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Israeli army seizes control of Rafah's border crossing after a night of heavy bombing
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Fury as Texas mother suspected of beating her baby daughters is FREED on a $250 bond
[DM] Texas cops are slamming an Austin judge after the court granted a woman accused of beating her three-month-old a $250 bond so she could be released from jail.

Brittney Bailey, 31, is a free woman despite her March arrest for beating her three-month-old baby girl.

Police are also investigating the death of the infant's twin who was found in the home, but no charges have yet been filed.

Despite the on-going murder investigation, local magistrate Judge Tania Jeffers agreed to lower Bailey's bond to $250.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 06:31 || Comments || Link || [95 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Forget it Jake, it's Austin.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2024 7:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Bill to expand Florida's 'Safe Haven' law now on DeSantis' desk
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 7:37 Comments || Top||

#3  P2K, you it on the nail head!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 05/08/2024 9:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Another day in The People's Republic Of Travis County.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/08/2024 9:17 Comments || Top||


NC man convicted of sawed-off shotgun killing entitled to new trial, appellate court rules
[FoxNews] Insufficient instruction of potential self-defense argument was given during Ronald Vaughn's original trial, judges determined.

A man convicted of killing his landlord's adult son with a sawed-off shotgun is entitled to a new trial because the presiding judge failed to instruct jurors about a possible self-defense argument, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

A three-judge panel vacated the first-degree murder conviction of Ronald Wayne Vaughn Jr. in the 2017 shooting death of Gary Somerset. Vaughn was on the porch of the Lincoln County trailer he was renting and had the weapon when Somerset yelled "Let's end this" and rushed at him, according to Tuesday's opinion. The two and Somerset's mother had been in a heated argument. Vaughn was sentenced in part to life in prison without parole.

Possessing a gun like the one Vaughn used —a Winchester .410 caliber shotgun with a sawed-off barrel that makes it easier to conceal and potentially more destructive — is a felony, and Vaughn was also convicted on that count.

The state's "stand-your-ground" law says a person is justified in using force and has no duty to retreat when the person "reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself." But it can't be used in some occasions when that person was committing a felony at the time.

Somerset had been living temporarily in the home with Vaughn, and moments before the shooting, his mother gave Vaughn a notice to leave the trailer, which he ripped up, according to the opinion. Vaughn tried unsuccessfully to call 911 with his iPad, the opinion said, and from the porch told Somerset and his mother that they were the ones who needed to leave.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 05:43 || Comments || Link || [57 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Interesting in that the preclusion of "Stand your ground" came from "the commission of a felony" yet the only felony (were stand your ground to be upheld) was the possession of an illegal gun to stand one's ground with.
Posted by: Crusader || 05/08/2024 11:04 Comments || Top||


Widow of slain NYPD cop Jonathan Diller cries after career criminal Guy Rivera charged with first-degree murder
[NYPOST] A ruthless ex-con was arraigned on first-degree murder charges Tuesday in the traffic-stop shooting death of NYPD cop Jonathan Diller — as the slain hero’s widow sat in the midst of a sea of blue, the tears welling in her eyes.

Guy Rivera, 34, was arraigned in Queens Supreme Court on an indictment charging him with first and second degree murder, attempted murder and six counts of criminal possession of a weapon as dozens of New Yorks Finest packed the courtroom — standing with the slain cop’s family.

"Justice for Jonathan," read a sign held by one of mourners.

"I hope that vicious, violent mostly peaceful cop killer took a good look at the crowd in that courtroom because he’s going to see us every time he comes to court," NYPD PBA President Patrick Hendry told news hounds.

"Great husband, great father, just an all around great family man who loved being a police officer and loves his family," Hendry added.

Rivera is charged with shooting Diller, 31, during a routine traffic stop in Far Rockaway. Diller, the married father of a 1-year-old son, had gone to check on the suspicious-looking Kia Soul where Rivera was sitting with accused cohort Lindy Jones, who was behind the wheel.

Diller, spotting what looked like a gun in the pocket of Rivera’s sweatshirt, ordered the ex-con out of the car — only to have him open fire.

The bullet hit Diller below his bullet-proof vest. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He's dead, Jim!


The slain officer was posthumously promoted to the rank of detective.

