including
UPDATE: What a coincidence! CEO of Gibson Guitar a Republican Donor. And their Democratic-donating competitor, Martin, uses the same wood but wasn’t raided. Well, when you’ve got a President who jokes about tax audits as revenge for a personal slight, it’s hard not to be suspicious, isn’t it?
More on the idiotic act and the wide-ranging powers it gives the feds here:
If you are the lucky owner of a 1920s Martin guitar, it may well be made, in part, of Brazilian rosewood. Cross an international border with an instrument made of that now-restricted wood, and you better have correct and complete documentation proving the age of the instrument. Otherwise, you could lose it to a zealous customs agent—not to mention face fines and prosecution.
John Thomas, a law professor at Quinnipiac University and a blues and ragtime guitarist, says "there's a lot of anxiety, and it's well justified." Once upon a time, he would have taken one of his vintage guitars on his travels. Now, "I don't go out of the country with a wooden guitar."
The tangled intersection of international laws is enforced through a thicket of paperwork. Recent revisions to 1900's Lacey Act require that anyone crossing the U.S. border declare every bit of flora or fauna being brought into the country. One is under "strict liability" to fill out the paperwork—and without any mistakes.
It's not enough to know that the body of your old guitar is made of spruce and maple: What's the bridge made of? If it's ebony, do you have the paperwork to show when and where that wood was harvested and when and where it was made into a bridge? Is the nut holding the strings at the guitar's headstock bone, or could it be ivory? "Even if you have no knowledge—despite Herculean efforts to obtain it—that some piece of your guitar, no matter how small, was obtained illegally, you lose your guitar forever," Prof. Thomas has written. "Oh, and you'll be fined $250 for that false (or missing) information in your Lacey Act Import Declaration."
Note that there doesn't have to be anything 'illegally obtained' on the instrument: it could simply be that you can't prove to some TSA-level idiot that the instrument is old enough that the Act doesn't affect it.
One more case of good intentions crossbreeding with the Law of Unintended Consequences and producing a monster.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Emergency/survival notes: firestarter test
Not long ago I linked to a method of storing/carrying the cotton ball/petroleum jelly firestarters I hadn't seen before: fire straws. Very good idea, and I made some up to try.
And today I remembered to actually take one out and actually try it, using a magnesium block/striker to light it.
First thing: you need something with an edge to cut it open(ever tried to twist a straw apart?) You might be able to beat one between two rocks to shear it open, I'll try that later.
Second: I'd had this one
sitting around for a while, including in a hot area; no leakage of the jelly. I nipped it open in the middle and just pulled one side partway out, stubbed it like I was putting out a cigarette to fluff it a bit, and hit it with sparks; lit right off.
I was curious as to how it'd continue; as it burned the straw melted/burned along the top and the cotton continued burning nicely.
I forgot my watch so no exact time; I'd say this had been burning for about three minutes when I put it out. Three minutes of heat to light your tinder or kindling... that's enough to dry out damp stuff and get it started.
And today I remembered to actually take one out and actually try it, using a magnesium block/striker to light it.
First thing: you need something with an edge to cut it open(ever tried to twist a straw apart?) You might be able to beat one between two rocks to shear it open, I'll try that later.
Second: I'd had this one
sitting around for a while, including in a hot area; no leakage of the jelly. I nipped it open in the middle and just pulled one side partway out, stubbed it like I was putting out a cigarette to fluff it a bit, and hit it with sparks; lit right off.
I was curious as to how it'd continue; as it burned the straw melted/burned along the top and the cotton continued burning nicely.
I forgot my watch so no exact time; I'd say this had been burning for about three minutes when I put it out. Three minutes of heat to light your tinder or kindling... that's enough to dry out damp stuff and get it started.
A head shot doesn't always mean what people think it does
and Tam has some info on why. Which reminded me of something:
Used to know a guy who worked through college pulling late shifts in the ER. Had an ambulance pull in one night with two passengers: one passed out from drink, and his slightly less-drunk friend who had a big chef's knife driven straight down through the top of his head. Still conscious, just felt an ache. The knife had gone between the hemispheres and done remarkably little damage. After the exam they let him go to sleep until a surgeon could get in to set up for taking it out.
Happy ending, until his friend- dumped in the other bed in the room- woke up, saw his friend, thought "What did I do?!?" and tried to take the knife out...
Used to know a guy who worked through college pulling late shifts in the ER. Had an ambulance pull in one night with two passengers: one passed out from drink, and his slightly less-drunk friend who had a big chef's knife driven straight down through the top of his head. Still conscious, just felt an ache. The knife had gone between the hemispheres and done remarkably little damage. After the exam they let him go to sleep until a surgeon could get in to set up for taking it out.
Happy ending, until his friend- dumped in the other bed in the room- woke up, saw his friend, thought "What did I do?!?" and tried to take the knife out...
New blog(to me) with lots of gun & accessory tests
Average Joe's Handgun Reviews. Pistols, holsters, ammo, including a holster idea I'd not seen before, the Versa Carry. Interesting idea. The one drawback I really see(lots of arguments at the post) is having the pistol pressed against your side; in warm weather that means sweaty skin and either rust or the residue on/getting into the pistol; not as much a concern if you have a shirt or undershirt between it and your skin.
Looking through it, I found that somebody had the same idea I did about the Model M and carried it out:
Damn, that looks good.
By the way: any company out there who wants someone toplay withtry out your stuff, get hold of me(hey, Robb's not the only one who can ask... and I'm just looking for to- ah, stuff to try out, not a sponsorship...)
Looking through it, I found that somebody had the same idea I did about the Model M and carried it out:
Damn, that looks good.
By the way: any company out there who wants someone to
Well, I'd say another factor in this
is people have found out just what a racket the diamond racket is; and they're not willing to play along any more just because deBeers says "You should spend three months pay on your wedding ring."
These folks have some hurricane prep tips; looks like good information.
Hey, dumbass: despite the words and actions of a bunch of PC-at-any-price idiots WE do not go by sharia; your ass is there because you attempted mass murder. Also, attacking the guards is going to get your dumb ass flattened, no matter what your religion; deal with it.
AG Holder stacks the Justice Department with left-wing squirrels; this is my shocked face...
Globular Warmenists hardest hit.
So Officer Harless has even MORE of a record of acting like a badge-heavy jackass; if the Canton PD doesn't do something serious about this clown, we'll know they don't really care about those silly things like professionalism and civil rights and such.
Jeez, there's a lot out there today. And I've got laundry and such to do. Plus, a front came through and it's actually kind of nice outside, so see you later.
These folks have some hurricane prep tips; looks like good information.
Hey, dumbass: despite the words and actions of a bunch of PC-at-any-price idiots WE do not go by sharia; your ass is there because you attempted mass murder. Also, attacking the guards is going to get your dumb ass flattened, no matter what your religion; deal with it.
AG Holder stacks the Justice Department with left-wing squirrels; this is my shocked face...
Climate models will have to be revised, confirms CERN in supporting literature (pdf):It may be too strong to say that this finding rubbishes previous climate models that didn’t take cosmic ray effects into account. But not by a whole lot, since the models don’t account for cosmic rays. One thing is for sure: Humanity cannot do a thing about cosmic rays or their influence on the atmosphere.
“[I]t is clear that the treatment of aerosol formation in climate models will need to be substantially revised, since all models assume that nucleation is caused by these vapours [sulphuric acid and ammonia] and water alone.
Globular Warmenists hardest hit.
So Officer Harless has even MORE of a record of acting like a badge-heavy jackass; if the Canton PD doesn't do something serious about this clown, we'll know they don't really care about those silly things like professionalism and civil rights and such.
Jeez, there's a lot out there today. And I've got laundry and such to do. Plus, a front came through and it's actually kind of nice outside, so see you later.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
God-damn. Holder has no problem running guns into Mexico,
but he has a real problem with guitar makers who aren't actually breaking the law.
“The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department’s interpretation of a law in India. (If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.) This action was taken without the support and consent of the government in India.”
I repeat: God-damn. Voter intimidation by the Black Panthers? Throw the case out. Working with BATFEIEIO to run guns to Mexico and get a bunch of people killed? No problem, just try to cover it up. And he's got time for this shit?
“The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department’s interpretation of a law in India. (If the same wood from the same tree was finished by Indian workers, the material would be legal.) This action was taken without the support and consent of the government in India.”
I repeat: God-damn. Voter intimidation by the Black Panthers? Throw the case out. Working with BATFEIEIO to run guns to Mexico and get a bunch of people killed? No problem, just try to cover it up. And he's got time for this shit?
First, the idiots working for United need to get some brain cells;
Policeman: "Sir, were you looking at a book of airplanes?"
Me: "Yes sir I was. I'm a musician for money, but for fun I study old aircraft and build models of them, and the book I was reading was of Polish Aircraft from 1946."
Policeman: "Would you please go get that book so that i can see it?"
...
After a couple of minutes he says, "Why, this is all Snoopy Red Baron stuff..."
Me: "Yes sir, actually the triplane you see is Italian, from 1921 a little after World War 1...."
Policeman: "No problem here then, you can go on back on to the plane, sorry to inconvenience you....and have a nice flight."
An hour delay because the crew panicked over a friggin' aviation history book... Second, Mr. Vance needs to drop the 'racial' crap.
I can't help thinking that the people who wigged out over the VA quake the other day would go nuts if they spent a day in Lawton with no warning: when the redlegs at Fort Sill start firing some of the big stuff, you can hear and feel it all over town.
Speaking of quakes,
“A couple of things keep me up at night,” Paul Stockton, the Defense Department’s senior homeland security official, told the Aspen Security Forum last month. A quake, like the one simulated in National Level Exercise 11, is chief among the sleep-takers. “It’s so much bigger than anything we’ve faced — way beyond Hurricane Katrina.”
National Level Exercise 11, or NLE 11, was, in essence, a replay of a disaster that happened 200 years earlier. On Dec. 16, 1811, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit the New Madrid fault line, which lies on the border region of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. It’s by far the largest earthquake ever to strike the United States east of the Rockies.
They're calling it 7.7; stuff I've read in the past put it as 8.something; don't know if they've just revised, or if there's some real disagreement on it.
Damn. That's kind of hard to see.
Contrast the above with that miserable little shit Alex Baldwin. Who isn't fit to clean up Hawkeye's crap.
Hmmm... I think I'd go with the UtiliKilt; the traditional is a bit warm for this time of year.
Me: "Yes sir I was. I'm a musician for money, but for fun I study old aircraft and build models of them, and the book I was reading was of Polish Aircraft from 1946."
Policeman: "Would you please go get that book so that i can see it?"
...
After a couple of minutes he says, "Why, this is all Snoopy Red Baron stuff..."
Me: "Yes sir, actually the triplane you see is Italian, from 1921 a little after World War 1...."
Policeman: "No problem here then, you can go on back on to the plane, sorry to inconvenience you....and have a nice flight."
An hour delay because the crew panicked over a friggin' aviation history book... Second, Mr. Vance needs to drop the 'racial' crap.
I can't help thinking that the people who wigged out over the VA quake the other day would go nuts if they spent a day in Lawton with no warning: when the redlegs at Fort Sill start firing some of the big stuff, you can hear and feel it all over town.
Speaking of quakes,
“A couple of things keep me up at night,” Paul Stockton, the Defense Department’s senior homeland security official, told the Aspen Security Forum last month. A quake, like the one simulated in National Level Exercise 11, is chief among the sleep-takers. “It’s so much bigger than anything we’ve faced — way beyond Hurricane Katrina.”
National Level Exercise 11, or NLE 11, was, in essence, a replay of a disaster that happened 200 years earlier. On Dec. 16, 1811, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit the New Madrid fault line, which lies on the border region of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. It’s by far the largest earthquake ever to strike the United States east of the Rockies.
They're calling it 7.7; stuff I've read in the past put it as 8.something; don't know if they've just revised, or if there's some real disagreement on it.
Damn. That's kind of hard to see.
Contrast the above with that miserable little shit Alex Baldwin. Who isn't fit to clean up Hawkeye's crap.
Hmmm... I think I'd go with the UtiliKilt; the traditional is a bit warm for this time of year.
Althouse has a link to a sink of PC anti-man attitude
that posts a question. Said question by itself tells you what kind of idiots we're dealing with out there:
Leaving aside the insane notion that there should be anything more to “manliness” than either a) being able to produce human-ovum-fertilizing substances or else b) deciding that your genitals either are or ought to be male, what is there, exactly, that makes Rick Perry more “manly” than Bruce Springsteen, or Conan O’Brien, or the late Fred Rogers, or for that matter the female-bodied but impeccably masculine Sinclair Sexsmith?
Just effing wonderful, isn't it?
Leaving aside the insane notion that there should be anything more to “manliness” than either a) being able to produce human-ovum-fertilizing substances or else b) deciding that your genitals either are or ought to be male, what is there, exactly, that makes Rick Perry more “manly” than Bruce Springsteen, or Conan O’Brien, or the late Fred Rogers, or for that matter the female-bodied but impeccably masculine Sinclair Sexsmith?
Just effing wonderful, isn't it?
