You know 'Do not trust Google maps', but planning your hillclimb?

No, I don't think so.
Three hikers were rescued on Monday after they became stranded on Mount Shasta near Clear Creek Route.

The hikers told the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office they relied heavily on Google’s Gemini, an artificial intelligence assistant, for information about the route and what to pack, which the sheriff’s office called a "critical misstep."
I would guess so.

"They were advised by Gemini to bring far less food and water than their group required, especially when their planned 8 hour ascent became a multi-day ordeal," the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

I could see 'Show me on the map' in planning, but that's it.  They're lucky it didn't get far worse.

Her excuse is "I was only showing respect for these people,

(who don't think women can be allowed in public uncovered, and I want their votes)"

Brings new meaning to 'strength, balance, and agility'

does it not?

Just bleepin' incredible

Without going into details, I'm spending as much of the rest of the day as I can sitting,

which means I have some time to yell.  For instance, about asshats who hate this country and yet demand to be here and lecture us on our shortcomings.
Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at an Islamic convention this weekend—six days before the 25th anniversary of 9/11—on a panel alongside a "9/11 truther" and a Muslim cleric conspiracy theorist who has called for an "examination" of the official narrative surrounding the terrorist attacks.

Shakir, in addition to propagating 9/11 conspiracy theories, has blamed Israel for other terrorist attacks and called for Muslims to use "guerrilla warfare" to achieve their desired political outcomes.

In a 1992 treatise, Shakir argued for Muslims to embrace "extrasystemic political action," ranging from "noncooperation tactics to guerrilla war" in order to influence government policies or eradicate the "system" altogether. Shakir asserted that "every major Muslim political gain" in modern history was brought about through such action, and cited the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the "armed struggle" that led to Taliban control of Afghanistan.

And
Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian Columbia University student who is facing deportation over his central role in the anti-Israel campus protest movement, has a previously undocumented history of "support for terrorists, terrorist organisations, armed violence and those who carried it out," according to a comprehensive investigation published Wednesday by two investigative journalists.

The findings undermine Mahdawi's own claims—as well as those by sympathetic media outlets—that he is being targeted by the Trump administration over his peaceful advocacy for Palestinian rights and those living in Gaza. The 100-page investigation, authored by journalists David Collier and Rachel Feldman, unearthed previously unseen statements in which Mahdawi, who's from the West Bank, promised to "annihilate the Jews," praised Hamas, honored dead terrorists, and bragged that the Palestinians "have the capacity and conviction to resist, to kill and to wound."

Just wonderful people that have been allowed in, aren't they?

But Chicago has all those Approved By Gun Bigot laws,

how can their crime rates be this bad?
Aside from being run by a bunch of corrupt clowns, that is.

Subject we touched on a few days ago, your territory is being invaded my muslim invaders?  Ignore, that it's obviously the fault of the JOOOS according to the traitorous bastard running the country into the ground.
And probably waiting with baited breath for someone to put out a new map with Spain labeled al Andalus again.

Brought to us by the Hemmorhoid:

Speaking of tolerant leftists,

Stuff to do, or try to, see you later

Says it all

 

I truly don't know if she's truly suicidal for her religion and people, or

such an idiot-level believer in Globular Climate Changery that she actually thinks suicide- for others as well as herself- is a good idea.

This is also a woman who refused to attend Michigan Democrat Party Convention for fear of her safety.

People like this are flat effing insane.

This may be a long-used idea, but I just tried this recently,

 and thought I'd pass it along.

Cleaning the upper receiver of a AR style rifle, after you pull the bolt carrier group and charging handle.  I found a tube brush in a pack of them, having used smaller ones for other things, that's the right diameter for a snug fit in the upper, so I took it, sprayed a cleaner on it, put it in and rotated a couple of times, then sprayed some more and rotated again, then pulled it out and flushed out the interior, and the fouling ran out.  Saved a lot of reaching in with a cloth and scrubbing.

That cleaner is rated as safe for polymers and painted finishes, and seems to work pretty well.

As I said, I'd be amazed if this is anything new, but it was to me, and it works.

