Sometimes you just gotta wonder…

Had my first run-in with a CovidKaren yesterday…

From my FB post-

%$&$* CovidKarens… At the local big grocery store, standing in line to check out. Older (well older than me) fellow behind me with no mask. CovinKaren goes by the front of the aisle, sees him and backs up to come down the aisle and confront him. She starts in on him in a loud obnoxious voice, pushing her cart at him to mark her ‘exclamations’. He finally says very quietly, “Shut it, bitch. I’m 87, I have one lung after getting shot in Nam. Ain’t wearing no damn mask cause I can’t breathe. Go the hell away.”
She gets damn near hysterical at this point and he turns slightly. And she sees the Ruger SAA on his hip, open carried… She almost screams, “He’s got a gun on!” She starts backing up and almost backs into me.
I tell her to go away and she goes to start in on me, and I add, “So do I, but mine’s under my shirt.”
She turned pale, left her cart, and headed for the exit… LOL
The older man and I both start laughing just as the manager comes up. He asked what was going on, and when it was explained, we could see his eyes crinkle. He just shook his head and walked off, pushing her half full cart.

Crap like this is why I usually shop at my small town local grocery. They don’t worry about masks, and they know most of the locals, so we don’t have any issues.

In the Oopsie category, we have this story! Shades of Seattle, anyone?

While members of the Richmond City Council are in the midst of talking about defunding the police department, one of their very own council members got a swift taste of the bad side of the mob they’re considering caving to.

And, ironically, the council member is upset that police didn’t intervene to the level of her desire.

Full article, HERE.

And I’m seeing a lot of meltdowns about the federal response in Portland. Seems that everybody on the left, up to and including Pelosi and Schumer are calling them ‘stormtroopers’ and ‘promising’ to do something…

Some of the people screaming about this ‘should’ know better. Having seen real secret police in action, and seen people shot for simply walking in the wrong place, these people have NO idea how much restraint the LEOs are actually using. Outside the US, if the SP take you, the odds are you will be ‘disappeared’ whether guilty or innocent. And they aren’t polite when they do it.

One of the biggest complaints seems to be that they are using unmarked vehicles and don’t have nametags/badges/nametapes on. The left is ignoring the fact that their minions are ATTACKING police vehicles anytime they can, and are actively doxxing any LEOs they can get info on.

By using unmarked cars, and being low key, but with insignia on their uniforms, they are preventing scenes from degrading into riots, and if they people questioned aren’t the right ones, they are released. There is NO requirement to Mirandize anyone whom they have photo or video evidence of… on the scene.

I’m convinced what the left wants is a shooting by LEOs at a riot, where one of the ‘choirboys’ or ‘choirgirls’ will be killed.

It almost happened in Chiraq Saturday night…

Dozens of people in the crowd who were clad in all-black clothing rushed the nearby statue, surrounding the short stone wall that circled it. Some began throwing objects, such as cans and fireworks, at the officers. A few people tried to climb over the wall and were met with officers smacking their batons at them.

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About 18 officers were injured, some of whom were treated at the scene and others at area hospitals, Chicago police spokesman Thomas Ahern said. About a dozen people were arrested and face pending charges ranging from battery to a police officer to mob action, Ahern said. He said the aerosol used by officers was pepper spray.

Full article, HERE.

Sigh…

As my mother taught me, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything…

So go read the folks on the sidebar, because all I’ve got is a bunch of rants, and I’m not going to bore you folks with those…

I’ll just leave you with this.

The mind…

Doth boggle…

Insanity Wrap needs to know: When is not-racist humor racist?

We already know the answer: When it suits the progressive agenda for it to be racist.

Full article, HERE.

The inmates are truly running the asylum.

On a sadder note, USS Bonhomme Richard (Bonnie Dick) is done…

The party line from the Navy is “it’s too soon to tell” but the forward mast has melted down due to fire in the island, at least three major holes were burned through the flight deck (that is where the helos were dropping water).  The word is a lot of her internal structure is gutted, etc.  Reality is she is probably beyond economic repair. If that is true, she will be written off as a BCM9 code. The CNO went aboard yesterday, link HERE. The amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard sits pier side at Naval Base...