Well, it seems that Nanny Bloomberg doesn't have room for first responders, either,
at his 9/11 event. I'm going to borrow some words:
But now — understanding all of that — we read that New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not inviting First Responders to observe the tenth anniversary of this day of death and sacrifice, at Ground Zero.
And we read, also that Mayor Bloomberg’s guest list is empty of any clergy, as well.
There will be no prayers at his little shindig. Heaven, forbid.
Apparently, there’s just not enough room for all the First Responders who want to be there, because there are so many important people who must be there! They cannot be denied their photo-op, and their speechifying, and their postures and poses, even though most of them were not even in office on that dreadful day.
No, Michael Bloomberg’s Super Colossal, Low-Salt 9/11 Memorial and Networking Event is a big-ticket item for the the ones who can be tapped, later, for their money or their influence — the most important sorts of people.
And of course, some of the families of the dead will be allowed in. One does need them for the pictures, after all.
...
Bloomberg’s priorities are all wrong. He’s thinking like a Baron — or no, he’s not really thinking at all; he’s being pragmatic: mustn’t let the help get get too much recognition, get too full of themselves — they might start getting uppity and making demands on milords purse and time. Mustn’t let the damn clergy murmur their vulgar prayers, or next we’ll have tent-revivalists cluttering up the fairgrounds and making such spectacles of themselves.
The big crowds for New Years Eve, or for the big parades, are alright, he thinks, but this is not for the riff-raff. Let’s just keep the invite list confined to those who know how to dress and how to behave, and which fork to use, and when.
You know…all those consequential (and so very, very smart) people who — ten years into this — have not managed to fill the still-exposed, gaping holes in the downtown ground.
Added, now that I've calmed down some:
So, with whatever excuse, he refuses any clergy. Bad. Not inviting any of the cops and firemen and EMTs? Bloomberg, you're a fucking dirtbag. That's not a proper description, but it's the best I can do right now for a rancid sack of hypocritical shit like you.
Know what I'd like to see? Clergy of every description show up and dare the bastard to have them thrown out or arrested. With live streaming video. He'd claim they were 'desecrating the moment' or something, but considering he's been in charge while PC assholes have prevented rebuilding the buildings, fuck him.
But now — understanding all of that — we read that New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not inviting First Responders to observe the tenth anniversary of this day of death and sacrifice, at Ground Zero.
And we read, also that Mayor Bloomberg’s guest list is empty of any clergy, as well.
There will be no prayers at his little shindig. Heaven, forbid.
Apparently, there’s just not enough room for all the First Responders who want to be there, because there are so many important people who must be there! They cannot be denied their photo-op, and their speechifying, and their postures and poses, even though most of them were not even in office on that dreadful day.
No, Michael Bloomberg’s Super Colossal, Low-Salt 9/11 Memorial and Networking Event is a big-ticket item for the the ones who can be tapped, later, for their money or their influence — the most important sorts of people.
And of course, some of the families of the dead will be allowed in. One does need them for the pictures, after all.
...
Bloomberg’s priorities are all wrong. He’s thinking like a Baron — or no, he’s not really thinking at all; he’s being pragmatic: mustn’t let the help get get too much recognition, get too full of themselves — they might start getting uppity and making demands on milords purse and time. Mustn’t let the damn clergy murmur their vulgar prayers, or next we’ll have tent-revivalists cluttering up the fairgrounds and making such spectacles of themselves.
The big crowds for New Years Eve, or for the big parades, are alright, he thinks, but this is not for the riff-raff. Let’s just keep the invite list confined to those who know how to dress and how to behave, and which fork to use, and when.
You know…all those consequential (and so very, very smart) people who — ten years into this — have not managed to fill the still-exposed, gaping holes in the downtown ground.
Added, now that I've calmed down some:
So, with whatever excuse, he refuses any clergy. Bad. Not inviting any of the cops and firemen and EMTs? Bloomberg, you're a fucking dirtbag. That's not a proper description, but it's the best I can do right now for a rancid sack of hypocritical shit like you.
Know what I'd like to see? Clergy of every description show up and dare the bastard to have them thrown out or arrested. With live streaming video. He'd claim they were 'desecrating the moment' or something, but considering he's been in charge while PC assholes have prevented rebuilding the buildings, fuck him.
After listeninig to Sheriff Joe's latest effort in language use,
we need someone with better audio skills than I to create a new theme for him:
"M-I-C, K-E-Y,
B-I-D-E-Nnnnnnnn"
"M-I-C, K-E-Y,
B-I-D-E-Nnnnnnnn"
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
I could wish Perry was more willing to followup with
something like "Kiss my ass, I'm not backing down", but I guess that's a bit much to ask for.
I'd say it's a good illustration of the enemy, but we knew that already; it's also another illustration of 'scare the infidels and they'll do what you want'.
I'd say it's a good illustration of the enemy, but we knew that already; it's also another illustration of 'scare the infidels and they'll do what you want'.
Another part of the price we pay for illegal aliens running around
with zero consequence. For them, anyway.
A man charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter is an illegal alien who only a few weeks ago was arrested on another alcohol-related charge, officials say.
...
According to reports, Castillo was arrested July 30 after an off-duty Washington County deputy reported he was driving erratically.
Castillo was subsequently arrested by a Brenham police officer and charged with driving under the influence by a minor, a Class C misdemeanor.
He was released after posting bail.
Chief Deputy Mike Herzog said it’s doubtful that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were contacted about Castillo’s arrest and illegal alien status.
“At that time, ICE was only taking Class B and above (offenders),” Herzog said. “This was a Class C misdemeanor.”
And, of course, the bastard breaking the law in being here illegally isn't counted at fucking ALL...
A man charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter is an illegal alien who only a few weeks ago was arrested on another alcohol-related charge, officials say.
...
According to reports, Castillo was arrested July 30 after an off-duty Washington County deputy reported he was driving erratically.
Castillo was subsequently arrested by a Brenham police officer and charged with driving under the influence by a minor, a Class C misdemeanor.
He was released after posting bail.
Chief Deputy Mike Herzog said it’s doubtful that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were contacted about Castillo’s arrest and illegal alien status.
“At that time, ICE was only taking Class B and above (offenders),” Herzog said. “This was a Class C misdemeanor.”
And, of course, the bastard breaking the law in being here illegally isn't counted at fucking ALL...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
This is one of those people Obama and the 'immigration amnestyreform idiots
want to protect: people who commit the assaults and manslaughter that Americans don't.
Milford police arrested Guaman in 2008 on charges of assault and battery on a police officer and at least one public employee and of breaking and entering, according to the police and the Worcester district attorney’s office. The case was continued without a finding for one year. Police said he also faced a few minor traffic charges dating to 2007, but the district attorney’s office could not confirm that information.
1: Illegally here
2: Arrested
3: CONTINUED WITHOUT A FINDING??? are you fucking serious??
...
MILFORD - Nicolas Guaman, accused of dragging a motorcyclist for a quarter of a mile after a collision, showed not a flicker of emotion when police told him the motorcyclist was dead, a document filed in court yesterday showed.
Hey, why should he care? It was just some lousy gringo, and they don't count. Not even to the authorities, it seems, or they'd have done something about this piece of shit 'way back.
(yeah, I'm stealing Robb's meter, too)
Milford police arrested Guaman in 2008 on charges of assault and battery on a police officer and at least one public employee and of breaking and entering, according to the police and the Worcester district attorney’s office. The case was continued without a finding for one year. Police said he also faced a few minor traffic charges dating to 2007, but the district attorney’s office could not confirm that information.
1: Illegally here
2: Arrested
3: CONTINUED WITHOUT A FINDING??? are you fucking serious??
...
MILFORD - Nicolas Guaman, accused of dragging a motorcyclist for a quarter of a mile after a collision, showed not a flicker of emotion when police told him the motorcyclist was dead, a document filed in court yesterday showed.
Hey, why should he care? It was just some lousy gringo, and they don't count. Not even to the authorities, it seems, or they'd have done something about this piece of shit 'way back.
(yeah, I'm stealing Robb's meter, too)
I've always, far back as I can remember, been fascinated with weather
And one of the things I learned long ago what that forecasting it is almost as much art as science(still), and that(still) almost anything they tell you more than 48 hours ahead is pretty much guesswork.
Case in point: our current hurricane. Earlier the Weather Nerd had this post on it; just ran across this update on the possible tracks:
On balance, however, the 5pm advisory is arguably bad news. Yes, Irene has weakened, and yes, wind shear may keep her intensity down a bit, at least for a while. But there’s still a good chance she’ll get to major hurricane status as she approaches the coast. And meanwhile, the track forecast just got a little scarier.
A complicated business, of the most vital kind. One of the things I think a lot of the "We should go back to old ways" morons forget is that it wasn't that long ago that a storm like this would hit with, at best, a day or two of warning; and that only if people read the signs correctly.
Case in point: our current hurricane. Earlier the Weather Nerd had this post on it; just ran across this update on the possible tracks:
On balance, however, the 5pm advisory is arguably bad news. Yes, Irene has weakened, and yes, wind shear may keep her intensity down a bit, at least for a while. But there’s still a good chance she’ll get to major hurricane status as she approaches the coast. And meanwhile, the track forecast just got a little scarier.
Remember what I said about this morning’s “one fairly clear piece of good news,” that the nightmare scenario painted last night by Weather Channel hurricane expert Bryan Norcross — that Irene might start to “recurve” off to sea, but then its recurvature would stall, and it would temporarily shift course back to the “left” (i.e., north or north-northwest), possibly toward New Jersey or New York harbor — no longer appeared to be in play? Well, the NHC just dumped a bucket of cold water on that “good news”:
AFTER [2 TO 3 DAYS]… IRENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD AROUND THE ATLANTIC RIDGE. SEVERAL OF THE MODELS… INCLUDING THE GFS… ECMWF… HWRF… AND GFDL… SHOW A TURN BACK TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS APPEARS TO BE IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK TROUGH THAT MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES BEHIND THE HURRICANE. THE UPDATED TRACK FORECAST HAS BEEN SHIFTED EASTWARD AT 72 AND 96 HOURS BUT THE NEW 5-DAY POINT IS STILL ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GUIDANCE ENVELOPE… IN AGREEMENT WITH THE MODELS MENTIONED ABOVE.
A complicated business, of the most vital kind. One of the things I think a lot of the "We should go back to old ways" morons forget is that it wasn't that long ago that a storm like this would hit with, at best, a day or two of warning; and that only if people read the signs correctly.
Earthquake in Virginia
just a minute ago; possibly a whole bunch of vets all rolling over in their graves at once?
Well, let's see, I wonder if this group was inspired by Al Gore
too?
A package bomb that injured two professors at a university here this month is the latest in a string of attacks by a new terror group inspired by the Unabomber. Its violent actions have put campuses across Mexico on alert and caused nanotechnology researchers worldwide to take precautions with their mail.
I mentioned once before that someone should ask Carville why he's so unhappy with Louisiana's situation, since he wanted Obama in the White House and got his wish? Well, we're all looking at Obama's skyrocketing energy prices and Louisiana is one of the states taking primary hits on jobs because of it:
Ten oil rigs have left the Gulf of Mexico since the Obama Administration imposed a moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in May 2010 and others could follow soon, a detailed July 2011 report from Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) office shows.
...The rigs have left the Gulf for locations in Egypt, Congo, French Guiana, Liberia, Nigeria and Brazil.(Remember Obama giving Brazil billions of our money to help them do the kind of drilling he opposes here?)
It gets worse.
Several of the remaining rigs could be relocating soon, according to the report. These include the Paul Romano, the Ocean Monarch and the Saratoga. Moreover, eight other rigs that were planned for the Gulf have been detoured away, Don Briggs, President of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA), points out.
“When you have companies that would be spending hundreds of millions of dollars, or some cases, billions of dollars, they need certainty,” Briggs explained. “We don’t have that now and I don’t expect that we will anytime soon. We will be in a deteriorating position until this changes.”
If I were at an embassy, and I looked out at this kind of demonstration, I'd be warning the people back home to get ready for war. Because these people intend to kill every Jew. Everywhere. Starting with Israel.
What? The PRC is not our friend? Really?
If you live in Florida or elsewhere along the possible strike zones, I hope you're prepping, just in case.
And that's it this morning; I'm just not feeling it. And I'm tired and have some crap to take care of anyway.[/morning bitch]
A package bomb that injured two professors at a university here this month is the latest in a string of attacks by a new terror group inspired by the Unabomber. Its violent actions have put campuses across Mexico on alert and caused nanotechnology researchers worldwide to take precautions with their mail.
I mentioned once before that someone should ask Carville why he's so unhappy with Louisiana's situation, since he wanted Obama in the White House and got his wish? Well, we're all looking at Obama's skyrocketing energy prices and Louisiana is one of the states taking primary hits on jobs because of it:
Ten oil rigs have left the Gulf of Mexico since the Obama Administration imposed a moratorium on deepwater oil and gas drilling in May 2010 and others could follow soon, a detailed July 2011 report from Sen. David Vitter’s (R-La.) office shows.
