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Do You Need A First Focal Plane (FFP) Scope?
Should I get a first focal plane optic? This is a question I get all of the time, and my answer is always the same, it depends on what your intended use is. So, this week’s shoot-the-shit topic explains my … Continue reading
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Tagged FFP, first focal plane, optics, reticle, scopes
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Tip For A Good Home Theater System
It’s Friday and time for our once per week shoot-the-shit. Regular readers know that shoot-the-shits have no rules – you can use profanity, put forth unsupported ideas, falsehoods, change the subject or disparage someone you dislike, it’s truly limitless. With … Continue reading
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Tagged accoustics, bass, high frequencies, home theater
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Knowing What We Know Now Would You Have…
It’s Friday morning and time for our weekly shoot-the-shit topic. It’s that one moment in time when you can say anything, supported by facts or not, change the subject, insult someone or change subjects and not be billed by a … Continue reading
Subsonic Ammunition
TGIF readers! It looks like we’ve made it through another week and look forward to a nice weekend. Weather here at the bat cave has been excellent and this weekend looks to be just dandy. BTW, Happy Mother’s Day to … Continue reading
Posted in Ammunition, Shoot-the-shit
Tagged Ammunition, Andrea Tantaros, Kimberly Guilfoyle, subsonic
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Why ISIS Is The Least Of My Worries
In this Friday’s shoot-the-shit I share with readers what actually concerns me, and it’s not ISIS. No doubt you’ve all heard about how well the stock market is doing. The stock market has experienced 15% compounded growth over the last … Continue reading
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What The Hell Is Differential GPS?
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic consists of a quick tutorial on DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System). Why should you care? Simple, it’s capable of 1 to 2 centimeter accuracy. DGPS is currently being used by surveyors and its is being broadly … Continue reading
Posted in Nav Aids, Shoot-the-shit
Tagged DGPS, Differential GPS, GPS, satellite
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Do You Really Need A Ballistics Calculator?
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is geared towards the tactical precision rifle folks in cyberspace. These are the folks that are called upon to take the shot but could really careless about producing ragged holes on the job. So, here’s our … Continue reading
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Tagged android, ballistic calculatopr, ballistics, iPhone
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The South Carolina Police Shooting
I wrestled with my decision to choose this topic as our shoot-the-shit, for this Friday, principally because of the suffering the Scott family is going through. I can’t begin to imagine loosing a sibling under these circumstances considering it could … Continue reading
Is Skynet Coming?
I’m a confirmed early adopter. All my life, I’ve embraced technology and used it extensively as an enabler. I seek knowledge of it, ways to apply it and master it. Others express noticeable timidity, suspicion, and in extreme cases irrational … Continue reading
Have Some Class For God’s Sake
Welcome to our Friday morning shoot-the-shit. A place in cyberspace where you can participate without worrying about correctness. It is that one time during the week where you can offer any opinion without supporting detail. Hell you can even … Continue reading
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Tagged cigarsm anchovy, Cuba, sailing
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Dietary Supplements
This Friday’s Shoot-The-Shit topic is dietary supplements and fat burning, appetite suppression and all sorts of claims that border on ludicrous. As with all Shoot-The-Shits, feel free to use profanity, unsupported statements, change the subject. It’s simply a Shoot-The-Shit and … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, dietary supplements, excercise, Fat
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U.S. DOLLAR STRONGER AGAINST THE EURO AND WALL STREET IS SLASHING THEIR WRISTS
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic attempts to make some sense of the very recent 295+ point loss on the DOW due to a strengthening dollar against the euro. If you ever wanted to know where Wall Street’s head is at, recall … Continue reading
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Tagged Euro, USD, Wall Street
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WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO OSCAR MEYER AND MR. CLEAN
TGIF! It’s time for our weekly, non-billable, shoot-the-shit event. This week, I want to call your attention to commercial programming on the cable channels. Hey folks, I’m well aware that the population is getting older but WTF, I still rappel, … Continue reading
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Tagged cable channels, commercials, Mr. Clean, Oscar Meyer, Windex
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WHAT THE HELL IS FOIE GRAS?
