Bill 234

1. Provides protection for concealed weapons license holders to prevent license holders from being charged with the crime of violating the "Open Carry" law because a concealed firearm accidentally or inadvertently became visible.

You're getting in or out of your vehicle. Taking off, or donning a cover garment...jacket, coat, etc...and your handgun is exposed during the process. This is no longer a crime 

2. Provides that concealed weapons license holders may store a firearm in private vehicle anywhere the vehicle is lawfully parked except those places that are exempted under s. 790.251(7) -- the parking lot law.

The local deli or some other dirty place cannot legally tell you to go home and leave the gun there before returning. The 2nd Amendment is not declared null and void simply because some hoplophobe is having a canary.
3. Removes the obsolete firearms purchase in contiguous state law previously required by federal law for out of state purchases of long guns and replaces it with language to conform to current federal requirements that allows purchase of long guns in other states.
Prior to this redefining of the law, Florida residents could not order long guns from a non-contiguous state. Now we can.

By the way, the Florida House passed the thing by a vote of 99-17. We have many friends in the House and are working on the Senate for the continuation of the fight to get open carry. The House has already said they're on-board for the battle.

Reuters Wants Dead Osama Pics

I'm still searching, but here's the link to some of the Osama compound dead.

Yet Another Reaction To Osama's Demise...

What REAL Science Has To Say About That Pesky Element "Carbon"

Though vilified by radical greens and climate alarmists, hydrocarbon energy and the Industrial Revolution have hugely benefitted mankind. They doubled average life expectances in industrialized nations and increased prosperity, overall health and living standards, in proportion to the ability of poor communities to acquire electricity and modern technologies. Thus, telling poor countries to limit hydrocarbon use, and focus instead on wind and solar power, sharply limits their ability to modernize, create jobs, and improve health, living conditions and life spans.

And all that extra CO2 from electrical generation and other economic activities? As Drs. Craig and Sherwood Idso explain on their CO2science.org website and in their fascinating book, The Many Benefits of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment, the extra carbon dioxide has blessed people and planet in at least 55 ways.

For example, increased atmospheric carbon dioxide increases the photosynthesis rates for plants. It enables plants to extract more moisture from the air and soil, thereby expanding root systems that stabilize soil, reduce erosion and help plants survive better during droughts.

Higher CO2 levels also reduce the need for plants to keep their stomata (pores in leaves) open to absorb carbon dioxide — and in the process release moisture from the plant — further increasing drought resistance. Because stomata don’t need to be open as much, plants also reduce their absorption of harmful pollutants that can damage their tissue. As with the air in greenhouses, rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations improves nitrogen fixation by soil bacteria, increasing the availability of this important chemical.

CO2-enriched air also increases plants’ ability to manufacture Vitamin C, antioxidants, and health-promoting substances in medicinal plants — while likewise improving plants’ immune systems and ability to withstand a wide variety of common plant diseases.

Many climatologists and astrophysicists believe recent sun spot, Pacific Ocean and global temperature trends suggest that our planet may have entered a cool phase that could last for 25 years. If that is the case, the additional carbon dioxide being emitted by China, India and other developing countries could bring a major additional benefit: helping to protect wildlife habitats, enhance oceanic biota and preserve crop yields under sub-optimal climatic conditions.

Attempts to coerce expanded wind and solar installations will require that we devote still more land, raw materials and taxpayer subsidies to these expensive, unreliable energy supplies. And trying to capture and store carbon dioxide from power plants and factories will require trillions of dollars and vast supplies of energy, to take this plant-fertilizing gas out of the atmosphere and inject it under high pressure deep into the earth — and keep it from escaping, to kill animals and people.

To get 1000 megawatts of net electricity from a power plant designed for CO2-capture-and-storage would require building (at minimum) a 1300-MW plant, burning at least one-third more fuel than a conventional plant does, using over one-third of the 1300 MW to power the CCS equipment — and paying much higher electricity prices. The impact on factories, shops, jobs, household budgets and fuel supplies would be significant.

Legislators and regulators need to focus on controlling unhealthy amounts of real pollutants (based on valid medical and environmental science) — and keep their pesky hands off our CO2!

I'll probably make this a sticky because the full article is chock full of genuine knowledge but for now please click the headline link for the full monte.

Drudge Says White House Will Release Death Pic Of Bin Laden

President Obama decided Tuesday morning to release at least one photo showing Osama Bin Laden's death, a top source claims. The images, being described as 'graphic', are bound to stir emotions in the east and the west, and will likely become the most viewed photographs in modern history. One image shows a bullet wound to his head above his left eye.

White House Still Befuddled By What Went Down In Sand-Flea Ville

The White House backed away Monday evening from key details in its narrative about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, including claims by senior U.S. officials that the Al Qaeda leader had a weapon and may have fired it during a gun battle with U.S. forces.

