they'd have collectively shit their pants in indignation; Obama does it, they bend over and grease their butts for it. 'Unbiased' my ass.
Of course, they're kind of picky about what civil rights for who they care about reporting on, or getting upset about, too.
Our major media: not just biased, they're on the enemy side.
Yeah, we really need to copy this from the Brit NHS.
Either the security sucks, or somebody helped them get in; in either case, heads need to roll for this.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
ATT isn't dead, the Administration cowards just wanted
to delay it.
UPDATE: According to Colum Lynch, UN reporter for the Washington Post and Turtle Bay blogger for Foreign Policy Magazine, the US isn't actually refusing to sign the ATT. They and the Russians are putting out a joint statement saying that they need more to study the proposed treaty. From his Tweet on the subject, "UN diplomat said Washington wants to put off action on a new arms trade treaty, after the US election."
From his blog :
I'd figured the 'won't sign' crap was because of heat on the upcoming election; I was right.
UPDATE: According to Colum Lynch, UN reporter for the Washington Post and Turtle Bay blogger for Foreign Policy Magazine, the US isn't actually refusing to sign the ATT. They and the Russians are putting out a joint statement saying that they need more to study the proposed treaty. From his Tweet on the subject, "UN diplomat said Washington wants to put off action on a new arms trade treaty, after the US election."
From his blog :
The United States upended a major international treaty negotiation, telling foreign delegates at the final session today that they needed more time to consider the pact. Some diplomats said that Washington is seeking another six months, pushing off any decision on the politically sensitive treaty until after the U.S. election. Russia, Indonesia, and India also asked for more time.He continues:
Thomas Countryman, U.S. deputy secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, informed representatives of the U.N.'s 193 member states that the United States still needed time to consider the text.
The United States told delegates that it did not have "core" objections to the draft treaty under consideration, but that it needed more time, saying that while the U.N. negotiations have been playing out since July 2, they only received the final text in the past 24 hours.In my opinion this is something for great concern. That the US doesn't have "core" objections and wants to wait until after the election spells trouble for gun rights. I say this because they have no real objections to a treaty that, despite their denials, has negative implications for the Second Amendment. Moreover, putting it off until after the election means a treaty could be approved by a lame duck US Senate. This may seem paranoid but I don't trust either Obama or his State Department on this issue.
I'd figured the 'won't sign' crap was because of heat on the upcoming election; I was right.
'The best reporting on guns' my ass;
that commenter is right, looks like they took a list from the Brady and CSGV groups of "What we want people to see" and published it. Including that Fortune piece on Gunwalker that's been eviscerated by a number of people.
Which is probably what they did.
Volokh opinion on the ATT collapsing:
...Likewise, there are a significant number of NGOs which have a strong commitment to global gun control, and to using international law and the UN to solve what they consider to be the problem of excessive gun ownership in the United States. The NGOs and their UN allies have successfully used the 2001 PoA to sharply restrict gun ownership in some parts of the world, and they would have used the ATT for the same purpose. That they did not succeed in creating an ATT may be very disappointing to them; they are not going to go away, or relent in the pursuit of their objectives.
But in their pursuit, they are not going to have the new weapon of an ATT. This is good news for human rights worldwide, especially for the fundamental human right of self-defense against violent criminals, and against violent criminal tyrannical governments.
A clown named David Hirst wrote about coming to America; and was very much full of crap when he did.
Oh my; no wonder the IOC doesn't want to have a moment of silence for dead Jews.
Recently, new information about the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games was released by German police as a result of pressure from German investigative reporters. It was reported that the “Black September” terrorists were helped by a Nazi group in Germany to get fake IDs, weapons and access to the Olympic Village.
This was not too shocking, as the head of the IOC in 1972 was Avery Brundage, a Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite. His protege, Juan Samaranch, eventually served the second longest IOC term as president, but his support of Nazis and the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco was kept a dirty secret. Most IOC members knew the truth but stayed silent because he organized a regal lifestyle for them -- with money diverted from sport.
...
Gilady informed us that a moment of silence was not possible because if the IOC had a moment of silence for the Israeli athletes, they would also have to do the same for the Palestinians who died at the Olympics in 1972.
My mother said, "But no Palestinian athletes died."
Gilady responded, "Well, there were Palestinians who died at the 1972 Olympics."
I heard one of the widows say to Gilady, "Are you equating the murder of my husband to the terrorists that killed him?"
Silence.
Well, in his defense, I guess it's hard to speak when you're so full of shit that your remaining brain cells have drowned.
Which is probably what they did.
Volokh opinion on the ATT collapsing:
...Likewise, there are a significant number of NGOs which have a strong commitment to global gun control, and to using international law and the UN to solve what they consider to be the problem of excessive gun ownership in the United States. The NGOs and their UN allies have successfully used the 2001 PoA to sharply restrict gun ownership in some parts of the world, and they would have used the ATT for the same purpose. That they did not succeed in creating an ATT may be very disappointing to them; they are not going to go away, or relent in the pursuit of their objectives.
But in their pursuit, they are not going to have the new weapon of an ATT. This is good news for human rights worldwide, especially for the fundamental human right of self-defense against violent criminals, and against violent criminal tyrannical governments.
A clown named David Hirst wrote about coming to America; and was very much full of crap when he did.
Oh my; no wonder the IOC doesn't want to have a moment of silence for dead Jews.
Recently, new information about the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games was released by German police as a result of pressure from German investigative reporters. It was reported that the “Black September” terrorists were helped by a Nazi group in Germany to get fake IDs, weapons and access to the Olympic Village.
