Yearly Archives: 2014

Japan Takes Big Steps in the Liquor World

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Weerd Beard

This is a pretty big story for liquor drinkers: Japanese family-owned drinks firm Suntory is to buy the US beverage group Beam Inc, the company behind the Jim Bean bourbon brand. Under the deal, worth $16bn (£9.7bn) in all, Suntory … Continue reading →

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Some Softness for All!

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Weerd Beard

So Breda sent me this link: “Ducks are very social, raising a single duck is basically a death sentence, they will die of loneliness,” he wrote. The new dad decided to try to keep the duckling company. “Peeps doesn’t have … Continue reading →

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Morning Music

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Weerd Beard

This is a good one! Enjoy!

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Loaded Chamber Indicator

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Weerd Beard

So Joan made me want to make a more general gunny post. In a recent post she quotes an article that erroneously says Glocks don’t have a Loaded Chamber Indicator (LCI). In the comments she actually approves a few who … Continue reading →

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“Gun Death” Bridezilla

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Weerd Beard

Thankfully my wife wasn’t one of those bride-to-be that go crazy in all the wedding plans. Still this is beyond the pale! Deputies in South Carolina say a woman stabbed her fiance on Christmas Day after they argued over what … Continue reading →

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Rolling Block Cutaway

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Weerd Beard

My love for single shots is mostly to the Falling Block action, still I really admire the stone-axe simplicity of the rolling block: It just works!

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“Gun Death” Sledge Hammer

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Weerd Beard

More Sledge Hammer deaths: Just eight hours into 2014, San Antonio recorded its first homicide of the year when a disabled man was bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer. Brutal…but not a “Gun Death” H/T Whipped Cream Difficulties

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More Non-Newtonian fun: Ballistics

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Weerd Beard

Its only an airsoft, but VERY cool!

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Images of the Antis: Straw Man

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Weerd Beard

This one is pretty laughable: First up, the general chatter was about gun bans and confiscation. Obama pushed gun bans in 2013, as well as “Universal Background Checks” that really only could lead to a much easier registration, and lawful … Continue reading →

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“Gun Death” Crazy!

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Weerd Beard

This one is beyond Brutal! A Connecticut man held in the brutal stabbing death of his mother has been placed on suicide watch after police said he confessed to the murder and showed no remorse. Prosecutors allege REDACTED, 22, used … Continue reading →

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