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M60 tanks scrapped, put on display, some are still even in war reserves around the country while others were sold to third world countries. M60 MG are the same. The 240 looks almost identical to the m60, so that is what you are probably seeing.

  Wait a second, they make oil filters with check valves?  Never seen that before.

  This or use something like lucas oil additive or another treatment that helps oil soak into or stick to the metal.

  Carbon dioxide is a pollutant and is causing global cooling, I mean global warming I mean climate change, resulting in people committing workplace violence, I mean possible terrorist acts.   Not sure what is so hard to understand about that.  Oh and words hurt, don't respond to my post for the next 15 minutes because I need my safe space.

The good guys have never stopped a "MASS SHOOTING" because they shoot the fucker in the face before he has a chance to move on to more victims.

That guy is awesome!  Older gentleman, had some very cool relics, very knowledgable of black rifles and he machined that barrel for a whopping $10.  If he wasn't so far away, I would definitely hang out with him more often.

  There's a big difference though, for example: even though I work at a hospital, there has never been an instance where I thought to go to any physician and explain to them their hypothesis on why the thingamajiggy not jiggafiying properly, is incorrect.   BS'ers just need to stay out of the conversation.

  That's great!   I always liked the one here more so than anywhere else cause there's always a few people go out of their way to do comical stuff. 

This shall go into the annals of history as an example of why you shouldn't try to be an expert on something you know nothing about.   https://www.facebook.com/thegunvaultut/videos/1031663876877287/?pnref=story  

