Splendid Isolation

Inflation: We Haz It

November 8, 2023 Kim du Toit Economics, The Gun Thing

I remember being mocked on these very pages — and it wasn’t that long ago — for paying $275 for my Inland M1 Carbine. Here’s an ad from J&G Sales:

Had I not lost it in the Great Canoeing Accident On The Brazos, I would now be sorely tempted to sell it and pay off the Ferrari. [/hyperbole]

I know, I know: some of you Olde Pharttes got yours for $50 (and no doubt some of you likewise sold them for “stupid money” — $350, for a 7x ROI — thinking yourselves clever).

Given that said rifles were made in these quantities:

Inland Mfg. Division of General Motors — 2,362,097
Winchester — 828,059
Underwood Elliott-Fisher — 545,616
Saginaw Steering Gear — 517,212
National Postal Meter — 413,017
Quality Hardware — 359,666
IBM — 346,500
Standard Products — 247,000
Rock-Ola — 228,500
Irwin-Pedersen — ~4,000

…one would think that there would be little or no “scarcity” pressure on their resale prices.

But what with the attitude of various Socialist politicians towards eeeevil guns (Clinton, Obama, Biden, Schumer etc.), I suppose it’s not at all surprising that the humble M1 carbine is now being priced at secondhand Ferrari levels, relatively speaking.

Still makes me sick, it does.

Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

November 8, 2023 Kim du Toit Righteous Shootings

See if you can spot the bullshit in this otherwise-happy little tale:

Two alleged robbers entered the pizzeria around 8 p.m. “wearing hooded sweatshirts and masks.”

One of the alleged robbers was armed with a handgun and fired a round while trying to get behind the counter. One of the pizzeria employees then opened fire on the suspect, shooting the alleged robber multiple times.

The alleged robber was pronounced dead approximately 30 minutes after entering the pizzeria.

If you bust into a place wearing a mask and hoodie, and start popping off rounds, there’s no “alleged” or “suspected” involved: you are a fucking robber.

And in this case, you are fucking dead.

Train Smash Down Under

November 8, 2023 Kim du Toit Mocking Furriners, Train Smash Women

In any Train Smash Women competition, the race is only for second place if Strine women are included, and this year’s Melbourne Cup was no exception:

As the inimitable Mr. Free Market once put it: “Dear God. No wonder Australian men drink so much.”

No man should. But some do:

Earworm

November 7, 2023 Kim du Toit Music

Not the Beatles, but Celine Dion’s version. (Hey, it was produced by Sir George Martin — how could it be anything but wonderful?)

Dept. Of Righteous Shootings

November 7, 2023 Kim du Toit Righteous Shootings

From what I can gather, some mope who disagreed with his ex-girlfriend’s choice of partner broke into said partner’s house, and pointed a gun at New Boyfriend’s head.

Whereupon New Boyfriend shot Ex-Boyfriend dead, right there at the foot of the bed.

While the cops did initially take New Boyfriend down to the station for a friendly chat, they apparently released him after a pat on the back, and are not going to charge him with any crime.

All good stuff, except of course for the ex-boyfriend; but we don’t care about him and nor does anyone else.

News Roundup

November 7, 2023 Kim du Toit Bad News

And in other SEX NEWS:

...keyword: Australia.

...so it’ll be Cherry 2024, then? I’d even sell a couple guns for the premium “Salma” model… on the black market if I had to:

...just curious: what does her age gave to do with it?

Speaking of things up the ass, try this one:

...yeah, attacking your opponent for wearing lifts. Advice so good, it could only have come from Karl Rove.

On to the Glueball Jewhate News:

...embrace the concept of “equal quantities of both”, Stephen.

In related news, from the Dept. of Irony:

...sheesh, when you lose the professionals on this issue, you gotta know you’re pretty much fucked.

From Petty Crime News:

...here’s a punishment to fit the crime: scourging, spread out over a few days, to include the face. Then, if he wants to get rid of all those ugly scars, he can pay $50,000 to a plastic surgeon. All those in favor: