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Thankyou for your comment COEngineer. Hopefully they are rare and hopefully Janet Reno will be rare as well.

Branch Davidian Compound, Waco, Texas. Federal agents raided the Branch Davidian compound near Waco. The armed standoff ended violently on April 19, 1993, when the compound burned to the ground. At the of that day, 76 Branch Davidians, including 21 children, were dead. We know that David Koresh was a nut case. But was the means by which law enforcement and government officers took justify the death of children and their parents in the explosive fire that took their lives. It's been said that David Koresh would go to town different times and bring back supplies for the compound. If that was the case, then why wasn't he arrested on those occasions?

Please Note: This is not new new's. This is old news for many of us. But it is still a reminder for us and a wake-up call for those not famaliar with this story. THE RANDY WEAVER CASE By Jim Oliver Another Federal Fiasco! BATF's entrapment of Randy Weaver led to the violent deaths of three people. Says his defense attorney, Gerry Spence: "What happened to Randy Weaver can happen to anybody in this country." Seeing his dog Striker, shot to death by masked intruders clad in camouflage, Sammy Weaver, 14, fired back in fear for his life. The 4 ft., 11" tall youngster was hit in the arm, then shot in the back as he turned to run home. He died instantly, killed by an agent of the federal government. Cradling her 10-month-old daughter in her arms, Vicki Weaver stood in the doorway of her home, mourning her slain son, unaware that she herself had only seconds to live. In an instant a bullet tore into Vicki Weaver's face, blew through her jaw and severed her carotid artery. The bullet was fired from 200 yds. away by an agent of the federal government. What had the Weaver family done to bring FBI snipers and submachine-gun-toting U.S. marshals to the woods around their cabin on Ruby Ridge in Northern Idaho? Why did the government act as though the Weavers had forfeited the protections guaranteed all Americans by the United States Constitution? Who made the decisions that led to their unjustified deaths and also to the death of deputy U.S. Marshall William Degan? For the six men working near Weaver's plywood cabin on Ruby Ridge, Aug 21, 1992, was another day on the job that had been going on more than 16 months. Their employer, the U.S. government, was spending $13,000 a week, and there had been no end in sight to the work. The cabin, really a shack, was home to 44 year old former Green Beret Randy Weaver and his family, wife Vicki and son, Sammy, and daughters, Sara, Rachel and Elisheba. It was also home to their young friend, Kevin Harris. They were subsistence hunters, and tended a garden, putting up vegetables. A generator produced occasional electricity. They had no TV, no radio. For nearly a year and a half, federal agents had roamed the area, picking locations for surveillance and for snipers. Degan belonged to the Special Operations Group, the Marshals national SWAT team. The six on-site this day were deputy U.S. Marshals. The target of all of this and of a Federal law enforcement effort would eventually total approx $ 3 million was Randy Weaver. What kind of criminal was he to demand this kind of attention? Was he a major drug dealer? Serial killer? Was he a terrorist bomber? On Oct 24, 1989, Weaver sold two shotguns whose barrels arguably measured 1/4 inch less that the 18 inch length determined arbitrarily by Congress to be legal. The H&R single-barrel 12 gauge and Remington pump were sold to a good friend who instructed Weaver to shorten the barrels. The "good friend" was an undercover informant working for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), who later told reporters he was in it "mainly for the excitment." Kindly read this complete insightful article by Jim Oliver. And thank God for defense attorney Gerry Spence who could see through all the lies, distortion and fabrication presented by law enforcement and government employee's regarding this case when it went to trial. Reference: The Randy Weaver Case - The Lawful Path

Place your bets! Who do you think is faster, wild boar or this cat? No contest you say? Wild Boar Beat Leopard - Video

I can find no reference or evidence of Golden Eagles being trained for hunting. Falcon's, yes. This video is not of the best quality, however, there is no visual appearance of any string as of the nature you described attached to their talons.

