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Discussion in 'Shotguns' started by Rabendshein, Jul 19, 2009.
Who does the best Saiga 12 conversions in the Houston area and in Texas?
TAC-47 Industries will be working on my Saiga 12.
Keith Nel is the owner
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Is Keith from South Africa? I believe I've met him...
I talked with Keith Friday and I believe his convert time is around 3 weeks (basic). When discussing my Saiga 12 conversion he will let you know all the +-'s on each component and if the cost it worth it. I am looking at quad rails, folding stock, H&K sights, barrel (length) cut with comp and of course a new finish, just to name a few. He has been quick to respond to emails and calls. In fact when I first called I did not leave a message, he was still quick to return my call. He has even made offers for me to come by and see some samples as well as shoot at a local range.
I hope this helps. I will post some photos as the process is on going, since my budget will not allow this to happen in one motion.
My friend Innocent Bystander had some work done on his AK by that same shop and they were phenomenal with the customer service. What he had done included cutting on the receiver and some welding which destroyed the finish. He was planning on Duracoating the rifle sometime in the future, but when we picked it up (on a Sunday, they took care of him!) I looked at the rifle and said "holy crap, they Parkerized it!" No charge, they didn't want it leaving looking all ghetto.
They took excellent care of him and I wouldn't hesitate to send work their way.
Well we are not in Texas, but I honestly dont think anybody does a better Conversion than us. We are not the cheapest but if you put an ETAC GoGun in your hand you will see that we are worth it.
If you really want someone in Texas, Benny Hill in Corpus Chisti (Triangle Shooting Sports) is one of best gunsmiths on face of planet and also one heckuva great guy. I think he specializes more in competion shotguns but if you can get him to work on your gun, you wont go wrong.
Correction to Custom Work
Since my last post, (I know it was just recently) But anyway E-TAC stopped accepting conversions Oct 13. You can still get one of our preconfigured guns but no more custom work. Basically we could just not do the quality of work we demand for the prices customers were willing to pay.
Any way check out the $150 extra value coupon we have going till Nov 15 at our website www.gogun.us


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Bangalore: Chief Justice of India K G
Balakrishnan on Saturday warned that long periods of delay in
disposing of cases would lead people to "revolt" and the legal
system to crumble, as he made a strong pitch for doubling the
number of subordinate courts to 35,000.
"We cannot have a backlog for long periods of time...
people will revolt... system will crumble," Balakrishnan said
at a conference on "Alternative Dispute Resolution-
Conciliation and Mediation" here.
He expressed the view that though people have
confidence in the judiciary as they "feel they will get
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they can wait?"
"We cannot have this much of delay at any cost. It
should be reduced," Justice Balakrishnan said.
The CJI blamed fewer number of courts and a
significant number of vacancies of Judges as the reasons
responsible for pendency of large number of cases.
The number of courts in the country is not adequate at
all, he argued. While there are posts of 16,000 judges in
subordinate courts, the vacancies number 2,000.
He said the number of subordinate courts should be
increased from the present 16,000 to at least 35,000. "Under
any circumstances, Indian judiciary cannot work forward unless
we have 35,000 subordinate courts in India".
"State Governments are not coming forward with
(establishing) large number of courts," Balakrishnan said and
regretted that there is no progress on the move to set up
4,000 village courts.
While India has developed in "all other areas", courts
are still taking "too much time" in disposing of cases.
He stressed the role of mediation and conciliation in
justice delivery system. In China, only 20 percent cases go
for trial while 80 percent is settled though mediation and
But in India, though statistics are not available, he
believes not more than five percent of cases go for
mediation. "We should encourage litigants (to go in) for
mediation," the CJI said.
He said litigation in India is "very inexpensive", and
that`s why people are not going in for mediation. Justice
Balakrishnan also had a dig at lawyers, citing their role in
delaying the cases.
CJI steers clear of Justice Dinakaran impeachment issue
Chief Justice of India Justice
K G Balakrishnan today sought to steer clear of the
controversy surrounding Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P D
Dinakaran, against whom an impeachment move is gaining
momentum, saying he had nothing to do with it.
"I have nothing to do with that," Justice Balakrishnan
responded when reporters sought his reaction on the sidelines
of a conference on "Alternative Dispute Resolution -
Conciliation and Mediation" here.