"Detective Diller was shot and killed while trying to rid our streets of illegal weapons, a lawless act that was an affront to a civilized society," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement.

"His tragic death is a painful reminder that we must never let up in our quest to get these guns and those who use them off of our streets," Katz said. "Our thoughts are with Detective Diller’s family, friends and colleagues as they continue to grieve. We will seek justice for him."

Rivera already had 21 arrests on his rap sheet and had a shiv stashed in his rectum at the time of Diller’s shooting,
Rivera already had 21 arrests on his rap sheet and had a shiv stashed in his rectum at the time of Diller’s shooting, with cops convinced the deadly duo was planning a heist.

Jones, 41, who had at least 14 prior busts, was arrested after the shooting and charged after cops found a second gun in the glove compartment.

At his funeral in Massapequa on March 30, Stephanie Diller called her slain husband a hero during a moving eulogy — with the couple’s young son, Ryan, nearby.

"My husband died a hero," she said. But he also lived like one. Our world will never be the same, but I know I speak for everyone when I say I could not be more proud of him."

Hendry reiterated Tuesday that the NYPD will always be there for her — with so many cops at the courthouse that they spilled into the hallway.

"This family is going through a living nightmare that no family should have to go through," the union chief said. "But they have our blue family now, who will be with them every step of the way."

Both Jones and Rivera are being held without bail.

Rivera faces a maximum prison sentence of life without parole if he is convicted, while Jones could face up to 30 years behind bars.


Posted by: Fred || 05/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [78 views] Top|| File under:


Turkey captures a suspect in the murder of two Russian women in Bodrum
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A native of Lithuania, Andrei Kuslevich, who killed Russian woman Irina Dvizova and her 15-year-old daughter in Turkish Bodrum was detained in Germany, the Turkish publication Kent TV reported on May 7.

The police managed to detain Kuslevich while he was passing through border control on a bus traveling from Prague to Munich.

The decision regarding the suppression will be made after the court hearing, which will be held in Nuremberg, is specified in the material.

As people around Irina Dvizova told RT, the family has no official confirmation that Kuslevich was caught. Neither German nor Turkish security forces contacted them. The relatives, according to the source, hope that the news of the arrest is not a mistake.

As reported by IA Regnum, on November 28, 2023, the bodies of a Russian woman and her daughter, wrapped in sheets, were found by the side of the road in Bodrum. Their relatives reported their disappearance. Turkish police are looking for a foreigner suspected of murder.

Relatives and friends searched for the women for a week after finding a bloody trail of size 46 shoes and a bullet in their home. They said that the main suspect is the husband of the murdered woman, whom Dvizova in Russia tried to deprive of parental rights to his youngest son.
Size 46 shoes? Looking for a clown?
Also, a friend of the murdered woman said that Dvizova’s ex-husband was prohibited from approaching her and her 15-year-old daughter. The woman added that Dvizova’s ex-husband behaved cruelly.

The Turkish newspaper Sabah clarified that the suspect in the murder of Russian women was a mercenary soldier in Lithuania. He fired five bullets at the women and then left for France with his son.
Posted by: badanov || 05/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [32 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


-Great Cultural Revolution
R.I.P. Boys Scouts of America
[PJ] Wokeness has finally succeeded in destroying a formerly great organization. After 114 years, the Boy Scouts of America is changing its name to Scouting America.
Somewhere in the heavens, Rockwell silently weeps.
"The organization steeped in tradition has made seismic changes after decades of turmoil, from finally allowing gay youth to welcoming girls throughout its ranks," reports the Associated Press. "With an eye on increasing flagging membership numbers, the Irving, Texas-based organization announced the name change Tuesday at its annual meeting in Florida."

The Boy Scouts of America has faced some tough challenges over the years, including sexual abuse claims that ultimately forced the organization into bankruptcy. In an effort to rebuild, the organization went woke, abandoning tradition in the name of "inclusivity."

