Sixth evening

Therefore,

First, she voted for this, and pushed for it,

until it actually bit HER and her family.  Suddenly, the cops need to do more and the bad guys need to be rounded up.

She got hurt, her kids were terrified, and that's terrible.  

I wonder if she realizes now how a lot of other people have felt after her 'get rid of the police' crap let them be victimized?

It's as if someone actually expected honesty and reason from a crackhead

The first son provided confusing and often contradictory testimony under oath on June 29 during a six-hour deposition related to a defamation action brought by John Paul Mac Isaac, the owner of the now-defunct computer repair shop, who accuses Hunter of falsely insisting the laptop was not his, or was stolen, or that his information was hacked.

Hunter is countersuing Mac Isaac, accusing him of illegally distributing his personal data and invading his privacy.
...
In his deposition, Hunter also:
Gave “confused and dishonest responses” about whether he dropped off the laptop with Mac Isaac on April 12, 2019, or returned a day or two later at Mac Isaac’s request with an external hard drive onto which his data could be transferred.
Refused to admit that the laptop was his. “He either doesn’t recall or denies it altogether.”
“Hems and haws about how embarrassing the content of the laptop was while, at the same time, failing to identify what content and if it was even his content.”
Etc.  

I'd like to see a lot more of this

Oklahoma’s Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the ATF for their recent SWAT raid of one of their county’s most respected residents, Russell Fincher, PCSO Undersheriff Dustin Bray said Tuesday.

No one at the ATF warned the Sheriff’s Office in advance that highly armed federal agents would be conducting the SWAT raid, the Undersheriff said.
The whole thing is here.

Borrowed from Wirecutter, most crooks are idiots.

A Palm Coast man was arrested after deputies connected him to a string of car break-ins in Deltona that he reportedly did while driving around in a stolen Mercedes Benz that he posted on social media, deputies said.

I need to do a bunch of things

I need to replace the carpet on the stairs.  Couple of other things on the house.  Family stuff to take care of.  I need to alloy a bunch of lead, and cast a bunch of bullets.  I need to find a magic wand to make my arthritis better.*  I need to get laid.

And I need to do all that without getting hurt(again), as I really don't want any more familiarity with the ER.

I also need to get rid of a bunch of stuff, the problem there being "I know I still use this occasionally, is it worth keeping it?" combined with "What's a better way to store all this stuff?"

It just never ends, does it?

Added: in reaction to the second comment, since I can't post a picture there,

As Michael said, probably the Judean People's Front

An ancient cache of Roman weaponry including four spatha swords and a javelin head was found in a hidden chamber inside a cave at Israel's Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, in the Judean desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday in what it described as a "once in a lifetime" discovery.
An amazing find.

This was going to be a range day,

but that 'slight chance of rain' appears to be a line of showers/rain moving across the state, with a higher chance later.  With a fair-sized area moving into the range area.

No, I don't much want to wander through rain to change soaked targets, etc.  So not today.

I'm going to borrow from a tweet on Fauci's current 'on the individual level' crap

Today on CNN, after devastating study citations from the interviewer showing that masks don't work, Fauci responded: "but masks work on an individual level".

But this is nonsense. Here's why.

To do science on masks, you have a masked group and an unmasked group. You compare the rate of infection in each group. This is called a randomized trial. This is how science is done.

If the rate of infection is the same, then masks don't work. This was what the studies on masks showed. No difference.

Now, there is simply no such thing as scientific studies showing that "masks work at the individual level".

Fauci either doesn't understand how science works or he is lying and making things up.

It really is that simple. Fauci is saying gobbledygook in order to keep the idea of masks alive. It's incredibly shameful for Fauci to abuse science in this way. But it's par for the course in the way he has communicated science throughout the entire pandemic.
The tweet is here.  And it does indeed seem to match up nicely with all those studies testing the effect of masks(leave out the physical downsides for now).  There are some claiming that recent report saying 'masks don't work' was 'taken out of context', etc.  Kind of hard to take this out of context:
Medical/surgical masks compared to no masks

We included 12 trials (10 cluster‐RCTs) comparing medical/surgical masks versus no masks to prevent the spread of viral respiratory illness (two trials with healthcare workers and 10 in the community). Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness (ILI)/COVID‐19 like illness compared to not wearing masks (risk ratio (RR) 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.84 to 1.09; 9 trials, 276,917 participants; moderate‐certainty evidence. Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 compared to not wearing masks (RR 1.01, 95% CI 0.72 to 1.42; 6 trials, 13,919 participants; moderate‐certainty evidence). Harms were rarely measured and poorly reported (very low‐certainty evidence).
That's from the abstract.  And pretty straightforward.  Which won't matter, because the panic-mongers need people panicked and scared.

Another step in the right direction

The Biden administration's decision to categorize a type of rapid-fire gun accessory used with AR-15 type rifles as illegal machine guns is "likely unlawful," a federal judge in Texas concluded.

U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth on Wednesday issued a "narrow" temporary restraining order barring the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from enforcing the policy against three individuals.
We'll see what happens next.

