A week and a half ago, I replaced the wheel-hubs on The Precious.
Starting last night, the rear started feeling loose. Like the rear suspension was steering the car a little bit. On the way to take The Boy to meet Harvey for Zumba it was getting very bad, especially under acceleration.
Since my friend, JT, was closer to where I was than home I took it to his place. My theory was that the rear tie-rods hadn't been tightened enough and he has the big metric wrench for those I don't.
That theory was proven false when the hub was moving and the knuckle wasn't.
Panic began to set in as I worried about making a warranty claim and how long I'd be without a car while that was processed. Grasping for any straw, I wondered about the axle nuts being loose since they're mentioned about 18 times on the manufacturer's warranty page.
The axle-nuts on The Precious, according to my service manual, require 151 ft-lb. of torque.
My torque wrench, set to 151 ft-lb. does not apply that much torque to the fasteners. They were even more loose than when the UAW had done them.
JT has a much newer wrench and we added a whole turn and a half to the nuts to get to 151 ft-lb.
The movement is gone and all appears to again be well.
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31 May 2017
Aviation Trivia
How can you tell a T-38 from an F-5B or F-5F?
Leading edge slats.
Although the Talon and Freedom Fighter/Tiger are closely related, they diverged quickly from their common N-156 starting point.
Leading edge slats.
Although the Talon and Freedom Fighter/Tiger are closely related, they diverged quickly from their common N-156 starting point.
Appropriation
I think if we're going to go all out on shaming the misappropriation of cultures...
There's fuck all you can do without the contribution of MY people.
Driven on a MacAdam road using inflated tires today? Did you use anything but a flat-head?
Used a percussion cap?
Exulted in capitalism?
Eat something made from wheat or barley?
Get money out of an ATM?
There's fuck all you can do without the contribution of MY people.
Driven on a MacAdam road using inflated tires today? Did you use anything but a flat-head?
Used a percussion cap?
Exulted in capitalism?
Eat something made from wheat or barley?
Get money out of an ATM?
What Happened To Uncle Jay?
He was posting dog pics one day, then nothing the next...
I'd email him, but I cannot find his contact information (again).
I'd email him, but I cannot find his contact information (again).
Someone Should Say It
Begs for money because of some unforeseen tragedy.
Reveals actual need for funds not actually for the expenses of the tragedy.
Goes to Europe for an extended vacation.
I can't be the only one who's noticed the pattern, this will be the third occurrence.
I can't help but wonder why they're still held in such high regard.
Reveals actual need for funds not actually for the expenses of the tragedy.
Goes to Europe for an extended vacation.
I can't be the only one who's noticed the pattern, this will be the third occurrence.
I can't help but wonder why they're still held in such high regard.
Missed It By That Much
Willard is almost a shrewd evaluator of firearm values.
He's missed two auctions recently by a mere $5.
Or he is doing a perfect job of driving up the price to the real value for the seller, but not so far as to have to actually buy the things.
He's missed two auctions recently by a mere $5.
Or he is doing a perfect job of driving up the price to the real value for the seller, but not so far as to have to actually buy the things.
Reading
One "drawback" to reading history as opposed to fiction is there's no smarmy condensed version on wikipedia keeping track of the names and places for you.
I'm presently reading "Victory Point" by Ed Darack. I'm encountering the odd phenomenon of already understanding what the author is explaining because I was in the military; but understanding that lots of people won't understand without that exposition.
I'm presently reading "Victory Point" by Ed Darack. I'm encountering the odd phenomenon of already understanding what the author is explaining because I was in the military; but understanding that lots of people won't understand without that exposition.
30 May 2017
What Happened To Your Hair
Willard has a learning disability.
After discovering that .44 Magnum was a "bit" much in a Model 329PD...
He went out and bought a 4" Model 29-3.
"What happened to your hair?"
"Stuck my finger in the light socket."
"Where are you going with that fork?"
"No comment!"
After discovering that .44 Magnum was a "bit" much in a Model 329PD...
He went out and bought a 4" Model 29-3.
"What happened to your hair?"
"Stuck my finger in the light socket."
"Where are you going with that fork?"
"No comment!"
Burst Reset
The M16A2 is kind of famous for its three-round burst not resetting when the fire mode is changed.
