deerslayer

I've seen some videos of the attacks and I now think most of this thread is largely irrelevant. Whether or not Israel is legitimate or is an apartheid regime or stole land from the Palestinians or lived there first or Netanyahu knew about the attack - none of it matters. Beheading civilians with shovels and raping grandmas and abducting toddlers is probably going to net a result somewhat different from whatever Hamas had hoped to achieve. I doubt Hamas and Palestine and perhaps Iran exist much longer and I bet Israel doesn't give three flying monkey sh*ts what the UN or Amnesty International or the rest of the world thinks about what they are about to do.

Not sure about the rest of them, but General Dynamics just had a layoff.

I see no issue in taking land from a neighbor who attacks you and keeping it to prevent more attacks.

I know you’re not antisemitic, but I feel “apartheid” state is over the top. Israel’s security situation is unique and drives most of their policy. They released Gaza once, only to have Hamas take control of it and here we are. Releasing Gaza or the West Bank is suicidal for them. Historians can cite 1000s of years of events to support their claims on whether or not the state of Israel is legit, but the bottom line is they are surrounded by people who want them dead and they have to do what they have to do if they want to stay alive.

I’m no student of Zionism theory and I don’t have blue and white star of David flags in my flower bed, but I think you are painting with a pretty broad brush.

To be fair, the original UN plan was a two state partition and there were already quite a few Israelis living in the house.

I naively thought back in 2000 that the beginning of the end of this problem was finally taking place. Israel offered a two state solution that Arafat and the PLO had been yelling about for years and after some heming and hawing, Arafat rejected it. It wasn't perfect, but it was far and away the best opportunity the Palestinians had ever received. I think Arafat showed his hand (we will fight unless Israel doesn't exist). After the deal fell apart, Arafat's popularity increased and Israel's president lost in the next election to a guy the Palestinians regarded as a war criminal. That alone told me it was a good offer from Israel and the Palestinians were never serious.

You could carry appendicks.

Even my dad could tolerate Pee-wee Herman, but he got fighting mad every time I turned on Beavis and Butthead.

Exactly what I was thinking. I don't think I would want my daughter hanging around with him.

Nice shootin'

We've had three Miatas. One of the funnest cars ever built.

Count me as one of the uninterested. If there are aliens and they have visited Earth, then they are far and away more technologically advanced than we are and could turn us into crispy critters if they so chose. Hopefully, they don't. Whatever the case, there's nothing we can do about them, so I'm more interested in the goings on that we can control.

Yesterday was another rough storm, but I don't think it was as bad as the weather folks thought it would be. They were talking about 80mph winds coming, but I don't think we got that this time. Supposedly MLGW has ben slacking on trimming limbs near power lines and poles the last few years. I don't know, but it used to be common to see them trimming. On the other hand, the big storm a couple weeks ago loosened up a lot of stuff that is now barely hanging, so we shouldn't be shocked when the next storm knocks the power out again.

Been hearing this since the M&P came out way back when. Glocks are still selling.

Probably not, but the TS2O is a lot more expensive. A quick glance at GB has Rival-S guns for $1300 or so. Back in the spring, they were $900 locally. At $900 I would grab one, but $1300 is too much.

It is stainless-ish color. A real hard chrome finish on guns usually comes in satin or polished, but neither is car bumper chrome. I think the Rival-S frame is cerakoted. If you see a Rival-S black or chrome, I would grab it - they are kinda hard to find. I’ve shot a couple and was highly impressed. They are not as tacti-cool as others if that’s ypur preference, but they are definite shooters straight out of box and a better value than several other recently hyped guns.

The going rate seems to be around $75/1000. One local store recently had them for $5.50/100, but with a limit of 200. That’s not worth the gas.

...if you can find one.

This is a steal - I wish I had an F150. GLWS

...and curiously, the full size version uses P-10 mags. Did you find it locally or get it online?

Obscenity? More like Assault with a Dead Weapon

I mean just damn

Yep and crime is up in Memphis Q1 40% over Q1 2022 (quite a feat) but the “punishing crime doesn’t matter” crowd will probably ignore the new Shelby County DA and his pro-criminal policies that are now making things even worse. There have been 7000 stolen cars in 2023 and he will be around for only 7.5 more years. Elections have consequences.

I don’t know how the business model would work, but it could possibly be a worthwhile venture to start a gun shipping enterprise for people trying to sell on GB or ship their guns to get custom work. Right now, people who want to do that have extremely limited options. I work in the industry and know of several occasions where would-be customers were turned away since FDX and UPS got spooked last year.