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Leading off the parade we have Special Operations Command, who are buying a new AR variant rifle from Lewis Machine & Tools (LMT) chambered in 6.5mm Creedmoor. On August 22, 2025, the Pentagon announced that a $92 million USSOCOM contract had been awarded to Lewis Machine & Tools Defense for “medium range gas gun-assault […]
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Kimber K6s Machete-wielding robber shot dead at Jasper County barbershop, cops say By Evan McKenna A man was killed in an apparent self-defense shooting as he tried to rob an employee at a Ridgeland barbershop Thursday morning, according to police. The person who shot him and three others inside the Main Street business were uninjured. […]
Weekend Open Thread
The early bird gets the worm, but what about the worm that sleeps in? That’s where the late bird comes in. Enjoy your weekend!
President Trump reportedly is trying to get Bagram back
President Donald Trump participated in a joint press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. One of the announcements that Trump made was his desire to get Bagram Airfield back from the Taliban. Trump listed, as one of his reasons, China’s making nuclear bombs in a part of China not far from Afghanistan. The Taliban […]
Valor Friday
The above is an artist’s rendering of what a lone survivor looks like. The plane is “Squawkin’ Chicken”, a Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress, and on one April day in 1944 it was the only plane from its squadron to return. They set out on a mission with hundreds of other bombers. The mission was especially […]
History rhymes
The old saw says that “History may not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” Popularly attributed to Mark Twain, the primary source of most American wisdom, it didn’t appear until long after his death and is not in any of his writings. But it makes sense, sort of like Harry Truman’s “the only new thing […]
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Colt Python SM3RTS Honolulu prosecutors say Kalihi fatal stabbing was self-defense Honolulu prosecutors said a 27-year-old Kalihi man who fatally stabbed his roommate Monday night was acting in self-defense and will not face a murder charge. At about 8:22 p.m. Monday, the man was approached by his roommate, identified as 57-year-old Maria Bolter, who was […]
Happy Birthday Zoomies!
78 Years Young! Presidential Message on the 78th Birthday of the United States Air Force Since 1947, the men and women of the United States Air Force have been the fearless guardians of our skies, heroically maintaining order, stability, and peace among the clouds and across our horizons. On the 78th birthday of the United […]
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