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Are the current personnel cuts the beginning of the end for the U.S. Marines? Could these actually be the last days of the U.S. Marine Corps? A decade ago, such a notion would have been absolutely unthinkable, but times have changed. The Marine Corps was already in the process of drawing down from a peak of 202,100 Marines to 182,100, and now Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is warning that the sequester cuts may force the Army to be cut down to a size of 380,000 and the Marine Corps to be cut down to a size of 150,000. Unfortunately for...

OK..it's sort of a slow news day. All anyone wants to talk about is Megyn Kelly getting the 9pm slot at FOX News. So, rejoicing as I am in the completely unexpected success of my beloved Red Sox this season, and hopeful of pissing off as many Yankees fans as possible, I thought I'd start a baseball thread.

“What do you mean, there’s gambling going on here; I didn’t know there was gambling going on; round up the usual suspects,” said the “Casablanca” police chief to Humphrey Bogart. This paraphrase of bewilderment on steroids comes to mind in the A-Rod debacle. The 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal is no longer MLB’s most famous outrage, and the news boys will have to ask that iconic “Say It Ain’t So, Joe,” question all over again. “Shoeless” Joe Jackson’s written confession still is gone missing, and the Windy City is no longer numero uno in baseball’s wall of shame. The A-Rod,...

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will enforce a new law cracking down on gay rights activism when it hosts international athletes and fans during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the country's sports minister said Thursday, appearing to contradict assurances to the contrary from the International Olympic Committee. Russia's contentious law was signed by President Vladimir Putin in late June, imposing fines on individuals accused of spreading "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations" to minors, and even proposing penalties for those who express these views online or in the news media. Gay pride rallies also are banned. "An athlete of nontraditional sexual orientation...

What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?Let’s set aside the question of how we got the baseball moving that fast. We'll suppose it's a normal pitch, except in the instant the pitcher releases the ball, it magically accelerates to 0.9c. From that point onward, everything proceeds according to normal physics.: The answer turns out to be “a lot of things”, and they all happen very quickly, and it doesn’t end well for the batter (or the pitcher). I sat down with some physics books, a Nolan Ryan action figure, and...

With all the drama surrounding the transition from the old Unlimited Class to the new, the fans are forgetting about the other five classes of racing. I've decided to give focus this month’s column on the other classes, the innovators and racers who we don’t hear about on the forums. Who they are and what to look for this year – but let’s start with why the fans aren't as enamored with these classes, and why maybe they should be. Air Racing through the years was always about technical advancements -- especially for civil aviation. Among the first races in...

I nominate Hunter Mahan for Father of the Year!

And for proof, you have to check out this video of a muddy horserace in New York City last month. Just watch what happens. �I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.� — Acts 20: 24 2013 Brooklyn Handicap - Calidoscopio + Post Race

One definition of “pornography” deems it—The depiction or portrayal of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse (as by lurid details) a quick intense emotional reaction. With but a moment’s thought, you can see that this will apply to many sorts of things besides sex. In fact, it is quite possible to develop an unhealthy voyeuristic/vicarious interest is such things as movies, sports, and current events (to name just three). Let’s consider each of these briefly: While one may like a particular movie or admire the talents of a particular star, it is quite another matter to watch...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) rejected accusations that the Obama Administration's postponement of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's “employer mandate” is an illegal delay. “First of all, a 'postponement' is not a 'delay,'” Pelosi insisted as she attempted to make her point using a football analogy. “In football, a team can be assessed a penalty for 'illegal delay of game' if they don't get a play underway within the allotted time limit. However, a football game can simply be rescheduled to an entirely different day without penalty. What the President did was reschedule the employer mandate to...

In 1988 for the Oakland Athletics, Tony LaRussa initiated his strategy of using Dennis Eckersley as a 9th inning, only-when-leading relief pitcher – a “closer.” The move helped the A’s and resurrected Eckersley from an over-the-hill starter to Cy Young and MVP winner. The success of the Athletics and Eckersley popularized the practice with it eventually attaining universal adoption across MLB. Specific elements of the Eckersley case made the strategy make sense. He was an aging starter with a lot of inning mileage in his arm. Restricting his innings and making them very predictable so as to ease warming up...

Why aren't all sports bubble sports?

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez might be the worst of this bunch but he’s not the first or the last NFL player arrested since the lights went out after the February 8th Super Bowl. Here’s the list so far: Michael Boley, New York Giants (Feb. 8): Child abuse in Alabama. Da’Quan Bowers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Feb. 18): possession of firearm in...