In 2013, the organization initiated a policy change, allowing the inclusion of gay youth. This was followed by the lifting of the blanket ban on gay adult leaders two years later. Then, in 2017, it announced that girls would be welcomed into Cub Scouts starting in 2018 and into the main Boy Scout program, which was rebranded as Scouts BSA, in 2019. In 2020, the Boy Scouts publicly supported the leftist agenda with the creation of a new "diversity" badge that clandestinely pushes both radical gender theory and critical race theory. To make matters worse, the badge was made a requirement for prospective Eagle Scouts.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 05:35 || Comments || Link || [147 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The gays and the judiciary killed it years ago when they force them to retract their morally straight stance. Then the law suits for child exploitation caused by those who had wormed themselves into the organization bankrupted them.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2024 7:22 Comments || Top||

#2  I was in and out of the Cub Scouts as a kid because my parents didn't like some of the people involved. That was in the 60s.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 7:28 Comments || Top||

#3  -Taught me to start a fire in a Chicago blizzard with a bow.
-Taught me water discipline in the AZ desert.
-Taught me how to hump a pack of food and shelter 30 miles, and tread lightly.
-Taught me to fish, swim and canoe in north Wisconsin, in May.
-Taught me knots, ropes, climbing, rappelling and rescue in the Rockies.
-Taught me to appreciate night and rain as cover.
-Taught me to quietly observe, then project confidence to disrupt pack behavior.

Then I went to high school.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 11:37 Comments || Top||

#4  The BSA had to be destroyed. The Left could never realize their aims with BSA turning out thousands of rugged, self reliant God fearing citizens. God and Country removed from the uniform crest and the bandana tie is now the Rainbow Flag. Satan be like: "damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!"
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/08/2024 13:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Another victory display in the War on Traditional American Manhood.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/08/2024 14:28 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Terrifying moment Boeing 767's nose smashes into runway
[MAIL] A Boeing 767 cargo plane has crashed upon landing in Turkey this morning after its landing gear failed when it came into land.

The flight, operated by American postal service FedEx, took off from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport early this morning and was headed for Istanbul when the pilot realised the landing gear was malfunctioning.

Shocking footage showed the moment the plane attempted an emergency landing, smashing down into the runway and scraping its nose along the concrete.

Sparks flew from the plane's tattered fuselage as it crunched along the tarmac with smoke billowing from behind.

The crash will only compound woes for Boeing which is already facing intense scrutiny amid a string of mishaps and controversy over safety concerns - not to mention the deaths of two whistleblowers just two months apart.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 05:49 || Comments || Link || [205 views] Top|| File under:

#1  While Boeing has made lots of mistakes, highly doubtful this incident can be traced to them. Easy to kick somebody when they are down. I am not a fan of the current direction of Boeing, and refuse to fly on any version of the Max, but this story panders to sensationalize. Parts fail, people fail. But extremely doubtful this can be attributed to BCAC.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 05/08/2024 7:30 Comments || Top||

#2  Who makes landing gear for Boeing 767? A company called Menasco. You may remember when the 737 was introduced there was a crash later attributed to the plane's rudder being out of position. That was traced to hydraulic parts supplies by a company called Parker-Hannafin.

All these aircraft are "systems of systems." Still, the buck stops at the logo on the nose of the plane.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 7:45 Comments || Top||

#3  And, don't rule out that when a landing gear that works hundreds or thousands of times a day has a failure, it's probably a maintenance or inspection issue.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 7:48 Comments || Top||

#4  this story panders to sensationalize

Oh, OK.
Now, about your Dominion voting machine.

Toyota, Jeep, Hyundai and Ford among 1.4 million vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 7:57 Comments || Top||

#5  I just bought a used Wrangler after my 2008 Liberty developed a bad case of unibody rot.

Im off the hook on this recall.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 8:11 Comments || Top||

#6  There is supposed to be a landing wheel at the nose of the plane.

It doesn't seem to have been deployed based on the video.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/08/2024 10:25 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 11:09 Comments || Top||

#8  To the pearl clutchers, I say, "How many planes have you designed / built / flown / sold?"
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 11:13 Comments || Top||

#9  I tend to be with #1.

That said, I think even the most pudding brained understands that a door is supposed to stay closed when not in use. The better question is how does an organization who has been designing building flying and selling aircraft for over 100 years suddenly forget how?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/08/2024 12:44 Comments || Top||

#10  Bean counters, not pilots and engineers.
Posted by: illeagle || 05/08/2024 13:42 Comments || Top||

#11  Something in motion for a long time.

