Quote of the day–William Earl Dungey

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So, since I know how to use machine guns, automatic weapons, submachine guns, rifles, pistols, explosives and other such – like I know how to find the proper place and time to defecate so as not to upset the public nor my friends and family – I don’t need the regulations, laws and infringement on my rights to be armed and dangerous. I also don’t advocate destruction of my community, government nor world to make it my way – but then I do think there are more good people in the world than bad – but the bad ones tell lies, cheat and dishonor their ancestors for personal gain and general stupidity. I remain, armed and dangerous, but then that is all in my mind and not in yours, you never think about me – just the old man in the back of the room.


William Earl Dungey
December 6, 2008
One issue people, arise and think…. it matters

Franken and the “Recount”

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This touches close to home for me, since our now WA state gubnuh “found” enough votes after recount after recount, to turn a loss into a victory.  Ann Coulter gives us more detail from the Minnesota senatorial race than you’ll find anywhere in the Old Media;



According to Michael Barone, an examination of King County [Washington State] records showed that nearly 2,000 more mail-in ballots had been “cast” in King County than had been requested.


I was immediately suspicious when WA state went to an all mail-in voting system.  Now I’m not suspicious– I know.



But Gregoire got to be governor — having done unusually well among the imaginary voters of King County.


The head of the Washington State Democratic Party orchestrating this ballot theft was Paul Berendt. Guess who is advising Al Franken on the Minnesota recount right now? That’s right: Paul Berendt.


Surprise, surprise.  We now have evidence of an interstate rent-a-cheat.  Coulter adds;



And, per usual, the Republicans clearly haven’t the vaguest notion what is about to hit them.


Clearly.  The Republicans are too busy trying to appear nice, and can’t be bothered with vague abstractions like the rule of law, or the state and federal Constitutions.  I never could, and can never refer to them as the Grand Old Party.  For now, it’s the Party of the Perpetually Clueless, or PPC.  The trouble with the clueless is that they never know they’re clueless, and cowards always have a perfectly good rationale for doing nothing.

Xenia is our artist

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Uhhhh…. WOW!


Awesome picture Xenia.

Too little, too late

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Way too little:



To Our Valued Customers:


H-S Precision has received comments relating to individual testimonials in our 2008 catalog. All of the testimonials focused on the quality, accuracy and customer service provided by H-S Precision.


The management of H-S Precision did not intend to offend anyone or create any type of controversy. We are revising our 2009 catalog and removing all product testimonials.


Sincerely,

The Management of H-S Precision


As I said before McMillan makes excellent stocks and when I have another precision rifle built it will have anything but a H-S Precsion stock.


Via David.


Update: I agree with the Queen of Snark’s last line on the topic.

It’s about time

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We are still making progress even with the Obama adminstration gearing up for a take over. If we can only hold our ground for the next election or two we should be able to make progress again after the current set of bigots are thrown out of office.


Via the Triangle of Death:



Fairfax, Va. – The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), through the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has announced the final amended version of its changes to rules on carrying of firearms in national parks and wildlife refuges. DOI’s move will restore the rights of law-abiding gun owners who wish to transport and carry firearms for lawful purposes on most DOI lands, and will make federal law consistent with the state law in which these public lands are located. The National Rifle Association (NRA) led the effort to amend the existing policy regarding the carrying and transportation of firearms on these federal lands.

Quote of the day–Cherry River Blog

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Can anyone here imagine a group of ten ordinary American police officers standing, cowed, behind building corners and simply watching such a slaughter? I doubt it. There may be tactical considerations, and some reasonable self-preservation making a degree of caution possible, but a two-man team with AKs and grenades would not last long even in a place like Los Angeles. Transplant that same situation into most of the rest of America, that beyond the deep-urban elites, and the conclusion of the attack would be swift, brutal, and total, and not in favor of the attackers.


Let those same terrorists figuratively come ashore in a place like Pennsylvania, Texas, or Wyoming, and the police would be arriving only in time to distribute body bags and take pictures.


Cherry River Blog
December 4, 2008
Mumbai
Via David Hardy.
[As pointed out in the comments to the post: one word, “Columbine”. But from both Columbine and 9/11 (flight 93) the police and private citizens learned valuable lessons. Sometimes fighting back NOW is the proper course of action. As long as people have the tools to fight I think the proper mindset will surface when the situation presents itself–even if it is somewhat repressed by modern society.–Joe]

Remington gets my approval

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David reports on what Remington says about HS Precision. Good on Remington. I hope things continue to go along the current path.


My only Remington gun is fitted to a HS Precision stock. Except for HS Precision thinking a government thug is a good endorsement I’m very pleased with the combination.

Quote of the day–Richard K. Willard

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Just as studies showing the dangers of prejudice and error in jury trials should not undermine a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights, neither should studies purporting to show the dangers of private gun ownership undermine law-abiding individuals’ Second Amendment rights.


Richard K. Willard
D.C. versus Heller–brief Amicus Curiae Of The Heartland Institute in support of respondent.

Unintended consequences of the TSA

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Via Bruce Schneier:



They both say there are organized rings of thieves, who identify valuables in your checked luggage by looking at the TSA x-ray screens, then communicate with baggage handlers by text or cell phone, telling them exactly what to look for.

“This is a laptop here, VCR here and it’s located in this area of the bag. Here’s the color of the bag. They give them all the information they need to know.”

