Daily Archives: October 17, 2008

LiveBlogging the Sarah Palin Rally

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October 17, 2008

We got in to Verizon Wireless Center pretty easily – much easier than any concert I’ve been at here. On the way in we weren’t searched once, I’m a little bitter because I totally could have carried if I had known that. Not quite 5pm yet, we’re still at the “warm-up act” portion of...
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Indiana IDPA State Championship

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October 17, 2008

I just have finished reviewing the courses of fire for the Indiana State IDPA Championship match, and they are looking pretty good. The match organizers estimate that you’ll need in the neighborhood of 250 rounds to shoot all of the courses of fire; the cof themselves look pretty demanding. Lots of targets, movement, and...
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Quote of the day

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October 17, 2008

Say Uncle literally made me laugh out loud with his summary of the debates: Well, the only real observation I had was that these guys had like all these various proposals to save the world. And, like, none of them seemed to be things that fell under the President’s jurisdiction since he doesn’t, you...
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New holster

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October 17, 2008

My new IDPA holster should arrive today. I order one of Galco’s M5X or MX5, I forget which. Sorry for no link, you’ll have to google it. Writing html on my crackberry isn’t that easy. Back to the holster though. The rig itself is Galco’s kydex/polymer holster, designed for doublestack 1911s with a 5...
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Liveblogging the Rally

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October 17, 2008

If all goes according to plan, I’ll be attending the McCain/Palin rally this afternoon in Indiana. Sarah Palin is scheduled to be there, and I’ll be liveblogging the event. Watch the blog later today for almost realtime coverage of the rally with Sarah Palin. I’ll be curious to see if any hecklers and Obama...
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