Boeing having a lot of 'bad luck' recently.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/08/2024 19:56 Comments || Top||


Heading South of the border? Perhaps you should read this.
Somewhat dated, which means things are likely much worse today.
Mexico Travel Advisory

Travel Advisory
August 22, 2023Mexico - See State Summaries
KC
Reissued after periodic review with general security updates, and the removal of obsolete COVID-19 page links.

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 05:48 || Comments || Link || [96 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Guess that's restricted reading.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 17:28 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Lake Oroville in CA near 100% capacity for 2nd year in a row (Good News)
[Newsweek] California's Lake Oroville is officially at full capacity, following another winter with lots of precipitation.

Lake Oroville, formed by the Oroville Dam in Butte County, northern California, is the state's second-largest reservoir. Like most of California's reservoirs, the lake saw extremely dry periods in recent years due to the megadrought that gripped the region. However, its water levels now stand at about 900 feet tall, its full capacity, for the second year in a row.
[back in Sept 2021, it was at about 630'; also good news is that the recent structural and hydraulic improvements to the dam seem to be working quite well]
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [80 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Wiki: After more than a decade of either unusually wet or unusually dry years, snowpack in the Sierra Nevada was close to normal in 2024. Snowpack throughout the Sierra range was 110 percent of average on April 1, 2024, according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)."

Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/08/2024 14:35 Comments || Top||

#2  and in the 24 hours ending 9am 5 May, the northern Sierra got another 2 feet of snow. The U of Cal Sierra Lab is at about 150% of normal snow/water equivalent.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/08/2024 14:54 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Microsoft Set To Close West Africa Operations Centre In Nigeria, 200 Jobs At Risk
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [77 views] Top|| File under:


#2  “We made too many wrong mistakes.”
~ Yogi Berra
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 7:10 Comments || Top||


Britain
Sunak led the British Conservatives to disaster. But it's not over yet
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Vasily Egorov

[REGNUM] The main result of voting in the last municipal elections in England was the final confidence in the fate of the ruling Conservative Party. They should be perceived as the last electoral test before the parliamentary elections, which will take place in the fall. Here, English voters decided on candidates for municipal deputies, regional mayors and police commissioners. So the Conservatives managed to re-elect only 515 of their municipalities, and another 474 Conservatives lost their positions. It turns out that almost every second candidate from the party lost his constituency.
They made promises they never intended to keep, then proceeded to visibly break them. Voters resent that kind of thing.
Moreover, in terms of the number of deputies promoted to municipal representative bodies, they were inferior not only to Labor, but even to the Liberal Democrats, thus taking only the overall third place in the virtual overall standings. To understand the scale, the Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons have only 15 deputies, versus 345 Conservatives.

Labor has quite successfully regained influence in the once industrial north of England. That very north of England, which in 2019, for the first time in history, decided to vote for the Conservatives and Boris Johnson personally. The Liberal Democrats are confidently entering the south of England, where the Conservatives ruled for many years.

In short, Rishi Sunak's party is being pressed from all sides by competitors. As for the elections of regional mayors, the picture is even more clear.

Ten of the eleven winning mayors are Labor and only one is Conservative. Sunak's party lost its second incumbent mayor in this election.

By far, the most media-rich mayoral race was the re-election of London Mayor Sadiq Khan to a third term.

And here, too, conservatives have only themselves to blame.

Yes, London is indeed very different from the rest of England. Yes, there is a completely different ethnic composition of the population, and the city itself is much to the left on the political spectrum. However, Sadiq Khan is by no means universally loved by its residents. Add to this the sharp increase in crime and attempts to introduce draconian taxes on cars as part of the fight against emissions.

To succeed in the fight for the post of London mayor, all that was needed was a successful candidate. But for some reason the Conservatives promoted the unknown Susan Hall and lost by a margin of 10%. So Labor opened more than one case of champagne during the counting days. But there are a couple of points that may later come back to haunt their leader Keir Starmer.

First of all, it is worth noting the good results of the Green Party. This force has managed to win over left-wing students who are not happy with Starmer's efforts to steer the party towards the political centre. Overly ambitious left-wing projects (such as, for example, the “green transition”) were thrown into the trash by Labor, and the inner circle of Jeremy Corbyn (former Labor leader, popular with left-wing activists and youth) was pushed to the party fringes. It is these dissatisfied people who view the greens as a new refuge.

