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Investigators said three suspected burglars allegedly tried to force their way into an apartment when someone inside allegedly started shooting. Two of the suspects were killed, and the third ran to an SUV and fled the scene.
Police are still searching for him. Inside the apartment, officers said they found a large amount of marijuana and several guns. The alleged shooter has been cooperating with investigators.
He’s allegedly the man responsible for shooting and killing a man inside his home on Belle Wood Drive West shortly after midnight.
He said a neighbor ambushed him, forcing him to defend himself.
“I would never kill a person,” homeowner Mike Downey said. “But he was trying to kill me.”
Mobile police found a man dead in Downey’s home. He explained to News 5 what happened between him and his neighbor.
“The gentleman that lived in that house right there came over here, and he was very inebriated,” Downey said. “And, threatened to kill me and my whole family. And so I pushed him. He fell down. And he tried to pull out, I got bows and arrows, and he tried to pull out an arrow to stab me with it, unsuccessfully. So he reached for his pocket knife. And I shot him.”
On November 23rd, 1644, John Milton published his “Areopagitica” pamphlet that decryed censorship. — November 23, 1869: The Clipper Ship Cutty Sark was launched in Dumbarton, Scotland, as one of the last clippers ever built. It is the only one still surviving. — On November 23rd, 1980, a 7.2-magnitude quake struck southern Italy killing more than 3,000 people. — Today’s feature piece is by JWR. — We still need some entries for Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $970,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 121 ends on November …
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JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to an early post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in December, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — I often have SurvivalBlog readers and consulting clients ask me about the “ideal” terrain for a rural survival retreat house. I must report that there is no single “best” answer because there are significant trade-offs related to terrain. Castles were situated on hilltops for centuries, for obvious …
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The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: The Genius Move: Glock Loses Millions To Create The V Series, To Stop “Switches” Only To Be Outsmarted Just A Month Later By Rednecks With Dremel Tools News Link: Glock’s New V-Series Just Hit a Major Problem: Reports of New “Switch” Compatibility Surface. Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.
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“And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 2For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous …
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Why was my rectangle not completely square? I do not mean in the corners where a round emdmill necessarily guarantees the corner will be limited by the diameter of the endmill. Then I watched the endmill cutting circles. It was definitely bending.
This is a Kodiak 1/8" diameter, 3" long endmill, made in USA. This is a tradeoff issue. The extra length means deeper reach, but also it can bend a little. This also makes it less likely to break when overloaded. I am now using my Taiwanese Speed Tiger end mills which are 1" long. They seem to flex less. Again, this is a question that requires a level of knowledge by the machinist that I just starting to reach. Do you need the deeper reach? If so, slower feed rates to reduce flex, or a shorter endmill.
The flex doubtless increases vibration, making the endmill holder set screws less effective. I need to put a flat on the SpeedTiger endmill shank too.
My brother has a set of pin gauges to today I measured the cylinder throats on my .32-20 S&W M-1905, 4th Change Military & Police. I hypothesized that if they were too large it would be the cause of the low velocities I'm seeing with it.
Nope, every one of them measured 0.313". Combined with the barrel/cylinder gap of 0.003" to 0.008" it's in spec. The only thing I can think of is the barrel. Some barrels are just slower than others.
To be fair, this gun is for informal plinking and target shooting for me, since centerfire rifles and handguns aren't legal for small game in PA, and I have much better choices for self defense, so the low velocities don't really matter.
I was about to use my bench grinder to put a flat in my 1/8" carbide endmill when the grinder shorted out in a most spectacular way: sparks from the switch. I'm glad I was not close. Rather than buy a new bench grinder, I decided to buy one of these:
LINE10 Tools 1/2-Inch Drill Arbor Adapter for Buffing and Grinding Wheels.
I was able to mount my buffing wheel and grinding wheel (both of which I removed from the grinder before burial at toter), in my drill press. They work perfectly here and I have one less tool consuming desktop space.
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The stickers started with a couple from the Outer Banks and grew when we took our first long trip. Not every park or destination, but if I see one I like, it gets added.
We were at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Our trip kept crossing paths with Teddy, Custer, and Lewis & Clark as will be evident in upcoming posts. We weren't going to camp, so we stopped in the visitor's center, and planned a ride into the park to see the bison. There were lots of them, and we took our pictures out of the truck windows.
The visitor's center had a lot of souvenirs. T-shirts, hoodies, hats, post cards, books and stickers.
Wife - "Look, honey, I like this sticker."
Husband - "You are not going to start putting g** d*** stickers on our camper."
Okay, then. I managed not to laugh out loud. Made my purchases and went back to the truck. I was cleaning the dust off a spot and placing the sticker when the couple went by.
They were parked behind us in a beautiful class A rig. The sunlight glinted off the chrome. The paint glowed under the wax. Sort of like this, only nicer.
I should have walked back and told the guy that I understood.
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated, according to a court filing unsealed Friday. In a plaintiffs’ brief filed as part of a major lawsuit against four social media companies, Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn that the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that reportedly engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
“You could incur 16 violations for prostitution and sexual solicitation, and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended,” Jayakumar reportedly testified, adding that “by any measure across the industry, [it was] a very, very high strike threshold.” The plaintiffs claim that this testimony is corroborated by internal company documentation.
