Take Your Daughter to the Range Day

What else can be said to this:

 Perfect form?  No. But we're having fun. Look at this smile as she points at the remains of the BBQ sauce bottle:

And I certainly didn't leave out FourthPower Alpha.

And for the old fogies, me and a friend breaking out the SKS, a couple Mausers, AK and some handguns:

And then the inevitable cleaning:

OGRE: Nihon Empire Update #5 UPDATE

 
The initial artwork for Nihon is here!!

 Some changes to the counter mix listed here.  The Mk III-B and Mk V counters will have the opposite unit on the reverse side.  While they will be listed as Mk III-B/V and have III-B/V artwork, it is looking likely I will include a record sheet for those who want to play them as an Oni/Samurai as per the stats from GURPS OGRE.

UPDATE:  I have just been informed that the addition of a HW unit to the artwork was a mistake and that they will NOT be available for the Nihon counter sheet.  My apologies to all for the error.

  I made a mistake.  It does happen. I forgot to include HW Inf. into the mix.  So I'm putting up two surrrrveys. (To the left)  How many HW inf. do you want and what should they replace on the counter sheet? If two are chosen, I will go w/ the top two selections for replacement. The poll closes on Sunday, 11am so that the full counter sheet can be completed by the SJG graphics gurus.
Game on.

Shepard v. Madigan Oral Arguments

Oral arguments were heard in the case of Mary Shepard v Madigan today.

Audio available here:   12-1269 is the case number


For those of you who don't know who this is, here's the backstory (from the NRA link above)

 On September 28, 2009, while working as the treasurer of her church, Ms. Shepard and an 83-year-old co-worker were viciously attacked and beaten by a six-foot-three-inch, 245 pound man with a violent past and a criminal record.  Ms. Shepard and her co-worker were lucky to survive, as each of them suffered major injuries to the head, neck and upper body.  Ms. Shepard's injuries required extensive surgeries and she continues physical therapy to this day attempting to recover from her injuries.

 and here's what she looked like after the attack:


Illinois is the last state w/o any form of CCW. The only thing stopping it is house leader Madigan keeping the bills from getting to the floor. Illinois/Chicago politics in action. 

More detailed information on the IllinoisCarry forum (starting about pg 3)

A Glimmer of Reality

Every once in awhile, amidst the CSGV's foam spewing rants, there are moments of lucidity.  

 ...even though Democrats control the White House and U.S. Senate (and the House as recently as 2010), the pro-gun crowd has done pretty well the past four years.

 Setbacks for pro-gunners? They've been few and far between.

 Overall, you'd think that the gun lobby would be pretty happy with this record. And, in truth, they're probably ecstatic.

Yeah, for the most part I am. Want to know why I'm not going to stop Ladd?  Because you and your cronies still have employment as gun control activists. Because politicians like Bloomberg think that they have the authority and power to legislate what's 'best' for me.

When all of you are reduced to rambling about 'insurrectionists' on blogger during your freetime, trolling DU/Koz/Huffpo in search of traffic, and shutting down your comments because the only people who read it are gun nuts, THEN I might take a break.

Maybe.

And no Ladd, this isn't a 'threat', stop being paranoid.

Quote of the Day

Yup, because nothing tells a politician to change course like being the first sitting governor to defeat a recall challenge, and do so by a wider margin than his initial election. 

           -Jack

Like when the Brady Campaign called Heller a 'victory'.

No "Insurrectionist Timeline" Entry Here Either

To continue the trend of hypocrisy when it comes to the CSGV claiming they oppose violence against public officials, I'm sure they won't list or condemn the multiple threats of violence against WI Gov. Scott Walker after his recall win.

But a graphic of a rifle in the same advertisement as Obama makes their list. 

I wonder how many of those tweeters are 'followers' of Ladd and the CSGV?

Voting = 'The End of Democracy'?

That's the claim by a whiny little b!tch who cries sweet tears over the Walker victory in WI yesterday. Watch the video, it's a beautiful thing. 