This was not too shocking, as the head of the IOC in 1972 was Avery Brundage, a Nazi sympathizer and anti-Semite. His protege, Juan Samaranch, eventually served the second longest IOC term as president, but his support of Nazis and the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco was kept a dirty secret. Most IOC members knew the truth but stayed silent because he organized a regal lifestyle for them -- with money diverted from sport.
...
Gilady informed us that a moment of silence was not possible because if the IOC had a moment of silence for the Israeli athletes, they would also have to do the same for the Palestinians who died at the Olympics in 1972.
My mother said, "But no Palestinian athletes died."
Gilady responded, "Well, there were Palestinians who died at the 1972 Olympics."
I heard one of the widows say to Gilady, "Are you equating the murder of my husband to the terrorists that killed him?"
Silence.
Well, in his defense, I guess it's hard to speak when you're so full of shit that your remaining brain cells have drowned.
Friday, July 27, 2012
The Arms Trade Treaty may be dead, for now at least Updated
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauds the decision by the United States to not sign the proposed International Arms Trade Treaty, and CCRKBA credits grassroots action for the gun rights victory.
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, who is at the United Nations in New York, said the announcement came Friday morning after a week of intense negotiations.
“I think the grassroots surge by American gun owners against this treaty convinced our government to not sign this document,” Gottlieb said. “The proposed treaty, as written, poses serious problems for our gun rights, and the sovereignty of our Second Amendment.”
CCRKBA has been active in raising public awareness about the proposed treaty, and Gottlieb said he is proud of members and supporters who made “stepped up to the plate” and contacted their U.S. senators.
Local radio news just mentioned this; apparently Russia and someone else said they weren't happy with the 'current draft'. Which probably means it didn't leave them enough holes to sell stuff to Syria and the Norks and whoever else they wish.
While we're at it, Sebastian notes the push for Obama to do something 'non-legislative' about firearms ownership; and I don't doubt he'd love to issue a royal edict. I doubt he has the balls to do much before the election, but after... we'll have to be ready to jump all over the congresscritters to stomp any actions of this sort.
UPDATE: According to Colum Lynch, UN reporter for the Washington Post and Turtle Bay blogger for Foreign Policy Magazine, the US isn't actually refusing to sign the ATT. They and the Russians are putting out a joint statement saying that they need more to study the proposed treaty. From his Tweet on the subject, "UN diplomat said Washington wants to put off action on a new arms trade treaty, after the US election."
From his blog :
CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, who is at the United Nations in New York, said the announcement came Friday morning after a week of intense negotiations.
“I think the grassroots surge by American gun owners against this treaty convinced our government to not sign this document,” Gottlieb said. “The proposed treaty, as written, poses serious problems for our gun rights, and the sovereignty of our Second Amendment.”
CCRKBA has been active in raising public awareness about the proposed treaty, and Gottlieb said he is proud of members and supporters who made “stepped up to the plate” and contacted their U.S. senators.
Local radio news just mentioned this; apparently Russia and someone else said they weren't happy with the 'current draft'. Which probably means it didn't leave them enough holes to sell stuff to Syria and the Norks and whoever else they wish.
While we're at it, Sebastian notes the push for Obama to do something 'non-legislative' about firearms ownership; and I don't doubt he'd love to issue a royal edict. I doubt he has the balls to do much before the election, but after... we'll have to be ready to jump all over the congresscritters to stomp any actions of this sort.
UPDATE: According to Colum Lynch, UN reporter for the Washington Post and Turtle Bay blogger for Foreign Policy Magazine, the US isn't actually refusing to sign the ATT. They and the Russians are putting out a joint statement saying that they need more to study the proposed treaty. From his Tweet on the subject, "UN diplomat said Washington wants to put off action on a new arms trade treaty, after the US election."
From his blog :
The United States upended a major international treaty negotiation, telling foreign delegates at the final session today that they needed more time to consider the pact. Some diplomats said that Washington is seeking another six months, pushing off any decision on the politically sensitive treaty until after the U.S. election. Russia, Indonesia, and India also asked for more time.He continues:
Thomas Countryman, U.S. deputy secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation, informed representatives of the U.N.'s 193 member states that the United States still needed time to consider the text.
The United States told delegates that it did not have "core" objections to the draft treaty under consideration, but that it needed more time, saying that while the U.N. negotiations have been playing out since July 2, they only received the final text in the past 24 hours.In my opinion this is something for great concern. That the US doesn't have "core" objections and wants to wait until after the election spells trouble for gun rights. I say this because they have no real objections to a treaty that, despite their denials, has negative implications for the Second Amendment. Moreover, putting it off until after the election means a treaty could be approved by a lame duck US Senate. This may seem paranoid but I don't trust either Obama or his State Department on this issue.
I needed a razor strop
Having written about my rendezvous shaving kit a while back, two things occurred: I needed to touch up the razor, and for that I needed a strop. So, being cheap and wanting to see how it’d come out, decided to make one.
Basic form, a razor strop is a strip of leather with some form of abrasive worked into it. Before shaving, you work the razor back & forth on it to polish the edge. I started with a piece of leather that allowed me to cut strip about two inches wide and twenty long. You also need a way to hang it and a handle.
Hanging was by making a piece of light leather to fasten to the top, and bending a piece of suitable steel to make a hook
Three screw posts will hold it in place.
The handle is two pieces of reasonably thick leather cut to shape.
I glued them together, leaving an inch or so at the top open. Cut a bit of a taper to that end of the strap so it’d wedge in nicely, then drilled three holes for screw posts to hold it in place.
