Friday, September 30, 2011
Ultimate Elizabeth Warren - Government Owns YOU
H/T A Arte da Fuga A propósito de Socialist Crackpot Elizabeth Warren Opens Senate Race With Unhinged Coffee House Rant (Video),
Eastward to Antiquity
I had some good insights for the re-hash of my Thesis into book-form from reading The Vikings and now even more from Robert Kaplan's Eastward to Tartary.I was hung-up on a useful way to describe and define the physical structure of horizontal and vertical integration in social institutions. So now I've got one - "carpenters and weavers."
And as an aside, did you know where Jesus' mom Mary came-from? Who his grandparents were? If he was a carpenter from scruffy old Mountain View, they were like - educated elites from Stanford...
Also, the Zoroastrian pagans worshiped fire - but why? It was a real, literal thing - not a metaphorical one. The place where they originated out in the deserts off the Caspian Sea, there's SO much natural gas and petroleum right close to the surface that it bursts forth, and in the heat of the desert gas plumes ignite and burn off naturally - and so they built temples around the sites of these "Everlasting Flames" and worshiped them out there in the desert. It was a phenomenon unlike any other, and a religion unlike any other - and one that couldn't really be transplanted anywhere else until they developed the language and higher-level metaphors to deal with it. At its base it was simply concrete (or gas) - the phenomenal-thing existed, and so they bowed-down before it. It's a situation like the petroleum tar-seeps at Santa Barbara and in Coalinga, but those never caught fire and so the local Chumash Indians didn't start worshiping them...so no California Zoroastrians until the New Age freaks showed-up...
Tactical Pants and more
Ht/ Say Uncle and a nod to Teh Pantsless One - funny how the Interwebz works.
I get a link following Guns & Coffee to a giant tactical-tourniquet that's mainly a huge and high-tech zip-tie - which is brilliant!! But that leads to a new-to-me awesome Gear-site , where hard stuff gets in harm's way and gets smashed around. So as I peruse the lineup and OMG there's an all-wheel dirtbike (using a cable driven front wheel) that the SOF are using! And then looking at travel gear I run across an article on Tactical Pants which is intersting because I have some Levis cargo/work pants I wear but nothing all zippy-do like Operators or Contractors wear - and it turns out there's such a demand for comparative analysis that somebody has come up with a website devoted to just that thing. Tactical Pants.
What a world it is...and there are some cool glasses that I just might be able to get my complicated Rx into.
I get a link following Guns & Coffee to a giant tactical-tourniquet that's mainly a huge and high-tech zip-tie - which is brilliant!! But that leads to a new-to-me awesome Gear-site , where hard stuff gets in harm's way and gets smashed around. So as I peruse the lineup and OMG there's an all-wheel dirtbike (using a cable driven front wheel) that the SOF are using! And then looking at travel gear I run across an article on Tactical Pants which is intersting because I have some Levis cargo/work pants I wear but nothing all zippy-do like Operators or Contractors wear - and it turns out there's such a demand for comparative analysis that somebody has come up with a website devoted to just that thing. Tactical Pants.
There are detailed descriptions of pants from designers like Blackhawk, Vertec, Tru-Spec and EOTAC along with pricing info and a handy-dandy chart with materials and features broken down.But also there's another pant review and a link to Triple Ought Designs' Force 10 Cargo pant.
What a world it is...and there are some cool glasses that I just might be able to get my complicated Rx into.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
It's over for Thugsly
It's the End of the Reign for the staunchly anti-US, anti-freedom, newspaper-silencing, corrupt Leftist thug, El Ambassador Roger Noriega last week was saying “we must start thinking about, and preparing for, a world without Hugo Chavez.” From Fausta's Blog we also get:
El Nuevo Herald also reports that:
On the other hand, the source stated that Chavez suffered from medullary aplasia, the disappearance of blood-producing cells in the bone marrow, which complicated his medical state. According to doctors, medullary aplasia can be total, affecting the production of red and white blood cells, or partial, which affects the production of one type of blood cells.UPDATE,
CHAVEZ IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Chavez’ almost certain passing portends a moment of uncertainty and it is not clear how the Administration will seize it. Presidential elections in Venezuela are scheduled to take place next year. Even though the opposition seeks to unite around one candidate, it has always been widely suspected that Chavez may gain reelection by using the state machinery and the Venezuelan oil company (PDVSA) to buy votes. Others believe that Chavez could find ways to win by committing fraud in elections. In the past elected officials non-loyal to Chavez were undermined and their offices taken over by the government, the Mayor of Caracas being a vivid example. Perhaps as a first step the U.S and the Organization of American States (OAS) could demand free and fair elections. It is not clear how Chavez prepared his succession and whether the military will resist change. It is not clear what kind of effect militias, Cuban troops and Special Forces, as well as other foreign elements including terrorist and guerilla groups, may have in such resistance.Linked by Bettina. Thanks!
