Mark Postlethwaite has been doing aviation art for quite a while, and does excellent work. His site is HERE, where you can see other paintings he’s done.
Well, the pre-party party was in full swing last night… 🙂
Folks started showing up Thursday night, and it got more interesting last night, with another 15 or so folks ‘popping in’…
And baklava!!! 🙂
And we finally broke up at 0200… Oh my achin…
The first folks are rolling in tonight for the party on Saturday/Sunday…
The first round of food is on hand…
Yes, there will be brisket…
And liquid refreshments…
And more liquid refreshments…
House is cleaned, vacuumed, mopped and ready for… Oh never mind…
Light blogging and commenting through Sunday. Go read the folks on the side bar…
A temper tantrum…
Look at all the pouty faces…
Congressional Democrats declared they would “occupy the floor” in a push for gun control legislation Wednesday morning in an unusual scene in the House of Representatives.
Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.) gave remarks calling on House leadership to bring gun control laws to the floor for a vote, saying the Republican-controlled chamber had “been too quiet for too long.” Rep. John Larson (D., Conn.) spoke next, saying the “soul of the nation” cried out for a vote on the issue.
Courtesy of the Washington Free Beacon, HERE. And the Washington Times, HERE.
Lemme see, what was it BO said… “We won, you lost.”
Sucks to be you losers. You had your chance when you had all three branches of the executive, but you didn’t have the balls to do anything then.
No laws were broken in the purchase of the weapons used in the Orlando atrocity. Sorry… And no laws you want to pass will prevent CRIMINALS from getting what they want to use for the next atrocity… CRIMINALS don’t obey laws, or haven’t you figured that out yet?
But you want to put people on ANOTHER secret list, and ‘maybe’ have a way for people to challenge it…
Does the name McCarthy mean anything to you???
And then there is this-
In 1865 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
In 1881 a left wing radical Democrat shot James Garfield, President of the United States – who later died from the wound.
In 1963 a radical left wing socialist shot and killed John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.
In 1975 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at Gerald Ford, President of the United States.
In 1983 a registered Democrat shot and wounded Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.
In 1984 James Hubert, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 22 people in a McDonalds restaurant.
In 1986 Patrick Sherrill, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 15 people in an Oklahoma post office.
In 1990 James Pough, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 10 people at a GMAC office.
In 1991 George Hennard, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 23 people in a Luby’s cafeteria in Killeen, TX.
In 1995 James Daniel Simpson, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 5 coworkers in a Texas laboratory.
In 1999 Larry Asbrook, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 8 people at a church service.
In 2001 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at the White House in a failed attempt to kill George W. Bush, President of the US …
In 2003 Douglas Williams, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people at a Lockheed Martin plant.
In 2007 a registered Democrat named Seung – Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people in Virginia Tech.
In 2010 a mentally ill registered Democrat named Jared Lee Loughner, shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed 6 others.
In 2011 a registered Democrat named James Holmes, went into a movie theater and shot and killed 12 people.
In 2012 Andrew Engeldinger, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people in Minneapolis.
In 2013 a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people in a school in Newtown, CT.
In 2013, Sept., an angry Democrat shot 12 at a Navy ship yard.
Clearly, there is a problem with Democrats and guns.
Not one NRA member, Tea Party member, or Republican conservative was involved in any of these shootings and murders.
SOLUTION: It should be illegal for Democrats to own guns!
And since it’s Thursday- A throwback TV ad…
Who remembers the ‘other’ set, that was also sold around the same time???
Hint- If you had the tommy gun, you were Sergeant Saunders…
Let’s play the if/then game…
If…
Then…
One media quote apparently linked to AG Lynch- “Redactions have been made to prevent ‘re-victimization’ of those lost in Orlando”…
Fox has the following report HERE.
Personally, I believe this is just one more attempt to distract the public from the reality of a RADICAL ISLAMIST TERRORIST who killed 49 and injured 53 LGBT at Pulse in Orlando.
Two of the ‘protected’ groups of the left have crossed streams, and the left doesn’t know what to do, so they effectively are in denial, obfuscation and blaming the gun for the deaths are their only way out of the hole they’ve dug…
So they are making a massive push (again) for gun control, and enlisted all the liberals on the left by decrying the ability for anyone to get a gun and shoot up a gun free zone…
As has been reported earlier, the shooter was in fact vetted, bought the guns legally, and was working for a company with ties to DHS!