Officials also retreated from claims that one of bin Laden’s wives was killed in the raid and that bin Laden was using her as a human shield before she was shot by U.S. forces.

The initial narrative is so full of holes the Titanic was watertight in comparison. That isn't unusual soon after an engagement, when second, third, and fourth hand information is being bandied about, especially from civilians trying to interpret military lingo. There's also the low level official-type who knows nothing of genuine interest but will grab the nearest reporter and make things up just to feel important. Like Obama, or Hillary; you know, the sort that gets confused easily and stays that way all day.

Bottom line is the fact that the interrogation techniques used to sweat these guys paid off. It usually does. Another tool in the arsenal. Say thanks to George now, Barry. He just made you appear to be competent.

More Intel On The Bin Laden Takedown

SR. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL:  Fantastic.  I'm going to turn it over to my [other senior intelligence official] colleague.

SR. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL:  Yes, I would just like to give an update on the confidence level and the basis for the confidence level that -- the identification of Osama bin Laden.  First, he was visually identified on the scene by those who conducted the raid.  Also on the scene, one of the women on the compound who we assessed to be one of his wives identified him by name as Osama bin Laden.  CIA specialists compared photos of the body to known photos of bin Laden last evening, and were able to determine with 95-percent certainty that the body was Osama bin Laden.  And finally, this morning, CIA and other specialists in the intelligence community performed the initial DNA analysis matching a virtually 100-percent DNA match of the body against DNA of several bin Laden family members.

Once again I find all this somewhat hard to swallow.

The CIA arrive and boom, instant DNA test and instant match. As easy as taking his fingerprints. Read the whole thing here.

Monday Toon...Mayday Victory Oh So Sweet

Osama Dead And DNA Results Took Less Than 24 Hours...

So they killed Osama on Sunday morning. And had the DNA results by Sunday night. 

Interesting.

They killed the guy, ran the DNA, and buried him at sea in less than 24 hours. So I guess DNA testing can show results in what, a few hours, and the reason it usually takes 6-8 weeks is because there's a backlog at the labs.

Okay.

GOTCHA! OSAMA BIN LADEN DEFINITELY DONE DANCIN'

American official says Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion close to the Pakistani capital

ISLAMABAD — American official says Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion close to the Pakistani capital.

Then there's this from ABC News:

Osama bin Laden Killed; ID Confirmed by DNA Testing

Osama bin Laden, hunted as the mastermind behind the worst-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil, has been killed, President Obama announced tonight.

Bin Laden was killed in a ground attack by Joint Special Operations Command forces working with the CIA on a compound in Pakistan, a national security source told ABC News.

The compound, described by some sources as a mansion, had been monitored for months. When the decision was made to move on it, special operations forces were sent across the border from Afghanistan to launch a ground attack and take the body.

DNA testing confirmed that it was bin Laden, sources told ABC News.

About damned time, and mega kudos to our military. Sources of mine in the service tell me that they needed a proper DNA match so they first had to find the syphilitic goat that was his mother before releasing the news.

In Praise Of The Frosted Flakes

A spade is a spade and for once I'm not going to remonstrate against the grifters over at Cutlery Corner.

They've gone and cleaned up their act so very much it is time to give credit where credit is due. Hardly a mention of "Custom" knives, and this morning they featured a Kershaw Oso Sweet®, and Todd (Mullet, What's A Mullet?) Boone identified the knife as having a patented Speedsafe™ opening system; something neither he nor anyone else on Cutlery Corner has ever done.

Now, you shouldn't be even thinking of buying it from Frost because it's basically a $24 knife that you can get home for $30 all told and Frost wants $30 up front and might go as high as $13 for shipping. But this isn't the time to say well, look how much he rapes you for easily cross-referenced identical products, so why should you believe that any of his Chinaman made knives are a bargain?

No sir. Lately they steal a lot less and for that reason alone I'm cutting Queen James a break. All anyone can ask is that a company tells the truth and who cares if Lady Jimmy sells crap steel made by slave labor in commieland? Lots of folks simply can't afford anything better so Frost serves a purpose.

Thanks, and good start, Frost.

All Hands: Remington Corrosion-Resistant Snap Cap

My gun safe is 5' tall by 3' wide and about 3' in depth, yeah a squat old sucker, and I put one of these on the top shelf, one on the bottom, and even in the high humidity hell that is Florida none of my gear has shown the slightest propensity to rust.

I like these suckers because you can use them as a snap cap as well, and the good part about ordering one now is CDNN is giving away 3 additional ones...rifle sized...for free, and all internet orders are shipping for $5.99. The plug itself is only $4.99 and well worth every penny.

Disclaimer: I'm doing some stocking up, wanted to pass along a good deal, and have no affiliation with Remington or CDNN.

Drill We Must...But Princess Barry Says We Already Are...