The brief, filed by plaintiffs in the Northern District of California, alleges that Meta was aware of serious harms on its platform and engaged in a broad pattern of deceit to downplay risks to young users. According to the brief, Meta was aware that millions of adult strangers were contacting minors on its sites; that its products exacerbated mental health issues in teens; and that content related to eating disorders, suicide, and child sexual abuse was frequently detected, yet rarely removed. According to the brief, the company failed to disclose these harms to the public or to Congress, and refused to implement safety fixes that could have protected young users.
I hear a lot of leftist whining about how greed drives so much. It does. So that is why Meta backed Biden. It is not like Zuckerberg is going to be out on the street, begging for clicks and food.
I am supervising the mill. While watching it cut pieces, I am sitting in front of a PC anyway. The replacement of the slow WiFi adapter with a fast one makes blogging possible.
When Professor Loeb started talking about 3I/ATLAS as an interstellar spacecraft, it was an interesting, but implausible idea. But he is sticking with this idea in absurd ways. 11/21/25 Medium:
Today a new image of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was taken by M. Jäger, G. Rhemann, and E. Prosperi and reported here. The image stacks 20 exposures of 100 seconds each, observed at 4:15 UTC on November 20, 2025. The displayed field has dimensions of 16.7 arcminutes on a side, equivalent to 1.6 million kilometers at the 3I/ATLAS distance of 326 million kilometers from Earth. The image shows two narrow jets directed opposite to each other and oriented vertically from the 3I/ATLAS-Sun axis. Together with the tail and anti-tail along this axis, the sideways lines constitute an X-shaped pattern. They extend out to a distance of about a million kilometers from 3I/ATLAS.
The simplest interpretation is that these lines are the streak of an Earth-based communication satellite which coincidentally intersected 3I/ATLAS in projection in the sky for a few seconds. There is another line near the bottom of the image, also likely to be a satellite streak....If not a satellite streak, these straight and narrow sideways-jets is that they are lines highlighting the trail of gas or dust associated with the linear path of small mini-objects that departed from 3I/ATLAS. If the mini-objects started their journey near perihelion — at closest approach of 3I/ATLAS to the Sun on October 29, 2025, they traversed a distance of a million kilometers in 22 days. This corresponds to a speed of 500 meters per second relative to 3I/ATLAS.
The mini-objects could either be pieces of ice that broke apart from the surface of a natural comet nucleus or small probes that were released from a technological mothership. By monitoring these components in the coming weeks, we should be able to distinguish the two interpretations.
Occam's Razor. Of course, if we see this:
Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of Earth’s mantle and ejecting a huge debris disk that later formed the moon. Scientists have long wondered what Theia was made of and where it came from. Now they have evidence that it formed very close to home.
The original giant impact model of the moon’s creation, proposed in the 1970s, predicted the moon was made mostly of Theia’s material. This scenario implied there should be differences in the chemical composition of the moon and Earth, but research has found that the two are nearly identical—far more similar than two independent planetary bodies should be. A new study, published today in Science, took a close look at other things Theia gave us beside the moon: additional molybdenum and iron left behind in the collision.
Ancient Earth would have had these heavy elements accumulate in its core but not in the rocky mantle closer to the surface, so any iron present now in Earth’s mantle likely came from Theia and can tell us about that planet’s composition, says study co-author Thorsten Kleine, director of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany.
That is the teaser for a serious article from a publication largely taken over by the left since I stopped subscribing about 1981. The fun aspect is how the 11/20/25 New York Times covered this with a title that mocks the "9/11 Was An Inside Job" bumper stickers popular with the Alex Jones fans:
The Moon Was an Inside Job
New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.
For nine months in 2022, moss lived in space.
It wasn’t in a lab aboard the International Space Station, like other gardening experiments conducted in orbit — rather, the moss was attached to the station’s exterior, fully exposed to the harsh environment of the cosmos.
The purpose of the space moss test, reported in a study published Thursday in the journal iScience, was to see if moss — an early land plant capable of thriving in some of the most extreme environments on Earth — could survive long-term exposure to the vacuum of space.
Surprisingly, the researchers found that the moss spores not only endured, they “retained their vitality” and were still capable of reproducing when they eventually returned to Earth.
“Most living organisms, including humans, cannot survive even briefly in the vacuum of space,” Tomomichi Fujita, the study’s lead author and a professor in the department of biological sciences at Hokkaido University in Japan, said in a statement.
If you read Crichton's phenomenal novel (in my case, at one sitting; was I wreck for high school the next morning) you will recall that Project Scoop, which brought the nasty organism to Earth was a space survivor of early Earth organisms. The idea of anything surviving the extraordinary conditions of space (vacuum, no water, radiation, heat, and cold, is like implausible science fiction.
n 1947, the United Nations General Assembly committed the UN’s original sin when it partitioned Palestine to create Israel. This launched the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of the Indigenous people, and the establishment of a settler colonial state.
Now, 78 years later, the UN Security Council has committed the UN’s second cardinal sin. It enshrined Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands, put its imprimatur on Israel’s genocide, and granted colonial control over the lives of the Palestinians to the United States, which has aided and abetted the genocide.
Another bunch of idiots who do not know what genocide means.
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
- Killing members of the group;
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
- Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
- Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
- Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
The IDF's actions are not targetting Palestinians, Arabs, or even Gazans. They are targetting military forces of a group that has engaged in acts of war (and not even lawful forms of war) against Israel. Arabs in Israel are in no danger of disappearing, or elsewhere, hence the willingness of Arab nations to go along with this treaty.
WhatsApp messages have revealed how a prominent MEP for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party took bribes as part of a pro-Russian influence campaign in the European Parliament.
