Post fire update:

Yes, the building is salvageable. Yes, we caught it early., so the damage was limited...

Yes, a lot of water damage, and yes, I have to get the roof fixed.

The alarms system appears to be damaged (EMP? Dihydrogen oxide?)  dunno until the experts come out on Monday. The internal video surveillance system has issues....again, maybe EMP?

Insurance is, sadly, unreachable til Monday AM.

All I know at this time.

'Twas an interesting day. 

I thank you for your thoughts and words of encouragement.

Anyone got a goat for sale?

'cause I gotta find one to sacrifice.

My business got struck by lightning Sat evening AFTER the storm had passed.

Fire in the attic.  I don't like fires.

Lots of water damage. And, of course, the firemen cut a 6'x8' hole in the roof after the fire was out.....(I'm not criticizing, I just don't understand WHY they do that.....I am sure they have a good reason....right?)

Twice this year. Getting a bit irksome. (Ok, a lot irksome).  I am getting tired of this game. Once was enough....I am feeling a bit put upon.....Yeah, a LOT of people are worse off in this world, but I still think it sucks royally. A lot. with Berries. Srsly. Enough, OK?

So if anyone has a goat that I can sacrifice .....


now if you'll excuse me, I got a whole shitload of cleanup to do...

So it would seem that the Australians are becoming aware that there are some seriously whacked out Islamic Radicals who wish the rest of them harm....and that there is no easy way to stop a whacked out psychotic islamic nutball who is wielding 2 swords without getting seriously hurt....especially when you cannot give them a high velocity lead injection.

With ISIS arrests, Australians wishing they had guns.

I mean, a quarterstaff works to disarm  a whackjob swinging a sword or two much of the time, but you gotta practice even more than with a pistol...and more often.

Nothing like a 230 G  .45 at 850 FPS....or a 9mm (more likely in Australia) 124 G at 12oo or soFPS.

(Although #1 Buckshot might be an appropriate substitute....)

But being disarmed, they have little to fight back with.

But that is part of what you get when you allow the Liberals to disarm you....

So Scotland chose

To remain serfs.

The reported count is 55.3% to 44.7% to keep themselves as part of the UK....They chose to be (again) the reheaded stepchildren of Britain. Poor treatment and less political power for the, same as before.I guess they chose security over freedom. Serfdom over independence.

I am sad for the (nearly) half that had the guts to try and be their own country.

Just a quick note to all you bloggers

Who block your blog from open internet connections.

Do you really think that if we are on an open public internet connection we care if someone might be able to see what we are reading? (hint: the NSA already can) It's not like I am putting my credit card info into the internet just to read you blog or anything....Does it make YOUR blog any more secure?

Can any of you explain just exactly what you are accomplishing when you block those of us who must sometimes use and unsecured network?

'cause I fail to see what it does for security.

Ashamed of our flag?

So a Federal appeal court says, in effect, that if someone is offended by the American flag, (especially on the uniquely american Cinco deMayo) that the American flag must not be displayed.

Interesting.

I find the flying of flags OTHER than the US flag here in the US to be offensive.

But that, my friends, is a First Amendment right....(which I actually agree with) so I can't do anything about those flags....

But a US flag? Offensive to Mexicans? Gotta go. Can't offend our brown Brothers...

Fuck that. Equal representation under the law.

GUess what I'm gonna have allover come next Cinco De Mayo?

I'll probably fly it from my truck in Hispanic neighborhoods too..

Some folks gotta keep digging

Theater shooting victims parents sue online retailers over ammunition and gear used in attack.

Are we gonna let people sue Chevy and their dealers everytime someone buys a car and then later mows down a pedestrian? Drunk or sober?

Sue Louisville Slugger everytime a kid hits another with a bat?

Belt manufacturers everytime sombody beats a kid too much?

Today should be as sacred as Labor day

Or Independence day....or even Christmas!

Yeah, Sept 17 should be a Holiday . A big one.

Why?

It is Constitution day. Today is the day that, 1n 1787, the US constitutional convention actually signed the Constitution.

This day, IMO, is as important a day as nearly any other. It is the anniversary of the creation of the set of rules that effectively makes this country what it is. It sets forth the freedoms and basis of our system of laws. IT LIMITS THE GOVERNMENT.

SO think about it today. Today marks the anniversary of what makes the US what it is.

More on "Stop and Seize"

AKA "Steal anyone's money we can because we can...We are cops and because drugs".

Seems that everyone is finally figuring this out....

Some commentors think I am overly negative about this practice.  Perhaps I am. They seems to feel that it is OK, if it catches one drug smuggler ...I think that it needs revision if it inconveniences even one innocent person.

This is theft, plain and simple. No one should have to account for the source of the money they carry unless they have been PROVEN to have committed a crime and it can be proven that the money or goods was/were from profits from illegal activities.

Anyone involved in such schemes to steal from the citizens of this country should be charged with theft....Officer or government official or whatever. No immunity should apply.

Link fixed!

Prolly nothing

Else gonna be posted today. Am seriously busy and got nothin.

Maybe later.

Toldya

Peter found it, but things are progressing as I predicted:

Unidentified virus strikes kids across 11 states likely comes from South America....

Expect more of this . Especially in cities where they are putting large numbers of illegal immigrant children.

You've likely seen this

But if you haven't, and ya got a few bucks to spare, think about helping this guy out.

He's had a bad run of luck, and needs a few to get him where he needs to be.

Details HERE.

I will send him $50 as soon as I get a snail mail address for a check. This was to be a start of a new gun fund, but I don't need a new gun as much as he needs it....(hint, for god's sake someone get me a mailing address!)



If ya got a $10 or even a $20 to spare then think about helping the dude and his wife out....




We spend a lot more a month on frivolous things.....

Yah hey...

Even da Canucks have noticed that the (at least Some) police are thieves....and that they have oficial sanction.

There’s a shakedown going on in the U.S., and the perps are in uniform

Christ, It's gotten so bad that even the Canadians are bitchin about it. THink about it.

Via 

Solve the deficit

Just do like we do with Canadians who cross the border illegally:

 A Canadian who illegally crossed the border this week was fined $5,000 for breaking U.S. law and was returned to Canada on an expedited removal.


Now it we could only get our more southern border crossers to cough up  pay a fine of $5k each (and then send 'em back) we could easily cut our deficit....

Plan on it

You can bet that what with all these illegal immigrant children being tossed into our society with absolutely zero health checks or quarantining for disease that there will be a upsurge in diseases....


Plan on it.

Coincidentally, of course, there is Enterovirus (a respiratory disease) outbreak in 12 (currently) states (heading for epidemic stage).