...The rigs have left the Gulf for locations in Egypt, Congo, French Guiana, Liberia, Nigeria and Brazil.(Remember Obama giving Brazil billions of our money to help them do the kind of drilling he opposes here?)
It gets worse.
Several of the remaining rigs could be relocating soon, according to the report. These include the Paul Romano, the Ocean Monarch and the Saratoga. Moreover, eight other rigs that were planned for the Gulf have been detoured away, Don Briggs, President of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA), points out.
“When you have companies that would be spending hundreds of millions of dollars, or some cases, billions of dollars, they need certainty,” Briggs explained. “We don’t have that now and I don’t expect that we will anytime soon. We will be in a deteriorating position until this changes.”
If I were at an embassy, and I looked out at this kind of demonstration, I'd be warning the people back home to get ready for war. Because these people intend to kill every Jew. Everywhere. Starting with Israel.
What? The PRC is not our friend? Really?
If you live in Florida or elsewhere along the possible strike zones, I hope you're prepping, just in case.
And that's it this morning; I'm just not feeling it. And I'm tired and have some crap to take care of anyway.[/morning bitch]
Monday, August 22, 2011
Never forget, this is what the CSGV and Joyce Foundation and Brady group
want here:
The weapons were held legally by registered gun owners, but police intelligence revealed 20 had "connections to family or associates who were persons of interest to the Acer Taskforce team".
Officers simultaneously hit 21 properties at 8am to ensure the licence holders were complying with all conditions.
"Complying with all conditions." Which doesn't matter, because they planned to seize-hell, call it what it is- steal this property when they set out.
"Had connections to family or associates". Which could mean someone you know down the street, or at work, or at a club.
Any excuse works for stealing your property because the almighty Government doesn't like you having it.
And, since you're an honest citizen and registered your guns, they know you've got them. And what they are.
The weapons were held legally by registered gun owners, but police intelligence revealed 20 had "connections to family or associates who were persons of interest to the Acer Taskforce team".
Officers simultaneously hit 21 properties at 8am to ensure the licence holders were complying with all conditions.
"Complying with all conditions." Which doesn't matter, because they planned to seize-hell, call it what it is- steal this property when they set out.
"Had connections to family or associates". Which could mean someone you know down the street, or at work, or at a club.
Any excuse works for stealing your property because the almighty Government doesn't like you having it.
And, since you're an honest citizen and registered your guns, they know you've got them. And what they are.
Ok, this one really IS in Britain
In a sane world, no one would dream of building power sources whose cost is 22 times greater than that of vastly more efficient competitors. But the Government feels compelled to do just this because it sees it as the only way to meet our commitment to the EU that within nine years Britain must generate nearly a third of its electricity from “renewable” sources, six times more than we do at present. Madness is far too polite a word. –-Christopher Booker, The Sunday Telegraph, 21 August 2011
This WUWT post is all links to Brit news sources on just how idiotic the windfarm mess is. Scary as hell.
This WUWT post is all links to Brit news sources on just how idiotic the windfarm mess is. Scary as hell.
A fine example of selective enforcement
PC law enforcement: as in, if you're a protected species you can commit assault and nothing happens to you
Originally thought was in Britain, it's in Toronto; how I missed that, I don't know
Originally thought was in Britain, it's in Toronto; how I missed that, I don't know
Grease test, first results
After posting on this grease, I did some thinking about what might be the fastest way to test for some result I could actually identify, as opposed to "It feels slippery" or something, and had an idea: use this
This being my Ciener .22 conversion for my compact 1911. I picked this up a few years back and it’s been great. Does have its quirks, main one being that the only ammo I’ve used that will always(barring a light load) cycle the action has been the Remington Golden Bullet bulk-pack. Federal 36-grain HP bulk-pack will feed perfectly, so will Centurion 40-grain solids, but- especially the first round or two, when magazine spring pressure is highest- it wasn’t unusual to have the slide only partially cycle; sometimes ejecting the empty but not going far enough back to pick up the next round, sometimes not ejecting the empty. Did this consistently, whatever lube I used not seeming to make any difference(I’ve been using Tetra grease on the .45 rails, and tried it and Strike Hold and Corrosion X on the conversion slide rails) So, I thought, I’ll thoroughly clean all the previous lube off the thing and lube it with this SFL-0 grease, then try it with some different ammo and see if any difference in operation.
So I wiped all the lube off I could, then used brake cleaner to flush the slide as clean as possible, then(starting with clean rails on the 1911 frame) put a dab of Lubriplate in each slide rail and on the disconnecter and hammer-cocking areas, then worked the slide back & forth to distribute it evenly.
Second idea: the Hi Standard Sport King .22
Same problem, the Federal consistently failed to fully cycle the slide(not every round by any means, but almost always a couple of times in each magazine, sometimes more)*. So prepped it the same way. And this morning hit the range.
Results:
With the conversion, surprisingly good. I put eight magazines through it of Federal(ten rounds each) and three of Centurion; no failures to cycle with Centurion and a grand total of two with the Federal 36-grain: one when it failed to chamber the second round(first mag), one midway through the fourth magazine. I was very pleasantly surprised.
With the Hi Standard, similar results: fewer failures to cycle with these two brands.
Looked the rails over after got home, and it appears the grease stayed right where it was supposed to, no sign of it traveling anywhere it shouldn't. This is a very light grease so I'd wondered about that, but so far no problem. I'll note had lubed the .45 rails with it and it's been carried some in this upper 90's-100's weather, and no sign of the stuff flowing out of place. And it didn't appear any dirtier than the other stuff I've tried.
The .38 revolver I lubed with it functioned very smoothly, but it always has. The only way I can think to test this would be to have some kind of scale to register how many pounds to cycle the action: test it with oil or Tetra or whatever, then scrub and relube with this stuff and try it again. Maybe someday I'll get ambitious enough to build a test rig for this.
The results on the .22's are promising. I'll try them again over time, see if get similar results.
I mentioned in the first post that you can only get the small(14oz.) can of the SFL-0 from Lubriplate. If you live in a area that stays pretty hot you might want a somewhat thicker stuff; I found the SFL-1 grease in 14oz cartridges at Amazon, cost + shipping is slightly less than the can of -0.
*I've tried some other brands/loads over time in both. A few had a different-enough bullet shape that the Hi Standard mags- as-is- wouldn't feed them properly; others had the same 'not enough oomph' problem. And no, can't remember all of them offhand. I'll note that the HS is pretty picky about what it feeds, and since had some that did work reliably didn't want to screw with the magazine lips.
This being my Ciener .22 conversion for my compact 1911. I picked this up a few years back and it’s been great. Does have its quirks, main one being that the only ammo I’ve used that will always(barring a light load) cycle the action has been the Remington Golden Bullet bulk-pack. Federal 36-grain HP bulk-pack will feed perfectly, so will Centurion 40-grain solids, but- especially the first round or two, when magazine spring pressure is highest- it wasn’t unusual to have the slide only partially cycle; sometimes ejecting the empty but not going far enough back to pick up the next round, sometimes not ejecting the empty. Did this consistently, whatever lube I used not seeming to make any difference(I’ve been using Tetra grease on the .45 rails, and tried it and Strike Hold and Corrosion X on the conversion slide rails) So, I thought, I’ll thoroughly clean all the previous lube off the thing and lube it with this SFL-0 grease, then try it with some different ammo and see if any difference in operation.
So I wiped all the lube off I could, then used brake cleaner to flush the slide as clean as possible, then(starting with clean rails on the 1911 frame) put a dab of Lubriplate in each slide rail and on the disconnecter and hammer-cocking areas, then worked the slide back & forth to distribute it evenly.
Second idea: the Hi Standard Sport King .22
Same problem, the Federal consistently failed to fully cycle the slide(not every round by any means, but almost always a couple of times in each magazine, sometimes more)*. So prepped it the same way. And this morning hit the range.
Results:
With the conversion, surprisingly good. I put eight magazines through it of Federal(ten rounds each) and three of Centurion; no failures to cycle with Centurion and a grand total of two with the Federal 36-grain: one when it failed to chamber the second round(first mag), one midway through the fourth magazine. I was very pleasantly surprised.
With the Hi Standard, similar results: fewer failures to cycle with these two brands.
Looked the rails over after got home, and it appears the grease stayed right where it was supposed to, no sign of it traveling anywhere it shouldn't. This is a very light grease so I'd wondered about that, but so far no problem. I'll note had lubed the .45 rails with it and it's been carried some in this upper 90's-100's weather, and no sign of the stuff flowing out of place. And it didn't appear any dirtier than the other stuff I've tried.
The .38 revolver I lubed with it functioned very smoothly, but it always has. The only way I can think to test this would be to have some kind of scale to register how many pounds to cycle the action: test it with oil or Tetra or whatever, then scrub and relube with this stuff and try it again. Maybe someday I'll get ambitious enough to build a test rig for this.
The results on the .22's are promising. I'll try them again over time, see if get similar results.
I mentioned in the first post that you can only get the small(14oz.) can of the SFL-0 from Lubriplate. If you live in a area that stays pretty hot you might want a somewhat thicker stuff; I found the SFL-1 grease in 14oz cartridges at Amazon, cost + shipping is slightly less than the can of -0.
*I've tried some other brands/loads over time in both. A few had a different-enough bullet shape that the Hi Standard mags- as-is- wouldn't feed them properly; others had the same 'not enough oomph' problem. And no, can't remember all of them offhand. I'll note that the HS is pretty picky about what it feeds, and since had some that did work reliably didn't want to screw with the magazine lips.
Among the reasons psychiatry is falling further into disrepute
with many:
Controversy has erupted over a Baltimore conference this week organized by B4UAct.org, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization described by the Daily Caller as “a group of pro-pedophile mental health professionals and sympathetic activists.” The Aug. 17 conference was aimed at de-stigmatizing pedophila and especially at removing pedophilia from the list of mental disorders in the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual.
News to B4UAct and the APA: if you clowns are thinking that wanting to screw children is NOT a mental disorder...
Controversy has erupted over a Baltimore conference this week organized by B4UAct.org, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization described by the Daily Caller as “a group of pro-pedophile mental health professionals and sympathetic activists.” The Aug. 17 conference was aimed at de-stigmatizing pedophila and especially at removing pedophilia from the list of mental disorders in the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual.
News to B4UAct and the APA: if you clowns are thinking that wanting to screw children is NOT a mental disorder...
Well, there was a Taser involved,
but I don't think you can blame it for the death.
As paramedics were transporting the man to the hospital, they discovered a baggie with a foreign substance inside lodged in his throat. 37 year old Montaleto McKissick was pronounced dead at Presbyterian Hospital. "I really don't want to speculate on what it was. We'll know that soon enough and hopefully by tomorrow morning I'll be able to tell you guys with some certainty what that was. But I do know that there was certainly a plastic baggie that contained a substance that was blocking this person's airway," said Stewart.
I do have to wonder, was the substance foreign to the baggie, or... I know, I'm weird, tell me something I don't know.
As paramedics were transporting the man to the hospital, they discovered a baggie with a foreign substance inside lodged in his throat. 37 year old Montaleto McKissick was pronounced dead at Presbyterian Hospital. "I really don't want to speculate on what it was. We'll know that soon enough and hopefully by tomorrow morning I'll be able to tell you guys with some certainty what that was. But I do know that there was certainly a plastic baggie that contained a substance that was blocking this person's airway," said Stewart.
I do have to wonder, was the substance foreign to the baggie, or... I know, I'm weird, tell me something I don't know.
So DHS has all the actual terrorist threats under control
so they have time to pull crap like this:
Donald Jack Phillis, left with brain damage following a 2002 beating during a robbery in Oklahoma City was frustrated because his VA appointed payee was late in making his payments for rent and phone use. He attempted to call the VA in Muskogee and received four voice mails. On the 5th call, he reached a woman and muttered about his constitutional rights, then said, "What am I supposed to do? Go to Ziggy Z's and buy an anarchist cookbook?"
That's all. He didn't threaten to kill anyone. He didn't make any threats about a bomb. But it wasn't long before two Homeland Security agents accompanied by five Oklahoma City police officers were at his apartment door. He was cited with two misdemeanors, making a terroristic threat and harassing the VA. In late July, he went to Oklahoma City federal court where a magistrate decided the charges should be dismissed. But, Phillis is under a Homeland Security threat that should he ever again call the VA, he will go to prison.
I'll further note that unless they had some damn good reason to need those five OCPD officers, there was probably something useful they could have been doing instead of providing muscle and a show for the DHS clowns.
I won't speak for the moment of the idiot at the VA office who decided to call in the guy as a 'terroristic threatener' in the first place.
Donald Jack Phillis, left with brain damage following a 2002 beating during a robbery in Oklahoma City was frustrated because his VA appointed payee was late in making his payments for rent and phone use. He attempted to call the VA in Muskogee and received four voice mails. On the 5th call, he reached a woman and muttered about his constitutional rights, then said, "What am I supposed to do? Go to Ziggy Z's and buy an anarchist cookbook?"