By Robert Romano – Answering a question on America’s foreign dependence on oil from a Northern Virginia Community College student at a town hall event on April 19, Barack Obama boldly alleged, “we have actually continually increased U.S. production, so U.S. production is as high as it’s ever been.” It was a claim so false as to be laughable.

In fact, in 1970, the U.S. produced 9.6 million barrels of oil a day, the most we ever produced. But today, we only produce 5.5 million a day. And while domestic production slightly increased in the past two years, according to the Energy Information Agency (EIA), it now projects declines of 30,000 barrels a day in 2011 and 120,000 barrels a day in 2012, when production will only be 5.36 million.

So much for that. But then again, energy independence has always been a myth.

Or, in the least, the promise of energy independence by politicians dating back to Richard Nixon has been a fairy tale. In 1974, in response to the oil embargo, then-President Nixon promised, “Let this be our national goal: At the end of this decade, in the year 1980, the United States will not be dependent on any other country for the energy we need to provide our jobs, to heat our homes, and to keep our transportation moving.”

The only problem is that by 1980, we were only producing 8.5 million barrels a day — some 1.1 million less than we were in 1970. It declined every single year after Nixon set the goal while he was in office.

The challenge facing the country, with oil prices spiking once again, is that the U.S. consumes about 18.7 million barrels of petroleum a day, a net 9.6 million of which is imported. At $110 a barrel, we’re spending about $2.057 billion daily. If the price stays that high for a year, it will cost $750.8 billion, of which $385.4 billion would be shipped overseas!

So, besides the high prices of staples like gasoline and home heating oil, there are perfectly legitimate reasons to ramp up crude oil production, namely to stop shipping hundreds of billions of dollars overseas every day unnecessarily. That’s money that could be reinvested here.

Overall, the historic decline of the U.S. oil industry has played a key role in debilitating the domestic economy, driving overall investment overseas too, and killing American jobs.

Currently, the oil and gas industry employs 9.2 million. If the current 5.5 million barrels a day production were doubled, millions more jobs would be created. Instead oil production, like manufacturing, has been outsourced. With unemployment so high, shouldn’t we be creating jobs here in America?"

Because then we'd be prosperous and lets face it; lots easier to create government jobs for the sick, lame and lazy then actually ask people to work for a living, and a hard living at that, in the oil fields.

Primer To The Royal Wedding

Boring, bald, goofy looking Prince William will marry Kate Middleton. Willy will become King one day, and Katie...the first commoner to become an HRM in over 300 years...will be the Queen.

Willy might be marrying beneath his station but Katie is so far above his gene pool as to make him close to being another species entirely. The men will be stuffed into unearned uniforms decorated with unearned medals, most notably the Order of the Unmatched Boot, and the Sash of the Holy Toucan. The women perched beneath the most garish and stupid looking hats imaginable and dragging along the Holy Train of Gibraltar's First Folly.

After the wedding, Prince William will assume a new title, as "Prince" simply means he was born into the ROYAL FAMILY. All of Great Britain is agog over what new honorific he'll have with the smart money betting on Duke of Earl, or perhaps even Count du Monie. Kate could never have been referred to as "Princess" since she has no ROYAL bloodlines, and most probably will assume the secondary title of Vixen du Babe after of course her initial title of Duchess of Wuthering Heights.

There are 1900 people awaiting the arrival of the Queen-to-be, NONE of them named Barack or Michelle Obama. This is notable as there are soccer players arriving but the president of the United States was snubbed. Which goes to prove that no matter how you feel about royalty, they DO have taste.

Oh yeah, and the wedding is estimated to cost over $30 million dollars, or $20 million British pounds, which converted to real money is a trifle over a buck three eighty.

Photoshopper Says Obama's Birth Certificate "A Fake"

Woody has the video so click here to have a gander.

Since I have no expertise in this field all I can add is that certain parts of the "document" do happen to appear copied and pasted in. What is becoming the infamous number "1" in the year of Obama's birth looks drawn in after the fact, but there's more so go take a look.

Sent By An Old Friend

Kissing your (ugly) Sister...Status Update On Florida Open-Carry Bill

790.053 Open carrying of weapons.—
    9         (1) Except as otherwise provided by law and in subsection
   10  (2), it is unlawful for any person to openly carry on or about
   11  his or her person any firearm or electric weapon or device.

 
   12  It is not a violation of this section for a person licensed to
   13  carry a concealed firearm as provided in s. 790.06(1), and who
   14  is lawfully carrying a firearm in a concealed manner, to briefly
   15  and openly display the firearm to the ordinary sight of another
   16  person, unless the firearm is intentionally displayed in an
   17  angry or threatening manner, not in necessary self-defense.

So there you have it.

The cup is half-full folks look upon this as a victory. A foot in the door.

Get the cops and soccer mom's accustomed to the idea that all men are created

equal. Tough sell.