At this point there's reason NOT to trust the bastards,

on this or much else.
Recently, Cochrane validated this, and found no evidence to support masking adults. Yet, all these years, Anthony Fauci repeatedly went on TV, and falsely claimed masking works, including cloth masks—which demonstrably don’t work, contradicted by multiple randomized trials.

Now, on CNN, Fauci is challenged. Please watch this amazing 1 minute video, link below. Fauci is directly confronted with the recent Cochrane review. Then consider his answer.

Fauci’s answer is that masks work for individuals, but not at the population level. But this is bizarre. He advocated for mask mandates at the population level. If he knew they did not work, why did he encourage them for populations? Moreover, even this week, he continues to advocate for them— at a population level.
Isn't it wonderful, from Mr. Science himself?

First, when a politician lies this much and publicly on such an easily checked matter,

say, their record of what they did with the lockdown bullshit, you know they're worried about the blowback.


Second, don't trust the public schools.  Because they'll lie and then try to hide/destroy the evidence of what they're doing to your kids.


Third, I've heard about some of the racism in Hawaii before, here's a bit more of a rundown on it.


And now, I'm to get a shower and ignore the magic box for a while.

That seventh period of the week

has arrived, bringing a new collection.  Enjoy

Good dog

Goood dog.
In addition to visiting various residents, particularly those liable to give him biscuits, he also comforts the elderly, even if behind closed doors, having long since learned to open them.
...
Robertson told the Free Press, "He certainly has a penchant for the elders. He's very in tune with what they need, especially our very vulnerable population. If they have dementia or if they're dying, he knows that, and he will go and be with them and comfort them. He must've just felt like he needed to be here."

Sixth eve, with another hot and wearing day

following a string of others.  So,

"This post was deleted because community guidelines. You can rewrite it to meet the guidelines'

In a post from a long time ago about vote fraud in a state.

Because "How dare you commit badthink and misinform people!", apparently.

Ain't it wonderful?

Yes, BATFEIEIO is at it again

This time, short version, "You have to get a FFL to be able to sell a gun if you make any money off the sale, and you can guess how many people we'll allow to have one."
Not to mention the 'This will allow us to register all guns and sales like we're legally able to, but since when has the law mattered to us?" problem.

Yeah, sounds like a cat

Due to a conversation in comments, just in caseyou haven't seen this, I present

one of my favorites

A bit of subsonic testing

Before I start, since I'll be including some specs on the loads, I must add this

DISCLAIMER:
These are loads I worked up.  Some was from data on different bullets, some was figured on my own.  They worked for me, I can't guarantee they will for you.  So use with caution, if you do.

That out of the way, I'd mentioned before using Berry's plated 200-grain .308 bullets, intended for .300 Blackout, with a 7.62x39.  Did some tweaking of the load, and got this at 30 yards the other day:

That used 12.8 grains of CFEBLK, with the bullet seated to just below maximum overall length.  Considering the so-so rest, not bad.  The original load was lower, and it worked, but there was a lot of fouling on the outside of the case, indicating the pressure was low enough that the case wasn't expanding enough for a good seal.  So worked this up in 0.1 grain increments, which got gave this accuracy and much less fouled cases, and no signs of high pressure.

Second, while back I'd mentioned getting some blemished bullets from Midway, .308 190-grain that shot very nicely at 30 yards.  Finally had the chance to/remembered to take them when went to the outdoor range.  These were shot at 100 yards using the center and bottom-right aiming points.

The center was these bullets in Sig cases over 10.5 grains of H4198, bottom right the same load in Federal cases, with the OAL just below max.  With the Strike Eagle scope, this was using the third stadia line as the aiming point.  This was much better than I'd hoped for.

I tried a few at 200, but couldn't figure out the holdover with the ones I had left.  That's for the future.  Right now I'm going to see if they've got any more of those bullets and order some if they do.

No, no velocity readings today, other people there when I arrived and didn't want to hold things up too long while I was arranging things.  That's for the future, too.

Another 'Faster, please' medical advance

This one for eyes.
Four patients with severe chemical burns to one eye have shown early positive results in a phase 1 clinical trial of a therapy based on their own stem cells.

Even without further treatment, two of the patients reported significant improvements in their vision after a year of follow-up, according to a team of US researchers. The other two patients were able to undergo corneal transplants, which had previously not been an option due to the severity of their injuries.

Of course he will, because us disobedient peasants need a lesson

in "DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD."
Despite declaring earlier this year that COVID is no longer a threat, President Joe Biden said his administration will "likely" recommend that all Americans receive the updated booster, including children.
Etc.  Which, especially considering the problems(let alone the 'not needed') this has already caused for kids, should be considered reason for horsewhipping every bastard involved.

That is one big lizard

New record alligator in Mississippi

14 feet 3 inches, 802.5 pounds.

Apparently these idiots have been following the Brit Crown Prosecutor rules

In court, Milica was fined €82 for ‘exceeding the necessity of self-defence’ and for ‘violating public order and peace’, which made her feel ‘very uncomfortable’.

Meanwhile, her attacker had to pay only €370 before being released from prison.
What she should be is damned mad, also every other woman in the country.  And every man worth a damn, for that matter.