The GunBlog VarietyCast Episode 20
Blue Collar Prepping - Knives
Ka-Bar TDI: http://tinyurl.com/ng5arky
TDI Training Video - http://youtu.be/6ZivRcSnPyw
Mora Clipper:
Stainless: http://tinyurl.com/lavzxk2
Carbon Steel: http://tinyurl.com/pxafz7r
“Acceptably Sharp”: http://youtu.be/TAsEhmbKsYo?t=2m27s
More info about the tang: http://youtu.be/earM3Q16MQ0
Cold Steel Kukri Machete: http://tinyurl.com/o25g977
Video of cutting ability (note the flex test performed at the 1:40 mark): http://youtu.be/kbLEv1DuEKQ
Felons Behaving Badly
Man admits to deadly shooting in Grier Heights - http://www.wcnc.com/story/news/crime/2014/12/29/1-fatally-shot-in-grier-heights/21000247/
Foreign Policy for Grownups - The Russian Ruble craters
iPhone 6 price jumps 35% in Russia as ruble plummets- http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-iphone-6-price-jumps-35-in-russia-as-ruble-plummets/
Russia forecasts economic slump as bailed-out bank gets more funds - http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/26/us-russia-crisis-market-rouble-idUSKBN0K40BF20141226
Tens Of Thousands Of Russians Have Loans That Are Now Contracts Of 'Financial Slavery' - http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-dollar-mortgage-holders-urge-russia-to-end-financial-slavery-2014-12
Ruble collapses, shakes Russian economy, consumers - http://www.bradenton.com/2014/12/16/5534003/ruble-rallies-on-central-bank.html
Who gets hurt with Russia’s falling Ruble? - http://www.newsweek.com/2015/01/02/who-gets-hurt-russias-falling-ruble-294387.html
Exchange rate history - http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/USDRUB:CUR
Strange laws
California repeals the “Both Feet Flat on the Floorboards” law for off road vehicles - http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1266
AlArma - IDPA Mindset: Self defense training or Trophy hunting?
Competition Shooting: It is what you make of it - http://gunfreezone.net/wordpress/index.php/2014/12/29/competition-shooting-it-is-what-you-make-of-it/
Fun With Headlines
U.S. Police Officer Shooting Deaths Up 56 Percent in 2014 - http://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/u-s-police-officer-shooting-deaths-56-percent-2014-report-n276811
Number Of Officers Killed In The Line Of Duty Drops To 50-Year Low While Number Of Citizens Killed By Cops Remains Unchanged -https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131230/15411225716/number-officers-killed-line-duty-drops-to-50-year-low-while-number-citizens-killed-cops-remains-unchanged.shtml
ODMP Data Dump: http://gunscarstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ODMP.csv
Tech Tips with The Barron - Biometrics
Hacker Clones German Defense Minister's Fingerprint Using Just her Photos - http://thehackernews.com/2014/12/hacker-clone-fingerprint-scanner.html
iPhone Fingerprint Authentication - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/iphone_fingerpr.html
This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery - Images of the Antis: More Discussion
Images of the Antis: More “Discussion” - http://www.weerdworld.com/2014/images-of-the-antis-more-discussion/
CDC Looks Ahead: 13 Public Health Issues in 2013 - http://blogs.cdc.gov/cdcworksforyou24-7/2013/01/cdc-looks-ahead-13-public-health-issues-in-2013/
Shhhh. Secret Group of State Legislators Meets in Washington This Week to Plan Anti-Gun Agenda. Mum’s the Word - http://www.nssfblog.com/shhhh-secret-group-of-state-legislators-meets-in-washington-this-week-to-plan-anti-gun-agenda-mums-the-word/
Finish the Job - http://www.bradycampaign.org/our-impact/campaigns/finish-the-job
92 Percent Back Background Checks For All Gun Buys - http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2057
Stuff that grinds my gears
Adam - Corvette Driver Takes 2 Parking Spots, Gets Taught A Lesson In New Jersey - http://youtu.be/4c5C0-5cvFk