The Greens themselves are becoming even stronger in traditionally left-wing university districts such as Bristol and Norwich. So far, this result is not fatal for the Laborites, but everything will change after they come to power and the inevitable first mistakes.

Even more noteworthy is the exodus of the Muslim electorate from the Labor camp.

For the past six months, Keir Starmer has had to justify his half-hearted position on Gaza and Israel. Inconsistency on this sensitive issue has led to politically active Muslims looking for a new party and leaving Labor in droves.

Some of them have probably interpreted the term "green transition" too literally and have already left Labor under the green banner of environmental activists (such candidates won in Bradford and Manchester). Others are looking for smaller batches. For example, the labor party of George Galloway, who at one time left the ranks of Labor because of the war in Iraq.

The Reform Party still remains on the political field. The same brainchild of one of the main heroes of Brexit, Nigel Farage.

The party fielded its candidates in only 12% of municipalities and managed to win only a couple of them. Another thing is that in those districts where the party was present on the ballot, the candidate received more than 10%. This is a death sentence for conservatives. The Reform Party will not win parliamentary seats, but will become an ideal spoiler for Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, drawing votes from part of the right-wing electorate.

The surprising result of this election was that the dissatisfied within the Conservative Party finally resigned themselves to the inevitable. There are years ahead in opposition, and perhaps even the complete disappearance of the party, which in other circumstances would already be thinking about preparing for the bicentenary.

A week before the elections, conservative oppositionists anonymously declared that the party's crushing defeat would be a trigger for internal rebellion. A couple of days passed and there was silence around Rishi.

This silence is easy to explain.

It’s just that the dissatisfied never had a single candidate on whom everyone could rely. Which means Rishi Sunak needn't worry. He will not be evicted from Downing Street now, but in a couple of months. A Labor victory in the autumn parliamentary elections is now inevitable.

Posted by: badanov || 05/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [59 views] Top|| File under:


Economy
Disney Shares Plunge Nearly 10% as Bob Iger Warns about Future Profitability, Decreases Marvel Output
[Breitbart] Shares of The Walt Disney Company plunged more than 9 percent Tuesday morning as CEO Bob Iger signaled that Disney still faces a tough road ahead as it continues to pull itself out of its recent financial doldrums.

Disney shares were down 9.6 percent after the company warned that next quarter might be softer than expected, especially when it comes to streaming, with Disney+ subscriptions expected to stagnate in the near term.

CEO Bob Iger nevertheless doubled-down on streaming entertainment as the future of Disney.

"We’ve said all along our path to profitability will not be linear," he told analysts on Tuesday.

"While we’re anticipating a softer third quarter, due in large part to the seasonality of our Indian sports offerings, we fully expect streaming to be a growth driver for the company in the future and we have prioritized the steps necessary to achieve this."

Iger obliquely acknowledged Disney’s problems at the box office, saying the studio will reduce the number of Marvel superhero titles it will release each year, bringing the number down to a "maximum" of three movies a year, plus two series.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 05:27 || Comments || Link || [162 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Thanks for the 'heads up' Bob.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 5:32 Comments || Top||

#2  "Our appeal is getting more selective"
Posted by: Frank G || 05/08/2024 5:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Attended a convention near the Disney entrance a week or so ago. Heading east on 192 outside the entrance later on Sunday morning, I didn't see the back up of vehicles I usually observed waiting to get into the Magic Kingdom I had seen years before.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2024 7:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Now mind you, they just fought off a shareholder's uprising on the basis of "we're doing so well". Couldn't maintain the fantasy for two whole weeks.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/08/2024 9:21 Comments || Top||


#6  “And the IP that we’re mining, including all the sequels that we’re doing, is second to none,”

Last I heard it went past 12.5% drop. But here's the good news stockholders. Disney dominated 4 of the top 5 flops last year, so if they only release 3 movies it will be an improvement.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/08/2024 12:18 Comments || Top||

#7  So just how high can they jack up prices to the Disney theme parks? I think we're about to find out.
Posted by: Tom || 05/08/2024 14:02 Comments || Top||

#8  Watch the re-release of Phantom Menace do better than all three recent ones combined.

