Misc. Friday Ramblings...

Dogbert:Bob, remember that money can't buy happiness. But, it can buy expensive possessions that make other people envious. That feels just as good. And you can pay to have people whacked.
Bob:Can I trade my happiness for some money?

• It's Photoshop Phriday.
  Animal oddities. More meat on the plate.
  


• Face it Mars.
  Galactic Clearasil does wonders for those pock marks.
  


• New worm on the loose via IMs.
  And no, it isn't a male anatomy worm either.
  


• The Lambo, the lambo, the lambo's on fire...
  First Hulk Hogan's Lambo, now this one. Won't anyone think of the Lambos?!?!
  


• On the 'shrooms again...
  ...just can't wait to get on the 'shrooms again.
  


• Shaolin Sword and Shield Form
  


• Disturbed - Land of Confusion
  Art by Todd MacFarlane.
  


• New Middle-Earth story coming.
  Maybe there will be a new movie as well.
  

Friday FIREPOWER!

• Newest Stryker Variant: Mobile Gun System.
  

  The 10th and final version of the Stryker armored vehicle to be delivered to Fort Lewis looks a lot like its predecessors, with one exception.
  
  The Mobile Gun System features a 105 mm cannon. Five years in the making, it brings much more to the fight than other versions armed with a heavy machine gun, a grenade launcher or anti-tank missiles.
  
  The new variant – they call it the MGS – is designed to back up the infantry with a gun that can blast through walls, knock out a fortified sniper nest, stop another armored vehicle and clear a street of enemy fighters.
  
  The main challenges: a reliable mechanism to automatically load rounds into the MGS, firing it accurately off a bouncy wheeled platform instead of a more stable tracked base, and keeping the vehicle light enough to meet the Army’s weight requirements, officials said.
  
  The MGS will carry four types of ammunition: a depleted-uranium armor-piercing round, a high-explosive anti-tank round, a high-explosive plastic round for blowing through walls and barricades, and a canister round filled with 2,300 tungsten ball bearings for firing on enemy fighters.

  
  2300 ball bearings? Ouch. What does the commander yell to the gunner, "PULL"?
  


• Ever been to Mozambique? Wanna know the drill?
  

  The Mozambique Drill was added to the modern technique of gunfighting by Jeff Cooper based on the experience of one of his students, Mike Rouseau, while on duty in Mozambique. Rouseau was later killed in action in the Rhodesian War.
  
  The Mozambique Drill considers the deficiency of the pistol round in stopping an adversary. Statistics show that reactions in gunfights are extremely irregular -- one must be prepared for the worst. Many times it is the case that after absorbing the trauma of the first shots, the enemy will disregard further ballistic insult. It has been pointed out that simply "more shots" are not the answer. The Mozambique Drill instructs the shooter to place a double-tap in the center of mass, followed by a carefully aimed headshot.
  
  Contrary to popular belief, the immediate aim of defensive shooting is to incapacitate a target so as to render that person unable to attack. Unlike what is commonly seen on television and in movies, gunshot wounds rarely kill instantly. The incapacitation caused by gunshots is the result of neurocirculatory shock. The trauma resulting from impact and wound channel after two shots to a target's center of mass will produce a reflexive nervous system collapse in about 96% of cases. In the other 4%, either an adrenaline rush or the effect of stimulant drugs will override this reflex, and further shots will not produce this instantly-incapacitating shock. Because of this, the third shot should be aimed to destroy the brain, ensuring that the target's nervous system will shut down and leave the target unable to attack. This third shot is most effective when placed between a target's eyes as a higher shot is more likely to deflect off of hard bone and a lower shot is unlikely to produce the nervous system damage required to instantly stop an attacker.
  
  Also known as the 'failure to stop drill' or '2+1 drill'. As part of the U.S. National Guard Combat Pistol and other military combat pistol competitions, the Mozambique Drill is called Body Armor Defeat, and is frequently a discriminator between the average shooter and the gifted shooter, especially when it is timed.

  
  Vincent's second target is neutralized with this technique.