It's counting off three rounds all the time, even in semi-auto mode.
In GURPS you denote a limited burst (High Tech p. 83) with a number before a slash in the RoF column.
This number will be the number of rounds in the limited burst times 3. So a three round burst is noted as 9/...
The number after the slash is the full-auto RoF.
Because there is no full auto position on an M16A2, we note it as 9/-.
But the burst counter could be anywhere between 1 and 3 shots before the limiter kicks in on that first shot.
One could keep track of the number of rounds fired, of course, and know when the limiter will kick in...
... or you could just roll 1d and on a 1-2, you get a single round, 3-4 you get two and 5-6 you get all three for that burst. Then the remaining two bursts will have all three since the limiter does reset at the end of its cycle.
This random determination really only applies when the rifle has been fired semi-auto for a while and the character really shouldn't know where in the cycle the limiter is.
It's counting off three rounds all the time, even in semi-auto mode.
In GURPS you denote a limited burst (High Tech p. 83) with a number before a slash in the RoF column.
This number will be the number of rounds in the limited burst times 3. So a three round burst is noted as 9/...
The number after the slash is the full-auto RoF.
Because there is no full auto position on an M16A2, we note it as 9/-.
But the burst counter could be anywhere between 1 and 3 shots before the limiter kicks in on that first shot.
One could keep track of the number of rounds fired, of course, and know when the limiter will kick in...
... or you could just roll 1d and on a 1-2, you get a single round, 3-4 you get two and 5-6 you get all three for that burst. Then the remaining two bursts will have all three since the limiter does reset at the end of its cycle.
This random determination really only applies when the rifle has been fired semi-auto for a while and the character really shouldn't know where in the cycle the limiter is.
Fascination
Am I the only one fascinated that court after court is striking President Trump's order about immigration, but not striking the statute he made the order under?
It makes one think that the order is actually Constitutional, doesn't it?
It makes one think that the order is actually Constitutional, doesn't it?
Name Game
Make Champagne Popsicles To Toast The Fallen!
Be honest, if it'd been Chelsea Clinton saying to make those popsicles, you'd have never stirred.
But since it's the daughter of the "wrong" president, NOW you give a fuck about the memory of the fallen?
NOW you care?
Fuck you!
Really, fuck you.
This sort of hypocrisy is what gets my goat the most.
If something is wrong, then it's wrong. It's wrong for me to do it, then it's wrong for you to do it.
If it's OK for you to do it, then it's OK for anyone to do it.
If you condemn a politician's dumbass rich daughter for her behavior, be sure that we're paying attention for when the "correct" politician's rich daughter does the same thing and making note of if you condemn her.
The reportage on Ivanka Trump says far more about the reporters than it does about Ivanka. The people agreeing with that reporter are also revealing more about themselves than they think they are.
Be honest, if it'd been Chelsea Clinton saying to make those popsicles, you'd have never stirred.
But since it's the daughter of the "wrong" president, NOW you give a fuck about the memory of the fallen?
NOW you care?
Fuck you!
Really, fuck you.
This sort of hypocrisy is what gets my goat the most.
If something is wrong, then it's wrong. It's wrong for me to do it, then it's wrong for you to do it.
If it's OK for you to do it, then it's OK for anyone to do it.
If you condemn a politician's dumbass rich daughter for her behavior, be sure that we're paying attention for when the "correct" politician's rich daughter does the same thing and making note of if you condemn her.
The reportage on Ivanka Trump says far more about the reporters than it does about Ivanka. The people agreeing with that reporter are also revealing more about themselves than they think they are.
29 May 2017
The Sadness Of The Boy
All The Boy wanted for his birthday was to hang out with his friends.
Over the years, he's kind of stayed in place while they all grew up and moved away.
There's nobody to hang out with but Mom and me.
I want better for him.
Over the years, he's kind of stayed in place while they all grew up and moved away.
There's nobody to hang out with but Mom and me.
I want better for him.
New Gat
New Gat... new gat... newgat...
Hmmmmmmm Nougat...
AGHGHGAHUAGHGAUGHAUGH
Someone I know has a "new" Glock 17.
With Ameriglo ghost ring sights. The jury is still out on those.
Hmmmmmmm Nougat...
AGHGHGAHUAGHGAUGHAUGH
Someone I know has a "new" Glock 17.
