London Calling...

... for help.

Tam brings the enriched snark:

I mean, look at Cameron's résumé: He's a blandly handsome guy who went to all the right schools and has never had a productive non-government job in his life... No wonder Obama hates him; they both wore the same dress to the prom.

An article I read this morning (headlined "Britain's Cameron gets tough with rioters") says that "'nothing is off the table' — including water cannons, commonly used in Northern Ireland but never deployed in mainland Britain, and rubber bullets."

That's "nothing off the table"? Nothing?

Well, yes, when it looks like this:

This is "nothing off the table":

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An M-16 A2 with 20 rounds of 55gr ball. (Image via Wikipedia.)

This is nothing off the table. (To Google search results.)

Water cannons and rubber bullets? When you're done with that, how about a real hard spanking and bed with no supper - that will show those nasty kids!

LaserLyte, again

I wrote a few posts earlier about my issues with the LaserLyte RSL. The new-in-box M&P9 had it pre-installed, and it had issues. LaserLyte promptly replaced that under warranty with no trouble.

At the range, it started walking out of the dovetail. I re-centered it and tightened the set screw as far as I dared, and it's held so far. Unfortunately, it's started other issues:

- it changes modes with each shot (off/steady/pulse/off/steady/pulse/etc)

- the switch no longer works consistently

- the battery cover has tried to work itself out

Clearly, this product, while neat, is NOT ready for the primetime. I very much need to get about finding a 'smith and having the TruGlo TFO's installed. Then I have to decide what to do with the LaserLyte product...

Blogshoot '11

A day late and a dollar short on the blogshoot roundup; suffice it to say that much fun was had, much noise was made, and I can't say thank-you enough to Jay for organizing, DoubleTrouble and MrsDT for hosting, Les for carpooling, and ALL the attendees for sharing their hardware.

I spent my time shooting and socializing (emphasis on socializing), and trying to inflict the 870 SuperMag on as many people as possible. (Running rough numbers through a recoil calculator puts those turkey loads around 70ft-lb of recoil energy. This is right in the same ballpark as a .470/.500 NitroExpress or .50BMG.) I think the standard response to the 870 was "holy crap" and/or "OW!" There is a reason I don't hunt with those loads anymore...

This year I got the chance to fire Wally's 57mm rifle (converted to .30-06), a belt-fed FA .22, OldNFO's SCAR-17 and tuned 1911s ... I don't even remember what else! There was so much pretty hardware to look at and play with...

The UN made an appearance, and didn't last long:

And I made sure to hit the trifecta:

(Please note, the "A" was after the "F", for safety's sake.)

Unplugged

Grandpa passed away yesterday; I intend to be generally disconnected for a few days. I'll still be checking emails, so if you need me, send one. The family is still pretty much in shock as this was relatively unexpected; the best thing that can be said for the situation is that he is back together with Grandma at last.

Bubblehead Les - yes, we're still on.

Monday Thought Provocation

Perc this one over as you work on the first cuppa:

Freedom: nothing or everything left to lose?

Discuss.