Asked if he had "assigned" any work to Justice
Dinakaran even after the move on impeachment, he declined to
The move by BJP, Samajwadi Party and Left Front to get
impeached Justice Dinakaran, who is facing land-grabbing
allegations, gathered momentum this week with 50 Rajya Sabha
members reportedly backing it.
Justice Dinakaran was conspicuous by his absence at
the conference`s inaugural function, attended, among others,
by Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily, Karnataka Governor H R
Bhardwaj and Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.
Asked for his reaction to the controversy surrounding
Justice Dinakaran, whose elevation to the Supreme Court had
been stalled following the allegations, Moily said he would
not like to discuss appointments to higher judiciary in
public, adding, one has to maintain discipline and exercise
restraint while commenting on such matters.
Meanwhile, an angry Bhardwaj objected to the playing
of "Karnataka anthem" at the beginning of the conference and
directed it to be stopped, saying the national anthem should
be the first, which was adhered to.


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So today was an around home day, got to go out and play in the back yard for a bit this arvo as it was lovely and sunny.
Just after lunch the door bell rang and Dave was there with a bunch of tulips for moi :) Lovely man then went back to work.
So that's pretty much our day, the younger 3 had temps again so they are dosed up and thankfully all 4 are sleeping :) Yay that I still don't have it!!
Oh and we got Mum and Dad's package today, Mum and Dad you will be happy to know that the slimy mouse you sent for Elizabeth is in the bin already, she pulled it clean in half :) Megan and Jessica love their rings!!
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Youre so purdy
It makes me SICK!
your eyes are fire
And you make me ITCH!
Come now!
Push me further
Push me further away
Come now!
Push me further
Push me further away
Tear me up with a smile on your face
Whats the point if it isnt so sweet
Lead me along ill play the game
Im the one whos always left in peices
Make me carry this burden longer.
Lets be self destructive
I mean feel empowered
Mistake weakness for kindness
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For over twenty five years Phil Borges has lived with and documented indigenous and tribal cultures around the world. Through his work, he strives to create a heightened understanding of the issues faced by people in the developing world.
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Abay was born into a culture in which girls are circumcised before age 12.When it came time for her circumcision ceremony, Abay said, "No." Her mother insisted: An uncircumcised woman would be ostracized and could never marry, Abay was told.When her mother's demands became unbearable, she ran away to live with a sympathetic godfather. Eight years later, Abay returned to her village and began work as a station agent for CARE, supervising the opening of a primary school and a health clinic and the construction of a well. After five years, she finally convinced one of the women to let her film a circumcision ceremony. She showed the film to the male leaders. They had never seen a female circumcision and were horrified.Two weeks later, the male leaders called a special meeting and voted fifteen to two to end female circumcision in their village.
Adjoa is the youngest of four wives and spends most of her time in the field tending the grain and corn crops. The other wives share the household chores, but Adjoa prefers working communally on the farm with the other women in the village, instead of spending time alone in the kitchen over a hot smoky fire.Last year, CARE helped Adjoa form a thirty-member women's savings and credit association. Having access to loans allowed the women to afford preventive health care items for their children, such as mosquito nets and medicine, that their husbands were hesitant to purchase. During their group meetings, the women also discussed family planning and women's rights. They discovered that they had a more powerful voice collectively than as individuals. Gradually, they became less shy about speaking out at community meetings, and now the women contribute substantially to the previously all-male village civic meetings. As word of the success of the Bowku women's group has spread, the women are being asked to help form women's associations in neighboring villages as well.
Fahima, a teacher since 1985, was one of thousands of professional women who lost their jobs when the Taliban came to power in 1996. In defiance of the Taliban andat great risk to herself, Fahima opened a clandestine school for young girls. At one point, 130 girls were coming to her home each week to study math, science, and the local language, Pushto. When the girls were asked why they were going to Fahima's house, they said she was their aunt. Although harassed by the religious police and threatened with beatings and worse, Fahima continued operating her school for girls until the fall of the Taliban in 2001.


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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Things are looking up...
