The Daily Beast on Wednesday falsely attributed quotes to the El Paso district attorney, even though no one from the DA's office had communicated with them, according to a spokeswoman from the office.
Response of these clowns when called on this? Change the headline a bit and add
"This article has been updated regarding information from the District
Attorney's office regarding the status on possible charges."
at the bottom.
And they wonder why people don't trust them.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
City case, but it's still good
Hamilton County Judge Robert Ruehlman sided Monday with gun owners’ groups that sought to overturn a city of Cincinnati ordinance banning bump stocks, a type of gun attachment that can allow a semi-automatic
firearm to be fired at nearly the rate of a fully automatic weapon.
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
'Universal Background Checks' equals registration
Because they desperately want lists to use.
'Seemingly open'? They drool and have wet dreams at the idea.
Richmond, though, says he does not think Democrats in Congress are ready to move legislation to support a federal firearms registry right now.
Take careful note of that 'right now'. Tells you what they want. Desperately.
'Seemingly open'? They drool and have wet dreams at the idea.
Richmond, though, says he does not think Democrats in Congress are ready to move legislation to support a federal firearms registry right now.
Take careful note of that 'right now'. Tells you what they want. Desperately.
History is messy, and it has to be taught honestly, warts and all;
teachers who only 'teach' a version tailored to what they want people to believe are a threat.
...Smith went one step further, likening the ugly truth of history to a “mangy, snarling dog standing between you and a crowd-pleasing narrative.”
“Obviously,” Smith said, “the story should be, needs to be, that the enslaved black people and soon-to-be-exiled red people would join forces and defeat their oppressor.” But such was not the case—far from it. “The Five Civilized Tribes were deeply committed to slavery, established their own racialized black codes, immediately reestablished slavery when they arrived in Indian territory, rebuilt their nations with slave labor, crushed slave rebellions, and enthusiastically sided with the Confederacy in the Civil War.”
In other words, the truth is about as far a cry from a “crowd-pleasing narrative” as you could possibly get. “Do you want to hear that?” Smith asked the audience. “I don’t think so. Nobody does.” And yet, Smith is firm in his belief that it is a museum’s duty to embrace and elucidate ambiguity, not sweep it under the rug in the pursuit of some cleaner fiction.
Far too many people prefer the cleaner fiction to the facts. And they don't care what damage said fiction does.
...Smith went one step further, likening the ugly truth of history to a “mangy, snarling dog standing between you and a crowd-pleasing narrative.”
“Obviously,” Smith said, “the story should be, needs to be, that the enslaved black people and soon-to-be-exiled red people would join forces and defeat their oppressor.” But such was not the case—far from it. “The Five Civilized Tribes were deeply committed to slavery, established their own racialized black codes, immediately reestablished slavery when they arrived in Indian territory, rebuilt their nations with slave labor, crushed slave rebellions, and enthusiastically sided with the Confederacy in the Civil War.”
In other words, the truth is about as far a cry from a “crowd-pleasing narrative” as you could possibly get. “Do you want to hear that?” Smith asked the audience. “I don’t think so. Nobody does.” And yet, Smith is firm in his belief that it is a museum’s duty to embrace and elucidate ambiguity, not sweep it under the rug in the pursuit of some cleaner fiction.
Far too many people prefer the cleaner fiction to the facts. And they don't care what damage said fiction does.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Among the reasons more people are homeschooling
are asshats like these.
Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, a group of public school history teachers in the posh Boston suburb of Newton pledged to reject the “call for objectivity” in the classroom, bully conservative students for their beliefs, and serve as “liberal propagandist[s]” for the cause of social justice.
...
Ibokette was having none of it. He typed this reply: “I am concerned that the call for ‘objectivity’ may just inadvertently become the most effective destructive weapon against social justice,” and sent it to the members of Newton North’s history department.
Ibokette was responding to an email from another Newton North history teacher, David Bedar. Bedar was same teacher who hosted the anti-Semites at Newton North, and has played a significant role in the years-long controversy over anti-Jewish bias in the public schools of the heavily Jewish suburb.
Any takers on a bet that they think homeschoolers are racists and so forth?
Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, a group of public school history teachers in the posh Boston suburb of Newton pledged to reject the “call for objectivity” in the classroom, bully conservative students for their beliefs, and serve as “liberal propagandist[s]” for the cause of social justice.
...
Ibokette was having none of it. He typed this reply: “I am concerned that the call for ‘objectivity’ may just inadvertently become the most effective destructive weapon against social justice,” and sent it to the members of Newton North’s history department.
Ibokette was responding to an email from another Newton North history teacher, David Bedar. Bedar was same teacher who hosted the anti-Semites at Newton North, and has played a significant role in the years-long controversy over anti-Jewish bias in the public schools of the heavily Jewish suburb.
Any takers on a bet that they think homeschoolers are racists and so forth?
Scene from the range
Found out that the S&W .380EZ on the rental rack had been taken to the gunsmith for some work(not sure what, too busy to find out).
We got the thing six or eight months ago, as I recall. While that doesn't sound like very long, that thing has been rented a LOT. And every time it's had one box of ammo put through it, sometimes more; it's been fired more in those months than an average user would in, oh, probably ten years(considering the usual practice rate you hear about for pistols of the sort, probably more. A lot more.) And this is the first problem it's had.
And most of the people who shot it really liked it, especially older ladies who have arthritis or other problems that limit how well they can work a slide. Being bigger than most .380 pocket pistols doesn't hurt, either: more to hold on to.
No, .380 isn't an ideal self-defense cartridge, but as has been said, it beats hell out of nothing. It in a firearm someone has no trouble handling, that's worth a lot.
We got the thing six or eight months ago, as I recall. While that doesn't sound like very long, that thing has been rented a LOT. And every time it's had one box of ammo put through it, sometimes more; it's been fired more in those months than an average user would in, oh, probably ten years(considering the usual practice rate you hear about for pistols of the sort, probably more. A lot more.) And this is the first problem it's had.
And most of the people who shot it really liked it, especially older ladies who have arthritis or other problems that limit how well they can work a slide. Being bigger than most .380 pocket pistols doesn't hurt, either: more to hold on to.
No, .380 isn't an ideal self-defense cartridge, but as has been said, it beats hell out of nothing. It in a firearm someone has no trouble handling, that's worth a lot.
I want to go shooting
at the outdoor range. But it's chilly, and wet, and I really don't want to be out in that for a few hours(which would include wet feet from walking to & from the target stands). So I think I'll spend some time today, once I can get myself to actually do something, loading some of the ammo I'm short of.
Weekend at the range was busy. REAL busy most of the time. I wonder if the clowns in DC pushing their latest 'disarm the peasants' bill have any idea how much business jumps every time they start spouting their crap?
Weekend at the range was busy. REAL busy most of the time. I wonder if the clowns in DC pushing their latest 'disarm the peasants' bill have any idea how much business jumps every time they start spouting their crap?
Virginia isn't having a clown show; clowns
can keep their mouth shut. This is a first-class shitstorm:
“We are now at the 400-year anniversary — just 90 miles from here in 1619. The first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores in Old Point Comfort, what we call now Fort Monroe, and while—,” Northam said, before King cut him off.
“Also known as slavery,” King said.
“Yes,” Northam responded.
He called slaves 'indentured servants'.* In an interview. On top of all the other crap he's said.
The Democrat Governor of Virginia, folks.
Now let's add in they were hoping he'd go away and let the Democrat Lt. Gov. take over, right up until the Lt. was accused- by multiple women now- of rape. Ok, so the Attorney General is next in line. Except he's confessed to playing with blackface, like the Governor. And at least one Democrat has admitted they won't push him to resign, because if those three all go the next in line to be Governor is a Republican. Better the good Democrats with a past of blackface and sexual assault than that!
*Yes, some 'indentured servants' were no more than slaves under a different name; doesn't change how effing stupid this was.
“We are now at the 400-year anniversary — just 90 miles from here in 1619. The first indentured servants from Africa landed on our shores in Old Point Comfort, what we call now Fort Monroe, and while—,” Northam said, before King cut him off.
