Via Will Harter @RealWillHarter:
As a libertarian, I suspect there is some truth in this claim.
Category Archives: Humor
Gold Price Forecasts
The current spot price of gold is $2,656.41. But what will it be a few months or years from now?
From earlier today we have a self-proclaimed expert saying:
Gold Won’t Save You From Historic Market Bubble Bursting: Henrik Zeberg
“I think gold is actually in a kind of a smaller bubble by itself now,” Zeberg stated. “I think you’re going to see a rather strong decline in gold to the very reasons that I just said talked about here.”
Zeberg’s bearish stance on gold is rooted in his expectation of a deflationary bust. As the economy contracts and inflation falls, the US dollar is likely to strengthen, making gold a less attractive asset.
“I don’t want to hold gold into that environment,” he said. “I actually think it’s a very bad environment to hold gold.”
From an entire panel of experts on October 22nd:
Latest Gold Price Forecast & Predictions | Gold Eagle
Gold Forecast 1 Year
Bullish: $3,200
Medium-term price drivers:
US dollar, bear market in stocks and recession, investor sentimentGold Forecast 3 Years
Bullish: $4,825
Long-term price drivers:
US dollar, US budget deficits, central bank monetary debasement, negative real interest rates, and the potential for an uptick in sovereign buying.
I’m reminded of something an old engineer I knew many years ago was fond of saying:
The wonderful thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
It Just the Law, It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense
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Trump getting the nuclear codes while he legally can’t own a gun is objectively hilarious. Like something out of satire.
Kostas Moros @MorosKostas
Posted on X, November 6, 2024
That is funny!
On a much smaller scale, In Seattle, I can be legally carrying a fully loaded handgun and a spare magazine. Then, get arrested for the slingshot in my hip pocket.
Increasing the Anguish
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Above all I would advise people against posting expressions and videos of their personal anguish over the election, there is a substantial number of people here who use this as masturbation material.
David Burge @iowahawkblog
Posted on X, November 6, 2024
Sure, this is rather funny. I doubt there is much truth to it though. Yeah, there are some really strange kinks out there. But I doubt there are “a substantial number of people” which find this sexually arousing.
I think the more likely situation is that Burge finds it humorous to increase the anguish.
Although, there is one person who replied to his post with “I’m literally out of lube and shooting dust”. But I think he is joking too.
Minnesota Tourism Video
This is my style of humor done better than I could dream about even if I had a decade to think on it.
Knowledge is Power
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Via a post on X from Chuck Petras @Chuck_Petras.
I suspect this may only work for very low-pressure cartridges such as .22 LR. And there may be some accuracy issues for the first few shots.
Hitler is Okay
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With news continuing to filter in about the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the nation’s prominent Democrats expressed relief that Hitler was OK.
Following a busy weekend of making public statements and social media posts clearly identifying Trump as “literally Hitler” and telling the country that he posed a grave threat to the existence of the United States, Democratic leaders quickly made it known how glad they were to find out he was unharmed.
“We’re just glad the greatest threat to democracy is safe,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. “I know just an hour or so before he narrowly avoided a second attempt on his life I posted online about how he was leading the charge to destroy America and had to be stopped, but I’m relieved to hear that he wasn’t harmed.”
The Babylon Bee
September 16, 2024
Democrats Express Relief That Hitler Is OK | Babylon Bee
To me, The Babylon Bee sometimes is a little bit lame, but this is funny as well as making a great point.
Only a Little Bit of Exaggeration
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Heading into last weekend the heavy money was on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro getting the nod from the DNC to be Harris’s running mate. I was always skeptical of that, given the current state of the Democratic Party. It seemed a bit of a stretch that the virulently antisemitic Democrats of 2024 would pick a Jewish man to be on the ticket. Seriously, Shapiro is lucky that the Dems didn’t call in some of the Squad’s brownshirts to give him a wrist tattoo and striped pajamas.
Stephen Kruiser
August 7, 2024
The Morning Briefing: Two Commies Walk Into a Presidential Ticket…
While there is some of truth to this, there is a little bit more exaggeration than truth.
On Emperors
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We should be thanking the stupid commie bastards. We just wanted to elect him as president.
Shit like that will make him a f–k’in emperor.
MTHead
July 15, 2024
Comment to Call for Calm
As I am not a fan of emperors I won’t be thanking anyone about this.
That said, I did think this was rather funny. I really like sick humor…
Memes
From David Thompson @DBThompsonUS:
From Josh Boehm @BaronBoehm:
From Planet Of Memes @PlanetOfMemes:
From Liberty NH @NHpilled · Jul 5 Chad energy:
From Planet Of Memes @PlanetOfMemes:
That last one has its humor but we all know it is false. After seeing that, they would burn your house down with you in it, destroying the list, and the claim they did it for your children who were in the house with you..
Russia Versus America and NATO
I think I found this on X or Gab. I’m just not sure where:
A Russian wife turned to her husband and asked, “What’s this special military operation our glorious leader keeps talking about?” Her husband replied, “It’s a war to stop America and NATO.” “Oh, right” she says “How’s it going?”
