Why I despise leftists, Part 875.3

Harper’s Magazine to Honor NPR CEO Katherine Maher with First Amendment Award

If that name doesn't ring a bell, Turley has a couple of her dislikes of the 1st Amendment.  And there's this, and this.  For starters.

'First Amendment Award' my ass.

I'm going to have to share this before I clean up and get ready to crash,

 found thanks to A Nod To The Gods
“Here richly, with ridiculous display,
The Politician’s corpse was laid away.
While all of his acquaintances sneered and slanged,
I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.”
– Hillaire Belloc 

Busy today,

lots of crap happening out there, but I haven't cared enough to take time to yell about them.

More tomorrow, or maybe some later, we'll see.

"Hey, baby, how 'bout

a little ear?"

I swear that giraffe is laughing.  A fine one from Wirecutter

There's a joke that someone said "I don't like what the Israelis are doing in Gaza,

because it's not nearly tough and nasty enough."  Except it's not a joke.

And we've got lots of leftists and general idiots crying for the Gazans who took part, supported, and generally approve of what was done.

Screw 'em all, and not in a fun way.

A good piece on the current state of men & women,

I'm going to quote part of it:
“The end result of liberal sexual ethics writ large — according to which women seldom say no and they can be, or should be, every bit as debauched as men — has not been a joyful bacchanal but a minefield. It’s a two-tiered system for the sexes.

Female sexuality is practically unlimited, but it’s not coupled with an expectation of responsibility or agency, or even the minimal requirement to know and clearly communicate one’s own mind. On the other side of the ledger, male sexuality is maximally constrained. In a reversal of biological fortune, men are now expected to be the brakes on sex, even when women directly advertise that they are eager and open to all comers. In the face of “free p****,” to quote one defendant’s vulgar chat message, they must either be rapists or monks…
Whole post is here

Borrowed from a piece on the "The gang problem is YOUR FAULT!" politicians

Yeah, it's low hanging fruit because the Somalis don't even hide it. They brag about the fraud and then accuse the whistleblowers of being racist.

We're not falling for that anymore.

The entire purpose of unfettered illegal immigration, especially from Third World hellholes like Somalia, is to fundamentally transform and destroy America. The gang violence is the norm in Somalia, and the people we imported here pass that normalized violence onto their offspring.

It's already illegal for minors to have guns. They didn't buy these weapons at the local gun store. It's illegal to shoot others. Yet I notice criminals of all stripes really don't seem to care about the laws.

But think about the absolute chutzpah it takes to come here, allow your savage offspring to go on violent rampages, and then not only blame American culture and a failure to fork over even more welfare money, but demand Americans give up their Second Amendment rights.
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The Left has made it very clear they want us dead. Communism killed 100 million in the 20th century, and a lot of them for objecting to the communist takeovers. Hasan Piker wants Maoist-style punishment for disobedient Democrats, and they spent September 10 cheering the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Between the commies and the Muslims, the Second Amendment is not just a right, it's a need.

Yes, it is.  As the saying goes, "They want to ban your guns because they plan to do bad things to you, and they don't want you to fight back."

"TRUMP IS A RACIST!"

How?

"BECAUSE WE SAY SO!"
How?
No, we don't hate the media enough.

Well, here goes nothing

and we'll see if this trips the "YOU can't do that!" filters

                                                              Depends in how you spell it

And, for adults, down below

ATF brought the new guidance out,

and I think the suppressor counter at work will be busy.

ATF has just posted the new rules of the road for cans, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs. You may have been impatient and wondered what was taking them so long, but in the federal regulatory agency world, getting this kind of thing out in just over 60 days is the equivalent of near-light speed.

Here are some of the highlights:

• As of today, ATF is extending the ruling nationally, beyond the named plaintiffs and their members. In other words, law-abiding Americans no longer need a Form 1 to make a suppressor, SBR, SBS or AOW and they no longer need a Form 4 to transfer one. These items will be covered by the Gun Control Act, meaning 4473s and NICS background checks.
• There are 15 states with laws on the books that require Form 1 and Form 4 processing by ATF for these items. ATF will continue to process these for people living in those states so that they can continue to make and own those items.
• The serial number engraving requirement for home made suppressors, SBRs, SBSs or AOWs is now waived.
• Keep in mind that the Gun Control Act and other provisions of the NFA are still in place. That means the GCA’s restrictions on interstate travel with SBRs and SBSs are still there. You’ll have to continue filing a Form 20 when you want to cross state lines with those.

There’s more, particularly for FFLs and manufacturers, but this is VERY good news for Americans across the country. You can read the Director’s guidance letter here.

Borrowing Wirecutter's 'Good Morning'

Long ago had a kitten, that turned into a cat, and one day brought a puppy home.

The cat spent the first while on a table looking out the window: "What is THAT THING doing in MY YARD?"

After a while, they got along very well.

Have to wonder about Al Sayed, is it he doesn't want to alienate "I love the enemy" voters

 or is it because the little bastard is upset himself?

Unrelated to the previous but I wanted to put it down, there's an Aldi market not far

from the house, and I noticed they had some frozen apple strudels that looked good, so I picked up a box(two inside) to try them.

That's pretty damn good.  My oven seems to run a touch warm so I have to watch it not to burn the edges, but very tasty.

Hit the range the other day,

and ran into something I almost never deal with: mirage.

Beautiful day, got up to about 90, with very light wind when it blew at all.  Which meant that heat from the barrel was rising up into the line of sight and causing me some trouble.