Nathan Gill, who went on to become leader of Reform UK in Wales, has been jailed after admitting taking money from an alleged "pawn" of the main security agency in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Gill was paid thousands of pounds to give TV interviews in favour of a key Putin ally and to make speeches in the European Parliament between December 2018 and July 2019.
The 52-year-old father-of-seven had pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery and was sentenced to 10 and a half years at the Old Bailey on Friday.
Prosecutors found WhatsApp chats between Gill and a Ukrainian called Oleg Voloshyn, a former member of the Ukraine Parliament for a pro-Russian party.
Gill, an MEP for six years, was also paid to host Putin's most trusted associate in Ukrainian politics at the parliament in Strasbourg.
The problem with foreign influence on our elections far precedes the recently exposed proxy funding of Obama's election. 6/23/2000 New York Times:
Mr. Gore then replied, "Well, that's right. That is more accurate. Let me, let me amend that. That was first time it was alleged to be, to have been a fund-raiser."
The Hsi Lai event, which was held on April 29, 1996 in Hacienda Heights, Calif., was one of the most embarrassing episodes of the 1996 campaign finance scandal. The event was organized by Maria Hsia, a longtime political ally of the vice president who had collected money before the event from monks and nuns, some of whom had taken vows of poverty.
As a tax-exempt religious institution, the temple was not allowed to serve as a venue for political fund-raising or to make political donations itself. Mr. Gore was asked repeatedly in late 1996 and 1997 about whether he knew the event was a fund-raiser, and according to Mr. Conrad responded with differing statements.
Ms. Hsia was convicted in March for hiding $109,000 in illegal contributions and making false statements to federal regulators about the temple luncheon. She is awaiting sentencing.
More from the far left 2/19/01 American Prospect:
The Buddhist temple. In April 1996, Gore attended a fundraising luncheon at the Hsi Lai Buddhist temple in Hacienda Heights, California. This event, which was organized by Maria Hsia and John Huang, raised $166,750 for the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Much of this money was raised illegally; the laws broken were far from being trivial or outdated. There were $55,000 in contributions laundered through monks and nuns, who made the contributions in their own names and were then reimbursed by the temple from its general funds. At least three of the contributors were foreign nationals. In addition the temple, which enjoys tax-exempt status as a religious institution, was used illegally for partisan politics. Insofar as the monks were reimbursed with temple funds that came from tax-free donations, American taxpayers indirectly subsidized Gore’s fundraising effort.
An Indonesian businessman has agreed to plead guilty to making illegal campaign contributions to US President Bill Clinton, US officials said.I sometimes wonder how much of Tucker Carlson's Hitler whitewashing is his pursuit of clicks vs. foreign funding.
The US Justice Department said that billionaire James Riady had agreed to pay an $8.6m fine for contributing foreign funds - the largest fine ever levied in a campaign finance case.
Mr Riady pledged $1m in 1992 to back Mr Clinton, then Arkansas governor.
Foreign campaign contributions are illegal under American law.
The businessman has agreed to surrender and was scheduled to appear before a judge in Los Angeles on Tuesday, despite Indonesia having no extradition treaty with the US.
After the technical-type questions, for which I did OK, came the deal-breaker: "Describe your organizational skills."
I thought of all those classes, I thought of Peter Drucker's books and multi-attribute utility diagrams; I thought of getting a big box of an airplane across a big desert with steam gauges and sweat. One never forgets those flights, suspended in space, hanging from a point between mobility and absolute motion, thinking there is no better job as you chase the wind, knowing it's too good to last. I thought of budgets and acquisitions and purchase orders, and how none of them do you any good when you're looking down at 200 miles of open water, the EICAS panel lit up like a Christmas tree, and everyone is looking at you to make a decision before the other one flames out.
All those things I thought, but what came out of my mouth without pausing for breath was "I once cooked Thanksgiving dinner for 23 pilots, including real mashed potatoes and pie without a microwave, and everything was hot on the table at the same time.
"Oh, Crap, did I just SAY that?" I thought as I felt a breeze on my cheek, the axe falling, most likely. What's next, a conversation about dishware and shoes?
But I got the position. A couple of days later, I was riding herd on several hundred people. I hoped they didn't all expect pie.
So, for tonight, a little lesson on creativity and timing. Sometimes it all comes together, sometimes it's "Hello Aurelio's?" There are a million cookbooks out there, but some of the best meals are when you just get creative with what's in the kitchen. Sure, there is the occasional disaster (duck wings and chicken wings do NOT cook for the same amount of time unless you have a craving for rubber bands, and you too can make fresh-caught fish taste JUST like elastic by ignoring the instructions). But, after taking some instruction from cookbooks and with practice, most folks can learn to craft such a meal without resorting to a sodium-drenched frozen something that costs three times as much as making it yourself.
It started with a pack of two turkey tenderloins I got as a (buy one - get one free) for $10, some fresh veggies, and some dry goods.
It ended up as this.
Turkey Tenderloin in White Wine Reduction with Garlic and Mushrooms served on Onion/Sage stuffing with Walnut Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pear Cinnamon Balsamic glaze.
No recipe, no rules, and two big thumbs up.
