[Daily Caller] FBI director James Comey lent credence to a controversial theory Friday when he said during a speech in Chicago that violent crime has spiked in many big U.S. cities this year because police officers are worried that performing their policing duties puts them at risk of being accused of a crime themselves.
"I don't know whether that explains it entirely, but I do have a strong sense that some part of the explanation is a chill wind that has blown through American law enforcement over the last year," Comey said at a forum held at the University of Chicago Law School, according to news reports.
Violent crime -- including homicides -- have increased dramatically in many large cities, Comey said, pointing to Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Washington and Baltimore by name.
The cause of the spike is the center of intense debate. Some have dubbed the phenomenon the "Ferguson effect" -- a reference to the fatal police-involved shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. on Aug. 9, 2014. The shooting sparked mass protests and violence in the St. Louis suburb.
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Champ refers to cops as "stupid." Comey claims they are "fearful." Little wonder the bureau has failed to bring formal charges against ANYONE in connection with the State Department email scandal.
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Violent crime -- including homicides -- have increased dramatically in many large cities, Comey said, pointing to Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Washington and Baltimore by name
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Perhaps the USA is heading towards the New Mexico non system. Albuquerque officials: Road rage killing shows broken system
The man charged in the freeway killing of a 4-year-old girl in New Mexico had been previously arrested on aggravated battery, domestic violence and a violent incident involving a gun. He had never been prosecuted on these previous arrests.
Now, authorities are citing his history and that of a convicted felon accused of shooting and critically wounding an Albuquerque police officer this week as examples of a criminal justice system they say is broken, underfunded and can leave law enforcement and the public more vulnerable to violence. I've lived in NM. The whole state is dysfunctional in a peculiar way. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, a Democratic state representative from Bernalillo said "You cannot solve this problem by locking up the population."
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...the DA up in Albuquerque is well known to avoid pressing hard charges on perps. The office's usual SOP appears to be play procedural games for two years and then extract a plea bargain at significantly reduced charges.
The whole state is dysfunctional in a peculiar way.
Yes, if you're going to kill someone, use your car and then chug some alcohol before the cops arrive. You'll do about 7 years for DUI homicide rather than 20 for premeditation.
The actor Maureen O'Hara, famed for her flaming red hair and her role in The Quiet Man, has died aged 95.
Her family confirmed in a statement that the Irish-American film actress and singer passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday.
"It is with a sad heart that we share the news that Maureen O'Hara passed away today in her sleep of natural causes," a statement from the Fitzsimons family read.
I know a lot of us here in Rantburg enjoyed her work. RIP.
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Quiet Man, a superb film, and John Ford, John Wayne cavalry trilogy, in which she starred in the last Rio Grande, a self image of America that was proud, confident and believed in our nation and its legends. O'Hara was never appreciated for the breadth of her early work, but established an Irish stock character that was well developed and pleasing. RIP
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Just watched her last night in the 1939 Hunchback of Notre Dame and looked her up on Wikipedia and was amazed she was alive at 95. Sadly not long after she passed it seems.
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Things are going to get pretty dire in the Great White North in the wake of the election of a leftist government. Some of the reverses for freedoms will involve guns. Tony Bernardo, Executive Director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association is saying that Canada will go along with a UN marking system that he says will shut down much of the Canadian firearms industry, which means imported rifles will become more expensive. On the upside, the Canadian gun registry is dead and not likely to be revived. That said, firearms bans may be in the offing.
Thursday night a local television station broadcast a Daniel Tosh show, which includes a video of a young man shooting himself in the leg while trying to quick draw a pistol at a target at point blank range. Most of the jokes are antigun, but the segment is fairly humorous.
The Hoss USMC, a high risk civilian contractor whom I follow on Facebook, has a video out about fire team tactics. The link is presented here not for the video but for the comments, when a peacenik tries to argue his views, apparently unaware of just what a civilian contractor does. The comments are polite, save for the hippie's, which are funny in a pathetic kind of way.
All this presented because the federal government, regardless of any change in the political makeup is coming for patriots and gun owners. That is a fact now. If you are a patriot you should be getting ready to meet any threat.
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol ammunition were mostly unchanged while rifle ammunition prices were mixed.
Prices for used pistols and for used rifles were mixed.