That's all. He didn't threaten to kill anyone. He didn't make any threats about a bomb. But it wasn't long before two Homeland Security agents accompanied by five Oklahoma City police officers were at his apartment door. He was cited with two misdemeanors, making a terroristic threat and harassing the VA. In late July, he went to Oklahoma City federal court where a magistrate decided the charges should be dismissed. But, Phillis is under a Homeland Security threat that should he ever again call the VA, he will go to prison.
I'll further note that unless they had some damn good reason to need those five OCPD officers, there was probably something useful they could have been doing instead of providing muscle and a show for the DHS clowns.
I won't speak for the moment of the idiot at the VA office who decided to call in the guy as a 'terroristic threatener' in the first place.
There's a town called Grandfield in southwest OK
that just set a new record: 87 consecutive days of 100 degrees or higher.
This summer has kinda sucked, weather-wise.
This summer has kinda sucked, weather-wise.
Non-electric lighting
Some good information at Survival Blog. Some stuff on making lamps, lantern info and such.
Also, a prep list for hurricane country. I'll note that some of this stuff would work very well as general 'start of the season' prep for spring and winter storm seasons in much of the country.
Also, a prep list for hurricane country. I'll note that some of this stuff would work very well as general 'start of the season' prep for spring and winter storm seasons in much of the country.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
In the continuing low-level hostilities between the Army,
Marines and Navy...
I know I posted on Al Gore getting, ah, 'overly excited' a few days back, but I just ran across a place I'd not seen before where his screaming is taken apart, bit by bit.
Just in case you didn't know, Al Sharpton is a lying, racist, Jew-hating piece of shit.
Mark Steyn takes on Bill Clinton, Obama on the idiocy that's grown to surround the Oval Office placeholder and some of the idiotic overreach and lack of thought by many federal agencies and employees:
“I’ll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.”
This will be grand news to Schylar Capo, eleven years old, of Virginia, who made the mistake of rescuing a woodpecker from the jaws of a cat and nursing him back to health for a couple of days, and for her pains, was visited by a federal Fish & Wildlife gauleiter (with accompanying state troopers) who charged her with illegal transportation of a protected species and issued her a $535 fine. If the federal child-abuser has that much time on his hands, he should have charged the cat, who was illegally transporting the protected species from his gullet to his intestine.
Something on Gunwalker and the socialists in our government:
And it is here that we return to the fundamental inalienable right: the right to self-defense. Those who acknowledge no such right also universally oppose the implementation of that right or the means by which it might be implemented. In short, they do not recognize the Second Amendment and oppose private ownership of firearms. The only legitimate use of force they recognize is that of the state, and that wielded by groups of “the people” acting in support of their policies, groups who will fill campaign coffers or at least reliably vote for them, groups such as unions or even criminals.
The anti-gun beliefs of Mr. Obama and Mr. Holder are well-known and extensively documented. And as Hans A. von Spakovsky and J. Christian Adams have recently documented, the Holder DOJ is feverishly working to pack the Justice Department with lawyers who certainly share their beliefs in this and every other transformational socialist endeavor.
The lives of the individuals harmed by Gunwalker mean nothing to statists, for they recognize no right to self-defense, inalienable or man-bestowed. If they recognize no such right, each human life has only that value the state is willing to recognize at any given moment. The lives of the Mexican law enforcement officers and civilians are worth nothing to the Obama administration, which hid Gunwalker not only from Mexican authorities but from ATF agents in Mexico.
And now the Obama administration has revealed its assessment of the value of the life of a Border Patrol officer: Zero. Agent Terry is of no value, for the crime was committed not against him, but the state, which in its wisdom and mercy is far more concerned with protecting feckless bureaucrats and politicians than American citizens.
Think that's a bit strong? Remember the words of ATF supervisor Voth: "If you are going to make an omelet, you need to scramble some eggs." And eggs are cheap, of little value.
On the subject of critters, some people just want to die.
What? Actual scientists who don't go with the 'consensus' on AGW? Wow!
The other day I posted that question on Facebook:
"If you think you have a right to force me to pay for your health care, then why don't you have a right to force me to pick your cotton?"
Couple of people brought up roads, informed me that gov-controlled healthcare is 'moral and good', etc., but they did not even try to answer the question. It's like they don't like giving the answer or something...
I know I posted on Al Gore getting, ah, 'overly excited' a few days back, but I just ran across a place I'd not seen before where his screaming is taken apart, bit by bit.
Just in case you didn't know, Al Sharpton is a lying, racist, Jew-hating piece of shit.
Mark Steyn takes on Bill Clinton, Obama on the idiocy that's grown to surround the Oval Office placeholder and some of the idiotic overreach and lack of thought by many federal agencies and employees:
“I’ll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.”
This will be grand news to Schylar Capo, eleven years old, of Virginia, who made the mistake of rescuing a woodpecker from the jaws of a cat and nursing him back to health for a couple of days, and for her pains, was visited by a federal Fish & Wildlife gauleiter (with accompanying state troopers) who charged her with illegal transportation of a protected species and issued her a $535 fine. If the federal child-abuser has that much time on his hands, he should have charged the cat, who was illegally transporting the protected species from his gullet to his intestine.
Something on Gunwalker and the socialists in our government:
And it is here that we return to the fundamental inalienable right: the right to self-defense. Those who acknowledge no such right also universally oppose the implementation of that right or the means by which it might be implemented. In short, they do not recognize the Second Amendment and oppose private ownership of firearms. The only legitimate use of force they recognize is that of the state, and that wielded by groups of “the people” acting in support of their policies, groups who will fill campaign coffers or at least reliably vote for them, groups such as unions or even criminals.
The anti-gun beliefs of Mr. Obama and Mr. Holder are well-known and extensively documented. And as Hans A. von Spakovsky and J. Christian Adams have recently documented, the Holder DOJ is feverishly working to pack the Justice Department with lawyers who certainly share their beliefs in this and every other transformational socialist endeavor.
The lives of the individuals harmed by Gunwalker mean nothing to statists, for they recognize no right to self-defense, inalienable or man-bestowed. If they recognize no such right, each human life has only that value the state is willing to recognize at any given moment. The lives of the Mexican law enforcement officers and civilians are worth nothing to the Obama administration, which hid Gunwalker not only from Mexican authorities but from ATF agents in Mexico.
And now the Obama administration has revealed its assessment of the value of the life of a Border Patrol officer: Zero. Agent Terry is of no value, for the crime was committed not against him, but the state, which in its wisdom and mercy is far more concerned with protecting feckless bureaucrats and politicians than American citizens.
Think that's a bit strong? Remember the words of ATF supervisor Voth: "If you are going to make an omelet, you need to scramble some eggs." And eggs are cheap, of little value.
On the subject of critters, some people just want to die.
What? Actual scientists who don't go with the 'consensus' on AGW? Wow!
The other day I posted that question on Facebook:
"If you think you have a right to force me to pay for your health care, then why don't you have a right to force me to pick your cotton?"
Couple of people brought up roads, informed me that gov-controlled healthcare is 'moral and good', etc., but they did not even try to answer the question. It's like they don't like giving the answer or something...
Confederate Yankee has some more information on the Erik Scott killing
"If you think you have a right to force me to pay for your health care,
then why don't you have a right to force me to pick your cotton?"
A most excellent question, indeed!
And from the site of the one who asked,
Did take the liberty of modifying your sentiment for use as a tag line on several forums, to wit-
“You have the right to force me to pay for the feeding, clothing, housing, education, and medical treatment of yourself and your children when i have the RIGHT TO FORCE YOU TO PICK MY COTTON.” After which I quote Section 1 of the 13th Amendment.
A most excellent question, indeed!
And from the site of the one who asked,
Did take the liberty of modifying your sentiment for use as a tag line on several forums, to wit-
“You have the right to force me to pay for the feeding, clothing, housing, education, and medical treatment of yourself and your children when i have the RIGHT TO FORCE YOU TO PICK MY COTTON.” After which I quote Section 1 of the 13th Amendment.
A moment of realization
I’m going to have to admit to a certain bit of dumbassery here. Couple of days ago I was listening to something on radio while doing laundry, and they made some mention of Obama’s past associations making him a bad person to be calling other people terrorists and hostage-takers and such, which made me think of his good friends Ayers and Dohrn. And for some reason that brought up the thought someone expressed long ago that ‘the difference between them and us is we mostly just want to be left alone’.
Know that feeling when something really hits you? I mean, you knew it before, intellectually, but you didn’t really KNOW it inside, and then that realization hits you, almost like being punched in the gut?
THEY CANNOT LEAVE US ALONE. Not that they choose not to, they CAN’T. They really are the True Believers, and if they leave us alone we won’t do what they’ve decided is best for us. Or, to put it more properly, what they’ve decided is best for the world, and those of us who won’t go along, well,
“You will be reeducated into the proper way of thinking, or we will kill you.”
THAT is their true belief of what needs to be done. And so they cannot leave us- or anyone else- alone. Not in our private lives, not in our food, not in our political beliefs, how we raise children or pets or anything else. They have to control what we own, how we use it, when and how much we use it. They have to control what we say lest we say something unapproved, they have to control what goes in books lest we read or write something improper, they have to change our records of history so they can control, as much as they can, our past(“We’re going to have to make sacrifices, we’re going to have to change our conversation, we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history and we’re going to have to move to a different place.”). Because our past isn't what they want it to have been, and if we actually pay attention to it we won't get the lessons they WANT us to.
Same as when I fully realized what the 'gun control' movement wanted: scared hell out of me, and then pissed me off bigtime.
Yeah, I should have known this down in my gut before; I do now.
Know that feeling when something really hits you? I mean, you knew it before, intellectually, but you didn’t really KNOW it inside, and then that realization hits you, almost like being punched in the gut?
THEY CANNOT LEAVE US ALONE. Not that they choose not to, they CAN’T. They really are the True Believers, and if they leave us alone we won’t do what they’ve decided is best for us. Or, to put it more properly, what they’ve decided is best for the world, and those of us who won’t go along, well,
“You will be reeducated into the proper way of thinking, or we will kill you.”
THAT is their true belief of what needs to be done. And so they cannot leave us- or anyone else- alone. Not in our private lives, not in our food, not in our political beliefs, how we raise children or pets or anything else. They have to control what we own, how we use it, when and how much we use it. They have to control what we say lest we say something unapproved, they have to control what goes in books lest we read or write something improper, they have to change our records of history so they can control, as much as they can, our past(“We’re going to have to make sacrifices, we’re going to have to change our conversation, we’re going to have to change our traditions, our history and we’re going to have to move to a different place.”). Because our past isn't what they want it to have been, and if we actually pay attention to it we won't get the lessons they WANT us to.
Same as when I fully realized what the 'gun control' movement wanted: scared hell out of me, and then pissed me off bigtime.
Yeah, I should have known this down in my gut before; I do now.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
But it's freaking IMPOSSIBLE! Britain is Brady Paradise!
and the peasants aren't allowed to have handguns!
Police have released dramatic video of yobs shooting at unarmed police on the ground and in a hovering helicopter during the height of the riots.
An attempted murder investigation has been launched after 11 shots were fired as police as they tried to control the disorder in the Birmingham suburb of Newtown late on August 9.
Police have released dramatic video of yobs shooting at unarmed police on the ground and in a hovering helicopter during the height of the riots.
An attempted murder investigation has been launched after 11 shots were fired as police as they tried to control the disorder in the Birmingham suburb of Newtown late on August 9.
Friday, August 19, 2011
A site you may or may not like,
but some interesting stuff either way: the subjects are dating and game, men and women. And some opinions on related technology:
If you are a man who would willingly sign up for a service that allows your girlfriend to follow your every movement, please go to the nearest woodchipper and surrender your testicles for mulch. They are no longer being used by you.
If you are a man who would willingly sign up for a service that allows your girlfriend to follow your every movement, please go to the nearest woodchipper and surrender your testicles for mulch. They are no longer being used by you.
Jose Guerena's family files suit
Last week, Arizona attorney Chris Scileppi filed notice of a $20 million lawsuit against Pima County, Ariz., on behalf of Guerena's family. The lawsuit provides a good opportunity to look back at what has happened since since the morning of May 5.
A review of the case and some more information, including
Michael Storie, attorney for the SWAT team and the Pima County police union, told the media that police found a "portion of a law-enforcement uniform" in Jose Guerena's home, suggesting Guerena was part of a home invasion crew that disguised themselves as police officers. Police reports released by the sheriff's department confirm the item to which Storie was referring was a Border Patrol baseball cap.
Storie also charges that Guerena had a past drug history, except.
The arrest appears to have resulted from little more than Guerena getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. There wasn't enough evidence to charge any of the men with a crime; all three were released, and their records were cleared. There's no indication that anyone "flipped" to give information leading to other arrests.
Even Storie concedes the police didn't have enough evidence against Guerena -- and didn't find evidence in his home during the raid -- to charge him with a crime. The question remains as to why the Pima County Sheriff's Department found it necessary to send a SWAT team to serve its search warrant for the Guerena residence in the first place.
Yeah, that is a damned important question
A review of the case and some more information, including
Michael Storie, attorney for the SWAT team and the Pima County police union, told the media that police found a "portion of a law-enforcement uniform" in Jose Guerena's home, suggesting Guerena was part of a home invasion crew that disguised themselves as police officers. Police reports released by the sheriff's department confirm the item to which Storie was referring was a Border Patrol baseball cap.
