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Interesting video. I continue to maintain a home with equity is an asset - one without a note is a much larger asset. Yes, unless inherited, it is an asset that will be legally expressed in part as a capital gain - that value above purchase price and improvements cost basis. But the original...

Lots and lots

I wear Oticon and you won't find them at Walmart or anywhere else for $700. Though Walmart does have a host of cheap (as opposed to inexpensive) hearing aids.

Lot of veterans in our group on this site, virtually all of which have had a lot of kinetic exposure of one form or another. I think I can confidently speak for most that one simply learns to live with it. In my case, I only notice it, when I think about it. Then it can be really loud and...

I do not believe that we have made any decision to attack Iran's petroleum infrastructure - at least not yet. Indeed, there seems to have been something of a disagreement between the administration and Israel following the IDF strike on the Tehran storage facility that was used by the regime...

Or do not have a house note. In that case, the house becomes an appreciating asset that will benefit your heirs with no attached burden other than a property tax for however long they maintain ownership. They would also owe a capital gains tax but only on the gains realized since inheritance...

I have purchased most of my R8 components through Eurooptic https://www.eurooptic.com/ And I can not recommend them more highly. They are great folks on the phone and can help you create the perfect combination of features to make the best rifle for your needs (including budget). One really...

I don't know who got to Joe Kent, but He probably should have reviewed his posts with respect to Iran over the last few years before pulling a Tucker Carlson. I don't think he will even get his fifteen minutes. There are many other similar posts.

The Russian Army was miserably trained and organized by NATO standards in 2022. Now that cadre is long dead. Their SOF forces were destroyed in the first six-months of the Ukraine war. Their twenty- year modernization effort is nothing but rusting metal on the Ukrainian Steppes. They are a...

I notice it is far worse than most uninformed people in the West believe. Far, far worse.

The R8 did significantly improve the bolt lock of the R8 over the 93.

I have three R8 receiver/stock groups and barrels in .404, .375. 300 Win Mag, 6.5x55, and .257 WBY. My .375 has taken two Cape Buffalo Bulls and a host of plains game; the .300 has taken three Nilgai; and three whitetail have been taken with the 6.5. My normal outfitter in Spain is also a...

Ditto. Tucker will have him on for an extended mutual wailing about regime change.

Mossad and the CIA must have total penetration of the Iranian regime and IRGC structure. This fellow became the de facto leader of the country when the Ayatollah was killed day one. The critics of the war were pointing at him as a far worse and more hardline replacement than the original...

Was rather stunned when I saw this as well earlier this evening.

The level of ignorance among journalists is often amusing were it not that so many of their viewers are even more clueless. The latest charge that half a dozen liberal outlets have proffered over the last 24 hours is that Trump is prosecuting a "racist" war against Iran. That coordination is...

It is a complex relationship. Israel's defense budget will be around 45 billion USD this year. The US provides 3.8 billion of that annually through a 10-year memorandum of understanding initiated in 2019. As you note, there has been additional emergency funding though the totals I have seen...

Should anyone be interested in following daily detailed updates on the situation in the Middle East that are devoid of political spin, I can highly recommend the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) which is chaired by Jack Keane. Some of you may recall I have highly recommended their thorough...

Pretty funny. Of course here in the States he and his family are forced to live among such arrogant intellectual rubes.

It is never mentioned in this country, but one can argue that the regime change experiment in Iraq was actually successful. I am not defending Bremer who made some of the most brainless post conflict decisions ever in our history, but, after all, neither the despotic Hussein nor the murderous...

The worst politician to emerge from under a rock in Texas since the Bugman, Tom Delay.

I believe this is the least sensible argument that the liberal elite, and tools of HAMAS, and now Iranian propogandists make in response to the October 17 atrocities. That Hosea fellow once noted that to sow the wind is to reap the whirlwind. Certainly Hamas did that when it killed, raped and...

I can also recommend the M4A2 garden hoe. Generates both speed and kinetic energy.

I believe the correct way to describe the intent of US actions is to inflict such a level of destruction on the Regime, its coercive foundation of power and its potential to export that power that any Iranian regional ambitions are set back a meaningful period of time. That intent has as...

I have been following your diatribe, but will interject here. I do not know a serious commentator that does not believe that Iran has the ability and intent to create a nuclear weapon. The only actual debate is the timeline. If the US is successful in preventing that from happening, then it...

Not like Hamas. Hamas had a primitive, though extensive, rabbit warren underneath Gaza. Iran's network is far more sophisticated. Their weapons storage facilities, launchers, even much of the production is buried in Iran's very mountainous terrain. Their doctrinal battle rhythm is to mate...

