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05-28-2006, 11:19 PM | #46 |
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Well done MaggieL! I'm an old Omaha fan myself, and I've used that line in conversation time to time. Too bad the tale was never finished AFAIK.
Polymer-frame Commander-length 1911 clone in Gwennie's paw, I see. Somebody has classicist taste in handguns. Is it one of the unusual kind with an external extractor? That dot aft the ejection port suggests something different from John Browning's original internal extractor.
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Sweet. I like 1911s, own two (one's about eighty years old, w/new firing pin retaining plate, and reblued, with "Property of United States" ground off the frame), and have heard good report of Kimber. Next largebore centerfire pistol I get, I'd want either a Kimber or a .45 Kahr.
Is there a chapter of Pink Pistols in your area? They might be fun to shoot with. Thanks very much for the new info -- haven't bought comix in some time.
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Gwennie and I founded the Delaware Valley chapter about five years ago. She's National Media Spokesperson for the Pistols. The original founder Doug Krick (who had been quite active with the LP up in Massachusetts) was an old friend of hers; we found out *after* getting involved. :-). DelVal meets every third Saturday for lunch and then shoots at a local range after.
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Outstanding, and neato mosquito. If you're going to use arms, you should use them with skill and with diligence. Robert Heinlein once wrote, "A man should . . .fight efficiently, die gallantly. . . [quite an assortment of desiderata in the ellipses]. . . Specialization is for insects."
Maybe someday if you two come out to southern California, we might arrange to shoot in Holser Canyon, the extreme upper end of which hosts the annual Steel Challenge competition every August. Holser Canyon, near Piru, CA, is so end-to-end with shooting ranges it might as well be named "Holster Canyon." It would take a bit of arranging, as I don't have a membership out there, but it might be done.
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Thanks for the invitation; I've been to CA but go there as infrequently as possible.
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The original article on this subject was a complete fabrication. The author of the story, Amir Taheri, is standing by it, but has no evidence or sources that will corroborate his story. The paper that printed the original column has issued a retraction. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the draft of the law that was being discussed, and confirmed that all it did was encourage Iranians to wear Islamic clothing. The whole story was complete disinformation.
A good overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ir...aw_controversy And another: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0525/dailyUpdate.html It may interest some of you to know that Amir Taheri was invited to the White House on Tuesday to offer his 'expert' opinion on Iran. So we're being fed inflammatory disinformation in order to get us to start a pre-emptive war in the middle east. This sounds oddly familiar... Quote:
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You do know the difference between Iraq and Iran?
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06-07-2006, 02:14 AM | #57 |
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Well, it's an interesting strategy. You don't address any of the facts about the debunked story from the articles I posted, like that the National Post retracted the story in question or the refutation by the Associated Press, but instead repost the story, and a couple more articles by the same author. Perhaps you'd like to explain what it is you're trying to prove? Once someone's veracity is questioned, maybe you should check to see that their facts right instead of taking their word on their own honesty.
And are you actually suggesting that it's all right to invite this man, widely recognized as having fabricated disinformation to feed into the 'attack Iran' mentality, invited to the White House to provide 'expert' advice on any Middle East policy? Perhaps you think that, though he lies about Iran, he's scrupulously honest about Iraq? Or was it just a reflexive "you made a typo, neener neener" response?
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As for "strategy", what I actually said was "it's interesting to read original sources"...which was apparently was the Taheri opinion piece (rather than the retracted Canadian article), which, far from being retracted, Taheri say's he's standing by. The other "original source" of course is the Snow briefing vs. the Ivans screed on "Truthdig". I say it's interesting to read them. And I'm standing by that.
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You are instead quoting the Post retracting what they wrote about what Tahiri wrote. We have Tahiri's article, and his statement after the brouhaha. If you want to call him a liar, wouldn't it be better to use his words rather than those of The Post, the Majalis or Molly Ivans? Pardon me, but your "typo" story severely strains my credulity...I find you reading Ivans and parroting her line (rather than reading the original Snow briefing) much more plausible. On the other hand, Happy Monkey was able to actually quote the Snow briefing and still get it wrong, so...
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