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For grins, I looked up the book on Amazon.

I has ONE rating, five stars, and ZERO reviews.

Released on 18 August on Kindle, somehow it is #1 in dystopian fiction????

Ahem ...

I love that series.

And, for what it’s worth, Schlichter absolutely MASTERED their pronoun idiocy and the identify flag.

If I was young, single, RICH, and good-looking, I would reach out to her agent for a meeting.

was **ANYONE** arrested???

Ruthless pre-emption. Built in to all the carrier networks. Hardened on the FirstNet network, which also has its own 5G core - a MOCN model.

The US did it right.

Interestingly, several of those Atlanta metro locations are in nice-enough locations.

They might make more money selling the real estate than operating a couple of them.

Kinda surprised this was outside the loop, NW of downtown.

Inside the loop, south side? Yikers.

Smelled like off-gassing from the refineries, too ;-)

But you won’t remember to buy more pretty soon ;-)

Dark humor.

Cherry Coke Zero is my weakness.

But they have been the most aggressive actors to try to slow climate change, and this is how Gaia rewards them?

The gods must be angry.

NEVER trust ANY code from the CCP. EVER.

Technically, the data ARE clear. ;-)

Re the .22 for ACTUAL SHTF -

I have a .22 LR “Plinkster” made up to look like an AR. Why? super easy to load the mags. And it’s CHEAP to go waste 1,000 rounds ;-)

It has the same rails as my ARs, so I can plug and play.

Well if you are gonna go THERE, and you were right, I’d add a Remington 870 pump in 12 Ga alongside that .22.

I echo the post about Palmetto Arms being just fine.

You won’t win the ‘mine is better than yours’ contests at the range, but you’ll have more money left over for ‘accessories’ and ammo.

Presuming you are gun literate
PResuming you don’t about running something high-speed like a 28 YO Operator would carry.
PResuming you are no longer 30 and highly mobile.
Presuming this is for both homestead defense, and something fun to shoot, which they are.

1. I recommended a ‘budget’ AR, in .223/5.56. Look for a rifle that will handle both cartridges, as the pressure differences matter, and the sale prices for ammo often vary widely in the two cartridges. Why ‘budget’? They work just fine. I have multiple ARs, and the budget ones work just as well as the pricey one.

2. By saving money on the base rifle, you can afford a tritium red dot scope. The advantage is no batteries required. And you can hit what you aim at with aging eyes.

3. buy some spare firing pins (they’re affordable) and cotter pins (sometimes called the jesus-pin) They are the big failure or loss points with an AR

3. consider buying an adjustable (maybe Magpul) stock, so the rifle has a good fit for you and the Missus. An AR has so little recoil, both you and the better half can fire it easily as you mature. Not so true for the AKs; and they are SO loud compared to the AR.

4. Buy quality plastic mags. I would guarantee that 99% of the misfeeds you might get would be due to a cheap mag. Get six, and keeo them loaded with 28 rounds. IF you ever *NEED* to use the rifle, it helps to have plenty loaded and nearby. At the range, you’ll shoot a lot of ammo, cuz it’s fun, and having extra mags increases the fun factor.

5. Get a decent and SIMPLE 2-point sling. ARs with furniture and a loaded mag can push 9 pounds. The sling helps you steady the rifle as well as carrying it.

6. Optional - get a second bolt carrier, and consider buying an aftermarket charging handle with a large grip.

My best ‘budget’ AR is my Bushmaster., second best is Delton. FYI, they all work.

If they insist on the loud call to prayer, that’s a justification from denial.

Absent the error checking, quantum computing is just an IT parlor trick.

With the error checking ... we have a legit ‘big deal.’

Thanks for posting this.

Realistically, the F-47 is not a ‘fight Iran’ platform, although it could.

It was built to deter, and if needed, fight the CCP.

And here I thought it was fake images of nude sunbathers.