Donald Trump is probably getting a chuckle out of this.

Germany’s left-of-center government, like most in Europe, long ago began worshipping at the Church of Climate Change, eschewing cheap, reliable fossil fuels for sketchy, unreliable and imminently more expensive “green renewable” energy sources, mostly wind and solar power.

That said, the country never really weaned itself off of fossil fuels. Rather, in a ridiculous grand scheme of virtue signaling, Germany just decided to buy most of its natural gas and other fossil fuel energy from Russia — a country that the NATO member was supposed to be defending the continent against.

Famously, then-President Donald Trump warned the country during a September 2018 speech at the United Nations, “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course. Here in the Western Hemisphere, we are committed to maintaining our independence from the encroachment of expansionist foreign powers.”

At the time, German diplomats in attendance smirked and chuckled at Trump’s prophecy. He has since been proven right — again.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project Germany was building in conjunction with Russia has ceased and Russian gas is not flowing into Germany due to EU sanctions following the invasion. As such, Europe’s biggest economy is on the brink of collapse because it doesn’t have enough alternative or domestic sources of fossil fuels needed to power its industries.

But it now appears that Germany has learned a hard lesson and is coming full-circle on its energy production: The government in Berlin has elected to dismantle a wind farm so that it can open a coal mine, as reported by OilPrice.com.

Simply put, you can’t make this kind of lunacy up:

A wind farm is being dismantled in western Germany to make way for an expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in a “paradoxical” situation highlighting the current prioritization of energy security over clean energy in Europe’s biggest economy.

The dismantling of at least one wind turbine at the wind farm close to the German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy giant RWE, has already started. RWE says that lignite, or brown coal, has been mined from the Garzweiler coalfields for over 100 years.

RWE also said at the end of September that three of its lignite-fired coal units that were previously on standby would return to the electricity market on schedule in October.

“The three lignite units each have a capacity of 300 megawatts (MW). With their deployment, they contribute to strengthening the security of supply in Germany during the energy crisis and to saving natural gas in electricity generation,” RWE noted last month.

The company plans to expand the lignite mine at Garzweiler after a court in Münster in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia ruled in the energy group’s favor over a land dispute in March in which the firm sought to expand the mine.

In remarks regarding the dismantling of the wind turbine farm to make way for the mine expansion, Guido, Steffen, a spokesman for RWE, told the Guardian: “We realize this comes across as paradoxical. But that is as matters stand.”

More like hypocritical as can be.

Still, earlier this week, the ministry for economic and energy affairs of the state of North-Rhine Westphalia urged RWE to abandon the plan to dismantle the wind farm because even as Germany starves for energy, adherents to the religion of climate change and green energy still don’t get it.

“In the current situation, all potential for the use of renewable energy should be exhausted as much as possible and existing turbines should be in operation for as long as possible,” a spokesperson for the state’s ministry told the Guardian.

Sources include:

OilPrice.com

NaturalNews.com

I have some velcro that doesn't hold any more and im wondering what you guys have for ideas to close a cargo pocket. I was going to replace the velcro but then starting thinking of other ways like small earth magnets but then there is the chance of damaging electronics. So before i do something i figured i would ask.

Sorry if this is a dupe, but I heard about this earlier today and looked up the article in question.

Scary times we are living in:

This is for cool memes, gifs, articles, or whatever, that dont rate a whole thread but deserve to be seen. Ill begin.

Might be a false flag (certainly a red flag), but how was this not met with gunfire from our side?

For the Month of November we will have a one time Black Friday Sale on Select Models/Configurations


Original List price $725 shipped
SALE PRICE - $650 SHIPPED

Manners EH1s RH
Remington 700 SA & Clones
Hawkins M5 DBM Inlet
Rem Sendero/Varmint barrel inlet
2 Sling Studs (1 Front, 1 Rear)
1/2” Pad, 13.5” LOP

1 - SOLD
2 - N/A
3 - SOLD
4 - BACK N BLACK
5 - SOLD
6 - SOLD
7 - SOLD
8 - SOLD






Manners EH2s RH
Remington 700 SA & Clones
Hawkins M5 DBM Inlet
Bartlein #3 Barrel
3 Sling Studs (2 Front, 1 Rear)
1/2” Pad, 13.5” LOP

9 - SOLD
10 - SOLD






Manners EH1s LEFT HANDED
Remington 700 Long Action & Clones
Hawkins M5 DBM Inlet
Bartlein #3B Barrel
3 Sling Studs (2 Front, 1 Rear)
1” Pad, 13.5” LOP