But it was a fine day, and I got to try some loads, and enjoyed it greatly.

One thing tried to see how they worked was some subsonic loads in .308 using the Hornady 190-grain Sub-X bullet.  One of the loads in the book is 10.5 grains of Trail Boss- which I have most of a bottle of- for, according to the book, 1039 feet per second.  Out of this rifle that first try was all right at or a touch over speed of sound, which I've noticed with other loads in other cartridges, ran faster out of my rifle than what was suggested.  That's checked using the Garmin Xero chronograph.

So I cut it by three-tenths grain to 10.2.  And that worked great, average 1097 for seven rounds, with only one being just above 1100, and that well below speed of sound(1143 at that temp according to this speed of sound calculator).  Target was 50 yards, first two with crosshair on the bullseye low and an inch right.

The rest were fired using the first stadia mark on the vertical crosshair.  I think that'll work.

Three years ago Hamas led a massive terrorist attack

that involved murder, torture, rape and so forth.  

And then, when Israel reacted by telling  the UN and other apologists 'Kiss our ass and shut up' and started killing Hamas in large job lots, said apologists bitched and screamed "You weren't supposed to really fight back!"

I'll bet there'll be lots of college idiots protesting, led by Hamas lovers who wave Palisimian flags, and if we don't have at least one terrorist attack in Europe and here, it'll amaze me.*  Which means that if you carry, this would be a good day to do it.  Just in case.

Borrowed:
“You made it up! You did it to yourself! It was only military targets!” and other forms of sadistic gaslighting were smugly hurled at a grieving nation within hours of the massacre. Proud Jew haters who didn’t even bother pretending they were against “Zionism” chose that moment to expose themselves all over the world in their multitudes.

The response to the worst attack against Jews since WWII was the highest level of global Jew hatred since WWII.

The message was simple: “No matter what happens to you, you deserve no pity. Your very existence is a crime. Everything done to you is justified. Even to civilians, even to babies.”

This was the final straw. This was the moment the last shred of compassion for the enemy evaporated for most Israelis and our hearts became hard; hearts of survival, hearts of war.

The thin veil was torn away from the pink fantasy millions of people lived in and they’ve seen the Horror.

This is what makes this the most horrible war for Jews since WWII. The cost in lives is terrible, but the cost in sanity is even higher.

*First, isn't it amazing when the FBI guys who are actual lawmen are allowed to do their jobs, what they can prevent?  Second, any idiot playing 'intersectionality' games in their heads are running around supporting people who'll kill them, 'idiot' is an understatement.

Two things, first bad: I didn't think Schumer could make me despise him

more than I already did.

Then the good.  Go here, and watch satellites being launched from the rocket.  Holy crap, and the photography is amazing!

Damn. First I've heard of an ancient impact crater

in this part of the world.

DoJ says it won't appeal the ruling

on suppressors and SBRs and such.  Which is nice.

Now if ATF will actually put it in writing, THAT will be very nice.

And even better would be if Congress would get rid of the NFA crap.  Which would require both Republicans to pull their head out of their ass, and some Democrats realizing all the people they'd delight with joining in.  Which means, generally, fat chance.

Damn right, Mr. Franklin

 

Ah yes, those professional Special Agents and trustworthy lawyers and bureaucrats

in the Do'J'.  You know, the ones we're told we can trust?

Sold out or otherwise corrupt, every damned one of them still around needs to be fired.  And the ones who lied, in writing or in testimony?  Prosecute them.

That includes the bastards like the AG who appointed Smith when he damn well knew he could not legally be a Special Counsel.  I'm sick to death of high-ranking bastards who never actually pay any price for breaking the law and violating their oath.

Genocide hypocrites

 Good piece on the subject

Very appropriate title: 'The 'Cornell 7' haven't been charged.

The mob doesn't care'
No, they don't.

And, considering the idiot statements by the NY Governor, and her appointment of an 'investigator' who'd made a 'I believe her' statement before she was chosen, they won't.  They want female voters outraged and seeking vengeance, justified or not.  They want women being told "You don't have to take care of yourself, Society should protect you from everything!  Do whatever you want, you should suffer no problems!"
No, this won't go well.  

Borrowing:
“We don’t owe accusers anything except to treat the accusation seriously, to investigate both sides’ claims, and to test the admissible evidence against clear laws. But that’s not what the leftists and feminists want to do here. That’s not what New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wanted done by appointing New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor. Hochul had already framed the young woman as a victim who was “literally gang raped,” and said she deserves to have “justice pursued.” Her catspaw James is supposed to run an objective criminal investigation? That’s a travesty. She has her marching orders, and she will march accordingly.”

And the lawsuits will follow, etc.

This is interesting, in a somewhat scary-as-hell way

Seems a Russian scientist in a bio lab broke a test tube and is dead from plague, and they're having a certain amount of panic attack on this.

From what I've read of past troubles they've had with bio warfare crap, I'd be scared too.

Yeah, the special relationship with (formerly Great)Britain is done for

And barring massive change in their government*, it'll stay done for.  Because nobody in their right mind will trust the bastards in charge.

Which means if the Democrats think they can do it, they'll kiss the Prime Minister and other bigshots asses and want to move the planes back, to make it easier for the terrorists to get to them.


*Something involving many oak trees and much rope would probably be necessary.

One of these nights,

one of these crazy nights,
I may run out of stuff to clear, but not yet

                            Miniskirts and crop tops, it seems, have been around a long time