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Troops from Fort Campbell will be deploying to Libera as part of the DoD force to help with the Ebola fight.  Apparently with just gloves and masks to fight the virus.  Hope they don't bring anything they didn't deploy with back with them sometime next year. http://nashvillepublicradio.org/blog/2014/10/08/fort-campbell-troops-ebola-mission-wont-get-full-protective-gear/

You need to ask yourself...do you really need the Walmart website this bad?  :D

  That's the one my ping and trace route brought up as well.     FWIW, my ping timed out and the trace route timed out after 12 hops.  But I can bring up the URL without an issue.  I'd imagine that Walmart would have servers on multiple ISP's in case of technical/power issues and to spread out the load from web traffic.  I wouldn't put too much stock in which specific IP you try to go to.

  The guerrilla fights a patient war.  Picking and choosing your fights is a lot more efficient than spreading resources thin with an across the board campaign.   When I give my money to a pro2A org or individual, I want to make sure it's being put towards achieving an result both in sight and obtainable.  The government has unlimited resources to wage court battles, our side doesn't.  Targeted action has gotten us some of the recent wins.   I get why this guy is taking on the MG battle, even if I don't think much of his chances for success.  The legal ambiguity this specific case brought is the kind of issue that you can make a case from.  But fighting every battle just to fight it would make me rethink where my money goes.

Google walmart.com and see if you can get to it through the link.   What security setup are you running?  Could that be blocking you from going there?  Avast has done that to me a few times for various websites.

I think he would have a better chance getting the NFA pecked away at with SBR's and suppressors first by challenging with them as specific items.  With the widespread use and sale of those two items, along with states that have no state level precondition to ownership, you could argue that the federal government has no legitimate need to regulate them as an NFA item, that it should be a states issue and the 10th Amendment applies.  The current Supreme Court tends to like those kinds of limited rulings that aren't too overreaching and dramatic.   We're probably a long ways away from having anything automatic being legal, even with this gun friendly Supreme Court.

  That's why he want's one.  He said he has all kinds of game on scurrying about his property.  He has a bow or a .308 for the deer, but wants something for the smaller stuff.   Did they have another?  He's only about 30-45 min from Morristown.

  Where did you get it?  I have a friend about 45 min north of Nashville who is looking for a Savage .17HMR, too.

Good stuff, Runco.  I remember those kind of special days I had with my father where we just had fun doing real activites, not just sitting around.  I'm sure your boys will, too.

  The biggest danger is the local and state government getting dependent on the revenue stream transplants represent.  Even with a pay-as-you-go system, it can get out of control fast, and no politician is interested in cutting public services which have to grow to support the bigger population.   Self licking ice cream cone.

  Plenty of "yankees" are in the military and have fought in wars; past and present.  There may be more southerners per capita enlisting right now, but it's no runaway statistic.    As far as the study, Tennessee, probably Kentucky, and maybe the Carolina's are the only places in the south I could see myself living.  That's just for me though.  I know everybody is different in what they want from an area.   I think a lot of you would like Maine, some parts of Vermont and especially New Hampshire with it's freedom friendly tax and gun policies if you got to know those states.  Massachusetts tends to bring the stereotype of the region out of whack.  If you can stand the cold winters, New England has some beautiful land and a lot to offer.

My memory is fuzzy today for some reason (I blame the weather), but wasn't this brought up a bit ago with nothing happening?  The drumbeat of the scare must be a windfall for NFA item retailers.   For my trust, I only have myself as a trustee, then a beneficiary if I get hit by a bus.  Anyone else is listed on the "authorized to use trust property equipment" paperwork.  I'm ASSuming I would be the only one who still needs to do any extra paperwork under this new rule, should it go into effect.

Better a sign that says "I have guns!" than this sign... Wonder which house a criminal might pass by for a better target.

  Young person, may or may not have much firearms experience, showing off a recently bought gun.  Lesson learned the hard way.  Could have been a lot worse.       This part cracked me up.  What else is a handgun going to be, fully automatic, bolt action?

