And on this night, it being the Sixth of the Week,

well, you know the rest

A few things to note before I scream in frustration

If this is correct on the Wuhan vaccines and immune system damage, people need to hang.


If this is correct and true on voting fraud, same.  There's plenty of rope.


MSNBC once again earning their pay as Democrat operatives with bylines.


And last, because I'm tired of this shit, is Biden admitting to lying about not putting US troops into Ukraine, or this level of crack-brained idiot?

And in either case, why the hell wouldn't someone on his staff have stopped him?

And yes, I've seen this from several sources.

I have to wonder how some of these quack doctors and psychiatrists can live with themselves,

knowing the damage they've done to a lot of kids.

The real cases of gender dysphoria are rare, but only doing the hormones and surgery to those who actually fit, well, that doesn't fill the, call it the 'quota' leftist society demands.

I can't find the link I put up a while back, two of the best surgeons in the world on the subject of sex change operations, talking about how far too many kids are being pushed into this.  I found this piece, which is much less in-depth.  If I can find the other, I'll add it.
Ah, found it just before published.

I have to wonder: did the NY(effing)Times just decide they couldn't avoid this anymore,

or is this part of the "Joe is getting too bad to let this continue much more, we've got to prepare the ground for getting rid of him"?

Oh yes, more like this, please

A major victory for free speech: A federal judge ruled on March 11th that officials at the University of North Texas can be held personally responsible for firing a professor because they did not like his political opinions.
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Nor is this the only story where officials at North Texas have moved to silence debate. In another case Uuniversity officials removed Professor Timothy Jackson, the editor of a music journal (which he also founded), and defunded the journal because Jackson had disagreed with another leftist professor. When Jackson sued, he also sued both the college and the individuals involved.

And like Hiers, the court in January ruled in Jackson’s favor, allowing the suit against those individuals to go forward.
Excellent.  It's a start.

Keep your digits away from the flash gap

Note for those not familiar with revolvers: between the breech end of the barrel and the front of the cylinder is a gap; it's only a few thousandths of an inch, but it has to be there.  In most revolvers it's here

Then you have the Chiappa Rhino, which is a strange design, but it does seem to shoot well; its flash gap is here

With most, you just about have to work at it to get your support-hand thumb near the gap, but on the Rhino you don't, and if you use the same thumb forward grip you do on a semi-auto, it's going to hurt.

Which brings us to the story: yesterday a guy came out and asked if we had some bandages.  Yep, he was shooting a Rhino for the first time, and the flash tore a hole in his leather glove and cut a nice, straight line across his thumb, also giving it one hell of a whack.  Had him wash it(turned out the RSO had already told him that), then put some antibiotic and bandaging on it.  He'd been talking about muzzle blast, and something clicked and I asked him if he was using a thumb forward grip, and yes.  Explained about that gap, then strongly suggested either go to a doc-in-a-box or the ER, because even if no other damage that was going to have to be cleaned out.  

Lesson being, if it's a new type of firearm to you, find out if there's a way it can hurt you before you load up.

Ah, the geniuses studying at Harvard

Harvard University recently closed its Mather House Campus Police substation due to students' feelings about law enforcement.

Students voiced emotional concerns of intimidation, citing several instances of armed officers eating lunch in the upper-class dining hall, The Crimson reports.
And various other whiny bullshit.  Wait a while, and since the nearest cop shop is now a lot further away, as the muggings, robberies and rapes go up, they'll be bitching about how they're not safe on campus.

On the 'cooked the books' posts,

yes, this is a 'friend of a friend' story, but I have reason to believe it:

Wife of friend, best friend is a nurse.  When NYeffingC was screaming "We're all dying!", she was offered a lot of money to come to NYC and work.  Offers kept going up until she couldn't pass, packed up and went.

After a few days she noticed that a LOT of deaths that had nothing to do with the virus were being recorded as Wuhan deaths and mentioned something to the supervisor about it.  She wound up being taken into a empty hallway and told "If you say anything about this again, you'll be fired, there is BIG money involved in this."

Which, considering the number of cases with people admitting "We overcounted/miscounted/lied(they won't say the last) the numbers, they were way too high", I believe it.

Exhibit A(for tonight) of "We cooked the books"

"The group combed through 800 responses to Freedom of Information requests made by members of the public to medical institutions such as care homes and hospital trusts, and found fundamental flaws in way Covid fatalities were recorded.

