The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, firing 25mm air-bursting shells up to 2,300 feet. What’s so good about this little rifle-sized grenade launcher, you say? Oh, nothing much, only that it can take out hidden targets. Hidden, out of sight ones. Like, now you don’t see it, now you do. In flames. This baby […]
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Politics: the Epic Tragic Comedy
So, I was minding my own business, eatin’ some soup… cream tomato soup… my mouth, it waters. When all of a sudden, out of nowhere comes a little news story from AP. Should I attempt a quote? I don’t think so. Basically—no, literally—our Mr. President has decided that, because we are doing bad economically, they […]
Meet the Experts: We Know What’s Best for You
I’ve been browsing around online, like I always do, and I decided to click “the experts” button. It was all about money, and how you should use it. That doesn’t surprise me, but it got me wondering, is that all experts are good for? Are they even good for that? If I know one thing […]
So why not let’s forgive everyone?
I once corresponded online with a Christian friend who felt he had no obligation to forgive an unbeliever who had been trash-talking him in an online discussion—a religion debate thread, no less—on a forum we both frequent. Some atheists in the debate had a tendency to defamatory slurs on Christianity in lieu of real arguments, […]