The half-emptiers say we were sold down the river. Truth be told, we were, but 

it IS a foot in the door to open-carry, and we won't be spending a night in jail because

someone caught a glimpse of our piece 

The lawyers will have a field day but that's what lawyers do. Now its on to the House 

and since the House is more Conservative they won't be making things worse and COULD

in fact make them better. 

But right now isn't the time to speculate. Still more hard work ahead, arm twisting and 

the like.

UPDATE

The vast majority of feedback I'm picking up from those interested in this bill is incredibly

negative. 

 There has forever been a faceoff between Florida law enforcement and those who'd deign

to carry a firearm, and many folks are feeling that the change in carry laws would 

give the police more leeway to lockup the innocent, not less. And of course

pretty much everyone is trying to decide what "briefly " means. 

The Florida Supreme Court has angered cops time and again by trying to come to 

reasonable rulings concerning the unintentional flash of a firearm, and one of the things the 

new language was supposed to do was address the situation in a fair and equitable 

manner.

Make a mistake and flash the gun, then no harm, no foul. But now the fear is that the 

police will try to twist the law in order to make their point that civilians shouldn't be

carrying guns.

But its getting late so adios for now.

This Is It...Florida Senate Votes Tomorrow On Open-Carry

And it is going to be a squeaker.

Too many women in the legislature who think that hundreds of people died at the OK Corral since open carry invites one bloodbath after another. Too many limpwristed men who believe that what they've seen on HBO mirrors the real world.

I am pretty much emotionally drained from this one; tired of talking to idiots and liberals. Wait. I repeat myself.

My honest guess is that SB 234 will go back to committee for a winnowing. They'll throw us a bone by modernizing the way we buy long guns and put some backbone into one thing or another but open carry will have to wait for mid 2012 when we toss the remainder of the democrats out along with the weak sisters who are proving to be RINO's who lied their asses off to get elected.

But should it pass?

Then  its time for me to get a brand new rig for the Blackhawk and off to the range.

We Get Letters

"I don't think you're (sic) quibbling over my review of the K-Bar was all too much pruductive (sic)...all someone wants to mainley (sic) know about a knive (sic) is how sharp it comes and the cost and perhaps what sheath materiil (sic).

I quibbled because you failed to give a genuine review, and instead offered a sales pitch.

No one enjoyed his KaBar more than I but this incessant deification of what is nothing more than an average blade for the price is getting ridiculous.

Before I go any further, including the following is what constitutes a halfway decent knife review: The blade of the KaBar in question is made of 1095 steel, something you forgot to mention. The Rockwell on that particular configuration is approximately 57 which you also forgot to mention. All old time KaBars are rat-tailed, something you forgot to mention, and I've snapped more than my share of rat-tail designs at the scale line because that is the point where the steel begins to thin out. The edge grind is sometimes 40 degrees exclusive, sometimes more, sometimes less. Something you forgot to mention.

The knife weighs in at 12 ounces and is decidedly front heavy due to the rat tail design. Which you forgot to mention. There was a time, lets say at the turn of the 19th to 20th Centuries, where a man bought what was available because he didn't have a choice in the matter. During those times it was all but impossible to search for the exact specifications one considered desirable in a knife. Crappy...yeah, crappy because I'm getting pissed as I write this...half assed sales pitches were all there was but this ain't the turn of the 19th-20th Century anymore.

You can look it up. Just as you can look up the specs on 99% of the things you'd like to "review".

Disclosure: I sent the above to a gentleman disagreeing with my position that the KaBar is not the definitive combat knife in the known universe. Yes, that does include Stargate.

Shoveling scat against the tide but sometimes I've had it up to here with reviewers regurgitating the same old stuff as they preach to a captive audience; in this instance a survivalist/military site where the venerable KaBar is very much loved. And that's fine. Buy whatcha wanna but don't recommend something you know shit from shinola about. Oh yeah and I did ask his majesty if I could include a link to the site and our back & forth but he nearly had a coronary so fuck him.

Pellet Plinker Charged

The fake-gun-wielding man shot nine times by cops as he waved an all-too-real looking pellet gun at a Bronx nightclub has been charged.

Mamadou Balde, 20, was hit with weapons and menacing complaints over the stunt Friday outside of the crowded Cocoa House hotspot in Highbridge.

Balde, who sources say is a wannabe Bloods gang member, was struck in the legs, arms, groin and foot after three cops fired 18 shots at him.

So take your pick on which is worse: 3 cops firing 18 times to drop one lunatic; 3 cops incapable of telling a pellet gun from the real deal; the NYPD continuing to go with the peashooter 9mm round* that, combined with the officer's horrid accuracy, cannot stop anything bigger than a bedbug.

*They're not changing to something more powerful anytime soon because nearly a quarter of today's "force" can barely handle the kick from a GLOCK wondernine.

HAPPY EASTER

To all my friends and most of my enemies.

PlayStation Network Hacked?

An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.

Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter.

