I've been buying movies on disc for the last few years, not a whole bunch but

one I actually like, I get it.  Books, the same, and any electronic books I back up offline, because Amazon plays games just like these bastards with games and movies.

Physical media when you can, because you cannot trust these companies.

Yes, a bunch of 'educators' spent a lot of time demeaning the trades

and pushing kids into college no matter what, and the current situation is the result.  It was done deliberately, some by people who truly thought it a good idea, a bunch by people who are idiots or crooks pushing to make colleges happy no matter what it does to students.

Son learned to be a machinist, got his first job before he finished the classes and never looked back.  And for quite a while he was, in his 30's, the youngest guy in the shops he worked at, and those shops were desperate to get more people.  In his early 40's he was still the youngest guy in that shop.  And they can use a lot more.

Bless Mike Rowe for his work and what he's done to push the trades, and it's working.

'France says it's the fault of the US that they've got piles of dead people

because of the heat!  Journalists and 'social media' influencers should pay attention, says Deputy Mayor of Paris!"
In other news you can blame us all you want, Froggy, you tax the hell out of everything and make it all, including energy, more expensive than need be, because you don't care how many people die as long as you can paint yourself as caring.

Which makes you an asshole.  Kiss our ass.

Short version: "We colonized for the sake of Allah, therefor it was good,

no matter how many bodies and what suffering it created!"

"It doesn't matter you're queer and support queers, you're a JEW

and you don't want to get rid of all Jews!  How can you betray us this way!"

Just bloody amazing, isn't it?

A new Taurus wheelgun with two cylinders,

one for .38 Special/.357 Magnum, the other for 9mm.  It is a pretty thing,

and that is a nice combination for it.

No, barring them saying "We want you to test this out", I don't need one, but it would be nice.

Speaking of 'when they tell you what they are', we have the Democrat in the race for a House seat (added)

from New Effing York:
Meet Darializa Avila Chevalier, running in the Democrat primary for NY’s 13th Congressional District, & who has the full backing of NYC Mayor Mamdani:
▪️Celebrated after Hamas brutally murdered, raped, tortured & kidnapped thousands living in Israel
▪️Claims Israel doesn't exist.
▪️Called the US a “fucking disgrace” and tweeted “ I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me”
▪️Doesn’t believe in borders & wants to not only abolish ICE, but to stop ALL deportations, even for violent criminals
▪️Wants to abolish prison- even for murderers
▪️On the police - “We’re gonna defund and abolish”
▪️Believes the government should seize private property & nationalize major industries
▪️Wants a universal basic income
▪️Wants to abolish private insurance & replace with Medicare for all
And yes, multiple sources have reported this.  Also her playing "Why do you want to talk about past statements instead of what I want to say right now?" games in interviews.

This is what the commies elected.  Barring a LOT of people deciding to start voting and otherwise making their thoughts known, NY is screwed.  As if it wasn't already with Mamdani having already started the process, without lube.


Added:
Avila Chevalier, a sociology PhD student whose victory sent shockwaves throughout the Democratic establishment, has been under fire for a since-deleted Twitter account, previously reported by CNN, that included phrases such as “seize the means of production,” along with calls to abolish police, prisons and borders. Other controversial tweets include one that said Black and Arab men are both “Fetishizing ugly colonizer women” and another that described wiping her dirty hands on the American flag in lieu of a napkin.

As an undergraduate, Avila Chevalier attended Columbia University, where she organized with Students for Justice in Palestine, and after graduation became involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza. She also attended a controversial October 8, 2023, pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square — one day after Hamas’ attack on Israel — that featured speeches and rhetoric praising the attack.

She previously told CNN, “I have grown considerably in the years since these tweets, and I am focused on our community and our community’s future.”
Translation: "I'm still a communist, I still hate this country, and I won't deny it."
Well done, Democrats.

Yes, when they tell you what they really want and are,

you'd better pay attention to them.  They mean it.

That time of week, that doesn't require a bunch of typing,

begins now

And right now, I bets lots of the British wish they still had them

And for the adult-type people, 

Commander Salamander on a idiot politician finding out

that his pretending "I'm with you!" to the terrorist supporters and communists in general won't save him.

There's a lot of them finding that out lately.


I hadn't realized this, idiot Europeans actually built hospitals without central air.  So it's not just keeping commoners from having it in their houses.  The insanity of these Net Zero people is amazing.

And some good stuff on US history

He's back

The Village Hemorrhoid is back, new site is here

Kim takes note of a case of "She shouldn't dress like that

at her age!"

Well, bullshit.  She looks good, and carries it off well, so the complainers can shut the hell up.

And the communists are doing about what anybody with a brain expected,

and the Democrats have no idea what to do, now that they're the ones being used.

Those damn Brit enviroweenies are really messing with important stuff now:

bad enough they've caused high electricity prices and not enough power, now they're screwing with the making of Scottish Holy Water, damn their eyes, all in the name of Net Zero.

