Mortdooley wrote on Jun 10
th, 2019 at 10:02pm:
OK, I'm back from the land of the big mouse.
??? Sorry? Where?
Quote: Quote:You obviously don't know or understand the history Latin and Southern America, do you, Mort? The US has exploited that region for over 150 years. It has imposed it's will on the people and forced them to accept tyrants and dictators. You wonder why they resent America? Really?
Western Europe created the borders of Central and South America when they colonized it. Western financial interests created wealth from the natural resources they found there and even the locals benefited.
So the antics of the American government in places like Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Panama, etc. have no bearing on how people consider the US. I know most of that was before you were born but we are discussing history, aren't we?
Quote: Quote:A great theory but what does it do to the claims by the Gun Nuts that Tyrants immediately enact gun control? You cannot have one and then accept the other, Mort, now can you?
In reality, most of the firearms used during the Eastern European revolutions were acquired from the Peoples' Militia armouries. AK47s and all the other Eastern weapons. Few WWII weapons were used. The main problem faced with using WWII weapons is the lack of ammunition available for them. Plenty of ammunition for AKs.
While the AK variant has become the weapon of choice in third world countries, tons of WW2 weapons are still hidden away in private hands.
Ammunition is not like eggs, it doesn't go bad sitting in storage. Properly stored ammo eighty years old still functions like new and I know this because I have plenty and use it in my Mosin-Nagant, Tokarev and Nagant revolver. It was available cheap until some of Obamas executive orders restricted the import of obsolete calibers. It is once again available but at a much higher price.
So, all those days I spent in a lecture room in the Army where I learnt about the safe storage and the shelf life of ammunition were wasted?
Ammunition has (in general) a shelf life of approximately 5 years which can be followed by inspections every 12 months until approximately 15 years old. After that, the propellants steadily degrade, losing power.
In Eastern and Middle Europe, the WarPac states changed over to 7.62x39mm rounds for most of their small arms in approximately 1958. Most other ammunition was no longer produced in quantity. Yugoslavia was the rare exception, keeping 7.92mm (long and short) in production until the break up of that country in the 1990s.
Quote: Quote:Excuse me? Is this an admission that you don't really know what you're talking about so you decide to change the subject, Mort? Really? Roll Eyes
Bird fatalities occur all the time. Birds, other animals all hunt birds and kill them. Birds get hit by cars, killed by humans deliberately as well as accidently. Who cares? It is the way of the world. Natural selection will weed out the birds who are stupid and the smarter ones which know to avoid wind turbines will survive.
Wind turbines kill an estimated 140,000 to 328,000 birds each year in North America, making it the most threatening form of green energy. And yet, it’s also one of the most rapidly expanding energy industries: more than 49,000 individual wind turbines now exist across 39 states. More energy can be saved by using a system of passive heat exchange. Pulling hot air through piping buried underground and blown into buildings will cool or heat more efficiently at a lower cost.
How large is the bird population of the USA? Several hundred billion, I don't doubt. 140,000-328,000 is a drop in the ocean in comparison. Run along, Mort, run along.
Quote: Quote:Enjoy it while you can, Mort. I hope you have your space on the window ledge booked
Quote:Where did I say I wished you harm, Mort? All I suggested was that if you play the market you should expect to come crashing down. If you want to harm yourself, go for it.
We both know that during the stock market crash some people who had lost everything climbed out on the
ledge of tall buildings and leaped to their deaths.
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Did they? Really? Now why would they waste themselves like that, Mort?