Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Mel Maki said:

Our system is very flawed. We are headed to a financial cliff always spending much more than we take in. The politicians approved a budget that was full of pork and more unnecessary spending. The lobbyists had their way, again. This monstrosity wasn't even read. Why should they go to the trouble? Nearly everybody gets re-elected. The flaw in our system is it needs voters that are capable of understanding we are in financial peril. But the voters just care about getting their way on a few issues and believe surely the politicians wouldn't let our system go down, would they? Nah!

I know both parties are guilty but Schumer is especially hard to watch.

Neither party is guilty of fiscal conservatism lol..... spend spend spend.....the only real difference is what they want to spend it on.

Rod Kaufman said:

That was Trump's latest tweet on the stock market going up on Monday after a bunch of staffers spent all weekend cleaning up the mess he created with his threatened trade war with China. The hope is that cooler heads may prevail and some sort of compromise will be forthcoming. Of course this is the same WH that consistently called CNN's reporting of McMaster's replacement with Bolten as, "fake news" just a few weeks ago. At this point, anything that gets the market back up is welcome, if Trump doesn't screw it all up again...

Your ability to twist and weave is fascinating Rod.....lol

Rod Kaufman said:

Trump wants the military to fund his border wall. Ain't going to happen. For starters, Donny forgot the congress already had its budget meetings, came up with the 1 plus trillion bill and he signed it. Done deal.
Oh and Mexico, well, only the Trump base believes it...

A free can for you

Rod Kaufman said:

Forget the "Deep State" HS, assuming you even believed in that garbage in the first place, Kelly ANNE Conway has been identified as the number one leaker in the Trump White House!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/01/politics/ronald-kessler-jake-tapper-interview/index.html

Does the fact that it is in obviously partisan book make it true? lol

Rod Kaufman said:

The Sinclair group on overdrive:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2018/04/01/sinclair-broadcast-group-local-news-media-bashing-promos-rs.cnn/video/playlists/focus-on-the-media/

Perfect example of CNN.....lol

Greg Shaffer said:

Russ Carroll said:

If you are not at all alarmed after watching this, then you don't know your history very well.


https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/how-americas-largest-local-tv-owner-turned-its-news-anc-1824233490

Really? So a mission statement promising to deliver fair and UNBIASED news coverage while pointing out the proliferation of fake news in the media that makes NO mention of Trump whatsoever is some sort of Orwellian threat? You really should actually READ the transcript of what was said before falling for such hyper-partisanship as is in that article which is nothing more than the swamp attempting to protect itself as usual.

Wow....must have hit a home run with my response....Russ deleted his OP

Rod Kaufman said:

Excellent news!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/05/us/deerfield-illinois-assault-weapon-ban-trnd/index.html
Check out that fine for owning one...

And the lawsuits over it has already begun

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/isra-files-lawsuit-against-village-of-deerfield-il-over-gun-ban-300625181.html

http://wgntv.com/2018/04/05/nra-joins-fight-against-deerfields-weapons-ban/

Poor little Deerfield is going to go broke fighting this one lol

Having read and thought about the 2nd amendment a lot, particularly for the last couple of decades as the noise from the left has continuously escalated to what is now a fever pitch, I am always looking to simplify the matter in as much as possible at least from a Constitutional perspective. I believe I have found it and to my satisfaction it doesn't get much clearer than this.

The 2nd Amendment consists of two clauses. The first clause "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State" is a dependent clause, because it is not a complete sentence. It cannot stand on its own. The second clause "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" forms a complete sentence, it is an independent clause. The first clause is dependent on the second clause. Or, in simple English, the existence of a militia (which is essential to the security of a free State), is DEPENDENT on people having un-infringed rights, not the other way around.

"No laws, licenses, permits or taxes that by design are intended to keep American citizens in good standing from exercising their 2A right can be legal, per the 2A "shall not be infringed".

As far as I am concerned the above two paragraphs ends the dispute from a Constitutional perspective. So until the 2nd amendment is repealed via the proscribed Constitutional process for such things the debate is over.

Rod Kaufman said:

I usually clean my mirror once a year in the springtime and to so so, I follow the method recommended by optic waves lab:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y8xFnXFVGQ
Of the various methods I've tried in the past, this works the best. My mirror is a 16" pyrex f4.5 and the enhanced coating by Nova optical is now 8 years old and shows no signs of deterioration despite many hours under the stars. I inspect the coating before and after cleaning by holding it up to the sun and by looking thru the back of the mirror for pin holes. Shinning a bright light in front of the mirror didn't reveal any defects, either.
I've enjoyed the views thru the scope which is an astrosystems structure. The mirror was refigured prior to the Nova coating by Ed Jones, a highly experienced optical engineer and I certainly recommend him for testing/refiguring optics:
https://opticaleds.com/
Happy viewing!

Same process I have used for many years now with the exception of I put towels on the tailgate of my truck outdoors, along with upto a couple concrete blocks (again covered in towels) to prop it against to dry on the tailgate. I do however always do a final rinse with distilled water as suggested in the video. Spots do tend to inflame my anal retentiveness beyond my comfort zone

Welcome to the NEW Astromart

Soooo I hear London is now calling for banning knives. Is this only for Assault Knives? Have they determined how to distinguish between a regular knife and an assault knife yet? Will it be a reactionary ban that only takes effect after the knife has been used to murder someone?

Will rocks and sticks be next? Will walking canes be grandfathered in? Will there be specifications on what qualifies as an assault rock?

Seems to me it would be less complicated to outlaw MURDER .....jus sayin......

Originally Posted by AstroMart

hmmmm - mine is working wonderfully

click on the images I am interested and get a FULL picture - AWESOME

Herb

Definitely whacko here..... When I choose the refractor category for instance.  I am only shown the images (supersized) for the most recent ad.....no text, location, price etc.....If I scroll past to the bottom of the posting I see the choice for 1,2,3, etc pages and each is a new ad.....no listing of ads to pick from. That said the auction section appears to be functioning properly.

Take that back....the supersized images appear to be shown from multiple ads so large you don't get to see the item listings info with the small pic, location, price etc.

Confirmed - clicking one of the supersized images shown does take you to the actual ad for the item.

Update: Looking at "telescope making" the category says 12 ads.  There are only 9 supersized images displayed with 3 obvious blank spots (ads that don't have an image I would assume) Those that don't have an image are completely blank with none of the info displayed for the ad.....and clicking on the blanks does not take you to the ad that should be there. Clicking on any of the pics does take you to the full ad though.