During this time you may:

• Not be able to access the PlayStation®Store
• Have difficulty signing in to the PlayStation®Network
• Not be able to play online games
• See a maintenance page when attempting to access the PlayStation®Network  

Note: When you log into the PlayStation Network, a message may appear which states, "the PlayStation Network has been suspended".  This does not mean that your account has been suspended; it simply means the PlayStation Network has been taken offline.  Please wait until the maintenance window has passed before attempting to connect to the PlayStation Network again.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

First Amazon then PlayStation. The PS site has been offline since Thursday, and lots of folks who were planing on mega-gaming over the Easter break are spitting fire over this.

The hacker community has been up in arms over Sony suing folks for jailbreaking the PS3 and it seems like they've found a way to disrupt not only a free, but a pay-for-play service.

More Rioting In McDonalds

Clicking the headline link will bring you to a video whereupon you'll be able to watch two large black women mercilessly beating a white woman inside a McDonalds. 

YouTube pulled the video, but as a commenter noted, the Rodney King video remains there in all its glory.

Isn't just a double-standard anymore, gang. The media doesn't merely shy away from calling a spade a spade but promotes violence whenever one of their pets calls for it.

If and when the Second Revolution comes there will be an awful lot of folks held accountable for what they've done to America.

Commandments That ALL Video Games Should Follow

PET PEEVE #1 FOR ME

Having to replay levels due to limited save points.

This is a throwback to the arcade/NES days when physical limitations in the system wouldn't allow you to save your progress just anywhere. There is no reason for this now. None. We're busy. We've got work, appointments, phone calls. We shouldn't tolerate an inability to save our progress in any piece of software.

Being forced to watch boring cutscenes is a close second but for the love of Mike end the bullshit and start making ALL games instantaneously save-able because I  want to save NOW.

One of the things I like about Dragon Age 1 & 2 is there's no running around looking for a save point every time a thunder storm comes crashing down here in the frickin' tropics and holy-shit but the power might blink off. The auto-save is a nice feature as well but I still want total control because this isn't 1985.

Click the headline link to be transported to Cracked where you can see them all, and lemme know if you've a favorite commandment too.

Happy Earth Day

Just got done mowing the lawn and damn but that old mower is belching more and more smoke than ever. Still, it does the job and the blade is wicked so who am I to complain. I needed to spruce up the front a little because a heap of the Hogtown Irregulars will be stopping by before we head on over to Ert's place for our bonfire and cookout. Gene has this gigantic barbecue monster and its really a slow cooker that can fog half the swamp out but nary a 'skeeter dares show her ugly snout through that smoke.

It looks likes there's going be about 50-60 of us all told counting spouses and lady friends, (no significant others we ain't gay) and that's terrific because once it gets dark we move our vehicles down to the creek edge...on Earth Day everyone comes in his own car or truck or cycle...and turn the lights on to play gator spotting, a few dozen idling gas, diesel, and even canola oil burners do make quite the scene but hell its Earth Day so don't spare the expense.

Don't Forget To Vote Early And Often...

...On Sheriff Joe's Mugshot Of The Day

I got a kick out of this particular chinless lad

But this guy is winning.

Thanks to I Hate The Media for the link.

The REAL Reason Chinamen Aren't Allowed To Google

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Otherwise known as slop with hops, this bilious brew is all the fad with Wall Street types, because its just so cool to drink what the poor people drink.

Enter the chinese. Some important chinaman commie visits NYC, is taken out for a night on the town, and something gets lost in the translation because a single bottle of Pabst goes for the equivalent of $44 US smackeroonies in yellow-perilville once he returns home and brags about the elixir of all elixirs that rich Amelicans dlink.

But at least the average chinamen can't just look up Pabst, discover that it isn't all that and a bag of chips, and come to the ever so startling conclusion that their fearless leaders don't know from shinola.

The Japanese on the other hand can, but nothing stops them from ordering KitKats like there's no tomollow. 

Here's the skinny; KitKats are made by Nestle's which is owned by Nabisco but Nabisco doesn't have the manufacturing capacity to make alla them little crunchy diabetes-inducers so in the States Kit-Kats are made by Hershey.

In Japanese, Kitto-Katsu is literally translated to "break a leg", something said to wish one good luck. Enter Kit-Kats and the ensuing explosion of much needed chocolaty Kitto-Katsu's made Nestle's, Nabisco, and Hershey say and do anything they could to continue the popularity of the treat, so but of course they admitted that, why gee fella's, its the same here!

EVERYone in Amellica gives KitKats to insure good fortune! 

Anyhoot, there are over 80 variations of KitKats in Japan, and yep, there's fish-flavor too because it wouldn't be Japanese if there wasn't a nastyass aftertaste.

Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer Vetoes Birther-Bill And Nixes Guns On Campus

Brewer, who grabbed headlines a year ago when she signed a get-tough state law cracking down on illegal immigrants, vetoed the bills in an announcement late on Monday.