With Ameriglo ghost ring sights. The jury is still out on those.
For The Fallen
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
-- Laurence Binyon
Today is not about sales. It is not about summer starting. It is not about grandma.
It's is about those who served and have passed beyond the vale.
I want them all back.
To Bear, Bernie, Bob, Davy, Fred, Hognose, Lex, Rabbi, Rich, and Robert. The world is better that you were in it and worse that you have left.
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.
Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,
There is music in the midst of desolation
And a glory that shines upon our tears.
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.
But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known
As the stars are known to the Night;
As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.
-- Laurence Binyon
Today is not about sales. It is not about summer starting. It is not about grandma.
It's is about those who served and have passed beyond the vale.
I want them all back.
To Bear, Bernie, Bob, Davy, Fred, Hognose, Lex, Rabbi, Rich, and Robert. The world is better that you were in it and worse that you have left.
28 May 2017
Interchange
Good News! JT's powdercoated calipers and brackets look great!
Bad News! They're for a C6 not a C5.
Good News! The C6 caliper and bracket is backwards compatible with the C5.
Bad News! The brackets are for Z51 rotors.
Good News! The C6 Z51 rotors are also backwards compatible!
Bad News! JT had just, less than 1,000 miles ago replaced all four rotors.
Bad News! They're for a C6 not a C5.
Good News! The C6 caliper and bracket is backwards compatible with the C5.
Bad News! The brackets are for Z51 rotors.
Good News! The C6 Z51 rotors are also backwards compatible!
Bad News! JT had just, less than 1,000 miles ago replaced all four rotors.
Every Year
As proud as I am to have picked up cigarette butts in the quad for you all...
I cannot help but notice you didn't say fuck-all on Armed Forces Day and get all weepy about the men and women presently serving when we get near Memorial Day.
I say this every year too.
Memorial Day is for the fallen.
Tomorrow is for Bernie, Davey, Fred, Hognose, Lex, Rabbi, Robert, Rich, and Standing Bear and I would thank you to remember it for longer than it takes to burn the hot dogs on the grill this year.
27 May 2017
Good Pairing
There's a story as to how these two guns relate.
Someday I'll get be brave enough to tell it.
It starts with a Van Halen song, so you know it is not a tale of pride but of shame.
Suffer The Slings And Magnums
A neat article about ancient projectile weapons.
Shall we reality check with GURPS?
.44 Magnum from a 6" barrel gets 3d+2 pi+ for ball. 5-20 points of raw damage that is multiplied by 1.5 for 7 to 30 points (or 18 on average). That's a lot of damage!
According to GURPS: Low Tech, a heavy sling does sw+2 cr damage.
The average schmo (by definition) has a ST of 10 which gives a swing of 1d. So a ST 10 person using a heavy sling delivers 1d+2 cr, for a range of 3-8 points of damage and an average of 5.
ST 11 and ST 12 would only add a point of damage each, and 12 is about the limit of what we'd expect from a common soldier.
So the most we're going to see here is a swing of 1d+2 plus 2 or 1d+4 or 2d crushing. 2-12 points with an average of 7.
7 is the least the magnum can do!
Let's do some math! 50 grams is about 775 grs. 100 mph is just 146.7 fps.
Um, that's just 36.7 ft-lb. of energy. .44 usually delivers more than 1,000 ft-lb.!
So, no; a sling stone does not have the stopping power of a .44 magnum slug.
Also, using Douglas Cole's interior and terminal ballistics calculator, giving a heavy sling sw+2 damage is rather generous. The aforementioned stone calculates out to a mere 1d-2 pi++ (1-8 with an average of 2).
Update:
To get an average 18 damage from a crushing attack you need to do 5d+1 cr. For that you need your sw damage to be 4d-1 that requires a ST of 35 or 36. Someone with a ST36 can also lug around, very slowly, more than a ton (2,592 lb.) on their back.
Shall we reality check with GURPS?
.44 Magnum from a 6" barrel gets 3d+2 pi+ for ball. 5-20 points of raw damage that is multiplied by 1.5 for 7 to 30 points (or 18 on average). That's a lot of damage!
According to GURPS: Low Tech, a heavy sling does sw+2 cr damage.