Bet money that people will die from this. Be more that you can guess where the origins are from.
You can lay the responsibility for this and the soon to come outbreaks onto the heads of the Obama Administration and the legislators that let him get away with the border debacle.

The health of citizens children doesn't matter

As long as we give these new, undocumented, ILLEGAL children an education.

Since they can't (legally) do it any other way, they deemed the children "Homeless"

and then, of course, waived all the rules. Including immunization rules.

 “In addition, division superintendents cannot exclude from school attendance those homeless children who do not provide the requisite health or immunization information required of other students,” the memo continued. “School divisions must immediately refer the student to the school division liaison required to assist the student in obtaining necessary physical examinations or proof of completion of immunizations.”

Were I a parent with children in these schools, I'd be livid.

The immunization rules were in place for a reason. Public health. So waiving the rules for political expediency is endangering the citizen children.

ETA: a friend suggested that this was a carefully orchestrated plan to stimulate our children's immune systems by exposing them to many "third world" diseases.....

I remember

Do you?

I won't forget. Ever.

Will you?

Sadly though, you are no safer traveling today than you were 9/10/01. Lots of money has been spent, and lots of Security Theater, but no safer. The muslim Extremist are, in fact, greatly emboldened.

Be safe.

Remember.

Is this legal?

Or is it just another "he's getting away with it because no opne in congress is willing to step up and stop him"?

DOJ to give leftist groups who supported Obama a cut of settlement money.

Rewarding them with money extorted from Bank of America....money that is OURS, as a country. Not his to give away without any reason....

I call it theft.

Might be a good idea to check

and make sure your preps are up to snuff.

NOAA forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm warning for Sept. 12th when a CME launched on Sept. 9th (see below) is expected to deliver a glancing but potent blow to Earth's magnetic field.


Now, this might be nothing (in fact, I'd bet on it)

BUT.

A full blown CME could make life interesting, if and when. 

Having a backup plan might not be a bad idea.

Indeed:

Food for thought:

Here

It's worse than .22!

So for most of the summer, the mosquito population has been....quiescent. Pretty much not an issue. We had a normal amount of rainfall, but there weren't many mosquitoes.

Not so this past week or so. Little buggers are vicious and hungry. And there are a LOT of them.

Because of this, the supply chain has been overwhelmed as per any mosquito repellent type stuff.

You can't find Deepwoods Off or the like for love nor money.

Menards/Home Dept/Target/WalMart....all out.

I did see (online) where Home Depot Tractor Supply had some in the local store, and went to see if I could purchase some. I'm not out, but I was down to half a can as of yesterday. (I worked outside yesterday for 3 hours and had to reapply *liberally* every hour or so.)

I got to the store, and went to the department where they sell the insect repellent....this little old lady TRIPPED me to get the last can. (I got it anyway, and for a second or two, thought she was gonna hit me). She literally tried to take it out of my hand.

Now they are out too. And no, I didn't give it to her. If she'd have been a lady about it, I might have, but she wasn't, so I didn't.

She stalked off.

As I was checking out, some guy offered me $20 for the can....I sold it to him so HE could buy it from the store. (Hey, I'm not out and there is always Amazon.. $20 is $20...).

Now, I am sure that the supply chain will catch up here shortly , but in the meantime, this stuff is worth more than .22LR. And even harder to get.

Might be something I will have to stock in my preps....

Brokeback mountain?

So one of the ladies who works for me is having "Man Trouble" .

She complained that she couldn't find a decent man.

"Why can't I find a decent guy who cleans up after himself, who can communicate with me, and share his feelings with me? THat's all I am asking...."

"Sorry dear, those men already have boyfriends"

Been remiss

Thermonuclear. Isis, Hamas. Terrorism. Border cross. IED.


Intifada. Pressure cooker.

Dirty Bomb.

Gunpowder. Ammonium Nitrate. Bomb plans.

TriNitroTolune.

Fair.

Ebola.

Infidel.


There, that oughta keep the NSA happy for a while.....Hi guys. Didja miss me?

Your government at work:

Keeping you safe from a terror that doesn't exist...

FDA restrictions keeping some cheeses out of US stores. 

Seems that the Feds, in the form of faceless FDA Bureaucrats, decided to cut the allowable (harmless) bacteria counts by a factor of 10...from 100 to 10.

Now, despite the fact that the old level seemed fine, and that no one had died or even gotten sick at the old level that had been in place for many years, they decided to change it.

With no notice. SO thousands of pounds of cheese were unsalable at a moments notice.

So even if the cheesmakers could (and many can) change their methods of producing cheese to meet the new standards, they won't even try to do so...in fact many european cheesmakers are choosing to not sell their products in the US because they are unhappy with the new standards.,....and the fact that these standards can be changed WITH NO NOTICE, making their current product unsalable and subject to destruction at the whim of a bureaucrat.

Understand: This new standard didn't make you any safer, it didn't save any lives, it didn't keep people from being sickened. There was no reason for the change, the FDA just changed the spec.

And in doing so, deprived us from being able to buy and enjoy some really great cheeses.

ETA: From Og, in the comments we get this:

1/(Ferguson)

Y'know, we went out to dinner Sat night.

Ended up at an Olive Garden. Food was good, but that isn't what I intend to discuss
I'm gonna talk about race relations:

See, Olive Garden doesn't do reservations, so ya shows up and gives 'em yer name and waits yer turn.

20+ minute wait.

Now there were Black people and White people and Hispanics and Eastern Indians and some folks where the women were wearing Hijab-like headcoverings, so I am gonna assume Muslims. There were Eastern Asians and (likely) Pacific Islanders.

Everyone was polite, and decent to everyone else. Maybe not friendly, but at least polite and decent. Social, one might say. Well behaved.  Not loud. Doors were held for the old or ladies... No pushing or shoving, and people tried to make room for the next guy...The kids were (for kids), well behaved. Parents corrected them or disciplined when they got out of line.



There were several tables with a broad mix of skin tones and facial features. Whites blacks Hispanics, etc. not sure if work folks with families or what....It doesn't matter. They seemed to get along.

Everyone spoke clear english. Accented, perhaps, but clear. No Ghetto accents. No one was loud or overbearing either. And no one was rude. While I doubt any of us were unaware of color or ethnicity, I also don't think any of us cared that much about it. All we cared about was passing the time until we could be seated and then waiting for our food.

Now, these folks, none of them, were poor. Nor were they Ghetto, by their actions...raised right. With manners. I doubt that any of us had "Private Plane" money, but I also doubt any of the folks there were on welfare, either.