The so-called "birther bill," would have made Arizona the first state in the nation to require presidential candidates prove U.S. citizenship by providing a long form birth certificate, and other forms of proof including baptismal or circumcision certificates, to be placed on the state ballot.

"I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president of the greatest and most powerful nation on earth to submit their 'early baptism or circumcision certificates' ... This is a bridge too far," she said..

A former Arizona secretary of state, Brewer said she did not support designating one person as "gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate," as it "could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions."

The Republican-controlled state legislature passed the measure at a time when some foes of President Barack Obama, a Democrat question whether he is a native-born U.S. citizen. Real estate mogul and television reality show host Donald Trump is among those questioning Obama's birth in Hawaii.

Brewer also vetoed a bill that would have made Arizona the second state in the nation to allow an individual to carry a firearm -- either concealed or not -- in the public rights of way on higher education campuses, because it was "so poorly written."

Brewer said shortcomings in the bill included a failure to define "public rights of way" and the inclusion of state schools, where firearms are prohibited by federal and state laws."

Here we have a governor who cares more about what people are going to say and think about her, rather than rolling up those sleeves and doing her job

Just a few days back I harped on how the feminine side of the Florida legislature seems to continually go weak in the knees when it comes to firearms, and here we have the soon to be ex-governor of Arizona pretty much toeing the feminist line that proclaims harsh language to be more effective then guns in dealing with the scum of society.

As far as the birther law goes, I haven't read it but see nothing wrong with assuring that our Presidents are American citizens.

As something of an important aside, I can't include a link to this Reuters story because the link itself contains so may characters Google won't allow it. It seems to be the new way to assure that proper credit goes to an original source but all this really does is make it hard to actually credit that source. And by the by, the link may very well have directions to spam sites and/or heavens know what so that's that.

If Hollywood Taught Science

Where Certain Rights Are NOT Self Evident...UPDATE

Despite what liberals say, it wasn't just the Founding Father's who believed in the unalienable right to keep and bear arms, as 44 states have it in their Constitutions as well.

Even the undereducated would be forced to admit that 44 out of 57 50 is a pretty good percentage, but what about those 6 states that were too busy stomping grapes and/or forming teacher's unions instead of assuring one of the most hallowed tenets of freedom?

Some will say that the notion of guaranteeing the right to bear arms is a silly concept because there is no legal imprimatur extant to drink water or breathe air or make kickass spaghetti sauce for that matter because NO governing body would have the wherewithal to remove the basics of life, so why bring up something that is akin to mom and apple pie?

Ah, but too many patriots had fresh reminiscence of governing bodies...think British rule...that made stuff up as they went along, so they nudged and finagled and prodded until the general consensus to self protection WAS written down for all to see just in case some folks awoke one day with a really really case of WTF.

So then.  

California
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Minnesota

And....

Which was/is the infamous state #6?

No fair asking Barney Google. What does your gut tell you?

UPDATE

Okay...the loser was IOWA...


Yes, the dog food manufacturing capital of the world didn't feel it necessary to include the right to bear arms, but just try mowing down a corn field and see what happens to ya.


I lived there for several years and getting a concealed carry permit meant registering as a member of whichever political party the local sheriff was a part of.

PS: And refusing to do so while adding "Why not go fuck yourself" doesn't help at all.

Dueling Headlines

Tea Party's fading star: Sarah Palin jeered by protestors in Wisconsin

Palin Wows Wisconsin Tea Partiers With Blistering Speech...

The lead headline is from the NY Daily Snooze News, the second from Drudge. To such liberal entities as the Snooze, two or three liberal plants heckling a Conservative means her star is fading. Actually, there were two divergent groups present; commie teacher frigs who showed up to dirty the place with litter, and Tea Party folks who cheered her on. 

King George was the first one to make the mistake of pissing off and dismissing Tea Party favorites, but history has been replaced with politics in the schools these "teachers" sleep in so none of them would know that Tea Partiers have a damned good track record.

And While We're On Texas...

"House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, was invited by the president to watch him deliver the speech at George Washington University. Upon returning to the Capitol, Hensarling said Obama's remarks "set a new standard for class warfare rhetoric." He added, "I missed lunch for this?"

Old Jeb is at least a fiscal Conservative and at most a Texas Patriot and that's good enough for me. Might even get me one a'them phony addresses like the folks who voted for Obama have, so's I can vote for Jeb next time he needs a helpin' hand.

Texans Itchin to Drive 85

And Good For Texas

"In Texas, it seems 80 mph just isn't fast enough.

A bill passed in the state House of Representatives would raise the speed limit to 85 miles per hour on certain long stretches of road or designated lanes. The Senate is working on a similar proposal.

If the bill becomes a law, Texas will have the highest speed limit in the country."

If the road can handle it, then so should the driver. All Texas will be doing is to allow truckers to make better time and lower the states income from speeding tickets. 

