Things have improved, but

the shoulder is still a ways from normal.  Flexibility in good shape, strength still needs work but limits on pushing it.  Damned if, at this point, I want to find myself having to have any more repair work done.

Spotted a web of bagworms in the pecan tree, just about two feet further up than the pruning pole can reach, so used the dolly to bring the ladder around, set it up, and cut the branch they're on and got it down.  No more I can spot right  now, I'll watch it the next while.

The shoulder is telling me to take it easy, between this today and the bicycle the last few days; the PT was right, that is more wearing on the shoulder than I'd thought.  I'll probably skip that today and let it rest.*

Lord, there's a lot of stuff I want to do, but between this and- in a couple of cases- waiting on parts, I can't yet.


*Yes, it's hot and humid outside, but that's not why I'm skipping today, honest.

Like it or not, guy, that covers it

 Copied from Insty:

Sounds good

And if he's actually serious about making reparations, let's see him go after them from every imam who's said that muslims are entitled to enslave non-muslims.

For that matter, if he opens his yap about decolonization...

A lot of 'proper' leftist Jews are probably having fits right now,

looking at what their Party is doing, and saying about them.  When they'll get tired of being told they're evil?  That they and Israel should be done away with?

I know there are lots of dumbasses out there who support The Party No Matter What, but you'd think that, eventually, this would get through to them.

Of course, the fact that the EffingBI played Russiagate and lots of idiots still buy it bears against sense getting through...

Oh, YES! (added)

This calls for a drink.  And possibly finding my old pipe and seeing if there's any tobacco left.

A federal judge in Texas has ruled the 1934 National Firearms Act’s registration requirement, which has remained in force despite repeal of the enabling $200 tax, is unconstitutional, handing a victory to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

The ruling was issued Wednesday by District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, a Donald Trump appointee. He serves in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

And on the other side, we have this crap from BATFEIEIO.  Wonderful, aren't they?

I think I've mentioned Cedar Sanderson's 'The Groundskeeper' books,

and if I haven't shame on me.  She just brought out the next in the series, I've just started it, and I'm enjoying it so far.

And one more preparing to try to kill President Trump

Gee, I wonder what his "Why are you doing this?" will turn out to be?

"This is a Star Progressive Professor, how dare you ask questions about his possible plagiarism!

Followed by "Yes, we're Scotland Yard, no, you didn't break any laws, but he doesn't like you asking questions so stop it."
The proper response to an actual peace officer organization would be "Screw you, I'll ask questions whether you or he like it or not."

If you haven't heard of this, it's become quite the academic kerfluffle, and the univerisity that's been kissing his ass is really not happy.  And the professor started by calling critics and questioners racists, and now says "It's because of my autism and you should leave me alone."

I wonder of any of these Professional Journalists, instead of playing

"But Fauci was the Expert!" and trying to cover up their ass-kissing, have ANY of them considered telling the truth and saying "We messed up, and you paid the price."?

I know, fat chance.

Seems to cover it nicely

to call this air and nonsense would be charitable. it’s an admission of helplessness. the EC relied upon a soft power it no longer possesses because it now faces people who believe only in hard power which the EC never had.

bluff called.

it’s over.

the EC was fine to govern the sort of citizens who yell at tourists for crossing an empty street against the light. it is wholly unsuited for this and like many an ill fated magician’s apprentice before them, they have now summoned that which they have no hope of controling and will eat them alive.

but here’s the part i really loved: “the images from ceuta are unacceptable”.

talk about saying the quiet part out loud. not the events. not the crisis. the images. even now, for her it’s all perception. you want to understand why they want to mandate ID to use the internet/social media and why they so desperately demand the right to censor it (once more using courts and agencies to enforce their whim)? this is why.

“for my friends, speech, for my enemies censorship and gulag”.

what they are doing cannot survive these images.

If you don't despise the Major Media, please take note that they not only want you to shut up,

they want you to believe whatever they tell you, about everything, and don't you dare question their crap.  Or point it out.  

