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And other things that leave a bad taste in your mouth:


…has anyone seen the cost of guns recently?  It can’t get any harder.


...in other words, an “Influencer” award.  Everybody get excited.

From the Dept. of Global Warming Climate Cooling Change:


...time is always “running out”… and then it doesn’t.  All these fucking fearmongers need to be thrown into a deep pit and buried so we don’t have to put up with their wailing anymore.


...frankly, I’m ready for ALL the millennial obsessions to be over.  See next item:


...winner of the “Millennial Headline Of The Year” award.  And:


...“ditching booze”… ugh, what a revolting thought.


...oh, the perils of your language having a tiny vocabulary. [/France]

In XXX News:


...my question:  who would be a “fan” of a porno actress?


...just the latest in oh-so many, Mike.


...uh, let’s classify this as a First World problem, shall we?

And in INSIGNIFICA:

 


...and the answer is… in the link.

And finally, in Sports News:

And without her fan costume, so to speak:

And if there’s any more news, I don’t wanna know about it.

Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

Righteous Shootings

From Reader Mike L. comes this heartwarming tale.

Executive summary:  Guy tracks his stolen truck with some tracking gizmo, confronts thief when he finds it, thief pulls a gun, whereupon lawful owner pulls his gun and sends thief off to his just reward.

Best part, though, is the handwringing response from the fuzz:

“If you are to get your vehicle stolen, I know that it’s frustrating, but please do not take matters into your own hands like this,” Soliz said. “ … it’s never safe to take matters into your own hands as you can see … by this incident.”

Not safe for the Choirboy, perhaps… but otherwise, a pretty decent outcome.

Terminology Check

Politics

So FinnPM bubble-headed party girl Sanna Marin got tossed out of office over the weekend, which would be a Good Thing, except that — wait for it! — it portends Something Bad:

EU warned of far-right ‘domino effect’ after Sanna Marin’s defeat

Finland’s main conservative party claimed victory in parliamentary elections Sunday in a tight three-way race that saw right-wing populists take second place, leaving Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party in third, dashing her reelection hopes. The results sparked worries in the EU over far-right The Finns party’s infamous anti-EU sentiments. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Dr Helena Ivanov, research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society, pointed out that after the Italian and Swedish election results, the bloc is increasingly moving towards the right in a seeming “domino effect”.

Just so we’re all clear on the concept, being “anti-EU” is not congruent with “right-wing”, although to the EU they may appear the same.

What makes my nuts ache is that the European definition of “far-right”, in traditional American terms, would be the equivalent of “centrist Democrat” — e.g. John F. Kennedy — because they have veered so far to the left as to tilt the whole political table almost vertical.

I, and I suspect most of my Readers, would be considered “ultra-Right wing”, when in fact we’re just conservatives with a few libertarian tendencies.  (And by “libertarian”, I really mean the “leave me the fuck alone” principle.)

Anyway, it looks like Finland is at least moving towards Italy and Hungary in the Eurosceptic sphere, and good for them, say I.

Krank-y

Health

My old friend bronchitis has come to visit me again, courtesy of Beloved Granddaughter, who has managed to infect both her father and mother as well — so la famille du Toit is not a Happy Place at the moment, with barking-dog coughs and such all over the place.

New Wife, who works at a preschool, has an immunity system like tempered steel, so she has to do the Florence Nighringale thing for everybody.

Once again, light posting for a day or so… sorry.

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

Here we go, into the week again:

So let’s get really painful.

This reminds me of the range where I used to shoot, until the pre-adolescent range safety Nazis got a little too much:

Time for a Modern Classic:

And finally, speaking of furrin womens…

Here’s what “pulling the train” means on Lesbos:

From Germany:

…and France:

Now head back off to your job…