Was the Great Plague of Athens ebola?
Democrats Propose Getting Rid of Republican Hero Hamilton, But
Keeping Pro-Slavery, Indian-Massacring Founder of the Democrat Party Andrew Jackson on Nation's Currency
That's one way of putting it.
Ah, the World Health Organization; they can't jump on ebola in time, but they're hell on feelings:
But in an astonishing example of political correctness, World Health Organisation officials have called for terms such as swine flu, bird flu and monkey pox to be banned – in order to protect animals from needless slaughter.
Other conditions – including German measles and Spanish flu – will also be outlawed because they might upset people from those countries.
No, they're not kidding.
The guidelines also call for the words ‘unknown’, ‘death’, ‘fatal’ and ‘epidemic’ to be avoided in descriptions of human disease because they can ‘incite undue fear’.
Geographic locations will be sidelined to protect the feelings of people living in those regions, spelling the end of Middle East respiratory syndrome, Rift Valley fever and Japanese encephalitis.
This is what they want to spend time and money on. Because Feelings...
Ok, what the HELL is wrong with these idiots?
The dog, Miller, was on a leash when a Cleveland, Miss. police
investigator shot him, according to Tyler and Bethany Muzzi. The dog’s
owners also said that the investigator initially claimed that the
1-year-old yellow lab tried to attack him and that he didn’t know he was
leashed. But Cleveland’s police chief later admitted that the officer
knew Miller was restrained but that he was still within his rights to
shoot.
I am going to refrain from further comments.
Friday, June 19, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Why might she not want those e-mails looked at?
Things like this.
This memo is dated August 22, 2011, immediately after the fall of Qaddafi’s government. It is interesting for several reasons. First, it shows Blumenthal giving Hillary political advice. Second, it confirms that Libya was intended to be Hillary’s great accomplishment as Secretary of State, for which she was to take full credit. Third, it is striking how Blumenthal’s comments about Libya sound as though he was talking about Iraq.
Why the schools are screwed, and so are the students:
Attorneys for a nationally recognized Los Angeles Unified teacher, who was removed from his classroom after allegations of misconduct, are issuing an ultimatum to district administrators: publicly apologize and let him return to work, or get sued.
And what was this horrible misconduct?
Three months later, L.A. Unified officials have not clearly outlined the allegations against the popular teacher, said his attorney Mark Geragos. But Geragos said he learned that the investigation stemmed from a complaint by another teacher after Esquith read to a class a passage from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
"How dare you disturb Senator Sweeney with a protest! We must prevent this from happening again!"
Yeah, sounds like the D&FSofNJ.
This memo is dated August 22, 2011, immediately after the fall of Qaddafi’s government. It is interesting for several reasons. First, it shows Blumenthal giving Hillary political advice. Second, it confirms that Libya was intended to be Hillary’s great accomplishment as Secretary of State, for which she was to take full credit. Third, it is striking how Blumenthal’s comments about Libya sound as though he was talking about Iraq.
Why the schools are screwed, and so are the students:
Attorneys for a nationally recognized Los Angeles Unified teacher, who was removed from his classroom after allegations of misconduct, are issuing an ultimatum to district administrators: publicly apologize and let him return to work, or get sued.
And what was this horrible misconduct?
Three months later, L.A. Unified officials have not clearly outlined the allegations against the popular teacher, said his attorney Mark Geragos. But Geragos said he learned that the investigation stemmed from a complaint by another teacher after Esquith read to a class a passage from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain.
"How dare you disturb Senator Sweeney with a protest! We must prevent this from happening again!"
Yeah, sounds like the D&FSofNJ.
History. Turns up in all kinds of ways
Researchers believe plaque they found on 400,000-year old teeth
reveals a lot about the diet and food preparation methods of early
Paleolithic humans.
Traces of charcoal found on the teeth suggested that the inhabitants of Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv feasted on meat roasted on indoor fires, scientists from Tel Aviv University said Wednesday. The pollution they then inhaled had a negative impact on their health, evidence of which survived to this day.
Traces of charcoal found on the teeth suggested that the inhabitants of Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv feasted on meat roasted on indoor fires, scientists from Tel Aviv University said Wednesday. The pollution they then inhaled had a negative impact on their health, evidence of which survived to this day.
They've got the dirtbag in Charleston
Apparently an actual racist and wearing a South African and a Rhodesian flag on his jacket when caught; the SPLC must be creaming its pants and trying desperately to find a tea party connection of some kind. Any kind.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand seems to think that that 'due process' thing is far too troublesome, and wants to get it out of the way while lying about it. Disgusting bastard.
Gillibrand's bill does not specifically lay out what rights accusers (the bill calls them "victims" throughout, except for once, illustrating a clear bias) and the accused have. It states only that schools must provide each student with written notice of the process to provide them "with the opportunity to meaningfully exercise the due process rights afforded to them under institutional policy."
...
The deck is stacked against the accused student even before the hearing. Once a sexual assault accusation is made, the accuser has the entire Title IX office behind him or her. Gillibrand's bill requires training for each individual who implements the policies and those who are responsible "for resolving complaints." That training is to be "victim-centered," meaning whoever is conducting the investigation may be predisposed to assume the accused is guilty. The training includes how to question "persons subjected to sexual violence," "information on consent and the effect that drugs or alcohol may have on an individual's ability to consent" and "the effects of trauma, including neurobiology of trauma."
Yeah, we can trust Clinton. And the State Department. Yeah.
The Washington Examiner obtained a dozen drafts of the report that revealed officials under Harold Geisel, the temporary inspector general during Clinton's four-year tenure, let sections be edited out in late 2012.
The deleted information gave details of several investigations stymied by high-level staff in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
A draft dated Nov. 16, 2012 contained several passages that explained the extent of interference in investigations from staff in Clinton's office.
"Sources reported that a senior '7th Floor' Department official ordered [diplomatic security] to stop the investigation of an ambassador accused of pedophilia, and another such senior official had [diplomatic security] stop an investigation of an ambassador-designate," the report said.
The seventh floor is often used as a reference to the secretary's office, as it is physically located on that level of the State Department building.
That stuff from Earnest the other day, "Our aid is helping the Kurds win, our plans are working" ? Yeah, not so much.
The Kurds are enjoying increasing success against ISIS, and not only are they doing it without the U.S. weapons they seek, they often find themselves going up against American-made equipment.
...
U.S. military aid is distributed through Baghdad, which has an arm’s length relationship with the semi-autonomous Kurds in the north. Without direct aid, the Kurds have largely made do with aging equipment and weapons they seize from ISIS.
Mentioned this before: time to write/call the congresscritters to push this bill; looks like a good one.
The bill would, according to NRA:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand seems to think that that 'due process' thing is far too troublesome, and wants to get it out of the way while lying about it. Disgusting bastard.
Gillibrand's bill does not specifically lay out what rights accusers (the bill calls them "victims" throughout, except for once, illustrating a clear bias) and the accused have. It states only that schools must provide each student with written notice of the process to provide them "with the opportunity to meaningfully exercise the due process rights afforded to them under institutional policy."
...
The deck is stacked against the accused student even before the hearing. Once a sexual assault accusation is made, the accuser has the entire Title IX office behind him or her. Gillibrand's bill requires training for each individual who implements the policies and those who are responsible "for resolving complaints." That training is to be "victim-centered," meaning whoever is conducting the investigation may be predisposed to assume the accused is guilty. The training includes how to question "persons subjected to sexual violence," "information on consent and the effect that drugs or alcohol may have on an individual's ability to consent" and "the effects of trauma, including neurobiology of trauma."
Yeah, we can trust Clinton. And the State Department. Yeah.
The Washington Examiner obtained a dozen drafts of the report that revealed officials under Harold Geisel, the temporary inspector general during Clinton's four-year tenure, let sections be edited out in late 2012.
The deleted information gave details of several investigations stymied by high-level staff in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
A draft dated Nov. 16, 2012 contained several passages that explained the extent of interference in investigations from staff in Clinton's office.
"Sources reported that a senior '7th Floor' Department official ordered [diplomatic security] to stop the investigation of an ambassador accused of pedophilia, and another such senior official had [diplomatic security] stop an investigation of an ambassador-designate," the report said.
The seventh floor is often used as a reference to the secretary's office, as it is physically located on that level of the State Department building.
That stuff from Earnest the other day, "Our aid is helping the Kurds win, our plans are working" ? Yeah, not so much.
The Kurds are enjoying increasing success against ISIS, and not only are they doing it without the U.S. weapons they seek, they often find themselves going up against American-made equipment.
...
U.S. military aid is distributed through Baghdad, which has an arm’s length relationship with the semi-autonomous Kurds in the north. Without direct aid, the Kurds have largely made do with aging equipment and weapons they seize from ISIS.
Mentioned this before: time to write/call the congresscritters to push this bill; looks like a good one.
The bill would, according to NRA:
- eliminate ATF’s authority to reclassify popular rifle ammunition as “armor piercing ammunition;
- provide for the lawful importation of any non-National Firearms Act firearm or ammunition that may otherwise be lawfully possessed and sold within the United States;
- protect shotguns, shotgun shells, and larger caliber rifles from arbitrary classification as “destructive devices” which under federal law subjects them to onerous registration and taxation provisions and creates a ban on possession of the firearm in some states;
- broaden the temporary interstate transfer provision to allow temporary transfers for all lawful purposes rather than just for “sporting purposes.”
I've got problems with Rand Paul, but this does sound good:
So on Thursday I am announcing an over $2 trillion tax cut that would
repeal the entire IRS tax code—more than 70,000 pages—and replace it
with a low, broad-based tax of 14.5% on individuals and businesses. I
would eliminate nearly every special-interest loophole. The plan also
eliminates the payroll tax on workers and several federal taxes
outright, including gift and estate taxes, telephone taxes, and all
duties and tariffs. I call this “The Fair and Flat Tax.” . . .
I've been signed up for the WSJ site, and the damn thing still won't let me log in and read the whole thing, therefore the bit at Insty is all I've got. But that bit does sound very good.
I've been signed up for the WSJ site, and the damn thing still won't let me log in and read the whole thing, therefore the bit at Insty is all I've got. But that bit does sound very good.
A bad guy did a terrible thing last night
If they're not already, expect the blood-dancers to be in full cry. Including the one in the Oval Office.
Yeah, this could make crap even more interesting
Russia has developed super-high-frequency gun capable of deactivating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and the warheads of precision weapons at an impact range of ten kilometers (6 miles) which ensures 360 degrees of perimeter defense.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
That is one big and well-traveled fish
All 3,500 pounds of her
Here are Mary Lee’s recordings since 2012. Every time her dorsal fin rises above the water’s surface, OCEARCH receives a “ping”.
Speaking of critters, animal-rights weenies caught lying(again); anybody surprised?
