Is there no function that the .gov beleives it does not need to perform? Under what possible connection to Homeland Security could Thanksgiving fire safety tips fall?

Go to a hardware store and have a copy of your car's key cut. Buy a magnetic case, and store the spare up under the bumper. The new vacation location and altered habit patterns (like loading and unloading luggage, carrying different family members as passengers, etc.) make locking the keys in the car much more…

Also, if one buys Priority postage online, Delivery Confirmation is included for free, vice the $0.70 one pays additionally if one buys the same Priority shipping at the USPO.

TLAM is a hugely expensive way to get 1000 lbs of warhead about 1000 miles, and it lacks much of the flexibility of a real-time controlled vehicle, not to mention the costs of the ships and subs that launches it.

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You're partly right. Gun and missile technology is really, really good these days. The problem is, a fixed gun or missile can only cover a piece of sky that is much smaller than an attacking aircraft can come from. You'd need thousands of missile sites and gun embankments, all able to cover altitudes from 100' AGL…

They were also little used in GWII because we destroyed almost all the Iraqi jets in GWI. Wasn't much left to shoot.

History shows that military aggression loves a vacuum. If the US stops fielding the latest and greatest technology, someone else will, axiomatically, will be the tech warfare leaders. I'd rather the US not need to play catch-up while China or Russia operate without opposition.

We get it, #SamBiddleHatesTheMilitaryAndEs.... Your myopic views of what the military does and what deterrence means are so painfully clear within each and every one of your dreadfully biased yet at least painfully uninteresting articles.

I know what you mean, but many of these come with an extension that eliminates that issue. Mine did. I also like that one can chuck the bits (and extension) into a cordless drill.

Yep. The computers can easily land better than the pilots... when everything is working. But, if a flight control is sticking or damaged, or the hydraulic system has failed, or GPS or other NAVAID systems are lost or degraded, there isn't an automatic system integrator developed yet that will outperform a warm body…

Tactical Tomahawk. This would be about perfect for braining the walkers.

Rather than just a multi-screwdriver, you might suggest a screwdriver set. 30+ different bits for about $10. Way more versatile than just flat and Phillips heads.

Careful. Using screwdrivers like these that were unaltered, I've managed to torque them hard enough to twist and bend the heads.

I suspect that "not running away like a panicking child" is drilled into these guys from day one. The only thing worse than standing in the middle of an oil fire is falling down into an oil fire.

Interesting. I saw a couple of articles that said the rifle was found in a nearby car.

Perhaps this could work if the WiFi signal were boosted up to higher power and into the 900 and 1800 MHz ranges, and if the WiFi were broadcast from towers located strategically throughout a city or region, maybe in some kind of arrangement that would form slightly overlapping pockets of coverage...

Ballistic information suggests this guy didn't have much of a chance of hitting anything. If the shooter was near the Washington monument, about 800-900 yards away, and if he were using the AK-47 reported to be found in the car, then he would have almost no reasonable expectation of hitting the broad side of a barn…

Obesity is, in the vast plurality of cases, voluntary.

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