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An interesting part of the bill is the part where you are penalized for not complying the the mandate to the IRC. This is the part that is not constitutional and I would even say diametrically opposed to the core concepts of individual autonomy and liberty. As a side note the...

As a point of clarification, the top end of auto-insurance is pretty highly regulated, and auto insurance companies generally pay out more in claims than they take in for premiums (an underwriting loss) - the companies make money based on investments from capital of premiums. The web of...

Lately in Daytona...I've been seeing a lot more Skullets (mullet + bald spot on top)

All aviation, military and civilian, has had recent mishaps... just the nature of the beast.

That's an understatement

If you're headed towards Jax area... In St. Auggie there's a tactical training center http://www.attac-fl.com/ ...never been there...but...I've heard good things...but...... maybe it's just me but some of the local gun club 'tactical' classes are a little usefulness and a lot of...

my choice...the Bren: on a serious note... For my house... and I'm sure it varies depending on the landscape. I like the flexibility of a handgun. Operate it one hand... shoot reasonably accurate in which ever position. Seems a little better for me for the 'billards' of engagement vice...

I'm also deciding which upper to get... 6.8 or 6.5 .... with no experience... the 6.5 ballistics seem great but I kinda wonder how they feed because of its weird shape? at 20/$20... def a reloading possible sorta round

Exactly.... while they 'deregulated' the ticket fares, they didn't 'deregulate' the costs of having to comply with 121

Here's some of my stupidity... first getting a mulit-add on..... at about 3000' my instructor discreetly shut off the fuel valve to the right engine during training... ok no problem.... "mix, props, throttle, gear up, flaps up, etc...." ...ok "identify, verify...etc" ...simulate trouble...

Well Detective Pepe..... the reason I ask is because when HK was part of BAE in the mid to late 90s, they took the SA80A1 and refurbed it into the A2 because of general reliability issues... the LSW was part of the SA80 familiy.. so it got re-worked too. The idea of the LSW was to have the basic...

It would be interesting to see a space based strike group being able to get to any target in the world in 3 minutes!

Anyone know how this is working out? SA80A2 LSW http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/support-weapons/1461.aspx

That puts a slight damper on reliability

that dude was a little nuts.. When he started out he missed some huge rocks on the side of the hill by a very small distance..that wouldn't have been pretty

Where did everyone's balls go in America? A 'bloody lip'??? This is a huge non-incident and I'm a little perturbed it's going to waste tax dollars

That's what M1As were made for.... ... fast, smart moving targets with teeth, herpes, and hepatitis... I'll letcha know how it goes

Word from the grapevine is that the prop is really the most important part of the STOL on those airplanes..... 'course the low ground pressure doesn't hurt either

While I was down in Puerto Rico... near the Lajas Valley on the south side of the island... the locals spoke of how several monkey's escaped from a lab in the 70s and procreated... they harass all of the local people... a $5 reward is paid per monkey head. I don't really know how official it...

This particular prop uses only an air charge (nitorgen), Aerodynamic Twisting Moment (ATM), and a spring to balance the governor's oil pressure. Basically those 3 factors try to keep it towards low RPM (High pitch)... and the oil pressure tries to keep it towards high RPM (low pitch). With a...

Nice job not bending any metal... it constantly amazes me how such small often overlooked items can contribute to something like that.... guess it always goes back to the basics: maintain control

I'm not superstitious but..... About two hours after I posted about how grand seaplane flying was I found myself floating in a lake with a dead engine (ironically in a lake called 'dead lake' ).... it all started practicing single engine approaches....with simulated feather at 12'' MP...

That's actually pretty common for some students (to have no idea where they are at) - I never understood it.... especially considering they train around the same area multiple times... think they might pick up on the landmarks a little.... Florida is pretty hard to get lost over.. and there is...

Something like 6 months ago we were doing a aerial wildlife survey off Jax Beach... On our same frequency we heard some guys doing what sounded like trying to look for their buddy from the air who went flying but had been missing for a night. One guy (in a Bonanza) was excited to have seen what...

