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Muzzleloader season kick off

Staff Report

Oklahoma is rich with big game hunting opportunity ranging from black bear and antelope to elk and mule deer.

But the whitetail deer still represents the most popular and widely
available big game hunting opportunity in Oklahoma, with archery season
underway and muzzleloader season began Oct. 27.

Muzzleloader season runs Oct. 27 – Nov. 4, and the season accounts
for about 18 percent of the total annual deer harvest in Oklahoma.
During muzzleloader season, hunters can harvest a buck and two antlerless deer (at least one antlerless deer must be harvested from Antlerless Deer Zones 2, 7 or 8), and most of the state is open to antlerless hunting every day during the season. Resident muzzleloader hunters must possess an appropriate hunting license and a deer muzzleloader license for each deer harvested. Nonresident muzzleloader hunters are exempt from a hunting license while hunting deer, but they must possess a nonresident deer muzzleloader license. For a map of Oklahoma’s antlerless deer zones, consult the current "Oklahoma Hunting Guide" available online at wildlifedepartment.com.

Muzzleloader hunters must conspicuously wear both a head covering and an outer garment above the waistline, both totaling at least 400 square inches of hunt orange.

Upon harvesting a deer, all hunters must immediately attach their name, license number, and date and time of harvest securely to the animal. This "field tag," which can be constructed of anything (such as a business card), must remain attached to the carcass until it is checked either at the nearest hunter check station, with an authorized Wildlife Department employee or online at www.wildlifedepartment.com.

In many counties, hunters can harvest a turkey with their muzzleloaders Nov. 3-4. A fall turkey license is required, unless exempt. Turkey fall gun season runs Nov. 3-16, and details for the season are available in the current "Oklahoma Hunting Guide."

Hunters that are 10 years old and older who have not completed their hunter education course can do so completely online at www.wildlifedepartment.com. Upon successfully completing the course, hunters can print their hunter education card and purchase any license.

Hunters age 8-30 who have not completed a hunter education course can buy an apprentice-designated hunting license and hunt while accompanied by an adult hunter 18 years old or older who is licensed and hunter-education-certified or exempt. Exemptions from hunter ed requirements include those 31 years old or older, those honorably discharged or currently active in the Armed Forces or members of the National Guard). All hunters under 10 years old must be accompanied when hunting big game, including those who have completed a hunter education course.

The modern gun season opens Nov. 17 and runs for 16 days. Archery season remains open through Jan. 15, 2013.

For specific information regarding which wildlife management areas are open to muzzleloader season, licenses, season limits, legal firearms or other details, consult the current "Oklahoma Hunting Guide" available free online at www.wildlifedepartment.com or in print anywhere hunting licenses are sold.

Mullet Over #531

James White

In case it comes up in a conversation today: The first major movie to show a toilet flush was the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho.

The instrument generally recognized as the oldest existing violin is one made for King Charles IX (of France) about 1560. Possessor of the title “World’s Most Expensive Violin” changes with some regularity.

While all of the 650 known Stradivari violins are quite valuable, an instrument made by Guarneri is currently on the market for $18,000,000 which could make it the most expensive, if sold. Check your attics — 18th century records indicate that there are approximately 450 Stradivari violins whose fates/locations are unknown.

Human tissue often tears easily. Spider silk is thin and stronger than steel. That is why spider silk has been used as an integral feature in the repair of human wounds. Medical researchers at Utah State University are developing techniques to mend damaged shoulders and knees by utilizing arachnid-spun strands. A separate group at MIT is applying spider silk proteins to bone grafts making the bones stronger and less brittle. Way to go, researchers.

A few years back (approx. 75,000,000), a 39 ft. sea-going reptile scientists have named “elasmosaur” patrolled above what is now Alberta, Canada. This creature had 76 neck vertebrae which is the most of any known animal. The giraffe is a total pretender with only 7 neck bones.

Not too long ago, citizens in Northern New York were aggressively waging an anti-drug campaign. Supporters of the local movement ordered some very attractive pencils imprinted with “TOO COOL TO DO DRUGS.”  This was fine except the direction and location of the imprint left the pencils declaring “COOL TO DO DRUGS” as the “TOO” was removed after the first pencil sharpening. Subsequent to additional sharpening, the pencils displayed “DO DRUGS” as more of the original message was removed. Community authorities organized a drive to confiscate each boo-boo imprinted pencil they could locate and shortly thereafter abandoned all pencil-message schemes.

For all you literary enthusiasts: Little Red Riding Hood has a first name, Blanchette.

Small bit of irony: The rock star Meat Loaf is a vegetarian.

