Yes, we have come to the clearing time for the week

because I've wound up with a bunch of this stuff saved for your entertainment

               I still like Calvin & Hobbes, and Tracer Bullett is still my favorite string of that cartoon

Subject of flintlock kits having come up,

some years back I went looking for one, CVA used to make a blunderbuss kit I was looking for as a present.  And found they no longer made them.

Further looking found a few places that did put together a kit to build them, but they were a lot more expensive than used to be.  And I can't remember where, but there was someone making a kit for the Baker rifle, much more expensive.*  

Which is still  something I feel a need for a good flintlock rifle.  For some reason, that desire is still there.

One of these days I need to find a barrel, there's a Remington rolling block receiver I'd like to complete.  But a good barrel... finished barrels I could not find.  And a blank, especially counting the machine time to have it chambered, and the shank threaded and so forth, that's expensive.

*Considering the features and parts, not unexpected.

Speaking of slimy Democrat(in this case) politicians,

was sent this reminder of their liking of guns and kidnapping, as long as it's their minions holding them and doing it

Elian Gonzales, being taken by Feds at Clinton administration orders.  And handing him over to a communist government.

Hakeem Jeffries is a vile, oathbreaking bastard

who thinks promising to misuse/abuse the Justice Department is fine as long as Democrats do it.

Much like that clown Walz the Democrats wanted to be Vice President making loud statements about ICE being Trump's Gestapo, and then- when he realized just how much he overstepped- he started asking Trump to 'turn the temperature down'.

And that idiot Mayor of Minneapolis talking about the police fighting battles with ICE, with the Police Chief looking like he wanted to kick him in the ass for wanting to write checks his sorry self won't have to pay.

But mostly, tonight, I'd say "Jeffries, you suck."

I shall have to contain myself

because while I wouldn't mind a good flintlock to mess with, I fear this one is going to be a bit expensive.

I've seen an original Baker once, all things considered in fine shape, and thought "That would be nice."  This one would be even nicer, as it would be very shootable.

Why no, Not posting much right now

Combination of things to take care of, and every time I have to cough or sneeze, it bloody hurts.  Because a few days ago I fell down some stairs(oh, it was graceful, I assure you).  And then. in a fit of sneezes, I pulled a muscle in my back.  I think things are easing a bit, but it's still not pleasant.

More later, when I can put some effort into it.

Looks accurate

 

Click to embiggen, or go here and can make the pic even bigger.

When you add in the beta males who have been beaten down, it makes even more sense…

And you will note that NOWHERE in any one of the groups is any taking responsibility for actions, and that ALL of them are manipulative. Having encountered a few of these types over the years, one thing I can say for sure is that they ‘never’ expect to pay for any of their transgressions, much less feel any remorse for anything they have done.

Kinda puts the last seven years in a different light doesn’t it???

From Old NFO

Since the subject has been loud lately,

Widener's decided to shoot some tires.

And no, it won't magically stop a car that's in motion.

Because our Press was kissing his ass

2016. Obama's Press Secretary is asked about reports that during immigration raids, ICE agents were storming into homes, going room to room looking for illegals, and making children tremble with fear. I thought only fascist Presidents do that sort of thing. Why was the press so civil? Why weren't they crying or at least calling Obama a nazi? How come nobody was shaving their head in protest? Surely there were a bunch of angry white liberal wine moms outside the building screaming at the top of their lungs, right? Always keep in mind how fake and performative the outrage is.

Want to know how screwed Portland is, and why?

They keep putting asshats like this in positions of power

Yes, he was forced to admit the clowns shot when they tried to run over some ICE agents actually are gang members.  And it hurt his feelings because- well, it  makes some people feel bad.

Oregon is so screwed.  Makes you wonder if, when the big fault line off the coast turns loose, it might improve things.

Texas homicide data

 from Ammo.com

More on the idiots who think they're immune from consequences,

which includes "How dare you call us what we are!",
Since Democrats are once again engaged in Kristallnacht-style violence because the electorate rejected their policies, it's time once again for my periodic reminder that all Democrats are fascists. I love the fact that whenever I point this out, some Democrat invariably claims "Derrrrr... you don't even know what fascism is!" So let's explore fascism a little, shall we? Listed below are attributes and practices that all 20th Century fascists have in common with the Democrat Party of 2025: 1. Laws promoting the seizure of guns from law-abiding citizens and/or the denial of gun ownership rights for law-abiding citizens. 2. Censorship of free speech by pretending such censorship protects the citizenry from faulty information (i.e., so-called "disinformation"). 3. Government control of industry. 4. Government control of the mass media. 5. Control of the entertainment industry as a means of propaganda. (See: Leni Riefenstahl; Walt Disney Corporation.)
He's got a list of 16 points.