11 - SOLD
12 - BACK N BLACK
13 - CUSTOM COLOR FDE & LIGHT GREY
14 - SOLD
15 - MIDNIGHT




Manners EH1s RH
Remington 700 LA & Clones
Hawkins M5 DBM Inlet
Proof Sendero barrel inlet
2 Sling Studs (1 Front, 1 Rear)
1/2” Pad, 13.5” LOP

Original List price $800 shipped(these stocks are from the NEWEST price bracket from Manners so that’s why they’re more expensive)
SALE PRICE - $725 SHIPPED

16 - HIGHPLAINS
17 - HIGHPLAINS
18 - SWAMP
19 - SWAMP
20 - SOLD
21 - SOLD
22 - MIDNIGHT
23 - BACK N BLACK

John Nolte1 Nov 2022635




Our COVID oppressors at the far-left Atlantic are now begging for a COVID amnesty in the wake of all their anti-science COVID oppression.
That’s not going to happen.
Ever.
First, never forget the Atlantic is owned by this fascist who did this while you and I weren’t allowed to visit our relatives in hospitals or nursing homes or attend funerals.
Because I’ve needed both, I’m a big fan of forgiveness and second chances. Before that can happen, however, there must first be an admission of wrongdoing, an apology, accountability, and repentance.
We’re seeing nothing even close to that from our COVID oppressors. Instead, all we see is lying and gaslighting. The best example is Dr. Anthony Fauci — the COVID opressor’s tin idol — running around saying, Who me? I didn’t call for lockdowns. I didn’t call for school closures.
The thrust of the dishonest Atlantic piece is pure lies: “We didn’t know” what we didn’t know at the time.

In April 2020, with nothing else to do, my family took an enormous number of hikes. We all wore cloth masks that I had made myself. We had a family hand signal, which the person in the front would use if someone was approaching on the trail and we needed to put on our masks. Once, when another child got too close to my then-4-year-old son on a bridge, he yelled at her “SOCIAL DISTANCING!”

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The World Health Organization admitted that the very lockdown policies it advocated for have resulted in a rise of mental health issues. https://t.co/o2Zo0li3Dp
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) June 17, 2022

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These precautions were totally misguided. In April 2020, no one got the coronavirus from passing someone else hiking. Outdoor transmission was vanishingly rare. Our cloth masks made out of old bandanas wouldn’t have done anything, anyway. But the thing is: We didn’t know.

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Okay, but here is what you did know on day one…
You did know… The elderly were most at risk, and yet you still flooded nursing homes with infected COVID patients and then aided and abetted the cover up.
You did know… The risk of catching the China Flu was the same in a big box store or a small business. You still closed and bankrupted small businesses.
You did know… Everyday American had to watch their loved ones buried via Zoom, and then you attended the funeral for John Lewis.
You did know… The risk to children was minimal, and you still closed schools and practiced the cruelty of forcing crying and confused toddlers into masks.
You did know… People legally traveling to America were as capable of spreading infection as those illegally entering America. Yet, you still refused to stop illegal immigration.
You did know… That while we were shamed, ridiculed, fined, punished, and bankrupted for not following your fascist rules, that one left-wing COVID oppressor after another — including Fauci, Nancy Pelosi, Chris Cuomo, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Muriel Bowser, the United Nations — proved they knew those rules were unnecessary by personally violating them.

You did know… Every gathering came same with the same risk of infection. Yet, you cheered and joined Black Lives Matter and Antifa “gatherings,” while condemning any gathering of Trump supporters or the Faithful.


You did know… You declared liquor stores “necessary” while locking Churches and Synagogues.


You did know… It was as safe to buy vegetables as vegetable seeds. Yet you made seeds off limits.


You did know… It was unconstitutional for anyone outside of state legislatures to alter voting rules. Yet you did so anyway.


You did know… There was zero proof the vaccine stopped the spread of infection or prevented anyone from becoming infected. Yet you lied and said it did to justify firing, fining, ridiculing, harassing, dehumanizing, bullying, and discriminating.


You did know… Every human life is worthy. Yet you still laughed at those of us who died, wished us dead, and threatened violence against us.


No.


There will be no amnesty before there is accountability for the savages who forced our loved ones to die alone.

There will be no forgiveness before there’s a reckoning for the mercenary liars who abused our elderly and children.


There will be no moving on before there’s justice for those who were bankrupted, fined, jailed, mourned alone, forced into lonely despair, and stripped of youth’s magic and irreplaceable moments.


Most of all, there will be no reprieve because you are not sorry; because given the opportunity, you will do it all over again; because you are vicious, heartless, mercenary, politically-driven bullies only asking for amnesty so you can catch us off guard the next time.

