Irons in the Fire
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Wednesday, September 02, 2026
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, August 30, 2026
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?
"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?
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*
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
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Time to get rid of some stuff,
let's get started
Down below for some more grown-up stuff, assuming Blogger doesn't blogger it up again
Friday, August 28, 2026
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.
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!'
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!'
Thursday, August 27, 2026
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
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.
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
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.
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.
Well, even more reason to think Barbara Walters was a shit
... In a television interview in 1977, Barbara Walters thought herself entitled to ask Dolly when she experienced puberty, whether her husband felt obliged to be faithful, and whether her breasts were real. She even submitted her guest to the indignity of standing up and inviting the audience to inspect her body. Would Walters have ever done this to Meryl Streep or Meg Ryan? It was sheer class hostility, and no doubt much more of it took place in private, and in boardrooms.
Damn. Dolly Parton died
I'd heard she had health problems- at 80 who doesn't?- plus the stress of her husband dying, but damn.
Can't help thinking, I wonder if she left her book program for kids funded? Hope so
Oh yeah, this'll be fun
You thought a lot of the 'assistance' scammers were howling at having the funds cut off?
Allow me to characterize the bizarre colloquy on Sunday morning:
Kristin Welker: I won't allow you to talk about Abdul El Sayed's family terror ties because it might affect public opinion. [Pitch increases] I won't allow you to talk about Abdul El Sayed's family terror ties! [Pitch increase 2X] It's not fair to talk about Abdul El Sayed's family's terror ties! [add a Sam Kinnison chorus of ah! ah! ah's! here]
Sen. Tim Scott: Have you lost your ever-loving mind? Of COURSE I'm going to talk about El Sayed's family terror ties, you weirdo.
Yes, he will. And did. And they should continue to do so, no matter how much the 'news' clowns hate it.
Post here.
Next question is how many clowns in Congress who are either corrupt or connected(can't really be one or the other, can it?) will be screaming?
Next question is how many clowns in Congress who are either corrupt or connected(can't really be one or the other, can it?) will be screaming?
Kristin Welker: I won't allow you to talk about Abdul El Sayed's family terror ties because it might affect public opinion. [Pitch increases] I won't allow you to talk about Abdul El Sayed's family terror ties! [Pitch increase 2X] It's not fair to talk about Abdul El Sayed's family's terror ties! [add a Sam Kinnison chorus of ah! ah! ah's! here]
Sen. Tim Scott: Have you lost your ever-loving mind? Of COURSE I'm going to talk about El Sayed's family terror ties, you weirdo.
Yes, he will. And did. And they should continue to do so, no matter how much the 'news' clowns hate it.
Monday, August 24, 2026
Tell me 'Truth and accuracy don't matter in academia'
without having the courage to say it outright.
The New England Journal of Medicine published a piece titled “Jason Arday and the Perils of Being Black in Academia,” where author and MD Kemi Doll argues, “I want to be clear that I don’t care whether any of these allegations against Prof. Arday were true. None of them were worth his career.” Clearly stating that academic integrity should not matter because Arday was black.
Holy shit. The level of arrogance and "How dare you question anyone We have approved of" is amazing.
Of course, as the man notes,
In December of that year, conservative journalist and activist Christopher Rufo published evidence and accusations of serial plagiarism by Gay, a black woman, throughout her academic career. Rufo’s initial reporting was picked up by The Washington Free Beacon and the New York Post but was largely ignored by other mainstream media outlets like The New York Times and the Washington Post. It was largely ignored similarly in mainstream broadcast networks like CNN, MSNBC, NBC, and ABC.
Gay resigned as president of Harvard in January 2024. She remains on staff today, and her personal arc did not take the dark turn that Arday’s did, but what if it had?
Just like with the followers of and apologists for Arday, they'd be trying to shut down people who dared reveal the 'improper' past of a Protected Person.
The New England Journal of Medicine published a piece titled “Jason Arday and the Perils of Being Black in Academia,” where author and MD Kemi Doll argues, “I want to be clear that I don’t care whether any of these allegations against Prof. Arday were true. None of them were worth his career.” Clearly stating that academic integrity should not matter because Arday was black.
Holy shit. The level of arrogance and "How dare you question anyone We have approved of" is amazing.
Of course, as the man notes,
In December of that year, conservative journalist and activist Christopher Rufo published evidence and accusations of serial plagiarism by Gay, a black woman, throughout her academic career. Rufo’s initial reporting was picked up by The Washington Free Beacon and the New York Post but was largely ignored by other mainstream media outlets like The New York Times and the Washington Post. It was largely ignored similarly in mainstream broadcast networks like CNN, MSNBC, NBC, and ABC.
Gay resigned as president of Harvard in January 2024. She remains on staff today, and her personal arc did not take the dark turn that Arday’s did, but what if it had?
Just like with the followers of and apologists for Arday, they'd be trying to shut down people who dared reveal the 'improper' past of a Protected Person.
These people cannot be trusted at all, anymore than the Professional Journalists can.
Not just in the UK right now, we've got a bunch here
who either cannot or will not deal with some unpleasant facts about a bunch of immigrants, some legal and some illegal
Like those who loot the welfare system, and those openly calling for destroying this country as a republic(for the Communists-by-whatever-name) and the "We want Sharia to rule!" asshats.
Like those who loot the welfare system, and those openly calling for destroying this country as a republic(for the Communists-by-whatever-name) and the "We want Sharia to rule!" asshats.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Preferred Religion and PC Idiocy in Californicated
Guarantee that if someone had suggested these students be taken to a Catholic Mass, or a Jewish Temple for the Sabbath, the same people who pushed this would've sprouted bleeding hemorrhoids in outrage; but have them attend a mosque and take part in their ceremony? "Why, this is multiculturalism, and it should be pushed on them for the Good Of All!"
Bloody hypocritical asshats.
Bloody hypocritical asshats.
Saturday, August 22, 2026
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