That’s all pretty straightforward; so is getting the abrasive into the leather, but a lot more messy. What I did used a piece of buffing compound and some kerosene. Laid the strap on a suitable surface*, wet it with kerosene and then rubbed the compound all over it. Repeat, on and on, until you’ve got a fair coat of compound evenly over the leather. The kerosene dissolves the grease or wax the abrasive is suspended in and lets it soak into the leather. Do note that the strap should be left out in the air for a few hours, preferably overnight, for the volatiles to evaporate. And it’ll take a couple of days more for the smell of the kerosene to fade out**.
Once it’s done, slap the back on a smooth surface a few times as there will be some compound on the surface that comes off, probably some on the edges as well; rub the edges on something appropriate to clean them of excess. Then assemble.
No, haven’t shaved with the straight razor again as yet, that’s to come. But it also works well to polish the edge of just about any cutting tool.
I'll throw in, son ran across this before his last deployment, the Razor Emporium: safety and straight razors, strops, soaps and other stuff
*'Suitable' as in 'something you don't mind getting really messy'.
**There's probably something better than kerosene for this. However, the oil left behind after the volatiles are gone helps keep the leather from drying out; if you use something else, you'll likely need to add some neatsfoot or something similar to the strap afterward .
Basic form, a razor strop is a strip of leather with some form of abrasive worked into it. Before shaving, you work the razor back & forth on it to polish the edge. I started with a piece of leather that allowed me to cut strip about two inches wide and twenty long. You also need a way to hang it and a handle.
Hanging was by making a piece of light leather to fasten to the top, and bending a piece of suitable steel to make a hook
Three screw posts will hold it in place.The handle is two pieces of reasonably thick leather cut to shape.
I glued them together, leaving an inch or so at the top open. Cut a bit of a taper to that end of the strap so it’d wedge in nicely, then drilled three holes for screw posts to hold it in place.That’s all pretty straightforward; so is getting the abrasive into the leather, but a lot more messy. What I did used a piece of buffing compound and some kerosene. Laid the strap on a suitable surface*, wet it with kerosene and then rubbed the compound all over it. Repeat, on and on, until you’ve got a fair coat of compound evenly over the leather. The kerosene dissolves the grease or wax the abrasive is suspended in and lets it soak into the leather. Do note that the strap should be left out in the air for a few hours, preferably overnight, for the volatiles to evaporate. And it’ll take a couple of days more for the smell of the kerosene to fade out**.
Once it’s done, slap the back on a smooth surface a few times as there will be some compound on the surface that comes off, probably some on the edges as well; rub the edges on something appropriate to clean them of excess. Then assemble.
No, haven’t shaved with the straight razor again as yet, that’s to come. But it also works well to polish the edge of just about any cutting tool.
I'll throw in, son ran across this before his last deployment, the Razor Emporium: safety and straight razors, strops, soaps and other stuff
*'Suitable' as in 'something you don't mind getting really messy'.
**There's probably something better than kerosene for this. However, the oil left behind after the volatiles are gone helps keep the leather from drying out; if you use something else, you'll likely need to add some neatsfoot or something similar to the strap afterward .
An interesting point of view
Tragically the United Kingdom, where Great Britain used to be, has fallen. Though you can tell by little things like the involuntary subjugation of the populace to the EU and the looting of the country by soi-dissant communists, the surest sign of their degradation is that weapons, even down to the kitchen knife, are banned from use by the general public. In the United Kingdom, you can be prosecuted for defending yourself.
Weapons and violence are certainly not gone from England. It still has an army. The police are increasingly heavily armed. And gun violence (along with other violent crime and terrorism) has increased. As in all societies through all time -- forever and ever, all the way back to Cain and Abel -- criminals in and out of
government, both foreign and domestic, do not obey the law.
The United Kingdom has effectively returned to feudalism. The Knights are armed, they exist to protect their privileges and those of their superiors in the government, and the peasants farm -- or rather: are farmed. Like cattle.
...
So let us posit that even if weapons were banned, bad people would do bad things anyway. So what do you do when bad things are done to you? When a bad guy shows up in your movie theater? What is the solution posed by the gun control advocates?
You should use your cell phone to call 911, presumably so that men with *GUNS* could show up and take care of the situation.
See what gun-control advocates did there? They went all feudal on you. The police are "the only ones professional enough" to handle weapons. These Knights can have weapons and privileges to protect you the serf. In return all you have to do is call them "Sir". And pay taxes. And don't get your daughter a nicer dress than their wife is wearing.
Weapons and violence are certainly not gone from England. It still has an army. The police are increasingly heavily armed. And gun violence (along with other violent crime and terrorism) has increased. As in all societies through all time -- forever and ever, all the way back to Cain and Abel -- criminals in and out of
government, both foreign and domestic, do not obey the law.The United Kingdom has effectively returned to feudalism. The Knights are armed, they exist to protect their privileges and those of their superiors in the government, and the peasants farm -- or rather: are farmed. Like cattle.
...
So let us posit that even if weapons were banned, bad people would do bad things anyway. So what do you do when bad things are done to you? When a bad guy shows up in your movie theater? What is the solution posed by the gun control advocates?
You should use your cell phone to call 911, presumably so that men with *GUNS* could show up and take care of the situation.
See what gun-control advocates did there? They went all feudal on you. The police are "the only ones professional enough" to handle weapons. These Knights can have weapons and privileges to protect you the serf. In return all you have to do is call them "Sir". And pay taxes. And don't get your daughter a nicer dress than their wife is wearing.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Yeah, Bill O'Reilly is an idiot
A shrill, pig-ignorant fool.
"Mr. Carney, what's the capital of Israel?"
"Um, whatever we said before."
"Where was that?"
"Next question!"
Not a surprise to find out that Empty-Hat Salazar has some of the same problems as Holder; including having been held in contempt and not caring.
