Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Largest Drug Bust in MA History
2 men, one from Mexico and the other from the Dominican Republic were arrested yesterday after authorities seized 89 kilos/195 pounds of cocaine from a trailer in an industrial area Revere. The drugs made its way to Revere from the Mexican border.The estimated street value is between 9 and 10 million dollars. Both men are being held on $5 million bail
I couldn't let this article slip by since I found it a big coincidence that I just saw Blow for the 500th time the other day and there's a giant blow poster in my apartment. Go see the movie if you haven't yet and you live under a rock.
U mad bruh?
Nothing is funny? You played the worst game to watch on TV, you had awful reads, no intelligence on the field and your down 18 points on Monday Night Football and your cracking jokes on the bench on the sideline. Sounds like your a clown to me. Then you throw a temper tantrum and storm of the stage because you don't want to be embarrassed in front of "everyone", you just made it worse buddy. For those of you who probably don't know, this is Derek Anderson, quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals clearly frustrated after a pathetic 27-6 loss to the 3-7 49rs where I had to literally put the TV on mute most of the game due to the three announcers completely bashing both teams for playing so poorly. Sorry, I don't want to get into any stats. Look them up yourself, the game was miserable. MONDAY NIGHT PATRIOTS JETS NEXT WEEK
Futuristic Army Guns Now A Reality
(thisis50)
The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System has a range of roughly 2,300 feet - and is to be deployed in Afghanistan this month.
The U.S. army is to begin using a futuristic rifle that fires radio-controlled 'smart' bullets in Afghanistan for the first time, it has emerged.
The XM25 rifle uses bullets that be programmed to explode when they have travelled a set distance, allowing enemies to be targeted no matter where they are hiding.
The rifle also has a range of 2,300 feet making it possible to hit target which are well out of the reach of conventional rifles.
The XM25 is being developed specially for the U.S. army and will be deployed with troops from later this month, it was revealed today.
The rifle's gunsight uses a laser rangefinder to determine the exact distance to the obstruction, after which the soldier can add or subtract up to 3 metres from that distance to enable the bullets to clear the barrier and explode above or beside the target.
Soldiers will be able to use them to target snipers hidden in trenches rather than calling in air strikes.
The 25-millimetre round contains a chip that receives a radio signal from the gunsight as to the precise distance to the target.
Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner, project manager for the system, described the weapon as a ‘game-changer’ that other nations will try and copy.
He expects the Army to buy 12,500 of the XM25 rifles this year, enough for every member of the infantry and special forces.
Lehner told FoxNews: ‘With this weapon system, we take away cover from [enemy targets] forever.
‘Tactics are going to have to be rewritten. The only thing we can see [enemies] being able to do is run away.’
The XM25 appears perfect weapon for street-to-street fighting that troops in Afghanistan have to engage in, with enemy fighters hiding behind walls and only breaking cover to fire ocasionally.
The weapon's laser finder would work out how far away the enemy was and then the U.S. soldier would add one metre using a button near the trigger. When fired, the explosive round would carry exactly one metre past the wall and explode with the force of a hand grenade above the Taliban fighter.
The army's project manager for new weapons, Douglas Tamilio, said: ''This is the first leap-ahead technology for troops that we've been able to develop and deploy.'
A patent granted to the bullet's maker, Alliant Techsystems, reveals that the chip can calculate how far it has travelled.
Mr Tamilio said: 'You could shoot a Javelin missile, and it would cost $56k. These rounds will end up costing $20 apiece. They're relatively cheap.
Lehner added: ‘This is a game-changer. The enemy has learned to get cover, for hundreds if not thousands of years.
‘Well, they can't do that anymore. We're taking that cover from them and there's only two outcomes: We're going to get you behind that cover or force you to flee.’
The rifle will initially use high-explosive rounds, but its makers say that it might later use versions with smaller explosive charges that aim to stun rather than kill.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Top 10 Thanksgiving facts
Just thought we should post something fun about the holiday. I hope everyone has a happy and safe thanksgiving! Bone is thankful for all of our followers.
Top Ten Thanksgiving Facts
1. In 1621, the Pilgrims shared a harvest meal with the Wampanoag Indians in a Plymouth Colony in what is now the state of Massachusetts. It has been acknowledged as the first Thanksgiving celebration. It was a sharing of friendship and trust and of course food.
2. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as the national day of thanksgiving in 1863.
3. It was not until 1941, Congress made Thanksgiving Day a National Holiday.
4. According to the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, one of the country's oldest farmers' organizations, Native Americans used cranberries in a variety of foods, including "pemmican" (a nourishing, high-protein combination of crushed berries, dried deer meat and melted fat). They also used it as a medicine to treat arrow punctures and other wounds and as a dye for fabric. The Pilgrims adopted these uses for the fruit and gave it a name—"craneberry"—because its drooping pink blossoms in the spring reminded them of a crane.
5. The tradition of playing or watching football on Thanksgiving started with the first National Football League game on the holiday in 1934.
6. The idea of a department-store parade originated in 1920 with Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia with the parade now known as the 6abc IKEA Thanksgiving Day Parade. Macy's did not start a parade until 1924. When Gimbels closed down in 1986, television station WPVI took over responsibility for the parade, with sponsorship by Reading, Pennsylvania-based Boscov's. Currently, Channel 6ABC and IKEA sponsor the parade. Gimbels Department Store was located at 9th and Market Street in Philadelphia now a parking lot awaiting further development.
7. On November 20, 2007, President George W. Bush granted a "pardon" to two turkeys, named May and Flower, at the 60th annual National Thanksgiving Turkey presentation, held in the Rose Garden at the White House. The two turkeys were flown to Orlando, Fla., where they served as honorary grand marshals for the Disney World Thanksgiving Parade.
8. The current tradition of presidential turkey pardons began in 1947, under Harry Truman, but the practice is said to have informally begun with Abraham Lincoln, who granted a pardon to his son Tad's pet turkey.
9. In 2009, President Obama pardoned a turkey named Courage. I am personally glad he kept that one alive.
Celtics win over the Nets
Last night Shaq let the Celtics to there 89-83 win over the Nets with 25 points, 9 from 10 on the floor and 7 from 13 at the line. Paul Pierce scored 18 points, and Ray Allen had 15 points and seven assists. Injuries included Rajon Rondo with a hamstring injury, Delonte West with a broken wrist and Marquis Daniels nearly threw out his back helping 345 lb Shaquille O'Neal back onto his feet.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Colts Choke.. Pats Win Another At Home
Brady is back at it again, leading the Pats to another W this season with a 31-28 win over the 4 time MVP Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.