Thing is, I would  doubt that these people have issues with the police in their daily lives....,...I also doubt that they have racial tensions in their neighborhoods. In fact, I'd bet that their neighborhoods don't look like Ferguson, either. 

Point is, no one was a lowlife...or at least no one acted, or dressed like one.

And no one got treated like one either....Were there racial tensions in the restaurant? Not that one could easily notice. No one blamed me for anything because I am white, and I didn't expect to be mugged because there were Black and Hispanic people there. We were just people eating. As it should be.

Draw your own conclusion from this anecdote.

Bad planning

And what does this mean? Green power=grid failure.

Extraordinary steps are being taken to resurrect the power generation capacity of Great Britain.  And they are afraid that they will have to take other steps to ration power....

Restarting coal plants (if possible) (where are the operators gonna get the trained operators?) Power plants aren't something you can train people to operate in a few days.....and letting that machinery cool off and stop turning has (sometimes) big consequences for operationality.

The British Government, especially Parliament, has failed their constituents. I hope the citizens realise this come winter when they are out of work and shivering because they don't have enough electrical power.

(Personally, I think this was/is part of the Socialist's plan to weaken the Brits even more. I am just amazed that the British people keep electing them.)

I guess they aren't selling enough

Enough of the Cryptophone 500 that is.

Seems that they are making a splash telling everyone that their phone data is being intercepted by "mysterious phony cell towers" that are found all around the US. (They claim 19?).

Thing is, they aren't cell towers as such, they are a collection of antennae. Many police departments have them. Others call the devices a 'Stingray". there are a LOT of them in the US.

I'm actually surprised that they only found 17.  I mean, really, if someone is looking at cell phone data and spying on US citizens (Besides the NSA, I mean) then 17 "towers" really doesn't give that much coverage.....And the NSA doesn't need these 'Fake Towers" they can pipe your info directly from Verizon, or Sprint, or whoever your carrier is.


But making this splash all over the internet makes me wonder if they are trying to boost the sales of their reworked cell phone they are selling...The CryptoPhone 500.


I mean, they not only got PopularScience to run an article (and mention their phone) but they even got Instapundit to link to that article.

I guess that they aren't selling enough CryptoPhones.

Question:

If I come and stick a gun in your face and steal your money while you are traveling, do you have the right to defend yourself from the threat and shoot me?

In my state, yes. you can, if you can prove that you were in fear for your life or safety during the robbery (and I think that you can make a decent argument that the threat posed by a gun is a decent reason to fear, even if it isn't pointed at you while I am robbing you....)

How about if I am wearing a badge and a uniform? If I pull you over and demand to search you, and find cash on you, Then take it at gunpoint and demand that you account for where you got it.....and maybe (but likely not) give it back until you sue my employer..... Does the badge make it OK? Or is it still armed robbery?


Now, I am not advocating shooting cops. Nor anyone else for that matter.

But really, when cops shake people passing through their jurisdictions down for cash....what is the difference between them and the common criminals found in many cities? You know, the ones we call "muggers" .

What, exactly is the difference? How is this not theft? Why do I have to prove that any cash on me is not the result of illegal activity? Why is it up to me to prove my innocence rather than the cops proving my guilt? Why is it all of a sudden wrong to carry cash?

And why are the cops getting away with theft at the point of a gun?

She's baaaack!

The forces of good nearly always win in the end.....

No comments, but that is understandable.

At least she's back at some level.

Indeed:

This says it all.

I fear for our future.

How terribly convenient:

Seems that the IRS has some issues with computer crashes and failed hard drives.

Their IT department must be full of incompetent idiots as well.

IRS: Lost emails from at least 5 more employees linked to Lois Lerner. 

Interesting how this keeps happening. Innit? 

It's ok, a near miss is still a miss....

Yeah, another asteroid....this one will be coming to within 25,000 miles. 

About 1/10 the average distance from the earth to the moon.

Astronomers found it Aug 31 2014.

This asteroid is, just for reference, just a bit bigger than the one that entered the atmosphere and exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia.

It'll pass just over New Zealand on Sept, 7th.

What if it hadn't been detected? What if it were to hit us?

Bad things would occur. How bad depends on how it hits, and how fast...What angle will make a big difference as to the damage.

And, of course, having some knowledge beforehand....

until the election is over:

Civil rights probe into Trayvon Martin shooting still active....

Be glad you don't live on our southern border

Even though the folks crossing the border are now moving to a town near you with the help of the Feds....Who have abandoned any pretext that they are trying to secure the border.

Soon you'll be as afraid as the ranchers on the Texas border.

Hacked

AGAIN?

Seriously?

Happy Birthday!

You know who I am referring to, my dear.

No names

Which, given the style of murder, should tell you all you need to know:

A man has been arrested in London after a woman was found beheaded in a garden near a home.

THis is what the folks in europe will face, more and more, as the fruits of their immigration policies (put in place for cheap labor and to help pay their entitlement programs) will be seeing more and more.


And the destruction of their culture and eventual loss of their country is soon to follow.

THe US will be only a few short years behind only with Mexicans and other Hispanic peoples doing the destruction f we don't fix our border soon. 

The price of an unmoderated internet

Pawnbroker

You can find an example of why Tam got spooked HERE on Roberta's blog.

Dude has been asked to stay away and not comment....

Does it anyway.

Won't go away. Won't stop.

Denies being a stalker, but exhibits the exact behavior defining a stalker.

Not happy with what he has done to Tam, he hasta go onto her roommate's blog to make a statement since Tam's blog is shut down. Thinks he has a right to be heard.

What an ass. In an older time, he'd be beaten or run out of town on a rail.

Now he can't be, lest the person doing it be jailed.

(Notice that while he talks big, he won't tell anyone his place of business, his address, and note also that he posts anonymously. Telling that innit?)

ETA: apparently Tam is not the first person he has stalked over the internet(see comment #1) and driven off.

Bummer

So apparently Tam has closed her blog to the public. 

Rumor has it that it was due to an extremely bad commenter. There are people saying that there were some kind of threat made, but as I cannot see the blog I cannot comment beyond that.

In a perfect world, we'd know who (and where) this asshole was and find him and beat him up until he saw the error of his (or her) ways.

This ain't a perfect world, sadly.

I hope Tam comes back, and that she remembers that many of us consider he a friend. She is a fine lady, and a great person. It would be a shame if the asshole wins and drives her from the web.

Now it is possible she has closed her blog so that some sort of investigation can take place and she will return shortly. I hope that is the case.


Dear lady: you will be missed...not just for your Snark, but for your insightful commentary.

Please, come back.