From Britain, surprisingly, titled Denver shootings: the murder is in the corrupted mind, not in the legal guns:
The Denver Dark Knight shootings: first thing to note – despite the uninformed Irish wails about American gun laws – is that the number of guns per head in America is irrelevant to such a crime. Batman
If ownership of a weapon equalled homicidal intent, the ten most murderous countries in the world would include Switzerland, Finland, and Sweden.
The 15 most murderous would include France, Canada, Austria and Iceland.
...
But, the broader issue: what we have here is a young man from Southern California (now, there’s a clue) who moved away from his family into Colorado, where drugs, drifting, sex websites and violent films simmered away in his brain.
For any reasonable assessment we have to weigh up how much of all of that led him to choose to abandon morality and embrace murder.
It wasn’t just that he had some guns, anymore than the nine stabbings last week at the Swedish House Mafia rock concert in Dublin occurred because every family in Ireland has some knives.
And yes, Schumer & Co. are already at it:
Democratic senators have offered an amendment to the cybersecurity bill that would limit the purchase of high capacity gun magazines for some consumers.
Translation: they want to ban any magazine that scares them. And it's 'common sense to do so', of course...
Appearing on Monday's Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, Time magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin confessed a broad media consensus to curtail gun rights: "If you walk the halls of most major news organizations or of the OEOB at the White House or West Wing, I think you'd find overwhelming sentiment that there should be stricter gun control laws in the United States."
And these bastards control much of the 'news' most people hear.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some leather that needs shaping
"Mr. Carney, what's the capital of Israel?"
"Um, whatever we said before."
"Where was that?"
"Next question!"
Not a surprise to find out that Empty-Hat Salazar has some of the same problems as Holder; including having been held in contempt and not caring.
From Britain, surprisingly, titled Denver shootings: the murder is in the corrupted mind, not in the legal guns:
The Denver Dark Knight shootings: first thing to note – despite the uninformed Irish wails about American gun laws – is that the number of guns per head in America is irrelevant to such a crime. Batman
If ownership of a weapon equalled homicidal intent, the ten most murderous countries in the world would include Switzerland, Finland, and Sweden.
The 15 most murderous would include France, Canada, Austria and Iceland.
...
But, the broader issue: what we have here is a young man from Southern California (now, there’s a clue) who moved away from his family into Colorado, where drugs, drifting, sex websites and violent films simmered away in his brain.
For any reasonable assessment we have to weigh up how much of all of that led him to choose to abandon morality and embrace murder.
It wasn’t just that he had some guns, anymore than the nine stabbings last week at the Swedish House Mafia rock concert in Dublin occurred because every family in Ireland has some knives.
And yes, Schumer & Co. are already at it:
Democratic senators have offered an amendment to the cybersecurity bill that would limit the purchase of high capacity gun magazines for some consumers.
Translation: they want to ban any magazine that scares them. And it's 'common sense to do so', of course...
Appearing on Monday's Andrea Mitchell Reports on MSNBC, Time magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin confessed a broad media consensus to curtail gun rights: "If you walk the halls of most major news organizations or of the OEOB at the White House or West Wing, I think you'd find overwhelming sentiment that there should be stricter gun control laws in the United States."
And these bastards control much of the 'news' most people hear.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some leather that needs shaping
Obama apparently decided he'd forgotten to zip up again,
and is now saying- through his spokesrat- that 'he won't push new gun-control measures, but is still in favor of banning assault weapons.' Which means the crapstorm that fell after his statements the other day was rather more upsetting than he'd expected, therefore another "I didn't exactly mean what I said. So stop paying attention to what I said" moment.
Also not exactly comforting, since he'd consider a Enfield or Springfield musket a assault weapon that must immediately be banned For The Childrentm.
Also not exactly comforting, since he'd consider a Enfield or Springfield musket a assault weapon that must immediately be banned For The Childrentm.
Speaking of John Browning(pbuh) smiling,
they've dropped the 'lightweight .50 MG' project, and are making sure all the M2 guns in inventory get the upgrades.
Borrowing from Tam, Someday the U.S. Army will have a hovertank with a frickin' laser beam for a main gun, and it will still have an M2HB on a pintle mount above the commander's hatch.
Borrowing from Tam, Someday the U.S. Army will have a hovertank with a frickin' laser beam for a main gun, and it will still have an M2HB on a pintle mount above the commander's hatch.
Isn't it interesting that Emanuel, Godfather of Chicago,
can't stand Chick-fil-a for having non-PC views, but has no problem with a Jew-hating, America-hating, gay-hating Farrakahn offering help...
Ah, well, fits right in with why slimeball Corzine appears to be safe from our noble AG and the DoJ:
Those wondering why the Department of Justice has refused to go after Jon Corzine for the vaporization of $1.6 billion in MF Global client funds need look no further than the documents uncovered by the Government Accountability Institute that reveal that the now-defunct MF Global was a client of Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer’s former law firm, Covington & Burling.
There’s more.
Records also reveal that MF Global’s trustee for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy retained as its general bankruptcy counsel Morrison & Foerester--the very law firm from which Associate Attorney General Tony West came to DOJ.
And more.
As Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer explains in the Washington Times Thursday, the trustee overseeing MF Global’s bankruptcy is former FBI Director Louis Freeh. At Holder’s Senate confirmation hearing Freeh served as a character witness for Holder and revealed that Holder had previously worked for Freeh. “As general counsel,” Freeh said, “I could have engaged any lawyer in America to represent our bank. I chose Eric.”