So to say that all of December and January have been a total downer (RIP Grandma, hang in there Stubby!!), fucking negative 5 weather for weeks, broken plumbing (again!!) All is not quite lost. My show at the Mercy seat is ending Feb 4th, I am busy sketching for new Gama-Go swag, and Jamie S Rich lists me as one of his favorite cartoonists :D See below or go HERE
Speaking of Image, I'm good pals with Eric Stephenson, and I love working in his anthologies, so I have two stories in the upcoming book adapting Spearmint songs, This is a Souvenir. One is with newcomer Natalie Nourigat, and the other is with one of my favorite cartoonists, but one who hasn't worked in comics in a while, Kelley Seda. I think these shorts are going to be the next things people will see from me.
2 comments:
- Jamie S. Rich said...
It's not like you should be surprised...
- January 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- kseda said...
I know I know but it's still nice to hear :D
- January 29, 2009 at 7:02 AM
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One of Machiavelli's tips for rulers was to occasionally purge an official for corruption. This was to be done without particular regard to the actual wrongdoing of the official – both to keep the rest of the officials aware that their position was vulnerable and to create a clean public image for the government.
Canada's Human Rights Tribunals are in part something very similar – a racial Machiavellianism. Instead of a government, it is a racial group which is motivated to cleanse its image. The racial group is Canadians of european decent. George Jonas wrote in Beethoven's Mask that just as Jews finally got to be white people after World War II, white people became the new Jews. In Canada this claim shows true – and not entirely true – in the actions of our Human Rights Tribunals. This is the experience of Ezra Levant, who is Jewish, with the federal tribunal:
Today I received news that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has acquitted me of a section 13 "hate speech" complaint.
This was a perfect scientific experiment. You see, I had republished, word for word, the very same "hate speech" that Rev. Stephen Boissoin had published six years ago in Alberta. Rev. Boissoin was found by both the Alberta HRC and the CHRC to be guilty of hate speech.
So I controlled all the variables but one.
I published the exact same words Rev. Boissoin used.
I published the words in the exact same jurisdiction that Rev. Boissoin did — in Alberta.
And a complaint was brought against me, just as it was against Rev. Boissoin.
Only one thing was different. Rev. Boissoin is Christian. I'm Jewish.
In the entire history of section 13, stretching back to 1977, not one single Jew, Muslim or gay has been taken before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal by the CHRC.
Not one.
Gentle reader, do you really think that not one single Jew has uttered hate speech in 31 years? I'll answer that for you: I published hate speech on my own web — I published Rev. Boissoin's comments. I know that's hate speech, because both the Alberta HRC and the CHRC said so.
Do you really think that not a single Muslim radical, or Sikh radical, or Tamil radical, has uttered hate speech in 31 years?
Don't be ridiculous. But… 100% of the CHRC's targets have been white, Christian or conservative.
And, of course, the conviction rate before the tribunal has been 100%.
This is not the rule of law. This is not a real court.
The CHRC's letter came up with a pretend excuse. I was let go because, they said, I had the "goal of furthering a public debate".
Of course, that's exactly the goal Rev. Boissoin had. And Lynch convicted him.
In fact, anyone who publishes any political or religious statement, especially one that is dissident or offensive, is obviously trying to have a "debate".
But only Jews like me are allowed to have such debates.
Here's the text again. It's legal for a Jew like me to publish it. It's illegal for a Christian like Rev. Boissoin to publish it. That's sick… (link)
Ezra argues that the speech rulings of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (the CHRC) are exclusively directed at Christians and white people, and that is the reason he was not prosecuted. There are three other aspects to this – three other reasons Ezra Levant was not censored for printing the words that led the CHRC to rule against Boissoin and the provincial Alberta commission to permanently ban Boissoin from speaking "disparagingly" of homosexuals by private email or acticle or from a church pulpit, to pay the complaintant $5000 in damages, and to publicly apologize for what he had written. The first is simply that Levant is well known and popular and would damage the public image of the CHRC. The other two hinge on the reason the CHRC gave for pardoning Levant – that the words were not his so that there was no "intent" on his part to disparage homosexuals, but that he was "furthering a public debate."
Article 13 of the CHRC code basically states that speech is unlawful if it "exposes or is likely to expose" a particular group to contempt or hatred. It's obvious that it makes no difference whether a person means what they say in this. Levant's intent was given as a reason this time but the reason is not intent, but identity. Ezra argues that it is about identity in that the commissions intentionally target white Christians out of bigotry towards them. But if the motivation of the tribunals is to forestall the spread of group discrimination it makes perfect sense to target whichever group is percieved to have the most power. That would be the majority. That would be the white Christian Boissoin and not Ezra Levant. The commissioners are thinking of people in racial and religious categories and are treating them as members of groups rather than as individuals – and yet this cannot fully explain why Levant gets a pass here, for his identity does not make a difference in influencing the group percieved by the commissioners as having power.