"Glowball warmenating" fail

Seems that the arctic ice is growing by great leaps and bounds....In fact Arctic ice has very nearly DOUBLED in area in the last two years....And it is thicker too

Doubled. In. Area. And. Thickness.

Odd, last I heard, we were supposed to be ice free by now.

AlGore did not comment.

This could happen to any of us

I wonder how he is gonna get out of the psych eval?

Seems some dude wrote two books. One in 2012 and one in 2013. One of the books mentions a school massacre in 2902.

Now this dude is a teacher. And someone connected his pen name to hsi real name. And apparently went nuts.

He has been pulled in for psychological evaluation and his home and workplace searched.

His whereabouts are currently unknown. He has been, effectively, disappeared. 

On 'Administrative Leave" from his job and tossed into a psych ward. For a book he wrote over a year ago.

This is wrong on so many levels. That a law enforcement officer would do such a thing, that any law enforcement agency would condone such behavior, and that it can happen in a society like ours.

I see a 7 or 8 figure settlement for him coming soon from the Dorchester County Sheriff.  Plus some more from the School Board.....Lots of time for him to hone his writing skills in the future.

There is no copper in this church:

But How about Some LEAD

Now where I live, shooting at a burglar is not Kosher unless you can prove that he was a threat you.

Having said that, I think this story is grand.

Some disassembly required

 The fruits of last weeks labors:



We got firewood for next year:

those rounds are 40" + diameter. Tree was somewhere around 130 years old.

Lots and lots of firewood:

Wind damaged trees supply most of my heat every winter. The smaller rounds are 20"-25" dia, the larger one in the foreground is 34"

This was a big tree:

 

Unloading these from the trailer without the tractor and log tongs to lift them required a lot a careful work with a large bar.....

There is more to get, but what with all the rain (nearly 7" since the last Saturday when cleanup began), the ground near the tree is of a consistency somewhere between oatmeal and pudding. Kinda hard to carry rounds weighing in the range of 400-600 pounds through that. Traction becomes an issue, even with 4 wheel drive.....and he doesn't need his yard torn up any more.

Now we just gotta split it into "stove bolt" sized chunks.

The cool thing is that in the 19 years that I have been heating with wood, I have never had to cut down a live tree. There is enough storm and wind and ice damage every year that I get plenty of firewood selected for me by Ma Nature. I just haveta cut it up and split it.

Why not?

I mean, really. WHY NOT?  (seriously, for those who are (ahem) challenged, click on the blue letters to see what I am talking about.....)

Seems to me that this should also be front page news....and there should be protests....and marches.

Oh, wait, White people aren't subjects to mass media blitzes and propaganda to stir us up. It apparently doesn't work that way for us.  And we (generally) don't do protests, and they seldom turn to riots.

We aren't as stirred up as easily as other racial demographic groups either. We don't (generally) wish to lynch people, but rather let the courts do their job.

Of course, if we were subject to such behavior, then there'd be charges of racism......

As it should happen

Only he was in too nice a prison.

John Walker dies in prison

How many kids and pilots died during the Vietnam war due to the messages that the Soviets intercepted and decrypted and passed on to the North Vietnamese? Decryptions that his espionage enabled?

There goes Norway

So the most popular Baby name in Norway is.....

Mohhamed.
Bringing in Muslim workers to prop up their welfare system will soon lead to the destuction of their culture and their country.

Bet on it.

With the US it'll be the Mexicans and then, eventually, the Muslims who destroy the "America" as we know it.

Perhaps Norway should  have listened to this guy:

Like I said: Blue suit of immunity

Deputy who killed former Napster COO after drifting into the bike lane while distracted by his laptop will NOT face charges because he was answering a work-related email on the laptop in the police car.....WHILE DRIVING. 

Now....if you or I were to do this...say texting while driving...we'd be charged, jailed, and likely convicted of Manslaughter (or worse). .....maybe Negligent Homicide.

Even if we were to be responding to a "work email".

This is negligence. Period And stupidity, but that goes without saying. Any lawsuits should be on the police officer, and not a burden to the taxpayers. 

But he won't be charged. Because he was "on duty" at the time of the incident. And because he was typing while driving on a police owned computer and responding to a work related email.

Like I said...Blue Suit of Immunity. When one is of (or at least a minion of) the Power Elite, one can, it appears, literally get away with murder.

Finally

It would seem that there are now, finally, limits to "Qualified Immunity".

U.S. Court Will Not Block Lawsuit Over Connecticut SWAT Raid.

 

And it would appear that the INDIVIDUAL officers will be on the hook for their behavior in the botched SWAT raid.....Not the Taxpayers. Less payout for the plaintiffs, but still....

I expect that Cops will have to get liability insurance. Which might well not be a good thing. But then again, they ahve lost that blue suit of immunity that some wear to hide their behavior.

Now make no mistake, I don't want to see cops sued over every little mistake, nor over everyday things they do in the performance of their duties.

But there does need to be a limit on their immunity.

WTF is up with Blogger?

So my sidebar links disappeared, then came back.

Now the links are there, and the description and times of last post are gone

Or not

THen gone again.

WTF are they doing at Google?

I mean, I am getting exactly the service I am paying for, I realize....But still, why is it brokeen so often?

GrmsfdeRthuqazvl

In the past three days, I have worked myself backwards around the clock in 8 hour shifts.

My sleep schedule may be screwed until Novemeber.

If I drink any more coffee, I will start to hear colors.

What?

So, working an odd schedule this week, I go around 10 AM to a Walgreens to pick up a prescription refill.

As I approached, starting about 6 blocks away, I notice that the power is out: Stoplights are not working and businesses are not very busy, with the staff hanging around near the doors. No lights are on in any of the buildings, which is a good hint for me.

I get to the Walgreens, which is, like nearly all of them, at an intersection....Hoping to be lucky. Nope, the stoplights there aren't working either. But I see power company trucks moving around the area, so I pull into a parking space and hope that they find (and fix) the problem quickly.

I waited for a half hour. No joy.

I was, however, amused while waiting by the not insignificant number of people who drove through one of the non-functioning stoplights and then pulled into a parking space at the Walgreens and got out of their car and walked to the door, never noticing that the entire building was dark. The look of bovine-like incomprehension as the door failed to open for them was kinda funny. Despite driving through at least one non working stoplight, and despite the entire store being dark, they never noticed nor comprehended the fact that there was no power to the doors, nor that the store would not be open for business. Some of them just stood there for minutes until the light dawned.

Condition White. To the extreme.

Or just plain stupid.
Hard to tell.

Of course, This is not a hate crime.....