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This hilarious clip of Brendan Shanahan of the Detroit Red Wings mocking a lesbian fan is from the 2002 Stanley Cup playoffs, but it's just as funny now as it was then. I post it in "celebration" of Gay Pride (hock-ptooi) Week. LOL!!! Shanahan mocks butch-dyke fan

#1 According to a survey that was just released, 76 percent of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. But most Americans are acting as if their jobs will always be there. But the truth is that mass layoffs can occur at any time. In fact, it just happened at one of the largest law firms in New York City. #2 27 percent of all Americans do not have even a single pennysaved up. #3 46 percent of all Americans have $800 or less saved up. #4 Less than one out of every four Americans has enough money stored away...

Does anyone have first hand experience with the FN PS 90? Would it be a 'good' self defense choice for a woman who is not comfortable with a 5.56×45mm carbine due to weight and recoil? (Not me.) Does it feed reliably? Or is this a gun designed for a full auto machine pistol role which loses value when confined to a semi auto capability?

This is an interesting video showing the penetration of ordinary CCI minimag bullets at 300 yards on ballistic gel. I found it worth watching. Link to YouTube Video of 300 yard test of CCI minimag .22 cartridge

Last night I saw Costa Rica’s Bryan Ruiz pelted with water bottles and who knows what else when attempting to take a corner kick at the Azteca in Mexico City.  I thought for a moment that CONCACAF should impose a ban on future games being played there, before wondering what the consequences of such action might be.  Taking action could be futile or ill-advised, and might make things worse.Here’s an apparent example of futility.  Two years ago the fans of Olympiakos — a perrenial power in Greece and the 2013 UEFA Champions — threw objects at the players of their arch rivals Panathinaikos...

Yet another place to keep your children away from. This Thursday evening, June 6, in an outrageous show of anti-family radicalism, the Boston Red Sox are celebrating Gay "Pride Night" at Fenway Park at their home game with the Texas Rangers. This is an official celebration of "Gay Pride Week" (going on now) and the Red Sox will be donating money to support the week's "gay" events. According to the official "Pride Week" website, the Red Sox are partnering with the Boston Pride Committee, and this is an "official 2013 Pride Event." Furthermore, during the game, Boston's "LGBT community will...

Hearty congratulations to the NCAA for penalizing a student-athlete from a West Coast Conference school for the unspeakable crime of washing her car with the university's water and hose. A WCC school (University of Portland) self-reported an extra benefits violation when university officials caught one of their women's golfers washing her car on campus, according to the source. A secondary violation was ruled to have occurred because the water and hose were not available to regular students and requested the golfer pay back $20, which was deemed to be the value of the water and use of the hose. A...

I've almost completed the 1st week of Insanity. I understand that it is designed to be a rough workout, but I have a hard time keeping up with Shaun T. I was wondering if other have completed this and if they were happy with the results. A guy I work with does P90X and repeats it - he's done it 6 times so far. I definitely feel better after a week.

Hey, I don't get it..but it IS funny. Seems that during the infield party before the Preakness stakes, people run across the tops of the rows of Port-A-Potties while others throw beer cans at them. Sort of a human shi**ing (er, shooting) galler, perhaps? Link below to five (yes, that's right, FIVE)of the best???? videos of drunken idiots running the gauntlet.

To paraphrase one of Barry's Marxist mentors, Jeremiah Wright, Obama's chickens are coming home to roooost! Speaker Boehner wants to know who's going to jail over the IRS scandal. We've heard many such opening salvos from the Speaker, then comes a round of golf or a getting to know you dinner, and then nothing happens. Unless Congress moves to abolish the IRS and replace our taxation system with an equitable way of financing legitimate government, nothing will change. These guys have been yanking our chains for way too long. If we weren't wearing chains they'd have to find something else...

The recent wave of left-wing discussion panels calling for the Redskins to change their name seems to have died off, but not everyone has given up hope. Paul Woody of the Richmond Times-Dispatch identifies himself as someone who would like to see it change. To bolster his case, he went to speak to leaders from three different Virginia tribes of Native Americans. Give Woody credit for bringing back the results, because none of the Native Americans he spoke to are offended by it.

Go to Amazon.com today and you can buy an official Nike “US Soccer� jersey on sale for $78.99. For a mere $35.00, the clothing manufacturer Xara sells a “USA Soccer� jersey that is not licensed by US Soccer but is instead, in their own words, “A Unique Soccer Experience Representing a Country.� Apparently that “US Soccer� trademark is worth about $45.00 per shirt to Nike and the US Soccer.Total sales of officially licensed merchandise totaled $12.6 billion in 2010 in just MLB, NFL, and college sports alone, so apparel sales are clearly big business in spectator sports. It is in...