The final reason for this is also one of identity. It's not that Ezra isn't a white Christian and so his position is not one of power. Even if he were not well known, his words would have as much power over others as Boissoin's. It's not that Ezra isn't a white Christian and so the commissioners can have no animus against him because this does not explain why the Alberta government supported the actions of the Alberta HRC against Boissoin as well. It is both that Ezra is not a white Christian and that the words he reprinted were not his and so there is no way for him to symbolize White Homophobia. As a Jew, he cannot be a scapegoat for white people as a group and because the article was not his own, he cannot symbolize homophobia and the purging of it from that group. It has been remarked that the fact that this happened with the support of the government in conservative Alberta shows how far Canada has breached it's commitment to freedom of speech. The truth is that this happened in Alberta precisely because it has a reputation as very conservative with the connotations of white bigotry and homophobia that go along with that. Alberta's reputation has the most to gain through the racial Machiavellianism of a public scapegoating of an individual "white" through what amounts to a show trial in order to show that Alberta as a whole rejects the particular ill of racism or homophobia which that individual symbolizes. A reputedly conservative province in a supposedly free country has prejudiced the rights of an individual whose ideas are associated with conservativism to the extent that EGALE – a gay rights organization – has spoken out against it, saying that attacking Boissoin's rights are ultimately a threat to all individual rights. There is little reason to think that the Stelmach government is motivated by bigotry against white Christians. Instead it is the racial Machiavellianism of our day that makes Alberta the likeliest of places for this to happen.
This isn't to say that this is the articulate logic of the Stelmach government or of the commissioners. To credit them with understanding this part of the spirit of our times and of intentionally acting on it would be both too cruel and too kind.


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But then I added spaghetti squash into my lettuce/spinach/nothing rotation, and I'll tell you, it's much more "other people" friendly. It is a little strange to serve yourself a plate of lettuce and then dump meat sauce over the top when everyone else is having pasta or whatever with their sauce. Spaghetti squash doesn't get so many strange looks and everyone I've ever introduced it to likes it. You could even mix it half and half with real pasta for those suspicious eaters.
It's perfect for anyone trying to eat less carbs, going gluten-free, or just trying to avoid processed foods. Or anyone who just plain doesn't like pasta. It doesn't really have much flavor of its own, but has a nice crisp texture.
The sauce I made this time is pretty simple and quick. I added ground beef to it, but added plenty of vegetables so that the beef would stretch a little further and we'd eat a little less of it. You can add whatever other vegetables you have on hand (eggplant, zucchini, peppers) and leave out the mushrooms if you want. Add a splash of red wine if you have a bottle open. :-)
This will make 4-6 servings, depending on appetite and if you have any sort of side dish.
What you need:
1 spaghetti squash (medium-sized, I guess?)
1 pound of ground beef (mine was 96/4... if you use something much fattier, make sure to drain it!)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small/medium onion, diced
8-9 cloves garlic, minced (or less if you aren't a garlic fiend)
1-2 stalks celery, diced
1 teaspoon salt
1 large carrot, diced or thinly sliced
12 ounces mushrooms, cut into small pieces
1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes
1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes
Seasonings: (mix these up as much as you want, depending on what you have)
Italian seasoning, oregano, basil, rosemary, sage, crushed red pepper, thyme...
This time I used: Italian seasoning, fresh rosemary and fresh sage... because that's what I happened to have. I often just go heavy handed with the dried oregano and thyme because those are often what I have on hand.
Roast the Squash:
Start by roasting your squash. I did it in a 350 degree oven for about an hour this time. Whole, with a couple of fork pokes. This does mean that you have to deal with the seeds and pulpy stuff after it cooks... which is a little more of a pain. But you don't have to saw through it at least.
You can also cut in in half first, remove the seeds, spray the cut side with oil, and roast it for 30-40 minutes. Or you can microwave it (google that... I never do it that way). It's hard to overcook it, but very possible- apparently. I did it last time I made spaghetti squash, but before that I would have said it was nearly impossible. But I guess it is- it will turn to mush and become decidedly un-spaghetti like. When it's done, it should be slightly soft and easy to cut into. If you run a fork through it, the strands will appear.