They want you to be nice, obedient believers.  

Fat chance.

Something that made their rifles so expensive,

and there was good reason for it; I knew they had a super lockup for their doubles, but hadn't heard it called the 'rising bite' before.

Beautiful work.

Kim had mention of it in this post.

Have never handled a Rigby, once did have the chance to handle a old Evans double-rifle in .470 Nitro Express, and it would've been mine except for that part about selling the house, and maybe the truck, to pay for it.

From the PROM*: "We need ways to buy their votes, so let's play

Kiss Up To Muslims, even if it may be illegal!"

Such wonderful asshats running that state, aren't they?

*If you haven't seen it before, the People's Republic of MA

Asshat started shooting at people, a local citizen reacted

and shot back, and when asshat realized he was taking fire and the cops were coming, offed himself.

Appears our hero was carrying suppressed, so at least his ears should be fairly undamaged, too.

It's DIFFERENT when WE have a gripe!

 

Full post here, which covers "You're an idiot to still be mad about the lockdowns!" as well as Omar's "Some people did something, big deal" attitude.

Also, "Ok, no reparations, reprisals."

'Free Speech' in Britain: "If there weren't so much security here, the muslims outside

would force their way in here and kill you."  And this 'free speech' supporter and ass-kissers approved the idea.

And yes, it gets worse.

'Homelessness isn't the real problem,

it's feral humans'

Makes sense

So, how did they

deputize the truck?

Let us not forget the current Democrat lineup,

which is a pile of "I hate this country and I hate normal people" clowns.  Not counting the actual treasonous honest ones.

Yes, X is still gone weird, trying to get things to play is idiotic, and I hope they fix it.

The Firearm Blog did a study, number of suppressors

since the end of tax stamps.  Lots of people picking them up.

Free tax stamps mean more transfers, but how many? 231,502 NFA applications were submitted to the ATF in the month of May. 121,117 of those were for Form 4 transfers of silencers. This means that a little more than half of the NFA action right now is just silencers. 233,843 NFA applications were finalized, which exceeds the number submitted. That is another very good signal because it means wait times will likely continue to drop.

Oh yes, this is good.  Now they need to make them a straight 'fill out a 4473' instead of all the crap paperwork to keep track of the peasants.

Considering what's happened to the Village Hemorrhoid and Feral,

no telling if this will stay up or not; we'll see.

                                                                Lawdog in his off-time?

now for ADULTS, dammit, ADULTS!

Sounds like Portugal's government is run by at least some people smarter

than those in Spain(and some here):
Portugal is banning burqas and niqabs in public places, with fines up to 4,000 euros. Muslim men who force their wives or female relatives to wear one will also face 3 years in prison. Burqas were described as a ‘symbol of women’s oppression and a threat to public safety.’

One more reason for Fauci to qualify as a tree ornament

Kennedy told Fox News, “What was new to me in his diary was his admission that he got pulmonary infarction in July of 2021, after receiving the vaccine. So he took the Moderna vaccine on national TV, telling a very, very highly publicized press conference, to show people that it was safe. Then he got one of the primary, most expected adverse events, which was potentially deadly blood clots in his lung — myocardial infarction.”

But Fauci then “kept that secret from the American public, and we only learned about it because of his diary. He was getting the best medical treatment that is available to anybody in the world, at Walter Reed and all these other centers. There were doctors fawning over him.”

Turley's not exactly a right-winger, but he seriously cares

about the law and the Constitution, and bigshots getting away with crimes.  That includes Fauci.  Also includes arrogant media clowns who refuse to take responsibilities for their own actions and what they've done to people at the urging of said bigshots.

One thing I've wondered about in Fauci's BS yesterday: what if part of his "I take the 5th" crap is because his ego is so inflated he can't stand
Himself actually being called to answer, and
That being honest would show just how much he lied while he was so 'important' to the world? 
And he just cannot stand that.

Conversation with the PT this morning:

Couple of new exercises done, before I left "Are there some of these I should do at home, or give it a rest for the day?"