“He was going through the bag like he was searching it? Yeah searching it.”

Sky Nguyen knows firsthand. He took this picture of a TSA screener with his camera phone after he saw the agent steal his iPod.

“You saw the Nano in here? Yeah inside here between the glove and palm.”


With 20/20 hindsight it makes perfect sense. With 10’s of thousands of low paid people having access to property you normally have locked you have a huge attack surface (please excuse the geek talk).


As Bruce said:



Someone should investigate the extent to which the TSA’s security measures facilitate crime.


TSA is a crime. It’s government searching without a warrant. It’s also nothing but A Security Theater.

It makes perfect sense

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In formerly Great Britain they banned nearly all guns, they have essentially banned self defense, and they are talking about registering and banning knives. With that sort of mindset it follows perfectly well that they have banned fire extinguishers as well.


Via Ry.

Quote of the day–Ride Fast

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Why some choose to disarm in the face of a violent enemy is easily explained. Insanity. It’s really no different than fighting a fire by throwing away an extinguisher. Or treating an infection with a Chinese fire drill. It does look like they’re doing something, but I call it surrender.


There are times when negotiation is pointless and accommodation is only seen as weakness. Open carry of legally owned arms would go a long way toward throttling a criminal at the “thinking about it” stage of a violent crime.

Why the good people of Scotland and California continue to elect cowards that codify their fear into law is beyond me.


Ride Fast
December 2, 2008
Gun Control in Scotland
[My outrage is not easily translated into words and probably would be incriminating as well. I think I’m sexist because seeing injured females creates a visceral reaction unmatched by similar injuries to men. And you really don’t want to know what I’m thinking right now.–Joe]

Talking about HS Precision

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Tonight on Gun Nuts Radio will be a discussion about HS Precision and the “coveted Horiuchi endorsement“.


I was planning on being at the range at that time but I may delay my range session just to listen in and chat live.


I’ve been playing “catch up” with all the Gun Nut Radio shows. I listened to about eight hours of them on my Zune in the last few days. I have a few more hours to go before I’ve finished all of them but I”ve been impressed.


It’s interesting to see the development of the hosts over time. At the first things were a little “rough around the edges” but with Breda doing the research and Caleb being better prepared and more experienced it’s smoothed out a bunch. And even with the rough spots, except for a few times when they corrected themselves very quickly, I never caught any instances where they got their facts wrong.

Well duh!

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I never would have guessed. So someone didn’t and commissioned a survey:



More than a third of Britons rank sexual activity at the top of their list of freetime activities, according to the YouGov survey conducted over the Internet.


That was more than the next three highest options combined – gossiping with friends (18 per cent), window shopping (9 per cent) and going to a museum (6 per cent). According to the poll, however, women preferred gossiping with friends, while men tended to rank sex as number one.


At least it was a private charity that did the research rather than using taxpayer money.

Posted in Sex

Quote of the day–Edward Abbey

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Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

Edward Abbey
[This is something the gun banners apparently cannot and/or will not understand. They refuse to answer Just One Question.–Joe]

The mocking of H-S Precision contest winner

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Sebastian had a contest (which I intended to link to but never got around to in time) and the results are in. It is a very deserving entry. Congratulations Tim.

Next on the list is warp drive

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We now have a source of anti-matter.

Quote of the day–Thomas W. Malone

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The new information tools symbolized by the Internet are radically changing the possibility of how we can organize large-scale human efforts.


For most of human history, people have lived in small tribes where everything they did was known by everyone they knew. In some sense we’re becoming a global village. Privacy may turn out to have become an anomaly.


Thomas W. Malone
Director of the M.I.T. Center for Collective Intelligence
November 29, 2008
You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?
[I am concerned that our shrinking privacy are just one component in an increasingly socialist and tyrannical world and the associated lowered standard of living.


Let me explain.


Capitalism was coincident with the greatest advancement in the human standard of living. I have to wonder if privacy is an essential part of capitalism and what the consequences of no privacy of association will be. If your business competition is friends with “big brother” any business deal you try to work on can be torpedoed. It won’t be the market that decides which company is the most successful. It will be who has the best connections to the watchers. And socialism apologists are all for government watching.


And certainly lack of privacy means a lack of freedom. Your ability to escape an abusive relationship or government will be severely impacted.


See also this QOTD.–Joe]

No more lunches at Wingers

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James and Kim just had lunch there this weekend. Barb and I go there fairly frequently but it’s going to be a while before we go back. I took these pictures this morning about 0800 at the University Mall in Moscow Idaho:




And before someone asks, I haven’t been within 30 miles of my chemistry set since Thursday evening.

I’m on a blogger super hero team

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Cool! I am especially thrilled with all the tall good-looking women (RobertaX, Tamara, and Brigid) I get to hang out with and help save the world.

Quote of the day–Terry

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Liberals absolutely cannot deal with facts. Cannot weigh evidence. In a place far away geographically and in the past a liberal would not believe me, and stood up, and was cut in half by NVA machine gun fire. This poor fools last words prior to committing suicide was “…they won’t shoot at us if we wave to them.”


Terry
November 26, 2008
From a comment to Kevin’s Quote of The Day for November 26, 2008
[I could have pulled quotes from the comments for my collection for an hour and it was inspiration for a future post that I would spend several hours writing if I ever get around to it. There was some really good stuff in there.–Joe]