“Also known as slavery,” King said.
“Yes,” Northam responded.
He called slaves 'indentured servants'.* In an interview. On top of all the other crap he's said.
The Democrat Governor of Virginia, folks.
Now let's add in they were hoping he'd go away and let the Democrat Lt. Gov. take over, right up until the Lt. was accused- by multiple women now- of rape. Ok, so the Attorney General is next in line. Except he's confessed to playing with blackface, like the Governor. And at least one Democrat has admitted they won't push him to resign, because if those three all go the next in line to be Governor is a Republican. Better the good Democrats with a past of blackface and sexual assault than that!
*Yes, some 'indentured servants' were no more than slaves under a different name; doesn't change how effing stupid this was.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Why so many people have come to distrust, despise, and sometimes flat out hate cops
A: These two sorry excuses for peace officers did this.
B: Wheatcroft and Chapman were charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer—Chapman evidently hit one of the officers in the head with a bag during the confusion—and spent months behind bars because they could not afford bail. Chapman eventually plead guilty to a lesser charge in order to get of jail and reclaim her children.
C: The Glendale police gave Schneider a mere three-day suspension: In a statement, the department neglected to mention the use of the taser on the groin, noting only that "a review of the officers' actions has been performed and discipline implemented regarding certain tactics used by one officer."
And there's no mention of any punishment for Lindsey. For some reason.
Throw in that something like this doesn't just happen: they did this because they figured they would get away with it. What does that tell you about Glendale PD?
And I'll bet the chief likes to bitch and whine about people not supporting these asshats.
B: Wheatcroft and Chapman were charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer—Chapman evidently hit one of the officers in the head with a bag during the confusion—and spent months behind bars because they could not afford bail. Chapman eventually plead guilty to a lesser charge in order to get of jail and reclaim her children.
C: The Glendale police gave Schneider a mere three-day suspension: In a statement, the department neglected to mention the use of the taser on the groin, noting only that "a review of the officers' actions has been performed and discipline implemented regarding certain tactics used by one officer."
And there's no mention of any punishment for Lindsey. For some reason.
Throw in that something like this doesn't just happen: they did this because they figured they would get away with it. What does that tell you about Glendale PD?
And I'll bet the chief likes to bitch and whine about people not supporting these asshats.
Saturday, February 09, 2019
Scene from the range
"We don't have any rifle lanes right you, there's a waiting list."
"We'll just shoot pistols. When a rifle lane opens up, will you hold it for us?"
"Can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because I can't hold a lane for you while you're shooting when someone else is waiting for one already."
"We'll come right out."
"Cannot do that."
"Why not?"
Through mind runs 'Because we're busy, people are waiting, you want me to not only hold a lane for you but LEAVE THE COUNTER AND GO GET YOU AND SCREW THE OTHER PEOPLE?'
I didn't, but I have never been closer to saying "BECAUSE I BLOODY SAID SO."
These are the same type people who come in with three people and state "We need three lanes" and get pissy when you tell them they can't have them. Apparently "Because A: there aren't that many lanes free in the same bay and B: when it's this busy I can't give a group your size multiple lanes" cannot penetrate the shell of "I want it!" in their heads.
"We'll just shoot pistols. When a rifle lane opens up, will you hold it for us?"
"Can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because I can't hold a lane for you while you're shooting when someone else is waiting for one already."
"We'll come right out."
"Cannot do that."
"Why not?"
Through mind runs 'Because we're busy, people are waiting, you want me to not only hold a lane for you but LEAVE THE COUNTER AND GO GET YOU AND SCREW THE OTHER PEOPLE?'
I didn't, but I have never been closer to saying "BECAUSE I BLOODY SAID SO."
These are the same type people who come in with three people and state "We need three lanes" and get pissy when you tell them they can't have them. Apparently "Because A: there aren't that many lanes free in the same bay and B: when it's this busy I can't give a group your size multiple lanes" cannot penetrate the shell of "I want it!" in their heads.
And Switzerland pokes the EU in the eye
whether some of their .gov likes it or not.