The average schmo (by definition) has a ST of 10 which gives a swing of 1d. So a ST 10 person using a heavy sling delivers 1d+2 cr, for a range of 3-8 points of damage and an average of 5.
ST 11 and ST 12 would only add a point of damage each, and 12 is about the limit of what we'd expect from a common soldier.
So the most we're going to see here is a swing of 1d+2 plus 2 or 1d+4 or 2d crushing. 2-12 points with an average of 7.
7 is the least the magnum can do!
Let's do some math! 50 grams is about 775 grs. 100 mph is just 146.7 fps.
Um, that's just 36.7 ft-lb. of energy. .44 usually delivers more than 1,000 ft-lb.!
So, no; a sling stone does not have the stopping power of a .44 magnum slug.
Also, using Douglas Cole's interior and terminal ballistics calculator, giving a heavy sling sw+2 damage is rather generous. The aforementioned stone calculates out to a mere 1d-2 pi++ (1-8 with an average of 2).
Update:
To get an average 18 damage from a crushing attack you need to do 5d+1 cr. For that you need your sw damage to be 4d-1 that requires a ST of 35 or 36. Someone with a ST36 can also lug around, very slowly, more than a ton (2,592 lb.) on their back.
552 Hours
The PK-01VS has now gone 552 hours without being shut off.
38% longer than the manufacturer says it will last on an AA battery.
The test carries on!
38% longer than the manufacturer says it will last on an AA battery.
The test carries on!
26 May 2017
Fruit Fruit
Except for "revolver" and double-action, there's just about nothing in common between them.
Guts
I don't know enough about revolvers to say if this conforms to anyone's style.
I do know it's simple and that they designer gave me ways to access everything should it need repaired or adjusted.
So Very Wrong
While one should not identify with any character from Archer...
I do seem to grok Krieger.
I do seem to grok Krieger.
Slightly Sillier
Since the Z-Max comes in 20 round boxes and filling the AK magazine left me with 10 leftover rounds... and I had a spare clip for the M59/66A1...
Two mags for an AR, one for an AK and a clip for an SKS, plus a pistol bayonet; all stored in a special box to concentrate the anti-zombie energies to make them all more effective!
PS, I think that my getting all this together proves I'm safe from zombies, they crave brains. Clearly I don't have any!
Racist By Design
But the designers aren't who you think they are...
Dug more into this convoluted mess of voter ID. People become concerned that foreign nationals are voting in sanctuary cities and places like that. So they demand that ID be produced to vote to stop ineligible persons from voting.
The press, whom are walking lockstep with one party do not report on instances of voter fraud, especially in places controlled by that party.
Prosecutorial discretion is exercised heavily about voter fraud because the default cry of the press and party when they are caught/thwarted is ALWAYS racism.
The requirement for this ID is discovered to be racist because the party that benefits the most from said fraud has made it difficult for minorities to obtain the requisite supporting documentation to get the ID. Yet the requirement to get this ID is racist and not the manner in which the ID is being denied?
Judges appointed by the benefitting party block the law.
The people still don't have what they're asking for. That only eligible voters vote and only vote once per person per election.
If we're going to talk about racism, lets make sure that we put out there WHICH party has been consistently racist since Reconstruction.
The 13th Amendment (Abolished Slavery) was passed with 100% Republican and 24% Democrat support. The 14th Amendment (applies Bill of Rights to States) was passed with 94% Republican and 0% Democrat support. The 15th Amendment (Gives Blacks The Vote) was passed with 100% Republican and 0% Democrat support.
Jim Crow is a product of Democrat controlled state legislatures. This includes gun control laws intended (for reals) to never be applied to whites.
Modern gun control is a product of racist AND antisemitic Democrat authors. Purportedly in response to fellow Democrats assassinating their leadership...
The Democrats had a high ranking member of the KKK as a celebrated Senator for nearly half a century. After admitting that was wrong of him, he was a Senator for another 20 years, until his death. Where were the calls for his resignation from the press? What Republican would get a moments peace if they'd been discovered as a Grand Wizard?
Which recent President ran in the south using Confederate Battle Flags (and we just got told that ANY use of this flag is ALWAYS racist) as a back-drop to their names on buttons, and what party were they affiliated with? Hint, "Mr Civil Rights Act" Lyndon Baines Johnson did the same thing (he also signed that racist/antisemitic gun control bill into law).