Speaking of critters, animal-rights weenies caught lying(again); anybody surprised?
And why do people say unkind things about judges?
Sometimes it's because the judge is an asshat, and needs to be told so. And, despite what some of them seem to think, having that black robe as a work uniform does not mean you're immune to criticism.
If your congresscritter asks why you're so insistent on doing something about illegal aliens, tell the idiot the piles of dead bodies are a powerful argument.
U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement reports that 121 convicted criminals who were never removed from the country face murder charges today.
Snork...
Someone has to be the dumbest politician in Australia. Why is it sexist to nominate a top contender just because she’s a woman?
Noticed how when a woman criticises a man that’s just criticism, but when a man criticises a woman, that’s “bullying” and “intimidation”?
What’s missing in the gun-media landscape, say founders of The Trace, is a news outlet devoted to the prevention of violence.
Because, as noted, all the money Bloomberg's poured into Mommies and CSGV and so forth hasn't worked, so: New 'News' Source.
Expelled. For tweets, because 'Title IX'.
Oh yeah, I think they're going to pay for that.
I think I can diagnose this: they got used to letting their finger rest on the trigger(even knowing they shouldn't) because of that heavy first-round pull on the Beretta, and they're still doing it.
If your congresscritter asks why you're so insistent on doing something about illegal aliens, tell the idiot the piles of dead bodies are a powerful argument.
U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement reports that 121 convicted criminals who were never removed from the country face murder charges today.
Snork...
Someone has to be the dumbest politician in Australia. Why is it sexist to nominate a top contender just because she’s a woman?
Noticed how when a woman criticises a man that’s just criticism, but when a man criticises a woman, that’s “bullying” and “intimidation”?
What’s missing in the gun-media landscape, say founders of The Trace, is a news outlet devoted to the prevention of violence.
Because, as noted, all the money Bloomberg's poured into Mommies and CSGV and so forth hasn't worked, so: New 'News' Source.
Expelled. For tweets, because 'Title IX'.
Oh yeah, I think they're going to pay for that.
I think I can diagnose this: they got used to letting their finger rest on the trigger(even knowing they shouldn't) because of that heavy first-round pull on the Beretta, and they're still doing it.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
First I did some looking around. There's actually one (good)recoil pad made to fit A1/A2 stocks, but it's got mixed reviews on fit problems. Got hold of these folks who say it's been improved. I've used that brand pad before, and they're very good. However, being cheap and thinking I had something in a box somewhere, I kept looking and finally found it: a Pachmayr 'grind to fit' pad, last of several I'd picked up on clearance a few years ago. I'd used one to fit onto the Mosin-Nagant stock, and it worked very well. So, try to make it fit; here's how it went.
One thing to remember: all grind-to-fit pads are not the same. This one has a hard plastic base, and you can cut it down a LOT; some are made in different sizes and have a steel plate embedded in them(I believe the Limbsaver pads are one). Check the information, if it's one of these it should note how big it is, and just how far you can grind it down without hitting the plate.
More than just grinding the profile in this case, as the original buttplate is cut in so it has a base that fits inside the stock. More on that later.
Original and Pachmayr
The original butt plate helped a lot. Set it so the top screw hole was centered on the top hole in the pad base, centered the plate on the pad,
then clamped it. Now, hopefully without it moving(things can be sneaky that way), trace around it with a sharp scribe to scratch a line into the pad.
Here's the most messy part. Grinding to that line. You can use a grinding wheel, or a belt or disk sander, if the belt or disk use a fairly coarse belt to do most of it. That(or the wheel) will cut pretty quickly and tends to throw the pad bits off instead of clogging. You will have black(or red, or whatever) rubber dust all over, which is why I do stuff like this by putting the sander outside, and then blowing it off thoroughly before putting it back inside.
Cut away rubber until close to the line, at which point try it against the original plate to make sure you don't overdo it. If you need to redo the guide line, on a plastic plate like this you can rub it lightly on sandpaper or the belt
to roughen the surface a touch; that'll obscure the original line and let you scribe a new one.
Now take it down to the line. The ideal is that JUST as the line disappears, you're there, which means do that last bit very carefully; cut and compare. If need be you can leave it a touch oversize and clean the rest later.
Ok, you've got a good match.
Now you need to drill the holes for the screws(done in the pic above). Not something you have to do with standard stocks, but the A2 stock uses two with large heads, and they can't just slide in like the regular type. Here I put the top screw through the original plate and into the pad hole to make sure it wouldn't move(base to base), lined the edges up and clamped, then used a drill bit that barely fit into the other hole in the plate. Push it in to contact the pad, turn it a few times and it should mark the pad base nicely. Then take it apart, place the proper bit in the drill press(can be done by hand, just watch the angles), and taking care to keep things square, drill all the way through the pad, using the top hole and the mark for the bottom for location.
Flip it over, and use a bit just a little smaller than the screw heads, drill down far enough to cut most of the rubber but not into the plate. That should let the screws anchor the pad solidly. With the regular type screws for this you can get them in pretty much invisibly, but I wasn't concerned about that here; with those big heads, it'd never work.
Also: for the above I used brad-point wood bits; they have spurs on the outer edge of both cutting flutes to make nice, clean holes. If you don't have/don't want to buy one, a regular bit of the same size will work, but won't give as clean a hole.
Now you need to cut that lip.
Yes, can be done by hand, using a sharp file. No, I didn't. Saved by a piece of equipment I bought on sale a few years ago at Harbor Freight: a trim router
(please ignore the stuff in the background)
This is a small router intended to trim, say, new linoleum topping on a counter to the exact edge of the counter very cleanly. Works for other things as well, for instance the pistol grips I orignally bought it to work on; you can hollow out an area in the center of a piece, or shape a grip base like we're doing here.
It came with, among other things, a roller guide
Idea is you adjust that so you can roll the guide along the counter edge and it'll trim the new top to exactly match. Used the original buttplate to adjust the width and depth of the cut
and locked that in.
For the cutting, I strongly(VERY) suggest you find a way to lock the router in a vise, or in some other way secure it, so it can't shift and you have both hands free. And be very very damned careful; those sharp edges are moving at many thousand RPM, and if you slip into it, it will tear you up.
I'd also suggest earmuffs and safety glasses; this sucker is loud, and it'll be throwing small thin slices of the plastic base around.
With it secured, and you protected, power it up and- carefully- work the pad base on it. Remember, this is kind of like a buffing wheel in that it can- will, if there's a chance- grab things out of your hand. Work all the way around. If, especially on the top and bottom, there's a place you can't really get to, don't worry, cleanup can be done with a file. You wind up with something like this
That area at the lower right that looks uneven? That's because it is; the bit grabbed it, which resulted in swearing and that choppy area. There was a small area at the toe that the bit couldn't reach, so used a sharp file to cut that to fit. You'll also notice that the white showing isn't perfectly even; I didn't get the sides of the pad all around exactly square to the base, therefore I wound up with slightly uneven edges.
When done, it goes on like this
Not bad. The profile wound up fitting the stock very closely. Maybe a little file work on a couple of spots and that's it.
One thing you have to watch with a AR is you do not want the top screw- which screws into the back of the buffer tube- to go in too far(shut up, I know what you're thinking and you're sick). Some measuring showed no problem there, it'll actually go in less than with the original buttplate.
Result:
Tried it out at the range; HUGE difference. I know .338 Federal isn't as punishing as a lot of cartridges, but that flat buttplate beat on my somewhat-abused shoulder more than I was comfortable with. Worth every bit of the work.
If you're looking for that 'can't feel the transition' fit, the process in short is
Grind the pad very close.
Install.
Wrap a turn of strapping tape around the stock with the edge meeting the pad edge exactly.
Take a SHARP, NEW file(gunsmiths tend to have a file just for this purpose), and start cutting the pad sides down.
When the file touches the tape, stop cutting.
Replace the strapping tape with masking tape, and repeat. Do it right and you'll wind up with no scratches on the stock and a very nice fit.
One thing to remember: all grind-to-fit pads are not the same. This one has a hard plastic base, and you can cut it down a LOT; some are made in different sizes and have a steel plate embedded in them(I believe the Limbsaver pads are one). Check the information, if it's one of these it should note how big it is, and just how far you can grind it down without hitting the plate.
More than just grinding the profile in this case, as the original buttplate is cut in so it has a base that fits inside the stock. More on that later.
Original and Pachmayr
The original butt plate helped a lot. Set it so the top screw hole was centered on the top hole in the pad base, centered the plate on the pad,
then clamped it. Now, hopefully without it moving(things can be sneaky that way), trace around it with a sharp scribe to scratch a line into the pad.
Here's the most messy part. Grinding to that line. You can use a grinding wheel, or a belt or disk sander, if the belt or disk use a fairly coarse belt to do most of it. That(or the wheel) will cut pretty quickly and tends to throw the pad bits off instead of clogging. You will have black(or red, or whatever) rubber dust all over, which is why I do stuff like this by putting the sander outside, and then blowing it off thoroughly before putting it back inside.
Cut away rubber until close to the line, at which point try it against the original plate to make sure you don't overdo it. If you need to redo the guide line, on a plastic plate like this you can rub it lightly on sandpaper or the belt
to roughen the surface a touch; that'll obscure the original line and let you scribe a new one.
Now take it down to the line. The ideal is that JUST as the line disappears, you're there, which means do that last bit very carefully; cut and compare. If need be you can leave it a touch oversize and clean the rest later.
Ok, you've got a good match.
Now you need to drill the holes for the screws(done in the pic above). Not something you have to do with standard stocks, but the A2 stock uses two with large heads, and they can't just slide in like the regular type. Here I put the top screw through the original plate and into the pad hole to make sure it wouldn't move(base to base), lined the edges up and clamped, then used a drill bit that barely fit into the other hole in the plate. Push it in to contact the pad, turn it a few times and it should mark the pad base nicely. Then take it apart, place the proper bit in the drill press(can be done by hand, just watch the angles), and taking care to keep things square, drill all the way through the pad, using the top hole and the mark for the bottom for location.
Flip it over, and use a bit just a little smaller than the screw heads, drill down far enough to cut most of the rubber but not into the plate. That should let the screws anchor the pad solidly. With the regular type screws for this you can get them in pretty much invisibly, but I wasn't concerned about that here; with those big heads, it'd never work.
Also: for the above I used brad-point wood bits; they have spurs on the outer edge of both cutting flutes to make nice, clean holes. If you don't have/don't want to buy one, a regular bit of the same size will work, but won't give as clean a hole.
Now you need to cut that lip.
This is a small router intended to trim, say, new linoleum topping on a counter to the exact edge of the counter very cleanly. Works for other things as well, for instance the pistol grips I orignally bought it to work on; you can hollow out an area in the center of a piece, or shape a grip base like we're doing here.