In total, 14 different terms were used to describe a person who had died with Covid – including ‘underlying Covid’, ‘due to Covid’, ‘involving Covid’ and ‘died within either 28 or 60 days of a positive test’.

Some hospital trusts required a positive test to certify a Covid death, while others didn’t.

Most shockingly, in care homes, deaths were certified by doctors making their inspection via a video call – and this was permitted due to emergency guidance introduced in April 2020. "
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When Jessie died in April 2020, doctors noted her cause of death as Covid-19 – despite her never testing positive for the virus.

‘The doctor explained to me that, in the absence of a test, doctors are encouraged to put down Covid on death certificates,’ said Gary.


Exhibit B:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its data this week to reduce pediatric deaths from COVID-19 by nearly 24%.

On Tuesday, the agency was reporting on its COVID Data Tracker that 1,755 Americans under age 18 had died from the virus since the pandemic began in spring 2020. Now, it is reporting 1,341 deaths in that category.
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The CDC said the number was revised March 15 due to a “coding logic error,” according to a footnote on the agency’s COVID Data Tracker. Pediatric death counts were not the only ones to be lowered — total deaths were reduced by roughly 70,000. "
So, incompetent, lying, or both?

And on the seventh evening of the week,

my work for the day is done.

Borrowed from friend

Right now, it seems the Russians are going to hammer some cities with artillery and bombs, then try to take them.  In heavily built-up urban areas full of people who, if they didn't hate their guts, do now.

History says combat in that kind of area eats troops, and Russia has already lost a lot of them, and lots of equipment; wonder just how many Putin & Co. are willing to lose in pushing this?


Added: the recent couple of weeks have demonstrated that a lot of people in charge of things are effing idiots, and lots of other idiots are willing to cheer them on.

There's also this

Well, we've got a bunch of "WAR BAD!  NEVER GOOD!" types screaming for us to get into a shooting war with Russia, because it sounds good to them.  Right now.  And some "Why is it in the interest of the US to get involved in 'X'?" types who want to go along with it.  Going by what I've been reading, most of them really have no idea in mind of "What is our goal in this?" other than 'Russia loses', and they may not have a real good idea of what that means, either.  But they damn well want to trash the whole country to do it.

Lord, what a mess.

Sixth evening and the data

has arrived

Why I sometimes hate doctors/their offices

"Since you have seen a cardiologist, we have to have clearance that you can have anesthesia before we can schedule your surgery, we'll contact him."

Week later, "What's the status on this?"
"We sent the request, we've heard nothing back.  You could call them to see where it is."

Call cardio office, two days running: "Leave a detailed message."

Get home evening of second try, they called the wrong damned number, not the one I specifically left in both calls, to say "We haven't received anything and know nothing about it, please call us back."

Sometimes I really want to beat people with a large, spiked club.


Added: yes, I'm in a bad mood.  This is after having to see an arthritis specialist, who looked at the x-rays and said "You have arthritis in multiple places, this is going to cause real problems!"
Yeah, now tell me something I didn't already know.
"How are the meds working?  No difference you can tell?  Well, it can take a couple of months for them to really show any effect."
I was told that last time, we're back to 'something I don't know.'

Bleep.  I need a rest from all this crap.

Last couple of days I managed to get some casting done,

so have some more bullets for the .45-70 and another.  Now I need some time and suitable weather to alloy more lead to 20-1.  Which may take a while.

You cannot blame this on stupid, this is a deliberate act to cause harm

to the US and Israel, committed by our own Biden administration.
Russia’s top state-controlled energy company is set to cash in on a $10 billion contract to build out one of Iran’s most contested nuclear sites as part of concessions granted in the soon-to-be-announced nuclear agreement that will guarantee sanctions on both countries are lifted.
If this goes through- and remember, it's a deal being 'negotiated' for us by a Russian official who's already said that this is a great deal for Iran and China- God knows how many people will die.  

And when they do, Biden & Handlers will blame every/anyone except themselves.

Yes, I know it may not meet the strict legal definition of treason, but that's the label it's under because that's what it is.

As to St. Paddy's St. Patrick's day,

last time I went to a bar/club on that day, I said "I'm not doing this again."  

Go to a friend's place, sure.  Restaurant(that doesn't involve a band), yep.  Anyplace with lots of "Join us for St. Paddy's Day!" stuff and promising live music, HELL  no.  The booze is a lot cheaper at home if I wish to drink, and I can actually hear things.

I'd been looking at selling my bike,

since, due to the back and joint problems, something with a more upright seating position would be better.