Quoted just so I can say I participated in the longest post of TGO history. The letter intimidated the school district into offering an apology. In April 2013, the group's Michigan branch pushed for public schools in the city of Dearborn to accommodate Muslim students who wished to comfortably pray on school grounds and to allow Muslim students to leave early on Fridays for Jumu’ah prayers.[2] The school superintendant complied. CAIR also sends its own lecturers into the public schools to indoctrinate students with Islamist propaganda and wants Muslim educators to have a say in textbook selection, so as to spin the Islamist narrative in history and social studies texts. For example, on November 29, 2011 at Steinbrenner High School in Lutz, Florida, CAIR Florida executive director Hassan Shibly complied with a world history teacher's request that he teach more than 400 students not only about sharia law, but also about the mission of CAIR itself. CAIR also influences the education system by using the legal system to bully teachers who dare to discuss examples of terrorists committing violence in the name of Islam. For example, CAIR’s Washington state branch accused a well-respected Washington public school teacher of being “racist” when, while instructing her students about the dangers of bullying in October 2012, she used the Taliban and Hamas as examples of organizations that employ violence to “bully people.” CAIR called for a federal investigation and demanded information “regarding curriculum, approved texts and materials, internal correspondence, and past complaints against the district.” In June 2013, CAIR took an alternate, nondescript name: the Washington Trust Foundation, Inc Revelation That CAIR Has Been Illegally Hiding Funding from Foreign Sources Over the years, CAIR has made conflicting statements about funding it has received from sources overseas. In a press release issued just two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, for instance, the organization asserted: “We do not support directly or indirectly, or receive support from, any overseas group or government.” By January 2009, however, CAIR claimed, “[T]here is nothing criminal or immoral about accepting donations from foreign nationals.… The U.S. government, corporations and non-profit organizations routinely receive money from foreign nationals.” Against that backdrop, in September 2013 the Daily Caller revealed that CAIR, for years, had been receiving large contributions from foreign entities and hiding them from the IRS by illegally shifting those funds between two separate bank accounts to circumvent U.S. law. A bit of background is necessary at this point: CAIR obtained a 501(c)(4) “social welfare” certification from the IRS in 1994. Contributions to 501(c)(4) organizations are usually not deductible as charitable contributions for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Moreover, 501(c)(4) groups are not required to publicly disclose the identity of their donors, with just a few exceptions. Eleven years later, in 2005, CAIR created what was supposed to be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit “sister” organization known as the CAIR-Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of allowing its American donors to get tax deductions when giving to CAIR. Donations made to 501(c)(3) organizations are deductible to the full extent of the law as charitable contributions. It was not until 2007, however, that the CAIR-Foundation, Inc. officially secured its 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. Then, from 2008-2010, the CAIR-Foundation, Inc. never filed the IRS 990 forms that all 501(c)(3)s are required to file. Thus it was subsequently de-listed—i.e., it lost its 501(c)(3) status—in 2011. Meanwhile, the original 1994 CAIR maintained only one website, which listed itself (incorrectly) as a 501(c)(3) and made no distinction between its 501(c)(4) lobbying arm and its (de-listed) 501(c)(3) non-profit arm. IRS regulations stipulate that while an organization may have both 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) related entities, it must maintain a wall between the two—i.e., the entities must have separate bank accounts, boards of directors, financial books, and payrolls. But the two CAIR entities had none of these distinctions. To circumvent U.S. tax laws, said the Daily Caller, CAIR's 501(c)(4) entity had collected, without making any disclosure to the IRS, millions of dollars in contributions—and tens of millions of dollars in pledges—from large, anonymous donors. After depositing these funds into its 501(c)(4) bank account, CAIR promptly shifted the funds to its 501(c)(3) account, thereby (illegally) allowing the donors to remain anonymous and claim tax deductions for their contributions. Federal criminal statutes refer to this practice as “laundering” of funds.” Laundering foreign funds into a U.S. political non-profit in this manner constitutes a violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act, a 1938 law requiring “persons acting as agents of foreign principals in a political or quasi-political capacity to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal.” Similarly, U.S. law prohibits the shifting of funds from overseas in order to avoid reporting them to the IRS. Some of CAIR's large, anonymous donors were based in Middle Eastern Muslim nations. Among those that gave unreported donations to CAIR during one particular five-year period were: the government of Qatar (which gave $405,000 during those years); the Saudi-based Kingdom Holding Company ($199,980); the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, or UAE ($219,563); and such additional UAE-based entities as the National Bank of Fujairah ($100,000), the Red Crescent Society ($99,985), and 
Bin Hammodah Properties ($44,985). As of September 2013, CAIR had met and coordinated with foreign principals on at least 35 occasions and engaged in more than 100 political influence operations on behalf of foreign principals in the United States. David Reaboi, vice president for strategic communications at the Center for Security Policy, said at that time: In a move that may have been related to CAIR's practice of secretly shifting foreign funds between its 501(c)(3) and its 501(c)(4), in June 2013 the organization quietly—with no formal announcement—adopted yet another alternate name: the Washington Trust Foundation, Inc. This appears to have been a sub rosa move that was not intended for public knowledge but was uncovered by investigative journalists. Indeed, CAIR's website made no mention of the name change, and no web page existed under the new name. CAIR's Philadelphia Office Hires Leftwing Jewish Activist On October 15, 2013, CAIR's Philadelphia office issued a press release announcing that it had hired Jacob Bender, a left-wing Jewish activist and filmmaker, as its new executive director. Bender, who has spent a good portion of his life denouncing the Jewish state, blames Israel for virtually all the problems encountered by Palestinians. In one letter to a newspaper, he writes, “The vast settlement project… is only the most visible manifestation of Israel’s four-decade long rule over Palestinian territory, an occupation that has included torture, political assassination, home demolitions and economic strangulation.” In another letter, he depicts “the growth of terrorism and Islamist extremism” as “a direct result of its oppression of the Palestinians.” The Alwaleed bin Talal Foundation was the top donor to Bender’s anti-Israel “documentary” film, Out of Cordoba. Another large donor of the film was the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). Another donor was the Alavi Foundation, an Iranian group that had its Manhattan office tower seized by the United States in September 2013, in what prosecutors described as the “country’s largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture.” According to prosecutors, the foundation was engaged in money laundering for the government of Iran. Yet another donor was the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which took an active role in the distribution of Bender’s film. Former ISNA heads and current ISNA representatives, Muzammil Siddiqi and Sayyid Syeed, acted as advisors to the film. United Arab Emirates Designates CAIR As a Terrorist Group In mid-November 2014, the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) designated CAIR, the Muslim American Society (MAS), and more than 80 groups from other countries as terrorist organizations. Others on the list included ISIS; al Qaeda and its various branches; the Muslim Brotherhood and its branches; Britain’s Cordoba Foundation; the Muslim Association of Britain; and numerous European Muslim groups based in Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Finland. Islam scholar Robert Spencer offered the following analysis of the UAE designation of CAIR: According to Middle East Forum president Daniel Pipes, "CAIR incites, funds, and does much more vis-à-vis terrorism." He elaborates that CAIR: (a) Apologizes for terrorist groups: Challenged repeatedly to denounce Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist groups, CAIR denounces the acts of violence but not their sponsors. ( B) Is connected to Hamas: Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and many other governments, indirectly created CAIR and the two groups remain tight. Examples: in 1994, CAIR head Nihad Awad publicly declared his support for Hamas; and the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), a Hamas front group, contributed $5,000 to CAIR; in turn, CAIR exploited the 9/11 attacks to raise money for HLF; and, this past August, demonstrators at a CAIR-sponsored rally in Florida proclaimed "We are Hamas!" (c) Settled a lawsuit: CAIR initiated a libel lawsuit in 2004 over five statements by a group called Anti-CAIR. But two years later, CAIR settled the suit with prejudice (meaning that it cannot be reopened), implicitly acknowledging the accuracy of Anti-CAIR's assertions, which included: "CAIR is a terrorist supporting front organization that is partially funded by terrorists"; "CAIR … is supported by terrorist supporting individuals, groups and countries"; "CAIR has proven links to, and was founded by, Islamic terrorists"; and "CAIR actively supports terrorists and terrorist supporting groups and nations." (d) Includes individuals accused of terrorism: At least seven board members or staff at CAIR have been arrested, denied entry to the US, or were indicted on or pled guilty to or were convicted of terrorist charges: Siraj Wahhaj, Bassem Khafagi, Randall ("Ismail") Royer, Ghassan Elashi, Rabih Haddad, Muthanna Al-Hanooti, and Nabil Sadoun. (e) Is in trouble with the law: Federal prosecutors in 2007 named CAIR (along with two other Islamic organizations) as "unindicted co-conspirators and/or joint venturers" in a criminal conspiracy to support Hamas financially. In 2008, the FBI ended contacts with CAIR because of concern with its continuing terrorist ties. NOTES: [1] As scholar and former CIA operations officer Clare Lopez pointed out in response: [2] CAIR’s instructional material for teachers -- entitled “An Educator’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices” -- advises schools to permit Muslim students who wish to attend Friday congregational worship (known as Jum’ah) to “request a temporary release from school.”

