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Memorial Day has come and gone, but the spirit of honoring those who put it all on the line for us should remain.
Walther PPK/PPKS
CW at Daily Timewaster asked for opinions on the PPK at his blog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wA0h7VH_aA
7+1 .380 (9mm kurtz). I carried one in a backup role for years, with a modified r...
Memorial Day 2023
Editorial Note: All weekend, tourists and campers visiting the Mogollon Rim (AZ) have been sucking down my telephone's bandwidth and I've had to burn satphone minutes. Yeah, I know, woe is me, but it is vexatious. You shouldn't go camping so that you can be on your cell phone or watching Netflix all day.
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Congenital Optimist
Remember Memorial Day
The Plague
Those of you who have followed this blog know that we reported that the Covid-19 plague originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (PRC Bioweapons Lab). It's archived here on the blog for any who wants to search for content on that. I'm rather bored with the whole thing. The news keeps churning as if it...
The Eschatologist
Eschatology is the branch of theology that is concerned with the end of the world or of humankind.
(note: LSP's dog. - pictured right, sometimes referred to as Blue Eschaton, died before the world ended. I can only surmise that he felt profound disappointment at the end. He harbored the hope that we'd all go before he did, leaving an in...
Clogged Spam Filter
The War on Things That Work (National Review)
"Like your stove, your dishwasher, your lawn mower?
Too bad
‘The interesting thing about the Green New Deal,” admitted Saikat Chakrabarti, the former chief of staff to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “is it wasn’t originally a climate thing at all.” It was, in fact,...
Clear Air Turbulence
The weekend is upon us all. There is always a lot to discuss. I hope that you remember those who fell that you might live free, this weekend and always.
Bullet Points:
** BRM discusses the ALQ-167 Angry Kitten.
** (Gateway Pundit) Pedo Joe Biden’s EPA wanted to regulate every puddle and pond which they deemed “wetla...
Disastrous Meditation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GdlcfQhTIU
Pharaoh in Carbonite
It's nothing to get excited about. They owed money to the Hut.
The City by the Bay
Bullet Points:
** More on the Hunter Biden Scandal - The source of the interference with the IRS investigation, according to Gary Shapley, was the Department...
Gunboat Diplomat
FBI - Analysis on Fox News
(Federalist) “I think the most important thing you can gather from this report is that the FBI is a domestic terror organization,” Federalist CEO Sean Davis said on “Fox News Tonight.” “They use their power, they use their influence to try and lie, try to gaslight the American people, to try and rig an electi...
Fate Amenable To Change
Can't we all get along?
I guess that we can't.
Hurrying to that next meeting
Constantine - historical notes
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus, 27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337. He was the first ...
Size Isn’t Everything
The Lineage of Grendel
Grendel was the name of this grim demon
Haunting the marches, marauding round the heath
And the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time
In misery among the banished monsters,
Cain’s clan, whom the creator had outlawed
And condemned as outcasts. For the killing of Abel
The Eternal Lord had exacted...
Irregular Apocalypse
Head on a Stake
My first reaction was that ancient Vikings knew how to deal with politicians who didn't serve the interests of the people...
Some 8,000 years ago, the skull of a Scandinavian man in his 50s was impaled on a wooden stake in Sweden. Now, a new facial reconstruction by Swedish forensic artist Oscar Nilsson allows modern...
Flexible Demeanor
Leadership
The level of professionalism is astounding, isn't it? At least he didn't show up all sweaty and having stolen someone's gym bag. To get around the rules governing decorum on the senate floor, he stands at the door of the Senate chamber and shouts out his vote when prompted to do so by a handler.
Embracing th...
Jaundiced Outlook
Meme of the Day
For Jim...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MevYCdn5S8
Identify the Aircraft
Make your own niche...
Bullet Points:
** A sad day with the passing of Ray Stevenson at age 58, famous for his role as Pullo in the series Rome.
** "Mercy to the gu...
Funny, It Worked Last Time…
Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H58gMiQQRm0
Observation
Identify the Aircraft
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Bullet Points:
** Homelessness is increasing by all accounts. There is a simple reason it has gotten worse. The governments and communities affected refuse to face the facts about the tru...
So Much For Subtlety
Culture - Creepy Death Whistles
When odd, skull-shaped grave items were found by archaeologists decades ago at an Aztec temple in Mexico, they thought they were mere ornaments. However, years later, experts discovered they were creepy ‘death whistles’ that made piercing noises resembling human screams.
All is well and good. They...
Sentient Roomba
Identify the Aircraft - 3 views to aid you.
An Interesting Comparison
Ottoman Arrowheads
Bullet Points:
** Why is there a job description called "transgender influencer"?
** Even if every person in the US, not just the rich, gave 100% of their money to the government in ...
What are the Civilian Applications?
It's Sunday - let us open with a prayer.
Ethiopia - diverse faiths
The Newest Chinese Island
Dominica is a mountainous Caribbean island nation with natural hot springs and tropical rainforests. Morne Trois Pitons National Park is home to the volcanically heated, steam-covered Boiling Lake. The...
Just Read the Instructions
More Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcIKf5H23DA
The official music video can be found here. Another American band addressing the human condition.
My life's a bit more colderDead wife is what I told herBrass knife sinks into my shoulderOh babe, don't know what I'm gonna do
Culture is Rampant at VM
&nbs...
I Blame Your Mother
Here Comes the Weekend
Bullet Points:
** BRM points out how England handles road repair. If it works, it works. I'm not judging the British.
** Two Chicago racial interest groups that are major allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson published Wednesday what they want Johnson to pursue new taxes: a city income tax, a w...
Not Invented Here
Post-it-Notes
Culture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceX5jJ5fggs
Beethoven, 9th Symphony, Ode to Joy
Alinsky Rules - Criminalize your opposition
This regime aims to criminalize political dissent, and that will require demonizing and stigmatizing fully half of the electorate. It is increasingly clear that wh...