It’s been over 13 years, but Bob Parr and his super-powered family are coming back to the big screen. From the looks of the teaser, it’s Baby Jack-Jack’s time to shine. And unless one of his powers is slowing time, it takes place shortly after the original. Premieres 6/15/18.
Top 10 Bolt Action Rifles Ever Made [Video]
Top 10 Bolt Action Rifles Ever Made [Video]
From battle to hunting to home defense, there may be no more versatile and useful firearm ever made that the accurate, reliable bolt action rifle. Rugged, reliable and easy to maintain, a good bolt gun lets a shooter reach out and touch anything from a can on a fencepost at 25 yards to an enemy insurgent a mile away.
It took some careful consideration, but we managed to come up with our list of the top 10 bolt action rifles every produced. Did we miss anything?
via The Truth About Guns
Top 10 Bolt Action Rifles Ever Made [Video]
Your Roomba’s Also a Half-Decent Nanny
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Need to run downstairs to fetch the laundry? Or maybe there’s a phone call you just have to take? Life with a baby can make even the smallest chores feel like a herculean task if you don’t have a nanny. But it turns out, if you keep your floors clean using a robot, maybe you do have a nanny and just didn’t realize it.
The mileage on this new parent lifehack will vary depending on how comfortable your child is with being dragged around the house on an automaton. But this infant seems suitably entertained and comforted by a Roomba going about its cleaning routine. Any robovac large enough to plop a child onto can serve as a temporary nanny in a pinch, just be careful of loose clothing, and children protective services eventually banging on your door.
[YouTube via Geekologie]
The Forest Awakens with These Animal Stormtrooper Helmets
“The New Order project came from a doodle,” says designer William Kang. He started with the rhino, and, since he likes to work in threes, added two other pachyderms: an elephant and a hippo. While Kang has done work in fashion, furniture, housewares, consumer electronics, and more, Blank William was a project he wanted to develop that he could have complete ownership of. Plus, he wanted a way to celebrate the release of The Force Awakens.
Kang uses a fluid process, working from sketches to multiple CAD packages to quick renders and back again, which allows him to progress toward a finished piece while still being able to backpedal and tweak details.
To make the physical sculpture, Kang worked with his fabricator friend Vince Su. They make silicone molds from 3D-printed parts, then mold wax prototypes that they dip into a ceramic slurry, reinforced with refractory sand. They then use the lost wax method and pour liquid metal into the mold. The helmets are stainless steel painted with an automotive finish, and they’re supported with a metal stem fixed into a marble block. Each helmet takes a couple of months to make.
Kang says his interests jump from design and art to tech, fashion, pop culture, politics, science, and whatever else grabs his attention. He draws inspiration from everywhere, so he says the hardest part of his process is settling on an idea, as well as the communication and marketing.
via MAKE Magazine
The Forest Awakens with These Animal Stormtrooper Helmets
The First Trailer For Deadpool 2 Is Hidden in a Bizarre Tribute to Bob Ross
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Our first look at Deadpool 2 in action is finally here. But you’re going to have to get through a totally weird, and pretty hilarious, skit to get to it.
Ryan Reynolds has just dropped the first footage from Deadpool 2, but at first you might not realize it. Because the video starts—and goes on for an alarming amount of time—as an extended skit where Reynolds, in character as Deadpool, is… in character as beloved art icon Bob Ross?
Yeah, this is the way to do it. The whole skit is a retro delight, but the trailer itself is all brief snippets of what we can expect from the movie. There’s our first brief look at Zazie Beetz’s Domino, a new look for Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Wade smashing his way through a car,and actually no Cable… but there are guns. Lots of guns, naturally. For added hilarity, here is Fox’s new synopsis for the film:
After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.
I swear to god, it’s real. Deadpool 2 drops June 1, 2018.
via Gizmodo
The First Trailer For Deadpool 2 Is Hidden in a Bizarre Tribute to Bob Ross
Smith & Wesson’s M&P 22 Compact is the New Kit Gun 2.0
Tom is compelled to update his Kit Gun to the Smith & Wesson M&P 22 Compact Pistol, but why does it need a silencer?
USA –-(Ammoland.com)- When I got into this whole shooting thing, I frequently read mentions of things called “kit guns” in the established gun magazines. Usually in articles written by guys older than me (and that’s saying something) the term “kit gun” referred to a small, portable, light revolver that was suitable for tucking into a backpack or fishing tackle box. You know, something to have on hand for… whatever.
