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Lies

Damn Lies, and Statistics.

You are entitled to your own opinion, but sometimes the facts can be pretty annoying.

Lazy Today

Go read this guy a bit. He's a recent addition to the Wall o' Shame and has a lot of stories and links on gun related matters.

After that there's a lot more links on the sidebar. I should probably hit a few of them up today myself, maybe it will prompt me to write something substantial.

You can't say you don't get your moneys worth here. :D

Current Whereabouts Unknown

But if any of my readers can help...

Hot Buttons

We all have something that provokes an immediate reaction.

Cancer is mine. I hate it with a searing intensity that borders on irrationality.

So when someone asks for help, I can't help myself.

Go here.

Sounds Fair

"First they came for the blacks, and I spoke up because it was wrong, even though I'm not black.

Then they came for the gays, and I spoke up, even though I'm not gay.
Then they came for the Muslims, and I spoke up, because it was wrong, even though I'm an atheist.
When they came for illegal aliens, I spoke up, even though I'm a legal immigrant.
Then they came for the pornographers, rebels and dissenters and their speech and flag burning, and I spoke up, because rights are not only for the establishment.
Then they came for the gun owners, and you liberal sh!tbags threw me under the bus, even though I'd done nothing wrong.  So when they come to put you on the train, you can f*cking choke and die.
 ~~~
Or you can commit seppuku with a chainsaw.  I really don't care anymore.  This is the end of my support for any liberal cause, because liberals have become anything but."

 RTWT.

HT: Gun Free Zone

Paper Shields

This is what the anti-gunners will have you believe will save you.

In real life, it doesn't work out so well.

HT: Rachel Lucas, by way of Marko

The Big Game

After careful study and consideration of both team's assets and attributions, I have decided that I am going to have to pull for the 49ers this Super Bowl.

A Couple Of Things

Work last night, off tonight, so I'm doing a bit of catching up.

Last Friday I took Boy skating (that is to say, he skated and I provided the transportation), and while I was pecking on the laptop some woman and her daughter asked if they could leave their drinks on my table so the staff wouldn't clean them up while they went skating. I saw no problem with that, but now Boy is telling everyone about Dad's new girlfriend. Sad to say, I don't even remember her name. Not an auspicious start, that.

Apparently, according to the Most Holy Order of the Higher-Up Muckety-Mucks, we had an exceptional quarter so there will be bonuses. Maybe I'll be able to put a full tank of gas in the car, or purchase some reloading supplies if any can be found. Something explosive at any rate, I certainly wouldn't want it to go to waste. I made the tactical error of saying something about it to my new Sith apprentice (he started on the night shift this month, and WTF is up with this, the Jedi apprentices get a cool name like Padawan and ours get nothing? Who makes these rules anyway?), who being a temp doesn't get the bonus. Oops.

Happy Birthday to The Mistress of the Snark and John Moses Browning (there is one caliber, .45 ACP, and John  Moses Browning is it's prophet, PBUH). A day late (two in JMB's case) but we're sort of out of the way here at the backside of nowhere.

I was supposed to get some range time in this weekend, but weather and (mostly) worker exploitation (of my range partner, AKA he who has the gun club membership) got in the way. Eh, it was going to be cold anyway*, and I have an open carry dinner to go to instead. Drop in if you're in the area, McCalls has good grub and the company is always welcome.

Tis the season (if there isn't one there should be) to give the gift of life. I'm an O negative myself, meaning when I was still USN-AD I was part of the walking blood bank because I'm a universal donor. Of course if I ever need the red stuff I'm SOL if they ain't got my type. Lucky me. Fortunately I don't have the problems that some do about giving blood, even though I, too, am rather needle-adverse. I wouldn't be a good diabetic or junkie I guess. Where I work makes this easy, they have the ARC van come by at least twice a year.

Lucky Gunner did a piece on steel vs brass cases using .223 ammo. I encourage anyone who has ever wondered how much difference it really makes to drop on by and have a look. I prefer brass myself since you can't reload steel, but with 36,000 rounds expended you can't say they didn't do their homework. Please do note, I'm not an official Lucky Gunner correspondent but it is a rather interesting piece. (I'm guessing they did this test before .223 became so hard to come by, as of right now they have none in stock.)

To sleep, perchance to dream. I have to be up early and get my supplies laid in before the big one hits. We're expecting sleet and freezing rain, but with the way these idiots drive when it's JUST rain I surely don't want to be out in it with them. Looks like the bulk of the bad weather will be up in MSgt B territory, but by the time it gets going real good I plan to have a nice fire going and a good book on my lap.

