WORD QUIZ! WIN 10 POINTS! How did "mortar" come to mean both the stuff between bricks and the military weapon?

June 27th, 2010 by eranio

This is something I became curious about and dug into it. Now I want to see if you know. I’ll give best answer to whoever is closest. I want to know how it is that the word "mortar" came to represent both the cement that’s used hold bricks in place and the contemporary military weapon that is a small tube-shaped rocket launcher.

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Do liberals generally feel that only police and military should have guns?

November 23rd, 2009 by eranio

The police in my town aren’t that fast, not that they aren’t trying, but a lot can happen in ten minutes……….

Here is a video of police shooting an unarmed man in the back a few days ago while he was face down on the cement, you may want to rethink your ideas of what freedom is…

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