Odds ‘n Sods:

Reader Jeff H. wrote to suggest this instructional video: Arc Welding with Three Car Batteries

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“Excessive Force” doesn’t begin to describe… Dramatic helicopter shootout and car chase in Rio de Janeiro. (A hat tip to Ol’ Remus for the link.)

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F.G. suggested: Used AK Buyer’s Checklist

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Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large) found this link: Why Vultures Devoured Hiker’s Body in Minutes

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As if on cue… Two days ago I asked rhetorically,: “Is a magazine capacity of 16 rounds inherently more evil, criminal or sinister than a capacity of 15 rounds?” And then came yesterday’s news headline: New York Man Arrested for Having Two Extra Bullets, Violating State’s Seven Bullet Cap. This is just as arbitrary as Mayor Bloomberg’s ban on high capacity soda cups, but has much more serious implications. (Thanks to reader J.B.G. for the article link.)

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I wonder what Joe Dassin would say, if he saw his favorite boulevard now? ‘The Champs Elysee is a battlefield’: Riots on the streets of Paris as thugs hijack David Beckham’s team’s open-top bus title celebrations.