Storie also charges that Guerena had a past drug history, except.
The arrest appears to have resulted from little more than Guerena getting caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. There wasn't enough evidence to charge any of the men with a crime; all three were released, and their records were cleared. There's no indication that anyone "flipped" to give information leading to other arrests.
Even Storie concedes the police didn't have enough evidence against Guerena -- and didn't find evidence in his home during the raid -- to charge him with a crime. The question remains as to why the Pima County Sheriff's Department found it necessary to send a SWAT team to serve its search warrant for the Guerena residence in the first place.
Yeah, that is a damned important question
About those 'non-promotion promotions' of Gunwalker bigshots in ATF,
I asked ATF whistleblower Vince Cefalu what he thought of the promotions, and whether or not it was standard practice to promote ATF officials after a catastrophic operational failure. I even asked if he had heard of another instance where a federal law enforcement officer or manager was promoted after leading an operation that lost firearms which were subsequently used in the shootings of multiple federal agents.
His responses (via email) were as cutting as you might expect from a loyal agent recently fired by the Obama administration for attempting to clean up entrenched corruption:
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) was infuriated when he heard that the Gunwalker conspirators were being protectively cloaked for their apparent crimes on behalf of the administration. Is the Department of Justice attempting to impose omertà so that these key figures don’t testify about what they know of those who authorized Operation Fast and Furious?
I don't think they have to 'impose omertà ' on these clowns, as they're very aware of what they're facing as the truth comes out and don't want to talk. At all. Melson's the same, I fear, he made his private appointment with investigators to try and cover his ass, but apparently his talking has the Administration pissed:
Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich took aim at Acting ATF Director Ken Melson, stating that Melson knew of Operation Fast and Furious almost from the beginning. Melson previously claimed he only found out about the walking of guns after the program was shut down.
So a bunch of the conspirators have their knives out for each other, and Issa and Grassley and the other investigators aren't backing off.
Also at PJM(link found at Sipsey), some thoughts on what most of the major media has no desire to cover(after all, they're journalists, not reporters):
Twenty-two years later, we are contemplating whether a sitting and all-too-real American president can claim plausible deniability for Operation Fast and Furious, Operation Castaway, and two unnamed but alleged operations in Texas that make up the Gunwalker scandal, which threatens to bring down the administration of Barack Obama.
...
Initially, the Obama administration attempted to scapegoat acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson. When that failed, they colluded with the Washington Post and later possibly the New York Times on attempted character assassinations of Congressman Darrell Issa. Issa, along with Senator Charles Grassley, is leading the charge to investigate the scandal.
...
All of these evolving disclosures are increasing the pressure on administration officials such as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, both of whom simply must have known of the operations considering the high-level collaboration between multiple agencies under their control.
Which leads to President Obama: how is it possible that the White House was not aware of Fast and Furious while it was occurring? We now know the following:
The #2 man in the ATF, Acting Deputy Director William Hoover, tried to shut Operation Fast and Furious down in March of 2010 but was rebuffed.
Officials with the Justice Department and ATF tried to evade Senator Grassley’s attempts to discover where the guns came from.
A National Security Council (NSC) operative in the White House named Kevin O’Reilly was in direct contact with Bill Newell, the agent in charge of the operation. (Are we to believe that the benign emails released between the two men were their only Gunwalker conversations, and that O’Reilly wasn’t briefing the National Security Council or the president?)
The U.S. attorney involved in Fast And Furious, Dennis Burke, is a long-time Napolitano ally and was her chief of staff while she was governor from 2003-2008. Burke is also on the attorney general’s Advisory Committee border and immigration law enforcement subcommittee. He recently opposed a routine filing by murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s family, in a move that appears designed to protect him in criminal and civil trials regarding Gunwalker.
Emails reveal that every law enforcement director in DOJ was briefed on Operation Fast and Furious. All have been silent on the allegations except the scapegoated Melson and the DEA administrator, who surfaced long enough to deny that her agency was involved in the criminal actions.
The Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Treasury were involved (State and CIA have allegedly had roles in the operation, but these allegations have not been confirmed by evidence).
With this level of cooperation across at least three (Homeland Security, Justice, Treasury) departments and among at least eight directors, with long-term personal contacts between friends and political allies that have been fingered as key players in this scandal, and with the president’s own words and deeds regarding his radical views towards gun rights in this country, is it rational to believe the president and his closest advisers had nothing to do with this murderous plot?
His responses (via email) were as cutting as you might expect from a loyal agent recently fired by the Obama administration for attempting to clean up entrenched corruption:
First: why did they leave out FF ASAC George Gillette? He is one of the most corrupt and culpable guys in that operation. He was transferred to HQ as the liaison to the U.S. Marshals, which is normally a GS (General Schedule) 13 or 14 job. He is filling it as a GS 15?
None of the other three were actually promoted.
They were all placed in protected positions which shields them from public view. The assistant to the assistant director position was created under former Acting Director Mike Sullivan to shield corrupt and exposed managers so as to keep their grade and benefits.
No other law enforcement organization would make any of these moves while a congressional and OIG investigation was still ongoing. They should be in admin positions or on the beach [suspended], since potential criminal charges loom until they are cleared.
McMahon in charge of IA [Internal Affairs, a more common functional name for Office of Professional Responsibility and Security Operations]. S***, that’s like putting [Charles] Manson in charge of sharp objects.
IA has long been the Gestapo arm of our corrupt leadership, and now the very man who allowed Fast and Furious to continue is in charge?
This is appalling.
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) was infuriated when he heard that the Gunwalker conspirators were being protectively cloaked for their apparent crimes on behalf of the administration. Is the Department of Justice attempting to impose omertà so that these key figures don’t testify about what they know of those who authorized Operation Fast and Furious?
I don't think they have to 'impose omertà ' on these clowns, as they're very aware of what they're facing as the truth comes out and don't want to talk. At all. Melson's the same, I fear, he made his private appointment with investigators to try and cover his ass, but apparently his talking has the Administration pissed:
Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich took aim at Acting ATF Director Ken Melson, stating that Melson knew of Operation Fast and Furious almost from the beginning. Melson previously claimed he only found out about the walking of guns after the program was shut down.
So a bunch of the conspirators have their knives out for each other, and Issa and Grassley and the other investigators aren't backing off.
Also at PJM(link found at Sipsey), some thoughts on what most of the major media has no desire to cover(after all, they're journalists, not reporters):
Twenty-two years later, we are contemplating whether a sitting and all-too-real American president can claim plausible deniability for Operation Fast and Furious, Operation Castaway, and two unnamed but alleged operations in Texas that make up the Gunwalker scandal, which threatens to bring down the administration of Barack Obama.
...
Initially, the Obama administration attempted to scapegoat acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson. When that failed, they colluded with the Washington Post and later possibly the New York Times on attempted character assassinations of Congressman Darrell Issa. Issa, along with Senator Charles Grassley, is leading the charge to investigate the scandal.
...
All of these evolving disclosures are increasing the pressure on administration officials such as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, both of whom simply must have known of the operations considering the high-level collaboration between multiple agencies under their control.
Which leads to President Obama: how is it possible that the White House was not aware of Fast and Furious while it was occurring? We now know the following:
The #2 man in the ATF, Acting Deputy Director William Hoover, tried to shut Operation Fast and Furious down in March of 2010 but was rebuffed.
Officials with the Justice Department and ATF tried to evade Senator Grassley’s attempts to discover where the guns came from.
A National Security Council (NSC) operative in the White House named Kevin O’Reilly was in direct contact with Bill Newell, the agent in charge of the operation. (Are we to believe that the benign emails released between the two men were their only Gunwalker conversations, and that O’Reilly wasn’t briefing the National Security Council or the president?)
The U.S. attorney involved in Fast And Furious, Dennis Burke, is a long-time Napolitano ally and was her chief of staff while she was governor from 2003-2008. Burke is also on the attorney general’s Advisory Committee border and immigration law enforcement subcommittee. He recently opposed a routine filing by murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s family, in a move that appears designed to protect him in criminal and civil trials regarding Gunwalker.
Emails reveal that every law enforcement director in DOJ was briefed on Operation Fast and Furious. All have been silent on the allegations except the scapegoated Melson and the DEA administrator, who surfaced long enough to deny that her agency was involved in the criminal actions.
The Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Treasury were involved (State and CIA have allegedly had roles in the operation, but these allegations have not been confirmed by evidence).
With this level of cooperation across at least three (Homeland Security, Justice, Treasury) departments and among at least eight directors, with long-term personal contacts between friends and political allies that have been fingered as key players in this scandal, and with the president’s own words and deeds regarding his radical views towards gun rights in this country, is it rational to believe the president and his closest advisers had nothing to do with this murderous plot?
Thursday, August 18, 2011
And your favorite socialists and 'progressives' would have the same
crap happening here:
A 13-year-old boy has walked free from court after admitting smashing up a shop with a stolen golf club as his mother said the riots are because the government does "f*** all" for children.
...
His mother, sitting beside the boy's father, wiped tears from her eyes as the court was told she handed him in after seeing wanted photos of her son being circulated by Greater Manchester Police.
She is on benefits, does not live with the boy's father and has 10 other children, the court heard.
...
But the woman also suggested her son was not entirely at fault, when asked who she blamed for the looting.
''The government,'' she replied, her son by her side, adding: ''There is f*** all for them to do.''
The boy's father claimed his son suffered ''police brutality'' because his parents appeared to be under the impression when they took him to police on Friday he would be released before going to court.
Instead he was kept in police cells over the weekend.
The boy had been caught on CCTV during the trouble at Salford Precinct spraying a fire extinguisher around before pulling down metal shutters from a Cash Converters shop.
He then crawled inside and used a £100 golf club he had stolen to smash windows. The shop suffered £20,000 in damage.
A 13-year-old boy has walked free from court after admitting smashing up a shop with a stolen golf club as his mother said the riots are because the government does "f*** all" for children.
...
His mother, sitting beside the boy's father, wiped tears from her eyes as the court was told she handed him in after seeing wanted photos of her son being circulated by Greater Manchester Police.
She is on benefits, does not live with the boy's father and has 10 other children, the court heard.
...
But the woman also suggested her son was not entirely at fault, when asked who she blamed for the looting.
''The government,'' she replied, her son by her side, adding: ''There is f*** all for them to do.''
The boy's father claimed his son suffered ''police brutality'' because his parents appeared to be under the impression when they took him to police on Friday he would be released before going to court.
Instead he was kept in police cells over the weekend.
The boy had been caught on CCTV during the trouble at Salford Precinct spraying a fire extinguisher around before pulling down metal shutters from a Cash Converters shop.
He then crawled inside and used a £100 golf club he had stolen to smash windows. The shop suffered £20,000 in damage.
Starting today with 'Don't pay a fortune
for an AR15'. I wouldn't mind having one, but I'd like to try one in 7.62x39, probably(from listening to son) with a piston upper.
Phelps' opinion of the EPA and enviroweenies wanting to reduce power supplies:
Electricity is civilization. The people who want to limit electrical generation and ban the Edison bulb are enemies of civilization. These people refuse to stop meddling with the most basic of modern necessities — that when you flip the switch in your house, you get light. They want to reach into your living room, and change all the bulbs — and after that, they want to make it so that sometimes it doesn’t even work — so that you can breath .01% better air.
The response to Rep. Waters displaying her whining idiocy(again):
You have no clout. You gave it away. I mean, what are you gonna do? Call him a racist for ignoring you?
Tam also notes
When touring the shuttered factories and idled industrial plants of the heartland to bring hope and change to people whom you would like to vote for you, you shouldn't do it in a foreign-made RV. I cannot believe that this gaffe slipped right by all the 20lb brains on Barry's PR staff.
I can; they think they're the Great Shining Ones who work for The Lightworker and thus can do no wrong.
Tolkien’s Hobbits fought to resist power. Career politicians wallow in it. Too much power makes politicians hollow and disconnected. Lacking anything else, they cling to power until they drop dead. A defeatist mentality of emptiness. If you’re wealthy enough to retire but hold elected office until you die in old age; power has destroyed you.
Conservative Strom Thurmond and liberal Edward Kennedy are egregious examples. One died in office at age 100 after 47 years in office. The other at age 77 after 46 years in office. Virtual opposites in politics; yet they both clung to power until their dying breath.
Some thoughts from Malcolm on the mess in (fG)Britain:
The most amazing thing about the reaction of English MPs to last week’s terrible violence was how surprised they were. For a country whose criminal law is invariably sympathetic to offenders, nearly always harsh on their victims, and unwilling to pay for adequate policing the surprise is that they were surprised.
Two stories hitting English papers during June and July provide a glimpse of current British law in action.
On June 23 around midnight a masked gang broke down the back door of a home in Salford, in northwestern England. The householder, 59, his son and the son’s girl friend called the police and tried to defend the home and themselves. They managed to stab one of the gang who died of his wounds. When the police arrived they arrested the householder, his son and the son’s girlfriend on suspicion of attempted murder.