Why is there such a shortage of ammunition? Is the FedGov buying it all up so that we can’t get any? When will this ammo crisis end? When and where can you find reasonably priced ammunition in the Bryan/College Station area? The Department of Homeland Security recently put in a five year order for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. The government contracts provide that Uncle Sam has priority to be supplied first and this allows the government at any time over that five year period to play havoc with the supply of ammunition. There have been calls from prominent Republicans...

This video was played prior to Governor Rick Perry's walking on-stage -to great applause- at the IRL-NRA Leadership Forum in Houston yesterday, part of the 2013 NRA Annual Meetings: 'Welcome to Texas, ladies and gentlemen!'  YouTube -here-

MoveOn.org has started a petition to get ESPN reporter Chris Broussard immediately suspended from the network for comments he made regarding Jason Collins's homosexuality, which Broussard said was a sin according to his personal Christian beliefs. The group said Broussard was engaging in "gay bashing." The petition reads: Chris Broussard's hateful attack on Jason Collins for being gay was an unacceptable misrepresentation of the Christian faith. ESPN must immediately suspend Chris Broussard and guarantee that their network will never again be used for gay bashing. In its "petition background" statement, the left-wing organization says that after Jason Collins "emphasized the...

Not Safe For Work (some foul language) - Full title - "Jason Collins Isn't A Hero, Hes A Liar & A Fraud! Here's Why! Pt 1 (1st Openly Gay NBA Player)" The woman who was once engaged to NBA star Jason Collins says she had NO CLUE he was gay at the time of their relationship ... in fact, she only found out last weekend ... and she was floored. Carolyn Moos (who played a few seasons in the WNBA) dated Collins for seven years and was engaged to him until they broke up in 2009 ... after Collins pulled...

Once, I allowed another man to violate my lower gastrointestinal tract. It was my doctor. I didn't like it. I doubt he did, either, because he wore gloves during the procedure. Now, can I be a star like NFL athlete Jason Collins, who announced that he, too, has had his lower gastrointestinal tract violated? Can President Obama say that I was courageous? Will millions of people Tweet and post on Facebook about me, too?

We recently learned that the Blue Angels, the USAF Thunderbirds, the Golden Knights and all the Military Demo Teams have cancelled their entire Airshow season due to the Sequester. The Military will not take part in Airshows in any way – not static displays, not flying, nothing. This information has sent the Airshow Industry back to their drawing boards to see how they can move on from here. The Military Demonstration Teams are an enormous draw for these events. Military Teams can increase attendance by up to 30% while bringing many attendees from long distances which increase tourism for their...

It's NHL Playoff Season!!! Yahoo!!! To kick things off in style, here are three amusing clips of Islanders, Flyers and Devils fans based on the Canadian wildlife series "Hinterland Who's Who." This was a series of 60-second public service announcements profiling a variety of Canadian mammals and birds, produced by Environment Canada Wildlife Service and the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960's and 70's At the end of each message viewers were reminded, "For more information on the [animal], please contact the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa." These You Tube clips profile Islanders, Flyers and Devils fans as...

UPDATE (12:42 PM EDT): CNN: both suspects claimed asylum to get green cards, eventually became naturalized U.S. citizens. Younger brother received citizenship in 2012. (UPDATE UPDATE): CNN producer says Dzhorkhar became citizen on 9/11/2012.

A few days ago, in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, what has been done each year, the major marathon road race of the Boston Marathon, the 117th, which honors physical strength in the area of running, was marred by the horrible event of two pressure cooker bombing attacks towards the finish line. The result was nothing but horrible, 3 people killed, one of them, an 8-year-old boy and close to 170 injured, many losing limbs in the process. Today, a few days after the Boston Marathon bombings attacks, and the presentation of a video and pictures...

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jonathan Papelbon says that the president is out to take your guns. The pitcher, who came to prominence during his run with the Boston Red Sox (including as the team’s closer during their victorious 2007 World Series run), spoke with CSN Philadelphia and said, “Today’s day and age has gotten so crazy. Shoot man, Obama wants to take our guns from us and everything. You got all this stuff going on; it’s just a little bit insane for me, man. I’m not sure how to take it.” Papelbon got on the topic after he was asked about...

-- IMAGE HERE -- Aging comedian/actor Jay Mohr managed to generate some publicity for himself on Monday by exploiting the Boston Marathon explosions to push his anti-Second Amendment agenda. Mohr, who those from my generation might remember from Tom Cruise’s hit 1996 film Jerry Maguire, and younger readers might remember from absolutely nowhere, sent his first clueless tweet Monday night. “What bothers me most about today is that we’re getting used 2 it. ENOUGH. 2nd amendment must go. Violence has 2 stop. Culture MUST change.” When questioned on the connection between the Second Amendment and the Boston explosions, he just...