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Hello COEngineer and thank you for your comments. I have a few questions regarding this video also. However, to the best of my knowledge the video of the the eagle knocking the goat off the side of a mountain or cliff are authentic. I question some of the editing regarding the inflight of the goat to the eagles nest however. There should be suffecient evidence on the internet to support the theory that Golden Eagles can and do attack coyote and even wolf, especially after the wolf or coyote has made a kill. There is also a youtube video whereby a Golden Eagle attacked a small child (baby) and flew with it for a short distance and dropped the child. If the parents and others were't around the eagle would have (most likely) start eating this child (alive). I have a Native American Guide I use when hunting Antelope in Arizona. He is from the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. He is the one who told be that the tribes are very weary of the Golden Eagle being seen in the vicinity of small children and evidently there concern was based on an incident in their history and I would never question his integrity or honesty. I found it interesting this Golden Eagle is found in many more states, not just the southwest To illustrate just how aggressive and brazen this bird can be and eating their prey while it is still alive is astonishing. If your wondering why the Antelope dosen't run or do something to get away, this poor Antelope is in total shock, and shock effects people or animals differently, as in this case it made the Antelope inmobile to move. Eagle Kills Antelope (Wyoming)

(I did this post some time ago and it is so amazing I'll put it in again, as this is one dude who will never go hungry). I'm sure when were thinking of predators were most likely thinking of coyote, wolf, and mountain lion. Here's another predator who is probably the most proficient hunter of them all, the 'Golden Eagle' found in the Southwest and in mountain areas. The Golden Eagle can have a wing span between 7 to 8 feet. He will weigh between 14 to 16 pounds. But here's the real kicker... he can carry (in flight) 3 times his own weight. So it's possible that he can carry close to 50 pounds. The Golden Eagle preys on the yearlings in the Southwest mountain areas for whitetail deer, goat, and sheep. The Golden Eagle is a pretty smart dude, if he finds a mature sheep or goat in a disadvantaged position high on a mountain side or cliff type area, he can easily knock this animal off letting it fall to it's death upon hitting the ground. The Golden Eagle is only slightly larger than the American Bald Eagle. The main difference is that the Golden Eagle is a much more aggressive bird with a nasty disposition and fearless. The Southwest Indians were always weary of this bird as it could come down and pick up small children if they were not attended. I've seen them in Arizona when hunting Pronghorn and in the southeastern part of the Mojave Desert. In my area their favorite would be the desert coyote which weigh between 30 to 35 pounds. This is about a seven minute video of some very amazing footage. This video was taped in the high mountains of Mexico, and narrated in Spanish. When Golden Eagles Attack: When Golden Eagles Attack: Director Decalz - prehensal (vodpod) | Lockerz

The Preacher (Clint Eastwood) carries a Remington 1858 New Army with a cartridge conversion as his sidearm in the film, and carries several pre-loaded cyclinders to use like a modern speed loader. The 1858 'New Army' six-shooter was actually considered far superior compared to Colt and Smith & Wesson. It was a better quality and more accurate shooter. The problem Remington had with this model was to little and to late as much of the government contracting went to other sources. Remington 1858 New Army. Pale Rider - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games More Remington Handguns and cyclinder carbines. Remington Revolver Photo Gallery

The Fiscal Cliff will remain with us throughout this administration. On one hand, Obama wants to spend $1.7 Trillion more on top of what the government has spent the past four years. Obama wants to make major cuts in Medicare, yet not take any cuts in entitlements. Entitlements, that played a large part in Obama winning re-election. Giving the lazy more benefits. As if Welfare recipients don't have it good already, he wants to give them more. Obama has put more people on Food Stamps and Welfare than any President in the past thirty years or so. He gives free cell phones away. He allows illegal immigrants to stay and take advantage of our nation (taxpayer). He literally bought votes and is still buying votes. We need to put welfare recipients to work and take drug tests before they get any money. Our whole country needs a serious overhaul and take back our country from China. It's obvious Washington isn't fixing anything. The President is a wothless Socialist politician. We need to fire the lawyers in Washington and put them in the unemployment lines, then fill all those empty seats in Washington with people who will actually do something and work together to make our country great and respected once again.

