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Hoo Boy
Just when I was about to post the (largely unnecessary) reminder for National Ammo Day, came this pearl of wisdom:
Simple response: Would like to, always have in the past. Can’t, now.
There are either per-order limits, or nothing in stock, or else the ammo is so expensive that I can’t afford it per box, let alone in bulk. That said:
…and:
Good luck, folks. Yer gonna need it.
Just So We’re All Clear
Over time, several Loyal Readers have contacted me, warning that I might suffer the recent fate of several conservative websites, whose hosting services have blocked them (a.k.a. “de-platforming”) with weasel excuses such as that of The Conservative Treehouse’s lot: “given the incompatibility between your site’s content and our terms, you need to find a new hosting provider and must migrate the site by Wednesday, December 2nd.”
I, of course, am at risk because of my occasionally-intemperate rants and my all-round “bad” behavior.
Firstly: thank you all for your concern.
Secondly: Of course, Tech Support II has a backup plan — to quote him exactly, “There’d just be a little downtime while we execute. ”
Thirdly: “Execution” might very well include what could be called a “porcupine consequence” for these Lefty assholes if I am ever de-platformed.
As long as I’m left alone, nobody gets hurt.
Quote Of The Day
From someone who’s had enough:
“So what are a couple of old white straight folks to do in the face of threats from these nasty children [BLM, Antifa]? We are going to walk away. Goodbye, Minneapolis; goodbye, Minnesota. You go ahead and defund your police and protect the “mostly peaceful” rioters. We are moving out of the state to a town so small that you have probably never heard of it. We are moving to a state where the governor respects the Constitution and the Bill of Rights within it.
“No, I’m not flaunting this. There is no challenge in my words. But where we are going, nobody wears masks. And everybody has guns.”
Welcome to the United States, Jerry.
Monday Funnies
Monday? Yeah it is… so, time to get busy.
And for today’s Monday salute, we’re going to go with !!!!!SEX!!!! as the theme.
This isn’t sexy, but it’s funnier than hell (click on the pic):
And here’s some beauty to help guard against the week’s upcoming bullshit:
Now And Then
Sometimes, I wonder why we bother trying to create any new art at all, when it’s not only been done, but been done better. In my wanderings along the Intertubes, I happened upon this little Art Deco piece:
It’s called The Swing, and was painted in the 1920s by Georges Barbier.
Alert Readers may recall that there’s been another artwork on the same topic (and title) featured on these pages, to wit, the one painted by Jean-Honoré Fragonard back in 1767:
Sorry, but I prefer the rococo playfulness of the later over the spartan coldness of the former — and I love Art Deco, generally speaking. (For those interested, I talked about the Fragonard piece here — note the post date.)
That’s not to say that Barbier is a bad artist, of course. Note La Jambe (“The Leg”), for instance:
I’m not generally into sketches, but I’d have that one on my wall in a heartbeat. And his Le Grand Décolletage (“The Backless Dress”) is absolutely brilliant (and the man’s expression is priceless):
See what I mean about Now And Then? That “fashion” is very popular nowadays with celebrities; but they did it back then too, and better withal.