Monthly Archives: August 2014

When the student becomes the teacher

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Phil Kadath

During class a while back I was learning how to weld aluminum using the GMAW (MIG) process. I made an offhand comment about 6061-T6 and 7076-TG aluminum used in making AR lowers and building AR’s from a stripped upper and … Continue reading →

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Exactly how does one

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Phil Kadath

Protest stopping a genocide? Like this. The words, they are not available to me at this time. Please check back later to see if I can find where I left them. Also, how does that open borders policy look to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Funnies

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Phil Kadath

Just a couple this week. All the same topic. The last one is over a decade old.

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I wasn’t worried

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Phil Kadath

Until now. After Losing 2 Passenger Jets, Malaysia Airlines Suspends Trading And Plans To Become State-Owned One plane was shot down by a hostile foreign power. Before that, one of their aircraft was flown off course by a possibly deranged … Continue reading →

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My head hurts

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Phil Kadath

Jason Linkins’ head probably doesn’t. He probably has horribly stupid ideas regularly. Let’s bring back earmarks! Wherein he decides the thing that would be able to make Congress a better place would be to return to legislators being able to … Continue reading →

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Let’s Do This

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Phil Kadath

The Superbowl Half-Time performance has become a joke over the past few seasons. This year it should be done by a guy who doesn’t take himself too seriously. Want Weird Al Yankovic at the Super Bowl? There’s a petition for … Continue reading →

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Somebody

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Phil Kadath

Is getting their feels mixed up with reality. Inventions for a greener world, life-saving medical devices and soaring skyscrapers are often seen as the pinnacle of achievement for engineers, designers and inventors. But until now there has been no recognition … Continue reading →

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The next step in government control

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Phil Kadath

Of your medical needs A doctor’s perspective on Obamacare plans On a recent afternoon at his office in Hartford, Conn., Dr. Doug Gerard examines a patient complaining of joint pain. Gerard, an internist, checks her out, asks her a few questions … Continue reading →

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Not quite an illegal Mayor

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Phil Kadath

More along the lines of “illegal Judge” Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge and former state lawmaker Lance T. Mason punched and bit his wife, causing “serious physical harm,” according to criminal charges he now faces in connection with his arrest … Continue reading →

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Granite Cocks, Champagne and Bacon

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Alaska

Meditations on Moloch is a Long-form musing I found alternately infuriating and fascinating, but utterly enjoyable. Updating the ancient personification of abstract concepts into deities is fun: if Ares was War, and Mammon Commerce, then it’s not too far a … Continue reading →

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