Also, I had a suitable piece of brass rod so I threaded one end to fit a chamber brush, bent the other end into a T handle, and used it the same way to clean the chamber/lug area, and it works great.  Do make sure you don't get the lug-cleaning portion into the chamber.  An old-style pistol cleaning rod with a ring end instead of a rotating one, would work just as well.

Take 'em, Canada,

every damn one of them

Sure, taking care of your family is part of what makes you evil

So say the commies, and if you can't trust them, who- well, you can trust damn near ANYBODY more

Two things to point to, first being

the head of ATF says they'll give us rules for the new situation 'When? Well, “as soon as we are done.” We suppose it would be hard to announce it any sooner. He emphasizes that they’re working on making sure their legal interpretation is right, which would be a good, not to mention unique feature for virtually any federal bureaucracy.'
Forgive me for being less than trusting of that agency.  Including because the ATF agents who've confessed to lying under oath and faking evidence to put a man in prison are still working for ATF instead of being arrested and charged for that, and that man is still sitting in prison.  Such crap, combined with past actions, means "Do Not Trust Them."


Speaking of 'Do Not Trust', more on that bastard Fauci:
While Fauci has been held in contempt of Congress, Just The News reported Sunday that Paul has released evidence showing the doctor told officials with whom he was in correspondence to delete emails on at least five occasions.
Which is, unless I'm mistaken, illegal and unethical as hell.

Speaking of someone who belongs behind bars.

I could not get that pot clean, and then I remembered

those green scrub pads I bought for seriously badly fouled shotgun barrels are actually sold for cleaning pots and pans.

And damn, it worked!

Once again, it is not possible to hate most of our Professional Journalists enough

How, pray tell, did the Washington Post acquire such highly classified information about wartime military operations? Well, as the Post describes, that highly classified information came from “people familiar with [the] assessment,” who “described the assessment to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because the document is classified.”

Wow.

Now I know that the war with Iran is not World War II. The entire globe is not at war, and this is mostly a U.S. operation. Iran has not conquered most of a continent. It is not the same kind of threat as Nazi Germany.

However, while Iran’s crimes are a mere fraction of what Nazi Germany actually did, realize this—in terms of INTENTIONS, Iran makes Hitler look like an amateur.

Iran is a fascist theocracy that seeks to impose Shia Islam on the entire world. It funds terror across the globe. Like Nazi Germany, Iran seeks the extermination of all Jews. Unlike Nazi Germany, Iran seeks to forcibly convert or destroy Christians, and Buddhists, and Hindus, and most other religions, and it seeks to eradicate or drive underground the world’s LGBTQ+ community. Worst of all, Iran desperately seeks nuclear weapons so that it can detonate them on U.S. and Israeli soil, and precipitate Armageddon so that the Twelfth Imam will arise from a well in Qom and conquer what is left of the world for Shia Islam.

That’s what we’re up against.

But the Washington Post does not care because Trump.
Yes, it's an X post, and a good one.

I'll add, they need to find who 'leaked' this, and hang them for it.  Heaviest penalty they can be given.

I posted this video several years ago, and I think it's time

for a repeat

Just as a general thing I've never understood

treating nurses badly in general; being a doctor and pissing off- and on- people who both help keep patients alive and keep you from killing one of them through being a very educated dumbass, well, aren't you special?

Oldest friend I have, his mom was a nurse, a very good one, and I remember someone saying something along the lines of "No doctor gives her any crap."  Knew a nurse who had long experience in dealing with pregnancy cases who had the time on the job and the record to tell a doctor to go to hell when needed, and make it stick.  Pissing them off without DAMN good reason would've been stupid on multiple points, but from what I've heard it still happens, especially with newer docs.

Lady used to know worked at a hospital and said it was referred to as 'Toxic Doctor Syndrome', and apparently they'd cracked down on it a lot over time, which was good to know.

Oh yes, this would make a LOT of money,

and save a lot of time and trouble.

You're a freakin' teacher, you post this crap online,

and "Daily told ABC 30 Action News that she was cooperating with the police as the incident is being investigated and viewed the videos as "entertainment."

