TBT…

Posted on by July 7, 2021

Today’s throwback is from the early 60s, although it wasn’t admitted to until years later…

Yes, Britain DID nuke the US not once, but twice… Simulated of course…

But that had to be embarrassing as hell for the brass… Especially Lemay who was, I believe the Air Force Chief at the time… LOL

In other ‘flying’ news…

A bunch of actual turkeys in PP’s back yard… until grandson let the Labs out, and there was apparently a BUNCH of flying all of a sudden… 10 birds launching in all directions ‘away’ from the dogs… LOL

That’s going to…

Posted on by July 6, 2021

Leave a mark…

It appears even after ALL the convolutions in NYC, the law and order candidate on the dem side is going to win the primary over the dem’s hand picked cadidate…

That is going to set the cat among the chickens on the left…LOL

Eric Adams won the Democratic nomination in the race to replace Mayor Bill de Blasio — squeaking out a narrow victory in the ranked-choice primary, according to a preliminary count of the final vote tally Tuesday evening.

Full article, HERE.

And I apparently oopsied yesterday on the numbers from Chiraq over the weekend…

Chicago’s most violent weekend of 2021: 104 shot, 19 of them killed. 13 kids among the wounded.

From the Chicago Sun Times, HERE. And HERE’s the link to the yearly tracker from the Chicago Tribune.

Even though Lightfoot says crime is NOT out of control, HERE.

In other news, apparently Xiden’s team is ‘not’ happy with Harris and the possibility is that Buttigieg is being ‘positioned’ by media and the left… Article HERE from Breitbart.

Lastly, yet another pair of locations (this time in California) have relooked at the Covid death tolls and guess what? Down by 25%. Article HERE. Funny how when anybody ‘questioned’ these death tolls last year they were excoriated as ‘unbelievers’ and conspiracy theorists… In discussions I’ve had with a few folks, the general consensus (none of us are doctors or researchers, but we DO read various publications) is that the death toll is at least 25% too high nationwide, and at least that much high world-wide, because a Covid diagnosis was a money maker for the hospitals… sigh…

And nobody is counting those deaths from those that COULDN’T get life saving procedures because ‘all the beds were needed’…

And I’ll leave you with this… h/t to Stretch for this one…

Sigh…

Posted on by July 5, 2021

Many on the Right are calling to defund National Public Radio after it tweeted that the Declaration of Independence is “a document with flaws and deeply ingrained hypocrisies.”

Full article HERE from the Washington Examiner. And then there is THIS article about Chiraq… 88 shot 14 dead over the 4th of July weekend… Where are BLM and all the other black bloc groups protesting that???

And from Reuters, another story about dams and water rights… NOT 3 Gorges this time… Story HERE about Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan fighting over the Nile. This one has the potential to go to a shooting war with a quickness…

We made it through the 4th!!!

Posted on by July 4, 2021

Good food, good friends, more fireworks, and I’m wore out. Go read the folks on the sidebar while I get my act together!

Apparently the Blues and Thunderbirds were BOTH in Kansas City for the airshow yesterday, but didn’t perform together. What a shame. But this is the first airshow I can remember where BOTH teams were at the same show.

Some great pics HERE, from the Kansas City Star! Enjoy.

Happy Independence Day!!!

Posted on by July 1, 2021

The 4th of July is the ONLY Independence Day we celebrate…

245 years ago, our founding fathers

declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress had voted to declare independence two days earlier, on July 2, but it was not declared until July 4.

I was lucky to be able to watch the 4th of July fireworks on the National Mall for a number of years from Ft. Myer, which overlooks the Potomac and the Mall…

And there is this nice little video from the Navy with ‘our’ fireworks…

Go enjoy the day and your local fireworks!!! Long may our flag wave in freedom!!!

We’ll be doing burgers and brats, and our little local fireworks demo tonight.

