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-Lurid Crime Tales-
OKC bomb squad says suspicious item was a burrito
[BREITBART] A burrito caused a minor scare at an Oklahoma City police briefing station after a man brought the foil-wrapped object in for analysis.

Oklahoma City Police Capt. Dexter Nelson says a man discovered a Thermos-type container in his lawn Thursday afternoon and brought it to a police briefing station. Nelson says the container was heavy and had tinfoil protruding from the lid, so the man considered it suspicious.

The Oklahoman reports ( http://bit.ly/17yCP4z) that officers told the man to leave the container outside and the police bomb squad X-rayed the item. The analysis determined that it was only a burrito.

Although it was harmless, police aren't laughing at the incident. Nelson says anyone who finds a suspicious object should call authorities _ not bring it to a cop shoppe themselves.
Posted by: Fred || 11/23/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  a minor explosive
Posted by: Frank G || 11/23/2013 18:49 Comments || Top||


Buckley, WA: 67 year old homeowner terminates home invader.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/23/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What caliber was he using? What kind of cartridge? +P, hollowpoints or ball? That's the important information that should be reported in the story.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/23/2013 8:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Investigators said the intruder had no known connection to the people in the house. It is not clear why the man burst into the home.

Good Shootin, Got Him, He won't do it again.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/23/2013 8:38 Comments || Top||

#3  If he had to shoot him three or four times it means it was not a .40 S&W OR a .45 ACP.

Probably a .38 or a 9 mm.
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 11/23/2013 17:38 Comments || Top||


Hundreds of undocumented immigrants captured at southern Arizona military post
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/23/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "apprehending undocumented immigrants is a Department of Homeland Security mission and not a D.o.D. one.

BS. That's a PC statement. Every military installation is a posted one - see example and example.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/23/2013 7:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Simple, Move the command inland, say Ohio.
Leave the land heavily mined.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/23/2013 8:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Fort Huachuca used to hire trackers from the nearby reservation to help apprehend illegals. I'm not sure if they still do.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/23/2013 11:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Hundres of undocumented immigrants soon to become registered Democrats.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/23/2013 11:36 Comments || Top||

#5  when my son was stationed there, they were told to NOT confront (but report) the smugglers as they were better armed than the Army units (unarmed and no ammo)
Posted by: Frank G || 11/23/2013 18:51 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Woman Gets One Missed Call and 48 Texts From 'Satan'
[BREITBART] A Colorado mom woke up recently to find a missed a call from the number 1-666-666-666. To make matters worse, she then received 48 text messages from "Satan."

The woman, Jenn Vest. was really freaked out. In fact, she said, "It really freaked me out because I was half asleep feeding my son and it woke me up. I thought maybe I was dreaming at first, and then I stayed up the rest of the night praying and hoping nothing would happen."

Each text message came from a different number but Satan was ID'd on all of them.

If you call back the Devil, apparently there is a recording saying the number is no longer in service. Google
...contributed $814,540 to the 2008 Obama campaign...
search results reveal that the phone number has been used to prank more than just the young mother.
Posted by: Fred || 11/23/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  #AB: Peeps I be looking at some serious strange
#Crater: I see it 2, froot Loops?
#Coop: Shit yeah, it's Coca Puffs!
#BostonC: Ummmmm roach shit
#TheDiesel: Ummmmmmm roachs

Missing Tweets
Posted by: Shipman || 11/23/2013 0:30 Comments || Top||

#2  We The People Need To Make These Scammers Pay, how about a button that fries their telephone, permanently.

I'm sire ATT has one, but doesn't want US to hear about it, the Police HAVE a button that prevents hanging up making it disconnect, It's nice Trapping the thieves that way.

"Mam, does this sound like the Perp".

"Why YES it DOES".

"Thank you Mam, you've helped bust these scammers".