Looking at the current situation, I think I'll keep it.  I wouldn't take it on long trips(me trouble, not it), but it's paid for and runs great.  And looking at what prices on good used as well as new bikes are likely to do...

Yeah, 'groomers' is a good term for them. The parents have a right to be damned mad.

Teachers at a school district in Wisconsin are being instructed to hide their students’ changing gender identities from parents on the grounds that “parents are not entitled to know,” and that it is “knowledge that must be earned,” according to leaked training documents.
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One of the slides in the training session reads, “Remember, parents are not entitled to know their kids’ identities. That knowledge must be earned. Teachers are often straddling this complex situation. In ECASD, our priority is supporting the student.”
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During training on microaggressions, Eau Claire teachers were taught about the differences between microinsults, microinvalidations, and microassaults. Examples of microaggressions that the training noted include: the concept of color blindness, or that “America is a melting pot;” the “myth of meritocracy,” or the belief that “the most qualified person should get the job;” assuming any student’s gender; and “sexist/heterosexist language,” including “being forced to choose between male and female when completing basic forms.”

Well, we know Sajid is an idiot

One follower told him: ‘John, I love ur humor man, but mockingly comparing getting reperations for things that happened 1000 years ago, to things that happened less than a generation ago is a flawed comparison. But u do u.’
Really?  The only place that's had slavery 'less than a generation ago' is countries in Africa, Asia, and the Mideast; it was ended here about 157 years ago, which is a lot more than a generation.  So, Sajid, do fuck off.

Oh, it's just wonderful out there

Biden is still claiming the cost of gas is all because of Putin, and printing trillions of dollars had no effect.  And we have another fake hate crime.

That asshat Kaepernick has a sad.  And earned every bit of it.


Amazon closed its downtown Seattle office, because crime.  Other businesses, too.  At least some local media won't talk about it, and the Mayor's office wants to pretend it's doing something.  Still.


Hm.  So calling Manchin a traitor and a bunch of other nasty things didn't make him fall into line; who could've imagined that?


"They're only covering gas prices to hurt Biden."  Apparently not because it's, oh, what's that word?  Oh yeah, 'news'.


Smallest Minority has a nice map that shows the changes in concealed carry laws.  It's been a big change.


Lot of them do seem to believe it.  And the rest, quietly, are trying to pretend they weren't part of it.

Somebody really did offer Mahar the pills, and he chose the right one.  I'm going to borrow this quote:
“In America, we’re supposed to root for democratic government, not apologize for it,” Maher said. “But the NBA has a television deal with China worth a billion-and-a-half dollars. So, LeBron James said Morey needed to be ‘educated on the situation,’ the situation being, ‘I’ve got some shoes to sell.’”

“‘Kowtow’ is a Chinese word, but boy, Americans have gotten good at it,” Maher said, noting that companies gain access to Chinese markets only if they don’t upset the Chinese Communist Party. “That’s the deal China offers American companies and celebrities: We’ll give you access to our billion-plus consumers as long as you shut up about the whole police-state-genocide thing. John Cena took that deal. Well, c’mon. China accounts for 34% of global box office, and he’s a movie star now. So, like the Uyghurs, last year, he learned he needed to get some re-education. You see, John referred to Taiwan as a country, as if it was a separate country from China, which it is. But China would like to do to Taiwan what it did to Tibet and what it’s now doing to Hong Kong.”

“When a country can make your big muscly Macho Man action star grovel in their language, you know you’re somebody’s b****,” Maher said.

Well, someone managed to set the backstop on fire at work yesterday

5.56 tracer.  Apparently not deliberate, it was one of a bag of ammo that he'd bought, and almost all the orange on the noses had rubbed off; it was in a magazine and wasn't spotted.

Very happily, it was spotted when it started, and put out before it became a real threat.  Still stunk like hell, and worried everyone.  A lot.

I can do without that happening again.

The electric car, and a lot of the costs that the greenies,

like our idiot Transportation Secretary, don't talk about. 

That's assuming they know and give a damn.

One part:
The study has four major findings:
There are four additional costs to powering EVs beyond electricity: cost of a home charger, commercial charging, the EV tax and "deadhead" miles.
For now, EVs cost more to power than gasoline costs to fuel an internal combustion car that gets reasonable gas mileage.
Charging costs vary more widely than gasoline prices.
There are significant time costs to finding reliable public chargers — even then a charger could take 30 minutes to go from 20% to an 80% charge.