Wednesday, November 07, 2018

National Socialist Democrat Worker's Party regains the House

This sucks, obviously.

However, it also means that this country now gets to stare Nancy Pelosi in the face for a few years.  America doesn't like Nancy Pelosi.  Not really.

Dear GOP:  If you had actually helped the President along, you might have had more people that were willing to vote for you.  But on damn near every issue, you sat on your hands.  Paul Ryan is to blame for his feckless, weak, and establishmentarian leadership.  He's a big-government punk, and we're better off without him.

The Kavanaugh fight actually helped us in the Senate.  Possibly because we voters got to see the GOP senators actually fight back.

Belated birthday present

So, the Mrs. got a Ruger LC9s Pro for an anniversary gift.  It's going to be her carry gun, and she's put several hundreds downrange since she got it.  And of course, since I'm in the lane right next to her, she allows me some time with it.

Oh my, that trigger.  And it's a single stack 9mm that's almost as small as a .380 pistol.  And it shoots so very, very nice.....


So I got one as well for my birthday.  Somewhat belated, but I'm calling it my birthday gift.  So we now have His and Hers Rugers.  I ordered some Talon grips for mine, in Moss.  So we can tell them apart. 

This will be my carry gun during hot weather.  My Taurus or my 1911 will be my cold weather gun.  Screw this whole "dressing around the gun" thing.  I'm just buying a gun that fits the climate. 

Tuesday, November 06, 2018

Vote! Vote American! Vote Red!

You know what to do.  If you love this country, you can't allow the Democrats to take any more power than they already have.

The Mrs. and I have both voted already, since we have to do mail-in ballots. 

I honestly have no idea how things are going to shake out.  This election cycle especially, since the pollsters flat out gave up any pretense of objectivity and have simply used their polls to attempt to sway the election.  And I think America has wised up to them, especially after 2016, so their propaganda is less effective than it has ever been.

Anyways, go out there and vote.

Monday, November 05, 2018

Ammo Review

So, a while back I was contacted by a gentleman from AmmoToGo, asking if I had advertising space on the blog.  I responded that yes I do, but that's because my blog readership is small enough that people wouldn't really get a bump at all from any advertising I put up.  I'm just an extremely small fish in the blogging world.

So the gent wrote back and said "Well, thanks for the honest response.  How's about you just do an ammo review for us?"  To which I responded back with where he could send the ammo.  Which showed up pretty darn quickly, I might add.

I should have had this up earlier, but between my multiple physical ailments (October was pretty much a lost month for me, exercise-wise) and TDY trips, the review didn't get done.  UNTIL NOW!

*cue trumpet fanfare*

So, how did I test this ammo?  The same way I practice at the range. - me, using an isosceles stance, unsupported, at seven yards.  If I can put the rounds on target at seven yards, I can do it at five or three.  I don't own a rest.  I don't own a chronograph.  So I'm not going to get into the specifics of accuracy.  Besides, plenty of other people have done that, and they have the data to prove it.  I'm going to talk about how this ammo performed for me in my gun.

My pistol is a Taurus PT111G2.  Pretty much the previous generation of the Taurus G2C.  9mm, double-stack magazine (12+1), 3.2 inch barrel.  I had been somewhat leery about buying a Taurus before I picked this up; everyone has heard the stories about their *ahem* reliability issues.  But it was a good price, and at the time I didn't own a 9mm pistol, so I bought it just to see what it could do.  I'm happy to say that this gun eats almost every kind of ammo you can throw at it, and the one or two failure to feed issues I had were due to me limp-wristing the pistol.  There are pistols with better ergonomics out there, yeah, but in terms of performance?  This pistol hasn't let me down once.  A big chunk of folks who are skeptical of it are more than pleased once they fire it.  And for the price?  Can't beat it.  I like this pistol so much it's my carry gun when it's cool enough to cover a double-stack 9mm with an overshirt.