Some wooden stakes and Holy Water would be good to have on hand at the vampire's funeral - or let it be a bonfire so no monument remains.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Don Vito Corleone-Warren Goof
HatTip to The Ultimate Answer to Kings...
UPDATE: From Woolie.
UPDATED to add "Goof" in title and: Non Original Rants Evil Emperor
Borepatch Dumb as a Rock
totallynotadrian Fixed:
UPDATE: From Woolie.
UPDATED to add "Goof" in title and: Non Original Rants Evil Emperor
Borepatch Dumb as a Rock
totallynotadrian Fixed:
Sunday, September 25, 2011
The Doofus Has Landed
Helicopters all buzzin' around Moffet Field... so that means Jughead's off to vacuum up as much spare pocket change and walking-around cash as he can, from Athertoon to Woodside and Portola Valley and back, from impressionable nimrods in the Social Media-set to old-school Class-Warriors and Brooks Brothers Communists driving the latest Lexus... The sooner he's outta here the better, but at least while he's here taking the Big Money from Teh Stupids, he's not doing further damage to the economy or to the Rule of Law that we once knew...
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Patrick Leahy Is Eric Holder's Punk Ass Flunky Peg Boy
Meme this Peg-boy Leahy; You owe it to Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, ICE Agent Jaime Zapata, and over 200 Mexican Nationals, many of them law enforcement.
Via Borepatch, from The Drawn Cutlass, and the Sipsy Street Irregulars who notice what is observed by the Confederate Yankee - leaky-Leahy got a butt-plug, he's a leaky-no-mo':
Via Borepatch, from The Drawn Cutlass, and the Sipsy Street Irregulars who notice what is observed by the Confederate Yankee - leaky-Leahy got a butt-plug, he's a leaky-no-mo':
When the Iran-Contra scandal was just beginning to brew, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy strategically leaked an unclassified draft report on the Iran-Contra affair in order to ensure a press frenzy....We're hearing the words "Iran-Contra" again.
This time they are surfacing—along with Watergate—in comparison to the greatest political scandal of our age, a number of operations where agents acting on behalf of the executive branch "walked" thousands of weapons into the hands of drug cartels and domestic gangs.
As Mike Vanderboegh points out, Leahy isn't interested in justice. He's only interested in protecting the political investment he made in President Obama.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Out and about by Googleville
The heat that stayed away all Summer finally turned-up today, so I got out to ride around before it condensed into a hammer.
Out by Googlopolis in the back-forty where camera-cars go to die there's a tank-farm that appeared. It seems they are ready for a situation where people have contagious dysentery, and have readied the pay-toilets and are preparing for a quick infusion of Googlecash. I suppose they can mint their own by about now.
Out by Googlopolis in the back-forty where camera-cars go to die there's a tank-farm that appeared. It seems they are ready for a situation where people have contagious dysentery, and have readied the pay-toilets and are preparing for a quick infusion of Googlecash. I suppose they can mint their own by about now.
Milled slide Sigs and Sigs with breechblocks
Referencing and H/T Tam and the aftermath of an aged gun. Oldstyle Sig with pinned breech-block above, newstyle Sig with Mongo-Pin™ below:
Here you can see the difference in enclosed vs "open" (?) extractors.
Here you can see the difference in enclosed vs "open" (?) extractors.
No wonder I am Snarkless
I try, but without the thick and richly layered depth of patina necessary, all it produces is a low rant...
Monday, September 19, 2011
Today's Ninja Knife-Fu
Here's my little tape-mung residue covered pocket box-opener - the blade is literally only 1-3/4" long, from the tip to where it stops being sharp. I got it from the CMP store. The wood on the handle is walnut from an old busted-up M1 Garand stock.
What is wrong with Sig lately??
I'm a fan of the product but this over-glommed dress-kitten is getting a bit ridiculous...
Redfield Palma Sight
Arrght! One of the older guys at the Club Match on Saturday had a SWEEET! Pre '64 Model 70 with a heavy target barrel. He said he bought it about twenty years ago at a fun-show in Alameda. On it was a set of Redfield PALMA sights - what a beauty. They just don't make stuff like this anymore.