Start with the tenderloin(s). Marinate in a dab of olive oil and a little lemon juice, then rub with garlic and roast until not quite done (about 10 minutes less than the package directions, still pink in the middle). While that cooks, chop a couple of large sweet potatoes into two-inch chunks, toss with a little walnut oil, and place in a cooking pan. While you're in chopping mode, chop 1 1/2 onions (the half onion into small pieces and the whole one into larger chunks) and chop 2-3 stalks of celery. Throw the whole onion, cut into larger pieces, with the potatoes. I have these nifty Ceramic knives that Old NFO gave me many years back that make it easy. Preheat oven to the temperature on the tenderloin package.
Get out a box of Stove Top stuffing (normally I make my own, but I got this for a buck on clearance), put water and butter per directions in a pan with 1/2 teaspoon of sage, and set on a cold burner.
Sauté the celery and the half onion bits in a pan with a little EVOO until the celery is JUST starting to get limp and the onion is starting to caramelize. Toss the celery and onion mixture into the stuffing water, then put the pan back on a cold burner.
Turn the heat on the water for the stuffing to a warm setting (you want it to heat, not simmer). In the same pan you sauteed the onions and celery, saute some sliced mushrooms and a child-sized handful of fresh basil. When the mushrooms are starting to soften, drain off any liquid and add 3/4 cup of white wine (the alcohol will cook off, but you can substitute apple juice), and a splash of lemon juice. Stir until the liquid begins to cook down slightly. Place turkey slices on top and let it finish cooking, stirring occasionally to let the wine reduction cook down, adding 2-3 tablespoons of butter at the end to thicken. Leave the pan on low, stirring occasionally, while the potatoes finish.
When the timer goes off for the potatoes (or when they start to get soft), drizzle 1/4 cup Cinnamon Pear Balsamic Vinegar over the top (available from Saratoga Olive Oil Company online). Stir and return to the oven for 10 minutes, or until the center is soft when poked with a fork.
Raise the heat under the veggie-infused stuffing water to boiling, then add the stuffing mix. Stir, cover, and remove from heat.
When potatoes are done, everything is done. Serve turkey over stuffing with sweet potatoes. Drizzle any extra juice from the glazed potatoes over the turkey and stuffing.
It might not be dinner for 23. It may just be dinner with your best friends of the two and four-legged variety; time to laugh, time to shed the worries of the week, watching them all fly away as the wine is poured, burdens vanishing as they approach the color of the wind.
The following was published on the now-defunct Examiner.com in 2013. As such, citation links are dependent on the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine and may load slowly: November 22, 2013 50 years ago today a young president was gunned down in Dallas. Those of us alive at the time and old enough to be aware of the … Continue reading "Armed ‘Insurrectionist’ Recalled on Anniversary of JFK Assassination"
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The big political argument this week is rather specious. A bunch of well-meaning Democrats came out with a video that reminds enlisted members of our military that they are not required to obey unlawful orders. That is true, as the oath of enlistment spells out.
“I, ____________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice”.
Patriots were outraged. While it is true that our military members can refuse unlawful orders, it is also true what President Trump pointed out, that sedition is punishable by death.
That is also true. Sedition is considered a bad thing in military service. One can be hanged, or shot, for sedition.
Both sides of this argument are telling the truth. No military member is required to follow an unlawful order. And sedition can get you shot.
Both sides are being silly, and I'm glad I could clear that up for you.
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The situation escalated with the man shouting threats towards a security guard and pulling at something in his waistband, indicating he was possibly armed, according to police.
The security guard told police that when the man raised his arm from his waistband, he fired shots and struck him.
The man was sent to a hospital in critical, but stable condition, according to SLMPD. He was found to be in possession of a knife.
The security guard, a 49-year-old man, had his firearm seized by police “pending further investigation.”
A man living in the home, believed to be in his 70s, reportedly told police that said someone armed with a gun broke in through a window in the back of the home. The victim said he was ordered into a back bedroom and forced to hand over his car keys and other valuables, according to JSO.
While in the bedroom, the victim said he was able to grab a gun and managed to shoot the suspect once in the shoulder. The suspect reportedly fled the home after being injured and drove off in the victim's car.
JSO says police were able to find the suspect inside the vehicle approximately 30 minutes later, just a couple miles away; he was taken into custody on Fort Caroline Road, near Jacksonville University.
On November 22, 1574, the uninhabited Juan Fernández Islands off Chile were discovered by Spanish sailor Juan Fernández. Later, they were famously the home of marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk, who inspired the novel Robinson Crusoe. — On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. — Today is the birthday of Adelbert Rinaldo Buffington, a well-known designer of military gun parts and acccessories. most notably the Buffington rifle rear sight. — Today is remembered as the birthday of the late Eugene M. Stoner. (Born 1922, died April 24, 1997.) He was the designer of the AR-7, …
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JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a very early post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in August, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — “Homeowners Associations [HOAs] are the classic definition of a tyranny. HOAs are a level of government, with the power to tax, legislate, judge, and punish its citizens.” – Michael Reardon I’d like to expand on my Criteria for Choosing Your Retreat Locale. You will gain several …
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To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …
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“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall …
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Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel "Pras" Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.
I've previously mentioned the use of "full charge" wadcutters in .38 Special. As with much of the stuff I do, I got the idea from C.E. Harris. Read his article here.
Today I ran 10 such loads over my Garmin Xero C1 Pro chronograph with the following results:
Full specs for my handloads:
- .358 powder coated 148 grain double end wadcutters from Missouri Bullet Company
- 3.5 grains of Alliant Bullseye powder
- Winchester WSP small pistol primer
- Mixed .38 brass
A Kempsville High School assistant principal and his brother are facing charges stemming from an alleged conversation they had about threatening to hurt ICE agents for “kidnapping individuals” and a possible meeting with other like-minded individuals to discuss “ideas and plans,” according to a criminal complaint. [More] This is what parent entrust their children to? … Continue reading "Teach Your Children Well"
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Today I took the M-1905 Military & Police .32-20 to the range and ran a couple different loads over my Garmin Xero C1 chronograph.