New Lows:
None
Pistol Ammunition
.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Quality Made Cartridges, Store Brand, RNL, Reloads, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Quality Made Cartridges, Store Brand, RNL, Reloads, .25 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (8 Weeks))
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: +.02 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammo Mart, Legendary, FMJ, Brass, Reloads .21 per round (From Last Week: +.01 Each)
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Bud's Gun Shop, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Cased, .17 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Blok Tactical, Store Brand, FMJ, Brass, Reloads, .16 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (8 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2Q, 2015)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .28 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: Surplus Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .27 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3Q, 2015))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Midsouth Shooters Supply, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .21 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
.308 NATO 150 grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .38 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, Steel Cased, FMJ, .36 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3Q, 2015))
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Wolf WPA, steel case, FMJ, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, steel case, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q 2015))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds (10 Box Limit): Ammo Men, Federal Champion, RNL .08 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds (1 Box Limit): Cabelas, Remington, RNL, .07 per round (From Last Week: -.07 Each after Unchanged (4 Weeks))
Was introduced to a firearm I had not known about - a .22 20 over/under. Looks like it comes in various calibers, for example Savage has a .22 WMR/410.
[Daily Caller] U.S. regulators have given the go-ahead for the country's first nuclear reactor in 20 years to begin commercial operations after years of public fears over a major nuclear meltdown.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is now officially permitted to begin commercial reactor operations of the new reactor in 2016. Construction on this reactor began 43 years ago, but work ended in 1985 (after more than $1 billion had already been spent) due to a construction scandal. The TVA revived the project in 2007, at a time when nuclear power seemed poised to make a comeback.
The new reactor will produce nearly 2,300 megawatts of electricity-- enough to power 1.3 million homes. Nuclear power accounted for 19 percent of all electricity generated in the United States in 2014.
The high costs of new nuclear construction, competition from cheaper natural-gas, and political difficulties from the Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster have hampered the nuclear industry.
Two reactors, the Vermont Yankee reactor and Wisconsin's reactor, have been eliminated by competition from cheap natural gas. The San Onofre reactor in California was shut down due to safety concerns, as was the Crystal River reactor in Florida. The world's largest nuclear plant operator, ĂlectricitĂŠ de France, withdrew from a joint venture that would have created three new American nuclear plants-- after it had already invested billions of dollars.
Political opposition from Nevada Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid prevented the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site from opening, leaving nuclear plants without a good place to store spent fuel. Such opposition also created legal liabilities for the federal government that could exceed $50 billion.
Despite these problems, four new nuclear reactors are expected to enter service by the end of the decade. New nuclear reactor designs are much safer, and actually emit less radiation than coal plants. Recent breakthroughs in fusion could also potentially restart the atomic age, when nuclear progress was lauded as a pinnacle of human achievement.
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Hopefully, and I mean I really hope, by the time this is ready to come online one of the Fusion start-ups will have produced a working design that produces more energy than it takes to run. Even better would be the Proton/Boron11 reaction cycle that offers the direct conversion to electricity. And I think the start-ups are the best bet because I sure don't trust any of the government backed research such as ITER to work. With the possible exception of the Navy's such efforts. After all the Navy is interested in a useful end product. The DOEs fusion researchers are interested more in process, expermentation, discussions, meetings and their end product is of course the Holy Grail of acedamia "Publication". The DOEs efforts have been more about producing papers and phds than electricity. After all if we had cheap electricity our betters (the afore mentioned phds) might be offended that we might use that energy to run our A/G's or other such nonsense.
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Also, when Fusion finally becomes possibe the Greens will fight it tooth and nail. Because it isn't "re-newable". It isn't "green". It isn't "Earth friendly". Oh, wait we can't say "Earth". It has to be "earth" because the capitalization of the first letter might be construed as "sexist", "racist", or poosibly religous. Better to tell everybody the reactor runs on pixie dust and harmonious thoughts
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This is the second reactor at the site.
The people that built No 1 are not the ones that built No 2. The present Authority can't keep an Ash Pond in one place.
Canada's Prime Minister Elect Justin Trudeau vowed in September during the election campaign to open a fresh competition to replace Canada's aging fighter jets, rather than continuing with the F-35 program. Justin Trudeau has also pledged to put a stop to his country's role in bombing Islamic State targets in strife-torn Syria, where the Australian air force recently commenced operations, as well as Iraq.
The development of the F-35 has been dogged by controversy and claims it will not measure up against the latest Russian and Chinese fighter jets, although officials insist the plane is state-of-the-art.
On 16 July 2010, the Government of Canada under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced its intention to buy 65 F-35s to replace the Canadian Forces' existing 80 CF-18s.
Buying 80 brand new F-18Fs, or the latest F-16v, would be the smarter buy for Canada. As the article notes Canada isn't spending on its military what other western countries do, per capita, and it doesn't figure to get better with Premier Skippy Trudeau. The military leaders need to conserve cash and find ways to fund the other things the Canadian military needs.
A 2014 independent report warned that the true price tag would be least C$10-billion higher for a total of C$56-billion. Under the worst-case scenario, the report by University of British Columbia academic Michael Byers predicted, the full lifetime bill for Canada's F-35 Lightning jets would hit C$126-billion – about $81-billion higher than Ottawa’s working estimate of C$45.8-billion.