Just seen a new term floated on a news outlet "assault clothing" Now they have something new to go after lol.

Screw 'em. If I ran the gun show I would use this as a free advertising opportunity to say bigger better and forever, at the biggest location outside the edge of Nashville

Thank you guys, John said he would take care of it for me!

    The ID protection is straight bull#### though.  The first offer was 1 year, then the second more serious offer was 3 years.  So now after 3 years and 1 day, we will be paying for it for the rest of our lives.  I think they should have to provide it to us permanently since it was a massive #### up on their part.   It's like they think they're insinuating to people that their information will not be sold/used after the three year mark.

Oh no, I don't like black powder guns... Out of generosity I offered to help a friend out and shouldn't have done so.  Will never happen again with something old, foreign and of sentimental value lol.   I never caught the AR bug either, the only thing I have is a bone stock bushmaster ar10.  Pistols are my love.

Well, David gave me one and my wife only used it for a little while (as expected) but she took it with her when she moved out... Otherwise I would happily pass it along to the next board member lol.

First OPM letter was notification they got some basic data, if you get the notice concerning your fingerprints (the recent one) then they got the entire SF86. Got my notice about 3 weeks ago too.

    That is awesome, will call tomorrow.  Thanks!

Well I dropped by Best Buy to check out the Surface Book in person and am glad I did. That thing is a pile of junk. It was awkwardly balanced, the screen was really slow to respond to touch both with a finger and that pen. However, I did spot a killer deal on a Lenova Yoga 3 Pro for $749, then they gave $20 in rewards certificates and get a $20 statement credit for using their card. So, got it for a total of $709. Rather snazzy deal. The strange thing is, was that this has a substantially slower cpu and it boots up/shuts down in 50% of the time the surface book did. And it only weighs 2.6 pounds or something silly, almost as little as a tablet. Still hate windows though.

    I thought they had to sell to you if it was their mistake?

    Just caught your avatar, well played sir!

No BF deals here.   I need a convertible laptop, but hate Windows.  Apple's dumb CEO said no one wants to buy a Mac that does this... He's an idiot.  Scoping out the new Surface Book, but I just really don't want a PC.  May be forced to sleep with the devil in the end...

Not sure on the exact issue, but your power supply is right on the verge of maxing out.   You live near Nashville by chance?  I've got some extra 1000w modular PSUs, you can have one but only if you actually plan on using it and not hocking it.

Ticket every one of the turtles!  It only takes one of those retards to backup traffic for miles.