First up were 10 of the rounds I loaded last week with an antique Ideal tong tool. These had a 107 grain RNFP bullet over 3.85 grains of Unique.
Next were 10 rounds from a box of HSM .32-20 cowboy action shooting ammo, which have a 115 grain RNFP bullet that's rated at 850 FPS, though HSM doesn't specify on the box or their website from what barrel length. I suspect it's from a rifle or at least a 7.5" revolver.
When I've chronographed this gun before it's been on the slow side. After I got home and cleaned it I measured the barrel/cylinder gap for each chamber using feeler gauges. They ranged from .003" to .008", so the gaps are in spec.
I need to measure the cylinder throats. I have a feeling they're a bit large and that's why the muzzle velocities I'm seeing are slower than load data suggests.
It’s conference day today at the Supreme Court and instead of going live Monday morning to tell you all the bad news, we decided to give it to you ahead of time. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses all 41 2A cases before SCOTUS on conference today so that you can understand the blood … Continue reading "Slaughterhouse Cases"
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Appearing at a Veterans Day ceremony to score a photo-op hardly makes Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti a supporter of veterans … Instead, she ingratiated herself with hard left “progressives” by issuing a mayoral “Wear Orange” proclamation. [More] Good letter and good points by WarOnGuns Correspondent Andy M. Letters to the editor are an often-overlooked tool … Continue reading "Dishonoring the Dead"
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In an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show, Brian Harpole, Charlie Kirk’s head of security, publicly revealed text messages with Utah Valley University Police Chief Jeff Long in which they discussed the rooftop vulnerabilities and the chief vowed, “I got you covered.” [More] Let me guess. Jeff still has a job. Meanwhile, the Sheriff wants … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Uncovering Enough"
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Rampaging grizzly bear attacks schoolchildren and teacher on Canada hike leaving at least 11 injured with two in critical condition [More] You might ask what kind of teachers would knowingly expose their charges to lethal threats while deliberately having no means of protecting them, and the answer is most of them. [Via bondmen]
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Weisenburg and Thomas prepared from August 2024 to July 2025 to execute their plans, in which they allegedly intended to buy a boat, sail to Gonâve Island, kill every man on the island, overtake it by force, and take the women and children as sex slaves. [More] At least they had realistic expectations. Seriously, WTF??? … Continue reading "Today’s Low-Hanging Fruit Report"
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The Council on American‑Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil‑liberties group, filed a federal lawsuit against Texas Governor Greg Abbott after he designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations. CAIR called the designation “unconstitutional and defamatory.” [More] Yeah. Just because they “have long made their goals clear: to … Continue reading "Without a CAIR in the World"
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Dem Congressional Candidate Hates Nashville With a Passion, Wants to Represent It In Congress [More] That probably explains why she wants to disarm people whose values she hates. [Via Michael G]
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“If our country falters because it is not prepared to accept – let’s be honest – to lose its children, to suffer economically because defence production will take precedence, then we are at risk,” he added. [More] True dat. Too many today haven’t read their Clausewitz. That means whatever it takes to break the will … Continue reading "The Ultimate Price"
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If you are of a certain age, you will remember this Pultizer Prize winning photograph of a US Air Force officer returning from the Hanoi Hilton in 1974.
Dwight has the details, and it is quite a sad story. Rest In Peace, COL Stirm. I hope you now truly have the opportunity to put out your hand and touch the face of God.
Blue State Somalis Allegedly Sent Welfare Money To Al-Qaeda Ally Planning Another 9/11 [More] Securing the Blessings of Liberty to themselves and their Posterity again, I see. I wonder how soon we’re going to have a State Department travel advisory for Minneapolis… That, and rigorous! Brought to you by the same traitors who want your … Continue reading "The Finest Caliphate Tax Plunder Can Buy"
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Mirror mounts are obvious. I have done them before. It gave me a very detailed explanation for making it out of PVC with drawings.
🛠 Materials
- 52 mm achromatic doublet lens (crown + flint, already matched)
- PVC pipe with inner diameter slightly larger than 52 mm (commonly 2" schedule 40 works well)
- PVC coupler or end cap (for rear support)
- Thin brass or plastic shims/spacers (0.1–0.2 mm thick)
- Retaining ring (can be cut from PVC or aluminum stock)
- Black matte paint (for internal surfaces)
- Small screws (optional, for collimation adjustments)
⚙️ Step‑by‑Step Build
- Prepare the PVC tube
- Cut a section of PVC pipe ~60–70 mm long.
- Bore the inner diameter on your lathe to a snug fit for the 52 mm lens.
- Leave ~2 mm clearance so the lens can drop in without binding.
- Machine the lens seat
- Face one end of the tube flat.
- Cut a shallow internal shoulder (~2 mm deep) so the front crown lens rests squarely.
- Ensure the seat is concentric with the tube axis.
- Insert the crown lens
- Place the convex crown element facing outward.
- Add three tiny foil or plastic spacers evenly spaced around the edge to maintain the air gap.
- Add the flint lens
- Place the concave flint element behind the crown, aligned with the spacers.