Explosion on the day of the Boston Marathon, the brief speech President Obama on Monday night, did not give any clues about the progress of the investigation. Who can not hastily conclude: Who are the perpetrators? But it must be found and brought to justice. Counter-terrorism expert, said that the explosion caused three people were killed and over 200 injured, "lone wolf" type of terrorist attack, or a feature of a particular family groups attacked but exclude perpetrators under the "Al Qaeda" or a religious organizations, or by their instigation, is premature. Former U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Juan Zarate...

Initial reports from the Boston Police are citing 3 dead and dozens injured by 2 successive explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line. The Boston Marathon is an international spectacle, established in 1897. The world's best marathon runners train for this event and this attack certainly mars this historic event. As the situation is both breaking and dynamic, details about the background of the bombing are slowly emerging. An analysis of open-source intel, currently available, suggests that there is indeed a potential for there to be involvement on behalf of a foreign terrorist organization or even a home grown terrorist...

Boston police say there’s been a third explosion in the city, following two blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed two people and injured many others. Police Commissioner Edward Davis says authorities aren’t certain that the explosion at the JFK Library was related to the other blasts, but they’re treating them as if they are....

Democrats don’t ever tell the truth about their shared history with African Americans. They will never admit the Confederacy was formed by Democrats intent on keeping their ancestors locked on plantations as slaves. They will never admit the Klu Klux Klan was formed and populated by Democrats who had been members of the Confederate Army. They have lied about which Party was home to some of the worst bigots in American history. Black conservative writer K. Carl Smith summed these lies up with, “When I grew up in Alabama, I thought George Wallace was a Republican. I thought Bull Connor...

Dozens of D.C.-area students were invited for a frank conversation about race Tuesday at the White House with Michelle Obama, Harrison Ford, and other members of the cast and crew of "42," the soon-to-be-released film about Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball. "I know I was mad just watching the movie," the first lady told the 80 students assembled in the State Dining Room, as Robinson's widow Rachel, who is 90, sat behind her. "It would have been easy for them to get mad or to give up. But instead, they [met] hate—they met hatred...

Quote of the Day: Uncle Sam Disses NASCAR Nation Edition Posted on April 2, 2013 by Robert Farago “Industry sources suggest that the [Tesla] reveal was supposed to take place one week later, at the NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway, but with the announcement that the National Rifle Association would be the title sponsor of that race, the federal government decided to move the announcement to Martinsville. ‘We aren’t sure how many fans would be friendly toward alternative energy at an event sponsored by the NRA,’ said the source, ‘and we have to assume a large percentage of them...

Father Earl 'Magic' Johnson II 'Couldn't be prouder!' Wicked gossip rag TMZ caught Johnson's gay, 20-y.o. son out on the Sunset strip this weekend while the lad was home from NYU for the holiday: man is this kid laying-it-on-thick with the purse, mink stole, and effeminate accent- OK we get it already, dude.  Just remember when you're paying $100 for a Lakers ticket that the owner's son is wearing mink coats with diamond necklaces to five-star restaurants while daddy Magic sends the rest to Obama. He told the interviewer he's a big Lakers fan still though, and is 'hoping and praying' for...

Over here in Europe, we call it "The beautiful game". Okey, nothing much happens for 72 minutes or so, but I'd say this is worth waiting for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx8qNKbC4go By the way, This player is from the ill-famed Muslim ghetto of Rosengård, Malmö, Sweden. But actually, Ibrahimovic is not a Muslim - he's a Buddhist.

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Got Ammo? Looking for a couple hundred rounds to go with that new handgun, shotgun or modern sporting rifle you just bought? Not only is ammo hard to find, it’s getting pricey. You might be hard pressed to find any at all. If you’re a competition shooter, you might be downright worried. Those who compete in the action shooting sports are known to put quite a few rounds down range and these shortages are making for some real challenges for those who enjoy the shooting sports. People are definitely talking about the ammo crisis. The Shooting Wire feature “Shortages Aren’t...

A handful of specialized retailers that cater to highly selective outdoor and gun enthusiasts have defied the general retail downturn by posting strong sales over the past several years. While recent media coverage and interest in guns has driven sales of guns and ammunition higher, these specialty retailers had reported strong sales long before the tragic and senseless events brought added attention to the sector. So much so that these sporting gun stores report sales are stronger now than ever. From a commercial real estate perspective, the popular sporting gun retailers are attracting interest from owners of empty so-called big...