2 men are in the hospital after being attacked by 7 others.

the 2 men are white, the 7 are black.

This is, of course, just an assault, not a hate crime.

I wonder what it would be if the races were reversed?

Seems that the incident began at a waffle house in West Point, MS. The two men left and went to a different restaurant, but were followed by the group of 7. Outside of the second restaurant, a fight occurred:  the result? One (white)man severely beaten and in the hospital. The other (white) man is in an induced coma after undergoing brain surgery.

Somehow, this is being investigated as a simple assault, not a mob action and not a hate crime.

Odd how the parameters for such things change as race changes, innit?

To serve as well as protect:

THIS cop understands. Got out of his cruiser in a blinding rainstorm to push a guy in a powered wheelchair that had broken and could no longer move. Class act there. One might say beyond the call, except it isn't, really, just unusual.


As opposed to the County Sheriff who drove past my parents Saturday while they were broken down on the side of the road with hazard lights on and the hood up and failed to stop to see if they needed help. It could be that he had somewhere to go, but he wasn't driving fast nor were his lights on. And he didn't apparently report it either, because there were there for more than 40 minutes until I arrived to help and no one else showed either. That was, sadly, not  a surprise.

It'll never be enough

'Cause the "Free Shit Army" thinks that the rest of us owe 'em a living.....

See HERE for an example of why I no longer try to help those less fortunate than me.

Question:

So the reason the US didn't pay the ransom to free the reporter, James Foley, is because it is illegal to deal with terrorists or to provide them with any material aid.

Ok. I got that.

So then how was the prisoner swap for the deserter Bowie Berghdal for AlQueda military commanders not a violation of this law?

FCC

Anyone have any contacts with them?

I have an issue woth (I think) a Ham screwing with my broadcast TV. But I can't find anything about that part of the FCC's job on their website.

Trying to find somewhere to report via their website is apparently beyond me. 

Calling the contact number  isn't terribly productive....Their phone tree is....irritating.

Anyone know anyone in the FCC who might be able to tell me how to find the people who deal with this sort of thing?

Closest major city office would likely be Chicago or Indy. I'm in NW Indiana.

Any help appreciated.

When your supporters have jobs...

Heh:

Cash raised for Missouri cop surpasses Brown donations

(Can't use and EBT card to give...)

No blog for you

The free ice cream machine is temporarily unplugged while I and MC go help a friend move a storm downed tree from his yard and home.

maybe more soon...maybe not for a while.

The folks on the sidebar
 <<<<<
usually are more interesting anyway.

Indeed

Another view of the folks in Ferguson

Bummer

Rick Perry loses his carry permit while under indictment

Obamacare......

Seems that the Obamacare system is full of holes.

"Hackers steal records on 4.5 Million patients"

Names, Dates of Birth, Social Security numbers. Just what Identity thieves need. 

So glad that I have insurance that isn't Obamacare.

And strangely, no one is rioting over this one

Black cops shoots white man and kills him.

Now, this dude who got his insides aired out wasn't, by any means, a nice man.

But then again, by his actions, neither was the yoot in St Louis.

Either way, I don't remember hearing about the riots by white people in Salt Lake City....no crowds of white people terrorizing the neighborhood, no riots, no vandalism, no looting, no burnt businesses.

Odd that, innit?

You really should read this article:

posted by Murphy in comments, it is a self serving commentary by a police officer:

Highlights:

"Even though it might sound harsh and impolitic, here is the bottom line: if you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell me that I can’t stop you, don’t say I’m a racist pig, don’t threaten that you’ll sue me and take away my badge. Don’t scream at me that you pay my salary, and don’t even think of aggressively walking towards me."

In other words, you have no rights, can't ask questions, and have to be subservient to me for my safety and convenience, no matter what.

Followed by:

" And you don’t have to submit to an illegal stop or search. You can refuse consent to search your car or home if there’s no warrant (though a pat-down is still allowed if there is cause for suspicion). Always ask the officer whether you are under detention or are free to leave. Unless the officer has a legal basis to stop and search you, he or she must let you go."

But if you follow the second bit of advice, the first paragraph says you might get "shot, tazed, pepper sprayed", etc., even though the officer has no reason to stop you.

The attitude of this cop is that everyone is subservient to his choices, and his decisions. The fact is that I am a citizen, and have no reason to submit to a police officer unless I am a criminal and am being charged with a crime. Now, I generally am polite to officers, if they are polite to me. I have found that it (generally) makes for a better experience. But f they begin pushing me around, they get pushed back....both figuratively and literally. Just because a police officer stops you does not give him the right to handcuff you "for his safety" or his convenience, nor do you have any reason to follow his orders. This is not to excuse being rude or an asshole either....on either side.

Any officer who feels that I should submit just because he feels it necessary to detain me for his convenience or safety without reasonable cause should not have police powers.The police need to remember that the majority of the people they encounter are citizens, not criminals,and that the police are not rulers over serfs. Most of us in the US aren't lowlifes, drug users, drunks, petty criminals or
murderers. And, while I realize that when cops first meet us, they don't know, they can be decent while being cautious....and most cops, while having an attitude, aren't jerks or assholes. Any cop who professes an attitude like Officer Dutta should not be a cop.


And until the police departments purge themselves of bad, corrupt, racist, ignorant and psychologically unfit officers rather than making excuses and/or hiding their actions, (as happens so often when cops hide issues behind the "Blue Line") and we as citizens can expect fair and decent and professional treatment from every officer nearly every time (not true today) then no police officer can reasonably expect unquestioning cooperation.

I have had outstanding encounters with police, where I was treated well and professionally. Sadly, however, these are a rarity. I have had others that were not so good or professional.  I take the time for both the good and the bad to inform their superiors about them. 

Prediction:

So now the Missouri National Guard is to be the on scene LEO presence in Ferguson.

Not so sure that is a good idea. unless these men and women are trained in Riot Suppression (and they may well be, as there are several Military Police units available to the Governor), they are gonna be like fish out of water on a bicycle.

I predict that at some point, some National Guardsman is going to pop a cap in a rioting first amendment loving redistibutionist Urban Yoot when he is threatened. And this is gonna inflame the situation even more.
Especially now that the Curfew has been rescinded and that Eric Holder has ordered that the police get the "Damned Tanks off the street" (Not tanks, but MRAPS that the DOD has given the local LEO's, Mr. Holder).

But if you put Nationa Gurdsmen, no matter how well trained with poorly defined rules of engagement in a situation where they feel threatened....expect trouble.

IMO, the cops were too restrained.

Not always the good guys

As they say, it is the coverup which gets you.....



