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Are we exporting anything ? Maybe money, arms, hot air and BS. Most of that we are giving away because we can not sell anything we export.

Germany and Japan are unlikely to agree to that large of worker protection cutbacks...

Are we exporting anything ? Maybe money, arms, hot air and BS. Most of that we are giving away because we can not sell anything we export.

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Another example of the failures of our education system...

We're the second-largest exporter in the world. If you want to know what we export, our trade figures, and by-category comparisons, are easily searchable on the Web.

Yet somehow their industry is prosperous and the folks that run ours say they can't make any money because of all the regulations. Lord, we seem to have the worse of all possible worlds.

Yeah, we export stuff. Even though the stuff is expensive. In my shop, for example, I have made expensive parts for water jet machines that went to China, and expensive parts for oil drilling rigs that went to China and Dubai. And my shop is tiny. Lots of bigger shops around here are making parts and machines for export. Like Flow Industries water jet machines. And Boeing airplanes. Eric

Yet somehow their industry is prosperous and the folks that run ours say they can't make any money because of all the regulations. Lord, we seem to have the worse of all possible worlds.

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What we have is a lot of people who don't bother to check their facts. That's why they bitch so much.

The facts are that we manufacture more, and export more, than ever before in history. Germany has decided to be a mercantilist economy, like Japan was before 1990. Eventually, that turns around and bites you in the butt.

As labor costs rise in China, a lot will change. I wrote three, 5,000-word articles on China trade around 12 years ago, for _Machining_ magazine. Chinese wages in manufacturing were then around $0.80/hour. The prediction then was that it would be around 20 years before we were in wage *total cost* parity with them, which included some drop in *our* wages.

It seems to be working out roughly as predicted. In Shanghai, wages are around $2.80 and climbing fast. Shipping costs have risen a lot more than wages, however, which is giving us an advantage for domestic sales.

That's part of the reason that our manufacturing volume has been increasing. Don't expect big employment increases in manufacturing, however. We've gotten so productive that it just can't happen.

Not that the Ex-Im Bank has anything to do with it. "We'll loan you a few million so you can buy a Boeing plane. Pay us back when you think of it."

There have been a lot of studies that suggest most soldiers would rather not kill anybody and aim in the general direction of the enemy if they fire at all.

I'm cheap so I often use paper plates for targets. At 100 yards with a ComBloc rifle firing Tula, Brown Bear, Wolf or whatever cheap steelcase is laying around, it's not difficult to keep the shots within the plate. Sure, there's no little clover leaves loved by gun writers and the plate looks like it caught a load of buckshot at 15 yards, but then there's the moment of truth. Hold the plate up in front of your body. Or a deer if you want to be impersonal.

The Germans caught on to that in WWII. Most times nobody is plugging away at

400 yards so don't get anal. It does come back to bite you in some nice friendly desert with long sight lines like Iraq and somebody starts to wonder where all the M-14's are stashed.

What's interesting is a lot of the current loss leaders like the Savage Axis can often do that.

I believe it went bang. The real question is if the damn thing cycled. One bang and dead silence can be very upsetting.

How's that old line go? "There's no sound in the world so deafeningly loud as a when what you desperately needed was a "?

Which is one reason my carry piece is a wheelgun. "Six for certain" trumps "I wonder if it's gonna work?" every single time.

Barring bad ammo, when I mash the bang-lever on my S&W 6 times, I know I'm gonna get 6 bangs. Just as important, I know that barring external interference, I'm gonna get six holes in the paper plate out to about

25-30 yards, possibly further. And more, if I *DO* find out I've put a bad round in the cylinder, recovery time is however long it takes me to pull the trigger again. Beat that with a slider that's just stovepiped a round, or for whatever reason you care to dream up, failed to fire - if you can. :)

Sliders are fun at the range - no question. And if that's what's at hand on the day I find myself in an "aw shit" situation, I'm not gonna refuse to use it. But if I've got the choice come pucker-time, what I WANT is the certainty that my wheeler has delivered. And delivered. And delivered. And delivered. And...

I've heard the old expression, each war is fought with last war's weapons. The old M16 which were used in the jungle don't have the range for desert long distance action.

I think Carter or Clinton ordered them melted down.

. Christopher A. Young Learn about Jesus

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Not that the Ex-Im Bank has anything to do with it. "We'll loan you a few million so you can buy a Boeing plane. Pay us back when you think of it."

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Every major trading country has an equivalent of the Ex-im bank. Ours has made a profit in every year since 2008, and it goes straight to the Treasury.

8/1/2014, 7:18:34 AM

Anti-gun Writer Fears New Army Sidearm Will Cause More "Gun Violence"

By Kurt Hofmann, July 31st, 2014

Writing for The Atlantic, Matt Valentine notes that the U.S. Army has announced a decision to seek a new sidearm to replace the 9mm M9, built by Beretta. This troubles him, because, "If history is a guide, similar pistols will soon start appearing at gun stores and crime scenes near you."

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How can you guess what the next war's weapons will be? Enemies exploit our neglected weaknesses instead of confronting our strengths.

Germany entered WW2 with WW1's rifle like almost everyone else, except the US Garand. WW1 rifles were designed for the conditions of the Boer War, the first major defining experience with smokeless powder and long-range accuracy. Very few people foresaw the stalemate of trench warfare, which was unique to the Western Front. WW1 remained mobile in Russia, Italy and Palestine.

Assault rifles came out of house-to-house fighting in Russia. They have greater range than pistol-cartridge submachine guns, less weight and aim-disturbing recoil in full auto than light machine guns firing the existing cartridges designed for half-mile-plus effective range, and they are shorter to maneuver through doorways and be carried in cramped armored vehicles. Their ammo has roughly half the power and range of WW1 rifles.

Weight: 16 lbs. See how long you can hold up that much before your arms start shaking.

We were allowed to fire our Vietnam-era M-16A1s and 55gr ammo at pop-up targets 500 meters away to show us we couldn't hit them. The Army adopted them substantially because General Curtiss LeMay wanted them for Air Force base guards, and Robert McNamara was cursed with too much arrogance and too little common sense.

-jsw

They can't have us realize that their favorite recreational habits are the cause of Drug Crimes.

Germany and Japan are unlikely to agree to that large of worker protection cutbacks...

I don't think it was Jerry Miculek but one of the masters lost a USPSA shoot when a primer jammed the works. Recovery was a lot longer than just racking the slide.

I discovered that phenomenon long ago. A popular technique was to just prime the cases then us them like cookie cutters on a layer of wax about 3/8" thick. At 7 to 10 yards the POI isn't significantly different than a loaded round. The drawback is the case isn't alway slammed agaunst the backplate to seat the primer and the high primer stops you in your tracks.

It's not a common problen to be sure but unlike a pistol shooter who practices clearing malfs, the revolver shooter is aopt to be standing there saying WTF?

And it's not a roundabout way to subsidize the purchase of Boeing, Caterpillar, and other products that wouldn't be competetive on the global market? If not, why does it exist? There certainly was a lot of whining when people started talking about shutting it down.