In other news…

Dana Loesch pushes back against the Parkland narrative… And it makes a lot of sense, if one bothers to look beyond the sound bites and blaring headlines…

Those blaming the deadly Parkland shooting on the National Rifle Association need to take a harder look at the Broward County school superintendent and sheriff, according to NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch.

“He was sending death threats to other classmates through social media platforms which under Florida law, under the state statute, that’s a felony,” said Ms. Loesch. “But because of that Promise program which he was enrolled in, none of it was reported. It was all under the radar. He didn’t have a criminal record because [superintendent] Robert Runcie and [Sheriff] Scott Israel prevented him from having one.”

Full article, HERE. From the Washington Times. This is the stuff the MSM refuses to carry, as it goes against their ‘agenda’ for gun control. They are also NOT talking about all the money that the school district had for security upgrades, that never got done…

And this one… From ‘gun free’ Britain…

A masked gunman shoots his victim at point-blank range at dawn on a quiet residential street in the most shocking image yet from ‘Wild West Britain’.

Seconds later the gunman had fled the scene in suburban Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in a van. 

Police believe the shooting was a ‘targeted attack’ and yesterday released shocking images from a resident’s CCTV camera as they hunted the gunman.

Full article, HERE from the Daily Mail.

This is what the Dems/left want to happen here. Only the criminals will have guns. And Britain’s borders are porous as hell. Guns are freely available on the black market in Europe, and the Chunnel and ferries are lightly checked. The Brits really have no idea now many guns are actually in Britain, much less how many illegal ones come in on any given day.

Much like Australia, there is a thriving ‘trade’ in illegal weapons. A few years ago, I flew from Sydney to Perth sitting next to an ER doc who worked with the NSW police. He was telling me that over 17,000 illegal guns had been taken JUST in NSW in the previous year, including fully automatic Sten guns that were being made by a motorcycle gang in a garage!!!

 

 

Book Pimping!!!

Peter Grant, our own Bayou Renaissance Man, has the second book in his Cochrane’s Company series out!

Click on the cover to get it!!!

The blurb-

Andrew Cochrane and his mercenaries have warded off a deadly onslaught by asteroid thieves. Now they’re riding high, buying more ships and looking for more contracts.

However, the criminal Brotherhood isn’t about to accept defeat – not after Cochrane’s Company killed their Patriarch. They’re out to rebuild, rearm, and get revenge.

What started as a simple patrol job in a deserted binary star system explodes into a multi-planetary arms race, with survival on the line!

I was an alpha reader for this one, and enjoyed it! Peter expands the characters and escapades from book one in a believable fashion, with twists and turns that keep you wondering what is going to happen next! 🙂

It’s about time…

Remember this asshole from last year???

His ass is GONE! That stain has been erased from the Army rolls!!!

Recently, Spenser Rapone re-tweeted a post on Twitter which announced that he would be speaking at a socialist event in July as he was being processed out of the Army this June with an other than honorable discharge. This was likely the harshest punishment the Army could give Rapone unless they decided to charge him with something like sedition. With an other than honorable discharge, Rapone will not be entitled to VA benefits, the GI Bill, and may have difficulties in finding employment. 

From SOFREP, HERE.  They are on the blogroll, and well worth checking daily!

Wow…

WWII veteran Isaac “Ike” Fabela had one wish for his 100th birthday on June 6, to receive 100 cards from people across the country.

A bunch of us jumped on boosting the signal. And I want to thank those who dropped by here and supported that call…

Not that I can take, or want a lot of credit, but he got a ‘few’ more than 100!!!

The Michigan man’s request was granted and then some, his daughter said. As of Wednesday morning, Fabela has received more than 50,000 cards and packages. 

Full story, HERE.  I think it’s pretty fitting, considering he was born on June 6th, and shares that day with D-Day.

Snerk…

Remember BS bingo???

Now the SJW/SJZ/POS Bingo!!!

Showed this to a couple of the folks I work with part time, they were laughing their asses off! 🙂

74 years ago…

Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day kicked off…

On the morning of June 5, 1944, U.S. General Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history. On his orders, 6,000 landing craft, ships and other vessels carrying 176,000 troops left England for the trip to France. That night, 822 aircraft filled with parachutists headed for drop zones in Normandy. An additional 13,000 aircraft were mobilized to provide air cover and support for the invasion.

By dawn on June 6, 18,000 parachutists were already on the ground; the first landing craft hit the beaches at 6:30 a.m. The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture Gold, Juno and Sword beaches; so did the Americans at Utah. On Omaha beach, 2,000 troops were lost in the initial landings. By day’s end, 155,000 Allied troops–Americans, British and Canadians were ashore Normandy’s beaches.