“Well” he replied “so far we have lost over 20 generals, 100,000 troops killed, countless injured, 3000 tanks, 300 aircraft, hundreds of helicopters, countless armoured vehicles, artillery and trucks, our flagship along with other naval ships, our army is being defeated in most areas and we have had to resort to conscripting 500,000 Russians including murders and rapists to replace our losses”.
“Wow” replied the wife “what about America and NATO”?
“They haven’t turned up yet”
While not entirely true, there is probably a little too much truth to be funny to the top Russian politicians and the military.
Death Comes For Them All
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Death comes for them all.
Firearms Policy Coalition @gunpolicy
Posted on X June 14, 2024
The ATF rules are different than “assault weapon” bans, but I think the odds are good that SCOTUS will eventually kill them too.
I like the FPC. They work on a lot of 2nd Amendment cases, get decent results so I donate a fair amount of money (matched by my employer) to them each year.
Hmmm… No.
Also via Happy Little Memes – According To Hoyt:
While amusing, don’t post this at the entrance to your home. Should you ever be forced to defend innocence life using deadly force the meme would likely be used as evidence at your trial.
Enough Truth to be Funny
Paul K. sent me a link to this meme, which is from Happy Little Memes – According To Hoyt:
It is not true. But it has enough truth in it to be funny. Very funny.
It’s True
I’m 6’ 3’” and Barb is 6’ 1”. She has an inseam that is two inches longer than mine.
I showed her this meme from Happy Little Memes – According To Hoyt::
The response was an instant laugh followed by, “It’s true!”
Internally, I quibble a little bit with that assessment, but not so much that I would actually vocalize it.
Words of Wisdom
From my 40 year old collection of quotes:
Once upon a time, there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided not to fly south for the winter. However, soon after the weather turned cold, the sparrow changed his mind and reluctantly started to fly south. After a short time, ice began to form his on his wings and he fell to earth in a barnyard almost frozen. A cow passed by and crapped on this little bird and the sparrow thought it was the end, but the manure warmed him and defrosted his wings. Warm and happy the little sparrow began to sing. Just then, a large Tom cat came by and hearing the chirping investigated the sounds. As Old Tom cleared away the manure, he found the chirping bird and promptly ate him.
There are three morals to this story:
1) Everyone who shits on you is not necessarily your enemy.
2) Everyone who gets you out of shit is not necessarily your friend.
3) If you are warm and happy in a pile of shit, keep your mouth shut.
There is another moral told indirectly by this story: Chesteron’s Fence.
ATF Screenshot
From Hard Pass @HardPass4, via a tweet from Chuck Petras @Chuck_Petras:
There is a little too much truth in this.
It is Funny Because it is True
White Americans Should Pay Reparations
Some people probably think I have a sick sense of humor.
They may be correct (the next to the last paragraph is the punch line):
THREAD: Proof that every White American should pay Reparations to every Black American.
Anthony Johnson, the first legal slave owner in America, was an Angolan Moor who achieved freedom in the early 17th-century colony of Virginia. In 1651, Anthony Johnson owned 250 acres and the services of four white and one black indentured servant.
Don’t Mess with the Hair Dresser
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True story. A long time ago I used to be one of the match directors for our local 3gun club. We’d get dudes all the time who thought they were amazing shooters because of passing military/police quals. They’d all get humbled. The prideful would never come back. The smart ones would stick around and get good. (Some of our champs were local cops)
So one time we have five dudes from the same SWAT team show up. Cocky. Lots of swagger. All kitted up, talking shit. That’s fine. We all start somewhere.
Being newbs I know they’ll have more fun if they shoot together, but they are gonna need somebody experienced to keep an eye on them. So I ask this dude name John L to run that squad.
Now John is an innocuous little guy. Super friendly. Looks exactly like young Barry Manilow. He’s also an A class shooter in USPSA and another of the match directors.
So the SWAT cops go off with John and some other regulars to shoot all day. And they get absolutely fucking smoked. They get crushed. They are at the bottom of the barrel here. And as the day goes on they realize it.
John hasn’t just outshot these dudes, he’s done it easily, and that’s when he’s not switched on and trying to win, he’s more focused on being nice and helpful. He still shoots circles around them.
So the SWAT bad asses are asking John “dude, what agency are you with?” None. I’ve never been a cop. “Well what military unit were you? Green beret? SEAL?” And John’s like no dudes, I’ve never been in the military. “So what do you do that you shoot like this?”
John says, I’m a hair dresser.
And we never saw those guys again.
Their ego and self image just couldn’t handle losing by that much to a hair dresser. The thing about shooting, everybody sucks at first, you don’t know what you don’t know, and quals don’t mean much. There’s always somebody better, so if you want to get good you’ve got to check the ego at the door.
Larry Correia @monsterhunter45
Post on X January 26, 2024
I could tell lots of similar stories. The cops would come in dead last even when there were new shooters at the match.