Author: Braxton Taylor
This week, Cal tackles the “Make America Beautiful Again” initiative, unpacks the impeding screwworm invasion, and spills the beans on the latest Tiger King star to be sentenced to federal prison.To learn more and get involved with any Cal to Action, click here. Read the full article here
In this episode, Clay dives deep into one of Earth’s most mysterious creatures, the narwhal, Maggie clues us into the animal that may have inspired the creation of the flute in North America, and Spencer leads another round of MeatEater Kids Trivia! Connect with Clay, Spencer, Maggie, MeatEater, and The MeatEater Podcast Network MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube Check out our Kids Merch! Read the full article here
Topics Discussed: Steve gets the short end of the stick with a wafer cone, twice; a hot tip on using hydrogen peroxide to remove blood from fabric; an organic mass; subscribe to The MeatEater Kids Podcast feed to catch our fresh drop of Season 3; a crawfish Oedipus complex drama; mountain lions killing six times more deer because black bears steal their; the highest density concentration of bears in the world; more bear-human conflict; how the Humane Society of the US shockingly has police powers; California’s screwy laws against hunting bears and the effort to fight them; and more. Read the…
Daniel Defense is releasing a limited-edition, fully integrated PCC (pistol-caliber carbine) platform, the Slate Spectre. Based on the trusted DD PCC foundation, the Slate Spectre is an expression of precision, performance and craftsmanship. Building on the foundation of the Daniel Defense DDPCC, the Slate Spectre features a custom Midnight Chocolate Chip Cerakote finish, a match-grade Hiperfire trigger, Steiner MPS on a Unity Tactical FAST mount and an integrated custom SilencerCo Spectre 9k suppressor. This package is the first limited-series NFA integration released by Daniel Defense and includes a standard magazine, a Magpul D-50 drum magazine, a custom Protech Knife and…
In addition to the physical aspects of personal defense, shooting and tactics, the lawfully armed citizen should be just as concerned about learning the various laws regarding the use of force and the use of deadly force. Granted, quite a number of our states include a class on the law during their gun licensing classes but, given time constraints, this is often just a brief coverage of the subject. When one considers what the consequences might be, the armed citizen simply can’t learn too much about the laws regarding the use of force. And, it can be sort of confusing…
CzechPoint is expanding its product catalog to include large-format pistols based on the Czech vz 58, chambered in the classic 7.62x39mm cartridge in addition to the 5.56 NATO round. The new CzechPoint vz 58 large-format pistols are manufactured in the Czech Republic by CSA (Czech Small Arms) in Jablunka, Czech Republic. Every part found on these firearms is 100-percent new production: These firearms do not use any used or surplus components. Regardless of caliber, these new pistols are built around 7.5- or 12-inch chrome-lined Walther-Lothar cold-hammer-forged barrels. In addition to this, these pistols ship with new production smoky translucent polymer…
Some firearms, like the Lignose pistol, have very different manuals-of-arms. I found a pistol while going through the effects of a deceased relative, wrapped carefully in a white cloth. The relative was a World War II veteran who lived alone and kept to himself, according to other relatives. In going through his effects, it was like going back into history almost 100 years ago. Though I never met him, I almost feel like I knew him, having gone through the items he carefully preserved and left behind. Since I am the gun person of the family, I was given the…
Firing a top military lawyer would require a congressional notification that includes a substantive justification under a defense policy bill advanced by the Senate Armed Services Committee this week.The provision in the Senate’s version of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, marks Congress’ first concrete, bipartisan action in response to the Trump administration’s purge of the top uniformed lawyers for the Air Force, Army and Navy earlier this year.Under the bill, Congress would have to receive a rationale within five days of the removal of a service’s top judge advocate general, a congressional official who briefed reporters on…
Service members are on track to get a 3.8% pay raise next year under versions of the annual defense policy bill moving through the House and Senate this month.Both the Senate Armed Services Committee’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which the committee voted to approve behind closed doors this week, and the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the NDAA, which the committee will debate in a public session next week, endorse a 3.8% across-the-board military pay raise, according to House bill text, a Senate bill summary and committee briefings.The raise is consistent with the Trump…
After Nick Sheryka’s dreams of flying for the U.S. military were dashed because of hearing loss in his left ear, he didn’t sulk. Instead, he built his own airplane.Sheryka eventually obtained his pilot’s license and secured a job at Boom Supersonic, a startup with the goal of achieving civilian supersonic flight and making it affordable to the general public. Sheryka, the company’s chief flight test engineer, and Tristan Brandenburg, its chief test pilot, recently joined The Fighter Pilot Podcast to discuss the XB-1 Supersonic demonstrator program.While Sheryka did not serve in the military, he said his grandfather was a fighter…