She gave me that Look, and said "Give it a rest.  I know there are things you need to do, so let the shoulder rest from this, and don't overdo it."

Yes, I'm listening.

Borrowed

 

Why we need to use 'went full Seattle' to mean

the officials and politicians are full of crap.  And lie.  And want desperately to blame objects instead of the criminals and themselves.

A while back I wrote a bit about some new(ish) Federal .300 Blackout 190-grain subsonic (added data)

ammo I tried.  Quite accurate at 30 yards, but definitely not subsonic.  Then, when I tried it at longer range, it wasn't anywhere near where my other subsonic landed.  Well, yesterday had the chance to go to the outdoor range(Shooting as God intended, outside and not quite melting).

50 yards, first three held on the center target

Three rounds about touching, center and about 3" below POA, just about identical to my handloads.  
And no, I have no idea why I couldn't see where they were hitting before.  Second three on lower left using the first stadia line for aiming, just about dead on.  Considering it's been a long time since any rifle work, and another excuse or two, not bad at all.

So I moved to a 100 yard target, used previously on another rifle/cartridge.  Target was the lower left, first round was with that first stadia line to aim, in that oval.

Second was fired using the second stadia line, 6" high.  

And no I have no idea why I couldn't spot the impacts the last time I fired this stuff.  Put this down to brain trouble, my excuse at least.

Velocities
1089

1081.4

1061.4

1079.8

1079.2

Average 1078.2, standard deviation 9.1fps.  This is from a new box from the original, I'd say whatever caused that first one to be supersonic was dealt with.  Or I messed up my counts/settings.  Ah well, good reason to do it again.

Checking notes, with handloads using the Hornady Sub-X bullet, my aiming point at 100 yards was using the second stadia line, which put it 4" low at 100.  So this appears to be a much flatter trajectory with that Federal Fusion Tip Bullet.  I need to try these two side by side on a day when it's not as hot and my various body parts are not telling me "Time, you need to put it all away now."

Added: all I can think of is the last time I was using a 6" target at 100 yards, the backing board had lots of holes, if I'd used the second stadia line I'd have been off the paper.
That being said I'm sure(I know, famous last words) I tried it with the first line as well.

In any case, here's how they shot today.  And if you're wondering why I didn't fire more, see above reference to temperature, and throw in warnings from the PT to not push it.  I was also having a problem with the rest bag, and not shooting my best with that added in.  So, next time.

A mix of things this morning

'In Common Use' reminds me of the BATFEIEIO and their 'sporting uses' or 'sporting purposes' used to ban some imports: nothing actually to do with the 2nd Amendment, but they used it to grab power, just like the gun bigots do now.


The gentleman has some thoughts about how things work as Progress Moves On, and that it often can make it harder for someone else to get their start, or move up.


Maybe we should start using 'went Seattle' to mean FUBAR.


Well, it's Californicated, even when they've already got those laws wanting them MORE is their first reaction to just about anything.

I did a bit of shooting today, and that'll be a separate post.  Later.

Cooled down and have some time, so much later

Yes, it was , but it's good for us

for you to tell us what a lying bastard you are.

Because I'm sitting here after todays PT session,

and also hiding from the heat outside:

Flexibility is improving steadily, and I was told needed to work on strength now also.  Which is fine, except I'm not used to pushing muscle until it quivers and insists "STOP this right NOW!"

And no bicycle for at least another week, due to the stress in shoulders.  Which is fine, I could use the exercise but not at the risk of overstressing this.

Handguns are fine, but no way I'd want to practice offhand with a rifle.  And the PT said even with a rest, your off shoulder is still getting shock, so watch it and be ready to stop when it says so.

Improvement, it's happening.

This proposed law sounds good, but only

if it includes serious fines and jail time for cops, bureaucrats, and politicians who violate it.

Short version: prison hell, Fauci and a bunch of other bureaucrats and toadies

pretty much earned a free conversion to tree decorations.