For anyone scoffing at that last sentence, I have one word for you:  Mississippi.  Need a couple more words?  July and August.  Enough said.

Now, every firearm has ammo that it likes, and ammo it doesn't like.  My 9mm pistol doesn't like the Sig Sauer Elite Performance ammo.  Does that make it bad ammo?  No, it just means that it doesn't perform well in my pistol.  Two different pistols will have two different results with the very same ammo.  That's just part of shooting.  That's why so many competition shooters will spend hours and hours just to tweak their hand-loads to their guns.  And lots of my regulars are all nodding their heads, saying "No kidding Dave, we know, so hurry the hell up with this already...."

The generous folks at Ammo to Go sent me some Speer Lawman, and Speer Gold Dot to test.  I brought along some Blazer Brass and Federal American Eagle ammo just to have some other rounds to compare.  So, how did they do?  Well....  Here's Round One.  I loaded ten rounds of each and fired them off.  I held the boxes up against the target so you can get a decent measurement of the groups:





As you can see, my shots with the Blazer were all over the place.  The Federal was tight.  Both the Speer ammunitions were well within "minute of sternum", which is what you're looking for in a pistol like mine.  I loaded up with more Federal and Gold Dot ammo, for Round Two:


That grouping with the Gold Dot was probably my worst grouping with good ammo, and that's on me, not the ammo.  One last group, just to make sure.


The bottom line is that this ammo is far more accurate than I am.  My wife unfortunately didn't get any pictures of her groups.  However, she was pleased as punch with the Lawman.  This was her first time out with her new pistol, so she was breaking it in, and the Lawman was giving her nice tight groups.

Now for the important part:  I didn't have a single failure to feed in all the boxes I put through the pistol.  Both the Lawman and the Gold Dot were remarkably clean.  The Blazer Brass put out copious amounts of smoke, the Federal a little less so.  The Lawman and Gold Dot were damn near smoke free in comparison.  The Lawman is also a completely encased lead bullet, which means you're not getting any vaporized lead when you shoot.  Cleaner range, cleaner gun, and no heavy metal poisoning!

Both Speer ammos were easily controllable.  I borrowed the wife's Ruger for a couple of magazines, and her lighter pistol was still easy to keep on target.

Both the Speer and the Blazer are made in the same factory, so it's somewhat revealing just how much a difference even a little bit of refinement makes in a type of ammunition.  For about a buck or two more, the Lawman gives you much better accuracy.  Of course, they're both made in Idaho so I'm a bit biased in my ammo selection.  I would buy both of them without any hesitation, and I would note that the Speer Lawman is a under $13.00 at Ammo to Go.  I would carry the Gold Dot as defensive ammo with no concerns.  It ran through my pistol perfectly, and even when I was pushing my speed of shooting I managed to keep nice groupings with it.  My worst groupings with the Gold Dot could still be covered by my hand.

I want to thank Mr. Black at Ammo to Go for giving me the opportunity to test out some ammo and review it here.  I'll be looking at Ammo to Go when I want to get a big order of ammunition in the future.

Saturday, November 03, 2018

Friday, November 02, 2018

This "caravan" of "refugees" is a Democrat-funded stunt

In case you didn't know, the "caravan" of "refugees", also known as illegal aliens invading our country, just filed a lawsuit in Washington D.C.

So, this horde of the poor 'n starvin, fleeing their war-torn, er, socialist countries, is so poor and destitute that they can file lawsuits against the President of the USA for saying that they can't come in to this country illegally.

Yeah.  Totally legit.

This is such a blatant, obvious Democrat hit job that I actually wonder if it isn't being funded by the GOP in some fashion.  I mean, this caravan of violent thugs and hoodlums (with enough wimmin and chilluns for the media to take photos of for heart-tugging action) is only reminding Americans that the Left cares more about illegal aliens than they do about actual US citizens.  Especially since actual US citizens didn't vote for Hillary, which means they must be replaced by more complacent, obedient socialist brown people who do what they're told when their betters tell them to do it.  Not like those disobedient sister-scrogging, gun-humping, bible thumping, low-sloping-forehead Jesus Freaks in flyover country, amirite?