It came with, among other things, a roller guide
Idea is you adjust that so you can roll the guide along the counter edge and it'll trim the new top to exactly match. Used the original buttplate to adjust the width and depth of the cut
For the cutting, I strongly(VERY) suggest you find a way to lock the router in a vise, or in some other way secure it, so it can't shift and you have both hands free. And be very very damned careful; those sharp edges are moving at many thousand RPM, and if you slip into it, it will tear you up.
I'd also suggest earmuffs and safety glasses; this sucker is loud, and it'll be throwing small thin slices of the plastic base around.
With it secured, and you protected, power it up and- carefully- work the pad base on it. Remember, this is kind of like a buffing wheel in that it can- will, if there's a chance- grab things out of your hand. Work all the way around. If, especially on the top and bottom, there's a place you can't really get to, don't worry, cleanup can be done with a file. You wind up with something like this
That area at the lower right that looks uneven? That's because it is; the bit grabbed it, which resulted in swearing and that choppy area. There was a small area at the toe that the bit couldn't reach, so used a sharp file to cut that to fit. You'll also notice that the white showing isn't perfectly even; I didn't get the sides of the pad all around exactly square to the base, therefore I wound up with slightly uneven edges.
When done, it goes on like this
Not bad. The profile wound up fitting the stock very closely. Maybe a little file work on a couple of spots and that's it.
One thing you have to watch with a AR is you do not want the top screw- which screws into the back of the buffer tube- to go in too far(shut up, I know what you're thinking and you're sick). Some measuring showed no problem there, it'll actually go in less than with the original buttplate.
Result:
Tried it out at the range; HUGE difference. I know .338 Federal isn't as punishing as a lot of cartridges, but that flat buttplate beat on my somewhat-abused shoulder more than I was comfortable with. Worth every bit of the work.
If you're looking for that 'can't feel the transition' fit, the process in short is
Grind the pad very close.
Install.
Wrap a turn of strapping tape around the stock with the edge meeting the pad edge exactly.
Take a SHARP, NEW file(gunsmiths tend to have a file just for this purpose), and start cutting the pad sides down.
When the file touches the tape, stop cutting.
Replace the strapping tape with masking tape, and repeat. Do it right and you'll wind up with no scratches on the stock and a very nice fit.
Apparently Governor Howler thinks he badly needs some good publicity;
this ain't it.
“Cuomo actually disrupted the early search efforts when he arrived at the ‘command center’ on Saturday and refused to enter the room until everyone was removed except state employees,’’ said a longtime law-enforcement figure who has regular contact with many involved in the search effort.
“Cuomo’s aides came in and threw out the US marshal, the sheriff [David Favro, like Cuomo a Democrat] and others who were there to help coordinate the search effort.
“And they did it without even saying ‘Thanks for your help,’ or such, just, ‘Get out so his highness can enter.’
Yeah, that's not going to go over real well. And the State Police aren't exactly covering themselves with professionalism, either.
The sources, meanwhile, said the State Police, the lead agency, had repeatedly refused to share information on the design and scope of the manhunt with the local police, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department, the state Correctional Services Department and the state Environmental Conservation Department, whose police officers are part of the search, as well as the US Marshals Service.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Ok, so the head of your group turns out not to be black, and doesn't want to talk to you to explain this, cancels a meeting, etc. And your reaction is to
...demonstrate today over the controversy enveloping their president, Rachel Dolezal, who said Sunday she’s not ready to face them and explain claims she has lied about her race.
“This is a peaceful demonstration statement that is not about us but delivering a unified message that integrity matters,” said Kitara McClure, the former multicultural director at Spokane Community College and a member of the NAACP.
Dear Deity, it's amazing, their response to EVERYTHING seems to be 'Let's have a demonstration!'
On Christopher Lee: I'd heard something about this story before, but this is the first time I've heard the whole thing:
Yet my favorite moment in the series isn't even on camera, but in the DVD commentary. It's the scene on top of the tower where Lee's Saruman gets stabbed in the back by Grima Wormtongue, for which the director, Peter Jackson, wanted Lee to let out a scream.
The actor felt obliged to explain to Sir Peter why that would be all wrong. He proposed to let out a small groan, a quiet gasp, as the air is pushed out of his punctured lungs. The director was resistant, so Lee said: "Peter, have you ever heard the sound a man makes when he's stabbed in the back?"
"Um, no," replied Jackson.
"Well, I have," said Lee, "and I know what to do.'" And from somewhere deep in the recesses of his memory an old SOE agent conjured the sound a Nazi makes when you plunge the knife in.
A full life, on-screen and off.
“Cuomo actually disrupted the early search efforts when he arrived at the ‘command center’ on Saturday and refused to enter the room until everyone was removed except state employees,’’ said a longtime law-enforcement figure who has regular contact with many involved in the search effort.
“Cuomo’s aides came in and threw out the US marshal, the sheriff [David Favro, like Cuomo a Democrat] and others who were there to help coordinate the search effort.
“And they did it without even saying ‘Thanks for your help,’ or such, just, ‘Get out so his highness can enter.’
Yeah, that's not going to go over real well. And the State Police aren't exactly covering themselves with professionalism, either.
The sources, meanwhile, said the State Police, the lead agency, had repeatedly refused to share information on the design and scope of the manhunt with the local police, the Clinton County Sheriff’s Department, the state Correctional Services Department and the state Environmental Conservation Department, whose police officers are part of the search, as well as the US Marshals Service.
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Ok, so the head of your group turns out not to be black, and doesn't want to talk to you to explain this, cancels a meeting, etc. And your reaction is to
...demonstrate today over the controversy enveloping their president, Rachel Dolezal, who said Sunday she’s not ready to face them and explain claims she has lied about her race.
“This is a peaceful demonstration statement that is not about us but delivering a unified message that integrity matters,” said Kitara McClure, the former multicultural director at Spokane Community College and a member of the NAACP.
Dear Deity, it's amazing, their response to EVERYTHING seems to be 'Let's have a demonstration!'
On Christopher Lee: I'd heard something about this story before, but this is the first time I've heard the whole thing:
Yet my favorite moment in the series isn't even on camera, but in the DVD commentary. It's the scene on top of the tower where Lee's Saruman gets stabbed in the back by Grima Wormtongue, for which the director, Peter Jackson, wanted Lee to let out a scream.
The actor felt obliged to explain to Sir Peter why that would be all wrong. He proposed to let out a small groan, a quiet gasp, as the air is pushed out of his punctured lungs. The director was resistant, so Lee said: "Peter, have you ever heard the sound a man makes when he's stabbed in the back?"
"Um, no," replied Jackson.
"Well, I have," said Lee, "and I know what to do.'" And from somewhere deep in the recesses of his memory an old SOE agent conjured the sound a Nazi makes when you plunge the knife in.
A full life, on-screen and off.
And yet more tests of light stuff. Why?
Because I can. So there.
Actually, part of this is also because of some oversights in the past on .303, so I put together some more which worked out as follows, all five-shots at 30 yards:
100-gr. SWC, unsized, over 3.2 grains Bullseye, OAL 2.64"
Same load with the bullet sized .314"
I'm calling that lateral spread my fault. Take that out, really nothing to choose between them.
And that Lyman 115-grain spitzer, unsized, 3.0 Bullseye, OAL 2.73"
That was a surprise two ways. One, I hadn't expected that smaller-diameter bullet to work well in this rifle. Two, they would NOT feed from the magazine; they'd hang up just outside the mouth of the chamber. So need to make one of these with the same OAL as the SWC loads, and see if it will feed; if it will, try five and see if that different length makes a difference.
The other was .30-06, with two differences: this rifle has a scope, and it's a M1 Garand. Yes, you have to single-load them. Wanted both to see how they'd shoot in it, and, it having a scope, might remove some of the human error involved in me and iron sights. So, also five-shot groups at 30 yards,
.30-06, 100-grain SWC, unsized, over 3.2 grains Bullseye,
Not bad at all. 3.2 grains because I'd noticed in the 1903A3 it shot this bullet better with that charge than it did with 3.0.
.30-06, 155-grain spitzer, sized .311, 3.17" OAL
That's downright nice.
And the 160-grain spitzer, sized .311, over 3.0 Bullseye, 2.9" OAL
Also quite nice.
If needs be said, all these- out of the Enfield or M1- had basically zero recoil. And afterward the bores are nice and shiny. I'll try to break the M1 down later and look at the gas port(things like this would be a nice use for one of those inexpensive borescopes) to see if any signs of fouling; I doubt there is.
One more thing: I did manage to put a recoil pad on the project rifle, and tried a few rounds; HUGE difference, well worth doing. I'll have more on that later.
Actually, part of this is also because of some oversights in the past on .303, so I put together some more which worked out as follows, all five-shots at 30 yards:
100-gr. SWC, unsized, over 3.2 grains Bullseye, OAL 2.64"
Same load with the bullet sized .314"
And that Lyman 115-grain spitzer, unsized, 3.0 Bullseye, OAL 2.73"
The other was .30-06, with two differences: this rifle has a scope, and it's a M1 Garand. Yes, you have to single-load them. Wanted both to see how they'd shoot in it, and, it having a scope, might remove some of the human error involved in me and iron sights. So, also five-shot groups at 30 yards,
.30-06, 100-grain SWC, unsized, over 3.2 grains Bullseye,
.30-06, 155-grain spitzer, sized .311, 3.17" OAL
And the 160-grain spitzer, sized .311, over 3.0 Bullseye, 2.9" OAL
If needs be said, all these- out of the Enfield or M1- had basically zero recoil. And afterward the bores are nice and shiny. I'll try to break the M1 down later and look at the gas port(things like this would be a nice use for one of those inexpensive borescopes) to see if any signs of fouling; I doubt there is.
One more thing: I did manage to put a recoil pad on the project rifle, and tried a few rounds; HUGE difference, well worth doing. I'll have more on that later.
So the IRS has decided that they don't care how badly they're seen;
after all, any reputation for honesty and even-handedness isn't important, right?
...The court filing, provided to The Daily Caller, claims the IRS received new Lerner emails from the Treasury Department’s inspector general (TIGTA) but can’t fork over the emails to Judicial Watch, a nonprofit group suing to get the emails. Why? Because the IRS is busy making sure that none of the emails are duplicates – you know, so as not to waste anyone’s time.
Yeah, THAT'S why they don't want to turn them over.
Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew, Obama’s former White House chief of staff, seized all of the emails that went back and forth between the IRS and the White House and won’t hand them over, arguing that since confidential taxpayer information was illegally disclosed in the emails, then it would be illegal to make the emails public – since they have confidential taxpayer information in them. Get it?
"This gun control law saved lots of lives(we think. Maybe. We're not sure)!"
