Meeting a soccer mom, and what’s wrong with Ms. Mag on guns

Perhaps “meeting” isn’t exactly the word, because she didn’t see us coming, and we’re only here at all because we saw her first. She was pretty, blonde, liberal, preoccupied, and in a hurry. The first two characteristics were evident at a glance (we did not explore the blonde-ness for authenticity. Odds are, not; but there’s …

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Breaking: Manning beats ‘Aiding’ rap, guilty on other charges

Well, it’s official. Bradley Manning’s court-martial is over, and all that remains is his sentencing, which should take place tomorrow. (Justice is seldom denied by delay in the military justice system. Manning will be serving his sentence by Wednesday afternoon, and will probably be in the US Disciplinary Barracks in Leavenworth, Kansas by the weekend). …

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When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have hammers

“This is my hammer…there are many like it, but this one is mine — wait, does this pink tie make me look gay?” Although, to be sure, the hammer was only used to make the kid unrecognizable after his tormentors — his mother and stepfather — killed him with other means. “Ah,” you think, “this …

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Bud Day, American Hero: RIP

“Hero” is a little-used word these days, and when it is used it is thrown about casually, applied to the pretty faces of prolefeed entertainers or the physical talent of some guys who throw a ball. That is, when it’s not used ironically, by hipsters who take joy in being far beyond such antiquated subjects …

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Sunday in the company of some aging warriors

The last couple of days have been spent, in part (not a large enough part, damn responsibilities!) in the company of some men who are not as young, and not as hard, as they once were. In those days, they never thought they would be encumbered with ex-wives, and mortgages, and crabgrass. Indeed, some of …

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When guns are outlawed, only outlaws… oh, wait.

Brian Croall, rockin’ the Sleepy-the-Dwarf beard. Newington NH PD photo. George Zimmerman certainly would decline the support. Police arrested a strange New Hampshire character last week, Brian Croall, a man “well known to authorities” from several prior arrests. He was initially busted for spray-painting racist messages about Trayvon Martin and other graffiti that called Zimmerman …

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What a DOD Furlough really looks like

There’s been a lot of news lately about the furloughs of DOD employees; we were curious about what it really meant. A friend obliged with a copy of his furlough notice, received in May, which took effect in July. We have redacted both his information, and other personally identifying information of the Pentagon personnel bureaucrats …

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What a week…

What a week… …working on long form and on rapidly-developing stuff means, never getting finished. Jeez. We don’t think we’ve had one gun technology post go up all week. Our apologies to our faithful readers, and “stuff is coming.” Today, we may finally get the post on Bull’s space gun up, as well as a …

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TSA goes from bad to worse

AZ Central covers a TSA Cover-up Investigation. Not the kind of cover up that Napolitano’s Ninja Numbnutses were really looking for. Short version: a senior TSA manager, whose identity they’re still keeping secret, blundered into a security checkpoint with his (loaded) gun still in his briefcase. (Wait. Who said these clowns were supposed to have guns?) …

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It’ll be Sunday all day

Hope you’re enjoying yourself. We are. This entry was posted in Administrivia on June 30, 2013 by Hognose. About Hognose Former Special Forces 11B2S, later 18B, weapons man. (Also served in intelligence and operations jobs in SF).