EX COUGAR SALVO 2012 SLIDESHOW

This video is of the biggest exercise done recently by the 39th brigade, which is made up of all of the Reserve units in British Columbia. the artillery guns are C3's which I used to command one when I was in the 15th FD Regiment  RCA. The exercise took place in Idaho and the Canadians were working with US National Guard.

There are times when I miss this stuff, but with a busy job, 2 young kids and a couple of hobbies. I know I don't have the time to devote to it. so of the guys I trained are now the Warrant Officers and Sergeants. they bugged me to come back, but I suspect it's so they extract their revenge on me because I would have to restart as a gunner. I can see it now; "Gunner! remember how you made me run with my rifle over my head 50 times around the parade square? Get you butt moving and get that rifle up high!!!!" 

I think I will just stick to have a beer with them and recall the good old days!

Happy birthday Israel

Happy birthday Israel, today they celebrate 64 years of existence as the modern State of Israel. let us hope they have many more and all of them peaceful.

 

Awaiting the massed protests

140 teachers and school girls poisoned, not the first time either.

Taliban issues death threats to teachers because of a ban on motorcycles.

The silence from the left and  the moderate Muslims is deafening. Unless of course you are talking about dead bodies and the US.

Meanwhile attempts to engage the Taliban in peace talks are not going so well.

LGR dead as of midnight Apr 5th 2012

Changes to business requirements: elimination of the requirement to register non-restricted firearms Special Bulletin for Businesses No. 79
April 5, 2012

Snapshot
Implementation of Bill C-19, the Ending the Long-Gun Registry Act.

Implications
The Government of Canada has changed the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act to eliminate the requirement to register non-restricted firearms effective April 5, 2012. Until further notice, due to a Court Order issued by the Quebec Superior Court, residents of Quebec are still required to register non-restricted firearms with the RCMP Canadian Firearms Program.

Beginning on April 5, 2012, firearms businesses are no longer required to obtain a Registration Certificate for non-restricted firearms from the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP). This does not impact registration requirements for restricted or prohibited firearms.

Businesses that use Business Web Services, available from the CFP website, are advised that the registration and transfer of non-restricted firearms is no longer required or supported.

Individuals and businesses buying or otherwise acquiring firearms must still have a firearms licence, and businesses are still responsible for checking the buyer’s licence. Businesses may continue to call the CFP at the toll-free number to confirm the buyer’s licence prior to completing a sale.


Finally after years of fighting this travesty of injustice. One of the chains imposed upon us is slipped. Now is a time to dance, celebrate and enjoy the taste of victory, for tomorrow it's back into the breech to do battle once more against the rest of the firearms Act.

A big thank you to all that have fought this!

Sucks though for our Quebec brethren, patience your time is coming!

Simon's Cat in 'Shelf Life'

What is it with cats and mantle pieces anyways? They take great delight in pushing and knocking off everything on them. Our snow scene this year lasted about 3 days before Zeus decided the cotton balls would make a nice bed.

Sh*t Bureaucrats Say

This kid is going far, it's a good laugh, cute and on the mark.

The Pencil (El Lapiz)

Just back from our Tango lessons at Easy Dancing, my wife and I were practicing "the Pencil" We can do it, but not as nice as this guy. If you need exercise, I recommend Argentinean Tango, man you really feel your muscles because you dance with your whole body. Our teachers plays a more modern style music such as the Gotan Project and this one by the Pussy Cat Dolls. I can't say this enough to guys, learn to dance! If you are single, you will meet really nice ladies, if you are married then your wife will be very happy and a happy wife is a happy man able to do his hobbies.

Solomon Friedman testifies about gun control at Senate committee hearing

This will be like paint drying if you are not interested in the Gun Registry. If you support the elimination of the Registry, then it's sweet music to your ears. Regardless Soloman is very good at making a solid case to abolish the LGR. I encourage you to listen to all of his videos.

Greening the earth one bird at a time.

Greening the earth one bird at a time, not to forget about the bats either...

The 2010 Bird and Bat report commissioned by Transalta, a component of the Post Construction Follow-up Plan, states that over the first six months of operation bird mortality due to blade strike was 602 birds of which 13 were raptors. That reflects 6.99 birds per turbine over six months (almost 14 strikes per turbine per year). The industry standard for comparable wind facilities is generally 2 bird strikes per turbine per year. Over 1270 bats were killed in the same six month period. The development is in a globally and continentally significant Important Bird Area. The PCFP was designed in response to stakeholder concerns over potential negative effects on bird populations, and is a partnership between Transalta, the Environment Canada and provincial Ministry of Natural Resources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Island_Wind_Farm 

WristBow (Homemade Crossbow-Gauntlet)

Pretty cool toy, although in it's current form not to powerful. Also interesting that it is made out of easily accessible bits, just a lesson that if someone wants a weapon, there is not much you can do to stop them. Now here in Canada this crossbow would be prohibited by law and god help you if you have a blow gun in your possession, because Canada was suffering from a wave of crossbow and blowgun attacks.