From Insty, his own self:
“A government that feels threatened by these books is a government that deserves to be overthrown.”
And Orwell’s 1984 is doubleplusungood because it’s their proprietary instruction manual.
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Monday Funnies
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Monday again… how special.
I’m not in a good mood today, so be warned…
That’s it. Now get back to what you were doing before.
Classic Beauty: Raquel Welch
Breathes there a man who would have said “No” to Raquel, at any age?
Didn’t think so.
“Second-Tier” Revolvers
They’re not the “flagship” models that jump immediately to mind when one talks of proud handgun manufacturers like Colt or Smith & Wesson.
Say “Colt revolver”, for instance, and the word that jumps immediately to mind is “Python”:
…and a lovely thing it is, too. [pause to wipe drool from chin]
But what if you can’t afford the $5 grand price tag for an original (79-80s era) Colt revolver? Step forward its predecessor, the Trooper:
Now I have to tell y’all, I love love love this gun. Sure, it doesn’t have the heavy barrel underlug of the Python, and maybe its trigger isn’t quite as good — maybe — but I have to say that it’s a sexy beast all by itself. Point is, though, that as pictured, the Trooper is an astounding $1,500 cheaper than the Python, and while still expensive — it’s a minty Colt, FFS, what did you expect? — it’s not exactly a huge stepdown in quality either.
It must be said that Smiths are miles cheaper than most Colt revolvers, so there’s not much difference between the models, cost-wise. But sticking with .357 Mag models with ~6″ barrels, the S&W Model 686 is a peach of a revolver:
…and I know that many of you have one (!) and swear by it. I would, too, and did (before the Tragic Canoe Accident On The Brazos River).
But spare a moment for the venerable Model 60:
Honestly, I prefer the latter even if its J-frame is not as stout as that of the L-frame 686 (heck, my bedside gun is a K-frame Model 65, and I don’t feel bad about it). And yes I know, the 60 is a five-shooter and not a six/seven-shooter like the 686. A cursory perusal of gun articles over the years is replete with titles like “Model 60 — the only revolver you’ll ever need?”, so there’s that.
Frankly, I think the Model 60 is a more stylish gun — its slender barrel with a semi-underlug / ejector shroud is (that word again) sexy, and the one in the above pic has me drooling again. WANT.
Branch line: Some of you Smith fanatics adherents are going to compare the Python to the blued Mod 586:
…but no; the Python’s trigger is not only better, but in a different class, sorry. Not that I hate the 586, oh perish the thought, but… no.
Okay, all this talk of guns (and the pictures that accompany them) means that I have to go to the range, now. Talk amongst yourselves…
Dept. Of Righteous Shootings
From St. Louis, no less:
An alleged carjacker was shot and killed by an armed driver around 6 a.m. Wednesday in St. Louis, Missouri.
…giving rise to the immortal line:
“Gimme yo’ mutherfucken car!”
“Nah… have a couple of my motherfucking bullets instead.”
Uh Huh
Headline and sub-head for this article:
Quickest Pickup Trucks We’ve Ever Tested
The quickest on the list weighs more than 6800 pounds and is quicker than a Porsche 718 Cayman GT4
…right up until you get to take a corner, whereupon they more closely resemble the drum of a Whirlpool spin dryer.
They might do quite well in the Dakar Rally, actually, but they’d be up against some interesting competition:
…or however they say it in German.
Understand, I’m not saying that the auto companies shouldn’t make these behemoth speedsters — they must, because America — but people need to be careful about choosing their comparisons.