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2011-01-31

Must have been going to go all celebratory-tango on their asses ... or something ...
In that this, or similar, threats aren't going away anytime soon, now would probably be a good time to start a policy of giving critical infrastructure manual control capabilities ...

2011-01-30

I bet they sent plenty of help when they came for Ms. Santos, too. She doesn't look like the type it's safe to trifle with ...
It's probably a good idea to have at least a pedestrian knowledge of how the court system works. You never know when you won't have any choice but to defend yourself ...

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I suspect that either the perp is geographically-challenged or the surroundings are perfect for his particular brand of E & E. Sounds like he was ready for the Security Dude, though, so there may be video of him re-casing the place since the last one ...probably in the previous couple of days ...
Interesting perspective ...
It is kinda convenient that these are coming out at this time ...

2011-01-29

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It doesn't look like he had any intention of leaving afterward ...

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It's hard to prepare for one of these ...

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Don't count on this always working ...

Egypt watch

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2011-01-27

You would think that Taiwan could build their own ...

2011-01-25

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I wonder what they imagine Security could do other than move the target area out into the parking lot, or wherever. Suicide bombing is self-limiting because there are very few people whose lives are of so little value to themselves that they are willing to go through with it UNLESS there are environmental factors present that tend to create them faster than they can blow themselves up.

2011-01-23

Hmmm ... they must not have a presumption of  innocence ...
Some people say there is no Darwin ...
I wonder how much influence China has on Pakistan ...

2011-01-19

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You gotta give 'em credit, they knew where the blam-blams were coming from and they kept going toward them. Apparently, blood IS thicker than water ...

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If you can't be invisible, you better have your invincibility tweeked up pretty high ... maybe as a start, get off your ass. The punches didn't appear to be all that inherently effective, he was just totally unprepared for them to start raining down on him ...

2011-01-18

Interesting, but ultimately futile, approach ...
Mess up your whole day, it would ...

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Very interesting ...
With Norway a close second ... maybe it's the cold that does it ...

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The video seems to support a 'self-defense' defense for the shooter ...

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It's pretty hard not to laugh at stuff like this ...

2011-01-16

For as dumb as the comic book was, they have a surprisingly tasty website ... probably shouldn't start browsing it at work, though ...
Also contains some interesting discussion of Israel's nuclear capability ...
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Remember: No matter how excited you are at having made your first gun purchase, under no circumstances should you jump up and down in the mall yelling "I'VE GOT A GUN, I'VE GOT A GUN!". 8o)
I bet your insurance carrier is impressed  on so many levels ...

2011-01-15

I wonder if these work any better than previous products (great in tests, lousy in practice) ...
Interesting ...
Bruce is always thought-provoking ...

2011-01-13

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Hmmm ... not much technique ... or effect ...

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This wasn't very well planned. The first one that got caught was likely unable to escape because he/she was pepper-sprayed with the same blast that hit his/her captor ...
This may be because the responsibility doesn't fall to them ...

2011-01-09

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Hmmm ... why would you be screaming 'I did nothing to you' over and over ... it will be interesting to see what the Transit video shows ...

2011-01-07

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They were probably amazed at how placid he became once they got him in that hold.

I imagine Platinum Plus' insurance premiums are about to go up ...

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I wonder why they sound so sure that it's a woman ...
One of the down-sides of being authoritarian douche-bags is that the minute we cut your heads off, all your citizens will go "Here, lets us help you clear the straight of Hormuz and get that oil flowing again."

2011-01-06

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The lede on this video says that this is an attempted escape, but even had the prisoner completely nuked the guard, he would have been no closer to getting out, at least if the area this occurs in is like most detention facility day areas ... looks more like he just decided it was time to get sum ... and the detention officer wasn't paying enough attention when the time came ...

Remember: Today's the day, EVERY day ...
I hope it was with the hand they control him with ... fresh out of his puppet-hole ...

2011-01-05

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Really cool space pics ...

(Hat-tip to someotherguy)
For the moment, at least ...
Link to site: http://www.thearmedcitizen.com/

2011-01-03

The problem with even trying to secure the trains, etc. from tangos is that you can get just as big a score from blowing up the location where everyone is being searched as you can by actually hitting the train or bus. Planes are somewhat different because the can be used as a guided missile with what amounts to a jet fuel warhead. Loading a train or bus up with enough explosives to have an equivalent effect is going to be a really noticeable operation ...