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Cake day: August 2nd, 2023

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  • For anyone wanting that headline explained:

    The Lake City plant is owned by the US gov, but run under contract by various companies over the years. The company that runs it is contractually obligated to maintain the capability to make something like a billion rounds a year for the US gov, and they do that by selling what the government doesn’t need to the public. (Most of what they make is sold commercially).

    So although true, the story boils down to “cartels bought publicly available ammo in the US and smuggled it into Mexico” where I believe that ammunition is restricted to military use.










  • Three friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, the rival florist across town thought the competition was< unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close down, but they would not. He asked his mother to go and ask the friars to get out of the business. They would not. So, the rival florist hired Hugh McTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to persuade them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he’d be back if they didn’t close their business. Terrified, they did so - thereby proving that: Hugh, and only Hugh can prevent florist friars.