Changed to BEEEEP, (Dead silence)
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/23/2013 8:15 Comments || Top||

#3  It was probably OFA
Posted by: Beavis || 11/23/2013 8:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Done by pranksters who don't understand the real number is 616 - chi, iota, stigma . Another fine bureaucratic slip up somewhere in the process.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/23/2013 10:54 Comments || Top||

#5  I thought 616 was down the block neighbor of the beast.

Hell now that I'm thinking about it:
48 Tweets From Satan would be a hell of a good name for a novel.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/23/2013 13:11 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
This Week in Guns, November 23rd, 2013


By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

Kennedy Assassination Anniversary Edition

Speaking of tyrants and the demise thereof, Colorado state legislator who decided she knew more about her constituent's rights than they did is facing a recall petition drive. So helpfully, one of Evie Redak's supporters threatened to get a gun and "kill you motherf*ckers".

From the Defensive training Group, more discussion on counterambush techniques.

From the Lucky Gunner, a discussion on brass versus steel casings from the .223 NATO rifle.

And in honor of that tragic day on November 22, 1963, see the last item (Rantburg gun of the week)


Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:


Pistol ammunition prices were mixed, while rifle ammunition prices were mixed to lower.

Prices for all classes of firearms were mixed.

Pistol Ammo

.45 caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: + .01 each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Selway Armory, Wolf Polyformance, .33 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Jack Ross Ammunition, round nose reloaded, .32 per round (Unchanged from last week)

.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Selway Armory, reloaded, .28 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Freedom Munitions, reloaded, .25 per round (-.02 Each, -.05 Each over previous four weeks)

9mm Parabellum, 115 grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each (after -.06 Each over previous four weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Munirel, Prvi Partizan Monarch, .26 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Blu Core Shooting Center, P&G, reloaded, .23 per round (-.01 each from last week, -.02 last two weeks)

.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: -.02 (+.14 each over five of the previous six weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Bangit Ammo, Precision One, .44 per round
Cheapest Bulk 250 rounds: LAX Ammo, reloaded, .42 per round (Unchanged)

Rifle Ammunition

.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: -.02 each (+.03 over previous three weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munirel USA, Tulammo, steel cased, .30 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Ammo Supply Warehouse, Wolf, steel cased, .31 per round (-.01 each, Over previous three Weeks: +.02 each )

.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged

Cheapest, 20 rounds: Goose Island Sales, No Label, steel cased, .60 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1000 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Prvi Partizan, .60 per round (Unchanged)

7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (Unchanged previous eight weeks, but two, +.01 and -.01
)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammo Supply Warehouse, Wolf Polyformance, steel core and case, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1000 rounds: Wideners, Wolf Polyformance, steel case, .23 per round (-.01 each of the last two weeks)

.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: +.05 each (Unchanged in previous four of seven Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Smokey Mountains Munitions, CCI, .15 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 5,000 rounds: Ammo Fast, Aguila, .12 per round (Unchanged, two weeks)

Guns for Private Sale
Rifles


.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $788 Last Week Avg: $843
California: Bushmaster patrolman carbine: $800
Texas: Bushmaster Carbon Fiber: $620
New York: Andersen (Mixed Build): $930
Virgina: Palmetto State Armory: $789
Florida: RedX Arms (Mixed Build): $800

.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,300 Last Week Avg: $1,549

California: DPMS: $1,400 (Same Gun)
Texas: Patriot Ordnance Factory $1,300
New York: None available
Virginia: DPMS: $1,000
Florida: DSA: $1,499 (Same Gun)

7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $830 Last Week Avg: $767
California: IO $900
Texas: WASR 10: $800
New York: WASR: $950 (Same Gun)
Virginia: MAK90: $850 (Same Gun)
Florida: WASR (Chinese made): $650

7.62x54mm (Dragunov Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,192 Last Week Avg: (Unchanged from last week)
California: Romak PSL: $1,350 (Same Gun)
Texas: None
New York: None
Virginia: NODAK (Custom Build): $817 (Same Gun)
Florida: Romak: $1,200 (Same Gun)

