WTF???

Posted on by October 21, 2013

Another school shooting, this time the perp appears to be a THIRTEEN year old…

Family members later identified the staff member who was killed as math teacher Michael Landsberry, 45. The suspected gunman was also dead, and authorities say no shots were fired by law enforcement. Washoe County Emergency Manager Aaron Kenneston told Reuters that the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Full article HERE.

I just do NOT understand what is going on out there, where a 13 year old brings a gun to school and shoots a teacher, or anybody else for that matter…  Thoughts and prayers for the family of Mr. Landsberry, he stepped up and gave his life to protect others.

Copycat?  Who knows… But you can bet it will be a cold day in hell before we hear the entire story…

Holder (spit) apparently came out and was dancing in the blood of the victims this afternoon, proclaiming that mass shootings were up 150% in the last few years…

I’m guessing the administration is not even bothering to find out basic information before they jump out there with the anti-gun rhetoric…

And we’ve got three more years of this???  Sigh…

The things one sees on the road…

Posted on by October 20, 2013

These are the ‘doors’ to the Japanese Navy command cave at Yokosuka, JA.  There are over twenty MILES of caves that honeycombed the base starting in about 1938…

Rather simple… Handle and a pull bar.  Note the rollers and tracks in the bottom of the picture.IMG_1430

THIS is why they have rollers on the outside! Just a ‘tad’ thick, about 8 inches worth of battle steel…IMG_1429

A look at the inside of the door.  Probably 4 1/2 feet wide by 8 feet tall.IMG_1428A look at the second set of blast doors, looking back toward the entrance…

Notice that this set of doors opens inward… And you can see the curved entry area which s-turns back the other way behind where I took the picture from…

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And this is a close up of the latch mechanism and the man hatch in the door. These doors are about 1/2 inch thick.  IMG_1427There is actually a THIRD set that again opens outward that are around the curve from this set and seals off the rest of the tunnels.

And you too can now own your own Japanese toilet seat…

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For only $800, it washes, it waxes, it blow dries, and has a remote control to raise and lower the seat… AND IT’S IN DUTY FREE!!!

And no, I didn’t buy one 😛

The ‘rest’ of the story…

Posted on by October 20, 2013

The initial story was an ‘older’ man landing an airplane after the pilot had a heart attack…

The additional details are enough to send shivers up the back of the neck…

Night, unlit panel, no landing lights…

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/passenger-takes-controls-plane-pilot-ill-humberside

Here is the video-

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/oct/18/moment-man-lands-plane-after-pilot-fell-ill-video

All I can say is kudos to those who assisted, and there was another presence in the cockpit that night…

h/t Bob

Vito has the guard…

Posted on by October 20, 2013

Got this from PP the other day…

Vito is ‘officially’ on guard duty with Jace… 🙂

vito and jace

Takes a load off ‘my’ mind… Just sayin…

Shooty stuff…

Posted on by October 18, 2013

I quick follow-up post from Blogorado…

I finally got back on my 22-250 after Speer had rebarreled it with a Douglas Air Gauged varmint barrel and he and Stingray had sighted it in…

IMG_1416 It took about four rounds to ‘correct’ to my sight picture and being 3000 feet lower in altitude and sighted at 250 vs. 100 yards; and boy is it a truly sweet AND accurate shooter now… Kudos guys!!!

And I got a chance to play with a SCAR 16 (thanks Jason and Thot for the ammo)…

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Quite a bit of difference… Had to get the stock out where I could shoot the SCAR, but it’s a point and click… 4MOA red dot aimpoint, with about a 4x magnifer (Jason correct me if I’m wrong).  Easy peasy at 250 yards, had to blow em in at 500, but again easy hits once the ‘hold’ was figured out…

Of course I had to let my ego get the better of me and try to blow them in at 750 with the 22-250 until I was ‘gently’ reminded by Tam that the 55gr round didn’t have the ass to get out that far… Sigh…

And then there was Pedi’s new custom rifle from Wally…

Gotta love the custom engraving and switch codes 🙂

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And the other side…DSC00461

And for somebody that ‘claimed’ she’d never shot 500 yards, once we walked her onto the target, she was dinging the steel routinely at 500 yards!!!

HERE is her original post on the new rifle…

And no, I don’t have any pics of any steels or targets, too busy RO’ing or shooting…

For what ever reason, this file refuses to load correctly, but the two hits from 750 are mine and Matt G’s. His is the body shot, and mine is well… a ‘tad’ lower… 🙂

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Interesting video clip…

Posted on by October 18, 2013

This one was sent to me, and quite honestly I’m not surprised by Maddow’s behaviour…

Does anyone still believe the media is unbiased???

h/t JP

2A worries…

Posted on by October 18, 2013

As others have posted and posited, the fact that SCOTUS refused to hear Wollard is worrisome at best, and not setting a good precedent after the Heller case…

From the Wash Times Emily Miller interview with Alan Gura-

“This is far from the last chance the Court will have to rule,” the lead attorney in Woollard v. Gallagher told me in an interview Tuesday. “While disappointing, cases continue to develop in lower courts and one may prove to be more attractive to the Supreme Court.” 

