We interrupt this day’s normal posting fare of guns, political invective and cars etc. to bring you some broken news:
Salma and Penelope in a movie together?
Yes, you got that right:
I was too excited to read the movie’s name, but come on, that happens sometimes.
I feel faint…
…and now, there’s !SCIENCE! to prove it:
Ditching a bra could make your breasts perkier, experts have claimed.
Women’s health specialists and plastic surgeons have suggested that the tight pressure from a bra can weaken tissues around the breasts over time, causing them to droop.
The uplifted look is also said to be due to the gradual strengthening of back muscles that happens when you’re unsupported, improving posture.
I’ve always thought you can tell the difference between habitual bra-wearers and the freedom-lovers the minute things go natural.
I know, I know: we need evidence. Here ya go:
Pistol-caliber carbines are a common topic for discussion on this here back porch of mine, and I thought I’d make mention of this puppy, CZ’s latest incarnation of their excellent little Skorpion subby, the Scorpion EVO 3+ which comes with a 16″ barrel and folding stock.
Look, it’s come a long way from their original little full-auto sweetie, the SA vz.61:
…most notably in that the EVO’s chambering has been (marginally) upgraded from the original .32 ACP to the 9mm Europellet, and the new guy just looks better than the toy-sized original. (I also like the fake suppressor on the EVO carbine, guaranteed to give the gun nannies fits, but which is removable so one can add a real suppressor onto its threaded barrel for extra-added hysteria.)
The EVO 3+ also comes in a 4″ pistol configuration:
…but I think it’s butt-ugly and if you want CZ reliability in a pistol, then the CZ 75B will do just fine.
Getting back to the carbine: the nice thing about the new Scorpion is that it retails for well under a grand (compared to the HK MP5 at 3x), and its magazines are, at ~$30, likewise much cheaper than HK. The only bummer, as far as I can see, is that the Scorpion doesn’t accept the CZ 75’s mags but uses a proprietary one.
As I’ve said before, I’m somewhat dubious about the utility of a 9mm carbine, but I reckon that if you must have one, this new Scorpion seems to fit the bill. More about it here, and these guys sell it as well as the mags.
Afterthought: you know what I’d really like to see? A Scorpion chambered in .45 ACP. matched with their manly CZ 97 B pistol:
I used to own one of these (sold during the Great Poverty Episode), and I miss it terribly. What a beautiful gun it is, to be sure.
…spoken in jest, as the saying goes. Here’s the jest:
…and here are the true words.
Back when I was a business consultant, I belonged to a share group of same-industry consultants who would meet twice a year at some pleasure spot (#BusinessDeduction) to swap stories, pass on potential leads and so on.
I was moaning about a recent catastrophe which had befallen me (details unimportant, but “fuckwit client” will suffice), when everyone at the table laughed, and one of the guys said:
“Never take on a gig when the client CEO has a Harvard MBA.”
And it’s true. Not only are these ivory-tower assholes devoid of any true business sense, but the Harvard MBA must be a pretty shitty course, judging by their track record in the real world that I swam around in. (That particular company failed, spectacularly, and the CEO left the country for a while.)
The only reason I can think of for anyone to get an MBA is if their undergrad course didn’t include things like Accounting, Stat or Marketing.
So let’s start with a little meditation:
And someone who still plays Zeppelin music, Gretchen Menn:
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