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Yep, corrected. With the floods, too many place names have been running through my brain. We were just in Dripping Springs on Monday going to Arlington...

We were just in Mineral Wells on Thursday! Not much left of Wolters other than the gate and the abandoned hospital... The Baker Hotel is under renovation, due to be reopened in a few years!

https://www.denver7.com/news/crime/man-who-killed-colorado-us-air-force-member-in-drunk-driving-crash-sentenced-to-life-in-prison

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Update: I decided to hold off on this purchase, had an unexpected expenditure pop up* and didnt think it prudent to purchase another firearm I'd unlikely shoot or need. Threw a relatively lowball offer at the seller and as expected, he declined. Not really overly disappointed about it, it just wasn't meant to be I guess... * - Just to be clear, I can easily afford this Ruger, I just don't think I really need it at the moment...

Airman celebrates her promotion in controversial fashion https://www.thesaltysoldier.com/2025/06/24/airman-celebrates-her-promotion-in-controversial-fashion/ To save everyone from scrolling... Now to see who calls 'Dibs!' first! My money is on Biff...

That's the rub (STS), I have more .45 pistols than 9mm and a ton more ammo for them. But at least 9mm is relatively cheap and easy to find!

Kinda related, I may be picking up this used (~500 rounds) Ruger PCC Backpacker in 9mm next week when I'm up in the DFW area next week. I saw one at the Hondo gun show a few months ago and it's been on my mind ever since...

From the British Broadcasting Corporation... The IDF said that three Iranian military commanders had been "eliminated in the Israeli strikes across Iran". They were Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Gholamali Rashid, the commander of Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, and the chief of staff of Iran's armed forces, Mohammad Bagheri. The Israeli military said its overnight attack focused on "over 100 targets, including senior figures of the Iranian General Staff and leaders of the nuclear program". IRGC-affiliated news agency Tasnim reported six nuclear scientists were also killed in the strikes, of whom five have been named: Fereydoon Abbasi, former head Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Mohammad Mahdi Tehranchi, who was involved in Iran's nuclear weapons programme Abdulhamid Minouchehr, head of nuclear engineering at Iran's Shahid Beheshti University Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari, a nuclear engineering professor at Shahid Beheshti University Amirhossein Feqhi, another nuclear professor at Shahid Beheshti University Ali Shamkhani, senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was also reported to have been seriously injured, according to Iranian reports. State media reported civilians, including children, were also among those killed.

And, since we must make fun of everything...

That dog don't hunt in Texas! Our governor has already given the order for the National Guard to deploy in advance of upcoming protests expected here, especially in San Antonio. The Austin liberals are shitting squares about it, but it's well within his rights to do so! Some gender-confused misfit toys with rainbow hair will show up, flanked by Mexican flags; but as soon as they start transitioning from "peaceful protests" to rioters there will be enough bubbas around to squash that shit quickly!! We don't put up with that crap for long down here in the Alamo City!

Appropriate for this Memorial Day... World War II Bomber Crash Left 11 Dead. Four Are Finally Coming Home. As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an adjacent plane before crashing into the water. All 11 men aboard were killed. Their remains, deep below the vast sea, were designated as non-recoverable. Yet four crew members’ remains are beginning to return to their hometowns after a remarkable investigation by family members and a recovery mission involving elite Navy divers who descended 200 feet (61 meters) in a pressurized bell to reach the sea floor. Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan, the crew’s radio operator, was buried with military honors and community support on Saturday in his hometown of Wappingers Falls, New York, more than eight decades after leaving behind his wife and baby son. The plane’s bombardier, 2nd Lt. Thomas Kelly, was to be buried Monday in Livermore, California, where he grew up in a ranching family. The remains of the pilot, 1st Lt. Herbert Tennyson, and navigator, 2nd Lt. Donald Sheppick, will be interred in the coming months. The ceremonies are happening 12 years after one of Kelly’s relatives, Scott Althaus, set out to solve the mystery of where exactly the plane went down... (Full story at the title link)

Third time's a charm! Brandon Rogers 3.mp4

As is this... Brandon Rogers 2.mp4