Food for thought: Seven of the largest eight companies (measured by annual sales) in the world are energy enterprises. Wal-Mart is the exception of the eight and is a distributor that consumes large quantities of energy. I say “hang on to your oil wells.” Well, watch those pencil messages – and have a splendid week.

 

What character shows in Benghazi?

David Arnett, Founder

What manner of man, woman or child could watch live video of American heroes under violent attack for seven hours without sending aid easily within their power?  What kind of government could allow the personal representative of the President of the United States of America to be killed before their eyes?  What kind of personal honor would allow multiple individuals to boldly lie about such an event and blame it on non-related activity halfway around the world?

If you have not yet heard of the Benghazi Consulate Attack, please read The Blaze review of Glenn Beck’s Wednesday television show before you vote for president.

Beck noted that America has had three major scandals in the White House: Former President Richard Nixon’s Watergate, the Iran-Contra scandal with former President Ronald Reagan and former President Bill Clinton’s sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky.  But in those cases, “as the old catchphrase goes, When Clinton lied, no one died,” Beck said. In Benghazi, four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed in a horrific manner.

Beck went on to discuss Tuesday night’s explosive report that revealed 300 to 400 national security officials received emails detailing the Benghazi terrorist attack as it was happening on 9/11, raising fresh questions about the truth behind the Benghazi attack.

The emails show that the Libyan radical Islamic group Ansar al-Sharia claimed responsibility for the attack just two hours after it began via social media. White House officials told CBS News that an unmanned Predator drone was sent over the U.S. mission in Libya, providing Washington with a live feed to the chaos that unfolded.

“Everyone had these emails, everyone,” Beck said, holding a hard copy of the emails in his hands. “These emails were accompanied with video and links to be able see everything live as it was happening. It makes it very, very clear. This was a terrorist attack conducted by a terrorist organization. There’s nothing in here about a YouTube video.”

Beck explained that if the administration was really working off the “facts,” the White House would have never mentioned the anti-Muslim YouTube video.

But one of the most disturbing developments involves the Obama administration’s response to the assault, according to Beck.

“Why would he choose not to send in a quick response force?” he asked. “Why were they not dispatched to Benghazi? Why were people in the situation room standing around watching our people get killed. Help could have been there within the hour.”

Click here for the story with links and video from The Blaze.

The “Absolutely Uncertain” video goes viral

David Arnett, Founder

The hottest new issue video is a mini-documentary following Irina, a 23-year-old liberal Jewish New Yorker who voted for Obama in 2008.  The film features exclusive interviews with leading journalists and politicians from the United States and Israel including Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz, NYC Mayor Ed Koch, Senator Joseph Lieberman and others.

Irina, the YouTube posting notes, has grown increasingly concerned about the policies of the Obama Administration as she has learned more about the President’s policies across the Middle East and towards Israel in particular.  Irina has come to realize that "when the chips are down," the President may not "have Israel’s back" as he says.

“I don’t know how many people realize this, but today, Israelis are lining up for gas masks and cleaning out their bomb shelters,” Irina begins.

American politicians have been united for generations in “leaving politics at the water’s edge” and in general loyalty to Israel, but that level of honor has appeared to fade in both parties over recent decades.  

Click here to view the YouTube video, Absolutely Uncertain.

Welfare spending up 32% in 4-years

Staff Report

Welfare spending has grown substantially over the past four years, reaching $746 billion in 2011 — or more than Social Security, basic defense spending or any other single chunk of the federal government — according to a new memo by the Congressional Research Service.

The steady rise in welfare spending, which covers more than 80 programs primarily designed to help low-income Americans, got a big boost from the 2009 stimulus and has grown, albeit somewhat more slowly, in 2010 and 2011. One reason is that more people are qualifying in the weak economy, but the federal government also has broadened eligibility so that more people qualify for programs.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, who requested the Congressional Research Service report, said it underscores a fundamental shift in welfare, moving away from a Band-Aid and toward a more permanent crutch.

“No longer should we measure compassion by how much money the government spends but by how many people we help to rise out of poverty,” the Alabama conservative said. “Welfare assistance should be seen as temporary whenever possible and the goal must be to help more of our fellow citizens attain gainful employment and financial independence.”

Overall, welfare spending as measured by obligations has grown from $563 billion in fiscal 2008 to $746 billion in fiscal 2011, or a jump of 32 percent.

The CRS numbers tell a complex story of American taxpayers’ generosity in supporting a varied social safety net, ranging from food stamps to support for low-income AIDS patients to child-care payments to direct cash going from taxpayers to the poor.

Read more: Welfare spending jumps 32% in four years – Washington Times.