- Check that the doublet sits flush and centered.
- Secure with retaining ring
- Turn a PVC or aluminum ring on your lathe to thread or press into the tube.
- The ring should hold the lens gently — not tight enough to pinch.
- If threading PVC is tricky, you can cut a groove and use a snap‑in ring.
- Blacken the interior
- Paint the inside of the cell with matte black to reduce reflections.
- Also blacken the lens edges if not already done.
- Rear support / mounting
- Attach a PVC coupler or end cap to the back of the cell.
- Bore it to fit your telescope tube.
- Optionally add three push‑pull screws around the perimeter for collimation.
- Final assembly
- Test fit the cell into your telescope tube.
- Adjust screws (if used) to align the optical axis.
- Verify that the lens is secure but free to expand slightly with temperature.
📐 Simplified Cross‑Section Drawing (textual)
Code
Front (sky side)
-----------------
| Retaining Ring |
-----------------
| Crown Lens |
| Spacer Foils |
| Flint Lens |
-----------------
| Rear Support |
-----------------
Telescope Tube Connection
This diagram shows:
- Retaining ring: Holds the crown lens from the front
- Crown lens: Convex side facing outward
- Spacer foils: Maintain air gap between crown and flint
- Flint lens: Concave side facing inward
- Rear support ring: Secures the lens stack from behind
- PVC tube body: Main housing, lathe-bored for precision
- Telescope tube interface
Machining Tolerances & Dimensions
🔹 PVC Tube Body
- Inner diameter (ID): 52.2 mm ± 0.1 mm
- Slight clearance for the lens stack (52.0 mm nominal lens diameter)
- Shoulder depth: 2.0 mm ± 0.1 mm
- For seating the crown lens
- Tube length: 60–70 mm
- Allows space for lens stack + retaining ring
🔹 Crown Lens Seat
- Seat diameter: 52.0 mm ± 0.05 mm
- Snug fit without binding
- Flatness: ≤ 0.05 mm deviation
- Ensures optical alignment
🔹 Spacer Foils
- Thickness: 0.1–0.2 mm
- Use 3 evenly spaced shims
- Material: Brass, Mylar, or thin plastic
🔹 Flint Lens Fit
- Same diameter: 52.0 mm ± 0.05 mm
- Should rest flush against spacers
🔹 Retaining Ring
- Outer diameter: Match PVC ID (52.2 mm)
- Thickness: 2–3 mm
- Fit type:
- Press-fit: OD = 52.3 mm ± 0.05 mm
- Threaded: Cut internal threads in PVC, external threads on ring
🔹 Rear Support Ring
- Outer diameter: Match telescope tube ID
- Mounting method:
- Press-fit or screw-on
- Optional: 3 push-pull collimation screws (M3 or M4)
🌡 Thermal Expansion Allowance
- PVC expands ~0.07 mm per 10 °C per 100 mm
- Leave ~0.2 mm axial clearance to avoid lens stress
- Avoid tight radial clamping — use gentle retaining pressure
🎨 Surface Treatment
- Blacken interior: Use matte black paint or flocking
- Edge blackening: Paint lens edges to reduce stray light
A Queens senior citizen who shot dead a man who tried to rob him will spend four years in prison after admitting to toting an unlicensed revolver — as his lawyer ripped the city’s “draconian” gun laws. [More] Good morning, Ms. Dhillon. Your mission, should you choose to accept it… [Via Andy M]
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The CA legislature recently passed Assembly Bill 1263, which puts additional regulations on the sale and shipment of firearm parts and gunsmithing tools. Unfortunately, this means that there will be some new restrictions on how you order and how we ship firearm parts and gunsmithing tools to you. [More] I wonder how they’d be able … Continue reading "Upcoming Account Changes Due to CA Assembly Bill 1263"
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Here’s an article I wrote twenty years ago for this blog’s host, Backwoods Home magazine. It’s still relevant today, although the mentioned prices have gone up significantly. There’s one exception to that, though. With the trend toward 9mm pistols pre-cut to mount optical sights, there are a lot of 9mm, .45, and particularly .40 S&W […]The post Pienoiskivääri m/91 Finnish .22 Mosin Trainer first appeared on Forgotten Weapons.
Because those porch-pirate videos keep populating my feed, I am learning things about those miscreants who think it is okay to steal from others. There is no demographic. Old, young, skinny fat, well-dressed or tacky.
What surprises me is the outrage they inevitably exhibit when the trap is sprung.
Or, I'm all wrong and these are staged simply for the clicks and entertainment.
The parish (county) where I reside has its problems, but locally, porch-pirate doesn't seem to be a concern. Perhaps it is our affinity for the 2nd Amendment and our general loathing of thievery. I'm not saying that I would shoot a thief, but depending on the details of the encounter, it is certainly an option.
Authorities said all evidence was presented to the Madison County District Attorney’s Office, which determined no charges would be filed.
Tim Gann from the district attorney’s office said Paige was arguing with a man who lived at the apartment.
“He tried to defuse the situation, went inside, locked the door, did everything he could do to make this go away,” said Gann
Gann said later Paige broke into the home, and that is when the resident shot and killed Paige.
“And she rewind the cameras, I see him on the camera a minute before I stepped outside,” Davis said.
Her father then went outside with the suspect still in the area.
“He did find him and next thing you know the man emptied a clip out on my father.”
Davis said her father shot back, but the suspect got away. One mother, who was fearful for her two kids, heard more than a dozen shots.