It's an Instapundit link, which has a bunch of links in it to follow all this crap.  Which is amazing and disgusting.

From Jordan Peterson on the sex slavery gangs of Britain,

and- though he doesn't mention it- in God knows how many places in the US and Canada:

What this directly means is that large numbers of men, drawn disproportionately from the most populous subgroup of the UK Muslim immigrant population, were actively engaged in what can only be called hate crimes, directed at the most vulnerable members of their host society — and worse: that within the networks these men organized, the crimes were regarded not as immoral but as justified, warranted by the supposed religious and cultural depravity of the girls, and of the society that produced them.

...

Not grooming, then. Not even rape. Something more brutal, efficient and planned; something motivated, furthermore, by the presumption of individual and cultural superiority, on ideological, moral — even religious — grounds.

Something akin to domination. Something akin, even more precisely, to… conquest. But let us also not forget the specific and dreadful means of domination and conquest — one so often applied on the open battlefield: rape, of the most vicious sort. Thus, a more fitting term: sexual conquest.

These then were sexual conquest gangs: organized networks for whom the bodies of the outgroup's daughters were territory to be held in contempt, taken and spoiled — the ancient tribal warfare of pillage and rape, conducted under conditions of nominal peace, against a host society too trusting, too tolerant, and finally too afraid to name what was happening.

...

And if that's not enough — and it's already more than enough — the crimes included not only the sexual sadism, exploitation and domination graphically outlined in Lowe's Inquiry, but the equally reprehensible official response: cover-up, and even prosecution of the victims. Subsequent investigations confirmed what victims and some frontline workers had reported for years: police, social services and local councils knew, and preferred not to admit, what was happening. In consequence, thousands of girls were raped, trafficked and degraded while the authorities stood by, afraid of being called racist and anxious to protect 'community relations.'

That's not negligence. That's not institutional failure. That's collusion with the worst of men — in the service of an illusory, even fraudulent multicultural peace.

And:

And what exactly are we admitting exists, if we refuse the cover-up? What are the cascading implications of the fact that sexual conquest gangs operated untrammelled and unrecognized in what was until recently an honest, secure and productive society — one where high trust was the proper order of the day?

Certainly the societal division we are constantly warned against, not least by those attempting to justify their own failure to act. Certainly the demand for justice for the victims and criminal responsibility of the perpetrators — a demand mounting rather than declining with the passage of time. Certainly the necessity of reconsidering the cherished liberal axioms that produced mass immigration from the very cultures in which such predation found its justification — and that forbade naming it once it arrived. And what does that imply for the multicultural project itself? For immigration policy going forward? For the — justified? — resurgence of nationalism?

There are yet more brutal questions waiting to be asked. How does honest admission of the problem embolden that element of the right for whom mass deportation is the most rather than the least liberal of the available options? Why should the traditional British public not conclude that a virtual state of war now exists in the country they patriotically cherish? Given that thousands of men in organized networks sadistically exploited, physically brutalized and psychologically destroyed hundreds of thousands of that country's most vulnerable citizens, justifying their predation on essentially religious grounds, and prosecuting it with a toxic combination of sex and violence?

You might remember this piece a few days ago, describing these actions as also being trying to 'properly keep the class system going'; fits in rather well for the traitors, doesn't it?
Which makes me wonder: do the people behind it actually think they can control the invaders, or do they plan on somehow buying them off?  If the latter, they're idiots.

A very nice quote that Mr. Huffman found

The gun is a civilizational technology in the deepest sense: it requires responsibility, judgment, and the willingness to accept the consequences of your decisions. You cannot outsource it. You cannot have a committee fire it. It is the most anti-bureaucratic object ever invented – a direct, personal, consequential instrument that puts the full weight of the decision on the individual holding it. Which is precisely why the administrative state finds it intolerable. Not because it is dangerous. Because it is sovereign.

Krzysztof Szczawinski  @Kristof_Poland

If you're not familiar with Huffman's site, I do recommend it