Rumors are circulating that both USS Peleliu (decommissioned March 2015) and USS Nassau (March 2011) are being looked at to be brought out of the White Fleet and put back in service as a stopgap measure.

I’m busy writing, go enjoy the folks on the sidebar, or kick back and read a book!

Mea culpa…

I know I owe folks books, but KDP is running a ‘tad’ behind… I ordered replacements over a month ago and I got…

AND another notification that shipping is ‘delayed’… Sigh…

So TWO of you will get books shipped out today.

Again, my apologies.

 

Interesting things…

This one came over the transom from the mil email network…

Apparently being put out by Pantifa…

So look deeper in the protesters to find the leaders and go after them… And the back line watches.

And in the Truth is Stranger than Fiction category, we have this…

Burger King is rolling out its latest pitch to environmentally conscious eaters: patties made from cows fed with a lemongrass diet to help eliminate methane releases from the animals.

Full article, HERE.

Um… it’s not grown here for other that ornamental or food use. And there is no ‘path’ to get it here in enough volume to actually be useful. OBTW, it also grows to a height of up to 2-4 FEET high in areas where conditions mimic the tropical habitat of their origin. Plants like lots of heat, light, and moisture in rich, loamy soil.

Sigh…

Sometimes…

You just gotta laugh…

Spotreps went live this morning, HERE.

And the FIRST review was a one star…

Nealen’s previous books had their share of magic naxalts, but his civnattery has turned to clown world. ‘murrica, in this anthology, is the land of hispanic gangbangers, evilnotsee white nationalists, black panthers, and the good guys – hispanics and blacks and ‘goofy’ white boys wearing the magic uniform. There’s no sense of honor or a cause, and the evil is . . . wait for it . . . zomg marxism and communism. His noble good guys (righteous because Nealen and the other authors imagine people like them back in the day) are the only thing holding back chaos in the streets – by providing chaos and forcing some one to take a stand. The only thing they dislike is disorder. I just can’t read this crap anymore.

For those that didn’t know what NAXALT was (I had to go look it up)… It stands for Not All (X) Are Like That – NAXALT

Now there are a few pretty good writers in it- Peter NealenLarry CorreiaJL CurtisMike MassaBrad TorgersenJames RosoneMike KupariSteven Hildreth Jr.D. LawdogChris Hernandez, Jonathan LaForce, and David Reeder. So I kinda doubt ALL of us were off the mark…

The blurb should tell people it’s NOT PC… Sigh…

The World Order is Crumbling…

…And only a handful stand in the breach.

But should they defend the status quo, or destroy it?

The Triarii were founded to hold the line, to fill in the gaps where order was breaking down in the US, and then overseas as what looks very much like World War III breaks out. But they aren’t the only ones.

Many men and women can see what’s coming. And they’re pissed.

From the Stateside unrest to peacekeeping missions abroad, to mercenary operations in Africa and South America, twelve authors bring their talents to the Maelstrom Rising series. Twelve stories of action, combat, and intrigue set against the backdrop of a new kind of World War.

The future of war is amorphous and dirty.

Are you ready?

You’ll love this military fiction anthology, because when some of the best thriller writers in the business get down to it, the action and the tension won’t stop until the last page!

Seems like we’re doing pretty well though as of 8pm last night…

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,677 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Anyway, if you want to read some good short stories by a few friends, go get this one. I think you’ll enjoy it! And please post an honest review if you do pick it up!

Thank you!

A view from the pyramids…

Pyramids are used for many things…

There is the food pyramid, Maslow’s Hierarchy, and probably dozens more. But I want to focus on just two of them.

Science vs. ‘other’…

First, one has to understand what a Falsifiable Claim is- A falsifiable claim is one for which there is some observation (or set of observations) we could make that would show us that the claim is false. If we did make this observation, essentially we’d have to conclude either that the claim in question was false, or that our observation was a bad one.

An example is- All swans are white. If people had never seen a black swan, their observation, based on THEIR experience would be correct within those limited data sets. In the wider data set, that observation would be incorrect.

All one has to do is look at the climate data debate, or the latest refutation of data by the Lancet over WuFlu data to see that experiments must be objective, reproducible, and if statistical, have strong evidence to back them up. Statistical significance means 100 or more iterations of whatever is being tested.

