Odds ‘n Sods:

Another Secure Email Service, Silent Circle, Is Shutting Down

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Reader J. McC. sent: Scientists Disclose Plans To Make Superflu In Labs

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I missed this article when it ran back in June: 1 in 12 on Bloomberg’s gun victims list are crime suspects killed by police or armed citizens acting in self-defense. Oh, and and speaking of Mayor Mikey, another one of Bloomberg’s gun-grabbing mayors is under suspicion: Stockton Mayor is under Peeping Tom investigation as city goes through bankruptcy. And, meanwhile, we read more about the sexcapades of San Diego’s mayor, “Filthy Filner.” Oh, and there has not yet been a trial date yet set for the mayor who tried to coerce drunken gay sex on a young man, at gunpoint. (Another one of Bloomberg’s heroic “crime fighters.”) America doesn’t need mandatory background checks on guns. It needs mandatory background checks on mayors!

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Glenn Beck Explodes! Total Chaos Coming!

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I was glad to see that with their new Competition series ARs, Colt has finally, after 50 years, caved in on their two-screws-instead-of-a-front-pivot-pin monstrosity. (For many years, the only semi-auto ARs from Colt that came with two normal pivot pins were their “Law Enforcement Only”-marked models, that have sold at a premium/)