Recent content by Cestus

Not so. Did you see that fleet that the Operative had ready to meet the Serenity? That piddling little fleet didn't even have a single Alliance Cruiser in it (remember the enormous city-ships from the series?). In modern terms, it might be like losing a carrier group, or a large part of a...

Heh, now I have an overwhelming desire to start collecting 2$ bills.

I believe I saw this in the "Marine Rules of a Gunfight." If it ever comes to pass that someone kills you with your own gun, he'd better beat you to death with it, because it will be empty.

Had it bookmarked since last year. I believe I may have even discovered it here. Asimov said that the third stanza was often omitted out of respect for our British allies, at whom the stanza is targeted. I would be interested in hearing all four stanzas recited before a major event, just to...

2nd Stanza: On the shore, dimly seen thro' the mist of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep. As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam...

I voted for Bush, as did my roommate, two guys across the hall from me, and my RA. I don't know how the rest of my dorm broke down. We're all 18-20.

"If there was a class action charging violation of the 2nd Amendment, the State Court would dismiss it because CA law does not recognize RKBA. The 2nd Amendment should apply to all States, but it actually doesn't in legal terms. Each State either has their own version or makes no guarantee of...

Out of curiosity, what is the proper technique to pistol-whipping? Always wanted to know.

I live in Escondido. Most of the illegal immigrants around here are soft spoken and work for everything they receive- they are not on welfare, nor do they suckle at the government's teat. They work constantly. They are here wishing to be Americans. The "mexicans" that are living on welfare...