On July 11, a headline in The Sun read “Shopkeeper, 72, nicked after `stabbing to death robber.’” Mr. Coley’s Manchester flower shop was closed and he was playing dominoes with a friend when two masked men armed with guns broke in. In the struggle that followed, Mr. Coley’s friend was injured but Coley managed to stab one robber, who later died, while the other fled wounded. The Manchester police are holding Mr. Coley for attempted murder.
What cartridge for vampire? From the looks of him I think anything from 9mm to .45 will do just fine.
"You will use ethanol-contaminated fuel, AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!", basically.
Officials at the Renewable Fuels Association, representing the ethanol industry, said ethanol fuels can be safely used in old cars if owners adapt the fuel systems with new parts.
Association spokesman Matt Hartwig said the cost would "be minor in comparison to what (owners) would be willing to spend on the exterior of the car, for example."
Mr. Hatwig: fuck you, and your miserable little leech-on-the-taxpayer association. Never mind your 'adapt your older car' bullshit, what about the small engines this 15% mix will destroy? Or doesn't that matter to you so long as you can keep your subsidies going?
To Principal Dumbass and the local cops: I'll repeat her question, why the hell was this little bastard still running around loose?
The BATFEIEIO* is denying that Newell, McMahon and Voth were promoted; evidence to the contrary.
Yeah, VEEP Biden DID compare tea party people and conservatives to terrorists.
After hearing from the first source, the two POLITICO reporters on the story, Jonathan Allen and John Bresnahan, quickly confirmed Biden’s words with three other sources who were in the same room. They also contacted a fifth source, who confirmed the basic reporting. The original tip came in at about 1 p.m. Aug. 1, and POLITICO spent the next few hours in contact with the vice president’s office, which was aware of what the story was going to say and had been given several hours to respond by the time the story posted at 4 p.m.
“We sought a response from the vice president’s office and after our interaction with Biden’s office, we were confident our story was accurate,” Allen said.
Last, over at Seraphic Secret, two things: first, a bit on Judaism and self-defense.
Second, if you've not seen it before, his experiences during the '92 LA riots, which ended with
“After this is all over,” I vow, “I’m going to buy a pistol.”
Karen says: “How about a shotgun?”
*Thank you, Tam; you have no idea how much enjoyment that has given a lot of people
Phelps' opinion of the EPA and enviroweenies wanting to reduce power supplies:
Electricity is civilization. The people who want to limit electrical generation and ban the Edison bulb are enemies of civilization. These people refuse to stop meddling with the most basic of modern necessities — that when you flip the switch in your house, you get light. They want to reach into your living room, and change all the bulbs — and after that, they want to make it so that sometimes it doesn’t even work — so that you can breath .01% better air.
The response to Rep. Waters displaying her whining idiocy(again):
You have no clout. You gave it away. I mean, what are you gonna do? Call him a racist for ignoring you?
Tam also notes
When touring the shuttered factories and idled industrial plants of the heartland to bring hope and change to people whom you would like to vote for you, you shouldn't do it in a foreign-made RV. I cannot believe that this gaffe slipped right by all the 20lb brains on Barry's PR staff.
I can; they think they're the Great Shining Ones who work for The Lightworker and thus can do no wrong.
Tolkien’s Hobbits fought to resist power. Career politicians wallow in it. Too much power makes politicians hollow and disconnected. Lacking anything else, they cling to power until they drop dead. A defeatist mentality of emptiness. If you’re wealthy enough to retire but hold elected office until you die in old age; power has destroyed you.
Conservative Strom Thurmond and liberal Edward Kennedy are egregious examples. One died in office at age 100 after 47 years in office. The other at age 77 after 46 years in office. Virtual opposites in politics; yet they both clung to power until their dying breath.
Some thoughts from Malcolm on the mess in (fG)Britain:
The most amazing thing about the reaction of English MPs to last week’s terrible violence was how surprised they were. For a country whose criminal law is invariably sympathetic to offenders, nearly always harsh on their victims, and unwilling to pay for adequate policing the surprise is that they were surprised.
Two stories hitting English papers during June and July provide a glimpse of current British law in action.
On June 23 around midnight a masked gang broke down the back door of a home in Salford, in northwestern England. The householder, 59, his son and the son’s girl friend called the police and tried to defend the home and themselves. They managed to stab one of the gang who died of his wounds. When the police arrived they arrested the householder, his son and the son’s girlfriend on suspicion of attempted murder.
On July 11, a headline in The Sun read “Shopkeeper, 72, nicked after `stabbing to death robber.’” Mr. Coley’s Manchester flower shop was closed and he was playing dominoes with a friend when two masked men armed with guns broke in. In the struggle that followed, Mr. Coley’s friend was injured but Coley managed to stab one robber, who later died, while the other fled wounded. The Manchester police are holding Mr. Coley for attempted murder.
What cartridge for vampire? From the looks of him I think anything from 9mm to .45 will do just fine.
"You will use ethanol-contaminated fuel, AND YOU WILL LIKE IT!", basically.
Officials at the Renewable Fuels Association, representing the ethanol industry, said ethanol fuels can be safely used in old cars if owners adapt the fuel systems with new parts.
Association spokesman Matt Hartwig said the cost would "be minor in comparison to what (owners) would be willing to spend on the exterior of the car, for example."
Mr. Hatwig: fuck you, and your miserable little leech-on-the-taxpayer association. Never mind your 'adapt your older car' bullshit, what about the small engines this 15% mix will destroy? Or doesn't that matter to you so long as you can keep your subsidies going?
To Principal Dumbass and the local cops: I'll repeat her question, why the hell was this little bastard still running around loose?
The BATFEIEIO* is denying that Newell, McMahon and Voth were promoted; evidence to the contrary.
Yeah, VEEP Biden DID compare tea party people and conservatives to terrorists.
After hearing from the first source, the two POLITICO reporters on the story, Jonathan Allen and John Bresnahan, quickly confirmed Biden’s words with three other sources who were in the same room. They also contacted a fifth source, who confirmed the basic reporting. The original tip came in at about 1 p.m. Aug. 1, and POLITICO spent the next few hours in contact with the vice president’s office, which was aware of what the story was going to say and had been given several hours to respond by the time the story posted at 4 p.m.
“We sought a response from the vice president’s office and after our interaction with Biden’s office, we were confident our story was accurate,” Allen said.
Last, over at Seraphic Secret, two things: first, a bit on Judaism and self-defense.
Second, if you've not seen it before, his experiences during the '92 LA riots, which ended with
“After this is all over,” I vow, “I’m going to buy a pistol.”
Karen says: “How about a shotgun?”
*Thank you, Tam; you have no idea how much enjoyment that has given a lot of people
Well, that's a relief
Dad had an eye problem a while back, which led to a doctor visit, which led to another visit. Problem was a growth next to the eye that was determined to be basal cell carcinoma; which, if you're going to develop a cancer, seems to be the best of the lot as treatments have a very high cure rate.
Surgery was done this morning, and a pathologist checked and determined they got the whole thing. So, aside from the developing postop pain, he's feeling a lot better.
Surgery was done this morning, and a pathologist checked and determined they got the whole thing. So, aside from the developing postop pain, he's feeling a lot better.
I'll borrow Uncle's QOTD
“Burglars need to realize that if they don’t want to get shot, they shouldn’t be breaking into people’s homes,” said Titus County Sheriff Tim Ingram
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
I didn't know he had a blog!
Where he says things like
First, this is very clearly (to anyone who made it past 6th grade) a reference to Gen Anthony McAuliffe's laconic (oops, is that a Spartan reference?) response to German requests he surrender during the Battle of the Bulge, at Bastogne. I hardly expect any member of the press to either know basic history, nor have the care or intellect to ask someone for clarification. It's too much like work. Fortunately, the meaning is obvious to most Americans of normal intellect, and several commenters helpfully explained it.
and
You'll notice I'm admitting a bigotry toward idiots and reporters (Sorry for the redundancy).
First, this is very clearly (to anyone who made it past 6th grade) a reference to Gen Anthony McAuliffe's laconic (oops, is that a Spartan reference?) response to German requests he surrender during the Battle of the Bulge, at Bastogne. I hardly expect any member of the press to either know basic history, nor have the care or intellect to ask someone for clarification. It's too much like work. Fortunately, the meaning is obvious to most Americans of normal intellect, and several commenters helpfully explained it.
and
You'll notice I'm admitting a bigotry toward idiots and reporters (Sorry for the redundancy).
Looks like Issa and Grassley are holding to the
"No, we are NOT going to let you slip this crap by us" line; good on them.
That link is to a PDF of their letter to Holder, which basically says "We're very tired of this, we're not going away, and we ARE going to get answers."
In a very polite way, of course.
Found at Sipsey
That link is to a PDF of their letter to Holder, which basically says "We're very tired of this, we're not going away, and we ARE going to get answers."
In a very polite way, of course.
Found at Sipsey
My new project: grease test
A while back, while researching something else, I ran across this page on the subject of lubrication, and found mention of this stuff
There are good greases around, but- not being able to leave things alone- I did some digging and found a lot of people saying good things about this stuff. Bad thing is it's hard to get hold of, but I was able to get hold of a bit(the above is the can before I took some out); only place I could find it is to order directly from Lubriplate(if you're technically minded the MSDS and product data sheets are also available on their website).
This is going to be very subjective, as I don't have the equipment/background to properly test such. What I've done so far is take a revolver and a semi-auto(both recently fired), clean out all the old lubes as part of the cleaning process and re-lube with this stuff.
Just to try it everywhere, on the revolver I used it on the hammer pin and trigger pin, where I'd always used oil, as well as everything else. Reassembled, I can say the actions work very smoothly and it takes very little of the stuff to do the job('just enough' is the intention with any lube, generally). So I'll shoot these next time at the range, store them between shoots in a hot place and otherwise see if the stuff stays where it should, then open the revolver up and see how it looks inside. The semi-auto will get the same cleaning I usually do, which means fresh on the rails and such after each cleaning for the carry piece. I may take another pistol and clean & lube it, then just keep using it and see how the stuff holds up.
There are good greases around, but- not being able to leave things alone- I did some digging and found a lot of people saying good things about this stuff. Bad thing is it's hard to get hold of, but I was able to get hold of a bit(the above is the can before I took some out); only place I could find it is to order directly from Lubriplate(if you're technically minded the MSDS and product data sheets are also available on their website).
This is going to be very subjective, as I don't have the equipment/background to properly test such. What I've done so far is take a revolver and a semi-auto(both recently fired), clean out all the old lubes as part of the cleaning process and re-lube with this stuff.
Just to try it everywhere, on the revolver I used it on the hammer pin and trigger pin, where I'd always used oil, as well as everything else. Reassembled, I can say the actions work very smoothly and it takes very little of the stuff to do the job('just enough' is the intention with any lube, generally). So I'll shoot these next time at the range, store them between shoots in a hot place and otherwise see if the stuff stays where it should, then open the revolver up and see how it looks inside. The semi-auto will get the same cleaning I usually do, which means fresh on the rails and such after each cleaning for the carry piece. I may take another pistol and clean & lube it, then just keep using it and see how the stuff holds up.
Sergeant Dakota Meyer
For service as set forth in the following
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the repeated risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a member of Marine Embedded Training Team 2-8, Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on 8September 2009. When the forward element of his combat team began to be hit by intense fire from roughly 50 Taliban insurgents dug-in and concealed on the slopes above Ganjgal village, Corporal Meyer mounted a gun-truck, enlisted a fellow Marine to drive, and raced to attack the ambushers and aid the trapped Marines and Afghan soldiers. During a six hour fire fight, Corporal Meyer single-handedly turned the tide of the battle, saved 36 Marines and soldiers and recovered the bodies of his fallen brothers. Four separate times he fought the kilometer up into the heart of a deadly U-shaped ambush. During the fight he killed at least eight Taliban, personally evacuated 12 friendly wounded, and provided cover for another 24 Marines and soldiers to escape likely death at the hands of a numerically superior and determined foe. On his first foray his lone vehicle drew machine gun, mortar, rocket grenade and small arms fire while he rescued five wounded soldiers. His second attack disrupted the enemy’s ambush and he evacuated four more wounded Marines. Switching to another gun-truck because his was too damaged they again sped in for a third time, and as turret gunner killed several Taliban attackers at point blank range and suppressed enemy fire so 24 Marines and soldiers could break-out. Despite being wounded, he made a fourth attack with three others to search for missing team members. Nearly surrounded and under heavy fire he dismounted the vehicle and searched house to house to recover the bodies of his fallen team members. By his extraordinary heroism, presence of mind amidst chaos and death, and unselfish devotion to his comrades in the face of great danger, Corporal Meyer reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the repeated risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a member of Marine Embedded Training Team 2-8, Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on 8
September 2009. When the forward element of his combat team began to be hit by intense fire from roughly 50 Taliban insurgents dug-in and concealed on the slopes above Ganjgal village, Corporal Meyer mounted a gun-truck, enlisted a fellow Marine to drive, and raced to attack the ambushers and aid the trapped Marines and Afghan soldiers. During a six hour fire fight, Corporal Meyer single-handedly turned the tide of the battle, saved 36 Marines and soldiers and recovered the bodies of his fallen brothers. Four separate times he fought the kilometer up into the heart of a deadly U-shaped ambush. During the fight he killed at least eight Taliban, personally evacuated 12 friendly wounded, and provided cover for another 24 Marines and soldiers to escape likely death at the hands of a numerically superior and determined foe. On his first foray his lone vehicle drew machine gun, mortar, rocket grenade and small arms fire while he rescued five wounded soldiers. His second attack disrupted the enemy’s ambush and he evacuated four more wounded Marines. Switching to another gun-truck because his was too damaged they again sped in for a third time, and as turret gunner killed several Taliban attackers at point blank range and suppressed enemy fire so 24 Marines and soldiers could break-out. Despite being wounded, he made a fourth attack with three others to search for missing team members. Nearly surrounded and under heavy fire he dismounted the vehicle and searched house to house to recover the bodies of his fallen team members. By his extraordinary heroism, presence of mind amidst chaos and death, and unselfish devotion to his comrades in the face of great danger, Corporal Meyer reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
Attention: Everyone
Stop telling me how great Monster Hunter Alpha is; it'll be next month before I can buy the damn thing
And the trail of Gunwalker continues
here in the US:
Firearms illegally trafficked under the ATF’s Fast and Furious program turned up at the scenes of at least 11 “violent crimes” in this country in addition to being involved in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in southern Arizona last year, the Justice Department has acknowledged to Congress.
