It’s rampant. It isn’t going anywhere. It’s part of the reason why this country is so in debt. Did I mention that? I’m quite sure I have. Yet the left wants this fraud to continue unabated. The right won’t touch it because they don’t want to scare granny, or put a lot of pressure on the providers for fear of losing even more of them.
Despite Iranian threats warning the U.S. Navy to keep its distance from the Strait of Hormuz, for the second time in a week the U.S. military has rescued distressed Iranian mariners in the Gulf waters.
In the early morning hours of January 10th the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy responded to flares fired from the Iranian cargo dhow, Ya-Hussayn, which was experiencing engine troubles 50 miles off the coast of Iraq.
Monomoy launched their small boat and rescued two men off the dhow and four others tied to a life raft off the stern.
In all, six Iranians were taken off the boat, one of whom is being treated for severe burns he suffered in the engine room, according to Pentagon Spokesman George Little. All of the men were provided water, blankets, and halal meals and were later transferred to the Iranian Coast Guard vessel Naji 7.
Anyone out there with an SKS have experience with the last round not feeding?
Took out the SKS on Sunday just to see if I could get it to cycle through. Last time out it was only firing single shot, which turned out to be the gas selector switch being up.
I load it with the 10 rounds now and it cycles normally until I get to the last round. It seems like the magazine arm isn’t pushing the last round all the way up, as the bolt locks open when I get to the last round.
Spring issue maybe?
Don’t want to start bending and tweaking the thing unless I absolutely have to.
Anyone with experience with this, please drop a line in the comments.
This is why California is boned. Yeah, let’s keep adding to the debt. Makes perfect sense to me. Oh, and let’s raise the taxes again! And let’s give more free shit to illegal aliens too! That will solve everything.
Daniel Borenstein: Berkeley city manager not unique retiring with bigger pension than salaryBy Daniel BorensteinStaff columnistPosted: 01/07/2012 04:00:00 PM PSTUpdated: 01/09/2012 06:20:35 AM PSTIn November, Berkeley City Manager Phil Kamlarz traded his $250,000-a-year job for retirement with a starting pension of about $266,000 annually.The deal highlights the city’s generous pension program, which is one of the better plans in the state but by no means unique. The costly program is also $420 million underfunded, a shortfall equal to more than three years of city payroll, according to the city’s latest actuarial reports.Kamlarz’s hefty retirement pay was predictable. Three years ago, Mayor Tom Bates successfully persuaded his City Council colleagues to grant the city manager a series of raises to keep him on the job. As Bates pointed out then, Kamlarz could have collected just as much in retirement.The irony was that the raises didn’t solve the problem. Rather, they ensured that Kamlarz’s pension would increase by roughly a like amount whenever he finally walked out the door.As a result, whereas he could have left with a starting annual pension of $219,000 in January 2009, he left at the end of 2011 with 21 percent more a year for the rest of his life. The retirement pay also comes with annual cost-of-living adjustments.
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