The Liberal fiscal plan is to run short-term deficit of about C$10 billion for each of the first three years and then a balanced budget never by the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
Canada has an annual military budget of about C$20 billion. Canada has very little military even for a country of its economic size and population. Australia spends about A$32 billion (C$30 billion)and has 65% of the population of Canada. Canada spends less than half per capita on defense than Australia.
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Would rather have alot of F18s rather than this piece of shit.
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National Strategy Question: what does Canada need a military to do? Are they not, like the U.S.A. in the 1800's with its love/hate dependency on the world order maintained by the British Empire, depending on the U.S. to keep things safe?
So after some revenue cutters, what next? A small military to fight forest fires and send on vanity UN Peacekeeping missions?
Prediction: Trudeau will most likely "slow walk" the new military purchase process so the money can be given to political allies. Possibly, to appease the Europhiles/Francophone allies they will make a token purchase of French Rafaels or maybe the Eurofighter.
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#1 Would rather have alot of F18s rather than this piece of shit.
the current version of the F-18 is more limited in turning than the F-35A in sustained turning and has shorter range. And has a drag problem caused by the solution to the stores problems they discovered during development.
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National Strategy Question: what does Canada need a military to do?
My immediate response would be 'Arctic Defense' for commercial (OIL) ventures in harms way of over-the-top Soviet incursion. They need aircraft which have sufficient range to deliver a punishing surface-to-ship punch. Poss also to ally in defense of Greenland.
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Buying 80 brand new F-18Fs, or the latest F-16v
I sure hope so. $10 billion 2020 for the US and another $10 billion 10 years later when the Canadians realize just how obsolete are the F-18 and F-16 (or any 4th gen fighter). The stupid should be charged twice.
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Pro2K; basically, one of the posters here was suggesting that the F-18 would be a better plane than the F-35. I was pointing out that the new-improved-F-18 version he was advocating was actually worse than the F-35 in all the "raw dogfighting gun-vs.-gun POWER" metrics they use to run down the F-35. (And which aren't even _true_, but were based on tests run with a plane being flown with severe engine limitations and control system limitations, which limited its turn performance compared to now, and even compared to six months before the test. But those are the lies everyone has decided to believe, y'all don't want to know the _details_).
Anyway: if y'all wanted to talk about F-18 problems the way y'all always talk about F-35 problems, real or imagined...
Here is a good rundown of the whole Super Hornet stores separation problem at someone's weblog.
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Rantburgs favorite fighter the awesome F-22 was limited to 250 odd because of crazy cost over-runs. Let's do it again and make up up the difference by opening up the A-4 line.
Something I'd wondered about. Perhaps you did, too, dear Reader.
[Dawn] RAWALPINDI: While the world celebrates Oct 24 as the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Day, it must not forget the role and sacrifices of Pakistain Army in UN peacekeeping missions all over the world.
Pakistain's commitment with the UN for promoting international peace and prosperity stems from the vision of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Pakistain's role in peacekeeping efforts began in 1960 when it deployed its first contingent in the UN operations in Congo. Over the past 55 years, the country has been the most significant and consistent contributor to the UN peacekeeping around the world.
Pak peacekeepers have left no stone unturned in the noble cause of helping humanity, building peace and bringing stability across the regions under the banner of United Nations, said an Inter Services Public Relations statement on Friday.
Pakistain has contributed more than 160,000 troops to-date in 41 missions spread over 23 countries in almost all continents, it said.
The country has remained one of the largest troop contributing countries consistently for many years.
At present, Pakistain is contributing more than 7,500 personnel of all ranks deployed in six UN missions.
According to the New York Times, through 2014 countries participating in UN missions were paid an average of $1210/soldier/month, so Pakistan has been earning about $9,075,000/month less expenses on the backs of its noble peacekeepers.
In pursuance of its commitment to the noble cause of international peace and tranquillity 144 Pak troops, among them 23 officers, have given the ultimate sacrifice in UN missions and almost an equal number of troops have been maimed.
The performance of Pak peacekeepers has been acknowledged by numerous world leaders and the UN leadership.
The undisputed high professional standing enjoyed by Pak peacekeepers has given them the honour of being one of the most desired bodies of troops in each UN peacekeeping mission, the ISPR statement said.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Caller] U.S. regulators have given the go-ahead for the country's first nuclear reactor in 20 years to begin commercial operations after years of public fears over a major nuclear meltdown.
What could possibly go wrong ? 
Canada's Prime Minister Elect Justin Trudeau vowed in September during the election campaign to open a fresh competition to replace Canada's aging fighter jets, rather than continuing with the F-35 program. Justin Trudeau has also pledged to put a stop to his country's role in bombing Islamic State targets in strife-torn Syria, where the Australian air force recently commenced operations, as well as Iraq.