It left a nice concentric muzzle mark too:
It left a nice concentric muzzle mark too:
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Weekend Matches
Shot the Club Match on Saturday and had to get up at oh-God-it's 6:00AM - had a fuzzy set of glasses or something but I finally figured out how to get the damn sling as tight as a tourniquet - and shot an ugly 375-3x. And then I got up at the same damn time this morning and did it again with the AR-Stoner Match against our Traditional Local Enemy - and managed a somewhat better 414-3x - and damn I'm all tired tonight. I'll have to post the Club Scores on the website when someone sends me the spreadsheet...next week anyhow. Time for a beer. What's with the 3x all the time?
Friday, September 16, 2011
Boo-frickin'-hoo
Kevin at Exurban League lets us in on a bit of over-the-border whimsy:
By Jordan Michael Smith -
When Michael Ignatieff resigned as Liberal leader on May 3, members of his team were seen at the back of the room in tears. They were grieving not just for their party but even more for the death of a dream, the sad end of a six-year experiment that they had once believed would conclude with Ignatieff pulling the sword of political governance out of the stone of political theory and coming to power in Canada as a contemporary philosopher-king. (Read More...)
Bwahahaha! Philosopher KING?? What a bunch of power-mad Statists are Teh Lefties. Such an *interesting* turn of events for Le International Commentariat.
I recognize the phrase and title of his book, "True Patriot Love" (OMG Professor, so totally embarrassing much!?)...as words from the Canadian National Anthem that continues unabashedly, "...In all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on on guard for Thee!" -- It was a song that I learned and sang as a kid overseas at the Missionary International School - along and besides the U.S. National Anthem, and the Indian (...Janna-Ganna-Manna Adj-din Gharam cha!) - and a song that must have been a real emotional struggle for one of the Elite(ist) Professoriatski.
He probably rarely sings anyhow, and if forced to sing that song he would unable to hide his embarrassment - thus the clumsily disguised insincerity. (see article)
It's really a pretty good national song with a bit of kick-assery in its tune, from a fighting country that had dozens and dozens of WII flying Aces including the great (72 victories) Billy Bishop, and was a stout bulwark of the Empire for so long.
He was just out of his element (as much as he's out of his freakin' mind). Philosopher King indeed - how much more theatrical can the Lefties get? That is besides the street-theater agit-prop they daily exercise in the Media... It's like some kind of damn Jane Fonda step-ercise gadget...
Canada overwhelming rejected the center-left Liberal party in general election this year, Led by Michael Ignatieff, a Harvard professor and intellectual whose world view was primarily shaped outside of Canada, the Liberals, who once thought of themselves as the rightful permanent ruling class of Canada, are in disarray, unable to pick a leader and unsure of their place in Canadian politics.
Boo-frickin'-hoo.
The complete and utter failure of a Havard prof and intellectually aloof elite to succeed in Canadian politics should have some lessons for politicians in the U.S. Let's see if we can learn from Canada's mistake:
Sep 16, 2011 – 9:30 AM ET | Last Updated: Sep 16, 2011 9:31 AM ET
Bwahahaha! Philosopher KING?? What a bunch of power-mad Statists are Teh Lefties. Such an *interesting* turn of events for Le International Commentariat.
I recognize the phrase and title of his book, "True Patriot Love" (OMG Professor, so totally embarrassing much!?)...as words from the Canadian National Anthem that continues unabashedly, "...In all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on on guard for Thee!" -- It was a song that I learned and sang as a kid overseas at the Missionary International School - along and besides the U.S. National Anthem, and the Indian (...Janna-Ganna-Manna Adj-din Gharam cha!) - and a song that must have been a real emotional struggle for one of the Elite(ist) Professoriatski.
He probably rarely sings anyhow, and if forced to sing that song he would unable to hide his embarrassment - thus the clumsily disguised insincerity. (see article)
It's really a pretty good national song with a bit of kick-assery in its tune, from a fighting country that had dozens and dozens of WII flying Aces including the great (72 victories) Billy Bishop, and was a stout bulwark of the Empire for so long.
He was just out of his element (as much as he's out of his freakin' mind). Philosopher King indeed - how much more theatrical can the Lefties get? That is besides the street-theater agit-prop they daily exercise in the Media... It's like some kind of damn Jane Fonda step-ercise gadget...
ROFLMAO #attackwatch Kiss of Death? Jimmy Carter endorses Romney
Former President Jimmy Carter says he would be "very pleased" to see Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential nominee -- an endorsement that the former Massachusetts governor hasn't yet embraced as he seeks to win over conservative primary voters.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Mitt Romney Hairspray Gun-Banner?
Reacting to Jennifer's lingering question - wither the debates and the candidates - I suggested,
Is it Magical Thinking™ that made you sign it?