What party was President Lincoln from?
What party was President Eisenhower from?
What party was Dr Rev Martin Luther King registered with?
Do you know why those last three are significant?
But, please, continue to explain to me why I'm a racist because I want voting to be fair, honest and legal.
Dug more into this convoluted mess of voter ID. People become concerned that foreign nationals are voting in sanctuary cities and places like that. So they demand that ID be produced to vote to stop ineligible persons from voting.
The press, whom are walking lockstep with one party do not report on instances of voter fraud, especially in places controlled by that party.
Prosecutorial discretion is exercised heavily about voter fraud because the default cry of the press and party when they are caught/thwarted is ALWAYS racism.
The requirement for this ID is discovered to be racist because the party that benefits the most from said fraud has made it difficult for minorities to obtain the requisite supporting documentation to get the ID. Yet the requirement to get this ID is racist and not the manner in which the ID is being denied?
Judges appointed by the benefitting party block the law.
The people still don't have what they're asking for. That only eligible voters vote and only vote once per person per election.
If we're going to talk about racism, lets make sure that we put out there WHICH party has been consistently racist since Reconstruction.
The 13th Amendment (Abolished Slavery) was passed with 100% Republican and 24% Democrat support. The 14th Amendment (applies Bill of Rights to States) was passed with 94% Republican and 0% Democrat support. The 15th Amendment (Gives Blacks The Vote) was passed with 100% Republican and 0% Democrat support.
Jim Crow is a product of Democrat controlled state legislatures. This includes gun control laws intended (for reals) to never be applied to whites.
Modern gun control is a product of racist AND antisemitic Democrat authors. Purportedly in response to fellow Democrats assassinating their leadership...
The Democrats had a high ranking member of the KKK as a celebrated Senator for nearly half a century. After admitting that was wrong of him, he was a Senator for another 20 years, until his death. Where were the calls for his resignation from the press? What Republican would get a moments peace if they'd been discovered as a Grand Wizard?
Which recent President ran in the south using Confederate Battle Flags (and we just got told that ANY use of this flag is ALWAYS racist) as a back-drop to their names on buttons, and what party were they affiliated with? Hint, "Mr Civil Rights Act" Lyndon Baines Johnson did the same thing (he also signed that racist/antisemitic gun control bill into law).
What party was President Lincoln from?
What party was President Eisenhower from?
What party was Dr Rev Martin Luther King registered with?
Do you know why those last three are significant?
But, please, continue to explain to me why I'm a racist because I want voting to be fair, honest and legal.
Base 30 Perhaps?
Remember our experiment?
5-10 business days is 30 business days in Botachland. They called yesterday saying they were ready to process the order.
You might notice that I posted pictures of the M9 Horse and Cavalry Pistol we'd gotten instead of the backorder from Botach way back on May 10th.
We gave up on Botach on May 8, which would have been business day 17 of "five to ten". On business day 19 we'd gotten the pistols from Ed's Public Safety.
It's been said, over and over, that things are either fine with Botach, or they're as messed up as they can get from Botach.
That said, we'd have happily waited the 30 business days if there'd be ANY form of communication from them indicating that the wait would be longer than their last communication indicated it would be.
They did not respond to phone calls, emails or messages in their embedded ordering system.
Complete silence.
5-10 business days is 30 business days in Botachland. They called yesterday saying they were ready to process the order.
You might notice that I posted pictures of the M9 Horse and Cavalry Pistol we'd gotten instead of the backorder from Botach way back on May 10th.
We gave up on Botach on May 8, which would have been business day 17 of "five to ten". On business day 19 we'd gotten the pistols from Ed's Public Safety.
It's been said, over and over, that things are either fine with Botach, or they're as messed up as they can get from Botach.
That said, we'd have happily waited the 30 business days if there'd be ANY form of communication from them indicating that the wait would be longer than their last communication indicated it would be.
They did not respond to phone calls, emails or messages in their embedded ordering system.
Complete silence.
Only A Slight Exaggeration
When I call .25 ACP a proven manstopper, I am not entirely unserious.
The lowly .25 has killed lot of people.
This is mostly because of whom carried the things and where they carried them.