Pistols

.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $679 Last Week Avg: $480
California: Springfield: $675
Texas: Springfield Range Officer: $680
New York: Kimber Raptor (Stainless): $900 (Same Gun)
Virginia: Para Ordnance: $600
Florida: Taurus: $540

9mm Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic Average Price: $436 Last Week Avg: $413
California: Kahr CW-9: $450
Texas: Glock 19: $475
New York: Glock 19: $405
Virginia: Glock 17: $450
Florida: kahr CW9: $400

.40 caliber S&W (Glock and other semiautomatic) Average Price: $442 Last Week Avg: $435
California: Glock 22: $500
Texas: Beretta 96D: $380
New York: Walther PPS: $425 (Same Gun)
Virginia: Sig Sauer 2022D: $480
Florida: : Sig Sauer P250: $425

Used Gun of the Week: (From Alabama)

M1891 Italian Carcano chambered in 6.5x52 Carcano

Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.co and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com
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Posted by: badanov || 11/23/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A little Birthday Treat Last Month for GolfBravoUSMC

A July 54 Harrington & Richardson. After putting on 6 coats of hand rubbed Tung Oil I took her to the range to break her in. She had never fired a shot down range so I put round 3-14 through her since manufacture.

The first three rounds were low right. Changed windage and elevation, next two high left and pulled one shot right. Right windage one click and lowered elevation 4 clicks and fired 6 rounds for effect. Should have only dropped two clicks. Got to work on that elevation thingy.

It's been fifty years since I fired a M1 Garand and I don't remember them being this heavy and kicking this hard.

Click on the picture to see my Birthday present arriving and the opening. (8 days late) Who cares, it's easy to make a guy happy.


Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 11/23/2013 3:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Thanks for the remainder on maintenance, I really need to put oil on my M-1's stock. It does kick, but even so, as much as I love my .308 AR, there's just something to the Garand. Even my wife likes it more. Mine's an International Harvester, I doubt it even made it to Korea, but holding it still makes you feel like you have history in your hands.

I think the feeling is like the difference between getting that nifty store bought toy, and the hunk of wood your Dad turned into your new favorite toy.
Posted by: Silentbrick - Oil Rig Insanity Division || 11/23/2013 3:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Amen Brick
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 11/23/2013 3:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Absolutely right about heavy. Makes you respect those who carried it in battle.

Fun gun to shoot. So many better guns today, in particular for carrying up and down canyons chasing after antlered and horned critters. But for going to the range and shooting, what's not to like?
Posted by: no mo uro || 11/23/2013 4:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Nice GB - you've inspired me to take the kids shooting over the holidays. Of all of our weapons, they all like my Springfield M1 the best.

The family that shoots together. . . .well, you know the rest.
Posted by: GORT || 11/23/2013 5:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Sen. Evie Redak's gun control supporter threatened to go get a gun and kill you mother....s? There's a statement in contradiction between beliefs and actions. Do you think the guy ought to get some treatment or up his meds?

The M1 Garand is a nice firearm and a nice piece of history. Are they still available through the CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program)?
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/23/2013 8:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Last I heard this administration is blocking the import of that warehouse of M1s found in Korea. It was enough to make me want to join the CMP. Piece of history, exactly why I am interested.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/23/2013 10:43 Comments || Top||

#8  JohnQC & swksvolFF

My M1 Garand is from the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). It is classified as a HRA Service Grade "Special" and came in a lot from Greece. It seems that the Greeks had a bunch of crated Harrington and Richardson M1s in a warehouse that were only used to scavenge the stocks and hand guards, the rifles were unused.

CMP brought them back, cleaned off the cosmoline, test fired them and added a CMP stock set.

I sent in my order paperwork including copies of Birth Certificate, DD-214, CMP Qualified Gun Club Membership Card and Kalifornia Gun Safety Card on 09/09 and received the weapon on 10/28. My credit card was charged $950 plus shipping around 10/23.