I don’t see Romney out very far in front of 2A rights, he’s much more of a compromiser/gun-banner – quite unlike Perry.So I did a *little* digging. Mitt want's his cake, and to eat it too:
And with all of the Media making such an effort to get Romney the nomination, that just can’t be good.
Q: As governor you signed into law one of the toughest restrictions on assault weapons in the country.So, you're the damn Governor - why didn't you veto it or something else?
A: Let’s get the record straight. First of all, there’s no question that I support 2nd Amendment rights, but I also support an assault weapon ban. Look, I’ve been governor in a pretty tough state. You’ve heard of blue states. In the toughest of blue states, I made the toughest decisions and did what was right for America. I have conservative values.
Is it Magical Thinking™ that made you sign it?
The candidate reiterated his support for an assault weapons ban contained in Congress’ crime bill, and the Brady law which imposes a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases. ‘I don’t think (the waiting period) will have a massive effect on crime but I think it will have a positive effect,’ Romney said.What exactly will have a what?
I do support the Second Amendment. I would have signed the assault weapon ban that came to his desk. I said I would have supported that and signed a similar bill in our state. It was a bill worked out, by the way, between pro-gun lobby and anti-gun lobby individuals. Both sides of the issue came together and found a way to provide relaxation in licensing requirements and allow more people to--to have guns for their own legal purposes. So we signed that in Massachusetts, and I’d support that at the federal level.But from what i know of people in MA who own guns, it's not quite like that - it's still insanely difficult and stupid - and that's even with the layer of Magical Thinking™, where you can support both a gun-ban and still support...what was it again? I don't get this guy, where's the effort? Where;'s the Veto pen? Which side of his hair does he comb the part today?
ROFLMAO #attackwatch
I still don't *get* Twitter, but the absolute free-form snark is hilarious and incredible:
@jasonmaterra interview w/ me suggests existence of a different vision for country other than president's: http://ow.ly/6vCZ3 #attackwatch
#attackwatch I want to report my co-worker, who doubts your divinity because you need a teleprompter to speak coherently.
@EricBoehlert It's not whining, Eric - it's mocking. Snitching on free speech is so yesterday... like 1917. #attackwatch
#AttackWatch have you cried "uncle" yet? Because we can keep this up all f***in' day. 
#attackwatch I'd like to report my neighbour - Bob, for surreptitiously scraping the Obama sticker off the bumper of his Prius.
#attackwatch I'd like to report RFK, he was against Communism, JFK, he was against the Fed, and MLK, he was a Republican.
#AttackWatch an Obama campaign-approved outlet to mock him in 140 characters or less. #priceless
#ifyouloveme you'll snitch on fellow citizens who talk smack about me #attackwatch
Hey #attackwatch, I saw 6 ATM's in an alley, killing a Job. It looked like a hate crime!
Retweeted 100+ times
Hey #attackwatch. Anthony Weiner's legacy is a jizzaster. Rehab? Seriously?
MT @jamestaranto: ...wait a second, @EricBoehlert. If that FLOTUS lip-reading claim is a smear, how come there's no #attackwatch refutation?
Why do we conservatives love #AttackWatch? Because for once, we goody-two-shoes types can pretend to be outlaws.
RT #attackwatch I just parked my private jet in a handicap space, left it running & bought lemonade from little girls in yard w/o a permit!
Many Bothans died to give #attackwatch the plans to the Death Star.
Why aren't @TheDemocrats tweeting endlessly about their pet project that got them 100,000 users or some nonsense? No love for #attackwatch.
If a tree falls in a forest and #attackwatch doesn't hear it, does it make a sound?
The pay-for-play word of the day is #LightSquared. Over to you, #attackwatch. #Sorosmonkeys, activate!
Today is Confession Day at #AttackWatch! Report your own impure doubts about Obama, and you could win a 7-figure solar panel loan!
Wasn't #AttackWatch bragging they got 10,000 email sign ups? The video mocking them has over 186,000 views youtu.be/-XYKRokgX00
Congrats @ezradulis! Murderous #AttackWatch parody get 186k YouTube views in less than 24 hours youtu.be/-XYKRokgX00
Dear #attackwatch creators: the reason Obama is tanking in the polls isn't bc of misinformation, it's bc his policies all failed.
Dear #attackwatch, Texas creates jobs to make the president look bad. Why not shut down even more of its power plants? news-journal.com/news/local/lum…
Hey #attackwatch.gov: I saw 6 ATM’s in an alley, killing a Job. It looked like a hate crime!
Obama campaign announces new site AttackWatchAttackWatch.com to stop attacks aimed at discrediting #attackwatch.