Ah, well, fits right in with why slimeball Corzine appears to be safe from our noble AG and the DoJ:
Those wondering why the Department of Justice has refused to go after Jon Corzine for the vaporization of $1.6 billion in MF Global client funds need look no further than the documents uncovered by the Government Accountability Institute that reveal that the now-defunct MF Global was a client of Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer’s former law firm, Covington & Burling.
There’s more.
Records also reveal that MF Global’s trustee for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy retained as its general bankruptcy counsel Morrison & Foerester--the very law firm from which Associate Attorney General Tony West came to DOJ.
And more.
As Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer explains in the Washington Times Thursday, the trustee overseeing MF Global’s bankruptcy is former FBI Director Louis Freeh. At Holder’s Senate confirmation hearing Freeh served as a character witness for Holder and revealed that Holder had previously worked for Freeh. “As general counsel,” Freeh said, “I could have engaged any lawyer in America to represent our bank. I chose Eric.”
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
There is a nutcase named Marcotte
who occasionally dribbles venom about the place; she did it again:
I'm not going to say anything, it's already been said:
Where to begin? The modern civil right movement dates from the 1950s. The Second Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights from 1789. How is it a response to something that came about a century-and-a-half later?
And what about the white NRA members who ran firearm training classes for blacks who wanted to protect themselves from the Klan in the ’50s and ’60s? I guess they don’t fit the narrative.
More at the link; I found it here
I'm not going to say anything, it's already been said:Where to begin? The modern civil right movement dates from the 1950s. The Second Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights from 1789. How is it a response to something that came about a century-and-a-half later?
And what about the white NRA members who ran firearm training classes for blacks who wanted to protect themselves from the Klan in the ’50s and ’60s? I guess they don’t fit the narrative.
More at the link; I found it here
And John Browning smiles...
For the first time in several decades, the U.S. military is buying new batches of the Colt .45 sidearm that it used during both World Wars and for much of the 20th century.
Colt Defense LLC said Friday it has been awarded a $22.5 million, five-year contract to provide theU.S. Marine Corpswith the latest .45 caliber pistols that were originally provided to the military in 1911.
Colt Defense LLC said Friday it has been awarded a $22.5 million, five-year contract to provide theU.S. Marine Corpswith the latest .45 caliber pistols that were originally provided to the military in 1911.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Oh, can you imagine when the soundtrack
first snapped on?
In addition to the shutdown of uranium enrichment equipment and computers, the virus also blasted the song "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC from several computers at full volume.
In addition to the shutdown of uranium enrichment equipment and computers, the virus also blasted the song "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC from several computers at full volume.
So the dirtbag didn't have armor
after all:
Chief Executive Officer Chad Weinman said despite its name, the urban assault vest is not bulletproof, but is simply a vest made for carrying accessories.
So all he had was a load-bearing vest.
Chief Executive Officer Chad Weinman said despite its name, the urban assault vest is not bulletproof, but is simply a vest made for carrying accessories.
So all he had was a load-bearing vest.
The TSA: screwing with old people with health problems
and that bastard Pistole will assure us it's necessary.
”When I tried to walk towards him they surrounded me and told me I couldn’t touch him and I said I need..I told them like five times I needed to plug him in so that he didn’t lose his battery life.” Tonya Gahagan said, and they adamantly said I could not.”
”When I tried to walk towards him they surrounded me and told me I couldn’t touch him and I said I need..I told them like five times I needed to plug him in so that he didn’t lose his battery life.” Tonya Gahagan said, and they adamantly said I could not.”
...the Soviet propaganda machine began circulating a rumor.
It went, roughly: life in America is so terrible that the old people eat cat food.
This was…perplexing.
People didn’t quite get it: they have food specifically made for cats in America? What a country!
Read it all, it's worth it.
This was…perplexing.
People didn’t quite get it: they have food specifically made for cats in America? What a country!
Read it all, it's worth it.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Og tells of a dumbass prii driver,
which reminded me of the moron in a black something a couple of days ago; who suddenly decided he HAD to go around me and then cut in front of me just about the start of the ramp from 40 eastbound to 44 northbound...
Could've just changed lanes behind me to make the exit, but noooo, not asshole. And I KNEW he was going to slow down right after he changed lanes.
Effing morons.
Yes, I sped up and got past him. And he did indeed slow way down after he changed lanes.
Could've just changed lanes behind me to make the exit, but noooo, not asshole. And I KNEW he was going to slow down right after he changed lanes.
Effing morons.
Yes, I sped up and got past him. And he did indeed slow way down after he changed lanes.
Again, how many 'Made In Iraq' labels
or the equivalent, are on some of this stuff?
The Syrian regime threatened Monday to use its chemical and biological weapons in case of a foreign attack, in its first ever acknowledgement that it possesses weapons of mass destruction.
The Syrian regime threatened Monday to use its chemical and biological weapons in case of a foreign attack, in its first ever acknowledgement that it possesses weapons of mass destruction.
On the subject of snakes,
goddaughter is very iffy about them. Her mom hates them, her brother's scared of them, Dad only worries about venomous ones and I'm on his side. Not long ago he found a snake about, oh, 15" long in the garage. Between trying to decide if it was a 'get rid of it' or 'take it away from the house somewhere'(Mom wasn't home) it got a bit exciting, and g-daughter was very excited. Finally got a good-enough look to be certain it wasn't venomous, which changed the mission to 'take it away'; he finally got it pinned and I grabbed it. With g-daughter asking loudly and anxiously did I know what I was doing?(no, I didn't actually answer that)
Once got it a ways from the house and released in the grass, got back to find that g-daughter was now giving Dad hell for possibly hurting the snake she's still halfway scared of. We explained that a snake like that can't hurt you, and they eat bugs.
Pause for thought.
"What kind of bugs?"
"Crickets and grasshoppers mostly, right now."