Yeah, this entire thing is pissing me off, and what makes me even more angry is the fact that this should have been dealt with decades ago.  Close the border.  No birthright citizenship.  ENFORCE THE DAMN LAWS.  But both the GOP and the DNC had incentives to keep the massive flood of illegal aliens going into this country, and now we're dealing with the after effects of decades of importing low-education, low-skill, socialist-indoctrinated criminals who flout our laws with impunity.

Trump got where he is by first hammering America's lack of action on the border.  If Democrats actually think that this caravan of violent invaders is going to help them next Tuesday, they need to stop smoking whatever drugs they're on.  America is fed up with being told that we have to accept MS-13 gang members running unchecked across our border or else we're raaaaaaaaaaacist.  Screw that, and screw every politician who aids and abets this flood of illegal aliens into our country.

Secure the border.  BUILD THE WALL.  And cut off all Federal Funds to illegal aliens.  You don't have to deport them, you just have to cut off their flow of our money and watch them go back home.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

File this under "No shit!"

When kids stop smoking pot, their cognitive functions improve.

Marijuana, it seems, is not a performance-enhancing drug. That is, at least, not among young people, and not when the activity is learning.
A study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry finds that when adolescents stop using marijuana — even for just one week — their verbal learning and memory improve. The study contributes to growing evidence that marijuana use in adolescents is associated with reduced neurocognitive functioning.

How much money was spent on this study?  It's not like anyone who was forced to hang around the stoners in high school couldn't have told you this for much less.

Your appropriate Halloween post

And last but not least

I have to admit that I love this song.




OooOOOOOOooOOOoooo! Spooky!

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Well, just $%^@#

Some gut bug got me two weeks ago.  Laid me up for a week.

Screwed my foot up last week.  Couldn't run.

Today it's a pinched nerve in my upper back.  Tried to work out just upper body stuff, and came home unable to turn my head. 

This getting old crap is starting to piss me off.

Monday, October 29, 2018

I hate buying presents

I never know what to get a person.  What if they already have what I give them?  What if it's just not what they want?

Is it just me, or is there anyone else out there who hates gift purchasing?

Sunday, October 28, 2018

One of the worst parts about traveling

Is how it screws with your diet.

The Mrs. and I normally eat a very healthy diet.  Not much fast food, nothing fried, lots of fruit and veggies.

Well, most the time when I travel I can't eat like I do back home.  So my diet goes a little sideways.  I still eat as healthy as I can, but when you have ten minutes for lunch you typically don't get to sit down with a salad.  You have to grab and go.

So when I get back, and I start eating my normal foods again, my body goes into purge mode.  I've been releasing more gas than a cow farm around here.  My wife is contemplating having me sleep outside.  The dog is running from his spot on the couch giving me accusing looks, as if to say "Don't blame me for that, you gross bastard!"

Church this morning is going to be fun.  I think I might need a cork.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

To ask the question is to answer it

Why did NBC news sit on evidence discrediting a Kavanaugh accuser for weeks?

Because the Mainstream Media is the propaganda wing of the National Socialist Democrat Worker's Party, and they take their orders from the DNC - which means never ever report on anything that might help the Trump, the GOP or us Normals who live between I-95 and I-5.

To NBC News' credit, their reporting is the entire reason we know about the discrepancies in Swetnick's accounts. It was their October 1st report—during the height of the Kavanaugh sexual misconduct debate—that first revealed that Swetnick would not or could not confirm several of the details she made in a sworn statement to Congress. 
But per the newest story, these are the details NBC News knew for a fact during the Kavanaugh debate, and chose not to report:

I wouldn't read it if you're on blood pressure medication.