The movie The Longest Day is not fiction, it was based on fact. Link, HERE. The other oddity of the film was that actors actually spoke the native languages, English, French, and German in the film.

This was the beginning of the end for Germany. And these men were truly the greatest generation!

My shocked face…

Let me show it to you…

Apparently Zukie lied to Congress! Gee, what a surprise…

In 2011, they were ‘supposed’ to comply with an FTC privacy consent decree, BUT-

Facebook has reached data-sharing partnerships with at least 60 device makers — including Apple, Amazon, BlackBerry, Microsoft and Samsung — over the last decade, starting before Facebook apps were widely available on smartphones, company officials said. The deals allowed Facebook to expand its reach and let device makers offer customers popular features of the social network, such as messaging, “like” buttons and address books.

Full article, HERE.

And it’s bad enough that a DEM is coming out saying something!

A Democratic congressman hammered Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, following a report that the company is sharing large amounts of its users’ data with other companies.

“Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress about whether users have ‘complete control’ over who sees our data on Facebook,” Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) tweeted on Sunday.

Full article, HERE.

So either Zukies ‘team’ isn’t talking to him, or he figured it would be lost in the details, since few on the Hill actually have a clue about what FB is really all about, much less the tentacles it has into the public…

Sigh… Remember, there IS no privacy on the Interwebz… And everything is forever (and archived). That stupid shit you did as a ‘kid’? It’s still out there. That picture you deleted as soon as you sobered up? Still there. That epic rant that went with the picture?

Yep, that too. And it’ll come back to haunt you when you least expect it… Forewarned is forearmed…

Snerk…

From the mil-email net… I don’t write ’em, I just pass ’em along on recycled electrons!

For the old Army folks… You might have been ASA if:

You “monitor” the ASA-VN-TALK list more than post to it!

PT is cancelled because of sun.

Your M-16 jams and you try to reboot it.

You believe “Air Assault” is when the air conditioner in the SCIF breaks down.

Your boots were last polished at the factory.

You brag about making tape…. again.

You firmly believe in the 3 basic food groups – caffeine, alcohol & Tylenol.

You think D&C is a form of sexual deviance.

You want to find out more about D&C.

You have the IGs phone # on speed dial.

You GT score is higher than your PT score.

When you get an order the first thing out of your mouth is “Why?”

The “field” is where a farmer works.

Exercises are placed on hold when the coffee runs out.

Donuts are more important than the brief.

Rank is more important than information.

You think “Leatherman” is one of the Village People.

Your last tactical assignment was during a game of Risk.

You hold an ASI for PowerPoint.

You think TA-50 is an NSA course.

You think a teenybopper is an 05Hog.

You KNOW a teenybopper is a very small 05Hog.

When you got to Devens you asked for your cloak and dagger.

You drank Black Label beer in Ayer, Mass and liked it!

“If you give us god’s frequency, we will monitor him too.”

And no, I don’t know the inside jokes… I was Navy… Go ask an Army spook… 🙂

Finally!!!

After WAY too long, I have two rifles configured for my SOCOM II suppressor!!!

It’s been over two years to first, actually GET the suppressor in, then another year of back and forth with ATF (with a gun trust)!

But it’s finally done!!!

Without…

WITH!!! 🙂

SOCOM II 7.62

Without…

WITH!!! And yes, significantly nose heavy! 🙂

And now the ‘fun’ starts… Rezero…

And then load development for a subsonic round. Looking at 172 gr, 1050fps. And see if the bullets will actually stabilize out of both guns. It may not cycle the SCAR, we’ll have to see.

And then check zero and hold over, and, and…

And ‘might’ have found some place to hog hunt and NOT get charged an arm and a leg!!! Not a bad day!

TBT…

Sigh… Getting old sucks… Last weekend I went to a friend’s daughter’s HS graduation. And that reminded me next year is my FIFTIETH reunion…

Some things don’t change… Well, the prices do, but they’re still open…

Others… Well, they’ve come and gone… 1950s ELECTRIC Underwood typewriter. Weighed about 40 pounds.

An early Holiday Inn. I remember staying in one when I was probably six years old. And I ‘think’ Momma and Daddy complained about the price, which was probably less than $5 a night… And we didn’t eat in the restaurant. I probably got a peanut butter sandwich. No elevators, but all the rooms were the same in every one of them, EVERYWHERE!!!

And some things are still here but in radically different form… Good luck finding a full service service station today! Much less one that actually posts ALL of the taxes, and honestly admits how much they make per gallon.

Apparently Hertz hadn’t made it to ‘this’ town, wherever it was… 🙂

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