Longer pause.
"I don't like grasshoppers..."
She's much more sympathetic to Johnny No-Legs now.
By the way, if you're not familiar with where I got that name: where else?
Once got it a ways from the house and released in the grass, got back to find that g-daughter was now giving Dad hell for possibly hurting the snake she's still halfway scared of. We explained that a snake like that can't hurt you, and they eat bugs.
Pause for thought.
"What kind of bugs?"
"Crickets and grasshoppers mostly, right now."
Longer pause.
"I don't like grasshoppers..."
She's much more sympathetic to Johnny No-Legs now.
By the way, if you're not familiar with where I got that name: where else?
Down in Australia, part of what the carbon tax
really means:
'Explain' meaning "Here's one of the many ways you're going to be screwed."
At the range today, I had a chance to try a S&W M&P 9mm, full-size. Not bad at all. I like, among other things, the way the backstrap changes to fit your hand. I decide to get a polymer, that'd definitely be on the list. Up near the top.
Also Down Under, a leftist advises of her approved censorship method.
I've been pissed at OG&E a few times, but when things have gone to hell their statement is generally "We're grabbing all the help we can and working fast as we can; we WILL get to you." If they'd ever said this:
He insisted that it was “not reasonable for a person to be upset at all” after seven days without lights or air conditioning.
they'd be lucky not to have people with ropes looking for them. There WOULD be people going to the Corporation Commission demanding defenestration of the idiot who made the comment. Or calling the company to say "I'm coming."
Last week in Dubbo I met with a local refrigeration mechanic to discuss his concerns regarding the Carbon Tax. Many people would not be aware that refrigerant gases will be hit with the Carbon Tax.How does that work? The government explains.
The popular commercial refrigerant R404A, widely used in industrial and supermarket refrigeration, will increase from $92.99 per kilo to $377.71 per kilo following the implementation of the Carbon Tax. This is on top of a 20 per cent increase as of June 13, 2012.
Refrigerants Australia, the peak organisation representing Australian refrigerant suppliers and users, states that the price of refrigerants will increase by the order of 300 to 600 per cent.
Unfortunately for us we will be the ones copping this price increase.
'Explain' meaning "Here's one of the many ways you're going to be screwed."
At the range today, I had a chance to try a S&W M&P 9mm, full-size. Not bad at all. I like, among other things, the way the backstrap changes to fit your hand. I decide to get a polymer, that'd definitely be on the list. Up near the top.
Also Down Under, a leftist advises of her approved censorship method.
I've been pissed at OG&E a few times, but when things have gone to hell their statement is generally "We're grabbing all the help we can and working fast as we can; we WILL get to you." If they'd ever said this:
He insisted that it was “not reasonable for a person to be upset at all” after seven days without lights or air conditioning.
they'd be lucky not to have people with ropes looking for them. There WOULD be people going to the Corporation Commission demanding defenestration of the idiot who made the comment. Or calling the company to say "I'm coming."
Meanwhile, back in Chicago,
Yet more than twice as many people have been murdered this month in the president’s hometown of Chicago than were killed in the Aurora shooting. They are just statistics for whom there will be no presidential visits or flags flown at half staff.
Many of their deaths were very up close and personal:
From Hoyt:
It occurred to me that our civilization has got lost in the weeds because of mission drift. We’ve gone from “making sure enough people have enough to eat and can raise the next generation and avoid getting killed” to “we want to make sure everyone is happy, has fulfilling life, never ever ever experiences anything even vaguely offensive and unfair, etc.
That is not the job of civilization. I don’t know whose job it might be, except perhaps G-d’s, but it’s not the job of civilization and can’t be done by a mere group of humans.
Well, yeah:
In the unarmed country the man with the illegal weapon rules
'Why look for a tea party connection?' Because they desperately want there to be one, they DEMAND there be one. And if there's not, they'll manufacture one to get the idea out there.
"What? A moment of silence? We can't do that!" I'm not sure, do you think it's mostly not liking Israel, not wanting to remember at all, or not wanting to make the muslim countries unhappy?
So CFLs can damage your skin. While they're working as designed. Wonderful.
The added soundtrack is annoying, but that's a warmup!
Why no, Algore and the gummint did NOT create the internet
On the current push by dirtbags like Lautenberg to start banning things again:
Actually, if the Australian Bureau of Criminology can be believed, Americans would be insane to concern themselves with what non-Americans think about American gun rights.
In 2002 -- five years after enacting its gun ban -- the Australian Bureau of Criminology acknowledged there is no correlation between gun control and the use of firearms in violent crime. In fact, the percent of murders committed with a firearm was the highest it had ever been in 2006 (16.3 percent), says the D.C. Examiner.
Even Australia's Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research acknowledges that the gun ban had no significant impact on the amount of gun-involved crime:
In 2006, assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent.
Sexual assault -- Australia's equivalent term for rape -- increased 29.9 percent.
Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent.
Moreover, Australia and the United States -- where no gun-ban exists -- both experienced similar decreases in murder rates:
I call it "Jimmy Carter Syndrome", the disease that progresses with age and causes the mask of affability to fall away, revealing the bitter, petulant, sniping, shrewish character that lurked beneath the surface all along.
I'll note there was a gun show this weekend, one of the Metcalf shows; not many vendors, and they had WIDE aisles to try to disguise it. Most of the shows in the OKC area have gotten pretty sucky. Not a good thing.
Many of their deaths were very up close and personal:
Twenty-eight stabbing deaths have been logged this year compared to 27 of these deaths last year, RedEye determined. Stabbings have accounted for about 10 percent of homicides so far this year, compared to about 6 percent last year, RedEye data shows.