The sage of the internet, Wikipedia, describes a kit gun this way:
“A kit gun is a small, lightweight handgun, usually but not always .22LR caliber, and generally but not necessarily a revolver, which is intended to be carried in a kit bag by campers, hunters, trappers, and fishermen.”
While walking my dogs, I got to thinking about what a kit gun is nowadays. Everything else has gone to updated versions like Web 2.0 and Gun Culture 2.0, so why not Kit Gun 2.0? When I thought about it this way, my ideal kit gun selection was easy. In fact, I didn’t even have to think about it because I’ve been using one exactly that way for the past couple of years. What is it?
Smith & Wesson M&P 22 Compact
Since we’re now in the 2.0 world, some things are different than the kit guns of Gun Culture B.C. First, while it’s perfectly suitable for tossing in a pack or tackle box, it’s certainly not limited to only those handy but rustic camping and Grizzly Adams applications. Second, it’s a bit decked out with some 2.0 modern technology. Third, while never a hard and fast rule for kit guns, this one isn’t a revolver — it’s a semi-automatic.
If you’re not familiar with the gun, it’s a scaled down .22LR pistol about the size of a Smith & Wesson M&P Shield. The M&P 22 Compact is 6.7 inches long compared to 6.1 for the Shield, but that’s because it’s got a longer 3.5-inch barrel. It’s lighter at 15.3 ounces compared to the 18.3-ounce Shield. This little single-action has an ambidextrous safety that’s positive — you can feel and hear the lock and unlock positions
unambiguously. The magazine release is reversible so if you’re a lefty just flip it to the other side and you’re good to go. The M&P 22 Compact comes with two 10-round magazines, and you can carry one in the chamber for a total of eleven. The sights are standard white dot – three of them. The rear is adjustable for windage and elevation. That’s handy not only to account for the wide variety of rimfire ammo out there but to deal with the point of impact shift if you add a suppressor.
Did I mention that the M&P 22 Compact comes with a threaded barrel? The threading is internal to the side so if you order the standard model you need to acquire a 3/8”x24 to 1/2”x28 adapter. You can also order another variant direct that includes the adapter. I kind of like the approach. If you’re not using a silencer, then there’s nothing sticking out the end of the slide to get caught on stuff in your kit.
The real joy of the M&P 22 Compact comes from all the things you can do with it. That’s what makes it a Kit Gun 2.0 in my book.
Smith & Wesson M&P 22 Compact Pistol , Perfect New Shooter Pistol
I keep my personal Smith & Wesson M&P 22 Compact Pistol geared up with a SilencerCo Sparrow Suppressor. At just five inches long and small enough not to obscure the sights, it makes a perfect “First Shots” gun. Even the most timid and fearful first-time shooter friends are guaranteed a smile and great experience. The pistol has a small enough grip to fit any hand, but it’s not so thin that we big-mitted folks have to do any finger gymnastics to work the trigger comfortably.
The best part of this for new shooter introduction is that the configuration allows them to focus entirely on technique and the satisfaction of making hits. With no recoil and no noise, it’s pure non-intimidating fun.
Almost a Pellet Gun – The Perfect House and Yard Pest Control Device
While I live in suburbia, we’re next to what savvy real-estate marketing people call “wetlands.” We call it a swamp. Whatever the proper description, that means we get random critters trying to cross our border into places like the partially-exposed garage downstairs.
The solution is simple math.
Aguila .22 Super Colibri + M&P 22 Compact + SilencerCo Sparrow suppressor + Crimson Trace Lightguard = 0 rodents.
In case you’re not familiar, the Aguila Super Colibri cartridges are .22 cases with primer only topped by a 20-grain lead bullet. With no powder charge, the primer bang drives that underweight projectile at 350 to 550 feet per second depending on which gun you use. It’s great for pistols because the short barrels won’t trap the bullet before it exits but be careful using it in rifles. There’s probably not enough juice to make the bullet come out of the fiery end. In this case, the combination of powder-less ammo and a silencer means that the resulting shot is so quiet that it actually removes ambient noise from the area . I think it’s like some kind of ammo anti-matter, but we’ll avoid the quantum physics discussion for now.
Oh, one more detail. Since the Colibris ammo is so low-powered by design, you’ll need to rack the slide for each shot. Think of it as built-in malfunction drills.
Cheap Training and Fun Plinking
Suppressed or not, this gun is a hoot. Whatever the configuration we’re talking about virtually non-existent recoil and low-noise. Add (relatively) cheap ammo, and we’re talking about a pistol you can use for practice and technique development to your heart’s content without breaking the bank. If you have kids, then you know how much a range visit can devour your wallet. “Dad, can I shoot 17 more magazines from the 45 before we leave?”