Photo: PIERRE JAVELLE Yep you guessed it, it’s Friday and time for our weekly shoot-the shit. This is a special time when we talk and say anything that pops into our heads without the pressures that ensue from any organized … Continue reading
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Tagged Beluga Caviar, foie gras, pâté
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THINGS THAT TRULY PISS YOU OFF…
Friday is here and it’s time for our weekly shoot-the-shit. This morning’s topic is a great one because it gives us an opportunity to vent in a non billable setting with equal or superior benefit. Venting be it mental, oral … Continue reading
NBC’s Brian Williams Yeah That’s Right
Thank God It’s Friday and time for another shoot-the-shit topic. Yeah that’s right, a shoot-the shit topic, you know, like the one we had last Friday. Yeah that’s it! Well folks, I don’t envy Brian Williams; in fact, I feel … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Williams, NBC, TGIF
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WAS PETE CARROLL SMOKING GRASS …
Good Morning! It’s Friday and therefore time for our weekly shoot-the-shit. If you’re new to the BLOG, a shoot-the-shit is the only time you can make whatever statement you want to make and not support it with fact, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson, Super Bowl
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American Sniper The Movie
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic was a tossup between deflated NFL balls or American Sniper the movie. Both have resulted in equally stupid dialogue but I decided to go with the movie. Remember this is a shoot-the-shit so you are free … Continue reading
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Tagged America Sniper, Chris Kyle, Iraq, movie
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So, What Do You Think About Increasing Gasoline And Diesel Fuel Taxes…
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is a discussion of the proposed state and federal increases in gasoline taxes. Taking advantage of the fact that oil prices have been steadily falling, several states have already begun to increase fuel taxes . Effective … Continue reading
Exactly What Is An Aerodynamic Stall
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is prompted by recent media coverage of the Air Asia tragedy. If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve gotten 24 x 7 information on the Air Asia crash. Part of that coverage was a discussion of … Continue reading
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Tagged aerodynamics, AirAsia, stall
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The Cyber Battlespace
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is “The Cyber Battlespace.” I selected the topic because of the recent incident with Sony’s hack and because I also said at the beginning of the year that I would write an piece on The Cloud; … Continue reading
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Tagged Battlespace, cyber, hacks, war
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You Can Use The Word Redskins Without Loosing Your Broadcast License
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic involves the recent petition filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny renewal of WWXX-FM’s broadcast license because of its repeated use of the word “Redskins” in broadcasts. The petitioners claim repeated use of the … Continue reading
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Tagged FCC, Redskins, Washington, WWXX-FM
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Senate Select Committee On Intelligence–Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Programs
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit is on the recent Senate Intelligence Committee’s Study of C.I.A. practices in conducting interrogations. The Executive Summary, a document of 528 pages, was released two days ago. I’m reading it but it’s going to take a while … Continue reading
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Does Anyone Know What Is Broken With Our Immigration System
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is on “The Great Immigration Debate”. For years now, we’ve all been hearing about the “broken” immigration systems, but has anyone listed what is wrong and specifically how it should be fixed? The right wing blasts … Continue reading
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Tagged immigration, immigration reform
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STAR WARS Episode VII or DOD’s 5 Year Business Plan
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit is an open discussion on who knocked who off. If you’ve seen the new Star Wars Episode VII trailer, just released today, you can observe some similarities between it an what the DoD sees as a future … Continue reading
Should The U.S. Army Replace The Beretta M9 ?
T.G.I.F. and what a week it was. This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is about the U.S. Army’s Modular Handgun System (MHS) or more commonly known as the quest to retire a tried and true venerable veteran, the M9 9mm semiautomatic service … Continue reading
Posted in pistols, Shoot-the-shit
Tagged Army, Beretta, M9, M9A1, MHS, Modular Handgun System
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What The Changes In The Computation Of GDP Will Mean To Your Business.
This week’s shoot-the-shit is on the 14th comprehensive revision of the national income and product accounts (a.k.a. GDP). GDP, as you all know, is a measure of the output of the economy. Last year, 2013, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Economic Analysis, comprehensive revision, GDP
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Wall Street Rallies Around Rebounding Oil Prices Are You Kidding Me ?
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic is an open discussion on the recent media assessment that this week’s stock rally was fueled by a Republican sweep in the midterm elections AND “Rebounding Oil Prices.” So, let’s take a look at part 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Shoot-the-shit
Tagged economy, Oil Prices, Wall Street
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EBOLA And The Great Quarantine Debate
This Friday’s shoot-the-shit topic centers around the West African Ebola epidemic and the quarantine debate taking place in this country. The question being decided is this… Should an individual who has had direct contact with infected person(s) be quarantined for … Continue reading
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Tagged debate, Ebola, Friday, quarantine
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Should Terrorism Undergo Redefinition?
It’s Friday so I thought I’d pick a topic for the weekend shoot-the-shit. After devoting a few CPU cycles to selecting the topic, I decided on terrorism; more specifically should terrorism be redefined? You can’t turn to a news outlet … Continue reading
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Tagged terrorism, terrorist
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How Do You Take Over Your Adversary’s Drone? A Holiday’s Shoot-The-Shit…
Part of what I enjoy most about the Holiday Season is sitting down with the “brus” putting a few down the hatch while engaging in, what military parlance defines as, a shoot-the-shit. Shoot-the-shits may involve a cigar or two, some … Continue reading
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