Jar Jar. Pod Racing scene. Strange racial undertones. Not a compliment DEIsney.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/08/2024 18:57 Comments || Top||

#9  Piloting a submarine through the center of a planet, with various fish gags, finished with a fish joke. Ugggh.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/08/2024 18:58 Comments || Top||

#10  ^ Jar Jar. AI version of Debbie Wasserface Schultz with better hair
Posted by: Frank G || 05/08/2024 19:00 Comments || Top||

#11  Jar Jar is what I hear when politicians like Hillary! do their Black Revival accent.

There seems to be a bit of a interest in I, II, and III as the younglings have grown up and remember those movies were stars above what it being released now. Little Orphan Annikan flying into aircraft carrier hangers and blowing up the ship? Still better.

Better writing than Phantom Menace. Share with those younglings who are likely too young to understand talent.

Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/08/2024 19:43 Comments || Top||


Great White North
Canada to Destroy Thousands of Classic Browning Hi-Power Pistols
[Red State] One of the things John Browning, the Leonardo da Vinci of guns, was most famous for was the Colt/Browning 1911, that big, heavy, slab-sided piece that is arguably one of the most successful martial sidearms ever made. But before Browning passed away in 1926, he had started a design that many saw as an improvement on the 1911; the new design was finished by FN Herstal engineer Dieudonné Saive and became the 9mm Parabellum Browning Hi-Power pistol. The Hi-Power was the first semi-auto pistol in mass production to have a 13-round, double-stack magazine and was adopted by militaries all over the world; many are still in use today. Great Britain and all the Commonwealth nations used the Hi-Power for many years — including Canada.

But now Canada is transitioning to the Sig-Sauer P320 for their primary service sidearm, and since Canadian civilians can not legally own the Hi-Power under that country's onerous gun laws, they are scheduled to be scrapped, and that's an utter waste.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 05:56 || Comments || Link || [318 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Loved my Hi-Power, until I loved another...
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 7:21 Comments || Top||

#2  The vintage ones have collector value for sure, but since the recent renaissance of the platform, you have many good choices for a brand new shooter.

Meanwhile they are kidding themselves if they think they are making a difference with this stupid virtual signaling exercise.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 7:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Canada is transitioning to the Sig-Sauer P320 for their primary service sidearm

Nothing to do with normalizing US services.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 8:09 Comments || Top||

#4  Fact Sheet on Sig Sauer Arms Exports to Mexico
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 8:19 Comments || Top||

#5  9mm is a comfortable low power round.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 05/08/2024 9:24 Comments || Top||

#6  The test is "would you want to be shot with it?" I shoot S&W M29s and a Colt Anaconda. And I'd be happy putting someone down with a .44 Special. That said, I'll finish anything I aim at with .38 Supers.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:15 Comments || Top||

#7  38 caliber, aka .355-.357 dia bullet = .380, .38 Special, 9mm, .38 Super, 9mm Largo, .357 Magnum, and some meaner wildcats.

I wouldn't want to be shot with the .380 given modern bullet technologies.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:21 Comments || Top||

#8  I have a Coonan 1911. You don't even deserve to be shot with it.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:23 Comments || Top||

#9  .38 Special is pretty close to .357. Not there yet, but pretty close. FWIW, shooter confidence and 3-4 meter proficiency is not difficult to attain.

know your capabilities and limitations. Maintain positive situational awareness. Maintain weapon proficiency. Pick a weapon, stick with it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 10:26 Comments || Top||

#10  9mm Parabellum = 9x19. .38 Super = (about) 9x21. 9mm Largo = 9x23.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:26 Comments || Top||

#11  .38 Super was brought out to beat early ballistic vests and get through 1930s carr doors. AKA FBI round. Never made it to subguns but would have been a winner.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:28 Comments || Top||

#12  38 Special vs 357 Magnum
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:33 Comments || Top||

#13  Read about how Elmer Keith and his friends blew up revolvers to develop the 44 Magnum. Read about Ross Seyfried using high end 45 Long Colt loads to kill elephants.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:40 Comments || Top||

#14  I have a P365 (9mm) and am happy to have it. I'm much happier when carrying my P227 (45 ACP)
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:43 Comments || Top||

#15  Pump selection is key. Lawns and short bushes required less monitoring. I usually go with an end pump, furthest from the exit. But that's just me.