According to Swissinfo.ch, the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland and the Swiss gun lobbyists mounted the opposition ahead of Parliament’s vote and said they would launch a referendum. According to a Swiss resident on ar15.com, they only had 100 days to get 50,000 verified signatures. Since that time, they were able to collect 125,000 signatures. The referendum vote will take place in May, the same month that compliance with the Schengen Treaty is required.
From some .gov clowns:
Lawmakers had warned that failure to comply could lead to a dispute with the EU.
Guy, that's the whole idea.
According to Swissinfo.ch, the Campaign for an Independent and Neutral Switzerland and the Swiss gun lobbyists mounted the opposition ahead of Parliament’s vote and said they would launch a referendum. According to a Swiss resident on ar15.com, they only had 100 days to get 50,000 verified signatures. Since that time, they were able to collect 125,000 signatures. The referendum vote will take place in May, the same month that compliance with the Schengen Treaty is required.
From some .gov clowns:
Lawmakers had warned that failure to comply could lead to a dispute with the EU.
Guy, that's the whole idea.
I am going to have to get a new bullet mold
I like the .41 Magnum. Sometimes full-power loads are a bit much, so good cast-bullet load should be the thing. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a large selection of molds in that size.
Further research will be required.
Further research will be required.
Having had a chance to shoot a M1 Carbine again,
I still think they're a fine light rifle. The ones I've fired have been reliable, and while they're never going to make a match rifle, they're very much minute-of-goblin accurate at the ranges it was made for.
On the reliability side, ran across this a while back that covers much of that
The reliability seems to boil down to 'change the recoil spring and use good magazines'.
On the reliability side, ran across this a while back that covers much of that
The reliability seems to boil down to 'change the recoil spring and use good magazines'.
Friday, February 08, 2019
Cold Friday nights
are a good time to stay in and do something constructive, like go over new information
That socialist barkeep gift that keeps on giving, and giving...
In this case, her 'Green New Deal', which includes things like
1. "Upgrade or replace every building in US for state-of-the-art energy efficiency."
Yeah. EVERY building.
2. "Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out high- speed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle."
Socialists really love trains, don't they? Considering how Californicated has already overspent by billions on a still-not-working high-speed choo-choo(that isn't that fast anyway), you'd think the message of trying to do this nationwide would get through, but nooo.....
And it just goes on. It was so wonderful that her staff yanked the FAQ page. Happily, The Internets Being Forever, you can see it here. For a little more of the display of genius in this document,
Yes, we are calling for a full transition off fossil fuels and zero greenhouse gases. Anyone who has read the resolution sees that we spell this out through a plan that calls for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from every sector of the economy.
These people may not be just stupid, they may actually be demented. NO fossil fuels and ZERO greenhouse gas emissions? Not possible. Period. That these idiots not only think it is, but that they can do it in ten years?
And this is just freakin' gold:
We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast, but we think we can ramp up renewable manufacturing and power production, retrofit every building in America, build the smart grid, overhaul transportation and agriculture, plant lots of trees and restore our ecosystem to get to net-zero.
You may need to read that a couple of times to get the full effect, it's that amazing. In ten years.
Throw in this:
The same way we paid for the New Deal, the 2008 bank bailout and extended quantitative easing programs.
Isn't that just so freaking cute, she thinks we've paid for those things.
One more bit of this:
Economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work
"You don't want to work? That's ok, we'll pay your bills anyway."
Actually actively stupid.
1. "Upgrade or replace every building in US for state-of-the-art energy efficiency."
Yeah. EVERY building.
2. "Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out high- speed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle."
Socialists really love trains, don't they? Considering how Californicated has already overspent by billions on a still-not-working high-speed choo-choo(that isn't that fast anyway), you'd think the message of trying to do this nationwide would get through, but nooo.....
And it just goes on. It was so wonderful that her staff yanked the FAQ page. Happily, The Internets Being Forever, you can see it here. For a little more of the display of genius in this document,
Yes, we are calling for a full transition off fossil fuels and zero greenhouse gases. Anyone who has read the resolution sees that we spell this out through a plan that calls for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from every sector of the economy.
