Backlighting

Hi Adam. I didn't place a bet, but still enjoy immensely watching the Triple Crown races. Guess it goes back to when I was a teen. I went to Aqueduct with a friend of mine several times back then whose father owned a funeral home in Bklyn. He would pick me up in one of the funeral cars, including the one that holds the casket. We never paid for entrance into the park. The attendant at the gate would just wave us in. Guess he thought we were there to pick up a body. lol --J

Shrug, to me, means an indifference. Hard to imagine she no longer cared. She may have just run out of gas, exhausted from the intense intellectual battles she fought throughout her career. --Joe

Roger, I don't believe and never implied Trump is another Goldwater. I was referring to what advice AR would give to him or any other candidate for that matter, running for POTUS. "Stick to the issues" made sense when AR wrote it as it does today. I believe it offers you the best chance of winning, since the voters will see what you stand for. Negative campaigning is the bottom of the barrel, best left for the democraps. --Joe

Or perhaps just shrug. ---J

Today's winner, Nyquist posted a time of 2:01.31 on a "fast track". Well, Secretariat's Kentucky Derby track record of 1:59.4 "fast track" will stand for a least another yr. What an amazing career that thoroughbred had. Check out his accomplishments here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretariat_%28horse%29

Michael, Yes I did. From Bible Thumpers to RINOS to Libertarians. Jonathan, I think Rand would support Trump and advise him to "stick with the issues"... as she did with Goldwater ---Joe

Today the ponies will be in the 142nd. running of this historic & demanding race. The record time was set in in 1973(!) by Secretariat. Nyquist the favorite (2-1), is undefeated in seven career races. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Derby

The list is quite extensive & covers a variety of vocations. I was surprised too. Thanks Michael for the post. -J Oh, now lets run the campaign with the zest & self certainty of Patton, in his push towards Nazi Germany.

On Greta today I heard The Donald rag on Lindsay (Lindsley, for you Mark Levin fans) Graham. Graham replied he's dealt with the military longer than Trump. That's true. Trump's reply...and you still haven't destroyed ISIS. lol. -J

Beck is too far gone. http://www.wnd.com/2016/05/glenn-beck-fast-1-day-for-god-to-help-u-s/

You ain't seen nothing yet...if Hillary becomes POTUS. ---J

Certainly that also warrants a hat tip to Remington. Thanks for the heads-up Merjet. --J

Winchester is celebrating its150th. yr. anniversary in 2016. Now that's an achievement, considering...in addition to the intense competition...the firearms industry is right up there, in terms of regulation, with the oil, coal and the pharmaceutical sectors of the U.S. economy. --J You can read about the company here: http://www.winchester150th.com/index.html

You must be talking about SOS (shit on a shingle). Never ate it...looking at it was enough to discourage me. -J

Fall from grace is putting it mildly. Peyote induced? I remember ('09?) when he aired his first t.v. show on Fox that he opened with his admiration and promotion of Atlas Shrugged. -Joe

I know...neither am I. -J

Cruz & Kasich will be bringing, what amounts to, a knife to a gunfight. Not a chance against the Punisher who's a New Yawker. lol. 00:30 "do you want that for your president?" Funny guy. -Joe

Here's a report the anti-gunners will no doubt dislike, or, blank-out. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/20/colorado-campus-carry-12-years-no-mass-shootings-no-crimes-by-permit-holders/

lol. Yes you do... and great stamina I might add...as evidenced by the repetitive 15 rounders you're usually engaged in with some posters. Now a well deserved salute... nice job Michael with the conversion to the newly designed OL site. Those of us who have produced a web site know, it's no cake-walk. -Joe

Brant, is Durk Pearson still alive? How about Sandy? I read their best seller "Life Extension" back in the 80's. Yeah, Tiger turns 40 this December...he could have passed Jack with majors won if he didn't have all the drama & physical issues. Things were going well until his father died, 10 yrs ago.

As a golf fan, it pains me not to have Tiger Woods back in the mix. After all, it hasn't been that long since he was winning tourneys. For a period of time he did dominate, like no other golfer. Wright Thompson, a senior writer for ESPN just put this interesting piece out: The Secret History of Tiger Woods. He writes "The death of his father set a battle raging inside the world's greatest golfer. How he waged that war---through an obsession with the Navy Seals---is the tale of how Tiger lost his way". A great read for golf or Tiger fans: http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15278522/how-tiger-woods-life-unraveled-years-father-earl-woods-death

Update: good news here AB 2459, the bill that we called the worst bill of the session that sought to put all gun dealers out of business and record everyone who pulled in to the parking lot of a gun store, was killed in the Privacy Committee today! Now the bad news: The bills that passed out of committee today were: -AB 2510 eliminates uniformity for CCW permits, putting permit holders and law enforcement at greater risk. -SB 880 immediately bans and forces the registration of millions of semi-automatic weapons in common use. -SB 894 mandates lost and stolen reporting within five days and penalizes individuals for reports that are turned in even a day late. -SB 1006 allows the University of California to conduct biased gun violence research. -SB 1037 extends the statute of limitations on certain non-violent firearms related crimes, mostly having to do with paperwork. -SB 1235 is a measure that we believe will eventually include mandatory ammo tracking and purchase permits. -SB 1407 is De Leon’s version of the “Ghost Gun” ban. -SB 1446 bans all “standard” capacity magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. These bills now head to the Appropriations Committee, where we are confident we can get some of them held up due to fiscal concerns. https://www.firearmspolicy.org/alerts/alert-fpc-led-coalition-kills-ab-2459-8-of-10-other-anti-gun-bills-pass/?mc_cid=a103ff3ffc&mc_eid=e5750b3398

In Kalifornia, the shit just keeps getting thicker. From Breibart.com: http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/04/19/licensed-gun-dealer-ban-committee-ca/

Well we have The Punisher, who has said he's read The Fountainhead, and The Preacher, who quoted & promoted Atlas Shrugged on the Senate floor. If they could only abandon the punishing and the preaching I think the little Russian lady might have liked them both...for different reasons. -Joe

Been meaning to post this. Some of the newest technology relating to firearms for 2016. http://www.gunsandammo.com/shot-show-2016/