Sure, it was a bad day for (some of) the cops there. But nowhere *near* as bad a day as days suffered by cops around the country all through 2020. Cops who don’t get to come on to CNN and whine about how their mental health suffered because of a Mostly Peaceful Protest.
This looks almost painfully slow, with a single loader doing the job (there’s another one tackling it from the other side). But the reality is that on those narrow roads, a single loader is all that can actually get in there. Geometry is a harsh mistress.
Also note the slopes denuded of trees. They’re black and the ground itself is bare; pretty sure that’s fire damage.
Imagine throwing a celebration of yourself like this:
Take a look at the photos of Obama’s digs on Marthas Vineyard. Must be heartbreaking to live in such squalor.
A 1963 USAF report describes work on an emergency “space suit.” It’s meant to be something that can be worn as a normal outfit and then zipped up at a moments notice in the event of a pressure drop. This includes a flexible helmet with a flexible “faceplate.” the end result looks like something out of a bad 1970’s pre-Star Wars disco-era sci-fi flick. Note, though that the actual test item is substantially less Giant Polyester Leisure Suit Lapels and more Cheap Plastic Poncho.
And on the other end of boomsticks is the recently released Rock Island Armory VRF14. This is a box-fed semi-auto 12 gauge with a 14 inch barrel… not a “shotgun” but a “firearm” per the ATF. It looks like more fun than a barrel of monkeys as well as being a handy home defense item. To be compared with the virtually impossible to obtain Remington TAC 13.
A lot of Rock island Armory’s shotguns are made in Turkey, and while Turkey has cranked out a lot of interesting guns, they’ve also cranked out a lot of unreliable crap. The following video from RIA says it’s made in America, but that could always mean that it was actually manufactured in Turkey, shipped to the US in a few pieces, then assembled in the USA. I dunno. Anybody have more details, I’d be interested. Interesting that the official video from RIA doesn’t actually show them firing the thing.
… for only 200 feet per second. Still, it’s progress I suppose.
$3,375.00
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER w/10% DISCOUNT
75 ft-lb semi-automatic Gauss Rifle
The world’s first handheld Gauss Rifle – (alpha) batch 1
Hmmm.
The Arcflash Labs GR-1 “Anvil” is an 8-stage semi-automatic high voltage Gauss Rifle. It is the most powerful coilgun ever sold to the public, and also (very likely) the most powerful handheld coilgun ever built.
The GR-1 is capable of accelerating any ferromagnetic projectile (under 1/2″ in diameter) to 200+ fps, and can deliver up to 75 ft-lbs of muzzle energy.
The GR-1 uses the world’s most advanced capacitor charging system, a dual Clamped Quasi-Resonant Inverter, which allows the GR-1 to fire up to 20 rounds per minute (at full power) or up to 100 rounds per minute at 50% power.
The GR-1 is capable of accepting 3 different standard projectile lengths (32 mm, 42 mm, and 52 mm) with a unique variable magazine system.
75 foot-pounds is not so much in terms of bullets. 9mm Parabellum is about 342; .22 Long Rifle is about 137 and .22 Short is about 87. .25 ACP is about 73. .45 Win Mag, a Man’s Round, is a healthy 1406. I wouldn’t want to take a slug of steel moseying along at 200 feet per second, to be sure, but i’d rather have a .380 automatic than this thing. Give it a few decades, though, and *maybe* it’ll be there.
When I lived in Utah, maybe a quarter of the time when I drove back from visiting friends and family in the midwest I’d go through Denver and continue on I-70 through Colorado, passing through Glenwood Canyon. It’s a beautiful drive, highly recommended… except… maybe hold off for a bit. Had a bit of a mudslide a week or so back; I-70 looks like it might be out of action for a month or more. This drone footage shows the extend of the mudslide, and how far back and *up* it started. noted the rather startling number of dead trees, which might have contributed. Fire? Drought? Plague? Pestilent bug invasion?
Argh.
A documentary on the canyon and the highway through it, dating from 2015. Note that it looked a *lot* greener just a few years ago:
… but I gotta admit, these people know how to advertise:
Granted, it’s entirely possible that the people behind this are no more patriotic than I am a hamster. After the head honcho of Black Rifle Coffee came out and turned on the people who thought he was on their side, it’s clear that a lot of companies that *seem* to be patriotic and/or antiwoke are just doing it for clicks and dollars.
Still, it’s a good ad.