These people may not be just stupid, they may actually be demented. NO fossil fuels and ZERO greenhouse gas emissions? Not possible. Period. That these idiots not only think it is, but that they can do it in ten years?
And this is just freakin' gold:
We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast, but we think we can ramp up renewable manufacturing and power production, retrofit every building in America, build the smart grid, overhaul transportation and agriculture, plant lots of trees and restore our ecosystem to get to net-zero.
You may need to read that a couple of times to get the full effect, it's that amazing. In ten years.
Throw in this:
The same way we paid for the New Deal, the 2008 bank bailout and extended quantitative easing programs.
Isn't that just so freaking cute, she thinks we've paid for those things.
One more bit of this:
Economic security for all who are unable or unwilling to work
"You don't want to work? That's ok, we'll pay your bills anyway."
Actually actively stupid.
Larry Correia was in town last night at a book signing
Interesting guy, who'll talk about just about anything. There's a lot of MHI in the future, and more Grimnoir, and some more short story collections.
Looking forward to them.
Looking forward to them.
Thursday, February 07, 2019
"You can trust the FBI, and Mueller is a saint!"
Yeah. Right.
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and current special prosecutor in the Russia case, once was hauled before the nation’s secret intelligence court to address a large number of instances in which the FBI cheated on sensitive surveillance warrants, according to evidence gathered by congressional investigators.
...
The episode is taking on new significance as Mueller moves into the final stages of his Russia probe while evidence mounts that the FBI work preceding his appointment as special prosecutor may have involved improprieties in the securing of a FISA warrant to spy on Donald Trump’s campaign in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.
...
Anderson’s testimony isn’t just for the history books. It has as much relevance today as when the judges first became upset with the FBI.
That’s because we now know the FBI, in 2016, omitted significant information from the application for the FISA warrant that allowed it to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in hopes of finding evidence of collusion between Russia and the GOP presidential nominee’s campaign.
And on. And on.
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and current special prosecutor in the Russia case, once was hauled before the nation’s secret intelligence court to address a large number of instances in which the FBI cheated on sensitive surveillance warrants, according to evidence gathered by congressional investigators.
...
The episode is taking on new significance as Mueller moves into the final stages of his Russia probe while evidence mounts that the FBI work preceding his appointment as special prosecutor may have involved improprieties in the securing of a FISA warrant to spy on Donald Trump’s campaign in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.
...
Anderson’s testimony isn’t just for the history books. It has as much relevance today as when the judges first became upset with the FBI.
That’s because we now know the FBI, in 2016, omitted significant information from the application for the FISA warrant that allowed it to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in hopes of finding evidence of collusion between Russia and the GOP presidential nominee’s campaign.
And on. And on.
"Why do you have a problem with registering your guns?"
Added to everything else, crap like this:
The Buffalo News reports that Andrew Ciepiela, 46, recently tried to register an old Iver Johnson revolver that has been handed down through three generations. That’s when the Erie County Pistol Permit Department told him the gun, made in 1917, was last registered in the 1950s by a sexagenarian and, as a “nuisance” firearm, it could not be registered to him, clearing the way for local police to destroy it.
Screw these people, screw their permits, and screw every moron who wants your property on a list.
The Buffalo News reports that Andrew Ciepiela, 46, recently tried to register an old Iver Johnson revolver that has been handed down through three generations. That’s when the Erie County Pistol Permit Department told him the gun, made in 1917, was last registered in the 1950s by a sexagenarian and, as a “nuisance” firearm, it could not be registered to him, clearing the way for local police to destroy it.
Screw these people, screw their permits, and screw every moron who wants your property on a list.
Wednesday, February 06, 2019
Well, hell, no wonder all those Democrats were wearing white last night,
they're showing solidarity with the Democrats of Virginia.
Seriously, Virginia? This is what you elected?
Cap that with the speech last night. I didn't watch it(I almost never watch political speeches), but from the reaction of the leftists it was apparently one serious barn-burner of a talk.
Seriously, Virginia? This is what you elected?
Cap that with the speech last night. I didn't watch it(I almost never watch political speeches), but from the reaction of the leftists it was apparently one serious barn-burner of a talk.
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