So cops in California beat and taze a mentally ill man....

Ok, we don't know what led up to this, so at first glance, one might be thinking of giving the cops the benefit of the doubt.

Until they then seize cell phones and demand that users delete any recordings of the incident.

At that point, one has to wonder what they felt they had to hide.
Further, they were complicit in (and conspired to) destruction of evidence of a crime.

If any of the police officers involved in this incident are still acting as police officers, with police powers, then the entire force is illegitimate.

I would wonder how many (cops, not bystanders) will be jailed for this?

Again: I don't know what led up to the incident, but the evidence that the officers wanted to destroy evidence of their criminal actions is clear.

Can you make it?

If ebola were to come here to the US, it could be bad...very bad. Probably won't happen, so you can refuse to be be bothered by the thought and choose not to prepare for it. I sincerely hope you are right.....

If it does come however (and lets face it, there isn't much except the disease itself to prevent it),  an ounce of preparation will be worth......Your best solution for survival is to not interact with others, but rather to hole up and wait until the epidemic burns itself out.

Likely, you'd have to deal with things on your own for about 90 days. Time to let the virus run through it's victims and allow for 3-4 cycles before it burns itself out. Maybe as long as 180 days...

Can you stay in your home for 90-120+ days? (21 day + incubation 3-5 cycles). Have you 120+ days worth of food for each member of your household?? Can you supply water for your entire household if the tap dries up? If on a well, and the electricity stops, then what are ya gonna do? Got a generator? One that can run the well? Have you enough fuel stored that you can keep your drinking, washing, bathing  and sanitary needs supplied for 90+ days? If you have a whole house emergency genset, will it work? Will the gas for it be there when you need it? If on propane, do you have enough? 

How about fuel to cook that food you (hopefully) have stored? (that generator is gonna use up you cooking fuel if yer on propane, so ration accordingly).

Fuel to heat your house? (what if the electric and the gas stop because no one is making sure it is up because they are sick?) Then what?  What about wintertime? Can you keep from freezing to death if the gas or the electricity stops and no one restores it and it is -20F outside with 70 MPH winds?....(happened here last winter, BTW, for 4 days..the storm, not the power outage)

Think about it. 

I have things covered at my house, but don't come over unless you are invited. Trust me, you'll know if you are. If not it'd be best of you stayed away.

You may have noticed

or then again, you may not have...

Anyway, Barry Obama has had a LOT to say about Ferguson, MO.....and yet, he couldn't find the time to say anything about the 2 star General who was killed in Afghanistan, who was buried today in a private ceremony. (Probably why Barry wasn't there, the ceremony was barred to reporters)

Couldn't be bothered to say anything at all, much less attend the funeral....or send the Vice Prez...and a notable missing presence was the SecDef.

Dude couldn't be bothered to even say anything to acknowledge the dead. 

I find that saddening and disgusting.


But there is a lot of that going on around Barry these days.

Can anyone explain

exactly what law Rick Perry has broken by threatening to veto the spending bill?

What charges he is indicted on?

And exactly what he is charged with? What specific statute he has broken?

'Cause if vetoing billss, or even threatening to veto legislation is illegal, then Barry should be in jail.

Mebbe this is why GWB never used his power of veto.

Something to remember:

There are, according to Wikipedia about 21,000 people in Ferguson, Mo. About 67 percent of them are black.  That means that about 14,000 of the folks in Ferguson are black.

As far as I can tell, the crowds that the media has shown the past few nights are about 300  people. These are the folks that are getting gassed and such. maybe as many as 500.

Which means that about 13,700 (more or less) of the black population of Ferguson are NOT rioting, and if protesting, are doing it during daylight hours and are doing so peacefully.

Blue suit of immunity

Now, if you or me had shot a person holding a power drill, black or not, we'd be charged with murder, or at least manslaughter.

No matter what we claimed we thought at the time. We'd not get to use the excuse that we saw a gun shaped object and feared for our lives or the lives of others....

We'd be charged with murdering a human being. Period. Likely convicted as well. But being a cop.....well, that blue suit gives a kind of extra immunity.

Kinda like if a cop shoots my dog, he can say that he was in fear....and it is OK. But if I shoot a police dog because it is attacking me, then I get treated like I shot a police officer.

called out.

So my mother taught me to be polite. To treat others with respect, to hold door open for ladies, etc.

And while I do have to work at it, I can, if I pay attention, resemble a gentleman.

So the other day, I am at the bank, and as I reach the door, shortly behind me come two women, Remembering the lessons momma taught me, I hold the door for the closer one, who looks at me and says"I am perfectly capable of opening a door myself".

Mmmm, okay.

The second woman, older than her, comes up behind both of us and looks at the first one and says"You are a bitch, why can't you be polite? "... went though the door I was still holding (I was kinda in shock to hear another woman call the first one out on her rudeness).... Said to me "thank you" and went into the bank.

I followed her and pulled the door closed in the face of the first one.

I am pretty much waiting

I was gonna post this this morning, but then other facts began to come out, so I waited even longer. 

To let things settle on the Ferguson MO shooting of Michael Brown. Trying not to pass judgement until I know all of the facts. The media is portraying Mr. Brown as an innocent youth who was angelic and never mean to anyone....Few 18 year olds (of any race) fit this description. This is not to cast aspersions on him either. He may well have been a nice kid. There is evidence that he may have had a violent Juvenile record too.

(and I am glad I did, BTW)

However:

From all reports, young Mr. Brown was shot, from the rear, while running away. And he was unarmed.  Those facts appear to be undisputed. (Not so much, he was, apparently NOT shot in the back as first reported)

Now, I don't know what transpired, what the series of actions were that ultimately resulted in the shooting. I doubt that the cop just decided to shoot Mr. Brown for no reason.

(You can read the details at Gateway Pundit, if you care to). 

But I do know that if I shoot anyone, innocent victim or even someone who has assaulted me or another person while they are RUNNING AWAY, I would be charged with murder. Once they are running away, they can no longer be considered a threat. It would not matter what had transpired before he began to run away.

Now perhaps the facts have been misreported, and the kid wasn't shot in the back, or perhaps he wasn't unarmed. Perhaps he had a knife or something. I'd like to give the cop the benefit of the doubt, but if the facts are as presented, the the policeman (who still hasn't been named) should be charged with murder, just as you or I would be charged in similar circumstances.

We shall see.

**********

And as I said then, We shall, indeed see. Seems the media misrepresented the whole story. 

"Big Mike" Brown robs a convenience store. Gets stopped by the cops. disses cop. maybe a struggle.... Cop draws gun. Brown rushes cop. Cop fires.