The Woollard case challenged Maryland law that citizens have to show “good and substantial reason” to get a carry permit. Mr. Gura represents the Second Amendment Foundation in this and the other high-profile cases, including Madigan v. Moore, in which the Seventh Circuit Court overturned the carry ban in Illinois last year. 

/snip/

On a larger scale, the the lead attorney in the landmark Heller case in 2008 is deeply concerned about lower courts turning away most gun-control cases by simply deferring to the legislature.

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“If the Court doesn’t address the issue, then the Second Amendment is largely a dead letter — it would become mostly unenforceable because there is no such thing as a gun law for which the legislature or police can’t offer a hypothetical justification.”

Full article HERE.

This comes on top of the governors race in VA, where vehemently anti-gunner McAuliffe is getting help from the Clinton camp, Bloomie and who knows who else on the left… As a friend said, make DAMN sure your CCW goes out at least a couple of years; because if McAsshole gets in, there are a lot of folks that think he’ll try to pull a MD type ‘requirements’ list.

And apparently there are issues in Orange Co, California with the Sheriff who absolutely refuses to sign CCW permits period…

Edit- I was wrong on this… Thanks to LL for pointing out the error. I know this was an issue in the past. My bad…

And has anyone in IL actually gotten, well other than the Chiraq aldermen, actually gotten a CCW yet?

Obummercare and Tricare…

Posted on by October 17, 2013

Amazingly, they didn’t screw us (yet)…

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Oct. 10, 2013 – The Affordable Care Act, also known as the health care law, was created to expand access to affordable health care coverage, lower costs, and improve quality and care coordination for all Americans.

/snip/

Simply speaking, the Affordable Care Act will have very little impact on TRICARE beneficiaries. The biggest change they will notice may be an extra letter in their mailbox every January, and an extra box to check on their tax forms every April.

Full article HERE.

Shutdown Day 16

Posted on by October 17, 2013

Can- Kicked- One each…

President Obama early Thursday signed a short-term bill ending the partial government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling, capping one of the most bitter and brutal political fights in recent memory. 

The bill cleared the House late Wednesday on a 285-144 vote, lifted over the finish line by a large chunk of Democrats. All House Democrats voted in favor of the bill and 87 Republicans did as well. 144 Republicans voted against it.

The Senate, where the plan originated, earlier voted 81-18 for the bill.

The result will come as a relief to furloughed federal workers, but leaves unfinished any long-term agreement over the nation’s fiscal future. As with past 11th-hour deals, this one kicks off the tough decisions to a separate committee and sets up another set of deadlines.

Lawmakers could again be at loggerheads by mid-January.

Full Article HERE.

So in other words, jack shit got done other than some more pork, and the spigot is wide open…

And we’ll be doing this all over again in Jan…  I’m thinking that we need to fire everydamnone of those assholes in congress, put in term limits and start over…

This sculpture by Bob Clyatt pretty much says it all as far as I’m concerned!

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Statement from the Sculptor- This series stemmed from my effort to explore, in a post-partisan manner, feelings about the long-term effects of significant government indebtedness on a group of Americans who are either not-yet-born or under-represented in the political discourse.  It arises out of my concern for all manner of sustainability issues.  Video of Fox News profile of this piece during the CutLog Art Fair in NYC, 2013.

Shutdown Day 15…

Posted on by October 15, 2013

B. Boxer compares Pubs to wife beaters and abusers…

And ‘I’ always thought equal treatment under the law was one of the foundations of America, but I guess that doesn’t apply to obummercare… Seems that everybody but us ‘little people’ get exclusions/additional funding…

Still no ‘deals’, but much being made about how the Pubs are “falling apart”…

Bottom line- Zip, zilch, nada

The ONLY positive, BO presented the MOH to Capt William Swenson for his actions in Afghanistan.  Kudos to Duncan Hunter (R-CA) for getting this award back in the system…

Story HERE.

While I admire Capt Swenson’s desire to return to active duty, that would NOT end well.  He’s been heavily critical of superiors for their lack of air support (well deserved), but he will never be able to be ‘just another officer’ again…

Personally, I also think this is a VERY calculated move by the administration to ‘show the love’ for the military and overcome the negative press from the last couple of weeks.