Thanks for your comments dbHunter. I have 2 Savage 10FP's, one for bench and one for varmint. I didn't notice any significant change from 100 to 200 yards with my bench as I'm reloading a 68 gr Hornady Match and H-335 minimum charge. I did notice a significant change in groupings with my Varmint 70 gr GameKing, maximum charge at 200 yards. It's just dependent on many considerations. However, I would tend to agree with you, the .223 will more likely stabilize at 200 yards, more times than not.

ACT has posted a set of statistics that demonstrates the real violence against Muslims, it is not Jews, Christians, or even America that is leading the pack in Muslim Genocide, but rather other Muslims. These numbers (almost 10 million killed by other Muslims) defy rationality and surely anyone can see where the real problem lies. Islam may or may not be a peaceful religion, but the people who dominate the religion and are the face that the world sees as representation of the religion, surely are far from peaceful. "Some 11,000,000 Muslims have been violently killed since 1948, of which 35,000, or 0.3 percent, died during the sixty years of fighting Israel, or just 1 out of every 315 Muslim fatalities. In contrast, over 90 percent over 11 million who perished were killed by fellow Muslims." MUSLIMS KILLING MUSLIMS IN THE NAME OF JIHAD: By Norman Berdichevsky, June 2, 2010 A few days ago, one of the most violent incidents involving the slaughter of innocent civilians took place in Lahore and several kilometers away in Garhi Shahu, Pakistan. There has been essentially no media interest, such as on-the-spot coverage or interviews with survivors. The victims were all Ahmadis, a 'deviant' sect within Islam. Ahmadis comprise the sect that is distinguished as being the most peaceful; they have always lived in peace with their neighbors, both Muslim and non-Muslim. The Ahmadis were attacked by "mainstream" Muslims who are sympathizers of the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Pakistan. These Muslims attacked the two Ahmadi mosques packed with hundreds of worshipers. At least eighty people were killed. The assults in Lahore were carried out by at least seven men, including three suicide bombers. Some of the attackers acted as snipers from an adjacent mosque to kill their fellow Muslims. Ahmadis are reviled as heretics by mainstream Muslims for their belief that their sect's founder was a savior foretold by the Quran, Islam's holy book. The group has experienced years of state-sanctioned discrimination and occasional attacks in Pakistan, but never before in such a large and coordinated fashion. Not one reputable, representative, acknowledged Muslim religious leader anywhere has seen fit so far to issue a condemnation of the attack. Not one media commentary anywhere (except in Israel) saw fit to mention that the only place within the Middle East where Ahmadis live in peace and harmony with their neighbors and enjoy full civil and religious rights in Israel. Reference: American Thinker

The range I belong to is only 100 yards. Will 100 yards give you an accurate assessment of the bullet being stabilized in flight? Most likely it could on caliber's up to .223 (5.56), but would also be dependent on other considerations such a bullet, powder, powder charge, twist rate, barrel length, etc. Larger calibers would require a minimum of 200 yards for bullet stabilization. Living in the Mojave Desert we have shooting recreational areas, so I usually go there and set targets up at 200 and 300 yards (600 to 1000 yards, if you wish to.) Most of us know that bullets don't fly in a straight line. However, they don't exactly fly in a symmetrical ark either. This video shows the direction that a bullet is pointing (yaw & pitch) as it flies down range. You can see how long it takes a bullet to stabilize in flight. As the bullet gets farther away, its flight settles down and the bullet path becomes more consistent. This explains how your rifle might well be able to shoot one MOA groups at 100 yards, and then shoot half MOA groups at 600 yards using the exact same ammunition. This is quite common, because bullet flight will usually stabilize at 200 yards or beyond. Anytime a bullet enters (or exits) the speed of sound, its path becomes unstable and accuracy will suffer. Bullet Flight, Video, Yaw vs Pitch. Made By Berger Bullets. Bullet Flight Path Hunting Rifle Accuracy: Enough is Enough! By Chuck Hawks Hunting Rifle Accuracy