The author also notes some other “potential problems” with the study. In order to compare what Connecticut would look like without the law, they created a “synthetic” Connecticut — a Frankensteinian creation that is mostly Rhode Island, with some Maryland, and traces of California, Nevada and New Hampshire. Seriously? What could possibly go wrong with that? You’re comparing actual data to a model you created out of thin air involving multiple places which are not Connecticut? Hey… Science!
And downhill from there.
...The court filing, provided to The Daily Caller, claims the IRS received new Lerner emails from the Treasury Department’s inspector general (TIGTA) but can’t fork over the emails to Judicial Watch, a nonprofit group suing to get the emails. Why? Because the IRS is busy making sure that none of the emails are duplicates – you know, so as not to waste anyone’s time.
Yeah, THAT'S why they don't want to turn them over.
Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew, Obama’s former White House chief of staff, seized all of the emails that went back and forth between the IRS and the White House and won’t hand them over, arguing that since confidential taxpayer information was illegally disclosed in the emails, then it would be illegal to make the emails public – since they have confidential taxpayer information in them. Get it?
"This gun control law saved lots of lives(we think. Maybe. We're not sure)!"
The author also notes some other “potential problems” with the study. In order to compare what Connecticut would look like without the law, they created a “synthetic” Connecticut — a Frankensteinian creation that is mostly Rhode Island, with some Maryland, and traces of California, Nevada and New Hampshire. Seriously? What could possibly go wrong with that? You’re comparing actual data to a model you created out of thin air involving multiple places which are not Connecticut? Hey… Science!
And downhill from there.
Monday, June 15, 2015
I think the city of Waco, and the county, are in deep, deep doodoo
Four weeks after the deadly May 17th shooting incident outside a Waco
Twin Peaks restaurant, more details have come out concerning the
incident, but significant questions still remain about the actions taken
by law enforcement and the police’s account of what transpired.
...
Police in Waco still have yet to state how many bikers, if any, were killed by the police, or to explain why the police showed up in force at all prior to the meeting on May 17th.
In a statement on Friday, the police said that of 16 officers that were in the parking lot, only three fired a total of 12 shots. However, the statement still didn’t clarify how many of the bikers were killed by police. Authorities say they have not recieved final autopsy results that would clarify ballistics.
Really? Four weeks later? In a case where they'd be working fast as they could to get everything they could? I could be mistaken but that does sound like 'Keep delaying as long as we can.'
Then there’s the issue of the vague charges and mass arrests: if innocent people were arrested, held for weeks, and publicly accused of heinous crimes, it’s a nightmare scenario for dozens of people, impacting their work, family and personal reputations.
There are mounting reasons to believe that’s what happened. As the AP reported on May 22nd, over 115 of the men taken into custody had no criminal record but were still held on $1,000,000 bond, for what have been called ‘fill in the name” charges of engaging in organized criminal activity:
This is sounding more and more like the PD and SO really screwed the pooch. And sooner or later this is going to blow up all the way. Especially after this:
In fact, Lori said, the biker community is rife with reports about witnesses who heard the discharge of lots of high-powered weaponry after a few initial pop-pop sounds of handguns. The reports sounded like they came from “muzzled or suppressed high-powered weapons,” said Lori, though she wasn’t there. The theory is that the heavy fire came from tactical police officers.
And now
The Waco police press release on Friday confirmed the use of suppressors.
And they keep upping the number of weapons found. Wonder how many of those were locked in trunks or whatever and had nothing to do with the meet/fight/whatever?
Does not smell good, folks.
I've got a friend in the area, one of the people arrested on that million-dollar bond crap handles their lawn work; has a franchise from a major company. Now, considering that just about everyone runs background checks on employees anymore, I tend to think they'd have done that before allowing the franchise. He finally got his bond reduced, and his lawyer is working on the suit. Along with the general bullcrap, this had him in jail for a couple of weeks in a very busy season AND had him listed as taking part in organized crime, which would be bad for anyones' business.
...
Police in Waco still have yet to state how many bikers, if any, were killed by the police, or to explain why the police showed up in force at all prior to the meeting on May 17th.
In a statement on Friday, the police said that of 16 officers that were in the parking lot, only three fired a total of 12 shots. However, the statement still didn’t clarify how many of the bikers were killed by police. Authorities say they have not recieved final autopsy results that would clarify ballistics.
Really? Four weeks later? In a case where they'd be working fast as they could to get everything they could? I could be mistaken but that does sound like 'Keep delaying as long as we can.'
Then there’s the issue of the vague charges and mass arrests: if innocent people were arrested, held for weeks, and publicly accused of heinous crimes, it’s a nightmare scenario for dozens of people, impacting their work, family and personal reputations.
There are mounting reasons to believe that’s what happened. As the AP reported on May 22nd, over 115 of the men taken into custody had no criminal record but were still held on $1,000,000 bond, for what have been called ‘fill in the name” charges of engaging in organized criminal activity:
This is sounding more and more like the PD and SO really screwed the pooch. And sooner or later this is going to blow up all the way. Especially after this:
In fact, Lori said, the biker community is rife with reports about witnesses who heard the discharge of lots of high-powered weaponry after a few initial pop-pop sounds of handguns. The reports sounded like they came from “muzzled or suppressed high-powered weapons,” said Lori, though she wasn’t there. The theory is that the heavy fire came from tactical police officers.
And now
The Waco police press release on Friday confirmed the use of suppressors.
And they keep upping the number of weapons found. Wonder how many of those were locked in trunks or whatever and had nothing to do with the meet/fight/whatever?
Does not smell good, folks.
I've got a friend in the area, one of the people arrested on that million-dollar bond crap handles their lawn work; has a franchise from a major company. Now, considering that just about everyone runs background checks on employees anymore, I tend to think they'd have done that before allowing the franchise. He finally got his bond reduced, and his lawyer is working on the suit. Along with the general bullcrap, this had him in jail for a couple of weeks in a very busy season AND had him listed as taking part in organized crime, which would be bad for anyones' business.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
"Unless they're being used to protect people like me, of course."
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” former President Bill Clinton told
CNN’s Jake Tapper that the Baltimore and Ferguson civil unrest is a
result of too many, “people walking around with guns” combined with a
lack community trust.
Yeah, I'm sure all those people committing robberies and murders and assaults obeyed all the gun laws to get them. Right.
And that word coming from Bill Clinton...
...To hold a community together you got to have a high level of community trust.”
I'm surprised this clown can talk about 'trust' without bursting into flame.
Speaking of progressive dirtbags and morons, Los Angeles has decided to trash small businesses. While pretending nothing can go wrong.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Saturday signed a law hiking the city’s minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 by 2020, an increase that will affect hundreds of thousands of workers.
Many of whom will become unemployed, and others will be forced to part-time, because of this. And the assholes will blame the business owners for being greedy.
So, a hugely-expensive solar-power station is
inefficient,
kills wildlife,
uses fossil fuel, and
did I mention 'hugely-expensive'?
The $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar power project in California’s Mojave Desert is supposed to be generating more than a million megawatt-hours of electricity each year. But 15 months after starting up, the plant is producing just 40% of that, according to data from the U.S. Energy Department. . .
...
One big miscalculation was that the power plant requires far more steam to run smoothly and efficiently than originally thought, according to a document filed with the California Energy Commission. Instead of ramping up the plant each day before sunrise by burning one hour’s worth of natural gas to generate steam, Ivanpah needs more than four times that much help from fossil fuels to get the plant humming every morning.
...
Once built, U.S. government biologists found the plant’s superheated mirrors were killing birds. In April, biologists working for the state estimated that 3,500 birds died at Ivanpah in the span of a year, many of them burned alive while flying through a part of the solar installment where air temperatures can reach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Yeah, I'm sure all those people committing robberies and murders and assaults obeyed all the gun laws to get them. Right.
And that word coming from Bill Clinton...
...To hold a community together you got to have a high level of community trust.”
I'm surprised this clown can talk about 'trust' without bursting into flame.
Speaking of progressive dirtbags and morons, Los Angeles has decided to trash small businesses. While pretending nothing can go wrong.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Saturday signed a law hiking the city’s minimum wage from $9 an hour to $15 by 2020, an increase that will affect hundreds of thousands of workers.
Many of whom will become unemployed, and others will be forced to part-time, because of this. And the assholes will blame the business owners for being greedy.
So, a hugely-expensive solar-power station is
inefficient,
kills wildlife,
uses fossil fuel, and
did I mention 'hugely-expensive'?
The $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar power project in California’s Mojave Desert is supposed to be generating more than a million megawatt-hours of electricity each year. But 15 months after starting up, the plant is producing just 40% of that, according to data from the U.S. Energy Department. . .
...
One big miscalculation was that the power plant requires far more steam to run smoothly and efficiently than originally thought, according to a document filed with the California Energy Commission. Instead of ramping up the plant each day before sunrise by burning one hour’s worth of natural gas to generate steam, Ivanpah needs more than four times that much help from fossil fuels to get the plant humming every morning.
...
Once built, U.S. government biologists found the plant’s superheated mirrors were killing birds. In April, biologists working for the state estimated that 3,500 birds died at Ivanpah in the span of a year, many of them burned alive while flying through a part of the solar installment where air temperatures can reach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
Saturday, June 13, 2015
First time in a long time, went to a movie
and saw San Andreas. Something I'd forgotten that I will remember in the future: 'Start Time' actually means 'The time we start the TWENTY BLOODY MINUTES OF PREVIEWS'. Ahem.
Yeah, some "Oh, come on!" moments, but overall pretty good. And the effects are indeed incredible.*
Other day ran across this, a opinion on just what the aftermath of such a quake would mean. Pretty, it ain't.
*Including that Alexandra Daddario looks and bounces very nicely in a tank top. I don't think they had to do any electronic addition for that effect.
Yeah, some "Oh, come on!" moments, but overall pretty good. And the effects are indeed incredible.*
Other day ran across this, a opinion on just what the aftermath of such a quake would mean. Pretty, it ain't.
*Including that Alexandra Daddario looks and bounces very nicely in a tank top. I don't think they had to do any electronic addition for that effect.
Pretty good piece on the current 'Leftists eating themselves' situation
The progressive crusaders driving these wars have been dubbed “social justice warriors,” or “SJWs,” by their Internet foes. Some activists on the left proudly embrace the label, crowing that it says a lot about the other side that it uses “social justice” as a derisive epithet. But in fact, this version of “social justice” is not about social justice at all. It is a cultish, essentially totalitarian ideology deeply inimical—as liberals such as Jonathan Chait warn in New York Magazine—to the traditional values of the liberal left, and not just because of the movement’s hostility to freedom of “harmful” speech.
She, like many others, misses an important thing: as Michael Williamson put it, they're leftists, there's nothing liberal about them.
Speaking of, did you know that 'Separate but Equal' is actually a good thing(long as it's the 'right people' getting the separate)?
