Archive for February 10th, 2011

For Cthluhu’s sake, why?

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

As much as I like LaRue Tactical and the 10/22, this is one product I won’t be purchasing.

(Hattip: Say Uncle.)

(Edited to add: Video of the product in action here. Thanks to our friend James.)

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Mexican Gun Ducks!

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

I generally don’t read Stratfor articles unless someone points me to them. Nothing against Stratfor; it’s just a matter of limited time, and the sort of geopolitics Stratfor usually covers being more along the lines of other bloggers.

However, Snowflakes In Hell has a link to a solid article on the Mexican gun issue.

…the 3,480 guns positively traced to the United States equals less than 12 percent of the total arms seized in Mexico in 2008 and less than 48 percent of all those submitted by the Mexican government to the ATF for tracing. This means that almost 90 percent of the guns seized in Mexico in 2008 were not traced back to the United States.

Interesting fact:

Cartel hit men in Mexico commonly use .380 pistols equipped with sound suppressors in their assassinations. In many cases, these pistols are purchased in Mexico, the suppressors are locally manufactured and the guns are adapted to receive the suppressors by Mexican gunsmiths.

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I’m not worried.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Interesting article in the NYT about the state of the Houston Grand Opera, focusing in particular on their recent productions of “Dead Man Walking” and “Lucia di Lammermoor”.

Clearly the work being done here is on a par with almost anything the company has undertaken, and in some ways finer.

Good to know.

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Obit watch: February 10, 2011.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Emory Bellard, former Texas, Texas A&M, and Spring Westfield football coach.

He spent five years as an assistant at Texas, where he helped Royal revive the Longhorns’ football fortunes by creating the wishbone, the high-octane, run-oriented scheme that carried the Longhorns to 30 consecutive victories from 1968 through 1970 and to national championships in 1969 and 1970.

He had two 10-win seasons at Texas A&M, including a share of the 1975 Southwest Conference championship, and spent seven years at Mississippi State, twice coaching the Bulldogs to top 20 finishes. His final coaching job was at Spring Westfield, where the Mustangs reached the playoffs four times in six years.

There’s nothing wrong with breast cancer awareness, but where are the colored mugs and other tchotkes for ALS?

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