Most people believe that because CMP was a Government program until the 90s and still has some affiliation, Champ's import ban does not affect them. You can see the availability of CMP M1s here.

You can also track purchase and shipping Timelines at the CMP Forum here.

If anyone is interested Ordering Information is here.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 11/23/2013 11:37 Comments || Top||

#9  They've also got some decent prices on ammo.

That's a fine looking rifle GB. Congrats.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 11/23/2013 15:23 Comments || Top||

#10  BrerRabbit

I just ordered some 30 Cal Carbine Ammo from Cheaper than Dirt. It was about $21 a box of 50 rounds. That's about $15 a box cheaper than anything around here.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 11/23/2013 17:12 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
C. African President Says Will Renew Curfew in Capital
[An Nahar] President Michel Djotodia of the strife-torn Central African Republic on Friday announced that he will shortly renew a curfew on the capital Bangui because of a surge of armed crime.

"I am imminently going to issue a decree to restore the curfew from 10:00 pm until 6:00 am," Djotodia said at a meeting of civic leaders in the presidential palace, after a similar measure was lifted last month.

"During this period, patrols will be stepped up" and "any individual" wearing uniform or carrying weapons at night will if necessary be "disarmed by force", he added, blaming "bandidos" for the disturbances.
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U.N.: Number of Child Soldiers in CAR Has Nearly Doubled since March
[An Nahar] Up to 6,000 children have been enrolled by warring militias in the Central African Republic, a senior U.N. official said Friday, issuing a stark warning about the country's spiraling crisis.

"Roughly today, we're talking about 5,000-6,000 children, so the number has roughly doubled from our previous estimate," made in March, said Souleymane Diabate, UNICEF's country representative in the CAR.

The U.N. children's agency has repeatedly sounded the alarm about the way in which youngsters are being forced into the raft of gangs in the conflict-ravaged country.
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C Africa 'negotiating' with Kony
[Bangla Daily Star] The Central African president yesterday insisted he was negotiating with Joseph Kony
... The Lords Resistance Army is a religious and military group formed in 1987. It is led by Joseph Kony, who proclaims himself the spokesperson of God and a spirit medium, and who is periodically possessed by demons, Beelzebub and Legion prominent among them. Kony advises his soldiers to draw crosses on their chests as a protection against bullets. This does't work, but nobody outside the LRA minds. The group is based on a hodge podge of apocalyptic Christianity, mysticism, and traditional Acholi religion, and claims to be establishing a theocratic state based on an odd interpretation of the Ten Commandments. The LRA is famous for systematic criminal conduct, including murder, abduction, mutilation, sexual enslavement of women and children, forcing children to participate in hostilities, and occasional cannibalism. The LRA operates mainly in northern Uganda and also in parts of Sudan, Central African Republic and DR Congo...
after Washington rubbished claims the wanted Ugandan militia boss was personally involved in any talks.

Michel Djotodia is in contact with Kony, one of the world's most elusive war criminals, over the fate of the children and women enslaved by his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), presidency front man Guy-Simplice Kodegue said.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 11/23/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
Garbage at prophet's tomb an unforeseen side effect of SA immigrant crackdown
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Garbage is piling up on streets around the mosque housing the burial site of the Prophet Muhammad. Grocery stores have shut their doors and almost half of Saudi Arabia’s small construction firms have stopped working on projects.

The mess is because foreign workers on which many businesses rely are fleeing, have gone into hiding or are under arrest amid a crackdown launched Nov. 4 targeting the kingdom’s 9 million migrant laborers. Decades of lax immigration enforcement allowed migrants to take low-wage manual, clerical and service jobs that the kingdom’s own citizens shunned for better paying, more comfortable work.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 11/23/2013 06:58 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is it halal to hold up my dishdash
On the hajj if the Kaaba's amidst trash?
My thobe's nice and white,
But my calves might incite
Rum doings, inviting the whiplash
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 11/23/2013 13:52 Comments || Top||

#2  While others whine, we dine.