At dawn the telephone rings, "Hello, Senor Rod? This is Ernesto, the caretaker at your country house." "Ah yes, Ernesto. What can I do for you? Is there a problem?" "Um, I am just calling to advise you, Senor Rod, that your parrot, he is dead." "My parrot dead? The one that won the international competition?" "Si, Senor, Thats the one." "Darn! Thats a pity, I spent a small fortune on that bird. What did he die from?" "From eating the rotten meat, Senor Rod." "Rotten meat? Who the heck fed him rotten meat?" "Nobody, Senor. He ate the meat of the dead horse." "Dead horse? What dead horse?" "The thoroughbred, Senor Rod." "My prize thoroughbred is dead?" "Yes Senor Rod, he died from all that work pulling the water cart." "Are you insane?? What water cart?" "The one we used to put out the fire, Senor." "Good Lord!! What fire are you talking about, man??" "The one at your house, Senor! A candle fell and the curtains caught on fire." "What the heck?? Are you saying that my mansion is destroyed because of a candle??!!" "Yes, Senor Rod." "But there's electricity at the house!! What was the candle for?" "For the funeral, Senor Rod." "WHAT BLOODY FUNERAL??!!" Your wife's, Senor Rod, she showed up very late one night and I thought she was a thief. I couldn't find any ammo for your new custom built 300 Winchester Magnum, so I struck her on the head with it!" SILENCE...... LONG SILENCE...... LONG LONG SILENCE...... "Ernesto, if you put one scratch on my new custom built 300 Winchester Magnum, your going to be in deep, deep trouble.

When exactly God created angels is open for debate, but what is known for sure is that God created everything good because God, in his holiness, cannot create something sinful. So when Satan, who was once the angel Lucifer, rebelled against God and fell from heaven (Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28), one third of the angelic host joined his insurrection (Revelation 12:3-4,9). There is no doubt these fallen angels are now known as the demons. We know that **** was prepared for the devil and his angels, according to Matthew 25:41: "Then He will say to those on His left, 'Depart from me, you are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'" From these and similar verses. it is clear that demons and fallen angels are synonymous. Remember that an angel is a messenger and that the Bible defines two groups of angelic messengers: the good and the evil. We have seen how God's heavenly messengers obey His commands and minister for us - the heirs of salvation. Evil angels, however, are those who have fallen from their first estate (see Jude 1:6) since the Creation. The Bible records several different times when angels fell to earth. Some have already fallen (Genesis 6:2; Amos 5:26; Revelation 12L4) and some will fall in the future (Revelation 6:13, 8:10-11, 9:1). It is Satan, the great dragon, who entices them (Revelation 12:4), perhaps with promises that they will be worshipped by men as gods or rule over an earthly kingdom. Fallen angels learn wickedness and become apprentices of their new master Satan. Unlike humans, fallen angels cannot be redeemed. Once angels rebel against God, they are permanently banned from God's glory and presence. Some fallen angels are currently imprisoned until God's day of judgement (I Peter 3:19020; II Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6), and some rule the realm of darkness with Satan. They, too, will face the wrath of God (Matthew 25:41). While there is no verse that says a "third of the angels fell from heaven." some verses when put together, lead us to that conclusion. Sometime after their creation, and most certainly after the sixth day when everything was declared "very good" (Genesis 1:31), Satan rebelled and was cast out of heaven. "How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!" (Isaiah 14:12). When Lucifer sinned, Jesus said, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven" (Luke 10:18), and in the book of the Revelation Satan seen as "a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth" (Revelation 9:1). We are also told that one third of an "innumerable company of angels" (Hebrews 12:22) chose to rebel with him. John saw this great wonder in heaven, "...an enormous red dragon... His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth... the great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him" (Revelation 12:3-9). Since Satan is referred to as a star which fell or was cast down to earth, and Revelation 12:4 says a third of the stars were cast out with him, then the conclusion is that the stars in Revelation 12 refer to fallen angels, fully one third of the heavenly host. If the one third number is in fact accurate, what assurance that is! Two thirds of the angels are still on God's side, and for followers of Christ, they are on our side as well. BIBLE CONCORDANCE: 93 Bible Verses about Fallen Angels. What Does the Bible Say About Fallen Angels? "If human minds were able to interpret the Bible correctly, there would be unity and agreement among Christians about what the Bible Teaches."