So let’s get this straight (pun intended): Instead of working to ensure that LGBT students aren’t harassed and treated equally, the University of Oklahoma–a public university subject to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment–thinks it’s better to offer a segregated “safe space” for LGBT students? Seriously?
How about a taxpayer-funded “safe space” for conservatives, or pro-life students, or even (gasp!) white men? Would the University of Oklahoma think such spaces would be important to furthering its mission of inclusion and diversity, too? Yeah, we know the answer. Oh well, it will make an interesting lawsuit.
Trust? Any of them? Why?
The OPM had no IT security staff until 2013, and it showed. The agency was harshly criticized for its lax security in an inspector general’s report released last November that cited its lack of encryption and the agency’s failure to track its equipment. Investigators found that the OPM failed to maintain an inventory list of all of its servers and databases and didn’t even know all the systems that were connected to its networks. The agency also failed to use multi-factor authentication for workers accessing the systems remotely from home or on the road.
Lot more in the post, but this covers it very well:
Here's what neither gentleman understands: We don't trust the GOP any longer.
Paul Ryan argues that there's no sense blocking the fast track authority because Congress will always get an up-or-down vote on the actual trade deal, whenever Obama deigns to share it with us.
He doesn't understand: We no longer trust the GOP. Yes, Mr. Ryan, the GOP will have another chance to weigh in on the TPP in its final form But we don't trust you to do the right thing then, just as we don't trust you to do the right thing now.
At this point, I'm thinking we need to flush EVERYONE out of the State Department and start over. This is... 'insane' and 'idiotic' don't come close. And 'massive corruption' is in there somewhere.
Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's undersecretary for management, allegedly blocked diplomatic security investigations that may have cast the bureau in a negative light.
According to an internal memo prepared by the inspector general in October 2013 and obtained by the Washington Examiner, Kennedy personally called off an investigation into the ambassador to Belgium after allegations surfaced that the ambassador had solicited "sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children."
...
Higbie said the fact that Kennedy has remained in his post despite years of whistleblower testimony against him has "stripped many State Department employees of hope that Kennedy's example will not become acceptable practice and that real cultural change will take place."
Oh, hell, just go read it. It's amazing, and disgusting, and the fact that this bastard is still in that position tells you all you need to know about the culture in DC in general and the State Dept. in particular.
She, like many others, misses an important thing: as Michael Williamson put it, they're leftists, there's nothing liberal about them.
Speaking of, did you know that 'Separate but Equal' is actually a good thing(long as it's the 'right people' getting the separate)?
So let’s get this straight (pun intended): Instead of working to ensure that LGBT students aren’t harassed and treated equally, the University of Oklahoma–a public university subject to the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment–thinks it’s better to offer a segregated “safe space” for LGBT students? Seriously?
How about a taxpayer-funded “safe space” for conservatives, or pro-life students, or even (gasp!) white men? Would the University of Oklahoma think such spaces would be important to furthering its mission of inclusion and diversity, too? Yeah, we know the answer. Oh well, it will make an interesting lawsuit.
Trust? Any of them? Why?
The OPM had no IT security staff until 2013, and it showed. The agency was harshly criticized for its lax security in an inspector general’s report released last November that cited its lack of encryption and the agency’s failure to track its equipment. Investigators found that the OPM failed to maintain an inventory list of all of its servers and databases and didn’t even know all the systems that were connected to its networks. The agency also failed to use multi-factor authentication for workers accessing the systems remotely from home or on the road.
Lot more in the post, but this covers it very well:
Here's what neither gentleman understands: We don't trust the GOP any longer.
Paul Ryan argues that there's no sense blocking the fast track authority because Congress will always get an up-or-down vote on the actual trade deal, whenever Obama deigns to share it with us.
He doesn't understand: We no longer trust the GOP. Yes, Mr. Ryan, the GOP will have another chance to weigh in on the TPP in its final form But we don't trust you to do the right thing then, just as we don't trust you to do the right thing now.
At this point, I'm thinking we need to flush EVERYONE out of the State Department and start over. This is... 'insane' and 'idiotic' don't come close. And 'massive corruption' is in there somewhere.
Patrick Kennedy, the State Department's undersecretary for management, allegedly blocked diplomatic security investigations that may have cast the bureau in a negative light.
According to an internal memo prepared by the inspector general in October 2013 and obtained by the Washington Examiner, Kennedy personally called off an investigation into the ambassador to Belgium after allegations surfaced that the ambassador had solicited "sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children."
...
Higbie said the fact that Kennedy has remained in his post despite years of whistleblower testimony against him has "stripped many State Department employees of hope that Kennedy's example will not become acceptable practice and that real cultural change will take place."
Oh, hell, just go read it. It's amazing, and disgusting, and the fact that this bastard is still in that position tells you all you need to know about the culture in DC in general and the State Dept. in particular.
Once more: We're supposed to trust these people?
Why?
But late last week, J. Pete Blair and M. Hunter Martaindale, two academics at Texas State University who co-authored the FBI report, acknowledged that “our data is imperfect.” They said that the news media “got it wrong” last year when they “mistakenly reported mass shootings were on the rise.”
Mind you, the authors did not issue this mea culpa in the major news outlets that supposedly misreported the original findings. Instead, the authors published it in ACJS Today, an academic journal published by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. “Because official data did not contain the information we needed, we had to develop our own,” wrote Messrs. Blair and Martaindale. “This required choices between various options with various strengths and weaknesses.” You don’t say.
I keep remembering the then-head of the EffingBI being asked about the IRS investigation, and making it plain that not only did he not know anything about it, he didn't give a crap. Trustworthy. Right.
But late last week, J. Pete Blair and M. Hunter Martaindale, two academics at Texas State University who co-authored the FBI report, acknowledged that “our data is imperfect.” They said that the news media “got it wrong” last year when they “mistakenly reported mass shootings were on the rise.”
Mind you, the authors did not issue this mea culpa in the major news outlets that supposedly misreported the original findings. Instead, the authors published it in ACJS Today, an academic journal published by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. “Because official data did not contain the information we needed, we had to develop our own,” wrote Messrs. Blair and Martaindale. “This required choices between various options with various strengths and weaknesses.” You don’t say.
I keep remembering the then-head of the EffingBI being asked about the IRS investigation, and making it plain that not only did he not know anything about it, he didn't give a crap. Trustworthy. Right.
Friday, June 12, 2015
Load I forgot to report on
I had two rounds left from earlier testing I'd saved to run over the Chrony: .30-30, the 100-grain SWC, 9.0 of Unique. That's not a mouse fart, pushes that little bullet up between 1700-1800fps. Accuracy not as good as the lighter load, but not bad. And, at least from two, no mess in the barrel.
I think Rev. King would be tempted
to borrow that whip from Jesus in order to clean some of these people out of his dream.
“America is the land of opportunity,” “There is only one race, the human race” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job” are among a long list of alleged microaggressions faculty leaders of the University of California system have been instructed not to say.
...
Martin Luther King’s dream of a “colorblind society.” where people are judged on the content of their character and not the color of their skin, was once embraced by Americans of all political stripes.
Now progressives consider that ideal to be a form of racism.
Hey, the SPLC just “got a tip” and suddenly discovered “an incredible amount of misogyny” on the Internet, which they never noticed, say, in 2008, when liberals were calling Sarah Palin the vilest things imaginable?
Coincidence.
Be warned; that slimeball Potok from the Southern Poverty Lies Center is involved.
“America is the land of opportunity,” “There is only one race, the human race” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job” are among a long list of alleged microaggressions faculty leaders of the University of California system have been instructed not to say.
...
Martin Luther King’s dream of a “colorblind society.” where people are judged on the content of their character and not the color of their skin, was once embraced by Americans of all political stripes.
Now progressives consider that ideal to be a form of racism.
Hey, the SPLC just “got a tip” and suddenly discovered “an incredible amount of misogyny” on the Internet, which they never noticed, say, in 2008, when liberals were calling Sarah Palin the vilest things imaginable?
Coincidence.
Be warned; that slimeball Potok from the Southern Poverty Lies Center is involved.
But you can trust them with your medical records...
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the breach was indeed
discovered in April. But according to sources who spoke to the WSJ’s
Damian Paletta and Siobhan Hughes, it was in fact discovered during a sales demonstration of a network forensics software package called CyFIR
by its developer, CyTech Services. “CyTech, trying to show OPM how its
cybersecurity product worked, ran a diagnostics study on OPM’s network
and discovered malware was embedded on the network,” Paletta and Hughes
reported.
Got that? Reason this was found was "Let us run this to demonstrate... oh my... did you know about this?"
The massive hack into federal systems announced last week was far deeper and potentially more problematic than publicly acknowledged, with hackers believed to be from China moving through government databases undetected for more than a year, sources briefed on the matter told ABC News.
“If [only] they knew the full extent of it,” one U.S. official said about those affected by the intrusion into the Office of Personnel Management’s information systems.
Anarchangel put it this way:
At this point, you have to assume that this is the worst case scenario... it looks very much like it is, and they can't ensure otherwise.
I'm assuming all records, reports, and supporting materials for clearance investigations, for military purposes, DOD, DOE, state, and other national security and intellegence apparatus, conducted outside of military channels... which is most of them... Including all clearance investigation for service attached to national security and intelligence apparatus, and associated background briefs, and all military records and reports obtained and attached to those reports records and materials... are compromised.
Which means the Chinese have had a year to dig around and copy and study.. can you say 'blackmail material'? Can you say 'intelligence breach of unbelievable proportions'?
Makes you wonder if this has anything with Obama & Co. wanting to badly to get this fast-track trade bill through.
And:
Federal investigators are trying to determine whether the massive hack into federal systems announced this past week impacted far more than the estimated 4 million current and former government employees already acknowledged by the Obama administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
In particular, investigators are considering the possibility that private citizens who never worked for the U.S. government may have also had personal information compromised, sources said.
At the heart of concern are forms filled out by federal employees seeking security clearances. The forms -- known as SF-86's and used for background investigations -- were exposed after hackers infiltrated the Office of Personnel Management's information systems in December, according to the sources.
Acting as the government's human resources division, OPM conducts about 90 percent of background investigations for the federal government. And federal employees who submit the SF-86 forms provide personal information not only about themselves but also relatives, friends, and potentially even college roommates.
Got that? Reason this was found was "Let us run this to demonstrate... oh my... did you know about this?"
The massive hack into federal systems announced last week was far deeper and potentially more problematic than publicly acknowledged, with hackers believed to be from China moving through government databases undetected for more than a year, sources briefed on the matter told ABC News.
“If [only] they knew the full extent of it,” one U.S. official said about those affected by the intrusion into the Office of Personnel Management’s information systems.
Anarchangel put it this way:
At this point, you have to assume that this is the worst case scenario... it looks very much like it is, and they can't ensure otherwise.