Stay warm and safe if you are in the eye of the storm. I'm looking at the three of youse.

*I've had a heart-to-heart with the lowlife scum sucking maggots here and they have agreed to only attack me when its sunny and warm. They have further agreed only to come at me with the sun in their eyes and to stand perfectly still whilst I draw and aim at them. They're really an agreeable lot, once you get to know them.**

**I'm trusting that my readership understands that I'm completely full of it here.

New Addictions

I'm a big fan of xkcd but not really of web comics in general There are a few that are pretty good though.

Now there is another.

This one is a bit too close to be really funny though...

Thanks Erin!

Bob Costas Is An Idiot

Alexthechick tells him why.

I Love My People

http://oldnfo.blogspot.com/2012/11/raffle-for-tam.html

http://injennifershead.com/?p=4432

http://www.lifein3d.net/2012/11/09/once-more-with-feeling/

http://zercool.blogspot.com/2012/11/something-something-to-something-cancer.html

http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2012/11/you-find-someone-to-carry-you.html

http://maypeacebewithyou.blogspot.com/2012/11/tams-nose.html#links

http://www.dragonblasts.com/?p=222

http://mausersandmuffins.blogspot.com/2012/11/trials-by-fire-some-words-for-tam.html

http://www.ma-rooned.com/2012/11/we-get-by-with-little-help-from-our.html

http://www.agirlandhergun.org/2012/11/09/tam/

 http://mcthag.blogspot.com/2012/11/for-tam.html

 http://www.atomicnerds.com/?p=6219

http://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2012/11/okay.html

This is just a small sample. One of our own is in need. She has not asked for anything, nor would she, but as Matt G said "we need her more than she needs us."

Lots of nice prizes being offered at some of these links. We would do this for nothing at all, but the fact that so many have stepped up with a "Hey, you know I've got one of these I'd be willing to donate to the cause" just illustrates the point.

These are my people. It's an honor to be allowed to associate with them.

This Title Is Rated PG, The Content - Not So Much

I hate this fucking disease.

No, actually I don't even like it that much.  I just don't have the words to describe my deep visceral loathing of this particular affliction.

And what's worse...there's still nothing I can do about it.

How Cool Is This

When Middle Daughter showed an interest in learning to shoot the first thing I did was buy her a copy of this book.

When we went to the range I called Range Partner and he brought his collection so that we would have a variety for her to try out, starting with the .22 High Standard. I want her to enjoy just shooting as much as I do regardless of whether she ever carries for personal protection, and going by the range day I think that mission was pretty well accomplished.

The author of the referenced book now has a website. If you have a lady in your life that you would like to introduce to shooting I highly recommend both book and website.

Also fellas, read it (book, website or both) yourself. It could prevent you from making some pretty basic and stupid mistakes when it comes to teaching your ladies how to shoot.  Including maybe making the decision to let someone else do it.

NOTE: Check out her link for TTAG. It's not what you think. Or at least it wasn't what I thought. Well done!

CorreiaTech Presents

The most valuable copy of Recoil Magazine on the planet.

Official CorreiaTech photo

Theirs Or Ours

I fear it will take one or the other.

I vote that it be theirs.

So Glad

that my days of international travel are over. I've never had a passport (I did all my international traveling on a military ID) and can't really think of a compelling reason to get one. I've seen as much of the rest of the world as I need to and I'm just as happy to stay to home now, thanks.

Knock Knock

Who's there?

...

oh...poop.

Who Is John Galt?

From comments at Ace of Spades HQ; this ended up deserving it's own post:

As a small business owner all I can say is that I think the current sentiment in the small business community is that we didn't sign up for this. Y'all can vote for whatever the hell you want but we are not going to be a part of it.

I have seen more owners get out of the business or retire in the past couple of years than ever before and with the ACA on the horizon the jobs these businesses produced will not be replaced. The economics no longer work. This is why unemployment is always so high in socialist countries. What you have to go through to have employees is just brutal.

But here's the thing about what Obama said --- he has it exactly backwards. The government didn't build any of that he is talking about --- we built it. We are the ones who paid for it. Not only did we build our businesses we built the schools and the roads and everything else he thinks was generated out of thin air. If you want to get technical about it the businesses and taxpayers that came along before we did built it all and now we are building what comes next.

And not only that, but we did it with the albatross of a predatory, corrupt and overbearing government hanging around our necks at every juncture.

And now we have had enough.

This is only the first half, go to the link to read the rest.

He's Right About One Thing...

HT: Emperor Misha

More here.