“The U.S. Military is actively considering shutting down the sale [of] M855/SS109 ammo from Lake City to the commercial market.”
Yeah, if you can’t ban the guns, strangle the ammo supply — the rationale behind National Ammo Day was never more appropriate than today.
You all know what to do. Me, I’m going to lay in some more 7.62x39mm, because we AK guys are even more vulnerable.
“If you are a bad guy and come into our schools with a gun, or any other kind of weapon, with the intention of causing harm to our faculty or children, our Deputies will eliminate you immediately.” — Putnam County (TN) Sheriff Eddie Farris
Oh man, am I the only one who got the Warm & Fuzzies from reading that?
Likelihood of a school mass shooting in Putnam county: zero.
Okay, so as it’s New Wife’s last day Down Under, herewith the last of the Oz jokes:
Hey, that reminds me of an Alabama family reunion…
Of course, the new U.S. Army rifle is a German-designed clone of the M4, chambered for a cartridge that the Brits first suggested after WWII, so we have little room to criticize.
Okay, that one made me chuckle. Except, of course, for The Gun Thing.
And finally, Strylia’s wonderfully-nickamed (by OzBlogger Tim Blair) “helium-voiced songstress”, Kylie Minogue:
Now climb off that rock and go to work.
“Wait a minute, Kim,” I hear you ask. “You mean that old bat who was in Mary Poppins ?”
Uh huh. Except that she didn’t always look like that.
Lovely.
I recently found this painting by Russian artist Lev Tchistovsky entitled “Reclining Nude” (one of many he painted), and I think it’s wonderful (click to embiggen, but it may be NSFW, that is if anyone still goes into an actual office): Read more
Ever wondered about Rolls-Royce? Wonder no more.
And no asinine commentary: just a bunch of craftsmen going about their business. Wonderfully calming.