Sigh…

Posted on by July 2, 2021

Some people LIKE to play the race card…

I posted this yesterday on farcebook and…

This was the FIRST comment…

Black men make up 49% of incarcerations. Black men make up 47% of “deaths by cop.”
Black men make up 6% of the population (Black people make up 13%).
So, there are two explanations for these disparities:
a] Black men in particular are 4-6x as likely to be criminals as white men.
b] Police departments and prosecutors have a bias against Black men and that bias is racial in origin.
Which do you believe?
Sigh… Throw out just enough numbers to make your point, BUT ignore the ‘rest’ of the points. But if you actually read the ‘rest’ of the statement that was made… See below…

One catastrophic condition in the lives of many African Americans today is the horrendously high murder rate that they experience. While, according to the U.S. Census (U.S. Census Quick Facts), African Americans made up 12.6% of the U.S. population in 2010, and  13.3% in 2015, they, according to the FBI were in 2013 victims of 45% of the murders, in 2018 victims of 52.4% of the murders in the U.S., more than three times the rate that might be expected by population. 

What are the facts about the extremely high rate of African American victims? One might get the impression from the energetic campaigns of Black Lives Matter that African Americans are murdered by white racists, especially police. But, according to the FBI, in 2013, of the 2,491 “Black or African American” murdered, 189 were murdered by “whites,” 20 by “other,” 37 by “unknown,” and 2,245 by “Black or African American.” In other words, in 2013, 90.12% of African Americans murdered were murdered by other African Americans.

The years since are much the same, e.g. in 2018 , of 2,925 African Americans murdered, 2,600 or 89% were murdered by other African Americans. It is difficult to attribute this to white racism. And while in 2013, 189 African Americans were murdered by whites, 409 whites were murdered by African-Americans. In cross-race murders, more than twice as many whites have been murdered as African Americans. 

The other side of the coin is that 48% of all murders are committed by African Americans, more than three times what would be expected from African-Americans’ 13% of the population. So African Americans are involved in the most serious crime, either as victims or perpetrators, at a rate that far exceeds other American communities. This cannot be considered a direct effect of anti-African American racism.

African Americans, like all Americans, have choices and make decisions. They are not automatons mechanically reacting to an adverse environment. African Americans have agency, select their goals, and act to achieve them. Most African-Americans do not choose to engage in crime; most choose to become productive citizens. 

But too many African Americans do choose to engage in crime, and too many African-Americans have been their victims.

As a kid, growing up out in the country in Louisiana, the kids I played with were Creoles, Blacks, Mestizos, Cajuns, and ONE other white family. They spent time at my house and I spent time at their houses.  I spent 20+ years IN the Navy and 23 more working for them. I learned LONG ago to judge people by their character and actions. We’re ALL pink on the inside, and the wrapper doesn’t make a damn bit of difference. What the person DOES and the person’s character are the drivers as far as I’m concerned.
Oh, and of course the person NEVER addressed the crux of the meme, which is the Marxist influence, and promptly disappeared when confronted with facts and actual logic… sigh

Ouch…

Posted on by July 1, 2021

Granted, Tom Clancy’s books aren’t for everyone, and did become a ‘bit’ formulaic, but this review is literally damning with faint praise…

Since debuting on Amazon’s Prime Video service on April 30, Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse has earned a score of 5.8 on IMDB, and an audience rating of 43 percent on Rotten Tomatoes—hardly stellar scores for such a high profile release.

That suggests there was quite a bit of remorse among viewers, and one audience review posted on Rotten Tomatoes may have summed up the made-for-TV movie particularly well, “As formulaic as it is implausible, Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse delivers the bare minimum as an action thriller—and will leave Clancy fans particularly disappointed.”

What actually further adds to the disappointment is that a film adaption of Tom Clancy’s 1993 novel, which served as an “origin” story for the character of former Navy SEAL John Clark (nee Kelly), has been a long time in coming. What finally arrived was a significant misfire.

Full article HERE, from Gun Mag Warehouse.

I won’t waste my time watching it, just like I won’t waste my time watching the Lee Childs/Jack Reacher movies with Tom Cruise. Talk about blown casting!!! Cruise is a shrimp. Reacher is a huge man and that is integral to the story line… Sigh…

PSA- Winchester 9MM ammo recall!!!

Posted on by June 30, 2021

Courtesy of Guns in the News Blog!