Now here's the thing. He goes on an on about the 'end of democracy in the US' because they were 'outspent'.  So what does he think about the 2008 election where Obama broke his promise to use public campaign funding and then proceeded to raise over $700 million dollars, outspending McCain nearly 3:1?  The same for O vs Romney as it stands right now? Was that also 'the end of democracy in the US'?

Oh, but that's 'different', I can here them cry now.

Double standards and hypocrites all.

OGRE: Nihon Empire Update #4

Alright people, there is firmer information coming out from OGRE Command.

First off:  Colors.

The Background of the Nihon units is going to be Maroon, similar to the shading of the box pictured on the KS campaign site to give it a Cherry Blossom look. 
The color of the units themselves is likely going to be, as expected, white w/ the Rising Sun standard.  

Counter Sheets:

Oh, you all are going to love this.  The standard sheets have been modified from 11x17 to a SPLIT-ABLE 11x18 which not only makes shipping so much easier (2 9x11's) but also has INCREASED the number of units from what was originally planned by nine (for Combine). Yes, anyone who's reserved it as an 11x17 will still get the full 11x18 size sheet so don't panic.

As I mentioned earlier, being Nihon, I'm leaning this towards GEV's and Marines but there is still a fantastic mix of units.  W/ a few modifications to the counters, I have had added a flat, single hex OGRE Mk V (Steel Samurai), a flat, single hex Mk III-B (Steel Oni), and some Mk I/II/III's on reversible counters giving the Nihon a little punch.  Not the perfect solution I know but it's what we could do. 

The requested counters should look like this:

COMBINE ARMY - DIE A- Side A

Shape 1 - 17 - GEV 4, Hvy Tank 3, Inf 4/Mar 4 (2-3/2, 2-2/1), Trucks 2
Shape 2 - 8 - GEV-PC 3, Superheavy 2, Mobile Howitzer 1, Hovertruck 2
Shape 3 - 2 - Missile Crawler 1, Crawler (w/o missile) 1
Shape 4 - 9 - Missile Tank 3, Light GEV 3, Light Tank 3
Shape 5 - 1 - Ogre Mk III-B (Steel Oni)
Shape 6 - 1 - Missile
Shape 7 - 2 - Ogre Mk I/Ogre Mk II on reverse
Shape 8 - 1 - Ridge Overlay
Shape 9 - 2 - Combine HWZ
Shape 10 - 6 - ¾” circle - markers for Dummy, etc.
Shape 11 - 4 - ½” x 1” rectangle - markers for Stuck, etc.

COMBINE ARMY - DIE A- Side B

Shape 1 - 17 - GEV 5, Hvy Tank 3, Inf 4/Mar 4(2-3/2, 2-2/1), Trucks 1
Shape 2 - 8 - GEV-PC 4, Superheavy 2, Mobile Howitzer 1, Hovertruck 1
Shape 3 - 2 - Missile Crawler 1, Crawler (w/o missile) 1
Shape 4 - 9 - Missile Tank 2, Light GEV 4, Light Tank 3
Shape 5 - 1 - Ogre MK V (Steel Samurai)
Shape 6 - 1 - Missile
Shape 7 - 2 -Ogre Mk I/Ogre Mk III on reverse
Shape 8 - 1 - Ridge Overlay
Shape 9 - 2 - Combine HWZ
Shape 10 - 6 - ¾” circle - markers for Dummy, etc.
Shape 11 - 4 - ½” x 1” rectangle - markers for Stuck, etc.

Reverse side of sheet identical unless otherwise noted.

I have also been informed that the custom sheet 'UnCommon OGRE's' WILL have a 3-D Nihon Mk III on it. To sign up for that mailing list is uncommonogres (AT) verizon.net 

The latest KS update is here stating that over 400 people haven't returned their swag surveys. If you don't want it, I'll certainly take it.  ;)

If any information changes, I will inform everyone ASAP.  Hopefully the next update will include some official artwork.

To be added to this list, the address is thirdpower (AT) hotmail.com .  Click on the below label OGRE for previous updates.

Thank you all. Game on.