"Upon examination of the horn under a high-powered microscope back at CSUN, Dacus says Armitage was fascinated to find soft tissue on the sample a discovery Bacus said stunned members of the schools biology department and even some students 'because it indicates that dinosaurs roamed the earth only thousands of years in the past rather than going extinct 60 million years ago.'"
#3
Well I am a creationist that believes creation and evolution are the opposite sides of the same coin. Evolution does not explain the creation of life only its progression. I do not see a conflict between the creation story in the Bible and geological records because God told Isaiah that to God, 10,000 year is as a day and a day is as 10,000 years meaning that God being out of time and space has no temporal limits and the "day" of creation is symbolic and a story told to the children of Israel so they could comprehend creation without having to understand science.
The real issue here is NOT creation but the fact that Dr. Bacus is an outspoken Christian and he was fired for his FAITH and perhaps the violation of a scientific paradigm (you know how vicious scientists are when their pet turf is threatened by new ideas and discoveries...witness Clovis First and other groups that pillory anyone who tries to contradict their holy grail of paradigm) You have to read T. S. Kuhn to understand how bad it is in academia for free thinkers.
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07/26/2014 10:11 Comments ||
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The last time I checked the 'settled science', birds are a direct evolutionary decedents of the thunder lizards. It appears man and dinosaurs do co-exist, just not the whole time line. I prefer this part where my evolved species dines on their evolved species rather than the before the KT boundary. IIRC, crocs have survived two major 'adjustments' which includes the KT boundary with relatively minor evolutionary development, compared to others.
#5
Check out "The Trouble With Physics" by Lee Smolin and you'll see how vicious the physics community can be if someone dares question Hawking and String Theory.
#6
The world was made in six days and finished on the seventh
According to the contract it should have been the 11th
But the painters wouldn't paint and the workers wouldn't work
So the quickest thing to do was to fill it up with dirt
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07/26/2014 15:42 Comments ||
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KT boundary, perhaps that should be the KFC boundary.
#1
We can only hope the stupid knee jerk reaction of banning guns from places like this will be re-examined and have some common sense rewrites to them.
#3
That the good doc had a pistol in his office suggests to me that he believed he was threatened in the past by one or more of his patients. It's not unusual for a psychiatrist, particularly one who works with seriously disturbed patients, to be threatened thusly.
Posted by: Steve White ||
07/26/2014 11:46 Comments ||
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#4
Doc, what about hospital policy that disarms its staff against threats like that? Had he followed policy, it is likely he and others would be dead, as well as the patient (given they typically suicide at the end of a shooting spree). I get the feeling that if it were not a Doctor, but instead a nurse, or staff, they likely would be discipled, fired, or facing charges.
#5
That's correct, and the doc himself may still find himself disciplined by the hospital. They won't use this incident, of course; they'll find that he's about 11 billionteen records behind or something.
I've never considered arming myself at the hospital. Then again, I've never had a credible threat to my life by a patient.
Posted by: Steve White ||
07/26/2014 14:49 Comments ||
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It's Better To Be Judged By 12 Than Carried By 6.
An update to last week's column: The Executive Order signed last week does include demilled rifle kits from Kalashnikov Concern in Russia, and probably from other Russian firms as well. As I wrote last week, demilled kits from East Germany, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary are still available, and the ban has not affected Russian-made ammunition.
What We face
Three weeks ago, Chicago Police found a fully loaded semiautomatic gun in a sniper's nest near the soccer field at Kings College. The headline in the original article, to be found here, noted the weapon found was a Mac10 Bullpup. One blogger had an amusing take on the incident.
We get good guffaws from the abject stupidity of the paid press when it comes to firearms and their uses, but something ugly lurks beneath all that silliness, and that is a willingness to lie and obfuscate about guns.
Last week US Border Patrol Agents were fired on by an unidentified shooter using, it was said, a .50 Caliber Rifle, similar to the Barrett .50 Caliber rifle. The incident took place across the Rio Grande River from Reynosa, Tamaulipas in Mexico, which is, as far as I last heard, a Gulf Cartel-held city.
If you read the news article about the incident, you get the idea that the agents knew it was a .50 caliber gun from its distinct sound. If you have ever heard a .50 Caliber M2 machine gun, which fires the same round as the Barrett, you'll never forget the thump thump thumping of the gun as it discharges rounds.
As the original story indicated, this is the first time Border agents have been fired on from across the border. Usually, once boats carrying contraband reach the other side, Border agents must wait until whatever or whomever is off the boat and on US soil before they can legally take action.
There is little question, assuming the agents were fired on with a Barrett, that the shooter was using a weapon of war. It would have been a weapon of war had the shooter been firing the 7.62x51 NATO round or the 5.56x45mm AR round. The original article goes on to state that Border agents do not have the body armor to stop the .50 BMG, but what is not said is that neither do they have the armor to stop the 7.62mm round, and at some ranges most modern rifles, including the AR.
