Saturday, September 08, 2018
It's finally stopped raining, which is wonderful
Temperatures are down as well, so not a bad evening. Still, take some time to go over the new data.
That officer in Minneapolis who killed a woman because 'startled'
or whatever the current excuse is?
KARE reports that Hennepin County prosecutors filed documents revealing Noor was flagged by two psychiatrists during a pre-hiring evaluation in early 2015. They said he seemed unable to handle the stress of regular police work and exhibited an unwillingness to deal with people. In fact, the documents quote evaluators saying Noor “reported disliking people and being around them… his self-reported disinterest in interaction with other people is very uncommon among other police officer candidates.”
and
Elsewhere in the filings, prosecutors also included a series of incidents they believe underline Noor’s lack of fitness to be a police officer. During a routine traffic stop on May 18 of 2017, Squad car video shows Noor approaching the vehicle and pointing his gun directly at the driver’s head. That man was later issued a citation for failure to signal. On April 8, 2016 a Field Training Officer (FTO) who was working with Noor reported his reluctance to take calls, preferring to drive around in circles ignoring calls when he could have self-assigned himself to respond. The FTO noted that the calls were simple ones, like a road hazard and a suspicious vehicle.
But the department put him out there. And he killed an innocent. I'd really like to know what idiocy was behind that decision.
KARE reports that Hennepin County prosecutors filed documents revealing Noor was flagged by two psychiatrists during a pre-hiring evaluation in early 2015. They said he seemed unable to handle the stress of regular police work and exhibited an unwillingness to deal with people. In fact, the documents quote evaluators saying Noor “reported disliking people and being around them… his self-reported disinterest in interaction with other people is very uncommon among other police officer candidates.”
and
Elsewhere in the filings, prosecutors also included a series of incidents they believe underline Noor’s lack of fitness to be a police officer. During a routine traffic stop on May 18 of 2017, Squad car video shows Noor approaching the vehicle and pointing his gun directly at the driver’s head. That man was later issued a citation for failure to signal. On April 8, 2016 a Field Training Officer (FTO) who was working with Noor reported his reluctance to take calls, preferring to drive around in circles ignoring calls when he could have self-assigned himself to respond. The FTO noted that the calls were simple ones, like a road hazard and a suspicious vehicle.
But the department put him out there. And he killed an innocent. I'd really like to know what idiocy was behind that decision.
Friday, September 07, 2018
Temps are down, but damn! it's humid out there;
days of rain will do that. So, unless you're indoors with friends somewhere, stay indoors and review the data
Well, Feinstein's a lying, corrupt politician;
you expect anything better of her?
Even if Feinstein had in mind a broader definition of school shooting, it is hard to see how she could get to "hundreds" involving "assault weapons." By her own count, 385 people were killed with "assault weapons" from 2004 through 2011 (which is about 0.5 percent of gun homicides during that period), and the vast majority of those murders did not occur in schools. If we assume that something like 16 percent of them did (in line with the Mother Jones numbers), that would be 60 or so murders involving "assault weapons" at schools over eight years, and the number of separate incidents would be even lower. It is difficult to escape the conclusion that Feinstein was just making shit up when she referred to "hundreds of school shootings using assault weapons that have taken place in recent history."
'Making shit up' is what the anti-rights people do. You could say it's their central principle.
Even if Feinstein had in mind a broader definition of school shooting, it is hard to see how she could get to "hundreds" involving "assault weapons." By her own count, 385 people were killed with "assault weapons" from 2004 through 2011 (which is about 0.5 percent of gun homicides during that period), and the vast majority of those murders did not occur in schools. If we assume that something like 16 percent of them did (in line with the Mother Jones numbers), that would be 60 or so murders involving "assault weapons" at schools over eight years, and the number of separate incidents would be even lower. It is difficult to escape the conclusion that Feinstein was just making shit up when she referred to "hundreds of school shootings using assault weapons that have taken place in recent history."
'Making shit up' is what the anti-rights people do. You could say it's their central principle.
This will upset a lot of activist types
Verena Schuenemann, a paleogeneticist from the University of Tübingen
and one of the lead authors of the mummy study, said that the
best-preserved DNA showed an individual with light skin, dark eyes, and lactose intolerance — a good genetic match with the people of Neolithic Anatolia (modern-day Turkey).
Very bad for the 'out of Africa!' crowd. So they'll probably accuse the researchers of being racist or something.
Very bad for the 'out of Africa!' crowd. So they'll probably accuse the researchers of being racist or something.
Thursday, September 06, 2018
Self-defense stuff
They're old, but they still work.
Also under the heading of "ANY gun beats no gun"
Yeah, went through this twice after surgeries when my strong hand was out of service. Some prior practice with your weak hand really helps confidence.
Also: Another thing these videos make apparent is that if the good guy is caught in a reactive situation, anything they have in their support hand at the start is going to stay there. People tend to hold onto things when they’re surprised, to the point of shooting one-handed.
I've caught myself looking at a potential situation, while carrying a expensive motorcycle helmet in one hand, and wondering how fast I could put it down so it wouldn't be damaged instead of just preparing to drop it, no matter the surface. Bad mindset.
Also under the heading of "ANY gun beats no gun"
Yeah, went through this twice after surgeries when my strong hand was out of service. Some prior practice with your weak hand really helps confidence.
Also: Another thing these videos make apparent is that if the good guy is caught in a reactive situation, anything they have in their support hand at the start is going to stay there. People tend to hold onto things when they’re surprised, to the point of shooting one-handed.
I've caught myself looking at a potential situation, while carrying a expensive motorcycle helmet in one hand, and wondering how fast I could put it down so it wouldn't be damaged instead of just preparing to drop it, no matter the surface. Bad mindset.
