Wat’s Carbon Water-N-Stuff Thread - Concepts In Iron And Wood!!!

[Wat_Tyler]

Some folks just ain't got no manners.

Mama ain’t raised them right.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Just doing my part in the fight over glowbull warmongering.

Of which there is entirely too damned much.



That, and glowball whining….

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Some days, work is not all that is cracked up to be….

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

NPR.

The vote is a victory for Republicans who have long had National Public Radio (NPR) in their sights. But it is also a victory for those of any political stripe who believe the government has no business funding the media.

I didn’t use to count myself among them. But over the past year, under the leadership of a divisive new CEO, instead of taking criticisms of its coverage to heart, NPR instead doubled down on agenda-driven journalism. So, as someone who had spent most of his career at the network, I didn’t support defunding. I instead suggested that NPR could build back credibility by voluntarily giving up federal support. Obviously that didn’t happen.

NPR has said President Donald Trump’s push for defunding is an attack on press freedom and the First Amendment. While defunding is a harsh rebuke to NPR, it’s not fatal. A relatively small portion of its budget—some 5 to 10 percent depending on how you do the math—comes from direct and indirect federal funding. But for small public radio stations that rely more on federal support, the repercussions could be severe. While Republicans cast the votes to defund, NPR also has itself to blame for the outcome.

It’s a self-inflicted wound, a product of how NPR embraced a fringe progressivism that cost it any legitimate claim to stand as an impart

 

[Wat_Tyler]

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[Rebel5soul]

While on the subject of defunding, the ATF's budget has been severely cut, rolled back 10 years actually along with some spending restrictions.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

They should roll back the Marshal's Service far enough to resurrect Randy Weaver's son.

 

[Rebel5soul]

There's another one that traces straight back to the ATF.

 

[RoryN]

There's another one that traces straight back to the ATF.

October, 2024: https://forum.literotica.com/thread...y-result-in-the-release.1620417/post-99778819

How many of those billionaires on the Epstein lists do you think are donating hugely to the Harris campaign?

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

All the wealth you've acquired from beginningless time until now has failed to fulfill all your desires. Cultivate therefore this wish-granting gem of moderation, O fortunate ones.
~ Milarepa, "Drinking the Mountain Stream"




You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.




Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

~ Marie Curie

 

[Wat_Tyler]

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[Wat_Tyler]

Not much of an article. However:


https://athlonoutdoors.com/article/...P40:+Germany’s+Influential+9mm+Submachine+Gun


The MP40, or Maschinenpistole 40, was a turning point in submachine gun design and manufacture. Early submachine guns relied on heavy and expensive milled-steel components. They also featured bulky wooden stocks inspired by contemporary carbines. The MP40 pioneered the use of economical and lightweight materials such as aluminum, plastic, and sheet-metal stampings. As Thomas Nelson observed in The World’s Submachine Guns, “The MP40…left a legacy in production techniques which are copied by practically every country to indulge in submachine gun production since the MP40 set the pace.” Although the MP40 was certainly revolutionary, it also benefitted from earlier German designs.


And so on . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Question
Authority!!!

Every single day . . . .

 

[stxjimmy]

Every single day . . . .

Like you did with your ban and your continued use of Molotov memes !

 

[Rebel5soul]

Well Wat, have you noticed that there's s sub-set of people that seem to wake up in the morning looking for ways to be offended? And much like the pessimist, they're never disappointed.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

And truly, it is just so goddamn sad.


Bucket of tears sad.


Several buckets.


Drought ending sadness….

 

[coati]

NPR.

The vote is a victory for Republicans who have long had National Public Radio (NPR) in their sights. But it is also a victory for those of any political stripe who believe the government has no business funding the media.

I didn’t use to count myself among them. But over the past year, under the leadership of a divisive new CEO, instead of taking criticisms of its coverage to heart, NPR instead doubled down on agenda-driven journalism. So, as someone who had spent most of his career at the network, I didn’t support defunding. I instead suggested that NPR could build back credibility by voluntarily giving up federal support. Obviously that didn’t happen.

NPR has said President Donald Trump’s push for defunding is an attack on press freedom and the First Amendment. While defunding is a harsh rebuke to NPR, it’s not fatal. A relatively small portion of its budget—some 5 to 10 percent depending on how you do the math—comes from direct and indirect federal funding. But for small public radio stations that rely more on federal support, the repercussions could be severe. While Republicans cast the votes to defund, NPR also has itself to blame for the outcome.

It’s a self-inflicted wound, a product of how NPR embraced a fringe progressivism that cost it any legitimate claim to stand as an impart

Wat continues to act as a tool for disseminating MAGAt propaganda.

 

[Rebel5soul]

And truly, it is just so goddamn sad.


Bucket of tears sad.


Several buckets.


Drought ending sadness….

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Still no word on that damn MIA package.


I think we start working on a non-MIA refund.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Still no word on that damn MIA package.


I think we start working on a non-MIA refund.

Sounds like a plan. Turn the vise a half turn tighter.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yeah, something like that.



Meanwhile, it's Friday!!!



Time for a . . . cocktail . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Firearms Report Data​

• The estimated total number of firearms in civilian possession from 1990-2021 is 473.2 million, according to data in reports such as ATF Firearms Commerce in the United States, ATF Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Reports and Congressional Research Service and including the collective ATF Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER) reports up to the 2021 edition.
• Total domestic firearm production reported in the 2021 AFMER was 12,521,614 – an increase of 28.6 percent over 2020 reported figures.
• Data indicates that 28,144,000 Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) are in circulation since 1990.
• MSR production increased 32 percent from 2020 to 2021. This increased the estimated amount of MSRs produced (since 1990) by 15 percent from 24.4 million to 28.1 million.
• In 2021, 21,037,810 total firearms were made available for the U.S. market, which includes firearms that were domestically produced plus those imported, minus exported firearms. Of those, 12,799,067 were handguns, 4,832,198 were rifles and 3,406,545 were shotguns.
• An interim 2022 estimate showed a total of 11,217,388 total firearms were domestically produced. Of those 6,148,877 were pistols, 830,800 were revolvers, 3,575,322 were rifles and 662,389 were shotguns. Those are interim reports and will be updated when complete reports are available from the ATF.
• Firearm and ammunition manufacturing accounted for over 12,400 employees producing over $5.6 billion in goods shipped in 2021.
• From 1990 to 2021, 254,753,372 firearms have been made available to the U.S. market.