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Overnight Open Thread (2-23-2014)That's the thing about Ragnarok - it's so damn hard to predict. Remembering the 1986 FBI Shootout The 1986 shootout was a gun battle in the Miami area between 8 FBI agents and two bank robbery suspects that they were attempting to arrest. It lasted less than five minutes but resulted in the death of two FBI agents and nearly all the rest of the agents were seriously injured before the suspects were killed. Since then it has become well-known in the shooting community and is still widely studied by law enforcement. Analysis of the fight led to the FBI's switch to the 10mm round (and later the .40 S&W) as well as changes in FBI and police tactics. The 1986 FBI Miami shootout was a gun battle that occurred on April 11, 1986 in an unincorporated region of Dade County in south Florida (renamed Miami-Dade on November 13, 1997) between eight FBI agents and two serial bank robbers. During the firefight, FBI Special Agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed, while five other agents were wounded. The two robbery suspects, William Russell Matix and Michael Lee Platt, were also killed. The FBI agents were on a rolling stakeout based on a hunch that the suspects would return for another bank holdup and still be driving a black Monte Carlo seen at a previous robbery. When the car was spotted on the morning of April 11 the agents attempted to make a felony traffic stop. But what they didn't know was that the two robbers, Platt and Matix, were well armed with a shotgun, Mini-14, multiple pistols, had spent considerable time training with them, and that both were ex-military (Platt had been an Army Ranger and Matix was a former Army MP). The suspects immediately started shooting at the agents and despite being shot multiple times (Platt 12 times, Matix 6 times) including some mortal wounds, they kept firing and nearly wiped out the agents. Only the actions of Agent Mireles stopped the attack and saved the other agents. Since then there has been wide-spread analysis of the gun fight including tactical failures on the part of the agents as well as deficiencies in the caliber and model of the guns they used. Here is an FBI internal training video that has a recreation of the incident as well interviews in which the agents describe their actions during the shootout, what they experienced as well lessons learned from the incident. Agent Mireles' concluding statement is something that everyone who might ever be in a life-or-death situation should take to heart.
CNN's president, Jeffrey Zucker, has other problems, but none bigger than Mr. Morgan and his plum 9 p.m. time slot. Mr. Morgan said last week that he and Mr. Zucker had been talking about the show's failure to connect and had decided to pull the plug, probably in March. And WeaponsMan reminds us of exactly how sleezy and possibly criminal Piers is - and that's by Fleet Street standards. Why CNN thought Morgan was a prize worthy of importing across the Atlantic is one of the great mysteries. It's not surprising that he expects the worst of other people: his personal history is replete with examples of bad behavior. He probably knows that he shouldn't be trusted with a gun. While editor of the Daily Mirror, he used the stock tips in an investing column to advance his personal fortune through insider training (Morgan saved himself by flipping on his own columnists, who were fired and ultimately convicted; at least one did time in prison. Profile in courage, that). Also at the Mirror, his personal anti-military agenda led him to publish fabricated photographs of nonexistent "tortures" by soldiers of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. When his crudely faked photos were exposed and the entire publishing firm was feeling the heat, Morgan refused to apologize for the fraud he committed. So they fired him. John Kerry: We 'Should Not Allow' Open Debate on Climate Change You'd think that hearing a cabinet member calling for the end of discourse would be something a reporter with access to Kerry might want to follow up on. What exactly does he mean by "should not allow"? Perhaps we can imagine this going down in alternative historical form - Donald Rumsfeld said "we" should not allow "any room for those who think that the costs associated with doing the right in Iraq outweigh the benefits" - and move forward from there. Given his 40+ year track record on issues Kerry really has no standing to criticize anyone else's positions. NYT: Ha Ha Die You Silly Warmening Deniers And When politicians and scientists started calling people like me "deniers", they crossed the line. They are still doing it. Mexico to Trump Japan as No. 2 Car Exporter to US Mexico is on track to become the United States' No. 1 source of imported cars by the end of next year, overtaking Japan and Canada in a manufacturing boom that's turning the auto industry into a bigger source of dollars than money sent home by migrants. Of course I can't help but think of this ad. The January 3 1944 Edition of Life Magazine A complete scan of the issue and a fascinating snapshot of a moment in time. A free month of AoSHQ platinum to the first person who can name the hobby of the woman on the cover. Why Ashley Wagner Is Wrong About Figure Skating I know nothing about figure skating and only know Ashley Wagner because she's cute and because of the pictures of her shock over low scores from the judges. But this writer points that Wagner's claims of being 'gypped' don't really hold up and that acting on her complaints about the sport's scoring would end up making the sport a bore. All the stories say Wagner skated two very clean programs, landing all of her jumps, and never falling. It's true that she didn't fall, but she certainly didn't skate cleanly as anyone who knows the sport could see. In the short program she touched her second foot down on her triple toe. In the long program she two-footed and under-rotated the landing of her crucial opening combination. 10 Vegetables and Herbs You Can Buy Once and Regrow Forever Hmm I didn't realize you could grow basil and cilantro from clippings. Sustainability baby! Weekly Commenter Standings Top 10 commenters: Top 10 sockpuppeteers: The group. Yeah. Where it's at - the Twitter Tonight's post brought to you by Hitler's nightmare: Notice: Posted by permission of AceCorp LLC. Please e-mail overnight open thread tips to maetenloch at gmail. Otherwise send tips to Ace. | Recent Comments
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