I'm assuming all records, reports, and supporting materials for clearance investigations, for military purposes, DOD, DOE, state, and other national security and intellegence apparatus, conducted outside of military channels... which is most of them... Including all clearance investigation for service attached to national security and intelligence apparatus, and associated background briefs, and all military records and reports obtained and attached to those reports records and materials... are compromised.
Which means the Chinese have had a year to dig around and copy and study.. can you say 'blackmail material'? Can you say 'intelligence breach of unbelievable proportions'?
Makes you wonder if this has anything with Obama & Co. wanting to badly to get this fast-track trade bill through.
And:
Federal investigators are trying to determine whether the massive hack into federal systems announced this past week impacted far more than the estimated 4 million current and former government employees already acknowledged by the Obama administration, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
In particular, investigators are considering the possibility that private citizens who never worked for the U.S. government may have also had personal information compromised, sources said.
At the heart of concern are forms filled out by federal employees seeking security clearances. The forms -- known as SF-86's and used for background investigations -- were exposed after hackers infiltrated the Office of Personnel Management's information systems in December, according to the sources.
Acting as the government's human resources division, OPM conducts about 90 percent of background investigations for the federal government. And federal employees who submit the SF-86 forms provide personal information not only about themselves but also relatives, friends, and potentially even college roommates.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Reasons to get rid of the EPA and DHS:
This level of corruption and bullshit calls for it.
A Department of Homeland Security agent testified Thursday that she nearly lost custody of her 1-year-old adopted daughter and was told that she could not own a personal firearm after she voiced concerns about a little known federal program that grants green cards to foreign investors.
Taylor Johnson, a senior special agent with a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), testified at a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing alongside several other whistleblowers who claim they’ve faced retaliation for reporting wrongdoing in their agencies.
Aside from the more obvious corruption here, we have
Some of those who Mayorkas was in contact with include Nevada U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and current Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Mayorkas met with Reid to discuss an EB-5 application for the Sands Casino, a Las Vegas casino which employed Reid’s son’s law firm.
Mayorkas was in routine contact with McAuliffe who aggressively pushed for EB-5 approval for his company, GreenTech Automotive. Hillary Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, was also involved in that deal.
And the latest bullshit from the EPA:
The Environmental Protection Agency launched a new online tool today that can show you if environmental justice in your neighborhood is out of whack.
It’s called EJSCREEN, “an environmental justice screening and mapping tool that uses high resolution maps combined with demographic and environmental data to identify places with potentially elevated environmental burdens and vulnerable populations,” according to the agency.
“EJSCREEN’s simple to understand color-coded maps, bar charts, and reports enable users to better understand areas in need of increased environmental protection, health care access, housing, infrastructure improvement, community revitalization, and climate resilience.”
And how might you think they plan to use this, hmmm?
A Department of Homeland Security agent testified Thursday that she nearly lost custody of her 1-year-old adopted daughter and was told that she could not own a personal firearm after she voiced concerns about a little known federal program that grants green cards to foreign investors.
Taylor Johnson, a senior special agent with a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), testified at a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing alongside several other whistleblowers who claim they’ve faced retaliation for reporting wrongdoing in their agencies.
Aside from the more obvious corruption here, we have
Some of those who Mayorkas was in contact with include Nevada U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and current Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. Mayorkas met with Reid to discuss an EB-5 application for the Sands Casino, a Las Vegas casino which employed Reid’s son’s law firm.
Mayorkas was in routine contact with McAuliffe who aggressively pushed for EB-5 approval for his company, GreenTech Automotive. Hillary Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, was also involved in that deal.
And the latest bullshit from the EPA:
The Environmental Protection Agency launched a new online tool today that can show you if environmental justice in your neighborhood is out of whack.
It’s called EJSCREEN, “an environmental justice screening and mapping tool that uses high resolution maps combined with demographic and environmental data to identify places with potentially elevated environmental burdens and vulnerable populations,” according to the agency.
“EJSCREEN’s simple to understand color-coded maps, bar charts, and reports enable users to better understand areas in need of increased environmental protection, health care access, housing, infrastructure improvement, community revitalization, and climate resilience.”
And how might you think they plan to use this, hmmm?
But if we don't pay our UN dues, who'll pay the pimps and dirtbags
among the peacekeepers? How'll they run the child brothels and such if we don't pay for their transport and upkeep?
UN peacekeepers forced hundreds of Haitian women to have sex with them in return for food and medicine, according to a shocking new report.
...
Sexual exploitation remains significantly underreported in such missions, according to the document obtained by The Associated Press.
UN peacekeepers forced hundreds of Haitian women to have sex with them in return for food and medicine, according to a shocking new report.
...
Sexual exploitation remains significantly underreported in such missions, according to the document obtained by The Associated Press.
Got a question about the light/very light/mouse fart loads
want to cover:
On a more serious note: 5 gr. of powder in a '06 case is almost nothing. Do you use some stuffing, like a bit of cotton fluff or paper on top of the powder to hold it against the primer for consistent ignition? Or does it just not matter in your application?
And, do you find that if you reduce powder charges too much, you get incomplete ignition resulting in a squib? Honestly, I have never seen anyone going down in velocity to such a degree, but you seem to have a reason for it, and it does get you out to the range. And that is reason enough.
Covering this in some detail,
You're right on 'almost nothing'. The standard M2 Ball load in .30-06 is a 150-grain jacketed bullet over (originally as I recall) 48.0 grains of IMR4895 powder for a velocity of ~2800 feet per second. Compared to that 5.0 grains is tiny. And this uses a fast-burning pistol powder which takes up less space than 5.0 of 4895 would*. I've read a lot over time of people using something as a filler with small powder charges to keep it in place near the base of the case for consistent ignition(from "You must use'" to "Don't be stupid, don't do it!"); not just on tiny charges like this, but reduced charges like you'd use in a Garand using cast bullets. Some cartridges/propellants it's not argued, you need to do so; some propellants will not ignite and burn consistently if you don't. Some it's optional unless you're going for maximum accuracy, it can make a difference. And for some, doesn't matter(one reason for The Load for many cartridges being 16.0 2400 under a cast bullet 150 to 180 grains; 2400 isn't position sensitive so no filler needed). Bullseye(or Unique or several others) seem to ignite and burn quite well without being so confined, and serve the purpose well loose in the case. Also, that's one reason a lot of people recommend drilling the flash hole out**, to make sure ignition will be as good as consistent and even as possible.
One of the warnings in some of the Cast Boolit threads on the subject was 'Yeah, if you want to try taking it as far down as possible, be sure to take a range rod with you 'cause sure as hell you will get one stuck in the barrel at some point.' In the spirit of "Just how slow can I take this?" I might try that sometime, but right now I was looking at, in no particular order,
quiet,
low recoil,
at least decent accuracy,
not having to beat something out of the bore.
Partly out of "This sounds neat, I'm gonna try it!", partly "How would this work for cheap practice/pest control out of a centerfire rifle?" And I've got answers; with a bullet your rifle likes, you can get pretty good accuracy out to 50 yards with low-to-nonexistent recoil and much-reduced noise.
Also, so far I've seen no evidence of unburned powder granules, and the bores have stayed nice & clean, no sign of lead fouling.
*Don't EVEN think of using that small an amount of such propellant. Ever. Just don't.
**Remember, you should mark and keep the cases for these loads separate from what you use for full-power loads. ESPECIALLY if you drill out the flash hole, NEVER use those for anything but the very light loads.
On a more serious note: 5 gr. of powder in a '06 case is almost nothing. Do you use some stuffing, like a bit of cotton fluff or paper on top of the powder to hold it against the primer for consistent ignition? Or does it just not matter in your application?
And, do you find that if you reduce powder charges too much, you get incomplete ignition resulting in a squib? Honestly, I have never seen anyone going down in velocity to such a degree, but you seem to have a reason for it, and it does get you out to the range. And that is reason enough.
Covering this in some detail,
You're right on 'almost nothing'. The standard M2 Ball load in .30-06 is a 150-grain jacketed bullet over (originally as I recall) 48.0 grains of IMR4895 powder for a velocity of ~2800 feet per second. Compared to that 5.0 grains is tiny. And this uses a fast-burning pistol powder which takes up less space than 5.0 of 4895 would*. I've read a lot over time of people using something as a filler with small powder charges to keep it in place near the base of the case for consistent ignition(from "You must use'" to "Don't be stupid, don't do it!"); not just on tiny charges like this, but reduced charges like you'd use in a Garand using cast bullets. Some cartridges/propellants it's not argued, you need to do so; some propellants will not ignite and burn consistently if you don't. Some it's optional unless you're going for maximum accuracy, it can make a difference. And for some, doesn't matter(one reason for The Load for many cartridges being 16.0 2400 under a cast bullet 150 to 180 grains; 2400 isn't position sensitive so no filler needed). Bullseye(or Unique or several others) seem to ignite and burn quite well without being so confined, and serve the purpose well loose in the case. Also, that's one reason a lot of people recommend drilling the flash hole out**, to make sure ignition will be as good as consistent and even as possible.
One of the warnings in some of the Cast Boolit threads on the subject was 'Yeah, if you want to try taking it as far down as possible, be sure to take a range rod with you 'cause sure as hell you will get one stuck in the barrel at some point.' In the spirit of "Just how slow can I take this?" I might try that sometime, but right now I was looking at, in no particular order,
quiet,
low recoil,
at least decent accuracy,
not having to beat something out of the bore.
Partly out of "This sounds neat, I'm gonna try it!", partly "How would this work for cheap practice/pest control out of a centerfire rifle?" And I've got answers; with a bullet your rifle likes, you can get pretty good accuracy out to 50 yards with low-to-nonexistent recoil and much-reduced noise.
Also, so far I've seen no evidence of unburned powder granules, and the bores have stayed nice & clean, no sign of lead fouling.
*Don't EVEN think of using that small an amount of such propellant. Ever. Just don't.
**Remember, you should mark and keep the cases for these loads separate from what you use for full-power loads. ESPECIALLY if you drill out the flash hole, NEVER use those for anything but the very light loads.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Here's hoping Amherst loses both ears, the tail,
and their endowment. A very short summation by Ace:
Yes, you read that right. The Kangaroo Court found that the boy was likely blacked out unconscious from drinking during the accuser's performing of oral sex on him, but that this is never an excuse.
Apparently, if you're asleep or unconscious, and a woman performs oral sex on your unconscious body, you can be later be accused and convicted (in a college civil tribunal) of rape, if she decides that this was all rather ill-advised.
If a male did that to a female, he's a rapist. A female does it to a male... he's a rapist.
I hope his attorney goes for the throat; a few of these colleges, and the idiots in charge of this, losing their ass will be the only thing that'll get their attention.
Sue the selectmen for this crap, and throw in the CoP; he damn well knew this was bullshit.