So yesterday the administration pushed four bills on gun control, trying to get anything to stick to the wall…
And SCOTUS refused to hear challenges to the NY and CT gun bans, HERE.
This one still plays, and I have yet to hear anyone on the left give a coherent reason for their actions. Emotions overriding facts once again, and any of us who disagree are-
Heartless
Homophobic
Racist
and, and, and… (insert perceived insult here)
Sigh…
Edit- Apparently yesterday afternoon, after massive pushback, the DOJ has released an ‘unredacted’ version… HERE. And all four gun control bills in the Senate did not advance, HERE.
The German Me 262 jet fighters, used primarily to attack USAAF heavy bomber formations in early 1945, were very vulnerable to fighter attacks during take-off and landing. The Allies had therefore adapted a strategy of having fighters patrol in the vicinity of Me262 bases, waiting for the return of the German jets from their missions. These ambushes soon proved highly effective, with the Luftwaffe losing many jets to the guns of the USAAF.
To counteract the mounting losses special units were formed, equipped with the Focke-Wulf 190 D-9 (“Dora Neun”), regarded by many as the Luftwaffe’s finest piston-engined fighter of the war. Manned by experienced veterans of JG52 and JG54, they were tasked with providing top cover for the jets at their airfields at Munich, and Ainring near Salzburg.
In order to make these aircraft clearly discernable to the German anti-aircraft gunners, their undersides were painted red with white stripes, thus the legend of the “parrot wing” was born. One of this unit’s elements was the so-called “strangler swarm” led by Lt. Heino Sachsenberg.
Here we see Sachsenberg in his Focke Wulf 190 Dora 9 “Rote 1” W.Nr. 600424, as he turns into P-51s over the airfield of Ainring in an attempt to protect the approaching jet fighters from the Mustangs’ attack.
I had a rant about half done about how the left has ‘migrated’ the discussion to banning semi-auto rifles, but you know what, screw it…
Nobody cares…
But I find this oddly appropriate, and kinda makes my point…
And I can’t help but wonder what Charles Schultz would do with Charlie Brown and Snoopy today…
Especially since Charlie would be 66 this year… And Snoopy would be 462 in dog years… I’m imagining they would both be rather disgruntled at where America is today…
Go read the folks on the sidebar, I’m going to the range and commune with aromatherapy…
ALPINE, TX – Legendary former Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson, 80 died Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at his home in Alpine, Texas after a short but courageous battle with cancer.
Jackson served 27 years as a Ranger in Uvalde and Alpine, Texas. When he retired in 2003, he was the senior member of the elite force. Established in 1823, the Texas Rangers are the oldest statewide law enforcement agency in the United States.
“Joaquin Jackson was a legendary lawman and one of the most famous Texas Rangers of the twentieth century,” said Jackson friend, actor Robert Duvall. Duvall played Ranger Captain Augustus McCrae in the classic series Lonesome Dove.
In 2005, Jackson published his memoir, One Ranger. The book became a bestseller and for the next 10 years he had a successful career as a public speaker.
Over the years, Jackson appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Good Ol’ Boys with fellow Texan Tommy Lee Jones. Jackson was also the model for Nick Nolte’s character in the motion picture Extreme Prejudice. Jeff Bridges also modeled his Texas Ranger character in the upcoming movie, Hell or High Water on Jackson.
Joaquin Jackson was born in 1935 in Anton, Texas. He attended Texas Tech University and was a graduate of Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. He served in the United States Marine Corps prior to embarking on a career in law enforcement.
Jackson was a longtime director of the National Rifle Association, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, numerous law enforcement organizations, and he was a member of the Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife Jewel, three grown children and four grandchildren. His son, Lance Jackson followed his father into law enforcement and currently serves as a major in the United States Border Patrol.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the Pete P. Gallego Center at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Sul Ross State University or the Former Texas Rangers Foundation.
I only had the honor of meeting him once, at Tulsa. Quite the gentleman, and he was a BIG man, not someone anybody with any sense would want to screw with…