Whatever your “real” gun is, you can get valuable practice time with the Smith & Wesson M&P 22 Compact Pistol. After all, sight picture, target acquisition, transitions, and trigger technique are universal skills that easily translate to any other handgun.
Kit Gun 2.0 Entitlement
It’s the age of crayon therapy, fairness at all costs, and social justice warriors, I figure I’m entitled to a new generation of kit gun. As long as you agree with me, then you’re entitled too. Let’s meet soon so we can plan our strategy to get M&P 22 Compact reimbursement credits written into the next health care bill. If you don’t agree, then you’re obviously some type of kit gun-ogynist fascist pig, and you can bet I’ll be protesting your sorry butt as soon as I can find someone to pay me to do so.
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Tom McHale is the author of the Practical Guides book series that guides new and experienced shooters alike in a fun, approachable, and practical way. His books are available in print and eBook format on Amazon. You can also find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.
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Deadpool 2: Wet on Wet
(PG-13: Language) The merc with a mouth paints us some happy little trees while channeling Bob Ross in this promo clip for the upcoming Deadpool 2, regaling us with witticisms and playing with his 2-inch brush. We think Pool looks rather smashing with a ‘fro, don’t you?
Slow Mo Katana Sword
“Every video that goes by, the resale value of this place goes down.” The Slow Mo Guys did their best Man at Arms impression and tried to slice through lines of plastic water bottles with a katana. It’s not as easy – or safe – as you might think it is.
Great Interview With Gun Owner Who Stopped Texas Church Mass-Murderer ~ VIDEO
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- A heart-wrenching interview with the hero, Stephen Willeford, who brought down the murderer who attacked a Texas church…
This is an exclusive interview, done by Steven Crowder ( Louder With Crowder ) with Stephen Willeford, the hero who ended the killing spree in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Stephen recounts the actions that lead him to confronting Devin Patrick Kelley outside First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs.
From the courage he showed, to the horrible feelings after having to kill a fellow human being, to being hounded by the press so bad that he doesn’t want to leave his house, not even to attend funerals, this interview covers it all.
Thanks to Virginia Citizens Defense League member Todd V. Banks for the link:
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Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
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How very low-calorie diets reverse diabetes
New research clarifies the mechanisms by which caloric restriction rapidly reverses type 2 diabetes.
If researchers confirm the findings in people, they could provide potential new drug targets for treating this common chronic disease, the researchers say.
One in three Americans will develop type 2 diabetes by 2050, according to recent projections by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Reports indicate that the disease goes into remission in many patients who undergo bariatric weight-loss surgery, which significantly restricts caloric intake prior to clinically significant weight loss.
The Yale University researchers investigated the effects of a very low calorie diet (VLCD), consisting of one-quarter the normal intake, on a rodent model of type 2 diabetes. Using a novel stable (naturally occurring) isotope approach, which they developed, the researchers tracked and calculated a number of metabolic processes that contribute to the increased glucose production by the liver.
The method, known as PINTA, allowed the investigators to perform a comprehensive set of analyses of key metabolic fluxes within the liver that might contribute to insulin resistance and increased rates of glucose production by the liver—two key processes that cause increased blood-sugar concentrations in diabetes.
Using this approach the researchers pinpointed three major mechanisms responsible for the VLCD’s dramatic effect of rapidly lowering blood glucose concentrations in the diabetic animals.
In the liver, the VLCD lowers glucose production by:
- decreasing the conversion of lactate and amino acids into glucose;
- decreasing the rate of liver glycogen conversion to glucose;
- and decreasing fat content, which in turn improves the liver’s response to insulin.
These positive effects of the VLCD were observed in just three days.
Skin transplants could treat diabetes and obesity
“Using this approach to comprehensively interrogate liver carbohydrate and fat metabolism, we showed that it is a combination of three mechanisms that is responsible for the rapid reversal of hyperglycemia following a very low calorie diet,” says senior author Gerald I. Shulman, professor of medicine and cellular and molecular physiology at Yale and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The next step for the researchers will be to confirm whether they can replicate the findings in type 2 diabetic patients undergoing either bariatric surgery or consuming very low calorie diets. His team has already begun applying the PINTA methodology in humans.
“These results, if confirmed in humans, will provide us with novel drug targets to more effectively treat patients with type 2 diabetes,” Shulman says.
Grants from the United States Public Health Service supported this research.
Lots of red meat and poultry linked to diabetes risk
The researchers report their findings in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Source: Yale University
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