Posted by: Au Auric || 11/23/2013 14:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Good one Zenobia.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/23/2013 16:04 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuelan president tries out new emergency powers
[NEWS.YAHOO] Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro exercised new emergency powers for the first time Thursday, signing decrees limiting business profit margins and tightening regulation of imports.

He acted as part of a so-called "economic war" against a crisis for which he blames the opposition "bourgeoisie" and imperialism.

Under new powers granted to Maduro on Tuesday, the two new laws aim to control prices and profits in the business sector and closely monitor imports and exports and hard currency that comes in from oil sales, Venezuela's main source of revenue.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 11/23/2013 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What's the over-under on times circling the drain before the flush takes full effect?
Posted by: AlanC || 11/23/2013 18:32 Comments || Top||


Economy
China Is Going To Stop Stockpiling U.S. Dollars
h/t Gates of Vienna
China just dropped an absolute bombshell, but it was almost entirely ignored by the mainstream media in the United States. The central bank of China has decided that it is "no longer in China’s favor to accumulate foreign-exchange reserves". During the third quarter of 2013, China's foreign-exchange reserves were valued at approximately $3.66 trillion. And of course the biggest chunk of that was made up of U.S. dollars. For years, China has been accumulating dollars and working hard to keep the value of the dollar up and the value of the yuan down. One of the goals has been to make Chinese products less expensive in the international marketplace. But now China has announced that the time has come for it to stop stockpiling U.S. dollars. And if that does indeed turn out to be the case, than many U.S. analysts are suggesting that China could also soon stop buying any more U.S debt..
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/23/2013 03:58 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This obviously means China will stop selling stuff to the USA.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 11/23/2013 6:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Survivalist site, Highly suspect.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/23/2013 8:01 Comments || Top||

#3  The finally figured out that the paper they're getting from the Americans has inflated itself beyond the cost of production (to include the welfare effect of keeping their masses employed). They're losing value on each unit shipped, but even they figured out they're not making it up in volume.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/23/2013 10:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Wait until they start dumping US Treasury notes; then we'll know for sure shit just got real.
Posted by: Raj || 11/23/2013 13:11 Comments || Top||

#5  China is not the smart economic powerhouse people think that it is. There are lots of shaky business loans out there. A drop in demand for Chinese goods could make things ugly and unstable in China.

The US and China are two partners on a boat with little freeboard, and the wind is picking up.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 11/23/2013 13:13 Comments || Top||

#6  I understand they stopped buying US debt a while back.

So some of this is old news.

I have to figure out how to get the lathe stuff worked out before the economy locks up. This news item indicates I may lose the race.

Yet more headaches.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 11/23/2013 13:41 Comments || Top||

#7  China has also been buying up gold like crazy. Some suspect the want to create an new reserve currency, not the Yaun, backed by gold. Being Chinese gold it will of course be 1/2 lead alloy, with some asbestos thrown in.
Posted by: Uninemp Crimble3015 || 11/23/2013 19:50 Comments || Top||

#8  If they do that, Chinese industry will collapse(already running on a 1% margin) and these "huge" reserves will last them three months...then you'll see the rise of "warlords" with new names...as it happened in the past countless times...And epic massacres, again, like in the past...
Posted by: Herb Gloluger9960 || 11/23/2013 21:37 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
THE MAN WHO USED TO WALK ON WATER
h/t Instapundit
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/23/2013 02:39 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  His blind followers thought he did, we all knew better. But like every fraud known to man they all fail in the end, their ego and self absorbed beliefs leave them no choice but to fail...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 11/23/2013 3:24 Comments || Top||

#2  The question is, how much lasting damage they do before they fail.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/23/2013 3:49 Comments || Top||

#3  I love the picture of Obama sunk up to his neck.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/23/2013 8:03 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: junkiron || 11/23/2013 9:10 Comments || Top||

#5  I'm not sure why everyone gets so excited about people who walk on water. I used to do it all the time growing up. I lived in northern Pennsylvania, and every winter I would walk across the creek behind our house.