Not quite what the media told us, is it?

Grey Man

So someone who knows a little about me asked why there are no NRA window decals on my truck or car.....no pro Second Amendment bumper stickers....no anti federal government or tea party insignia. No Gadsen flags or such. No "1911" or "GLOCK" or "SigArms" decals.

I replied that I saw no reason to advertise...no reason for the cop who pulled me over to have any idea what my political views are. Not  reason to let anyone know that there are likely firearms in my vehicles (there might well be....).

Why tell the guy who might be interested in stealing your firearms that all he has to do is follow you home and break in after you leave to go to work?

Why wave a flag until the time is nigh? 

Better to blend in with the rest of society and hide amongst the sheep until it is time.

WTF?

Somehow, I lost half of my blogroll. It was there last might, now it be gone.

Will fix as I have time.

ETA: Huh...now it is back.
 I dunno.

Like Father, so are the Sons:

Rednecks in Vermont.

So, if I got this right the story goes like this:

Older brother, Joshua, crashes his car, drunk off his ass. Breathalizes at 3 (that'sTHREE) times the legal limit.

Younger brother (Nicholas) drives to the scene of the crash to check up on older brother and is observed exiting the drivers side of the vehicle. He walks up to the scene and is arrested because the cops have seen him exit the vehicle and he appears to be impaired, so they breathalize him too, finding him with a BAC three times the legal limit as well.

Dad slides over from the passenger's seat of Nicholas's car and drives closer to the scene of the accident to see what he can see, and is also arrested because he too appears to be impaired behind the wheel and blows a 3X legal BAC as well.

Not satisfied yet, Nicholas is observed as well drinking even MORE booze.

3 family members, all arrested for DUI in the same afternoon AT THE SAME WRECK.

One wonders....Genetics or just culture?

I wonder what their collective IQ is?

They say

That Barry is a Chicago politician. And he is.

But his projects (Obamacare website and program?) is more like a California State Highway project.

Failures, missed deadlines, poor quality control, etc.

I wonder who mentored him in that part of his education?

It occurs to me.....

That if half of the people who said nice things about Robin Williams after he was dead had bothered to say those same things before he killed himself, he might not have done so.

Interestin'

Seems that the FAA has declared the area above and around Ferguson, MO a No-Fly-Zone.

Wonder what they are planning on hiding?

We don't know

(moved back to the top)

exactly what happened in Ferguson.....

We do know that a (white) cop shot a black kid. Reportedly in the back.

And we know the community is incensed. Apparently, for once, this was a really good kid.

But when the community protested, did they do so in front the local cops? No.

Did they throw rocks and break windows at the local police station? No

Overturn and burn the police cars? Nope.



They burned and looted and destroyed local businesses....

Used this protest as an excuse to steal.

Nothing they have done will change the situation. Nothing. All they did was steal and destroy.

And therefore, while I had some sympathy, it is gone.

Lowlifes. 


ETA: Wirecutter agrees and states it more plainly

ETA2: Even the Brothaz seem to think that the crowd had the wrong target.... Of course, those "white" neighborhoods might be better protected than they think....

True today:

“Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, although not the most wise depositary of the public interests. In every country these two parties exist, and in every one where they are free to think, speak, and write, they will declare themselves. Call them, therefore, Liberals and Serviles, Jacobins and Ultras, Whigs and Tories, Republicans and Federalists, Aristocrats and Democrats, or by whatever name you please, they are the same parties still and pursue the same object. The last one of Aristocrats and Democrats is the true one expressing the essence of all.”
– Thomas Jefferson (Letter to Henry Lee, 1824)

Who is patrolling the (nonexistent) border?

'cause James O'Keefe couldn't find anyone ......

Not that this is a surprise....

Watch the whole video.

There is no border security. Never has been, really. 

Mork

Has apparently returned to Ork.

Robin Williams is dead.

Bummer.

He was damned funny during my younger years. 

So Dude says:

"Man, my trailer hitch is stuck in the receiver.."

Me: "Gotta take 'em out every few years and clean up the rust. Or use "Never Seize"..even so, take 'em out once a year.".

He says: "I had it moving back and forth about a 1/4" in June, but  I was afraid I'd break the chain and I didn't have anything but a telephone pole to hook to, and it swayed too much".

Me: "Bring it over, I got a chain your truck can't break and a tree you can't pull down....We'll get it out".

So he comes over on Sunday, and we proceed to hook the chain to the tree and the truck.


Bang!    Bang!    nope, not moving. Shook the tree a bit and pissed off the squirrels, but no joy.


Try a little heat and some Strike Hold....

Bang! Bang! Bang! Nope, still not moving. More heat...enough that I went and got a piece of aluminum sheet to act as a heat deflector so I didn't melt the plastic on his bumper. Lots of Strike-Hold (from both ends) and some gentle love with the air hammer to crack the rust.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Nope. Nothing. Not any movement at all. It's like the pin is still in (it isn't).

Got out the bigger torch head. Still nothing. Am afraid I am gonna pull the hitch out from under his truck.   There is no more paint on the receiver or the hitch itself. The chrome is peeling off the ball from the heat.  The bottom of the receiver is orange. Much more and something is gonna catch fire.....The squirrels are pissed and have filed an OSHA complaint and are ready to go to the Housing Board. All told, I have been at it for over an hour...

Me: "Dude, how did you get it to move a few months ago? It is STUCK."


Him: "I don't rightly remember. It's been over a year...."

Me: So when it moved, it wasn't LAST June.......2 months ago??

Him: "Nope, a year ago this last June....I think. Maybe longer. "

I unhooked the chain, dragged it to the barn (it is a 1" chain) and put it away. And the torch and the rest. Spooled up the air hose, put the air hammer away.

Him: "You are just gonna give up? I though you said you could get it out.?

Me: "Nope. I'm done. Go find a dealer and buy another hitch...it'll be easier, and likely cheaper. If I'da known it hadn't moved since June a YEAR ago, I'd not have wasted my time. It has been rusted in place for over two years or more. Go home"

Ass. I wasted a fair amount of a Sunday trying to help an idiot. Coulda been splitting wood.

First world problems.

2 people in this house, and we are down to ONE functioning toilet.

Scheduling is difficult.

A Coup in Bagdad?

Stay tooned.

Is it?

Is irony the opposite of wrinkly?

Shit just got real:

Not here in the US (yet), But EBOLA IS AIRBORNE.