Our dog passed away five years ago and my wife and I promised we wouldn't get any more dogs. But in our heart of hearts we knew if the right dog came along we'd take him/her in. I was out washing the car one afternoon and noticed this extremely large Golden Lab coming down the street towards me. I knew she was lost and I called to her and she came to me right away. She didn't belong in the neighborhood as I'm famaliar with most of the dogs here. I brought her inside the gate and spent the next few days attempting to locate the owner and came to the conclusion someone had dumped her. Well... we fell in love with this dog and took her to the Vet and determined she was about 6 years of age, She's the sweetest and best dog we've ever had. She's not a Golden Lab. She's American Pitbull Terrier and weights in at 100 pounds! Here's our big baby and friend, Suzy. http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7245/friendss011.jpg DOG RULES! 1. The dog is not allowed in the house. 2. Okay, the dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms. 3. The dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture. 4. The dog can get on the old furniture only. 5. Fine, the dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with humans on the bed. 6. Okay, the dog is allowed on the bed, but only by invitation. 7. The dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but not under the covers. 8. The dog can sleep under the covers by invitation only. 9. The dog can sleep under the covers every night. 10. Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the dog!

I'm not sure which fiscal liff were presently in. But with certainty we will eventually have a major fiscal cliff (deep depression) coming in the near future. What's the government doing about it? The Obama administration thinks they have the solution by simply printing more money! Evidently Obama never took a class in history or economics. And there is so much going on behind closed doors by this administration that is not in the best interests of the American people.

Going to the range or hunting are always challenging and fun things to do. Going home afterward and putting your firearms in the shop and getting them prepared for cleaning, well... it may be challenging, but the fun part has got up and left me with a mess of rifles to clean up! I've learned from experience that if you have a distasteful task to do, don't put it off, get it done now. I'm sloopy and messy when it comes to cleaning my firearms and if I have 50 or more rounds fired from a rifle or going to do some aggressive scrubbing, I will do myself and the gun a favor and remove the barrel from the stock. I'm always interested in what other gun owners are using for bore solvents for carbon and copper. I use Hoppe's #9 for carbon and have used others such as Sweets and other very good carbon solvents that may be a slight more aggressive than Hoppe's. I will use the Remington 40X for more serious scrubbing, but always close with Hoppe's. I would call the Remington 40X more of a bore paste and like any paste you've got to get all that cleaning residue out of the barrel when your finishing up. I have found Butch's Bore Shine to be about the best for my purposes in removing copper. I know many people advise letting the solvent stay in the bore over night. I have done that and found that it didn't make an appreciable difference from letting it sit for half to full hour, my experience anyway and I have no certainty how it will react in the barrel after it disolves. They say and they are reasonably correct that for every round you fire, you will do one pump through the barrel. So if you fire fifty rounds, you will pump 50 times. However, I wouldn't advise pumping 50 consecutive times as your brush will most likely fill up with carbon in no time. I go 15 pumps and 10 short pumps from the chamber out about 10 inches as this will be where most of the crudd will accumulate. And you go back and repeat the same process again until you will have approx 50 pumps or you begin to see daylight with a clean barrel. I keep an eye on the positions of the brissles on the brush. When the brissles start to flatten out, you'll most likely be relocating the crudd in the barrel to another location. When I'm done pumping my 15 long strokes and 10 short strokes I'll put the brush in my solvent tank for approx 1 or 2 minutes, take it out of the tank and blow it off with an air hose. Also, I have to put fresh solvent in the tank every so often. I'd really be interested in knowing from you, what brand of good quality brushes your using and the success your having with them. I found (lately) that some of the old brush company's I've been using appear to be having quality and sizing problems. I see that Midway is now offering some new brands of brushes or maybe they had them all the time and I didn't notice them before! I'm no longer using any of the so-called gun lubricants, most of them are a myth! When you have metal in contact with metal with some extreme temperatures you need a lubricant that will adhere to these conditions and there has been only one proven lubricant that will accomplish this, ATF Dexron II. Here is a very informitive article written by a very credible master gunsmith regarding the use of ATF (automatic transmission fluid). and it's qualities. Lubricant 101 By Grant Cunningham North American Arms Minis: The Best Gun Lubricant | Dexron ATF I have done this post in good faith with the knowledge and experienced I have acquired up to this point and always willing to listen to and be corrected if something I mention could be approached differently or with a better proceedure.

