Yes, X has changed back,

and you have to be logged in to see any posts.

I really wish they'd stop this crap.

Found at the Florida guy's gathering of news

"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 7 September 1944, near Besancon, France. Technician 5th Grade Maxwell and 3 other soldiers, armed only with .45 caliber automatic pistols, defended the battalion observation post against an overwhelming onslaught by enemy infantrymen in approximately platoon strength, supported by 20mm. flak and machinegun fire, who had infiltrated through the battalion's forward companies and were attacking the observation post with machinegun, machine pistol, and grenade fire at ranges as close as 10 yards. Despite a hail of fire from automatic weapons and grenade launchers, Technician 5th Grade Maxwell aggressively fought off advancing enemy elements and, by his calmness, tenacity, and fortitude, inspired his fellows to continue the unequal struggle. When an enemy hand grenade was thrown in the midst of his squad, Technician 5th Grade Maxwell unhesitatingly hurled himself squarely upon it, using his blanket and his unprotected body to absorb the full force of the explosion. This act of instantaneous heroism permanently maimed Technician 5th Grade Maxwell, but saved the lives of his comrades in arms and facilitated maintenance of vital military communications during the temporary withdrawal of the battalion's forward headquarters."
Damn.

I have to agree with Kim's probable response, which at the least

would involve a smashed phone and possibly a smashed prankster.

Sick of hearing about these bastards.

Vote. No matter how pissed you may be at the Stupid Party, Addition

the alternative is worse.
'Everybody [is] waiting for the Democrats to win': Another migrant caravan left southern Mexico in October and some migrants we interviewed said they hope for a Democrat victory in the midterms so the U.S. starts shifting away from Trump's immigration policies.
The illegals and illegal hopefuls want the Evil Party to win the elections so they can start storming our border again and stealing from us.

Not to mention the general criminals and cartel carriers and so forth.

Yes, I KNOW a bunch of Stupid Party people need to get thrown out of those taxpayer-supplied offices, but if the Evil Party takes them over, we may be permanently screwed with what they'll do.  If the Stupid Party clowns are there, they can be primaried next time.*

*You have no idea how pissed I am at said RINO clowns for what they've done/refused to do, but...

Addition:

Kim's response to the lady telling the Stupid Party to earn her vote.  Yes, there are reasons to vote for that side, problems and all.

Couple of new things, one being Savage having just brought out a line of suppressors

and here's some information on one of them.  As they note, Savage having just been bought by S&W, will these stay on the market?  We'll see.


The State Of The Lever-Action Union.  Which includes some Turkish-made leverguns.

A somewhat special case tonight, so

it'll start off with more of the seasonal stuff

And now,

Once again













I'm going to try this

So you know what's coming

When you go to the continuation

So here.  We.  Go.

A very good piece on X on 'D vs. R' Updated

and what's happened with her to move her from the 'D' category.  If you're on X I'd recommend the whole thing, as I can only copy part of it here.  Or maybe it's only me having trouble reading it without signing in, give it a try.

Update:
It's available on Substack, so go read

Changing your political beliefs is not easy. It's especially difficult when you've invested years of your life believing that your side consists of the Good Guys. If your side is the Good Guys, then the other side must be the Bad Guys. And if the Bad Guys turn out to have been right about something important, you have a problem. You can either reconsider your beliefs or construct an elaborate series of excuses explaining why reality is being unfair. I became very good at the excuses. For example, I've been a gun owner for a long time. I used to tell myself: "Obama isn't stupid enough to pick a fight with gun owners. He knows better."

Well. He certainly picked that fight.

To be fair, not every gun-control proposal he supported became law. But his willingness to pursue restrictions was quite real, and I had been kidding myself about it. This was one of many issues where I found myself defending positions I didn't actually agree with, simply because the person advancing them belonged to my political team. Eventually, I had to admit something. I had been wrong.

I had been wrong about enough important things that I could no longer pretend otherwise, and I changed my political allegiance. I could no longer pretend. That was about eleven years ago. You might think this would be the end of the story.

HA HA HA.

And this part on the Stupid Party:
See, Republicans have a problem. They're lazy. As a political institution, the Republican Party has developed a remarkable ability to avoid doing anything useful while pointing across the aisle and shouting: "WHAT, ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR THOSE LUNATICS?"

And the infuriating thing is that this argument often works. Its working for me, now during the midterms. That pisses me off.

When the opposition is busy defending political absurdities, Republicans don't have to work very hard to present themselves as the reasonable alternative. They don't have to develop good policies. They don't have to solve problems.

They don't even have to keep their promises.

They just have to be marginally less insane than the other guys.

This is not a healthy political system. It's the electoral equivalent of two restaurants competing for your business, except one serves spoiled meat and the other serves cheap, frozen pre-packaged crap.

The first restaurant doesn't have to improve its food. It just has to point at the spoiled, smelly garbage the other place is selling.

"At least our dinner isn't trying to poison you, ma'am."
And, they're right. But I'd still like a decent steak.

I want Republicans to have to earn my vote.
2nd Update:
Kim's piece in response,  the Stupid Party has far too many spineless creatures but still has made some serious differences.

I'll note that the next time a bunch of islamist assholes pull off a terrorist attack here, the Evil Party will be screaming that 'Those people we cursed for doing something, didn't do ENOUGH!  SO VOTE FOR US!'

I had read of captive piston ammo before,

but hadn't thought of it in a long time.  I need to do some reading.

A quick collection

How effed is Brazil?  This effed.


A Trojan Horse? What Nobody Tells You About Muslim Gimmigrants and the Islamic Caliphate: “Our number one and top priority is to protect and defend our community, it is not to assimilate”
Yeah, we've kind of gotten the idea.


Be it noted, if she is I don't care

Holy shit...

Can you say 'Prison, loss of rank and all' as a punishment?
The explosive fallout dominating today’s news cycle over War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firing of Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia — the Pentagon’s top military planner accused of leaking classified information related to the Iran war — proves that internal subversion remains an active threat to national security. According to reports breaking on Fox News, Sylvia was ousted after failing three polygraph examinations concerning unauthorized disclosures to reporters.

There's got to be serious consequences to this kind of crap, whether some low-level clerk or a high-ranking bigshot.

And the question of "WHY, you bastard?" needs answering.

It being this time of year, a few more

of this lady are called for