Another guy has some stuff about Ilhan Omar that the media either ignores, or actively tries to make be ignored, because she's a black female muslim and that makes her automatically The Victim, no matter what she's done.

One reason I often link to something at Instapundit

is they give a good excerpt from a piece that would require paying to read the whole of on the original site.  Like this:

“Why did you have real bullets?” Rebecca reportedly screamed after Good was shot.

The notion that ICE agents would have anything but real bullets in their guns may seem astonishing, but it surely speaks to how Renee Good, an ordinary woman in early middle age and the sole surviving parent of a 6-year-old, ended up behind the wheel of a car, in the middle of the street, engaged in a confrontation, the true stakes of which she so devastatingly misapprehended.

These people truly are friggin' idiots.  Did she actually think that cops would load with blanks when she and her playmates were around?   They actually seem to think they have some clearance to do whatever the hell they want, with no consequences.  And when consequences bite, they can't stand it.

It's also further indictment of the Professional Journalists that it took how long for people to find out she said that?  Or her further stupidity of
"It's my fault, I made her come down here."

Because our media is mostly made up of biased assholes.  

Speaking of the 'when consequences bite', there's a piece of video of some counter-protesters carrying American flags, one of whom some antifa type starts following him, sticking a megaphone in his ear and triggering it.  He keeps moving away from the asshole, who keeps following him, until he decides 'Enough' and decks him.  Couple of other assholes, apparently considering fighting back to be unfair, attack, and he decks them too.  Others continue, because "How dare you do anything against one of us assaulting you!"

Effing idiots, at best.

On the CPAP,

it doesn't seem to bother my sleeping, and I think it's helping; I feel less tired during the day.  Which, having pulled up the doctors report from the sleep study, definitely counts as a plus.  I think I mentioned using a nose pillow headpiece, single strap that splits at back of the head, one band high and one low to keep it in place.  They had choices between a mask and these when the respiratory therapist took me through the 'how it works' stuff, and I went with this.

Have been using the vinegar with water to wash things out each week, seems to work very well.  I've got a dish tub set aside specifically for this.

So: got used to it fairly fast, and it does seem to help.  

Now if I can stop doing graceful things and hurting myself, it'd make even more of a difference.

I had an eventful last few days

First, I managed to fall down some stairs.  Which wasn't fun.  

Then, the other night, I've been sneezing a lot lately.  And somehow I managed to sneeze with my body at a bad angle and pulled a muscle in my back, from what I can tell.  So every time I sneeze, or cough, ow.

I think given a few days they'll both ease off, but damn.

Now, where'd I leave the heating pad?

Holy crap, sounds like the assistance to the Persians is ongoing,

including dealing with regime commanders.

Sure, put them in the Prime Minister's residence

and don't let the bastard leave

Ok, we have AWFLs protesting in favor of the ayotollahs in Iran, while women in Iran risk their lives doing this

The AWFLs, as usual, are against freedom.    Stolen from Mr. Correia on Bookface:

Heh. A friend of mine just saw a video where some AWFLs were protesting in DEFENSE of the Ayatollahs, and was like… dude… HOW?! WTF?!?

And my comment was if you ever want to guess what side of any given issue horrible bossy white liberal women will take, just ask yourself which of these two things is worse for western society, and they will be all over it.

Try it. Pick an issue. Any issue. The less sense it makes the better.

Fraud stealing our tax dollars? Yay fraud. America needs to have more Somali daycares.

Sex changes for children? Sure. Why not?

They’re even against electricity! For the environment!

Nicholas Maduro is a hero. What do all those dumb South Americans know?

Even if it harms other women, as long as it harms the fabric of society more. Like putting violent psychos with twenty prior arrests away? Nope. They are on team psycho killer all the way. If you don’t let him wander the subways with a dagger you’re racist.