Perhaps there are people out there that confuse Christianity with perfection. If that's the case, then here is a huge news flash for them... those of us who follow Jesus aren't perfect at all; were simply forgiven and there is a big difference. We will make mistakes. We will stumble and fall. Sometimes, we will even do it more than once, not learning from our mistakes to keep from making them again because we're just that miserable in our lives. We may need your forgiveness; we will definitely need God's forgiveness and then we will need our own forgiveness because if we don't grant ourselves what God has given us, then His removing "our transgressions from us" "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12) means nothing and the devil will beat us over the head with our sin from here to eternity. Pray for Randy Travis and the people who love him. Pray that he will accept the hand that Jesus is reaching out to him to pull him out of this hole. Pray that those who are using his mistakes to poke fun at our Savior come to their senses and stop. Don't let the mistakes of one man color us all.

This is an age-old story Mudrunner. When we have the money to invest in a new hobby or whatever, we don't have the time, or if we have the time we don't have the money. Then there's that little nest-egg you've been putting your money into in hopes of buying something for your pet project or hobby. Just when your ready to make your move and make an investment in that pet project, all of a sudden your house needs a new roof! Life isn't fair to some of us dreamers!

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I may have done this post a long time ago, but here it is again. YOU SAY, GOD SAYS BIBLE VERSES. God always has a positive answer. You say; "It's impossible" God says; All things are possible. Luke 18:27 You say; "I'm too tired" God says; I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28-30 You say; "Nobody really loves me" God says; I love you. John 3:1 & 6 John 3:24 You say; "I can't go on" God says; My grace is sufficient. II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15 You say; "I can't figure things out" God says; I will direct your steps. Proverbs 3:5-6 You say; "I can't do it" God says; You can do all things. Phillippians 4:13 You say; "I'm not able" God says; I am able. Corinthians 9:8 You say; "It's not worth it" God says; It will be worth it. Romans 8:28 You say; "I can't forgive myself" God says; I forgive you. I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1 You say; "I can't manage" God says; I will supply your needs. Phillippians 4:19 You say; "I'm afraid" God says; I have not given you a spirit of fear. II Timothy 1:7 You say; "I'm always worried and flustrated" God says; Cast all your cares on ME. I peter 5:7 You say; "I'm not smart enough" God says; I give you wisdom. Corinthians 1:30 You say; "I feel all alone" God says; I will never leave you or forsake you. Hebrews 13:5 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Lord is my Shepherd - that's a relationship. I shall not want - That's supply. He taketh me to lie down in green pastures - That's rest. He leadeth me beside the still waters - That's refreshment. He restoreth my soul - That's healing. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness - that's guidance. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death - that's testing. I will feel no evil - Thats protection. For Thou art with me - that's faithfulness. Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me - that's discipline. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies - that's hope. Thou annointest my head with oil - that's consecration. My cup runneth over - That's abundance. And I will dwell in the house of thy Lord - that's security. Forever - That's eternity.