Our very own militarized security forces, the police use 7.62x51 rounds in the rifle they use as a sniper rifle, and their shooters who go after unarmed citizens in their homes use 5.56x45mm rounds. They are all weapons of war, and being used in a war against citizens. The only defense citizens have against police forces using military weapons and tactics is to do the same thing.
A sniper is a sniper and self defense is self defense. Police have no more a perfected right to be one than citizens do to do the other.
I write all this as a response to leftists who hate guns so much, they want to direct those forces against citizen to enable those police forces to steal Constitutionally protected property from citizens. If there is no greater justification to be armed and to learn sniper tactics, I don't know what is.
Housekeeping Note: I am planning to attend at least one cookout- shoot in Oklahoma, sponsored by the Oklahoma 2nd Amendment Association. There are four, but two also include machine gun shoots. The cookout costs $10, and $15 is required to buy one magazine for the machine gun shoot. If anyone from Rantburg wants to meet to go together, or just meet let me know before next weekend, and decide which one. I set an August 2 deadline coz I want to attend the Seiling event August 9th, but if enough respond, I can wait until August 23 at Stillwater. You can contact me at the email below. I won't be bringing the Mosin, and if no one responds or waits until after August 2nd, I will be out of communication, i.e. leaving the cell at home.
Lemme know!
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for rifle ammunition were mostly higher, while prices for pistol ammunition were mostly lower. Prices for used rifles and used pistols were mixed.
Pistol Ammo
.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds: O.D. Green Supply, Tulammo, steel cased, .29 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, steel cased, .29 per round (From last week: Unchanged)
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store brand, RNFP, reloaded .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store Brand, reloaded, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds (Limit 2 Boxes): O.D. Green Supply, Tulammo, Steel cased, FMJ, .19 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store Brand, FMJ, Reloads, .19 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each)
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Rare Ammo, Geco, FMJ, .39 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 250: LAX Ammunition, Store Brand, Reloaded, .34 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged after -.06 Each over Two Weeks)
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Tulammo, steel cased, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Munire USA, Tulammo, steel cased, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged after -.04 Each over Two Weeks)
.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Barnaul, steel cased, .41 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Silver Bear, steel cased, .45 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks))
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each After Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Wolf, steel case, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,080 rounds: SG Ammo, Red Army Standard, steel case, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds (2 box limit): O.D. Green Supply, CCI Blazer, .08 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 325 rounds: Trop Gun Shop, Federal Champion, .09 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each after Unchanged (3 Weeks))
7.62x54mm (Dragunov Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,000 Last Week Avg: $1,000 ()
California (0): None Available
Texas (0): None Available
Pennsylvania (0): None Available
Virginia (1, 1): Romak PSL: $1,200 (Same Gun)
Florida (7, 7): Romak PSL: $800 (Same Gun) (!)
Pistols
.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $402 Last Week Avg: $395 (+)
California (149, 156): Rock Island Armory: $460
Texas (226, 232): Rock Island Armory: $350
Pennsylvania (184, 189): Century International Arms: $400
Virginia (192, 190): Tisas: $350 (Same Gun) (!)
Florida (386, 380): Umerex Regent R100: $450
9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic) Average Price: $436 Last Week Avg: $439 (-)
California (155, 152): Glock 19 : $450
Texas (327, 336): Glock 19: $460
Pennsylvania (196, 198): Glock 19: $399 (!)
Virginia (237, 228): IMI Baby Desert Eagle: $450
Florida (484, 469): Heckler & Koch VP 70 Z: $420
.40 caliber S&W (Glock and other semiautomatic) Average Price: $438 Last Week Avg: $426 (+)
California (95, 94): Sig Sauer SP2022: $450
Texas (146, 136): Glock 22: $450
Pennsylvania (121, 116): Glock 23: $425
Virginia (130, 122): Ruger SR40: $440
Florida (234, 231): Glock 23: $425 (Same Gun)
Used Gun of the Week: (Kentucky)
Desert Eagle 44 Chambered in .44 Magnum
Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com
[Dhaka Tribune] At least ten people were maimed in a clash between two groups of Savar Jubo League ... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League... over establishing supremecy and jhut (garment waste) business on Friday night.
Locals said the clash took place over the jhut business of Naz Garments Limited in Savar area .
Witnesses said a gang led by Jubo League leaders Sujon and Mozaffar attacked another Jubo League leader Adnan Ahmed, when he reached Samail area from ââSavar bus stand on Friday night.
The attackers had been waiting there since before.
Being attacked, Adnan Ahmed and his fellows also retaliated.
On information, Savar Model police visited the spot.
Posted by: Fred ||
07/26/2014 00:00 ||
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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.
