Reader Old Texan sent me this video, and ten minutes after watching it, I was still giggling like a little girl. Hell, I laugh every time I think about it.
Enjoy.
Month: June 2021
Caption Competition #183
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Today’s Earworm
Truth To Power
The Left is all about “telling truth to power”, until THEY are the ones in power, and somebody wants to tell them some truths. Then it’s all about “hurtful speech”, “hate speech”, “fake news”, “racism” etc., all of which should be censored because, well, you all know why.
Here are a couple examples. In Virginia:
The Loudoun County, Virginia, school board cut off a comment period and sicced police on residents Tuesday after they criticized leaders over transgender and race policies.
Loudoun Now reported Chairwoman Brenda Sheridan repeatedly demanded silence from the packed room as members of the public spoke in favor of or in opposition to Critical Race Theory lessons and special privileges for transgender students.
After attendees cheered the remarks of former state Sen. Dick Black (R), the board ordered the room cleared then fled.
A sheriff’s deputy then took the microphone to declare it an “unlawful assembly” and told everyone to get out or be subject to arrest for “trespassing.” When at least one man refused to leave, he was arrested, according to video posted by the news site.
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Loudoun Now reported after the room was emptied, the board reconvened in closed session, unfettered by the opinions of taxpayers.
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The crowd’s opinions did little to sway elected officials. “We will not back down from fighting for the rights of our students and continuing our focus on equity,” Sheridan told NBC 4. She demanded an end to “politically motivated antics.”
Of course, this so-called “Critical Race Theory” has nothing to do with politics, no sirree.
Critical race theory has drawn the ire of many, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as states look to ban teaching its concepts in schools. Similar bills have been pre-filed in Kentucky for consideration in next year’s legislative session.
Tuesday marked the first time that a school board meeting in Kentucky’s largest school district has been disrupted because of opposition to critical race theory.
About half of the board left the meeting room as members of the audience began to shout and security officers confronted them. Some protesters were asked to leave while others left voluntarily.
See, when the Left indulges in noisy, confrontational demonstrations, it’s “the voice of the people”; but when the demonstrations are against them, they call for security.
Then someone comes along — in this case, a Brit expat (!!!) who tells a Pennsylvania school board exactly what the meaning of free speech is , and then takes them to task for their censorship (cloaked under the maskirovka of “equity” or some such bullshit).
This is how you deal with these assholes. And it’s hardly surprising that an immigrant should beat them up like this, because it’s often the case that we ex-furriners know what’s at stake because we left that crap behind us — for the promise of freedom.
Take That, Jews
Reading this wokist nonsense recently, I came across this fine sentiment:
PARC would also ban “culturally appropriative language,” such as the word “tribe,” which “was historically used in a dehumanizing way to equate indigenous people with savages.”
So… let’s hear it from my Jewish Readers*. (When they’re done laughing.)
Were you triggered? (And I don’t mean “Were you tempted to pick up a gun?”.)
*For Readers unfamiliar with the jargon, Jews traditionally refer to each other as “Tribe”.
Fixing A Problem
As I’ve aged, a couple of things have happened to me that have affected my barely-competent handgun skill. (Cliff Notes: I’ve always been a much better shot with a rifle than with a handgun, the latter being just average.)
The problem is twofold: as my age-induced arthritis continues to plague my hands, I find that I can no longer grip the gun as firmly as I’d like, which has led to Problem #2: I’ve started to develop a profound flinch whenever I pull the trigger. No matter how gently I squeeze the thing — and all my handguns have excellent triggers — I often catch myself dropping the hammer on an empty chamber and seeing my hand pulling the gun down at least an inch, with predictable results on the paper. To put it bluntly, at the end of the session, my target often resembles that of someone trying to register their shotgun’s grouping, blindfolded. (I think it was either Mr. Free Market or The Englishman who once commented caustically, “I had an old shotgun that printed better than that.”)
Loyal Readers will already have seen my dissatisfaction with firing 158gr .357 Mag loads, and selecting instead the much-lighter 110gr pills for my backup ammo. With the latter, there is no flinch; with the 158gr loads, a profound one. Ditto, by the way, my .45 ACP preference for 185gr loads over the 230gr. Heavy bullets = flinch; lighter bullets = no flinch, or at least not enough to make a fool of me.
This is not affected by my usual shooting partners, they being either the Son&Heir or Doc Russia, both being horrifyingly proficient handgun shots whose one-hole groupings never fail to make me look like a complete beginner.
All this, by the way, is to introduce Champion Pistolero Rob Leatham’s video entitled: Aiming Is Useless (!!!!).
So my next few trips to the handgun range are going to feature his training tips, along with Mas Ayoob’s Wedge Grip.
I’ll let you know how it pans out.