Open Carry Part Scazillion

On Friday, another milestone was achieved as open-carry passed as several committeemen kicked it upstairs so to speak, ever nearer to a full vote then on to the governor who has said he'll sign the thing.

CommitteeMEN, because virtually all of the dissenting votes came from committeeWOMEN who don't care who is robbed, murdered or killed, yet will  excoriate law enforcement each and every time a female is harmed through sexual violence. The wonderful idea of a kinder more gentle electorate and political system died on the vine grown from the ugly feminazi'ists who expect us to die as slowly as possible so that they may better escape harm, yet would deny us the tools to do so.

Yep, I WILL die for you sweety but at least give me a fighting chance.

We're close.

The Queen And Her Court

"...That's right folks we're bustin' these knives out at a ridiculous low cost that works out to five eighty six point three cents a knife apiece for the seven of them..." Todd Boone

So let's see how that would look: $5.86.3. Hmm. Must be Tennessean metric.

Well we've got good news and bad news. The good news is the barkers over at Cutlery Corner have done away with referring to their Chinamen potsteels as "Custom" knives. "Limited Edition", yes. "Close-out prices", yes. "Warehouse clearance", yes. Doesn't matter all that much that the SAME knives have been Limited and Closed-out and on Clearance for years now, because someone over at Frost has got hisseff a dictionary and looked up the word "Custom". That's at least the beginning of learning to speak the English language.

The bad news? Whew. Sorry to say that Cutlery Corner is moving from 2 AM and 3 AM four mornings a week, to 3:30 AM for three mornings a week. Last month they made a big deal of running a test show at 12:30 PM, then said nary a word how it all worked out, but your name didn't have to be Nielsen to come to the conclusion that they bombed bigtime. Cutlery Corner is an infomercial and there are far more entertaining infomercials for TV viewers at that time of day so forget seeing Toddy and the Queen at any reasonable hour. Ever.

The Queen promised his viewers he'd try like heck to broadcast earlier, so of course they are doing the opposite.

WHOOPS. Was just getting ready to hit Publish Post when Stuttering Todd said "...and this is a custom blade on this Bowie..." Oh well.

Florida Open-Carry Update

"Law enforcement is going to start drawing their weapons and challenging these individuals, and something bad may very well happen."

Pinellas County Sheriff Jim Coates while testifying before the Florida legislature on the issue of open-carry.

Lots of us here in the Gunshine State have contacted our representatives and asked them to remain aware of the fact that Sheriff Coates has clearly threatened the citizenry with bodily harm for doing nothing other than exercising their Constitutional rights, and to consider taking preemptive action against not only this Sheriff but any member of the constabulary declaring that they too feel that the badge makes a man more equal.

Coates and those like Coates have been forecasting the usual "blood running in the streets" scenarios should open-carry pass, but this time with a new wrinkle. Usually, the song and dance goes something like this:

One citizen gets mad at another citizen then calls him out for a showdown. Both are killed, along with several dogs, cats, little old ladies, and a baker's dozen mailmen and meter-readers.

But now its: Cops all over the state spy men with guns. Cops then shoot men with guns, creating widows and orphans and severely stress the already overloaded cemetery systems. Embalming fluid prices go through the roof and bodies pile up in mortuary alleyways. Burning laws are eased to accommodate outdoor cremations, and soon afterwards the whole state burns to the ground due to an unusually dry summer season.

Gainesville...the current location of Fort Fits...is in particular dead-set against open-carry, due to the fact that six of the seven city commissioners are democrats. Alachua County swings back and forth, but current Sheriff Sadie (cops are EXTRA-special people) Darnell is the most liberal human on the face of God's green earth and that includes Nancy Pelosi and Hillary RodHam. Oh yeah, and she's just as homely, too.

The Queen Of Steel And His Retinue

The old queen James A. Frost had two of the grand-kid's on to start off Cutlery Corner this evening, and as usual the 8 year-old grandson was his bratty, uncontrollable self, bespeaking a poor rearing amongst clueless backwooded inbreds. The kid stood atop a milk crate, kicked the table in front of him, swung his arms, clapped his hands, then ruffled poor Stuttering Todd Boone's hair.

The Queen was ranting on about how his granddaughter's softball team won some inbred tournament or another, but at least the young lady is graceful which leads one to imagine her not being fathered by a son of James A. Frost.

On to the leadoff product. A pearl-handled knife that was ingrained with "The World's Greatest Mom" hastily made due to the sellout of the previous one they had constructed for Mother's Day. Problem is, they sold out that particular product several shows ago, and the Queenie lied and said that they just minutes ago ran out of stock.

Not even a lick of this can be the truth because all of the Queen's products come from China or India or Pakistan and it would not have been possible to place an order via slow boat and have it delivered in "minutes".  All it was was a lame attempt at weasel-wording out of the fact that they continued to advertise a product that has not been available.