Although Justice did not provide any details about those crime scenes, it has been learned that the additional violent crimes occurred in cities such as Phoenix, where Operation Fast and Furious was managed, and as far away as El Paso, Texas, where a total of 42 Fast and Furious weapons were seized in two separate crimes.
And let's not forget that for taking part in this mess Newell and some others got promoted. Does make you wonder, was this to reward them, to get them to shut up or both?
And I wonder if we'll ever find out how much blood these clowns- and every official who took part in this- have on their hands?
Firearms illegally trafficked under the ATF’s Fast and Furious program turned up at the scenes of at least 11 “violent crimes” in this country in addition to being involved in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in southern Arizona last year, the Justice Department has acknowledged to Congress.
Although Justice did not provide any details about those crime scenes, it has been learned that the additional violent crimes occurred in cities such as Phoenix, where Operation Fast and Furious was managed, and as far away as El Paso, Texas, where a total of 42 Fast and Furious weapons were seized in two separate crimes.
And let's not forget that for taking part in this mess Newell and some others got promoted. Does make you wonder, was this to reward them, to get them to shut up or both?
And I wonder if we'll ever find out how much blood these clowns- and every official who took part in this- have on their hands?
I think, if I were honeymooning in the Seychelles
(or just vacationing) I might be careful in the water...
A BRITISH bridegroom was killed by a shark off an idyllic honeymoon island yesterday - as the horrified bride he wed 11 days ago looked on.
...
It was the second attack by a Bull shark in two weeks on Praslin Island in the Seychelles - 20 miles from where Prince William and wife Kate honeymooned.
...
A Seychelles tourism source said: "The latest bite marks are consistent with that of a Bull shark. It is probably the same rogue maneater."
Which does bring up: is there an official difference between a 'rogue' and one that's just discovered that humans are easier to catch than fish?
Ok, what is it with honeymooners and sharks all of a sudden? In this case, being on a surfboard in the same water as the seals the big sharks like to eat probably isn't the best idea you could have.
A BRITISH bridegroom was killed by a shark off an idyllic honeymoon island yesterday - as the horrified bride he wed 11 days ago looked on.
...
It was the second attack by a Bull shark in two weeks on Praslin Island in the Seychelles - 20 miles from where Prince William and wife Kate honeymooned.
...
A Seychelles tourism source said: "The latest bite marks are consistent with that of a Bull shark. It is probably the same rogue maneater."
Which does bring up: is there an official difference between a 'rogue' and one that's just discovered that humans are easier to catch than fish?
Ok, what is it with honeymooners and sharks all of a sudden? In this case, being on a surfboard in the same water as the seals the big sharks like to eat probably isn't the best idea you could have.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
One of the handiest things I've ever been given
Few years back, for my birthday, daughter gave me a magnet broom; similar to this, but only a foot wide and no wheels.
I have no idea how many small parts this thing has found after they were dropped/sprung away/otherwise left the table and vanished on the floor. It just found a trigger rebound slide spring that I had taken to the garage and rolled off the bench.
A very handy thing. If you work on stuff and don't have one, you might consider getting something like it.
I have no idea how many small parts this thing has found after they were dropped/sprung away/otherwise left the table and vanished on the floor. It just found a trigger rebound slide spring that I had taken to the garage and rolled off the bench.
A very handy thing. If you work on stuff and don't have one, you might consider getting something like it.
No, farmer Schipper, the country has not 'turned on you':
we're just tired of paying subsidies for crap so politicians can buy your vote.
And, from the same people who used to say if you weren't for ethanol you were a hater of Mom Gaia,
The concern over the global food crisis added new urgency to existing campaigns against the use of corn ethanol. Environmental groups had argued that its use offered no meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions – in part because of the vast use of energy and water in the ethanol conversion process.
As a food crop, corn is also far more damaging to the environment than other crops, such as soybeans, because it uses more pesticides and fertiliser.
"The research is very clear by now. Turning corn into ethanol is not environmentally sound," said Bill Freese of the Centre for Food Safety. "It's really an environmental disaster."
And, from the same people who used to say if you weren't for ethanol you were a hater of Mom Gaia,
The concern over the global food crisis added new urgency to existing campaigns against the use of corn ethanol. Environmental groups had argued that its use offered no meaningful reduction in greenhouse gas emissions – in part because of the vast use of energy and water in the ethanol conversion process.
As a food crop, corn is also far more damaging to the environment than other crops, such as soybeans, because it uses more pesticides and fertiliser.
"The research is very clear by now. Turning corn into ethanol is not environmentally sound," said Bill Freese of the Centre for Food Safety. "It's really an environmental disaster."
Monday, August 15, 2011
Manuals and such
Some of these sites have previously been listed by others, but after I looked at one a little earlier I decided it wouldn't hurt to list all such sites I know of. There'll be some duplication from others posts, but can't hurt
Benelli manuals
Steve's pages: owner's manuals, Army field manuals, parts lists, LOTS of stuff
The Lee-Enfield Rifle
Speaking of which, how to wrap a pull-throughAlso, the Lee-Enfield Training Rifles
Nicolaus Assoc. 'free stuff' page; information on the Garand, M14/M1A, and other rifles
Unblinking Eye gun pages: information pages on lots of domestic & foreign-made handguns
Captech International, obsolete and hard-to-find cartridge cases
Russian Mosin Nagant, including some information on foreign variants
Olive-Drab, lots on US weapons and equipment
Dragunov.net, the Dragunov sniper and some variants
Sniper Country; what do you think it's about?j
7.62x54r.net, just about everything on the Mosin
Fr. Frog's Pad; firearm & firearm related stuff, including a page on homemade cleaners & lubes
Varmint Al; a whole bunch of stuff, including making tri/bipods, tuning, and a nice mini-lathe page
The Home Gunsmith. The gentleman died earlier this year, but the page is still up. Just knowing that viewing the site probably pisses the Brit government off is enough to make it worth looking at.
M1 Garand serial # and stock cartouche list
The CMP Home Page. Sales of firearms, parts, accessories, ammo. Also tech information, how-to, and if you go to 'rifle sales' and click on the M1 Carbine tab, several articles on ammunition, shooting tips and such.
Swiss Rifles.Com; just about everything you want or need to know about them
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Marstar Canada: assembly/disassembly for a bunch of pistols
That's it for now, as I've got some stuff to take care of and my eyes are crossing. If you know of a good site, let me know and I'll add it.
Benelli manuals
Steve's pages: owner's manuals, Army field manuals, parts lists, LOTS of stuff
The Lee-Enfield Rifle
Speaking of which, how to wrap a pull-throughAlso, the Lee-Enfield Training Rifles
Nicolaus Assoc. 'free stuff' page; information on the Garand, M14/M1A, and other rifles
Unblinking Eye gun pages: information pages on lots of domestic & foreign-made handguns
Captech International, obsolete and hard-to-find cartridge cases
Russian Mosin Nagant, including some information on foreign variants
Olive-Drab, lots on US weapons and equipment
Dragunov.net, the Dragunov sniper and some variants
Sniper Country; what do you think it's about?j
7.62x54r.net, just about everything on the Mosin
Fr. Frog's Pad; firearm & firearm related stuff, including a page on homemade cleaners & lubes
Varmint Al; a whole bunch of stuff, including making tri/bipods, tuning, and a nice mini-lathe page
The Home Gunsmith. The gentleman died earlier this year, but the page is still up. Just knowing that viewing the site probably pisses the Brit government off is enough to make it worth looking at.
M1 Garand serial # and stock cartouche list
The CMP Home Page. Sales of firearms, parts, accessories, ammo. Also tech information, how-to, and if you go to 'rifle sales' and click on the M1 Carbine tab, several articles on ammunition, shooting tips and such.
Swiss Rifles.Com; just about everything you want or need to know about them
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Marstar Canada: assembly/disassembly for a bunch of pistols
That's it for now, as I've got some stuff to take care of and my eyes are crossing. If you know of a good site, let me know and I'll add it.
So the next time someone starts the "Warren Buffett says rich people
aren't taxed enough!" crap, bring up some of this. Here's one of my favorites:
Did you know that the life insurance lobby is actively lobbying to restore the estate tax?
Why would the life insurance industry care about that? It turns out that ten percent of life insurance industry revenue is related to the estate tax. Wealthy people take out life insurance in order to reduce estate taxes because when you die, your life insurance payout doesn't count as part of your estate.
Did you know that Warren Buffett owns six life insurance companies? Did you know he supports the estate tax? You do now.
Warren Buffett isn't just noted as an owner of life insurance companies and a supporter of the estate tax. He's also noted as a buyer of family businesses. As Dick Patten shows, these two business strategies support each other.
Did you know that the life insurance lobby is actively lobbying to restore the estate tax?
Why would the life insurance industry care about that? It turns out that ten percent of life insurance industry revenue is related to the estate tax. Wealthy people take out life insurance in order to reduce estate taxes because when you die, your life insurance payout doesn't count as part of your estate.
Did you know that Warren Buffett owns six life insurance companies? Did you know he supports the estate tax? You do now.
Warren Buffett isn't just noted as an owner of life insurance companies and a supporter of the estate tax. He's also noted as a buyer of family businesses. As Dick Patten shows, these two business strategies support each other.
Couple of notes from (fG)Britain
First, it's supposed to be IMPOSSIBLE! for this to happen; such arms are banned from all but the government!
Second, a flat horrible multiple murder; no guns involved, so apparently(according to some) that makes it not as bad.
And unrelated to the above, but I want to post it before I lose it,
I note that the Federal government managed to put together a raid on an organic food outfit that sells only to selected customers who know precisely what they are buying, and dumped 800 gallons of raw milk that no one claimed was contaminated: but it wasn’t licensed. Your Deficit Dollars at work. We had to borrow money from the Chinese to protect you from that raw milk and all those vegetables.
Second, a flat horrible multiple murder; no guns involved, so apparently(according to some) that makes it not as bad.
And unrelated to the above, but I want to post it before I lose it,
I note that the Federal government managed to put together a raid on an organic food outfit that sells only to selected customers who know precisely what they are buying, and dumped 800 gallons of raw milk that no one claimed was contaminated: but it wasn’t licensed. Your Deficit Dollars at work. We had to borrow money from the Chinese to protect you from that raw milk and all those vegetables.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Isn't it wonderful what the left has planned
for September?
The term “Day(s) of Rage” is the product of Chicago’s Weathermen, led by Obama workmate Bill Ayers and cohabitants.
This Day of Rage speaks of non-violence, yet plays up the violent terrorism of the current rioting proceeding in Great Britain. It is eschewed by a disclaimer put up since this article first posted, but it is featured, pronounced, highlighted, and utilized on the Europeanrevolution.net site. It’s kind of like “good cop, bad cop,” only played by the robbers.
And arsonists and vandals.
The term “Day(s) of Rage” is the product of Chicago’s Weathermen, led by Obama workmate Bill Ayers and cohabitants.
This Day of Rage speaks of non-violence, yet plays up the violent terrorism of the current rioting proceeding in Great Britain. It is eschewed by a disclaimer put up since this article first posted, but it is featured, pronounced, highlighted, and utilized on the Europeanrevolution.net site. It’s kind of like “good cop, bad cop,” only played by the robbers.
And arsonists and vandals.
Especially on the bike, I get nervous when I see a vehicle in front of me
run over something that bounces. Or skids. After seeing this
I'm even nervouser
Found at that somewhat unsocialized Irishmans place
I'm even nervouser
Found at that somewhat unsocialized Irishmans place
"President Obama’s approval ratings are so low
now, Kenyans are accusing him of being born
in the United States ....”
in the United States ....”