"If a single living cell was found on a distant planet, scientists would proclaim we have found life eleswhere in the universe. So why is a single living cell found in the womb of a pregant women not considered life?" "Ethics, too are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principal of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil." -Albert Schweitzer- 02-Mar-12 ESSAY: "Potential Persons" and After-Birth Abortion." The latest abomination to come down the medical-ethics pike is the February 23, 2012, publication of "After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? In the Journal of Medical Ethics. This article is written by two ethicists, Alberto Guibilini and Francesca Minerva, both of whom are now working in Melbourne, Australia - he, at Monash University, and she, at the University of Melbourne. Both have ties to Oxford University in Great Britian. THE ABSTRACT OF THEIR ARTICLE RUNS AS FOLLOWS: Abortion is largely accepted even for reasons that do not have anything to do with the fetus' healthy. By showing that (1) both fetuses and newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons, (2) the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrevant and (3) call "after-birth abortion" (killing a nerwborn) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled. Yes, they actually wrote that in a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal. These two ethicists - who do not deserve the title - advocate infanticide on the same level that abortion is "largely accepted," They generally conclude that the same arguments that can be marshaled in support of killing a fetus in the womb can be applied just as well to killing a child who has recently left the womb. Without apology, they argue that since, in their way of thinking, fetuses and newborns are only "potential people" and not actual ones, "the interests of actual people (parents, family, society) to pursue their own well-being" override any rights the fetuses and newborns allegedly have. They go on to say that adoption is not a valid alternative to infanticide because "the interests of the actual people involved matter." Thus, for example, since the birthmother may suffer "serious psychological problems due to the inability to elaborate (her) loss and to cope with (her) grief" in all? To them, it does because they do not believe that the newborn is a person capable of having interests. In their minds, the newborn is a sub-human, to borrow a term from eugenics, for calling them "potential persons," they are assigning them not-quite human status. As Jesus Christ admonishes us in Matthew 7:24-27 - His parable of building on the rock - our beliefs must be solidly built on a true and immovable foundation. The thinking of Guibilini and Minerva is akin to the "foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain came, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall" )Matthew 7:26-27). In this case, the house is liberal Western society, and under beliefs like "after-birth abortion," it will come crashing down in utter ruin. A reading of the article brings out that the authors ignore the foundational question of the sanctity of life. They make no argument regarding the salient question, "When does life begin?" It is apparent that they have already resolved and accepted the position that embryos, fetuses, and newborns do not have a right to continue life unless "actual persons" grant it to them. "God is in none of (their) thoughts" (Psalm 10:4). Having rejected god's very existence, and thus His revealed instructions for abundant living, they have set themselves - human beings - up as the highest authority, arbiters of life and death. With such power, they can decide by their own values and reasoning processes how and when any biological entity becomes a person deserving of a future exixtence. WHAT A BRAVE NEW WORLD MEN AND WOMEN HAVE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES IN THEIR DESIRE TO LIVE WITHOUT GOD! The sixth commandment, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13), covers this transgression quite adequately once we accept that the newborn child is certainly a living human being - and has been for many months. While the Bible contains no direct statement that life begins at conception, many passages show that God is involved in peoples lives before they are born (see Psalm 139:13-16; 51:5; Isaiah 49:5; Jeremiah 1:4-5) and that the fetus is aware and responsive to God (Luke 1:41,44). God even commands life for life if a fetus is miscarried (Exodus 21:22-24). The weight of biblical evidence falls on the side of life and full hummanity for fetuses and newborns. Actually, this brave new world of abortion and infanticide on demand is simply the modern equivalent of ancient pagan practices like the abhorrent idolatry of the Canaanites in the Old Testament times. Pagans would sacrifice their children to their gods to "ensure" that the living would have better lives. They would make a child "pass through the fire to Molech" (an act obviously forbidden by God; Leviticus 18:21) to supplicate the god to give them fertile fields, victory in battle, or some other blessing. Ironically, these ancient people held the life of a child as more dear than today's uber-selfish individuals do, as the latter most often abort babies merely for their own convenience. There is nothing ethical about "potential persons" and "after-birth abortion." They are the products of the twisted thinking of human beings turned in to the broadcasts of a hateful Satan the Devil (Ephesians 2:2-3). He wants to destroy human life. Hundreds of millions of abortions are not enough to sate his appetite, so he has deceived people into taking the next step toward annihilation, infanticide. Could there be a better reason to increase our prayers to God to send His Son soon? By John T. Ritenbaugh The Berean "Potential Persons" and "After-birth Abortion"

