Years ago my dad taught me to reload, for that reason, and I still have his tools. They still work fine, about 200 rounds per hour. He brought back, as a trophy, a K98 Mauser. Among other calibers, I reload 8MM to feed his K98 and my 2 Yugo 48s. I have come to prefer the Yugo 48. Switfer bolt cycling and excellent accuracy. I have 2, one scoped and one open sights. I got born with 15/20 dead aim at my advanced age.

See you in Decorah.

That works for me. I can cry in my beer as well in Decorah, as I can here. 😂

But quite frankly, I think it a case of too little, too late. We have a nation with a majority of fools and fools will learn at no other school than experience. This nation has a bitter, bitter draft before it and they shall have to drain every drop from the cup that sits before them.

Gas to Decorah is small change, even converted to the Sterling. NBD. Meeting you at Toppling Goliath will be tremendous, YUUGE!, and great. I will buy the fleet and then you will buy the case. 😉

I think many of those Bernie voters also like Elizabeth Warren a lot. I imagine she’ll work hard for Hillary. Right now, for instance, she’s deep into a Twitter feud with Trump, and she’s doing very well.

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Ah ha! I was wondering why Elizabeth Warren was the point person on that–now it makes perfect sense. Thanks for the insight.

I do not mind a trip to the UK at my expense, but see you in Decorah early in November.

I understand your comment to Oldflyer, but I also understand his comments. I too deeply distrust the gope. They lack conviction when it counts, and all too often they are focused on the next election instead of what is good for the country. That is why we need to amend the Constitution to term limit the house and senate.

However, Oldflyer is correct that we should not (wholesale) throw out the baby with the bath water. Gowdy is gope, and there are others, that need support. The long game rests in Eric’s activist concept. Not to brag, but I am an ‘activist’ in my town and county, I work to promote conservative policies from the school board to the city council to the county supervisor.

Yes, throw the proverbial bums out at all levels. That requires ground work. Aim small, miss small. That begins on home turf. Knock on doors, engage others in discussions, attend local gop meetings. Push, and push hard, for what you believe.

Oldflyer,

I distrust Ryan and think his budget/debt reduction math is phony, and that he knows it is phony. For that reason I distrust him. He is 50/50 in my mind.

“The wager is a case of your favorite beer against a case of my favorite beer. One caveat, we meet in Decorah, Iowa so you can buy my case at my favorite brewery. 😉”

I’m agreeable to a case of beer. I’m even willing to meet you in Decorah, Iowa and to pay for your gas to get there.

Should the planets realign though and I win, I look forward to you buying me a case of my favorite beer. Which is ‘Boddingtons Pale Ale’ brewed in Samlesbury Village in Lancashire, England… obviously you paying for the trip would be the friendly thing to do… 😉

Donald Trump has said his tax returns have been continuously audited by the IRS for the last 12 years.

That’s news to me. The story I’ve read is that his recent returns are under active audit at this time. Which is exactly what you’d expect out of Louis Lerner’s outfit.

That seemed pretty darn high. In FY 2014 the IRS audited only 12% of large corporation returns.

That’s more news to me. The IRS audits the Fortune 400 100% of the time. They never leave. The firms MUST provide office facilities at the corporation’s expense for their auditors… teams of auditors. Yes, they are there year-round. Because there is so much $$$ at issue, that’s why.

The Fortune 400 have their own counter-staff, too, naturally.

This was the highest rate of all categories including small businesses etc.

Trump’s experience is closer to all -cash businesses like restaurants, plumbers, etc.

Your last statement couldn’t be further from the truth.

The issues that cause the IRS to audit a Real Estate Enterprise are endless… starting with rates of depreciation.

These are fully capable of turning an enterprise into a tax-free enterprise… right there, alone.

So, real estate players invite audits — constantly.

Ask Carlton Sheets how he came to become the TV guru.

Yep, an IRS audit clipped his RE scheme. He was deemed a ‘dealer’ and lost ALL of his long term capital gains treatment — and his depreciation shield.

Oh, my!

His back-bill was staggering. Up until then, he never owed any taxes. But his list of assets grew like topsy.