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 10:45 Comments || Top||

#16  Situational awareness is the best piece of equipment.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:48 Comments || Top||

#17  I do hear the Bucees jerky is good, but I have my doubts.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:49 Comments || Top||

#18  Buckee's BBQ and a pint of brown milk. Breakfast of champions. GA-53 and I-75, refuel optional.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2024 10:53 Comments || Top||

#19  Should I have to travel in Indian Country, I have the DSA SA-58 pistol...

Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 10:54 Comments || Top||

#20  I usually go with an end pump, furthest from the exit.

I understand the end pump, but why farthest from the exit, Besoeker?
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/08/2024 10:58 Comments || Top||

#21  Go with "pump action," that's best.

Skells want a quick exit. They'll try to work that end.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 11:02 Comments || Top||

#22  I wouldn't want to be shot with the .380 given modern bullet technologies.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 11:04 Comments || Top||

#23  I'm on my way over to shoot you with a Hornady Critical Defense .380

I won't even ask you to hold still.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 11:16 Comments || Top||

#24  I like my Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 magnum.
Posted by: Deacon+Blues || 05/08/2024 12:10 Comments || Top||

#25 
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/08/2024 12:14 Comments || Top||

#26  Don't you like it how Rantburg delivers a long comment section on the various aspects of guns. It's so .. so .. American.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2024 17:30 Comments || Top||

#27  And the commenters know what they are talking about from first hand experience.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 17:37 Comments || Top||

#28  I once helf up a Budweiser tallboy and said "Breakfast of champions." Some wag responded "No. Pu55y is the breakfast of champions." I haven't used the phrase since.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2024 17:51 Comments || Top||


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Sweden abandons 100% renewable energy goal as EU reconsiders climate policies
[WesternJournal] They’re baaack!

More than 40 years after the country voted to phase out nuclear power, Sweden is now looking to build more nuclear reactors after its parliament formally abandoned its 100% renewable energy target to meet net-zero by 2045.

On Tuesday the country modified its net zero targets to 100% "fossil-free" which its right-leaning government creates the conditions for the return of nuclear power to the country’s energy mix.

"We need more electricity production, we need clean electricity and we need a stable energy system," Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson said in parliament.

Observers said the decision implicitly acknowledges the low quality of unstable wind and solar, and is part of a general collapse of confidence in the renewable energy agenda pioneered in the Nordic countries and in Germany.

British lobby group Net Zero Watch, which describes the net zero roadmaps of Western nations as ’utopian and unsustainable,’ welcomed the move. In recent weeks it blasted the Bank of England for spending £150,000 to measure the carbon footprint of plastic bank notes.

It says the net zero plans envisioned by the International Energy Agency (IEA) — which are the basis of Canada’s own net zero efforts — "are dangerously expensive and will result in painful reductions in living standards for all but the richest, as well as national weakness, societal instability and the eventual failure of the decarbonization effort."

In that regard, Sweden came to the only logical conclusion, it said.

"Living close to Russia focuses the mind, and the Swedish people not only wish to join NATO, but also to ground their economy in an energy source, nuclear, that is physically sound and secure, unlike renewables which are neither," said Dr. John Constable, NZW’s energy director.

"For the time being the UK government continues to live in a fantasy of their own making, but we are coming to the end of the green dream."

The UK has every reason to follow Sweden’s lead, but should go even further by increasing the use of natural gas, he added.

"Current UK climate policies are ill-informed and utopian and will almost certainly fail to deliver Net Zero emissions by 2050, or ever. It also runs a high risk of deep and irreversible societal damage," he wrote.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/08/2024 09:11 || Comments || Link || [118 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now start deporting Allanbeasts!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/08/2024 10:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Deport them to the middle of the Atlantic. At 15,000 over it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/08/2024 11:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Over the last few years, beginning with covid, Sweden has shown remarkable evidences of sanity.
Posted by: Tom || 05/08/2024 14:04 Comments || Top||

#4 

Another Climate Caze has met up with real hard core reality called facts.

But NOT before a collection of Climate Fear Mongers made $$$100's of Millions flying their Jets to Climate Protests. While passing new social controls on the worker class.


Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/08/2024 17:42 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
US and Philippine military forces sink ship during largescale drills in disputed South China Sea
[FoxNews] Military officials and diplomats from various countries observed the display of firepower in Laoag City, Philippines.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2024 08:34 || Comments || Link || [61 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did they file an environmental impact statement? :)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2024 11:16 Comments || Top||



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