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Defense Distributed Downloads Shut Down By DOD

Took only a few days for this to happen:

#DEFCAD has gone dark at the request of the Department of Defense Trade Controls. Take it up with the Secretary of State.

— Defense Distributed (@DefDist) May 9, 2013

Looks like the 3D printed firearm made the waves founder Cody Wilson was hoping it would make.

Check out this Forbes article for more info and the DOD takedown letter.

The files are out there now, all over the world. The fact Defense Distributed isn’t operating right now doesn’t make any difference. Hopefully no one hurts themselves by using a inferior plastic and printer, or does anything else stupid with a printed gun. That’s all we need right now.

Thoughts? Ban assault printers?

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Sending SWAT Teams To Inspect Oil Rigs? Possible Terrorism?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkCt5xDEeTE[/youtube]

According to the news so far, on April 20th the BP oil rig in the Gulf exploded. Now since those rigs are inherently dangerous, I wasn’t really surprised by this and took it as an accident.

Then this from from Obama today:

Potentially getting the Department Of Defense to address the incident
Department of the interior is sending SWAT teams to the gulf to “inspect” all platforms and rigs

What the hell actually happened there, that the department of defense and SWAT teams would need to get involved? Smells fishy… I don’t like to don my tinfoil hat too often.. but I’m going to go out on a limb and question whether it was terrorism. It definitely meets the criteria and M.O. of terrorists.

Wouldn’t be the first time we have been left in the dark when it comes to details.

Some amazing pictures of the Oil Spill – HERE

Hat Tip: Aaron

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Posted by: ENDO-Mike April 30, 2010
Categories: Obama • Police
Tags: BP , defense , department , DOD , explosion , gulf , leak , mexico , oil , Police , spill , SWAT , terrorism

Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay

The Defense Department announced today the services’ implementation plans to provide retroactive stop loss special pay. Active, reserve and former service members who had their enlistment extended or retirement suspended due to stop loss are eligible for this special pay, if they served on active duty between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2009.

Service members may begin submitting their claim for retroactive stop loss special pay on Oct. 21, 2009. In accordance with the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act, all applications must be submitted to the respective services no later than Oct. 21, 2010. Eligible personnel will receive a payment of $500 per month for each month (or any portion of a month) that a member was retained on active duty due to stop loss. Applicants for retroactive pay who are no longer in the military had to be honorably discharged, and for those who were stop lossed in fiscal 2009, may only receive payment from one stop loss authority – either the money appropriated for stop loss special pay in the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, or the money allocated for retroactive stop loss special pay in the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act, but not both.

It’s Really good to see that they are doing this finally. $500 extra a month isn’t a lot, but at least its something.

More info at DefenseLink.mil – HERE

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Posted by: ENDO-Mike October 27, 2009
Categories: War
Tags: active , defense , DOD , former , pay , reserve , retroactive , stop loss , War