From Hoyt:
It occurred to me that our civilization has got lost in the weeds because of mission drift. We’ve gone from “making sure enough people have enough to eat and can raise the next generation and avoid getting killed” to “we want to make sure everyone is happy, has fulfilling life, never ever ever experiences anything even vaguely offensive and unfair, etc.
That is not the job of civilization. I don’t know whose job it might be, except perhaps G-d’s, but it’s not the job of civilization and can’t be done by a mere group of humans.
Well, yeah:
In the unarmed country the man with the illegal weapon rules
'Why look for a tea party connection?' Because they desperately want there to be one, they DEMAND there be one. And if there's not, they'll manufacture one to get the idea out there.
"What? A moment of silence? We can't do that!" I'm not sure, do you think it's mostly not liking Israel, not wanting to remember at all, or not wanting to make the muslim countries unhappy?
So CFLs can damage your skin. While they're working as designed. Wonderful.
The added soundtrack is annoying, but that's a warmup!
Why no, Algore and the gummint did NOT create the internet
On the current push by dirtbags like Lautenberg to start banning things again:
Actually, if the Australian Bureau of Criminology can be believed, Americans would be insane to concern themselves with what non-Americans think about American gun rights.
In 2002 -- five years after enacting its gun ban -- the Australian Bureau of Criminology acknowledged there is no correlation between gun control and the use of firearms in violent crime. In fact, the percent of murders committed with a firearm was the highest it had ever been in 2006 (16.3 percent), says the D.C. Examiner.
Even Australia's Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research acknowledges that the gun ban had no significant impact on the amount of gun-involved crime:
In 2006, assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent.
Sexual assault -- Australia's equivalent term for rape -- increased 29.9 percent.
Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent.
Moreover, Australia and the United States -- where no gun-ban exists -- both experienced similar decreases in murder rates:
I call it "Jimmy Carter Syndrome", the disease that progresses with age and causes the mask of affability to fall away, revealing the bitter, petulant, sniping, shrewish character that lurked beneath the surface all along.
I'll note there was a gun show this weekend, one of the Metcalf shows; not many vendors, and they had WIDE aisles to try to disguise it. Most of the shows in the OKC area have gotten pretty sucky. Not a good thing.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Because I'm sick of serious stuff
I'd want a bigger boat
Now if they'll all keep the video handy when the officers misbehave...
When somebody talks about a 'state monopoly on violence',
they mean they like places like modern Britain, where defending yourself from an attacker can put you in prison. They want the State to have complete control*, including over your life and the protection thereof. Which means "We'll investigate and try to find the murderer after he kills you", which they really don't want us to think about. Etc.
One would presume, then, that a viable state is one which maintains a monopoly on violence.
I’ll pause, here, to let that sink in. *tick*tick*tick*tick*
Yes, it’s appropriate to bring historical examples to bear.
(You won’t need my help for that, unless you’re a Prog or attended a public school.)
Yeah, how's the crime thing doing in those places with a 'monopoly on violence'?(yeah, the article's a couple of years old; don't have time right now to dig around for more recent)
*Because they're planning on themselves and people of like mind being in charge
One would presume, then, that a viable state is one which maintains a monopoly on violence.
I’ll pause, here, to let that sink in. *tick*tick*tick*tick*
Yes, it’s appropriate to bring historical examples to bear.
(You won’t need my help for that, unless you’re a Prog or attended a public school.)
Yeah, how's the crime thing doing in those places with a 'monopoly on violence'?(yeah, the article's a couple of years old; don't have time right now to dig around for more recent)
*Because they're planning on themselves and people of like mind being in charge
Since I'm on a trip down Memory Lane,
One of the questions I've been asked a lot while demonstrating was "Don't you/Do you ever get burned?" Oh yeah. Look at my forearms and the backs of my hands in good light; they're fading, but you can still see lots of little burn scars. The worst, there's no sign of.
Follow me back to the Old Days. The forge is still under a tree in the back yard, there's an old refrigerator crisper drawer under it full of water as a quench tub, and I'm working on a spring fuller(somewhat like this, but forged in one piece). It'd been a nice cool night and was a warm day, good weather for this kind of thing.
So I'm working away, on the fuller and a couple of small things as the piece of spring I was using was heating. I'd done one part of it, moved it along in the fire, let it heat while doing something else, came back and grabbed it.
Note to anyone: when you grab something and hear a hiss, it is a Bad Thing.
I heard that hiss, and before felt anything realized that that piece was a LOT hotter than it should have been where I grabbed it.
Remember that quench tub? It was full of water. And leaves, and the dogs drank out of it*, and it would not qualify as anywhere near clean, but after sitting out all night that water was cold; I think it took less than a second from 'hiss' to hand going into the water. At which point I'm bent over wondering what it's going to feel like when I take it out, and the dogs have wandered over to see what I'm doing in their sipping fountain, and I'm still shocked enough I'm not even indulging in language practice. I finally took it out when the throbbing made it plain that just cold water wasn't going to cut it, made sure everything was turned off and went inside to inform spouse that a trip to the doctor might be in order, what do you think?
The doc's office got me in fast, and the nurse looked it over, poured a pan full of antiseptic and had me stick the hand in: "Let that soak until the doctor can see it." I've been hurt before and since, in various ways, but with one exception I think burns are the worst, and sitting there with that hand in room-temperature liquid... I really don't remember if I was saying or thinking anything, because the pain was overriding all other memories.
I finally got up(only about five minutes, I think) and stuck the hand under the cold water in the sink for some relief, just before another nurse stuck her head in and asked what was I doing? I sat back down and she looked my hand over, frowned at the palm and asked "What is this?"