Rough terrain
Sondra pointed to this story: Boy Scout got separated from his group and lost, but did some right things and is fine. Brought a couple of things to mind.
I've heard people express amazement that someone could actually get really lost in Oklahoma; for some reason they think it's all rolling hills. Well, depending on where you are we've got some actual sandy desert, dry rocky hills(worn down over ages from mountains), grassland and in the east/southeast some of the nastiest forested hill country you'll run into. Also some pretty swampy areas, and did you know we have alligators?
In 1977 three Girl Scouts were murdered at a camp in northeast OK; there was a suspect, but through a combination of terrain, him knowing how to live in the woods and a lot of Indians suspected of giving at least passive help("I haven't seen anything") trying to catch him was a first-class cast-iron bitch. At one point they found a little cave where he'd been hiding for a while, and a bunch of media weenies started demanding to see it and "Why didn't you find this before?" So they drove them to the nearest point a road came to it and led them through the hot, humid, stickery, mosquito/chigger/tick-infested woods(we'll ignore the snakes for now*) to the place. After which one reporter(who was from OK and should've know better, but apparently had never actually been in the woods or looked around) asked "How the hell can you find ANYTHING out here?"
Yes, they caught him. No, it wasn't a good ending. If you're interested, here's a book that covers it.
The other was back when the son was in Civil Air Patrol. A plane went down in southeast OK, and CAP was involved in the search. Which went on for something like two-three weeks. His unit was next in rotation to go and help out when they found it.
Take what I mentioned about northeast OK forest above; now add in hills and valleys and streams with lots of very steep slopes and dropoffs. Let me put it this way: as you drive along you'll see a sign indicating a curve and saying '25MPH' or something similar; you'd damn well better pay attention, because on the far side of that guard rail may well be 50, some places about 100 feet before you hit the rocks, and you may well be under trees that prevent your remains from being seen from the road. Someone reports a hole in a guard rail, the sheriff's office goes out to see just what hit the ground down there and call the proper people to pull it out if they can.
How'd they find it? One of the search planes caught a flash through some trees. He circled back and got ground observers to mark the spot as best they could, then the ground teams went in. This was a twin-engine plane, but between breaking up on impact and being covered by the trees, if he hadn't seen that flash there's no telling how long it would've taken to find it.
That's not Utah, that's just southeast OK. Roads all over, but people do get lost there, regularly. And with terrain like that, sometimes you don't know a storm's coming until it comes over the ridge and hits you(been there). Try making your way downhill when the slope is covered with loose rock, under leaves, and it's all wet from the fog that just kind of appeared when the cold front came through; it's downright nasty.
You don't have to get hurt, or dead, and you won't if you have some idea what to do and don't forget it. I guarantee that scoutmasters and others all over will be using every detail of this kids' story they can get to point this out to the kids.
*Ignore them because that crew was making enough noise to run them all off.
Just to add to the fun, the biggest copperhead I've ever seen (the scaly type, not the Democrat type) was right here in Oklahoma City, in a drainage ditch near some apartments.
I've heard people express amazement that someone could actually get really lost in Oklahoma; for some reason they think it's all rolling hills. Well, depending on where you are we've got some actual sandy desert, dry rocky hills(worn down over ages from mountains), grassland and in the east/southeast some of the nastiest forested hill country you'll run into. Also some pretty swampy areas, and did you know we have alligators?
In 1977 three Girl Scouts were murdered at a camp in northeast OK; there was a suspect, but through a combination of terrain, him knowing how to live in the woods and a lot of Indians suspected of giving at least passive help("I haven't seen anything") trying to catch him was a first-class cast-iron bitch. At one point they found a little cave where he'd been hiding for a while, and a bunch of media weenies started demanding to see it and "Why didn't you find this before?" So they drove them to the nearest point a road came to it and led them through the hot, humid, stickery, mosquito/chigger/tick-infested woods(we'll ignore the snakes for now*) to the place. After which one reporter(who was from OK and should've know better, but apparently had never actually been in the woods or looked around) asked "How the hell can you find ANYTHING out here?"
Yes, they caught him. No, it wasn't a good ending. If you're interested, here's a book that covers it.
The other was back when the son was in Civil Air Patrol. A plane went down in southeast OK, and CAP was involved in the search. Which went on for something like two-three weeks. His unit was next in rotation to go and help out when they found it.
Take what I mentioned about northeast OK forest above; now add in hills and valleys and streams with lots of very steep slopes and dropoffs. Let me put it this way: as you drive along you'll see a sign indicating a curve and saying '25MPH' or something similar; you'd damn well better pay attention, because on the far side of that guard rail may well be 50, some places about 100 feet before you hit the rocks, and you may well be under trees that prevent your remains from being seen from the road. Someone reports a hole in a guard rail, the sheriff's office goes out to see just what hit the ground down there and call the proper people to pull it out if they can.
How'd they find it? One of the search planes caught a flash through some trees. He circled back and got ground observers to mark the spot as best they could, then the ground teams went in. This was a twin-engine plane, but between breaking up on impact and being covered by the trees, if he hadn't seen that flash there's no telling how long it would've taken to find it.
That's not Utah, that's just southeast OK. Roads all over, but people do get lost there, regularly. And with terrain like that, sometimes you don't know a storm's coming until it comes over the ridge and hits you(been there). Try making your way downhill when the slope is covered with loose rock, under leaves, and it's all wet from the fog that just kind of appeared when the cold front came through; it's downright nasty.
You don't have to get hurt, or dead, and you won't if you have some idea what to do and don't forget it. I guarantee that scoutmasters and others all over will be using every detail of this kids' story they can get to point this out to the kids.
*Ignore them because that crew was making enough noise to run them all off.
Just to add to the fun, the biggest copperhead I've ever seen (the scaly type, not the Democrat type) was right here in Oklahoma City, in a drainage ditch near some apartments.
Quotes of the Day
The trouble with "letting the Police do their job" is that in the precise spot in which you happen to live, or used to live, their job probably won't start, if it ever does start, for about a week. In the meantime, letting the Police do their job means letting the damn looters and arsonists do their job, without anyone laying a finger on them, laying a finger on them being illegal. This is a doomed policy. If most people are compelled by law to be only neutral bystanders in a war between themselves and barbarism, barbarism wins. The right to, at the very least, forceful self defence must now be insisted upon. The Police, as we advocates of the don't-disarm-the-victims-of-crime policy have been pointing out for decades, can't be everywhere. They cannot instantaneously attend every crime, and magically prevent it. Only the potential or actual victims of crime can sometimes immediately prevent or immediately punish crime, provided only that they are not forbidden to.
and
I recall reading about a yob who stole something from a street stall in Nigeria, many years ago. He was promptly set upon by a mob, of stallholders and their customers, and beaten up. Are you civilised? It depends which side your mobs are on. All our mobs, except the little mobs that are the Police, are anti-civilisation.
and
I recall reading about a yob who stole something from a street stall in Nigeria, many years ago. He was promptly set upon by a mob, of stallholders and their customers, and beaten up. Are you civilised? It depends which side your mobs are on. All our mobs, except the little mobs that are the Police, are anti-civilisation.
Assuming you could get the Presidents' terrorist friends
Ayers and Dohrn to talk, I wonder what they might know about this?
In 1975, “we” (President Gerald Ford, under Henry Kissinger’s influence) allowed foreign branches and subsidiaries of U.S. companies to trade freely with Cuba and persuaded the Organization of American States to lift its sanctions.
Result: Castro started his African invasion and tried to assassinate Ford. You read right. On March 19, the Los Angeles Times ran the headline “Cuban Link to Death Plot Probed.” Both Republican candidates of the day, President Ford and Ronald Reagan, were to be taken out during the Republican National Convention. The Emiliano Zapata Unit, a Bay area radical group linked to the Weather Underground, would make the hits.
In 1975, “we” (President Gerald Ford, under Henry Kissinger’s influence) allowed foreign branches and subsidiaries of U.S. companies to trade freely with Cuba and persuaded the Organization of American States to lift its sanctions.
Result: Castro started his African invasion and tried to assassinate Ford. You read right. On March 19, the Los Angeles Times ran the headline “Cuban Link to Death Plot Probed.” Both Republican candidates of the day, President Ford and Ronald Reagan, were to be taken out during the Republican National Convention. The Emiliano Zapata Unit, a Bay area radical group linked to the Weather Underground, would make the hits.
Insty notes the government WANTS you on the terrorist suspect list
So it would seem:
SO THE OTHER DAY I HAD A STORY ABOUT THE FBI TREATING “PREPPERS” AS POTENTIAL TERRORISTS, and then when I was in the car yesterday I heard a PSA from the Department of Homeland Security pitching . . . disaster preparedness via its Ready.gov site. So if you do what Homeland Security recommends, the FBI will wonder if you’re a terrorist. Sweet.
I just took at look at the government site, and let's see... buying stuff like MREs or match containers and masks 'in bulk'(whatever the hell that really means to them) makes you suspicious, yet on their site where it recommends a kit,
Food, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both
Flashlight and extra batteries
First aid kit
Whistle to signal for help
Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place
Infant formula and diapers(if you have a baby or two and 'stock up'...)
From the original 'You should report possible terrorists to us' list:
Weatherproofed ammunition or match containers
Meals Ready to Eat
Night Vision Devices; night flashlights; gas masks
So. You've got a family so you buy half-a-dozen match safes, a case or two of MREs, you grab a bunch of spare batteries for thel ights and hey! if a dust mask is good a couple of these gas masks couldn't hurt! and Presto!! You're on the Feeb Terrorist Watch list for having followed their suggestions!
You have to wonder if some of the weenies in on this are deliberately trying to make a self-perpetuating list of 'possible terrorists' so they can either justify their existence or create more possible 'enemies', or both.
SO THE OTHER DAY I HAD A STORY ABOUT THE FBI TREATING “PREPPERS” AS POTENTIAL TERRORISTS, and then when I was in the car yesterday I heard a PSA from the Department of Homeland Security pitching . . . disaster preparedness via its Ready.gov site. So if you do what Homeland Security recommends, the FBI will wonder if you’re a terrorist. Sweet.
I just took at look at the government site, and let's see... buying stuff like MREs or match containers and masks 'in bulk'(whatever the hell that really means to them) makes you suspicious, yet on their site where it recommends a kit,
Food, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food
Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both
Flashlight and extra batteries
First aid kit
Whistle to signal for help
Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place
Infant formula and diapers(if you have a baby or two and 'stock up'...)
From the original 'You should report possible terrorists to us' list:
Weatherproofed ammunition or match containers
Meals Ready to Eat
Night Vision Devices; night flashlights; gas masks
So. You've got a family so you buy half-a-dozen match safes, a case or two of MREs, you grab a bunch of spare batteries for thel ights and hey! if a dust mask is good a couple of these gas masks couldn't hurt! and Presto!! You're on the Feeb Terrorist Watch list for having followed their suggestions!
You have to wonder if some of the weenies in on this are deliberately trying to make a self-perpetuating list of 'possible terrorists' so they can either justify their existence or create more possible 'enemies', or both.
Various people keep telling me 'the science is settled' and
'all SERIOUS scientists agree' and so forth; so why do these people not want all the data examined?
This week four groups, whose boards represent a distinctly liberal worldview and who oppose scrutiny of taxpayer-funded science by academics, asked the University of Virginia to disregard its agreement before the court with American Tradition Institute to provide the records of former climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, which belong to the public. The groups, led by the far-left Union of Concerned Scientists, sent a letter to University president Teresa Sullivan on Tuesday complaining the agreement gives ATI’s in-house lawyers “needless access” to documents its Environmental Law Center requested, and the agreement “threatens the principles of academic freedom protecting scholarly research.”
There's an amount of 'those nasty liberals!' here, but the base information is disgusting from people who talk about 'scholarly research' and 'academic freedom'. One of the basic requirements of science is that experiments have to be repeatable by others than the one who originally did it, and the information has to be released for review; not just by some selected group but- unless something like actual security needs are involved- any interested party, which includes the general public. This "These people don't need to see all the research, all the data" crap stinks of coverup.
Which would fit right in with a lot of Mann, supporters, wouldn't it?
This week four groups, whose boards represent a distinctly liberal worldview and who oppose scrutiny of taxpayer-funded science by academics, asked the University of Virginia to disregard its agreement before the court with American Tradition Institute to provide the records of former climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann, which belong to the public. The groups, led by the far-left Union of Concerned Scientists, sent a letter to University president Teresa Sullivan on Tuesday complaining the agreement gives ATI’s in-house lawyers “needless access” to documents its Environmental Law Center requested, and the agreement “threatens the principles of academic freedom protecting scholarly research.”
There's an amount of 'those nasty liberals!' here, but the base information is disgusting from people who talk about 'scholarly research' and 'academic freedom'. One of the basic requirements of science is that experiments have to be repeatable by others than the one who originally did it, and the information has to be released for review; not just by some selected group but- unless something like actual security needs are involved- any interested party, which includes the general public. This "These people don't need to see all the research, all the data" crap stinks of coverup.
Which would fit right in with a lot of Mann, supporters, wouldn't it?
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