My favorite part of #AttackWatch is that it stopped us from arguing about Gardasil for a day.
Unemployment among blacks is almost 50% under Obama. Why does he hate black people? #tcot @attackwatch #attackwatch
Must #AttackWatch Video! | RT @BreitbartVideo "‘Fed Up’ Obama Declares ‘National Emergency’ For Action On Jobs Plan."- bit.ly/qskPA6
Note to everyone goofing on #attackwatch: @owillis and @ericboehlert and a bunch of other geniuses have got you on the run. Just ask 'em!
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Aaahoo! RT @EdMorrissey Hey, #AttackWatch: I saw a werewolf drinkin a pina colada at Trader Vic's, and his hair was perfect. #LonChaney
Twitter needs to have an #AttackWatch sound effect every time someone tweets something to @attackwatch
Apparently obama is turning Jewish for a week to get their #2012 vote #attackwatch #teaparty #tcot #GOP
Telling that cons who wallow in Fox News, Rush Limbaugh all day are "offended" by #attackwatch. Little fact checking never hurt anyone
Hey, #AttackWatch: I saw a werewolf drinkin a pina colada at Trader Vic's, and his hair was perfect.
This ->MT @JonahNRO: I love email & tweets from libs saying #attackwatch struck a nerve on right. No ... it struck our collective funny bone
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I love email and tweets from libs saying #attackwatch struck a nerve on right. No -- really -- it struck our collective funny bone.
Favorite Retweet
#p2 doesn't get that the fear among conservatives is that #attackwatch will be changed from its awesome awfulness youtube.com/watch?v=9Sx-CA… 
@FoxNews has original WaPo #attackwatch article before they changed it to single out conservatives as only critics: nation.foxnews.com/attackwatchcom… 
#attackwatch on life support; check out last sentence news.yahoo.com/attackwatch-tr… 
I don't get it, but at least they get hammered!
iowahawkblog David Burge
What's hairy, smelly, lives in the woods, and reports you to the government? Attacksquatch! #AttackWatch
DavidLimbaugh David Limbaugh
No, you really couldn't. RT @keder: Now they're blaming Bush for their Solyndra debacle. You couldn't make it up if you tried! #attackwatch
keder Kevin
Now they're blaming Bush for their Solyndra debacle. You couldn't make it up if you tried! #attackwatch
keder Kevin
Srsly, the WH could just follow @michellemalkin, @ewerickson, @DavidLimbaugh, and @JonahNRO instead of dealing w/the hassle of #AttackWatch
TheFlaCracker Fla Cracker
Someone in the white house might have sold guns to Mexican drug lords #attackwatch @attackwatch. Just wanted you to know #teaparty #tcot
michellemalkin Michelle Malkin
Stiff competition! I did not make Top 10 #attackwatch tweets. Must. Try. Harder. is.gd/fJU1Ne
JamesOKeefeIII James O'Keefe
Narrator in clever #attackwatch mock video wapo.st/qQQ9a1 sounds like Charlie The Unicorn voices youtu.be/Q5im0Ssyyus
keder Kevin
TRUE OR FALSE? 'The budget deficit has never fallen below $1 trillion in any year that Obama has been President.' #AttackWatch @AttackWatch
Doc_0 John Hayward
It's Bonus Day at #AttackWatch! Report 2 dissidents, and you'll be allowed to express mild displeasure with Obama, free of consequence!
Doc_0 John Hayward
I don't understand how Obama for America bungled #AttackWatch so badly. When they sent union goons into WI, it worked out so well.
AceofSpadesHQ Ace of Spades
BradThor Brad Thor
bccohan Brittany Cohan
When you have to come out and publicly defend an attack site, you are doing it wrong. #attackwatch #OFAfail
bccohan Brittany Cohan
The left is about 24 hours to late to #attackwatch and mocking it is too much fun. We won't stop! #resistwemuch
CFHeather heather
I was forced to submit a copy of my birth certificate with my passport application. The state department is obviously racist. #attackwatch
Doc_0 John Hayward
Dear #AttackWatch: Rep. Louie Gohmert stole the name of Obama's bill. bit.ly/oYyhaX Fix your unblinking eye upon him!
AceofSpadesHQ Ace of Spades
mkhammer Mary Katharine Ham
Design regression from Fight the Smears to #AttackWatch is metaphor for Obama 08 vs. 12. Same product, subtract style, sprinkle desperation.
BradThor Brad Thor
If only the #Obama administration could create an atmosphere where jobs materialized as quickly as #attackwatch jokes!
I don't get it, but at least they get hammered!
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