I think the best I ever saw was a friends neighbor who just taped their range target with the center mass full of holes onto the front door. 

  I still don't see why it's on the purchaser and not the business to pay the tax.  The business recoups it from who issued the coupon, right?    At this point, we're being taxed on hypothethicals instead of the actual transaction.  It would be like paying sales tax on the difference between normal retail and a Labor Day sale price.

  Her anger was probably just general bitching like any of us are prone to do spur of the moment, so I trust you didn't take it personally.    Paying taxes on the money you save through a coupon?  If that doesn't show how asinine and petty tax laws are, I don't know what will.  I'm fine with large tax sources like income or sales/VAT, but these mosquito-like taxes that people don't are some BS.   The sales tax on coupon savings should be payable with the EBT card.  Regular sales taxes are if I'm not mistaken, why not that?  I'm not seeing the difference that makes it ineligible.

File this rash of abusing welfare benefits in the folder marked "nothing new under the sun."    Hell, even back when foot stamps were printed and looked like Monopoly money, I remember my mother would try to sneak in her cigarettes with the milk and bread at the corner store.  This isn't a recent problem that came about when we put the benefits onto a card to make the system more efficient.   The abuses of EBT/SNAP are as much a legislative failure as individual ones.  WTF do we expect to happen when we set up a system that is so fast and loose?  You would think with damn near every store using a digital scanning system to tabulate how much you owe, we could put what food items are EBT/SNAP acceptable and which aren't into the programing code.  You can use the EBT card to pay what you are authorized with it.  Everything else, on you.  Old country store doesn't do it that way?  Tough.  Call this an unfunded mandate to upgrade your tech or you loose out on getting that money from your customers.   Dairy products, real juice, baby food, formula, meal ingredients, anything fresh, ect... should be allowed.  With the sheer amount of processed heat and serve stuff in the stores today, I don't think you could get rid of having it on the EBT card, but I would like to see the amount of it capped at no more than 50% of what you get to spend per month.  Arguing on what is healthy or not would be a chore in and of itself.   It's also worth noting that the states have a lot of discretionary power over these programs.  Some use that ability more than others.  Tennessee's program is light years apart from California's.  But even our Republican trifecta knows that any major changes would have those EBT card holders casting ballots en masse. 

  Forgot to add, if you know anybody who lives near an Army or Marine post, they can probably find one that fell off of an M4 at a reasonable price.

Don't be afraid to get an older, beat up looking carrying handle.  You can get it touched up with a fresh paint job and it will look brand new, but you know it's going to last.  I have a carrying handle that is over 15 years old sitting in my spare parts pile.  With no batteries required, you best believe it is going in my get out of town bag if worst comes to worst. 

  $hitty ones, but yes.  :stir:

  Sorry, dude, this change looks like it can't be switched by the user.  I poked around, but can't find any way to revert to the old design.  I was a fan of the old page as a quick glance for breaking news, how the market was doing, ect...now we're stuck with the current version.  They want anything run by Microsoft to look like Windows 8.  Why I don't know- it sucks and reminding people of that doesn't seem like a smart move.   I've switched to https://news.google.com/ while I scout for new sites. 

So, this guy made it further into the White House than was first reported.  Like into the "As Seen On TV" East Room further.  I can't imagine how many levels of failure there were in this.    I'd like to say the Secret Service should have the authority to use lethal force at their own discretion, but this incident has me wondering if they could make a good shoot/no-shoot decision on the fly like that.

Every major casino in Vegas has top notch restaurants, at least a few shows you can take in and spa's if you want to surprise your wife with a few hours of pampering.  Just depends on what you are in the mood for.   For shows, I've seen Penn & Teller at Rio, Carrot Top at Luxor (funny as hell), Phantom of the Opera (The Venetian made a theater just for that show), Wayne Brady's Making S**t Up at I think Tropicana (also funny as hell).    Just be ready for some shock on the prices.  Nothing in Las Vegas is cheap.

  Give it a try with their creamy tomato soup.  I think it's pretty awesome.