Wonder if your Cessna story is the same as mine... I took a contract ferry flight from North FL to Puerto Rico in a single engine Cessna... Everything was fine until about 175 mi from Provo over the water...with a headwind and bad weather building over PR...had about 200 mi to go.. Noticed...

Cut so the administration can buy the proverbial deck chairs on the Titanic.

I had to make an Emergency landing in Punta Cana, DR a couple days ago

Thank you, and I think you're in the minority. I can honestly say that most servers in the Outback where I worked tried hard to provide really good service, despite the any tip trends - particularly to those willing to serve our Country. The closest military base would've been NAS Jax, and in...

I used to work at an Outback. The management never advertized a military discount, however if they were in uniform or the server or bartender caught a look at an I.D. card (and the servers knew exactly what they look like) when they went to pay - each server/bartender/manager would always give a...

Maybe it pays to be SIC...

Very True The first goal of any politician is to get re-elected.... so whatever motives that he did have will be questioned, rightly or wrongly. I truly hope that his intentions were sincere and that perhaps the visit to Dover will vindicate further decisive action. Time will tell.

Nice! Where did you get the cheek pad?

like the books.... "fishes"

Mag well is great....Never really understood the foregrip... seems like something extra to catch stuff on

Ha... such hostility... just my opinion - I liked it... but, I can see the problems some might have with it.... trying to be jack of all trades, master of none..... I didn't really find the aiming point to be off that much at all... actually I didn't even use the zoom really maybe 1.5...

The worst thing to see is a nice rifle with cheap glass on it (not to say Eotech is cheap - but I wouldn't get anything cheaper than that IMHO) Eotechs are nice, but just my opinion...... these are awesome: Leupold Mark IV CQT...

David Letterman Monday night offered the Top Ten Northwest Airlines Pilot Excuses on CBS. (Here’s a link to the video.) 10. Bunch of fat guys seated on the right side of the plane made us vector east. 9. We get paid by the hour. 8. Mapquest always takes you the long way, am I right, people? 7...

Sucks you get paid to do that......:D

True - Pretty soon though it may even itself out. The road will be a lot more bumpy up to the four stripes. Less loans available will probably mean less CFI jobs - which in turn will mean less ways to meet the hour requirements - and hopefully a lesser supply of qualified pilots will be a...

Ah, the politicians aka "experts" ;) like: - who are also paying barely anything for airfare and expect the RJ FOs to have Space Shuttle type ratings and 10,000 hours 121 Turbine PIC. I remember watching CNN during the recent Colgan crash... one of the "experts" was talking about...

Wish it were the case across the board... I'm a little suprised it happened to a legacy and not a RJ or Dash - cause if it did, that whole ATP reqs for Regional FOs would be set in stone. On a side note... I wonder if the NWA guys were in the Guard or Reserve?

8:23 Side stroke is quick... do you do flip turns?

Where exactly were the FAs on this one...aren't they always tryin to get ETA...guess they didn't make coffee. Anyhow...two new NWA spots open

Fast swim times are all about technique..... people that get slow times just usually have a crappy form and it wears them out quicker and they start dragging themselves - so they think it's harder than it really is. also- I'm not sure if a sidestroke is the best to use for a quick 500 -...

Did you go to Riddle?:D

not supporting it... but is texting much different than driving and trying to read a map (or programing your GPS for you high-rollers)... or trying to find that AM station with game on it that doesn't seem to come up with the scan? I guess texting happens more frequently - why people can't...

Thanks..... that was a great article!! All part of the age of entitlements I guess

Do you remember when the government tried to make housing more affordable to lower income folks? GSEs like Fannie and Freddie couldn't have been worse for those type of people. The comparison is broad, but it basically targeted the same type of people. Uninsured = low-income, non homeowners...

When life gives you lemons: http://kitup.military.com/2007/06/me_and_my_m14.html

One of problems I have heard with steel-cased ammo is that steel doesn't expand like brass in the chamber so there is slightly more room for junk to build up in the chamber. Too much junk will usually cause a very high chamber pressure if you change to a brass round. From my understanding some...