Of course I had to be sure that the ice was thick enough, but still I did walk on water.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/23/2013 13:27 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Au Auric || 11/23/2013 18:38 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Marines Testing Robotic Pack Horse


Sgt Reckless




Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 11/23/2013 11:52 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So, what's wrong with a horse, Yes it can get killed, so can the robot.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 11/23/2013 12:24 Comments || Top||

#2  What's wrong with a human Jim? Carries less but eats much less than a horse, also smarter, why the hell don't we use pack humans? Help me here.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/23/2013 13:15 Comments || Top||

#3  The problem is that they already overload the soldier. The adverse casualty requirement has them packed with armor and gear never carried before. They are mules. And someone bright person up on staff has twenty more pounds of crap they want loaded on'em.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/23/2013 13:29 Comments || Top||

#4  One advantage of a horse/mule is that in many environments, it can graze and at least supplement its food.

How much fuel does the robotic mule consume? I assume that the fuel is part of the load.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/23/2013 14:30 Comments || Top||

#5  So, what's wrong with a horse, Yes it can get killed, so can the robot.

Frankly, it leaves a trail of

Posted by: Au Auric || 11/23/2013 14:42 Comments || Top||

#6  The SS Moochelle
Posted by: Airandee || 11/23/2013 15:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Horses are also vulnerable to EMP weapons.

Wait. I may have that backwards...
Posted by: SteveS || 11/23/2013 15:29 Comments || Top||

#8  These things make a lot of noise, might as well have the Goodyear blimp overhead advertising your position.

When the have powered armored combat suits, that will be the ticket.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man || 11/23/2013 16:15 Comments || Top||

#9  The noise issue has been acknowledged. Keep in mind these are still prototypes and not production versions.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/23/2013 16:28 Comments || Top||

#10  Sounds like an automated hands-free golf bag trolley. They're all over the place these days, what's the big deal?
Posted by: AlanC || 11/23/2013 18:31 Comments || Top||

#11  In WWI my Grandfather used Mules to move their artillery. At some point they ran out of supplies so they ate the mules and spiked the guns. Just like bayonets and steel canteen cups, sometimes old school works best.
Posted by: Uninemp Crimble3015 || 11/23/2013 19:44 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
27[untagged]
11Arab Spring
6al-Qaeda in the Levant
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Sat 2013-11-23
  Belmokhtar deputy killed in Mali
Fri 2013-11-22
  Militias pull out of Libya's capital, Tripoli
Thu 2013-11-21
  20 killed in assault on Police Station by Shaboobs
Wed 2013-11-20
  Yemen Drone Strike Kills Three 'Qaida' Suspects
Tue 2013-11-19
  At least 18 killed in explosions targeting Iranian embassy in Beirut
Mon 2013-11-18
  Syria Rebels Bomb Government Building, Kill 31
Sun 2013-11-17
  Hezbollah commander killed in Syria
Sat 2013-11-16
  Militias attack Libyan protesters, killing 31
Fri 2013-11-15
  Iraq Bombers Kill 43 as Millions Mark Shiite Holiday
Thu 2013-11-14
  Bomb blasts outside Karachi imambargahs wound 14
Wed 2013-11-13
  Syria Kurds Announce Transitional Autonomous Government
Tue 2013-11-12
  Gunmen gun down 'chief financier' of Haqqani network in Islamabad
Mon 2013-11-11
  Syria army retakes key base near Aleppo: State TV
Sun 2013-11-10
  Imambargah attacks leave three dead, spark outrage
Sat 2013-11-09
  Zawahiri Disbands Main Qaida Faction in Syria

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