What it takes to live and work in Mexico. Bribes, fees, forms and all. While the bastards say they should be free to come and go here anytime they wish, AND get all the benefits they want.
That is one big damn fish. With big damn teeth.
The massive predator, measuring 20-plus feet and boasting the girth of a fat hippo, was featured last year by the Discovery network, which aired part of a tagging effort that involved local researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla.
The shark, perhaps 50 years old, was said to be one of the largest white sharks ever tagged and videotaped, and on Tuesday Hoyos posted newly released footage of the same shark on Facebook, under the title, “I give you the biggest white shark ever seen in front of the cages in Guadalupe Island… DEEP BLUE!!!”
Read this book last year, and she mentioned that the big sharks, especially the biggest females, had a girth that was flat amazing; looking at that picture, I believe her.
Yes, you read that right. The Kangaroo Court found that the boy was likely blacked out unconscious from drinking during the accuser's performing of oral sex on him, but that this is never an excuse.
Apparently, if you're asleep or unconscious, and a woman performs oral sex on your unconscious body, you can be later be accused and convicted (in a college civil tribunal) of rape, if she decides that this was all rather ill-advised.
If a male did that to a female, he's a rapist. A female does it to a male... he's a rapist.
I hope his attorney goes for the throat; a few of these colleges, and the idiots in charge of this, losing their ass will be the only thing that'll get their attention.
Sue the selectmen for this crap, and throw in the CoP; he damn well knew this was bullshit.
What it takes to live and work in Mexico. Bribes, fees, forms and all. While the bastards say they should be free to come and go here anytime they wish, AND get all the benefits they want.
That is one big damn fish. With big damn teeth.
The massive predator, measuring 20-plus feet and boasting the girth of a fat hippo, was featured last year by the Discovery network, which aired part of a tagging effort that involved local researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla.
The shark, perhaps 50 years old, was said to be one of the largest white sharks ever tagged and videotaped, and on Tuesday Hoyos posted newly released footage of the same shark on Facebook, under the title, “I give you the biggest white shark ever seen in front of the cages in Guadalupe Island… DEEP BLUE!!!”
Read this book last year, and she mentioned that the big sharks, especially the biggest females, had a girth that was flat amazing; looking at that picture, I believe her.
You can donate to whoever you want, but
it'd be a good idea to know who/what you're supporting; the price for not doing so could be high.
Liquor stores in a Colorado coal town are pulling craft beers from their shelves after a number of their brewers donated to an environmental group working to shut down coal mines.
Oopsie.
Gillam’s liquor store, Stockmen’s, pulled several beer brands from its shelves, including the popular Fort Collins-based New Belgium, over their support for the group.
WildEarth Guardians has since taken down its website’s list of corporate supporters, but a cached version remains online.
"Oh crap, this might affect our donations! Pull the list!" You forget, bunkie, the innernets is FOREVER.
“I had a band in here on Friday night and somebody came up to me and said, ‘Did you know that New Belgium is on board with WildEarth Guardians?’ I confirmed it, and after I confirmed it, I walked up to my bartender and said, ‘Get that s— out from behind my bar,’” Griffith said. “I can’t see supporting a company that supports a company that’s trying to put us out of business. The very beer I’m selling is trying to put me out of business, because they’re in bed with WildEarth Guardians.”
Yeah, that just might piss people off, y'think?
And the response:
New Belgium confirmed that it had donated to WildEarth but said that it had no plans to continue doing so. The brewer said it was unaware of the group’s anti-coal advocacy.
"We don't plan to continue now that it's biting big chunks out of our ass." As to whether they knew... only they can say. And I doubt they're dumb enough to say "Yes, we knew they hate coal; so do we."
Liquor stores in a Colorado coal town are pulling craft beers from their shelves after a number of their brewers donated to an environmental group working to shut down coal mines.
Oopsie.
Gillam’s liquor store, Stockmen’s, pulled several beer brands from its shelves, including the popular Fort Collins-based New Belgium, over their support for the group.
WildEarth Guardians has since taken down its website’s list of corporate supporters, but a cached version remains online.
"Oh crap, this might affect our donations! Pull the list!" You forget, bunkie, the innernets is FOREVER.
“I had a band in here on Friday night and somebody came up to me and said, ‘Did you know that New Belgium is on board with WildEarth Guardians?’ I confirmed it, and after I confirmed it, I walked up to my bartender and said, ‘Get that s— out from behind my bar,’” Griffith said. “I can’t see supporting a company that supports a company that’s trying to put us out of business. The very beer I’m selling is trying to put me out of business, because they’re in bed with WildEarth Guardians.”
Yeah, that just might piss people off, y'think?
And the response:
New Belgium confirmed that it had donated to WildEarth but said that it had no plans to continue doing so. The brewer said it was unaware of the group’s anti-coal advocacy.
"We don't plan to continue now that it's biting big chunks out of our ass." As to whether they knew... only they can say. And I doubt they're dumb enough to say "Yes, we knew they hate coal; so do we."
As Skidmark noted, my piece on load testing
would cause the .gov to want to mail me for violating ITAR. Because someone somewhere overseas might read it.
That posting about practice loads of a whole 800fps would be considered 'spreading illegal tech(however they word it)' illustrates just how damn stupid this is.
That posting about practice loads of a whole 800fps would be considered 'spreading illegal tech(however they word it)' illustrates just how damn stupid this is.
Because if you don't read more than the headline you won't know how they're lying to you
Reuters Health) – – More than one in four U.S. children are exposed to
weapon violence before their eighteenth birthday, either as victims or
witnesses, a large study suggests. About one in 33 kids are directly
assaulted during incidents involving guns or knives, researchers report
in the journal Pediatrics.
Etc. EXCEPT
McConnell, you're full of shit.
Well, Judge, if you started throwing people in cells for perjury, you'd probably get a LOT of this cleared up.
And while the NYeffingTimes is yelling about Rubio having a boat, wonder if they'll ask John Effing Kerry about this?
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is docking his family's new $7 million yacht in neighboring Rhode Island, allowing him to avoid paying roughly $500,000 in taxes to the cash-strapped Bay State.
If the "Isabel" were kept at the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee's summer vacation home on Nantucket, or in Boston Harbor near his city residence, he would be liable for $437,500 in one-time sales tax. He would also have to pay $70,000 in annual excise taxes.
Last I heard, the bastard was saying "Of course I'll pay any taxes due!" Neatly sidestepping that by playing these games he's dodged said taxes.
Etc. EXCEPT
Much of the violence involved objects such as sticks, rocks, bottles, but about 3 percent of children reported exposure to guns and knives.That means that according to their study, 97% of kids are not exposed to gun and knife violence. If that number is bad, I want you to think about this: They had to bundle both guns and knives to come up with the three percent. That should make you wonder how low the gun numbers were to begin with that they needed a little help from your friendly statistician.
McConnell, you're full of shit.
Well, Judge, if you started throwing people in cells for perjury, you'd probably get a LOT of this cleared up.
And while the NYeffingTimes is yelling about Rubio having a boat, wonder if they'll ask John Effing Kerry about this?
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is docking his family's new $7 million yacht in neighboring Rhode Island, allowing him to avoid paying roughly $500,000 in taxes to the cash-strapped Bay State.
If the "Isabel" were kept at the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee's summer vacation home on Nantucket, or in Boston Harbor near his city residence, he would be liable for $437,500 in one-time sales tax. He would also have to pay $70,000 in annual excise taxes.
Last I heard, the bastard was saying "Of course I'll pay any taxes due!" Neatly sidestepping that by playing these games he's dodged said taxes.
This clown truly win a prize for his two-faced crap, doesn't he?
The Obama administration has asked a secret surveillance court to ignore a federal court that found bulk surveillance illegal and to once again grant the National Security Agency the power to collect the phone records of millions of Americans for six months.
The legal request, filed nearly four hours after Barack Obama vowed to sign a new law banning precisely the bulk collection he asks the secret court to approve, also suggests that the administration may not necessarily comply with any potential court order demanding that the collection stop.
Also, of the Idiot in Chief,
“If you’re this far into something and you haven’t come up with a complete strategy, you have no strategy.”
Unless his strategy is 'Pretend to do something until I'm out of office, and leave the mess for someone else. Who I'll criticize for not doing enough/acting stupidly/hating islam.'
The legal request, filed nearly four hours after Barack Obama vowed to sign a new law banning precisely the bulk collection he asks the secret court to approve, also suggests that the administration may not necessarily comply with any potential court order demanding that the collection stop.
Also, of the Idiot in Chief,
“If you’re this far into something and you haven’t come up with a complete strategy, you have no strategy.”
Unless his strategy is 'Pretend to do something until I'm out of office, and leave the mess for someone else. Who I'll criticize for not doing enough/acting stupidly/hating islam.'
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
I need to try something else:
borrow the use of a .30-06 with a scope, same for a .303 and a few others, and see how those light loads group then.
Well, the M1 has a scope... have to cycle the action by hand, but that should work. So, ok, a .303 and a few others.
Well, the M1 has a scope... have to cycle the action by hand, but that should work. So, ok, a .303 and a few others.
"There's already a law, but we want ANOTHER ONE!
Because security theater has lost its luster!"
Also 'Because it has to do with guns, and we can't control it, so we'll ban it!'
Well, it's definitely up there: The Stupidest Article About Guns You Will Ever Read
And, surprisingly, this idiocy brought to you by Rolling Stone
Well, both of them know they can't trust Obama, so...
To be sure, there has long been a certain amount of back channel communication between Jerusalem and Riyadh, including the limited sharing of intelligence information. But the notion of a senior Israeli diplomat sharing the stage with an influential member of the Saudi defense establishment--and the meeting generating virtually no criticism outside of Iran--that's a reflection of just how dire the current situation has become.
Also 'Because it has to do with guns, and we can't control it, so we'll ban it!'
Well, it's definitely up there: The Stupidest Article About Guns You Will Ever Read
And, surprisingly, this idiocy brought to you by Rolling Stone
Well, both of them know they can't trust Obama, so...
To be sure, there has long been a certain amount of back channel communication between Jerusalem and Riyadh, including the limited sharing of intelligence information. But the notion of a senior Israeli diplomat sharing the stage with an influential member of the Saudi defense establishment--and the meeting generating virtually no criticism outside of Iran--that's a reflection of just how dire the current situation has become.
At last!
I made it to the outdoor range for a bit of testing and general fun. Couple of light loads in .30-06, sighting the project rifle, and some other crap. Including a .22 just for fun. Well, and making sure it was zeroed, but otherwise for fun.
The two light loads were using the 100-grain SWC and 115-grain spitzer, both sized .311" over 3.0 grains of Bullseye, at fifty yards, ten-round groups, target has a 3" bullseye.
SWC
I have no idea what happened with that one up high-left, all others went well as I could hope for with iron sights.
