Reader Rod McG. recommended this web site: Mappery.com
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I heard from a gent over at The FALFIles Forums that Dan’s Ammo still has some original FN (of Belgium) Browning Hi-Power 13-round 9mm magazines at just under $20 each. These were made for the South African Defense Force (SADF), back in the 1960s, and were recently surplussed. If you own a Hi-Power pistol, my advice is to buy at least eight of these magazines for your own use, and another larger pile for barter. You’ll probably be laughing about getting them at this price, this time next year. OBTW, if you hear of any other importers or dealers that still have any full capacity magazines at pre-BHO inauguration sales frenzy prices, let me know the details, and I’ll mention them in the blog.
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A limitless Mother of All Bailouts (MOAB)? Now there is talk of bailing out newspapers!
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Bill in Wyoming mentioned the current swarm of earthquakes going on under Lake Yellowstone-over 250 since it’s beginning on December 26th. The strongest was a [Richter Scale] magnitude 3.8, on December 27th. Some have suggested that this might be a precursor to a massive Yellowstone Super-Caldera eruption. Current updates can be found at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, as well as links to seismograms and other monitoring adjuncts.
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I spotted this bit of bureaucratic self-congratulation linked at The Drudge Report: US rescue averted ‘financial collapse’: Treasury. (This is perhaps a more accurate headline: US rescue delayed ‘financial collapse’: Realist.)