Randy would have been 53 today...

R.I.P. - Randy Miller - February 4, 1957 - November 8, 2008
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Kids endangered by toy gun safety!

Since there have been no reports of injuries, I don't feel bad about pointing out the irony of this.

9,600 toy guns from Dollar General have been recalled because the orange safety tip can come off and pose a choking hazard.

Adding to the irony is that the toy gun models are ones patterned after Special Forces and police models.

As David Codrea reminds us, many hoplophobes and gun-haters think that the police and military are "the only ones" who should have guns. How's that working out, anyway...?


For the sake of safety, the entire recall is reproduced below:

NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 3, 2010
Release # 10-132

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 678-9258
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Dollar General Recalls Toy Guns Due to Choking Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation
with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following
consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately
unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Special Forces and Police SWAT Toy Gun Sets

Units: About 9,600

Retailer: Dollar General, of Goodlettsville, Tenn.

Importer: Dolgencorp LLC, of Goodlettsville, Tenn.

Hazard: The orange tips located at the end of the toy guns' barrels, which are
designed to distinguish them from real guns, can easily be removed from the
barrels, posing a choking hazard to children.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: This recall includes a Special Forces Weapons and Accessories Set
and a SWAT Police Play Equipment Set. Each set includes two toy guns and related
accessories. The number 48JQH09 is printed on the right side of the larger gun
included in the recalled sets.

Sold at: Dollar General stores in 35 states from September 2009 through October
2009 for about $5.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled toy guns away from
children and return them to any Dollar General for a full refund or a
replacement product.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Dollar General Corp. at
(800) 678-9258 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the
firm's Web site at www.dollargeneral.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the recalled
products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml10/10132.html

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Video: Strike of the Sword: A Marine's Video Diary, Parts 1 and 2

Seeing this made me think of something else one could add to their care package for soldiers: Scotch Magic tape.

I'm not endorsing a brand for the sake of the brand, but you can easily write over this tape, whereas with regular "cellophane" tape, you cannot.

Imagine how a few rolls of Magic tape would help Cpl. Hausmann keep his diary in shape.

And imagine how it feels when a precious photo or letter gets torn over there.

Something else they really love - Ziplocs or other sealing plastic bags of all sizes. You can imagine how useful those are!

Send 'em a little magic! See AnySolider.com to help them out.

(hat tip to Theo Spark)

See part two at Theo's place.

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Scott Brown: RINO on gun control, RomneyCare...

It’s nice to know that he’s gonna block at least part of Barack’s agenda, but the guy’s a RINO!

Not only did he support RomneyCare, but look at this from OnTheIssues.org:

Rep. Brown indicated he supports the following principles concerning gun issues:

Allow citizens to carry concealed guns.

Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns.

Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows.

Require a license for gun possession.

YIKES! What is he - from Massachusetts or something?!

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Gun Porn Warning Logo

In a recent YouTube comment, tnoutdoors9 said someone should create a gun porn warning logo.

I took a stab at it... feel free to link to your creations in the comments.

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Jake 1996 - 2010. Good boy, Jake. Rest in peace, boy.

We lost our black Labrador Retriever "Jake" late Friday / early Saturday January 16, 2010. He was almost 14.

Ever since he died, the song "Feed Jake" will not leave my mind.

I always seem to give several nicknames to an animal...

Dad usually called him "Jake the Snake" or just "Snake", so I called him that and "Snake Boy" (sort of after "Lobster Boy" - I dunno why).

I also called him "Sneaky Snake" after the Tom T. Hall song.

When my wife Jackie would mow the grass, he would hide out in the grass watching her until she got close, then move to another spot. For that I called him "Snake in the Grass".

Once in a while we called him "Seal Boy" because of the way he would whine and bark like a seal. We had heard about a lab that got rescued from a fire and when the fireman first heard it, he thought it was a pet seal.

Jake yelped and whined just like a little puppy when his mommy would come home. He loved his mommy more than anything, and I was happy to take second place to him. I think I'm lucky he didn't have thumbs!

But more than anything, I called him "my old buddy", and he was indeed that.

We made this short video of him when we took him to Mounds State Park last year. He liked it out there.

We dearly loved him and we miss him. He was a great companion.

Good boy, Jake. Rest in peace, boy...

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Background on Glenn Beck's "Revolutionary Holocaust" documentary

If you missed Glenn Beck's documentary "Revolutionary Holocaust", I highly recommend that you watch it here or below.

Then be sure to see the documentary on which Glenn relied heavily in making his. It's called "The Soviet Story".

Even as big a buff of World War 2 and the Cold War as I am, I was blown away by it.

For example, its exposé of George Bernard Shaw as a supporter of Stalin, Hitler, and eugenics was stunning.

But it is backed up with old video of Shaw asking societal "parasites" to "kindly justify your existence".

And it ties Hitler to Marx even tighter than I had known.

Wow.... Just. Wow.

These two documentaries together constitute a damning indictment of Socialism and Progressivism.

This may be remembered as the point in history when the "Beck Bomb" was dropped on the Left.

We can hope....

You can see "The Soviet Story" online here or below.



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