Now, this isn't a big deal, as long as you have the appropriate precautions....have you a supply of facemasks and a supply of hand sanitzer and other methods of sterilizing your skin after you interact with other people? (I am prepped for this, you should be too, if not for ebola, then for influenza). I'd order a supply of facemasks before the rush.  Seriously. if there is an outbreak then these masks will very quickly become unavailable.... have some on hand.enough for 30 days worth.

Gloves aren't a bad idea either.  (and if nothing else, you can play "Bad TSA Agent" with your significant other....)

If there is no outbreak this year, it isn't like these spoil in storage.

They call it gouging...

I call it capitalism. Basic economics drive the price.

Some people in Toledo were prepared. Others had to pay a higher price for bottled water because demand went up and they couldn't use the municipal water for drinking. The demand for bottled water went up...the supp;y stayed the same. ergo the price increased. This is a basic supply/demand/price equation I learned in Econ 101.

Some merchants drove many miles to find a supply of water....who pays for their time and fuel they invested to meet a need?

If they had paid for the water and couldn't sell it, who would reimburse them for their investment (and loss?).

If these people had bothered to have a weeks worth of water on hand, they'd not have had to pay a higher price for their water.

Much like people bemoaning the increase in price for plywood before a hurricane (and the increase in price for gasoline after) demand increases the price....as it should.

As predicted

it is getting difficult for Obamacare patients to find doctors who will accept them as patients.

There will soon be two levels of care....(because there will not nay uninsured, otherwise there'd be three levels): One for those who have Obamacare, and one for those who have "normal" insurance.

Those who have Obamacare will not get as good treatment for things like cancer or other diseases, not for those who have chronic issues as those who have normal insurance. And how many people lost their insurance and were forced into Obamacare plans?

Thanks, Barry! You took a system that worked and broke it.

Jesus, you'd better prepare!

I mean, this could be serious here.

There is, apparently, a shortage of pigs. This means that BACON pricing will soon skyrocket.

Prepare now, while you can.

Don't say you weren't warned. 

An interesting point

It'll take more that just the Amish type skillset to survive in a grid-down situation:

The Amish likely won't survive. Or at least their faith won't.

Like the rest of us, they'll have to make some hard choices.

I think many would remain true to their faith, Hopefully they could find some decent folks to defend them....If only so they could survive to feed others.

How to win the next presidential election:

Emulate Vladimir Putin:


"In Russia live Russians. Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they prefer Shari'ya Law, then we advise them to go to those places where that's the state law. Russia does not need minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'. We better learn from the suicides of America, England, Holland and France, if we are to survive as a nation. The Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of most minorities. When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the national interest first, observing that the minorities are not Russians." -- Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressing the Duma February 4th, 2013. The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a standing ovation for 5+ minutes!

If any politician had the balls to say something similar here in the US, they'd likely receive a standing ovation as well....and likely get elected.











Bet it'd get you elected here in the US as well. 

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Are ya prepped?

So now there are several cases of "Possible" Ebola here in the US.

All from people who travelled from west Africa recently.

Now here is the thing:Ebola has an incubation period of 21 days. You are contagious for about 4 days BEFORE having definite symptoms in most cases.

90% death rate (in Africa, which has a much lesser supportive care infrastructure that the US, but still....)

21 days incubation..... Yet you can be back in the continental US in 17 HOURS from West Africa.
 

Not saying that there will be an outbreak here, but could happen very easily.The environment is different, we have better health care, and Ebola has adapted to live (and especially spread) in the environmental conditions found in Africa....not the US.



 Having said that:

Can you deal with no electricity and no governmental support (police, etc) for a 60-90 day period? Remember, the aid organizations that provide doctors and other care in Africa are so afraid of this new strain of Ebola that they are pulling their staff back to the US....

If you don't have the ability to deal with no stores open and no electricity and no fuel for 60-90 days, then you will have a hard time should things get bad here.

Think about it. Things are getting ugly over there, and while the situation is different here, that could change.What if someone decides to quarantine the area in which you reside? How much food and police protection do you think those quarantined folks are gonna get?

Got food? Water (or a source of water other than Municipal tap water?)? A means of defending that food and water?

If not, think about getting it. Might be that you could be needing it, if and when.

Yeah, I am crazy....
Those Africans didn't think they'd need it either....Yet their areas are now "Quarantined".

We oughta take up a collection

Seems that the Kurds are having to pull back from their fighting positions because they are running out of ammo.

I wonder what caliber they need?

I mean, if we each sent them 100 rounds of that caliber, it'd be like a goFundMe thing, only in brass and lead.

Anyone got any idea what caliber they need? And where to send it? 9mm, .5.56X45, 7.62X39, 7.62 NATO, I can spare a few hunnerd rounds......

Give, give 'til it hurts.....

I'd move

It probably won't hold up in court, but the fact that the legislature in Massachusetts even PASSED such a piece of legislation is too scary for me.

Read the article:  Realize that the legislature in Massachusetts OVERWHELMINGLY chose to pass a a law that makes your Second Amendment rights subject to police permission and judicial review....They can be taken away at any time.

Why would anyone choose to remain there?

Yeah, you'll like it

Reading the "Book Of Barkley.....I think you'll like it.

Now I am biased, because the author is one of my dearest friends, and even more because I star in the book have been a part of her life during the time frame the book encompasses and am mentioned in passing.

Really, it is a good story, you WILL smile, you WILL grimace, you WILL tear up (if you don't, then I don't wanna know you....).

Read it, You won't regret it.

If you order via Amazon, the link is HERE.

If you want to have an autographed copy, here are instructions for how to make that happen.

So 15 people showed up at the range to do the work we had planned.


Which was, to be honest, about 5 more than I expected. For once, it wasn't the same 10 guys...

We now have a foundation drain that should actually be functional. Maybe the floor won't weep water this fall and winter on the indoor range.

Would have been nice to have more help, but hey, we actually had 10% of the membership show up, with tools required to do the job.

Folks, if you belong to a volunteer  or member supported organization, when they need help, try to show up and provide that help. Don't leave all the work to the 10% of people that are there every work day. If you are a member, the BE A MEMBER. It is more than just paying dues....

MY thanks to all of my fellow members who DID show.

Wow.... Time flies

Seems like only last week we had a Saturday.

Work day at the range. Will be fixing old storm drains and the bowling pin range (if it can be straightened at all)

General cleanup and such.

I am SO far behind in my work at my house, but this is needful, so I'm going.

SO what are they gonna charge him with?

Murder? Manslaughter?

I mean, a cop puts a non-resisting person in a chokehold when arresting him. Claims he is resisting because he doesn't move fast enough and raises his hands to defend himself.... Dude dies.

Luckily, there is video proving the chokehold.

Ruled a homicide by the coroner.



So is the cop going to jail for murder?