“I ducked down and peaked out the window. That’s when I saw my neighbor cutting through the yard coming back over here and I could tell he had been shot cause he was limping,” she said.
Davis had a message for the suspect: stop stealing and stop shooting.
Knowledge to make your life better. If you have some free time, check out some of these links this weekend. The Priorities of Survival – RevolverGuy.Com “We don’t have an aversion to neat gear, here at RevolverGuy. We like it too, and we’ve done plenty of writing about the latest blasters, ammo, holsters, and […]According to police, investigators believe that the 19-year-old tried to rob the second man at the gas station, resulting in the men shooting at each other. The second man ran to the Cove Lane area after the shooting, police said.
The condition of the second man is unknown, but police said no charges will be filed against him.
November 21, 164 BC: During the Maccabean Revolt, Judas Maccabeus recaptured Jerusalem and rededicated the Second Temple. This victory has been commemorated ever since as the festival Hanukkah, aka The Festival of Lights. — On November 21, 1916, Britannic, the sister ship to the Titanic, sank in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people. In the wake of the Titanic disaster, the White Star line had made significant modifications to the design of the ship, but on its way to pick up wounded soldiers near the Gulf of Athens, it was rocked by an explosion causing even more damage than that …
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JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in December, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — The majority of SurvivalBlog readers that I talk with tell me that they live in cities or suburbs, but they would like to live full-time at a retreat in a rural area. Their complaint is almost always the same: “…but I’m not self-employed. I can’t afford to live …
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In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, or occasional news items of interest to preppers. Today, a map showing the top imports of most countries of the world. The thumbnail below is click expandable. (Map courtesy of HowMuch.net, by way of Reddit.) — Links of Interest Housing alarm as half of all US homes fall in value — biggest drop since the Great Recession. Pennies are being canceled and the US Mint won’t make any more. What does that mean? At Zero Hedge: Visualizing The World’s $111 Trillion …
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“There is nothing government can give you that it hasn’t taken from you in the first place.” – Winston Churchill
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“What I try to do with these things is show readers a politician will go beyond platitudes and demonstrate an understanding of concerns and developments the constituents are expressing and following”… [More] The Second Amendment is the sole focus of this article, not any other policy issues or the reasons Trump wants to end Massie’s … Continue reading "What Does Massie Challenger Gallrein’s Promised 2nd Amendment Support Really Mean?"
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“The Largest Funder of Al-Shabaab Is the Minnesota Taxpayer”How some of the state's welfare funds ended up in the hands of a terror group
Worth reading in full and getting angry.
Muslim Dearborn mayor weighs in on residents’ complaints about mosque’s call to prayer – Mayor Abdullah Hammoud said its noise levels were ‘not an issue’ despite residents’ complaints at city council meetings [More] Just their way of letting you know who’s in charge… Who but a fool or an apparatchik would say he’s joking? Now, … Continue reading "Caliphate, USA"
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In the initial reporting, we believed Reed had 22 prior arrests. That’s inexcusable enough, but it turns out Reed had 49 prior arrests, including for arson, as well as ten felony convictions. And it seems Reed’s victim didn’t get into an argument with him at all. Reed just approached her, doused her with a flammable … Continue reading "Forget It, Jake…"
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Ex-boyfriend killed woman after being dumped [More] Who does he think he is, a jilted “Only One”? [Via bondmen]
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Joshua Morency, 28, of Dorchester, allegedly sold 21 firearms to a law enforcement informant at a Stop & Shop parking lot and a Shell station, among other sites. [More] I wonder what they had on the snitch, because I can’t believe anyone would be stupid enough to sell to someone he didn’t trust. It’s a … Continue reading "Today’s Low-Hanging Fruit Report"
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In a withering critique of Brown’s handling of the case, Smith decried his fellow jurist as an “unskilled magician” caught in an “illogical straitjacket,” who was handing a victory to Democratic billionaire George Soros and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. [More] Why did Trump nominate him? Why did Abbott stump for the guy? Why did Republicans … Continue reading "You Get What You Pay For"
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Amazon has a tremendous number of FREE ebooks on their website. You can find thousands of free kindle books on Amazon’s site every day. These books can be downloaded to a Kindle reader or a free App on your phone or personal computer. Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download a free […] From a study of incentives on teaching skills in North Carolina at the National Bureau of Economic Research:
Graduate degrees
One of the most counterintuitive findings to emerge from the basic models is the small or negative effects of having a graduate degree. Most of those degrees are master’s degrees that generate higher salaries for teachers. A negative coefficient would suggest that having such a degree is not associated with higher achievement. Thus, if the goal of the salary structure were to provide incentives for teachers to improve their teaching, the higher pay for master’s degrees would appear to
be money that is not well spent, except to the extent that the option of getting a master’s degree keeps effective experienced teachers in the profession.
Our top picks for the Best Concealed Carry Pistols! Something for everyone with hands-on testing. Associated Press article lacks date:
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court on Thursday convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming complex in a northern province where hundreds of Chinese and other foreign nationals were forced to conduct scams.
The Pasig city regional trial court in metropolitan Manila sentenced Alice Guo to life in prison with seven other Filipino and Chinese co-accused, and ordered them to pay a fine of 2 million pesos ($34,000) each and compensate several trafficking victims, who filed the complaints.
Guo denied all allegations against her and says she is a Filipino citizen.
Vast online scam centers have flourished in Southeast Asia in recent years, especially in the border areas of Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. The U.N. has estimated that hundreds of thousands of people have been trapped in virtual slavery by gangs who force them to financially exploit people around the world through false romances, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes....