Well, that's just friggin' wonderful
During the night some piece of shit got into my back yard and stole my bicycle.
Wednesday, September 05, 2018
If you haven't seen a response to a comment,
it's because Blogger bloggered things up, and I haven't been receiving notice of comments.
Have to see if I can fix that.
Have to see if I can fix that.
A demonstration of why I despise Feinstein,
and have come to despise and loathe most of the Evil Party leadership: from the Kavanaugh hearings
"Let's play word games to do anything we can to ban everything we can." I could come to actually hate these people.
Let us remember, also, that in her attempt at Assault Weapons Ban, Part II, she not only had a looong list of specific firearms, but expanded her definition of 'assault weapon' so as to cover just about every semi-auto firearm in existence. And now claims they're 'not commonly used'.
Let us remember, also, that in her attempt at Assault Weapons Ban, Part II, she not only had a looong list of specific firearms, but expanded her definition of 'assault weapon' so as to cover just about every semi-auto firearm in existence. And now claims they're 'not commonly used'.
Sunday, September 02, 2018
Saturday, September 01, 2018
More 'Higher' Education
A group of conservative students at Ripon College have been told their 9/11 “Never Forget” posters violate the school’s bias policy, citing the
fact that its imagery is exclusively focused on Islamic terrorism.
Can't allow nasty facts to get in the way of feels, now can we?
Can't allow nasty facts to get in the way of feels, now can we?
'Higher' Education
Ken Peterson thought he was in the clear after winning an appeal of his dismissal by Dixie State University.
Then the tenured music professor was ordered to sign a “Last Chance Agreement” if he wanted to return to campus.
The text of that agreement – which requires Peterson to affirm his “unprofessional/uncivil behavior” toward colleagues and “inappropriate behavior” with students, as well as censor himself on an ongoing basis – is drawing condemnation from academic and free-speech groups.
"We don't care what the court said, you have to plead guilty and shut up."
Hope he sues their ass off.
Then the tenured music professor was ordered to sign a “Last Chance Agreement” if he wanted to return to campus.
The text of that agreement – which requires Peterson to affirm his “unprofessional/uncivil behavior” toward colleagues and “inappropriate behavior” with students, as well as censor himself on an ongoing basis – is drawing condemnation from academic and free-speech groups.
"We don't care what the court said, you have to plead guilty and shut up."
Hope he sues their ass off.
An experiment with the .310 Cadet
Among the things we ran across on a forum was someone using .32-caliber hollow-base wadcutters in this; apparently, at least in some rifles, that base allows the bullet to fit to the bore and give good accuracy. One guy mentioned it was great to about 75 yards, and worked very well on small game, accuracy fell of rapidly after that distance.
Shouldn't be hard to find some of those, right?
Oh yeah, easy, long as you want at least a thousand. Smaller amounts? "Out of stock", "no longer produced", etc. Finally found a place called Matt's Bullets that sells them in packs of 100(or 500 if you want more). Some were obtained, and tried out the other day.
This being a new bullet I dropped the standard charge that I use with the 120-grain bullet by 1/2 grain, so these were loaded over 7.0 of 2400, using a CCI small pistol primer. Cases were 1.130" long. Five were unsized, five with the first 1/3 sized and the mouth belled just enough to allow the bullet to start. With the unsized cases, the bullet would slide into the case with thumb pressure, with the sized cases used the seating die. In the interest of keeping jump to the rifling short I tried chambering some different lengths and found that with the case mouth right at the bottom of the second lube groove it chambered with no difficulty, so started there.
With the unsized cases, used a caliper to seat the bullet to 1.480" overall length, then crimped with the modified Lee die. With the sized, seated with the die and then crimped just enough to remove the flare from the mouth.
Results at 25 yards, unsized
and sized
I'm pretty sure the vertical stringing in the first was my fault, and I'll put together five more to try again. The second... can't ask for better than that. It's possible that sizing the cases gave more consistent hold on the bullet and thus more consistent pressure.
Shouldn't be hard to find some of those, right?
Oh yeah, easy, long as you want at least a thousand. Smaller amounts? "Out of stock", "no longer produced", etc. Finally found a place called Matt's Bullets that sells them in packs of 100(or 500 if you want more). Some were obtained, and tried out the other day.
This being a new bullet I dropped the standard charge that I use with the 120-grain bullet by 1/2 grain, so these were loaded over 7.0 of 2400, using a CCI small pistol primer. Cases were 1.130" long. Five were unsized, five with the first 1/3 sized and the mouth belled just enough to allow the bullet to start. With the unsized cases, the bullet would slide into the case with thumb pressure, with the sized cases used the seating die. In the interest of keeping jump to the rifling short I tried chambering some different lengths and found that with the case mouth right at the bottom of the second lube groove it chambered with no difficulty, so started there.
With the unsized cases, used a caliper to seat the bullet to 1.480" overall length, then crimped with the modified Lee die. With the sized, seated with the die and then crimped just enough to remove the flare from the mouth.
Results at 25 yards, unsized
and sized
The Feebs have arrested those dirtbags in New Mexico,
so at least they're not walking around anymore. Firearms and conspiracy charges.
Unless they can point to some "See, we had to do it this way!" for their screwing up the local charges, the prosecutors are- I hope- having their asses roasted at high heat. And I hope they'll be gone from those offices; unless there was some kind of damned good reason, their missing that deadline was inexcusable(and I'd have to have it proven that there was some good reason, their word's not good enough).
Unless they can point to some "See, we had to do it this way!" for their screwing up the local charges, the prosecutors are- I hope- having their asses roasted at high heat. And I hope they'll be gone from those offices; unless there was some kind of damned good reason, their missing that deadline was inexcusable(and I'd have to have it proven that there was some good reason, their word's not good enough).
Friday, August 31, 2018
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