Every week there is a new issue, and they will be confidently ass backwards on it, and smug about it.

Test it out for yourself in the comments. Think of any current event or news story from the last few years. What side of this issue hurts society the most? Then the AWFLs are all in.

Yeah.  Also ran across this which seems to fit well:

The terrorism lovers are out, too

If Iran does indeed fall to the Persians, it'll be interesting to see what the left has to say.
Assuming we don't already know.

Absolutely correct

So, which story is the Legacy Media focussed on? Which story do the American people read multiple repeating stories about, multiple op-eds slaying millions of innocent pixels, daily headlines chewing the same damn fat, and repeating the same damn talking points, with only a few words changed?

Some LARPing bint, whose name in two decades will be known only to her children, and whose death will mean absolutely nothing to history?

Or a desperate revolution whose successful outcome will be seen as one of the turning points of the century, whose ripples will affect damn-near everyone on this little green dirtball, and will substantially alter world history?

You already know the answer to that.

Bloody media. And we tolerate this bushwa.

One of the things most of the left is ignoring in Iran

 

Thought occurred, also, of a reason why the left isn't cheering this:
The left likes to scream for 'Decolonize!', but that's exactly part of what the Persians are doing; but they're doing it to a religioius/political group the left has been protecting for a long time.  And they can't stand it.

Found this picture at Instapundit, where they've had a bunch of updates on the situation.

Borrowed from Instapundit

 

And for tonight's clearing

It's a short one

Kim tried a new boomstick

to mixed reviews.  Which brings me to a particular thing he mentioned:
On AR-type rifles, I almost always wear both earplugs and muffs, because I have to work one cup up on that ear in order to get a good cheek weld, and with trying to take care of what hearing I still have I'm not taking chances.

I mentioned in the past I like the Radians earplug kits, because, for some reason, the foam plugs won't stay in place in my ears, they work themselves loose.  The foamies have better noise reduction, but if you have to stop regularly and go outside to put the damn things back in...

Pies and ballistic matching

On the latter, Kevin at Smallest Minority had a piece he did years ago on ballistic fingerprinting, it's still available, and very good.  

I hadn't baked pies in quite a while, and I think I do need to go back to butter and flour on the pan.  Cakes and such always had, why I forgot it on pecan pies I don't know.  And thanks to everybody on that.

Be it remembered that the EffingBI laboratories have been caught

being incorrect- or just plain lying- about their results, and their main reaction was to try and cover it up.  To the point of not notifying the lawyers of possible innocent people that the evidence against them was bullcrap.

I will note that daughter was once studying forensics, and became greatly discouraged over time as she found how many of the "We can tell you the Truth!" proclamations were, at best, questionable.

I'm reminded of one of the lawyers who handed the FBI labs ass  to them wondering why more people, faced with what his client had been, did not demand the evidence be evaluated by someone other than the FBI.  Because it turns out that's a very good thing to do.

Well, what would you expect from the BBC?

Just like the Democrats would love to be able to do here.

Also, 

More on this one here.

And, I'd guess expecting the Iranian government to shut down internet comm, 
Channel 14 Israel: Amid Iran’s internet shutdown, Elon Musk has quietly enabled free Starlink access for protesters, according to people familiar with the matter. The move was implemented several days ago without a public announcement, with protest leaders informed privately. Israeli businessman Dubi Francis raised the issue with Musk’s team after an inquiry from Deputy Minister Almog Cohen. Musk committed to keeping the network open at no cost while protests continue and instructed Starlink executives to block regime interference.
Not exactly unexpected, is it?

No matter how much it'll piss the BBC and their masters off.

A bunch of clowns in Britain- politicians and bureaucrats- need to be decorating trees,

that's the only thing that fits this garbage.
he UK’s Metropolitan Police is facing fierce criticism after a damning review revealed it allowed highly problematic and serious dangerous criminals to enter its ranks due to a combination of extremely poor vetting and diversity goals.

More than 130 officers and staff within the London force, including two convicted serial rapists, were taken on when they should not have been.

The political targets were enacted under the then-Conservative Party government, led by Theresa May at the time.
Politicians, both parties, and lots of bureaucrats.

About that pie pan stuff,

I had an idea and asked daughter, who loves to cook: would it help to put parchment paper on the bottom before put the crust in?