Philippine authorities allege that Guo is a Chinese national named Guo Huaping, who faked Filipino citizenship to run for mayor of the town of Bamban in northern Tarlac province, where she ran a sprawling illegal scam compound near the town hall....
Last year, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered a ban on hundreds of mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations, which proliferated under the administration of previous President Rodrigo Duterte. Marcos accused the gaming operations of crimes including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnapping and murder.
Many have been raided and shut down since then, with tens of thousands of trafficked workers rescued and sent back to their home countries. But more scam centers remain in operation, officials said....
Philippine security officials and Hontiveros have said the scam centers operated by Guo and other Chinese nationals may have also been used for espionage by China, which has had increasingly fierce territorial conflicts with the Philippines in the South China Sea and has strongly opposed the presence of American forces in the country. The Philippines is the oldest U.S. treaty ally in Asia.
Illegal aliens, human trafficking, Chinese spies. What, no extraterrestials, mutilated cattle, AI?
Gun rights groups hail Trump’s pick to lead ATF: ‘First ever truly pro-Second Amendment nominee’ [More] A true champion of the Second Amendment, eh? I wonder what Fletcher thinks. He’ll be a DOJ team player. This is how the team plays:
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Try to imagine their attempt to understand it, socially and technologically. 11/19/25 Fox News:
The estranged wife of a NASA astronaut pleaded guilty to lying to law enforcement over what was alleged to be the first crime to be committed in space.
Summer Worden now faces up to five years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine in relation to the false reports she made about Anne McClain, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.
"In July 2019, Summer Heather Worden alleged her estranged spouse had guessed the password and illegally accessed her bank account while the spouse was deployed to the International Space Station," the office said.
Estranged wife of someone named Anne? How do you go to the teller of a bank from a space station? What is a space station, much less an international space station?
They are titans of industry and best-selling authors, world-renowned scientists and banking moguls, top-tier journalists and political power players.
In message after message, they often turned to the same man for advice, for connections, and to banter and trade gossip about President Donald Trump.
That man, Jeffrey Epstein, was already a registered sex offender after a 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution with a minor – but that did not seem to deter his pen pals, some of whom even looked to him for guidance on avoiding their own sexual scandals.
There are scads of references to Trump but as the article admits, they are overwhelming hostile statements by Epstein, with no evidence of Trump's involvement or knowledge of Epstein's crimes.
When A reports what B told him that C told B. As flaky as that sounds, Federal Rule of Evidecce sec. 805:
Hearsay within hearsay is not excluded by the rule against hearsay if each part of the combined statements conforms with an exception to the rule.
This must be why reporters are relying on what I would have to call the "double hearsay of scum" rule. 11/18/25 Newsnation:
(NewsNation) — Mark Epstein, the brother of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, tells NewsNation that his brother revealed he had “dirt” on President Donald Trump.
Epstein joined “CUOMO” days after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released thousands of never-before-seen emails.
Earlier Monday, Trump called for the release of the files, in a reversal of course for the president. Mark Epstein told NewsNation that he believes the FBI is participating in a cover-up of the files relating to his brother, Jeffrey.
Mark Epstein alleges an FBI cover-up
“I’ve been recently told the reason they’re going to be releasing these things, and the reason for the flip is that they’re sanitizing these files,” Epstein alleged.
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia, where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out of it. That’s what I was told by a pretty good source,” he added.
Epstein doubled down on his claims, alleging FBI Director Kash Patel is participating in a cover-up of the way his brother died behind bars.
“He was the one who said in his testimony ‘you know a suicide when you see one.’ I had a laugh. How many suicides has that j****** seen?”
I am also trying to figure what slur starts with J applies to Patel.
Yes, a guy who pimps out teenagers is such a reliable source of moral judgment. And secondhand?
Sometimes you see things and know that the only possible reason these items are for sale is that the original owner has passed.
IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE
CAPTAIN IN THE PHILIPPINES
CAPTAIN ARTHUR J. BROCKWAY
ANTI TANK COMPANY
383RD INFANTRY
96TH DIVISION
It's a set of carabao horns, the water buffalo that is the working draft animal in the Philippines. The carving was done in the Philippines, I saw similar, but much newer, work during my time there. The crossed flags are the 48 star American flag and the Philippine flag. The artwork on the horns are local scenes.
The 96th Division, The Deadeyes, made a beach landing in the Philippines and served in combat during the Philippine Campaign and then again on Okinawa. Five members of the Division received the Medal of Honor. There's a foundation with an online museum.
We had come into town to go to a museum, but it was closed that day. The local junk shop became our alternative. In Salamanca, N.Y., it was a furniture store turned into dozens of alcoves, each stocked by a hopeful seller. Antiques, books, clothes, tools, and so on. On one of the shelves was Capt. Brockway's mementos. The horns, all his patches, and his rank insignia. Echoes of a lifetime.
Federal charges were filed on Wednesday against a man accused of setting a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train in downtown Chicago this week.Lawrence Reed, 50, was charged in a criminal complaint with committing a terrorist attack or other violence on a mass transportation system — a federal offense rather than a state offense.
Later in the article is discussion of video showing him buying gasoline, his long criminal history, and his bizarre behavior before the judge.
Mental illness is at the core of much of what is wrong in most big cities. This guy's release without bail is another consequence of seeing racial equity as an important part of the criminal justice system.