Exactly

They did a brilliant job. However, I do not see an analogy with respect to Iran. Who within that country represents the Northern Alliance, and what province of Iran do they occupy that makes insertion of special forces or weaponry remotely possible? I am all for arming an Iranian...

As long as it is not Chinese, is reasonably bright, easily fits a pocket, and is rechargeable you will be fine.

That is all I ever do. One rifle that will handle the most critical animal on the list and use it and the same load for everything else. My four buffalo were taken with either 300 gr TSX or A Frame and they worked perfectly on everything else from Suni to Eland.

Absolutely here for you Steve.

You and I have two very different understandings of Islamic culture generally or Persian and Arab culture specifically. I see nothing in Islamic history, Suni or Shia, that illustrates a cultural tendency to practice long term strategy. Indeed, it has been my observation that the people of the...

We can't send them back. The only group that could would be new, largely secular leadership. If that does not emerge, then defanging them for a number of years will have to suffice until we have to do it again. Mark Halperin (far from a right winger) had a very astute observation on Two-Way...

Unfortunately, one has to have an organized resistance and reasonable safe area in which to arm such a force. Such a movement obviously does not exist yet, or what did exist may have had the guts ripped out of it six weeks ago. The Crown Prince will continue to safely offer his services as an...

I am stunned no one has jumped at this. Takeri is one of the truly great places on the continent and Mike is the best of hosts. On what South African game farm will you have the opportunity to take a Kafue Lechwe, Crawshay Defassa Waterbuck, or Chobe Bushbuck?

Magazine full of TSX or A Frame. For me, it is 300 gr .375.

Meanwhile back in Ukraine, I always admire competent indirect fire. In the short clip above a Russian column, apparently preparing for an assault - four years ago these would have been BMP armored fighting vehicles rather than a couple of trucks and a bunch of Chinese ATVs and motorbikes. They...

I would be stunned if this were true. Particularly the part where Iran retains 80-90% of the small boats that could lay them. I would have thought that capability would have been an early and important target for CENTCOM. If they still exist, I have to assume it was because the political...

Nope. Sadly not only has he joined the clicking banana fringe with Candice Owens, but so has Meghan Kelly. She also is dug in with the Americans dying for Israel nonsense. I think what we see is one of the real problems with YouTube and X popularity. There are bias confirmation communities...

I have hunted a great deal in Europe, particularly Germany and Austria. I think the discussion is missing the point of much of the non-trophy take in both countries. Traditionally, hunting is not considered "sport" in the English sense of the word. Hunting is a form of management. Thus, on a...

Well done! You took a great bull.

Latest oil futures must be dismaying for both the Iranian/Russian/Chinese propagandists all over social media and their fellow travelers in the Democrat Party. https://www.google.com/finance/beta/quote/CLW00:NYMEX?sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwiG6sXt45OTAxWKmmoFHWOEIzUQ3ecFegQIJhAT

Do you even realize that was spoken like a Marxist? Corporations succeed or fail because of their perceived value to the shareholder. No shareholders, no corporation, and no jobs for all those noble selfless employees - middle class or blue collar. Also, do you honestly believe a corporate...

The navy always secured boarders when captured.

A bold option now open to the administration that would be unthinkable just a year ago due to Iranian defensive and retaliatory capabilities is the seizure of Kharg Island. I am not sure the exact totals, but believe about 90% of Iranian export leaves from Kharg. Unlike a mainland incursion...

Not exactly. Almost everywhere in Europe you will book for either a certain class of trophy (Bronze, Silver, Gold) or an "up to" weight or measurement. Let's say it is a bronze Gredos Ibex in Spain. The contract will be for a baseline bronze animal. Your typical guide or PH will try to get...

I have the 18x by Sig. For 10x and below image stabilization is not needed - above 10 physical (tripod) or electronic is a necessity. I use them for hunting whitetails from a blind. The typical target area on my place is around 250 yards. With stabilized optics at 18 power, I can very...

As I have noted several times here one of the more ridiculous arguments by the legions of critics who have zero joint military operational experience has been the supposed failing zero sum game between US and Israeli air defense interceptor systems and Iranian missiles. Whenever the latest...

Apparently we have initially funded this insurance program to the tune of $20 billion.

Of course I did. I have no "feelings" about Trump at all. When his policies make sense, I will be the first to applaud them, and when he acts like a buffoon, I'll absolutely criticize him. For instance, I think his tariff policies are at best incomprehensible, and his position with respect to...