Make the Sauce:
While your squash is roasting, make your sauce. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the ground beef and let it brown. Add the onion, garlic, celery, carrot, and salt. Sauce for about 5 minutes. Add the mushrooms and saute for another 3-5 minutes. Add both cans of tomatoes and your seasonings. Bring to a simmer, and reduce heat to medium-low. Let simmer for at least 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. If you have more time, let it simmer longer, but keep the pot mostly covered. After it has simmered, season to taste with salt and pepper.
Shred the spaghetti squash and serve with the meat and veggie sauce on top. Sprinkle with a little Parmesan if you'd like.


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First of all, just in case you haven't been paying attention here on the blog, let me tell you that I've been doing a good deal of traveling recently.
In fact I'm heading out of town again for a two night trip next Monday.
Doing the math, it seems that I will have been away from my yard and my bed for half of the past month come next Wednesday.
And by passing through Ohio on my way to Maryland on Monday for a plant visit, then coming back through Charlotte on my way back to the Turbo Pup Compound here in Eastern Tennessee on the banks of the Mighty Tennessee River, I'll have seen parts of eight different states in the past month on the calendar.
In the mean time, I've purchased two pieces of luggage to support my jet-setting endeavors, a new folding/rolling garment bag intended to get part of my infrequently used collection of Joseph A Bank suits onto and off of an airplane at some remote destination, and...
Taa Daaaaa....
I also bought a new rolling computer bag to handle the old
I swear I was going to have a bad case of self induced scoliosis and look like the hunchback of Notre Dame if I kept up another five years of dragging that old machine around in airports and into hotel rooms with me without some wheels to take the weight off of my shoulders and spine.
Now add to that the requirement that I drag around a complete electronic technicians' tool kit including a fancy multi meter and an assortment of pliers and cutters and screwdrivers of various shapes and forms and fashions and well...you get my drift.
Come to think of it, since this trip is the first one I've made with my new and improved tool assortment, I guess I should check the TSA website and see what they limit....
OK, as long as none of my tools are over 7 inches long I'm good to go.
Any way, back to the new luggage purchases, I'd like to ask if someone could please start a website and write articles explaining to me what half of the crap they give you in and on new luggage actually does or is intended to do?
Apparently someone has spent a great deal of time putting pockets and clips and straps and other doo-dads in this stuff I just bought, but unfortunately I have absolutely no idea what to do with half of the stuff.
I guess I can make things up as I go along, and through trial and error I guess that I can probably haul an additional 25 or thirty pounds of crap with me if I manage to actually find things laying around my bedroom and office which will fit in a little pouch 4 inches square by one half inch deep or in those odd shaped triangular pockets in the corners.
I also guess I need to find some bright colored scrap of ribbon to put on everything so I can find the stuff I've put in checked baggage when it comes back out on the conveyor because all of my new baggage is a lovely color of black...just like 97.3% of the other luggage you see that doesn't have duct tape holding the Velcro flaps closed at the airport.
Oh...I almost forgot...this trip involves a run from Baltimore up half way to Philadelphia on Amtrak...a government study in the inefficient usage of taxpayer dollars to move a few commuters around without burning foreign oil in a car.
THAT should be interesting, since according to their schedule it takes a train passenger over two days to go from Atlanta to Miami.
I know, because I tried to buy a ticket to do that once before and since it cost almost the same as a one and one half hour plane flight I just opted to drive for a quarter of the price and do the trip in a half day.
I hope only covering about 35 miles between the airport and Aberdeen will be uneventful and cost me less than half a day.
Then again, if the bloggin' is light next week and you end up missing me...someone notify the authorities or at least send up a flare...


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Unwinding the Shroud of Secrecy Covering Rick Perrys Corporate Socialism
August 27, 2011
tags: bonus, corporate socialism, equity investment, government money, investors, job creation, private corporations, rick perry, shroud of secrecy
Perry uses government money to prop up private corporations by loaning government money back to businesses owned by folks who contribute to him.
Plus, they get an extra bonus of a side-by-side equity investment. All of this is kept secret from the investors (the people) and it is touted as job creation.
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