Olin Winchester has issued a recall of several lots of its 9 mm ammunition. Owners of any of the company’s 9 mm cartridges with 115-gr. full metal jacket bullets or 115-gr. jacketed hollow points need to immediately discontinue their use until they consult the symbol and lot numbers printed on the box to determine if the loads are affected by the recall. Ammunition purchased before March 25, 2021, is not subject to the recall.

The symbols impacted are: Q4172, RED9, USA9JHP, USA9MMVP, USA9W and WW9B.

 

Lot Numbers include: SC03LD44, SC03LD45, SC03LD46, SC03LD47, SC13LD1, SC13LD6, SC13LD18, SC13LD44, SC13LD45, SC13LD46, SC13LD47, SC52LD44, SC52LD45, SC52LD46, SC52LD47, SC62LD44, SC62LD45, SC62LD46, SC62LD47, SC72LD44, SC72LD45, SC72LD46, SC72LD47, SC92LD44, SC92LD45, SC92LD46, SC92LD47, SD10LD1, SD10LD3, SD10LD6, SC10LD12, SD10LD18, SD10LD46, SD10LD47, SD50LD1, SD50LD3, SD50LD6, SD50LD11, SD50LD12, SD50LD18, SD50LD46, SD50LD47, SD60LD1, SD60LD3, SD60LD6, SD60LD11, SD60LD12, SD60LD18, SD70LD1, SD70LD3, SD70LD6, SD70LD11, SD70LD12, SD70LD18, SD80LD1, SD80LD3, SD80LD6, SD80LD11, SD80LD12 and SD80LD18.

The symbol designation and location of the lot numbers are depicted for one product in the photograph above. The recall webpage includes locations for all other cartridge boxes that fall under this notification.

Winchester has determined the above lots of 9 mm 115-gr. FMJ and JHP ammunition may contain propellant that does not properly ignite and burn when the cartridge is fired. Ammunition containing propellant that does not properly ignite and burn may result in a bullet remaining in the barrel—a bullet-in-bore obstruction. Firing a subsequent bullet into the bore obstruction could cause firearm damage, rendering the firearm inoperable and subjecting the shooter and bystanders to a risk of serious personal injury.

Do not use Winchester 9 mm 115-gr. FMJ or JHP cartridges of the above symbols with any of the above lot numbers. Owners of ammunition affected by this recall should immediately discontinue its use and contact Winchester toll-free at (844) 653-8358 to arrange for free UPS pick-up of the recalled ammunition. Upon receipt of the ammunition, the company will ship replacement cartridges directly or issue a reimbursement check.

This notice applies only to the above 9 mm Luger 115-gr. FMJ and JHP symbols and lot numbers. Other symbols or lot numbers are not subject to this recall. Enthusiasts with questions about the recall can also call toll-free (844) 653-8358, write to Winchester at 600 Powder Mill Road, East Alton, IL 62024 (Attn: 9mm Luger Recall), or visit the company website.

TBT…

Posted on by June 30, 2021

Back in the day, we had to maintain qualifications to not only fly as crew on the P-3s, but the entire crew wanted to be ‘Alpha’ status crew… This was my crew hat from 1976-77 deployment to Misawa, JA.

You can just barely see the ‘A’ designation on the left side of the hat.

It was used to designate a crew in which every crew member was NATOPS-designated in his position, and the crew as a unit had passed every graded crew coordination/tactics exercise (qual) — there were about 20 (+/-) of them, as I recall. It was a difficult standard, especially when money was scarce, and people transferred in and out. We managed it for two years, at least for the ‘critical crewmembers’, which were the seven primary crew positions. I was also a Blue Card NATOPS evaluator for the squadron during that time, so I was flying my ass off… sigh

Good times! 🙂

A follow-up…

Posted on by June 29, 2021

This is to yesterday’s post about search and rescue. As a number of folks noted in the comments, 4 days without water is pretty much the end of the road as far as one’s kidneys continuing to function… I believe they are hoping the daily rains are somehow getting to any survivors still trapped. Sadly, I believe the next 24-48 hours it will go from search to recovery.

Divemedic is MUCH more current than I am, and has also written a very thoughtful post from the medic perspective. It is HERE.  The title is FEMA isn’t magic.

HERE is a link to the Fox onsite updates from Florida.