"For anyone who had been impacted or made to feel uncomfortable, I am truly sorry," she said in her statement. According to Daily, police spoke to her and found no threat in the situation, but an official statement from the authorities has not been released, although they confirmed they are aware of the situation and have seen the videos."
is your explanation?  Really?

And in-depth look at Wolf Match Target .22 ammo,

which sounds quite worth the money

X can be a pain, but when it causes the leftists this much trouble...

Full post here

I think I've mentioned this before, but just in case:

Polish countryside, 17th century. A young woman from high society is buried in a remote cemetery away from the village, because of the manner of her death.

To keep her from returning from the dead, a padlock is clamped around her big toe.

But it doesn't work. She soon rises from her grave and causes more misfortune for those around her.

So the townsfolk take more drastic measures: They return to her grave and place a sickle across her neck, blade facing down, ready to slit her throat if she tries to rise once more.

That's the startling scene archaeologists stumbled upon in Pień, Poland, discovering first the graveyard and then this particular burial in 2022.
I keep waiting for someone to find something like this with a gravestone marked Barnabus Collins*

*cultural reference

Time to get rid of some stuff,

let's get started

                                                            I have numerous days like this

Down below for some more grown-up stuff, assuming Blogger doesn't blogger it up again

A reminder for the idiots screaming about the 'evils of the United States and slavery'

which we fought to end in 1865:

No, not all are equal.  And some prove this by defending slavery and committing it still whenever they can.

"I don't like the 2nd Amendment, and I distrust this government, but

I will keep a assault rifle as long as I can!"  Etc.

While complaining 'THOSE people are why I need to have one!  Although I shouldn't be able to unless it's all registered, at the least!'

That massive flood in Tibet & Nepal

Found this at a Brit site, showing the sequence.  God, what a mess.

Oh yes, this could be BIG,

and make a real difference in some of this.
They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows. It seems that terrorism makes for even stranger ones. Who would have thought that an American far-left radical terrorist group would make common cause with Islamic terror groups, when the two groups' agendas seem so misaligned?

And yet, that seems to be what is happening. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio took to his official X account to warn the American people of a connection between Portland Antifa, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Hamas. But more to the point, SECSTATE is telling us that the American government is digging deeper, beyond the Antifa foot soldiers and Hamas goblins, to find the people behind the scenes who are enabling them.

Widener's did some looking, prices in 1986

vs. Now.

What's really bad is finding an old ad from the 1960's, prior to 1968, of all the stuff you could buy simply by writing a letter and sending a check to the distributors.  Oh, wow, the stuff...

The same people who crap themselves in outrage that you own a AR or similar for target,

hunting, or home defense, have little to nothing to say about displays like this.  Gee, it's almost like they give gang bangers a pass on the law, or something.

Same people who, when Chicago has another bloody weekend, blame objects instead of the people doing bad things.

I've seen some of the videos of the flash flood in Nepal and Tibet, 'bloody awful' is understatement

Between general security cameras and people on higher ground who yanked out their phone, there's a lot of them.

They'll probably never know how many died in this.

Appears an ice avalanche blocked a river, causing it to back up very badly, and when that dam failed...

Just occurred to me, due to a comment on the .300 Blackout,

I ought to mention some bullets for general practice that work nicely and have a good price, the Berry's Plated.  I've used the 200 and 220 grain, and they shoot well.

Outdoor range time today,

heat and all(ah, the sacrifices I make!), which included trying the Federal .300 Blackout 190-grain Subsonic loads.

It took a few rounds to figure out elevation at 200 yards, less drop than my handloads, between higher velocity and that more ballistically efficient bullet shape.  The rifle has a Vortex Strike Eagle scope which has four stadia lines below the center dot, with a vertical arrow at the bottom below the bottom line.  Wound up with the fourth line being on the bullseye got this

Yes, I pulled one high.  Really, that five below is not bad, being about 3 1/2" center to center of the furthest apart.  For subsonic ammo in the last group at the end of a hot day from me, not bad at all.  I'll have to get some more of this, and I wish Federal would market the bullets for handloading.

That's a Birchwood Casey 17.25" Shoot n See target, and I like the things.