Much of what is currently going on is sadly down in the bottom blocks and everyone can come up with plenty of examples of that…

Why is this important right now? Let’s look at the other pyramid…

This is the revolutionary pyramid. At the minimum, we are at the black YOU ARE HERE point.  When you add in the world-wide pressures, the lack of direction in many states, the ‘questionable’ science (see above) that is being thrown around, the pushes to defund, to cancel schools (for the children, who are the LEAST susceptible), the ‘questionable’ science (see above) that is being thrown around, and whatever is going on in your particular area. Some think we’re even higher up the pyramid with the defund the police, the pushes by certain governors to keep people locked down, and the fear/hatred of the military/

In either case America is in trouble. The divisiveness has gotten to the point that is, in my opinion, nearing what existed just prior to the Civil War. The media and their acolytes, both in and out of government and science are using the bully pulpits of the media, farcebook, Twit, etc. to foment even more hate and discontent.

And the ‘fact checkers’ out there are so biased left as to be useless if one actually has any common sense. What is being done is that conservative voices are being drowned out, regardless of ethnicity, or location. To whit Hong Kong (while not directly our problem, it is endemic of the state of freedom under an oppressive regime).

On the other side of the coin, gun sales are at an all time high, with another ammunition shortage, as people scramble to get what they can while they can. People are tired of the rioting and are starting to take matters into their own hands, especially when they fear for their lives. When people get worried, they hunker down, wait, and watch.

What people are missing is that is beginning to happen more and more. People are dropping out of/off of any kind of media and reaching out via other means to stay in touch with like minded folks.

Between now and November, it’s going to be interesting to watch…

Ammo.com has a good article, Constitutional Republic vs. Pure Democracy: How the U.S. Election Process Has Changed, up HERE.

It’s worth the time to read it as it goes deep enough to give folks an idea of where we are, where some want to take the county, and how they want to do it…

Comments appreciated as always!

They ‘said’ it was about Confederate generals…

But they took down Harriet Tubman, Columbus, Frederick Douglass and an elk…

And now this…

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Full article, HERE.

And they’ve vandalized St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC. And this happened Saturday!

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office reported Saturday morning that deputies were called at about 7:30 am to Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, which was set aflame while parishioners inside prepared for morning Mass.

Full article, HERE.

Folks, I’d suggest you start looking at your hole cards. S**t is about to get interesting…

 

Is this where we are???

Worth many thousand words…

Please do that… PLEASE!!! 🙂

And this one echoes my sentiments toward 2020…

 

An interesting perspective…

From a gent I served with in the military who has seen this before in another life…

I was raised in Cuba where the government sent mobs of people to your house to protest and assault you and try to destroy you because you did not agree with the philosophy of the government. The police would back up the low lives that did this.
The Chinese before Mao did the same as did Hitler and the Bolsheviks.
They would hurt or kill you and nothing happened to the killer or killers.
Now I see the exact same thing happening here backed up by DEMOCRATS and LIBERAL traitors to the Republic.
These BLM and ANTIFA among other Progressive organizations have the same power under the auspices of SOCIAL JUSTICE (by the way, the same reasoning of the Nazis and COMMUNISTS) to destroy hurt and kill innocent people who can’t defend themselves. No difference on what happened in 1911, 1940, 1958 among other dates and now.
The difference here is that the American people see what is going on and know what to do. That is why you see cars running through these assholes blocking traffic and the purchase of massive amounts of weapons continues.
The silent majority is about to draw the line in the sand and believe me, neither the idiots rioting nor the traitors in government want what is coming.
You will lose and will be exterminated at the end. The same thing you want to do to us.
So people pay attention to every sign and your surroundings; do not allow anyone to stop you in any streets. Hit the accelerator and get out of the area. Arm yourself to the teeth, in your house and outside. Network with people like you and stay in touch; back each other up.
Stand your ground when you can unless your safety is in jeopardy and remember that there are a lot more of us that know what the hell we are doing than of them. We will survive this and the Republic will flourish after we are done with the cancers of our society.
God Bless America our way of life and our President.

He became a proud American citizen and joined the Navy, doing a full career before retiring.