This is a distraction for me, and a general 'Take a look' for you folks,

down below

Today was first day of evaluation and physical therapy,

the therapy varying from "That's not a problem" to "Stop there, that's painful!"

I did ask if it were best for me to say something or make noises if something became painful, and I was assured that both are fine.  So some noises were made, but nothing that required some level of screaming.  Close in one case, but not quite.

Weeks of this to come, and still have to wear the sling most of the time.  Oh yes, it will be fun.

"Hey, how did this happen?!?

"This isn't Portland, and we take ambushes of law enforcement seriously here."

"A few shots fired, what's the big deal?"
"You leave out the shots fired, one cop wounded, and all the rest, don't you?"

They got used to getting away with garbage like this thanks to socialist politicians, and they have real problems with "No, you can't walk away from this here."

Speaking of civil rights in places where they only have the ones the .gov allows,

Here’s the thing: censors always think their motives are pure. From inquisitors to commissars to modern “hate speech” units, they all believe they’re preventing some existential harm. That has never made it okay to strip people of their basic rights, and it doesn’t change the fact that this is precisely what they’re doing.

In the United States, we (still) recognize that. In the EU and the UK, they increasingly do not. And that’s more dangerous to how we treat speech in the US than the abuses that happen in places like China or Iran, because we aren’t likely to turn into China or Iran. But we may turn into the UK, or Germany, or Finland, where they purport to maintain their belief in free expression but have rationalized it into a corner where it can do very little good. So while we’re never shocked at horrifying censorship in China or Russia, we should continue to be shocked by the retreat from liberalism that we’re seeing in the Anglosphere and in Europe. We also need to be vocal in opposing it, because it really could happen here.
Lots of examples in the post.

And why the politicians who push this crap should be labeled traitors to their country.

Civil rights victory,

A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit last week ruled that suppressors are protected by the Second Amendment, exactly the opposite of a decision from the California-based Ninth Circuit.

In the 11-page decision in the appeal of U.S. vs. Comeaux (24-30307) published in the Western District of Louisiana on June 18, the court fell back on the "text, history, and tradition" guidelines of Bruen and the meaning of "bear arms" as explained in the Heller ruling ("wear, bear, or carry . . . for the purpose . . . of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in case of conflict with another person.") to explain that "silencers" (suppressors) are bearable arms.
Which can set it up to go to the Supremes.

This will have Starmer, his equally-asshat replacement, and the Labour Party trying to make sure

the British people are unable to see this.  Partial quote:
One of the things that’s become extremely apparent to me after spending a few days here with a group of Americans and other nationalities is how much of a fucking pussy English people are in general when it comes to arms, guns, and basically protecting their nation. We’ve been totally pacified in the UK and through removal of our arms, our right to bear arms, it’s caused a big problem for us.
Another reminder: we can NEVER let the leftists take the 2nd Amendment out of the Constitution.

This I'll take time for

The PM of (fG)Britain has resigned.  Finally.  and I'll borrow two comments

And

On, the media noting Starmer crying?  
First, he's important, y'see, unlike those common girls and other victims.
Second, for his time as a 'prosecutor' and PM, yeah, he should pay.  But the chances are just about zero, and those are probably, at least in part, tears of relief as he considers that.

Yes, it's Monday, and right now the only thing I can mention is this

which seems to sum it up nicely:

Otherwise?  The left hates Trump, and if he solved all big troubles in one swoop they still would.  Some on the right hate him, too, and the same.

Britain seems destined for either a serious revolution or sinking, much of Europe the same.

And right now, I just don't care.  Maybe later.

Ah, I'd forgotten the ACLU showing once again that they only truly care about rights they approve of:

“Protecting the rights of marijuana users.” Note that neither the phrase “gun rights” or “Second Amendment” appears anywhere in the ACLU’s email blast to donors cheering their win representing Ali Hemani at the Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling.

The ACLU’s big takeaway here:

The court has sent a strong message that the government cannot criminalize the conduct of large numbers of people by making categorical and unfounded assumptions about whether they are dangerous.

The fact that those people have a civil right to keep and bear arms never seems to enter into the equation for the “nation’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.”

Well, some of the individual rights and liberties, anyway.

Five years

 Yeah, I still miss him

reminds me of something...

Oh yeah, got it.  When the Brit NHS decided "We have said this kid is going to die, and he'll die.  We don't care if someone will fly him somewhere and treat him in another country at no cost to us, WE decided he's going to die."  There were pictures of cops outside the hospital with orders to keep protesters away- this was after the family had been told that if they caused any problems they wouldn't get to see their kid before death- and someone had a picture of a group and mention of  'Over here, that'd be a target-rich environment', to the upset of all the leftists.

Some guy posted on a Fecesbook post I made of that and said "Do you know how disgusting that sounds to the rest of the world?"  I said "Why should I care what the 'rest of the world' thinks?"

Someone had a link to this song a week or so ago,

it's a bit odd bit I rather like it

Ok, so now a bit of clearing

Starting with

Well, it is approaching that day

Some more adult themes following