Spitzer
I was able to set up the Chrony:
SWC loads highest velocity 899, lowest 818, average 840fps.
Spitzer loads highest 781, lowest 729, average 760fps. That extra 15 grains in the bullet did pull it down a bit.
I still get a bit of a giggle-fit at times when pulling the trigger on a 1903 produces a mild 'bang' and about as much recoil as a .22 while creating groups like this.
For straight practice, I'd go with the spitzers; with my dies(Lee) they're a lot easier to get seated evenly at the depth I want than the SWCs. For pest control around a garden/farm/whatever, I'd go with the SWCs; that flat nose would, I think, work a lot better for putting them down. I do need to find a set of .30-06 dies of different brand to try, see if the SWC problem is with the bullet length and shape, or something about the dies.
Also had a few .30-30 loaded with the SWC over 2.5 grains of Bullseye, which produced this:
There was one more that I pulled a bit high, and I didn't save that particular target. Also didn't think to take a picture before pulling this one(it's at the top of the spitzer target). That group is about 6" below the point of aim as I didn't adjust the sight for the load. Velocity for these, high 826, low 723, average 793fps.
On the project rifle, in no particular order:
Capable of fine accuracy.
Since they don't make one, I need to get a grind-to-fit Limbsaver pad and modify to fit; few rounds hunting, no big deal; bunch of rounds in cold blood from a bench, for my shoulder at times, problem. I had a Limbsaver slip-on in the range servant, otherwise I'd have been in trouble.
I looked at the ballistics charts Federal has for their factory ammo, they show very little difference in trajectory between the 185-grain and 200-grain bullet loads; at least in this rifle, the hell there's not. A zero with the 200-grain at 100 yards had the 185 hitting right at 6" high. I really need to find a longer range to use for some shots, only way to know exactly how these things will perform at longer distances.
I took along some handloads made from Winchester and Federal .308 brass formed to .338, using Varget and 200-grain Speer softpoints; they shot nicely.
No, I didn't pull that target or take a picture. Blame it on getting really hot and worn at that point; once summer got here, it really did.
Thus ends my report for the day.
The two light loads were using the 100-grain SWC and 115-grain spitzer, both sized .311" over 3.0 grains of Bullseye, at fifty yards, ten-round groups, target has a 3" bullseye.
SWC
Spitzer
SWC loads highest velocity 899, lowest 818, average 840fps.
Spitzer loads highest 781, lowest 729, average 760fps. That extra 15 grains in the bullet did pull it down a bit.
I still get a bit of a giggle-fit at times when pulling the trigger on a 1903 produces a mild 'bang' and about as much recoil as a .22 while creating groups like this.
For straight practice, I'd go with the spitzers; with my dies(Lee) they're a lot easier to get seated evenly at the depth I want than the SWCs. For pest control around a garden/farm/whatever, I'd go with the SWCs; that flat nose would, I think, work a lot better for putting them down. I do need to find a set of .30-06 dies of different brand to try, see if the SWC problem is with the bullet length and shape, or something about the dies.
Also had a few .30-30 loaded with the SWC over 2.5 grains of Bullseye, which produced this:
On the project rifle, in no particular order:
Capable of fine accuracy.
Since they don't make one, I need to get a grind-to-fit Limbsaver pad and modify to fit; few rounds hunting, no big deal; bunch of rounds in cold blood from a bench, for my shoulder at times, problem. I had a Limbsaver slip-on in the range servant, otherwise I'd have been in trouble.
I looked at the ballistics charts Federal has for their factory ammo, they show very little difference in trajectory between the 185-grain and 200-grain bullet loads; at least in this rifle, the hell there's not. A zero with the 200-grain at 100 yards had the 185 hitting right at 6" high. I really need to find a longer range to use for some shots, only way to know exactly how these things will perform at longer distances.
I took along some handloads made from Winchester and Federal .308 brass formed to .338, using Varget and 200-grain Speer softpoints; they shot nicely.
No, I didn't pull that target or take a picture. Blame it on getting really hot and worn at that point; once summer got here, it really did.
Thus ends my report for the day.
Monday, June 08, 2015
First, an attack on the 2nd Amendment by a usual suspect:
Rev. Snuffy is busy blaming the NRA again for the mess in Chicago. Because it couldn't be RWPPs like his friends Jackson and Sharpton, let alone himself, let alone the local gangs, oh no: it's the fault of that nasty NRA and members..
Second attack, on both the 1st and 2nd, the kind of thing we've come to expect: "Hey, let's shut down these people saying and passing around information we don't like by saying it violates a treaty!"
At this point, yeah, it may take hanging some people to do some good.
Second attack, on both the 1st and 2nd, the kind of thing we've come to expect: "Hey, let's shut down these people saying and passing around information we don't like by saying it violates a treaty!"
At this point, yeah, it may take hanging some people to do some good.
Dammit, Blair, you know they only attack people who're safe to attack;
and the real enemy is anything but.
True to his word, Hitchens did indeed continue to fight “a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate”, right up until his death in late 2011. But a funny thing happened to his friends on the broader left. Faced with the perfect enemy, the left utterly bottled it.
Even worse, many leftists – presumably confused by this enemy’s non-Anglo appearance, and desperately wishing not to be seen as racist – have since wilfully conceded territory to what Hitchens accurately described as “theocratic barbarism”. We can witness such concessions in the soft, compliant coverage in Australia of the Sydney-based Hizb ut-Tahrir extremist group.
Yep. Between fear of being called the Fatal Name, and fear of an enemy who'll actually kill them, they bowed. And kept bowing.
True to his word, Hitchens did indeed continue to fight “a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate”, right up until his death in late 2011. But a funny thing happened to his friends on the broader left. Faced with the perfect enemy, the left utterly bottled it.
Even worse, many leftists – presumably confused by this enemy’s non-Anglo appearance, and desperately wishing not to be seen as racist – have since wilfully conceded territory to what Hitchens accurately described as “theocratic barbarism”. We can witness such concessions in the soft, compliant coverage in Australia of the Sydney-based Hizb ut-Tahrir extremist group.
Yep. Between fear of being called the Fatal Name, and fear of an enemy who'll actually kill them, they bowed. And kept bowing.
Sunday, June 07, 2015
Under the 'Too stupid to breathe' heading,
2) Always wait until finishing your woodwork with the skillsaw prior to using your meth.
and
When attempting a self-circumcision do not use dry ice to numb the area... and when the dry ice sticks to the... a.... area, do not attempt to remove the ice with boiling water.
Under the double heading "Can't stop the signal, Mal" and "Things that make Bloomberg and Watts really pissy", a 3-D printed revolver.
Under two headings as well: "Why do you want a big magazine anyway?" and "Reasons overuse of SWAT is a bad idea":
The video shows a skinny bandit who has trouble kicking in a front door of a home at 1163 Morley Ave. in the Boulevard Heights neighborhood near Grant Park. After his first failure, he stalks off but moments later he returns and tries again and again. The door finally swings open on his third kick, and masked men swarm the front entrance with guns drawn.
Seriously, you ever looked at the number of home invasions where the bad guys are yelling "POLICE!" as they break in? Sometimes with jackets that say 'Police'? The days of "You should have known it was the police" are long gone.
And now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to flop down with a book for a while.
and
When attempting a self-circumcision do not use dry ice to numb the area... and when the dry ice sticks to the... a.... area, do not attempt to remove the ice with boiling water.
Under the double heading "Can't stop the signal, Mal" and "Things that make Bloomberg and Watts really pissy", a 3-D printed revolver.
Under two headings as well: "Why do you want a big magazine anyway?" and "Reasons overuse of SWAT is a bad idea":
The video shows a skinny bandit who has trouble kicking in a front door of a home at 1163 Morley Ave. in the Boulevard Heights neighborhood near Grant Park. After his first failure, he stalks off but moments later he returns and tries again and again. The door finally swings open on his third kick, and masked men swarm the front entrance with guns drawn.
Seriously, you ever looked at the number of home invasions where the bad guys are yelling "POLICE!" as they break in? Sometimes with jackets that say 'Police'? The days of "You should have known it was the police" are long gone.
And now, if you'll excuse me, I think I'm going to flop down with a book for a while.
Oh yeah, this is all going wonderfully!
Saudi
Arabia said it shot down a Scud missile fired by Yemen's Shiite rebels
and their allies early Saturday at a Saudi city that is home to a large
air base, marking a major escalation in the monthslong war.
And I'm sure, since Dear Leader has assured us ISIL is the junior varsity, and being degraded and destroyed by all those bombs not dropped, that this 'billions available to get nukes' isn't anything to worry about...
Wonder if these idiots(the ones in the White House) have seriously considered what'll happen when some islamists smuggle a dirty or properly-working nuclear bomb across the border? That's if they get caught; if they don't get caught until they're setting it, or if it goes off... these fools may think they can control the reaction, or use it somehow. They may actually have no idea just what the blowback will be.
If you've followed any of the mess with the Hugo awards and Sad Puppies, you know what a mess it's become. If you haven't, short version:
Larry Correia got tired of the Hugos being run by one small group, for one small group. Started Sad Puppies to get more people to buy memberships so they could vote, so the one small group could no longer decide, based on if the author had the correct political views, who gets a Hugo. The one small group completely lost their shit, and started calling names and lying, which has led to this from the creative director of Tor books:
Note that Sad Puppies includes, well, everyone: men, women straight, homosexual, whatever skin shade, they don't care; and Irene Gallo has openly called them all neo-nazis and racist and so forth. Tor books doesn't seem to care that a member of their staff has done this. Or that two prominent authors who are members of Sad Puppies are PUBLISHED by Tor; which means a member of Tor staff is making false, insulting, and possibly legally-actionable statements about two of their best-selling people...
The levels of stupid and fail involved here are just amazing.
And one more Obamacare exchange fails. Miserably.
And I'm sure, since Dear Leader has assured us ISIL is the junior varsity, and being degraded and destroyed by all those bombs not dropped, that this 'billions available to get nukes' isn't anything to worry about...
Wonder if these idiots(the ones in the White House) have seriously considered what'll happen when some islamists smuggle a dirty or properly-working nuclear bomb across the border? That's if they get caught; if they don't get caught until they're setting it, or if it goes off... these fools may think they can control the reaction, or use it somehow. They may actually have no idea just what the blowback will be.
If you've followed any of the mess with the Hugo awards and Sad Puppies, you know what a mess it's become. If you haven't, short version:
Larry Correia got tired of the Hugos being run by one small group, for one small group. Started Sad Puppies to get more people to buy memberships so they could vote, so the one small group could no longer decide, based on if the author had the correct political views, who gets a Hugo. The one small group completely lost their shit, and started calling names and lying, which has led to this from the creative director of Tor books:
The levels of stupid and fail involved here are just amazing.
And one more Obamacare exchange fails. Miserably.
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