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Focusing on numismatics, and commenting upon current legal and world events, not to mention asides into the world of scuba diving, flying, and fine firearms.

Tuesday, January 02, 2024

Blackbeards - Going Deep

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The next day on Blackbeards, we began with a dive on Dog rocks. Max depth we hit at that site was 103 feet, and it came fast as did the air ...
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Monday, January 01, 2024

Rolling Into 2024

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Welcome to 2024! A bunch of us at the training center decided to go to the center this morning to get a rolling session in on the first of t...
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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Last Range Trip of 2023

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After arriving back in town on Friday night, On Saturday morning I got up nice and early and headed to the range to meet up with Tosh, Jason...
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Monday, December 25, 2023

Whitmer and The Dems Give You A Tax Increase For Christmas, And A Mioney Giveaway Too

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That sucking sound you just heard is $700 million in taxes being pulled out of your wallets for more Democrat government spending. The Detro...
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Sunday, December 24, 2023

Merry Christmas To My Christian Readers And Friends

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May you and your families have a wonderful and very Merry Christmas.
Friday, December 22, 2023

Court: Election Redistricting To Favor Dems Has Racial Consequences

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The Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission , which just happened to redraw districts that ended up (quelle surprise) being h...
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Mat Survival

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Well, that was quite a roll last night. At Jitsu class, as usual we spent an hour working on a technique, and then do open mat rolling where...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Blackbeard's Day 2 Night Dive

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The Night Dive on Madison Avenue led to meeting lots of fish, as well as a different entry technique. Due to the presence of Sea Wasps , a k...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Blackbeard's Day 2 Dives

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The Next day began with a leisurely dive at the Pinnacle Wall. Down to 101 feet. Yep, it was time to go deep on some walls. You can get deep...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Blackbeard's First Ocean Night Dive

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I've dove in the ocean before. I've dove at night before. But I had never dove in the ocean at night before the trip. On Day 1, afte...
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Monday, December 18, 2023

Michigan State Bailout - Palooza!

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Our dear governor just rescued a bunch of Democrat constituencies from their series of poor choices, at the expense of everyone other taxpay...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Netflix's Obliterated

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Obliterated is just a heckuva fun action comedy short series to watch.   It is so far over the top it's awesome. If you think of it as ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Blackbeard's - The First Dive

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The first day of diving began rising at 6:00 am for coffee and a great hot breakfast. After that we got a 10 minute warning that meant we we...
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Monday, December 11, 2023

Blackbeard's Morning Star

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The transport dropped us off at the marina and we found our way to the Morning Star. A 65-foot motor/sail boat, she'd be home to 22 dive...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Getting There Can Be More Than Half The Fun

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Had my first ever dive live-aboard experience last week. I went with Blackbeard's and sailed the Exumas in the Bahamas on the mighty Mo...
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Friday, December 01, 2023

Unexpectedly, Hamas Violates Ceasefire, So Media Blames Israel

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NPR's, totally unsurprisingly, is rather biased in both its headline and reporting of the end of the ceasefire to make it look like Isra...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Damn Stupid Porch Pirates

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Well had my first porch pirate experience yesterday. Had a delivery form Amazon, which included a nice picture of a small Amazon box and an ...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Good Reading Around The Webs

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Mosiac :  Ecstasy and Amnesia in the Gaza Strip   The article gives quite a good explanation as to the Arab mindset and how we got to the pr...
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Monday, November 27, 2023

Well That's An Oopsie In Order Processing!

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I recently ordered a Sealife Underwater Case for my iPhone.  Given the camera on the iPhone is rather good, between it and a Go Pro I shoul...
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Abby's Chicago Trip - The Long Wait To Charge Home

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Their trip was good and she was much surprised and they had a very nice time. The return trip however was not quite so delightful. You see h...
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