Friday, October 26, 2018

Shouldn't the onus be on the people having promiscuous, unprotected sex?

Primary care doctors "not doing enough" to curb STDs, reads the headline.  Uh, nope, sorry.  Who is it deciding to stick Big Jim and the Twins in a hole that thousands of other men have used as a cum dumpster?  Who is deciding to spread their legs for some unknown jackwagon because he looked good in the bar after five drinks?  Is the doctor doing that?

"We know that doctors are not doing enough screening for STDs," said David Harvey, executive director at the National Coalition of STD Directors. The failure to screen routinely "is leading to an explosion in STD rates," he said, adding that cutbacks in funding and a lack of patient awareness about the risks make it worse.


Why don't people try this method:  Keep Your Pants On.

"Oh, but Dave, sex is natural!"  Oddly enough, so is dying from syphilis.  Just because modern society has managed to overcome syphilis in some cases does not overturn the fact that for the greater part of this world's history, rampant promiscuity has normally led to death, or various body parts falling off.  Oh, and by the way, there is now an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea out there.  So even if you get screened on a daily basis, if you rut like an alleycat in heat, you still might die of a disease who's entire existence could be prevented if people would act like decent people instead of lust-addled monkeys.

On my old motorcycle helmet, I had a sticker that read "Remember when sex was safe, and motorcycles were dangerous?"  Sex today is not safe.  It's never really been safe, but today it a thousand times worse.  Teenagers in high school are popping up with the clap, genital warts, and various other bugs that simply didn't exist in large quantities until the Sexual Revolution.  College students are even worse off.  I swear on my grave, if anything happens to my wife and I'm single again, I'm probably going to swear off sex and become a priest.  I certainly wouldn't go sticking my wang into random females the way modern society demands. 

If you want to know how to avoid catching the clap, or herpes, or any other disease, it's simple.  Don't have sex with lots of random people.  In fact, don't have sex with anyone you're not married to.  And then you won't have to worry about any STD screening.

Went to the doc today

She asked if I had ever had gout before.  I said no, with no family history either.  Did a few x-rays, but nothing came up.  Got a steroid shot and a shot of anti-inflammatories, and that made the foot feel better.  She was of the opinion that it's soft tissue damage and not gout, but if it comes back she'll do a uric acid test.

Oh, and I have plantar fasciitis.  Joy.  That could be a contributing factor.

So it's bicycle for me, at least until the foot is healthy enough to start running again.  And thanks to the new Army fitness test that's rolling out in 2020, it'll be running or nothing.  There are no alternative events so far.  So walking or biking for the test isn't really an option.

Ah well.  Onward to the next thing that crops up.

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Yup





Can't argue with a word of that.

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

*sigh*

The Left wishes to bring about the Endarkenment.

This is probably now the top hot-button issue at Canadian universities - the move to replace ‘European-based knowledge’ as exclusionary, inadequate and subjective, and to replace it in some cases with “indigenous knowledge,” and even something called “indigenous science”… what some might say is superstition or magical beliefs… The idea that “indigenous knowledge” is not to be questioned, that it has value equal to supposedly ‘European’ science… is an incredibly worrisome and strange idea.

I might be less inclined to roll my eyes at this piece of idiocy if the "indigenous knowledge" was advanced enough to encompass such objects as...  the wheel.

I think they managed levers.  But not the wheel.

I didn't expect the legal pot up in Canada to hit them this hard this soon.

Monday, October 22, 2018

I hate getting old

Went running on Saturday.  Just a light run, nothing major.

Sunday, the left foot starts to hurt.  Specifically the joint of the big toe.  Pain, swelling, some light discoloration.

Today I can barely walk on it.

The worst part is that I don't know what I did to screw it up.  If I knew what I did I could avoid doing it in the future, or find a way to fix it.  But I have no clue.  Just pain.

Can't get in to see a doctor until Friday at the latest.  This is going to be a fun week.