Many, many folks gladly believe the lies coming from the Queen of Steel, as they wouldn't know a good knife from bad and truly think that kissing the Queens hem will exhort her to keep those great deals a'comin'.

In other news, Miss Mary is readying yet another Mystery Box for Mother's Day and rumor has it that she and the Queen will be sporting some extra fancy finery for the filming of the show on the day of that great event. I'm thinking a long, flowing train highlighted by mother-of-pearl.

The Public School Ban on Homemade Lunches

The public school lunch program is again making headlines.

You might have thought this issue was already resolved when Obama signed into law the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, a bill strongly supported by First Lady Michelle Obama in her effort to curb childhood obesity. Through this law, school breakfasts, lunches and vending machines were refashioned to be more nutritious and offer only healthy options.

But now the issue is back, and school officials have now launched a ban on homemade lunches.

Yes indeed boys and girls, this would lead some to believe that the folks who run ChiTown know FAR more about nutrition than the average parent, but step back for a moment and ruminate on this:

Had a look at the average teacher these days? The women have asses to put Michell Obama's to shame, and any male teacher not a gym instructor could rent out advertising space both front and back.

Then why the kerfuffle?

Easy. The company that sells the lunches is politically connected.

Toon For A Fine Monday

"Giants, Dodgers plead for calm ahead of series"

In one of the most violent episodes in a rivalry that dates to 1889, Giants fan Bryan Stow suffered a savage beating after an opening-day game at Dodger Stadium on March 31. The 42-year-old Santa Cruz paramedic was attacked by two unknown assailants and remains in a medically induced coma at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

As the search for Stow's attackers continues, the Giants are bracing for the next round: The Dodgers arrive Monday for a three-game series at AT&T Park, and the Giants have significantly bumped up the amount of security enforcement in and around the stadium.

Baseball happily smiles at the receipts from beer sales at games featuring heated rivals, then "pleads" for calm when gangbangers do what gangbangers are famous for doing. Fact of the matter is, in dirty places like LA and San Francisco, baseball stadiums would be as lively as Grants' Tomb were alcohol to be banned from either or both venues. The creatures would stay home or sneak in their own drug of choice, and while we're at it, can anyone tell me why obvious gangsters are allowed in the parks to begin with?

See the colors the guy is wearing from a picture taken from a previous game? Colors "belong" to gangs. Mexican gang members are duty-bound to kill anyone caught wearing a color they shouldn't be wearing. Oh they'll let you live if you apologize and swear never to do it again but something tells me that this guy wasn't in the mood to apologize for anything.

Out Of Cutlery Corner

Our free-ends (friends) at Frost Cutlery opened their show this morning barking the below listed items. Trouble is, they were nowhere to be found at their web site. Or rather, search results returned: "No Results Found". Now, the show airs here on ION looooooong after it is broadcast live, and heavens forbid they take the time to edit the knives that have been sold out.

CCN-23290: A special Mother's Day commemorative knife, with Happy Mother's Day etched on the blade!

CCN-21851: Average piece of crap

CCN-23216: Average piece of crap

CCN-23248: Ditto

Then I got tired and stopped looking

And I checked for availability whilest old Toddy was still barkin', so they could not have possibly sold out in mere seconds. 

Know what they call people who advertise products that they don't actually have?

Of course you do. They're called Crooks.

BUT, however, the infamous Cutlery Stampede...CCN-23289, 122 individual pieces of butterknife-dull pot metal for only $130.00...was still up and at 'em, even though Mr. Todd Boone hawked loud and clear that it was sellin' fast and come git 'em now before they is all sold out!

The way Cutlery Corner works is as follows: They run some products, say for perhaps half an hour. Then, for the remainder of Boone's air time...which is 2 hours...they continue to replay the tape of the same items he hawked at the opening of the show. O'Dell and Man-Hands-Travis follow, and they go through the same routine. Over and over; pitching what they do not have.

The Mother's Day knife was particularly galling. They advertised it on Wednesday, yesterday, and again today. Probably hoping you'd try to order one and settle for something else to give mommy on her day. Planting the seed of thought and imagination. Knowing full well that the normal Frost customer wouldn't think anything strange about giving his own mother a cheap knife on Mother's Day.

I was going to get a passel of 'em and give them away here. Dang it all.

AKM74 5.45X39

J&G Sales has them for $359.95, plus all the attending paperwork and godawful bullswaddle the federal government demands of you. The 5.45X39 is of course the ballistic twin of the 5.56, but in the AKM74 you have it all in a far less expensive...and infinitely more reliable...package. Won't stop a wild hog before he gores you, but a well placed shot will at least stun a deer long enough for you to skin him.

The Russkies and their Chicom bedfellows all but give these away to whatever third-world nincompoops want them, but even at dirt cheap pricing the sand fleas ask instead for the AK. Which says all you need to know. The cultists can have any longarm they want and still import AK's by the boatload.

That said, the AKM is one helluva plinker.