She had no idea, but said might be worth trying.  So I tried it.

No, won't be doing that.  I'm going to go back to Sailorcurt's suggestion of greasing the pan.

I've got two pyrex or whatever glass pans, and aside from the sticking with some pies they work well.  

This is also making me wonder about other pies.  Which sound good.

Yes, the Mayor of NYeffingCity and his minions are pretty open about being racists

as well as communists.  And some of them can't handle being questioned or challenged.*


Cea Weaver, the Office to Protect Tenants head, which at base could be a decent thing.  Except:
“She’s Chesa Boudin times a thousand,” an incredulous Tandler said today, referencing the oft-mocked former San Francisco District Attorney.**

In one clip, Weaver talked about how “we” can “take over a lot of distressed housing,” and use legal processes to tell “scofflaw” landlords, “We’re gonna take this building away from you.” A video short that went viral showed Weaver talked about moving home ownership from an “individualized good” to a “collective good,” saying that “especially white families, but some POC families” are going to have to embrace a “different relationship to property” than “the one that we currently have”:
Sounds great, huh?  Especially when you add in she's a racist who hates people actually owning property.

Well, she's a communist working for a communist, what would you expect?

And, as you'd expect, hypocrisy of a large level shows up.  And she acts like- well, like some academic "I've never really done anything" who's being actually challenged and asked about her crap for the first time in her life.  Which is probably true.

Oh, New Effing York, you really chose this.  And you're getting the Good and Hard part already.

Added: yes, he's probably right

*Taibbi has written some very good stuff, but you often can only read part of it.  In this case, 'Give me your email address and you can unlock the rest'.  Except the next step is 'Scan this code, THEN you can read the rest.'  No, thank you.

**'Mocked' means called on being a terrorist-supporting, crime-supporting asshat who screwed that city horribly.  Unless you were a crook who wanted to get away with things.

The gentleman had this picture up,

and it sums up the left pretty well

"You are a VICTIM!"  etc.  If you're not the selected victim you are a VICTIMIZER!  "You use honey?  You abuse bees!  You wear wool, you abuse sheep!  You like sex with the other sex, you're a RAPIST!"

Which fits in well with that nutcase hypocrite  who's advising(enabling) the Mayor of NYeffingCity, who says if you own a home you're a racist exploiter, etc., and she wants to take it away from you.  PLANS to take it from you.  

Good and Hard, NYeffingCity, you either voted for this or couldn't bother to vote against it.

I will- maybe- start trusting the EffingBI when the people behind this

and a bunch of other abuses- EffingBI, Do'J' and others- are fired, and prosecuted whenever possible.

A pain in the ass that doesn't really mean much to anyone else,

but it's left me thinking "What the hell?"

Pie pans.  Specifically, I want to get some non-stick pie pans.

I spent time yesterday checking through local stores, online and in the places, and none.  A few standard steel pans, a very few fancy ceramics, lots of cake pans and cookie sheets and such, but non-stick pie pans?  Not a damned one.

That includes Wal Mart.  "We can deliver it in 3 days, but we don't carry them in the stores."

Annoying, it is.

"Oh no!

Anyway..."
Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela

There's reason Larry Correia said 'The moral compass of the left is a windsock':

Oh, this must piss off the Brit PM.  Assuming it doesn't scare hell out of him.


It seems that two news agencies- NYeffingTimes and Washington Post- had information about the operation leaked to them, but they- unexpectedly- did NOT publish it prior to the strike.  Which is nice for a change.

Why not?

I can think of two reasons:

1. There may be a few people there who actually think putting US troops and a mission in danger is a bad idea.

2. "You know what our ratings are with the average someone?  Troops get wounded, or killed, or crippled because we put this out, they'll want to hang us!  And what do you think Trump will have to say about us? "

I think 2 is more likely.  And I hope there is some very careful digging to find how WHO leaked it to them, so the bastard can be punished appropriately(I'll leave you to decide just what that would be).

"Yes, but that was different, I thought it made me and my guy

look good!"

Somehow the left is already out with pre-printed signs to protest Maduro getting a full helicopter ride, too.  Isn't that interesting?


In other news Democrat: "If you investigate this, I can arrest you!"

With lots of people pointing out "Really?  Isn't that a violation itself?" and "Doesn't this make you look complicit?"