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and lived around lakes so I developed a love for racing boats, more specifically, hydroplanes. I started with a Class A (step Hydro, outboard) and eventually built a 3-point hydro (2 sponsons and a prop). As I got older I developed interest in dirt track racing. I moved to Southern California some 50 years ago I used to drive up to Bakersfield (Oildale) and watch the midgets and outlaws. I have the upmost respect for these vehicles and drivers as most are racing on a financial shoestring, but love their sport and are dedicated. If your talking NASCAR your also talking dirt track because this is where it all begins towards NASCAR. Just ask Rick Mears, Bakersfield, CA. Moving to the desert (Mojave Desert) was an eye opener for off-road racing, rock climbing-crawling, and hill climbs, and if you hang around long enough, someone eles will think of another event that will knock your socks off! In most off-roading your racing against the elements and there's no end as to the amount of investment you can put into these vehicles and again it is a love and dedication these drivers have for their sport and I thuroughly enjoy watching them compete. Here are some video's of what's happening in the Southwest Deserts. Maybe you too will become hooked on these off-road events as I am. Best in the West Desert Off-Road Racing: Las Vegas to Reno 2011 Best in the Desert off-road race footage from Koenig Racing. The course is approx 550 miles, it was a one day race on Friday, August 19th. Best in The Desert has, in the last fourteen years reached for a new frontier in the sport of Off-Road Racing. Mojave Desert 4 X 4 Off-Road Racing: Extreme Hillclimb - Formula Offroad Matland 2012: Hill Climbing and some Rock Crawling:

HARVESTING THE WATERS, THE PUNT GUN. World's Largest Shotgun. In the 1880's, at the height of hunting of waterfowl for commercial purposes, market hunters used large bore shotguns of domestic manufacture. The hunters mounted these cannon-like punt guns on the bow of a flat-bottomed duck boat, called a punt. They poled the boat quietly, at night, close to a flock of ducks resting on the water and fired a large load of shot and powder that killed many ducks at once. Used in tandem, a group of hunters could bag five hundred ducks per day. Federal Laws banned punt guns, market hunting, and the fashion feather trade by 1920, after much of the wild bird population was decimated from decades of over-hunting. See the Punt Gun Fired: THE ABRAMS TANK SHOTGUN CANISTER. The tank cartridge, 120mm, canister, XM1028, is a tank round comprised of 1150 tungsten balls, which are expelled upon muzzle exit. While the dispersion pattern increases with range as the velocity of the balls decreases, the dense tungsten balls are used to minimize the velocity fall-off. The requirements of the round are to provide effective rapid lethal reaction against massed assulting infantry armed with hand held anti-tank and automatic weapons at close range (500 meters of less) thereby improving survivability. Additionally, this round will signigficantly increase the tank's lethality and enhance the tank crew's survivability. This additional capability will give the Abrams Tank the ability to survive RPG ambushes and fully support friendly infantry assults. View tank canister being fired from Abrams Tank. It's pretty impressive at the end of the video when you view the tank taking out a row of targets that could be 100 to 150 yards wide and from a distance of 4 to 5 hundred yards, we can only guess or estimage the distance used from this video.