Selling my Knights Armament SR-25 ER rifle new in the case, not fired since receiving it new from KAC. It has the case, one magazine and all the paperwork that came with it. Located in Deland, FL and will ship anywhere in the lower 48 from my FFL to yours. Not looking for any trades on this one. I have several transactions with fellow members, all positive.

Asking $6,900 shipped. Thanks for looking!

This past weekend I went to the range to shoot hand loads out of my Bergara B-14 HMR in 308 and 2 out of the 30 rounds didn't go off. I hit both of them twice and neither one detonated on the 2nd strike.

My reloading process is generally:
1. Deprime
2. Anneal
3. Clean in vibratory tumbler for 3 hours
4. Resize in F/L sizing die (Lee F/L sizing die with expander ball removed).
5. Neck size with expander mandrel
6. Trim
7. 1 hour cleaning in vibratory tumbler to remove any case lube and/or metal shavings
8. Prime
9. Add powder
10. Seat bullet

I didn't clean my brass with an ultrasonic cleaner and no moisture/water got into them (I made the ammo about 2 days before shooting it). Below are pictures of the two primers with a primer that successfully detonated for reference. To me it looks like the edges of the two primers have some scorching but they didn't go off all the way. The marks on the back don't look like light strikes to me. They are Remington 9 1/2 Large Rifle primers.

Anyway, I am wondering if anyone has any idea why this happened. The only thing I have been doing different recently (although I've had several range sessions using this method without incident) was switching from using my Lee F/L sizing die with expander ball to removing the expander ball and using an expander mandrel after running the brass through the F/L sizing die. Could this have perhaps made my brass slightly shorter resulting in more head space and a less solid hit on the brass? I just find it hard to believe that it could be the primers themselves that were to blame.

While I assume that the .308 will be at or near the top of the list, I was curious what most here suggest for calibers best suited (or still having acceptable ballistics) for barrel lengths between 16.5-20" might be? This will be a hunting rifle used mostly here in Texas for everything from whitetail to antelope and even aoudad. I am interested in these shorter barrel lengths because I plan to run a TBAC Ultra7 on the end and I don't want a freaking light saber of gun since it'll see some occasional use in the blind and tree stands. I know I will give up velocity and energy with most calibers when going shorter but I don't foresee this rifle getting use beyond 400-500 yards max. Let me hear your thoughts and suggestions.

I had no idea things like this actually existed outside of movies. Im so far behind the tech curve its shameful

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What is the actual cause of barrel wear? He has an interesting theory. It would been nice if he could have had added a few pictures to help point out the issues with throat erosion and fire checking...

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Hi all,

So I'm all the way down in South Africa and we can't get Lemi shine here... to be used when wet tumbling brass.

I've been told to just use citric acid.

So.. same measure, 1 table spoon ?

or do you add something more to it.

G

Hello I have for your consideration a KAC lower. Parts include: KAC lower, KAC trigger guard, KAC QD endplate & castlenut, LMT buffer tube (take off from factory KAC gun), ALG LPK, geissele maritime bolt catch, Larue MBT2s trigger. It will come with either butt stock, magpul acs or magpul moe SL-k, or both. Ive personally never used this lower and have not put a single round through it however it is in used condition. Will not come with buffer or spring.

$825 shipped

John 832-882-7565

Vortex PST Gen 2 3-15
EBR-2C MRAD

Seekins Precision low .82 rings
Vortex Lo Pro bubble level
Vortex throw lever
One Vortex defender scope cap

In great shape. Couple small scratches on turrets. $600 shipped

All,
Like the title says, I have a Razor LHT (MRAD) 4.5-22x50. Scope is brand new, not mounted. Asking $1,100 shipped TYD. Let me know if have any questions. Thanks for looking!

Razor Gen 2 4.5-27x
EBR-7C MRAD
Comes with MK Machining throw lever. Glass is perfect. Has a light scratch on sunshade and couple marks on elevation turret cover, as shown in pics. $1550 shipped.

I posted here about a year ago about the current situation I was in at a company. I started a new role at a different company 8 months back, setting up & running CNC press brakes. I like the job a lot actually, and I have progressed pretty good in that amount of time, especially for it being brand new to me. I’m weekend shift Fri., Sat., Sun. 7am-7pm. It’s nice having the 4 day weekends, but it’s tough to get any kind of social activities in being I work while most are off.

I applied at a smaller machine shop right down the road from me last Wednesday after seeing signs up looking for workers. So, I stopped in and submitted a resume and to my surprise the receptionist paged the production supervisor and gave me an interview while he showed me around he shop. They seem like really solid people (foreman and the union guys). The opening is for 2nd shift CNC milling operators.

