Author: Kim du Toit

Still Bricked

Housekeeping

Here’s the back story, and it’s time for an update.

There is no update.  The fucking ASUS is still dead, unresponsive to all blandishments and tricks (such as suggested in Comments originally) and a trip to Geek Squad up the road to see if someone perchance could go “Aha!  We know that problem!” and fix the thing (Best Buy does sell ASUS laptops).

I have a warranty — and an extended one as well — except that the details thereof are safely installed on the hard drive of the ASUS itself.  So I’ll have to contact ASUS through their website [groan] and try to get the situation resolved that way, somehow.

In case you’re wondering, Best Buy does do warranty repairs on ASUS laptops… but only on machines purchased from Best Buy.

Doubleplusfucked, I am.

As I said in the previous post, blogging is going to be light because trying to function on the old HP laptop is akin to taking a covered wagon from coast to coast instead of flying the friendly skies NYC-LAX.  There was a reason I quit using it, after all, and replaced it with the shiny new… brick.

Raw, unadulterated suckage.

Wish me luck as I try to get this issue taken care of.

Illiteracy’s Helping Hand

Grammar Nazism

This is enough to make me groan and reach for another:

The Cambridge Dictionary has accepted 6,000 new words into its English language canon this year – including slang inspired by social media discourse.

Oh, that’s just wonderful.  Now instead of looking ignorant, I can just go there to learn all about skibidi.

Stop the world, I want no more part of it.

News Roundup

Bad News

Kebab soap?  For your mimsy?  Ah, the good old days… but for now?


...”could”.  Or not.


...will this finally force the UK to adopt this new thing called “air conditioning”?

Latest news from Commieland, Inc.:


...Stephen, you silly boy;  the reason the Missouri store failed was because it just wasn’t done properly.
#StandardCommieExcuseForFailure

More Commie bullshit:


...I just wonder what color the sun is on his planet.

And speaking of gun control:


...for those who don’t know, that would be: “soon-to-be-ex-Texas-Senator” John Cornyn.


...the Glock 21 never even made it the three blocks from the collection point to the cop shop.
#Chicago

From the Hearts Of Stone Department:


...trying to find a problem with this situation;  nope, sorry.


...bloke didn’t have access to Kim’s #1 Seagull Repellent, clearly.


...there was an “alleged” in there, but it’s all irrelevant now.  And quit that mocking laughter.

And from the Dept. of Health:


…

Speaking of death:


...if graves were still being dug by sextons rather than with Kubotas, I might agree.  But as it is:  that cemetery is a fucking chiseller.  


...wait:   Illinois did something right, for a change?
#Faint

From the files of the Department of Righteous Stabbings:


...that’ll teach him.
#FloridaMan

And we know what’s next in the roundup — 

 

And as we venture down :


...still the best surname in show business.  The rest ain’t bad either:

And of course, those dancer’s legs:

She’s the best thing to come out of Ukraine… well, ever.

Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

Righteous Shootings

Just south of Chicago in Joliet, some choirboy armed himself with a screwdriver and some evil intent, and broke into a house occupied by a young woman and her little daughter.  Not knowing his intentions but making a good guess about them, the young mother shot the asshole in the head, sending his already-low IQ to zero and his body temperature to room-level.

Because this was in Joliet and not in the City Of Chicago, the police apparently muttered a couple of complimentary words about her fine placement, then did their job and carted the corpus delicti  off to the crematorium or wherever.

And if this story and its happy ending does not give you the Warm & Fuzzies, then we can’t be friends.

Many thanks to Reader Brad_In_IL for the link.

A few notes:  in some jurisdictions, Our Heroine would have been in trouble for her actions, using “disproportionate force” (whatever that means) — like she should have rummaged around in a toolbox and found a screwdriver to protect herself instead of using an eeeevil gun.  I know;  that sounds so stupid, but that is nevertheless the attitude of law enforcement and/or government in those places.

In the United States of America, however, we do not share the sentiments of Massachusetts and New York, never mind Britishland and other gun-fearing shitholes of similar inclination.

Never Justified

Anti-Gun Nannies, Rights, The Gun Thing

I see that someone in the Golden Shower State has come to their senses:

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a mandate Thursday overturning California’s “one-gun-a-month” restriction.

The Second Amendment Foundation noted the “one-gun-a-month” restriction allows law-abiding citizens to purchase only one handgun or semi-automatic centerfire rifle (or combination thereof), from a licensed dealer within a 30-day period.

Here’s the thing about this ridiculous law.

Quite apart from its prima facie  Constitutional illegality, the 30-day restriction just makes absolutely no sense — I mean, what are they trying to achieve (other than a broad restriction, of course)?  Are they trying to stop someone from arming a group or gang? (I know, nonsensical.)

As with all laws like this, it should be looked at as part of a whole.  What is intended is to make a thicket of laws like this so that the breaking thereof becomes an inevitability — and the side-benefit (to the anti-gunners) is that the people most likely to fall foul of this nonsense would be gun owners.  (We always talk about lawful or law-abiding gun owners, but what we sometimes forget is that to the anti-gun set, all gun owners are evil, and not just the criminals.)

Anyway, it’s gone away, and good riddance.  Best of all is that because of this ruling, it’s going to apply to any and all other states who have similar nonsense in their raft of laws;  and all that’s left is for the SAF guys bring suit in each of them.

Go to it, guys.

Side note:  I have more than one friend who won’t give money to any gun lobbying group like the NRA or even GOA.  But they give lots to the Second Amendment Foundation because Alan Gottlieb and his guys are doing the work where it matters most:  in the courts.

Think about it.

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

And our classical reminder:

Before we continue, a quick note:  if you’ve seen any of the memes and jokes on these pages before, remember that I’m still using the old laptop.  So…

Let’s roll out those lazy hazy crazy days of summer again:

And if your car or something needs a “special” wash after all that, this might be a good time.