Author: Kim du Toit

Gratuitous Gun Pic: Volquartsen Scorpion (.22 Win Mag)

Gratuitous Gun Pics

Just when I thought I was getting too old for gun lust, this damn thing comes along at, of course, Collectors:

It’s a little too “operator” for my taste, but every millimeter of this Volquartsen Scorpion just exudes quality and accuracy.  I didn’t even know they made semi-auto pistols anymore.

And yes, .22 Win Mag is too expensive to shoot, blah blah blah.  Don’t care, because I have well over 1,000 rounds lurking in Ye Olde Ammoe Locquere, and I’ll never shoot it all with just a bolt-action rifle.

Want.

News Roundup

Bad News

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So let’s tuck in…


...but paying for it might.


...what were they supposed to do with it?  Give it a state funeral?


...and we thought irony was out of fashion.


...if I had anything to do with missiles over Japan, they’d be going in the opposite direction.


...California Loses Again.  To Africa lol.


...moving to Arkansas lol.


...allow me to respond:

 

And speaking of going under:


...let me know when it reaches $0.00.


...I’m trying to see the problem here...


...so what?  Tortellini, linguine, macaroni, ziti, spaghetti, whatever — it’s all the same tasteless shit, just shaped differently.


...this despite sitting on huge coal deposits and natural gas reserves.


...I always liked Rickman.


...you go, girl.  We all figured long ago that both your parents were compete assholes, only interested in taking your money.

And in link-free INSIGNIFICA:

   


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And finally:


...and here she is:

And that’s all the news that’s fit to run.

Street Takeovers

Crime, Good Stuff, Law and Order

Reader Mike L. sends me this heartening news:

Dangerous street takeovers are happening more and more often in Oklahoma City and across the nation, which is why an updated city ordinance is cracking down on large groups of people who illegally block intersections, roads, or parking lots. Street takeovers can include street racing, or can simply involve participants using their vehicles to block intersections while they take over the area with friends.

Not only do illegal takeovers increase crime, they also block medical responders during emergencies.

The updated ordinance includes vehicles being impounded for 90 days, while participants can be jailed for 60 days, as well as face fines of more than $2,000.

My only suggestion is that the towed cars are taken not to impound lots, but straight to scrapyards where the car crushers are waiting.  To paraphrase Samuel Johnson:  nothing concentrates the mind more than an imminent crushing.

And the fine takes away the deposit for a replacement.

Lottery Dream #14

House & Home

If I had the dough, I might buy this place:

Up for sale, this near-8000 square-foot property has five bedrooms and six bathrooms.  It was custom-designed and built in 2016 and sits on nearly 400 acres of rolling countryside.

The Arkansas house has a huge warehouse for parking cars, with more car spaces than bedrooms for people.  But the most amazing feature is a 1.2-mile race track that threads through the countryside around the property.

…as long as there was room left on the property for a 100-yard rifle range.  And I’d convert one of the larger garages into an indoor pistol range.

But that’s just me.

Simple Solution

Crime

Then we have this lovely little tale:

A 15-year-old boy has been locked up for 15 years for murdering a father of three who was stabbed to death on his doorstep after confronting a gang who verbally abused his daughter.

The teenage killer, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was ‘out of control’ when he murdered stonemason Jamie Markham, 45, after spending days shouting and swearing outside the victim’s home in Chingford.

He had been caught in school with a knife when he was 12 and Mr Markham believed the boy, then 14, and his friends had broken into the shed at the back of his flat in Old Church Road, where he kept his tools.

His killer was well known as a trouble-maker and had wrecked the local branch of Morrisons by hurling red wine and eggs down the aisles.  He was caught on video spitting in his mother’s face and breached a criminal behaviour order five times by being in the area where he killed Mr Markham.  He has appeared in court 12 times and been convicted for 22 different offences since June 2020, when he was 13.  His previous convictions include battery, criminal damage, using threatening, abusive words and behaviour, sending threatening messages and theft.

I have a simple solution for this kind of thing.

The evil little shit should be hanged in public (not hidden away in some prison), and the gallows should be set up right in the area where he and his little friends terrorized the residents.  The body should be left dangling for a week.

That would take care of his worthless ass, and it might make his gangster buddies think twice about perpetrating similar shit in future.  (And if it doesn’t, repeat the process until they all get the message, or they’re all dead.  Either outcome is acceptable.)

None of that will happen, of course, so the Reign of Terror will continue.