"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Osama Bin Laden…Winning!
Osama Bin Laden was killed with the classic “double tap” to the chest and head. Translated, this means he was shot twice in short succession. Suddenly everyone on TV including the 100-pound spokesmodel pretending to be a reporter on Fox, is speaking SEAL lingo.
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Actually, a "double-tap" is two quick shots to the same place. For example, the "Mozambique drill" is a double-tap to the chest, followed by a shot to the head. If Burrows is going to write about jargon, he ought to get the jargon right.