philoshop

Who do you want as President of our country, and Commander in Chief of our military? In just over 8 months we will be tasked with this decision and it's time to start thinking about it. Will you appoint a ruler? Abdicate your responsibility and allow a group to appoint a figurehead? Choose someone who can lead?

Sheds are kinda' like girlfriends: I tend to find the best ones in places where I'm not really 'hunting' for 'em.

I almost never side with Apple, Microsoft, or any other crony socialist entity. But I think that...hold on...wait a second...I'm camping and trying to type and...oh, crap, there's a nose poking under the side of the tent...

Some interesting info: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-02-24/we-just-found-out-real-reason-fbi-wants-backdoor-iphone

Tacti_steve, My apologies for the snarkiness of this post. Typing without thinking, or just to vent, is inexcusable. Mea culpa.

That's not entirely true. First they're not asking Apple to take any information off of the phone. They're just asking them to disable the auto destruct so they can unlock it. Apple therefore hasn't touched the data. I haven't heard that extenuation. Provide a few details and maybe I'll take your word for it. Secondly if an FBI involved process is strictly adhered to then it is admissible. Law enforcement uses outside contractors all the time. I was unaware that Apple was considered a 'Government contractor' in a case such as this. Please, do explain the relationship between Apple and the government. It would be enlightening for many of us.

My mentor, a gunsmith and military armorer, had this to say about reloading: "Go buy the book, and then go by the book." He started me with a Lee Load-All and scoop set in 1979 that I still use successfully for some calibers today. It doesn't have to be an expensive or complicated process. Keep it simple, and you'll know when it's time to upgrade certain parts of the process.

The problem with having Apple or someone else simply extracting the information for the FBI is 'chain of evidence' if there is information that could be used to build a future case. Unless the FBI does it, it's considered 'hearsay' and is not admissible in court.

"Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Benjamin Franklin If the FBI is actually incapable of retrieving information from this phone, maybe they should focus more on not letting these a***oles into our country to begin with. A thorough investigation of the Obama/Jarret agenda would likely obviate the need for trying to screw with The People in a Free-market economy.

A plastic squirt-gun with ammonia was a pretty good self-defense tool when I was a kid running a trapline or a paper route. I carried one well into adult-hood to keep dogs away from my motorcycle as well. Does anyone even sell squirt-guns anymore in NYS?

You have some serious talent in this field my friend!!

I am not the pleasant pheasant plucker, I am the pleasant pheasant plucker's son.

I really wouldn't have to buy anything. I'd just take back my rights as a US citizen.

I simply remind anti-gun people that they have the right to not own a gun. Don't like 'em, don't own one.

http://nypost.com/2014/09/26/woman-beheaded-by-co-worker-in-oklahoma/ It's even a liberal newspaper.

Lots of neighbors have been getting in some handgun practice today. I'm popping apart logs and they're popping off rounds, so I was distracted. I wandered over, of course, and got to shoot a brand new Ruger LCP and LC9. New guns to me and I didn't hate 'em, but they'd take some practice and/or break in for sure. The LC9 has me intrigued. Lots of punch from a gun that's not much bigger than a phone, and it was very manageable. Tractors, chainsaws, splitters, guns...welcome to a brand new day.

A good day to split up some small and odd firewood chunks. Anything to be outdoors.

My Dad called me last night to tell me about a shed he found in his back yard. It was lodged in one of his more complex bird-feeders, the mechanical ones that give squirrels a carnival ride. ;-]

Thanks Grampy. Most of the bolt-on neck guitars I built used parts from the inexpensive imports that Fender sold. The necks and electronics were made here and were very high quality, but the bodies were awful. It was cheaper to buy the used guitar than to buy the parts.

I only built about a dozen basses and 2 dozen guitars. Only one instrument is unaccounted for that I'm aware of, and the vast majority of them are still in use in the Buffalo area. I think Rob Derhak was using one of mine when he was featured in Bass Player magazine several years ago, but it's not likely that anyone would remember my company. This is a simple Strat-style body I did for a friend who is now the master distiller at the Buffalo Distillery.

Philo Custom Shop. Hence my screen name here.

It's a tough business. The stars want your stuff for free, and the up-and-comers want your stuff for free. The guitars, basses, and drums I built are still out there being played around the world. As a business it didn't work out, but it's pretty cool to get a CD in the mail, or a backstage pass now and then.

I don't actually know, but I'm guessing if you attend both you might find a difference. :-] On a serious note, I spent part of my youth working for a logger/arborist climbing and felling trees and such. He was a tough old no-nonsense guy: "Don't cut faster than you can think." "You don't get to be old in this business if you're stupid."

You'll have to help me out here Wildcat. How does the working middle class grow through government taxation? I understand the premise of the Eisenhower thing you posted: Collecting 90% of profits from corporations, through threat of violence, will somehow force them to reinvest in their R&D and expand their business and their workforce so that they can avoid paying taxes. The tax shortfall is then made up by taxing that expanded 'working middle class'. On second thought, I don't understand this at all.

This video is from 2011, and from a conservative, but it's 9 minutes that is well worth watching for anyone who thinks taxing the wealthy is an answer. One may disagree on principle, but it's hard to argue with real numbers. https://www.billwhittle.com/firewall/eat-rich