I explained I have no experience in this craft, my CNC experience is coming from forming sheet metal components, but they must have liked me and seen potential. Most of the work doesn’t look too intimidating, they machine off of extruded aluminum instead of solid stock.

My second interview is with ownership tomorrow, and wanted to ask you guys your opinion. Am I big on working 2nd shift? No. If it were a year or less before I got days, I would work it though. I’d be making $1/hr more if I accept this job. I don’t really hate the company I’m at now, but I don’t really love it either, so I’m just seeing what’s out there and keeping an open mind. At my age (32 years old) I feel like I really need to start settling in on a career and to stop taking ‘jobs’ but I’m not sure what I’d be interested in.

Would you guys pursue the machining gig? Or stay where I’m at for the time being?

I appreciate any and all advice.

I want a backpack I can remove without removing the waist belt. I want to keep my mags, etc, on my waist belt after the pack is removed. I saw a back a while back that had a tab on the backpack that slid into a space on hip belt for support, but allowed you to easily remove the pack, leaving the belt on.

Anyone know what pack that is??

Thanks

Looking to sell my unfired 6.5 creedmoor.

Bighorn TL3 SA DLC medium tang
Trigger Tech Diamond Trigger
Manners Composite EH1A GAP elite camo
(3 flush cups, two left, one bottom rear, badger pic rail front w/flush cup)
Manners SA mini chassi
Proof Research Bighorn Pre-fit barrel 1-8 twist 6.5 creedmoor
WTO Switch Lug (professionally installed by a local gunsmith)
Silencerco muzzle brake
Hawkins Lightweight Hybrid rings (30moa/30mm low)
Two magazines (1 Hawkins flush/1 accurate mag)

Not looking to part out.

$3,100 FFL to FFL

Don't buy any. 550 cord and zip tie the gates to your front door shut and then watch people die inside as their fat asses walk up all of the steps to get to said gate, and the gate won't open only to realize that they are still 10-12 feet away from the door and doorbell.

On another note, I randomly just found my 1998 dated KSK field jacket. I'm now worried there's a live grenade or a Carl Gustav in this box somewhere.

Happy Halloween you fucking muppets.

I just posted this on rokslide, but going to post here as well:

Today I was out hunting West of Benson AZ, just north of Mescal in Unit 33 for mule deer. I was hunting in AZ State Trust Land, East of Mescal Road by mile marker 3, to provide some context for those that know the area.

Didn't have much luck in the morning, saw a few doe but no bucks. By the early afternoon I ended up hiking to an area that was just a bit South of where I was hunting in the morning and on Friday, to see if there was any good terrain to glass from. While hiking around I heard a series of gunshots - at first I thought someone was just a really bad shot and shooting at a deer, but after the 4th or 5th shot, I assumed they may have been target shooting and didn't think much of it besides it being a bit odd (even though I don't think target shooting is allowed on AZ State Trust Land). I ended up on a hillside facing south, and setup my tripod and bino's to glass.

I was there for about 5 minutes, and then I would hear a gunshot and a second later the whizzing of a bullet flying over my head. Boom, another shot and bullet flying over my head. I hit the deck to reduce my signature, as I was pretty exposed on the hillside that I was on. I think one or two more shots went over me, then a pause. I got up in the kneeling position, and as soon as I did I hear another boom, followed by a bullet flying over my head. At this point I'm thinking "what the F...CK, someone is definitely shooting AT me". I waited another moment or two, then grabbed my backpack, tripod with binos and my rifle and ran over the crest of the hill so I was no longer exposed. No more gunshots after that.

I headed straight to my vehicle, which was pretty close at that point. I would periodically stop and scan with my bino's to see if I could see anyone in the vicinity. I never saw who was shooting me. I'm assuming they were shooting from a dirt road that runs parallel to Mescal, that had a few spots which they could've shot at me from. As I left in my vehicle there was two guys and a girl loading up an OHV on a trailer where the dirt road meets Mescal Road, but this is a popular hunting area and I'm not going to make any assumptions it was them without any proof.

I have no idea what to make of this situation. This is my first hunt ever, and only my second day hunting (and last) for this specific hunt. Tomorrow is the last day for my specific hunt, but after today's experience I'm just going to call it quits and cut my losses. I was really excited about picking up this new hobby, but this really puts a damper on my enthusiasm for it.

LOL

@lowlight

Well, it only took 5 years. That's a long time considering one of the murdered girls had the presence of mind to turn on the video of her cellphone that captured both the image and voice of their eventual murderer and abductor. Rest In Peace Abby and Libby.

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In a town of 3,000; how hard was it to find this guy? He matches the video and the first police drawing.

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