"Burn."
I swear, she actually wrinkled up her face and went "Eeew!"** Not a confidence-building moment, I assure you.
A minute later the doc came in and looked it over: Think of the parts of your palm and fingers that would contact a 5/8" rod if you gripped it; 1st, 2nd and a couple of areas of borderline 3rd-degree burn. Ointments went on, followed by bandages, followed by 'fill this prescription' and some instructions to wife who'd been called in. The pharmacy downstairs had the stuff- Tylenol 3, the stuff with codeine- and I took one as we started home.
Once home, I remember pacing back & forth in the living room, because that was, at that time, the worst pain I'd ever been in, and the kids on the sofa watching. Then it started fading a bit, and right about 45 minutes after taking the pill, the pain just stopped. I'd never had pain meds before and hadn't been sure what to expect; this exceeded all I'd hoped for. Not fuzzy, not seeing things, it just stopped hurting***. It was wonderful, Better Living Through Chemistry indeed. One of those every eight hours through the first 24, and after that it was just an annoying pain, nothing like at first.
Wife had a long-standing interest in herbal stuff, and mixed up some kind of oil and herbs mix, and when changed the bandages put some of that on. I have no idea what was in it, but it apparently worked; when went back to the doc he looked it over and was amazed at how well it was healing. Said he'd thought they might have to debride some dead tissue, but didn't have to touch it. And it healed up very nicely.
And that is the story of the worst injury I ever had from smithing.
*One reason I laugh at people who insist "Your pet must have a scrubbed bowl filled with fresh water every 'X' hours" and such; we're talking about critters who'll ignore a freshly-filled water bowl to drink out of that tub. Or the birdbath.
**Found out she was new, this was her second day on her fresh-out-of-school job. Apparently "Don't make noises that make the patient wonder what the hell is wrong" training had slipped.
***Told this to someone a few years later, and he said it was disappointing I didn't get any high from it. My response: "Fuck that, it stopped hurting. "
Follow me back to the Old Days. The forge is still under a tree in the back yard, there's an old refrigerator crisper drawer under it full of water as a quench tub, and I'm working on a spring fuller(somewhat like this, but forged in one piece). It'd been a nice cool night and was a warm day, good weather for this kind of thing.
So I'm working away, on the fuller and a couple of small things as the piece of spring I was using was heating. I'd done one part of it, moved it along in the fire, let it heat while doing something else, came back and grabbed it.
Note to anyone: when you grab something and hear a hiss, it is a Bad Thing.
I heard that hiss, and before felt anything realized that that piece was a LOT hotter than it should have been where I grabbed it.
Remember that quench tub? It was full of water. And leaves, and the dogs drank out of it*, and it would not qualify as anywhere near clean, but after sitting out all night that water was cold; I think it took less than a second from 'hiss' to hand going into the water. At which point I'm bent over wondering what it's going to feel like when I take it out, and the dogs have wandered over to see what I'm doing in their sipping fountain, and I'm still shocked enough I'm not even indulging in language practice. I finally took it out when the throbbing made it plain that just cold water wasn't going to cut it, made sure everything was turned off and went inside to inform spouse that a trip to the doctor might be in order, what do you think?
The doc's office got me in fast, and the nurse looked it over, poured a pan full of antiseptic and had me stick the hand in: "Let that soak until the doctor can see it." I've been hurt before and since, in various ways, but with one exception I think burns are the worst, and sitting there with that hand in room-temperature liquid... I really don't remember if I was saying or thinking anything, because the pain was overriding all other memories.
I finally got up(only about five minutes, I think) and stuck the hand under the cold water in the sink for some relief, just before another nurse stuck her head in and asked what was I doing? I sat back down and she looked my hand over, frowned at the palm and asked "What is this?"
"Burn."
I swear, she actually wrinkled up her face and went "Eeew!"** Not a confidence-building moment, I assure you.
A minute later the doc came in and looked it over: Think of the parts of your palm and fingers that would contact a 5/8" rod if you gripped it; 1st, 2nd and a couple of areas of borderline 3rd-degree burn. Ointments went on, followed by bandages, followed by 'fill this prescription' and some instructions to wife who'd been called in. The pharmacy downstairs had the stuff- Tylenol 3, the stuff with codeine- and I took one as we started home.
Once home, I remember pacing back & forth in the living room, because that was, at that time, the worst pain I'd ever been in, and the kids on the sofa watching. Then it started fading a bit, and right about 45 minutes after taking the pill, the pain just stopped. I'd never had pain meds before and hadn't been sure what to expect; this exceeded all I'd hoped for. Not fuzzy, not seeing things, it just stopped hurting***. It was wonderful, Better Living Through Chemistry indeed. One of those every eight hours through the first 24, and after that it was just an annoying pain, nothing like at first.
Wife had a long-standing interest in herbal stuff, and mixed up some kind of oil and herbs mix, and when changed the bandages put some of that on. I have no idea what was in it, but it apparently worked; when went back to the doc he looked it over and was amazed at how well it was healing. Said he'd thought they might have to debride some dead tissue, but didn't have to touch it. And it healed up very nicely.
And that is the story of the worst injury I ever had from smithing.
*One reason I laugh at people who insist "Your pet must have a scrubbed bowl filled with fresh water every 'X' hours" and such; we're talking about critters who'll ignore a freshly-filled water bowl to drink out of that tub. Or the birdbath.
**Found out she was new, this was her second day on her fresh-out-of-school job. Apparently "Don't make noises that make the patient wonder what the hell is wrong" training had slipped.
***Told this to someone a few years later, and he said it was disappointing I didn't get any high from it. My response: "Fuck that, it stopped hurting. "
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