.25 ACP guns in the USA have a reputation for being the guns that criminals carried in their pockets, and had that reputation for decades. Unlike a lot of reputations, this one was somewhat earned.
It's proof that shot placement matters and that medical care for traumatic injuries has improved by orders of magnitude since the .25 was a light, but serious, self-defense cartridge.
The lowly .25 has killed lot of people.
This is mostly because of whom carried the things and where they carried them.
.25 ACP guns in the USA have a reputation for being the guns that criminals carried in their pockets, and had that reputation for decades. Unlike a lot of reputations, this one was somewhat earned.
It's proof that shot placement matters and that medical care for traumatic injuries has improved by orders of magnitude since the .25 was a light, but serious, self-defense cartridge.
25 May 2017
Is The Recoil From .22 Magnum Too Much For You?
If so, consider a Velo-Dog style revolver of unknown provenance chambered in the proven manstopper; .25 ACP!
A half pound and five shots of double-action-only hammerless terror! It even has a useless lever hanging on the side! The lug on the safety is worn to a nub and doesn't block the trigger anymore.
It's gate loaded and has a built-in ejector rod system that stores through the center pin.
It is COVERED in proofmarks!
It appears to be Spanish in origin, but has what appears to be German nitro-proofs on the left side.
Readiness
Special anti-zombie Z-Max ammo from Hornady.
Special zombie-green dyed PMAG.
Special zombie apocalypse storage box.
I'm ready, are you?
I think it's possible that I've taken this joke as far as I can.
Special zombie-green dyed PMAG.
Special zombie apocalypse storage box.
I'm ready, are you?
I think it's possible that I've taken this joke as far as I can.
Which Part Is Racist
I shared this meme on my Facebook page:
I got told that, "but voting is a constitutionally guaranteed right."
Like buying a gun or peaceably assembling?
The person I was debating is a doctor of Astrophysics, and formerly a player of my Traveller game, he's not stupid.
A friend of mine who works for a nearby forensics unit, also not stupid, replied with this video.
His department of the agency he works for does the investigations into voter fraud... he's seen more fraud than was published in the news in his county.
I will concede that there is very little actual fraud. I refuse to concede that demanding that we make people prove that they are the person they are claiming to be so as to vote is racist in its intent.
It might be useless, but it's not racist.
But is isn't useless; the margin of victory for Senator Franken was smaller than the number of ineligible felons who voted in that election. If Minnesota had a robust voter identification system then there'd be a Senator Coleman today.
When you start tracing why it's so difficult and expensive for affected minorities to obtain the requisite identification in some areas, we start seeing the hand of the same folks who brought us Jim Crow. Again. Just like gun control.
What is racist here, denying someone the identification they need to function in our society by placing the place they need to get it far from where they live? Making getting the documentation for proof of identity so hard that it requires a lawyer and a couple thousand dollars?
It's noteworthy that the people who claim that voter ID laws are racist hardly ever admit that everything on the left side of that list would be racist too, for the same reasons.
Much of that list is centered on something else I have a right to do, engage in commerce and travel freely.
As the video says, if Democrats can afford to bus people to the polls, why aren't they bussing people to the DMV and paying for all supporting documents to get these poor benighted, oppressed people their ID's to let them vote?
I got told that, "but voting is a constitutionally guaranteed right."
Like buying a gun or peaceably assembling?
The person I was debating is a doctor of Astrophysics, and formerly a player of my Traveller game, he's not stupid.
A friend of mine who works for a nearby forensics unit, also not stupid, replied with this video.
His department of the agency he works for does the investigations into voter fraud... he's seen more fraud than was published in the news in his county.
I will concede that there is very little actual fraud. I refuse to concede that demanding that we make people prove that they are the person they are claiming to be so as to vote is racist in its intent.
It might be useless, but it's not racist.
But is isn't useless; the margin of victory for Senator Franken was smaller than the number of ineligible felons who voted in that election. If Minnesota had a robust voter identification system then there'd be a Senator Coleman today.
When you start tracing why it's so difficult and expensive for affected minorities to obtain the requisite identification in some areas, we start seeing the hand of the same folks who brought us Jim Crow. Again. Just like gun control.
What is racist here, denying someone the identification they need to function in our society by placing the place they need to get it far from where they live? Making getting the documentation for proof of identity so hard that it requires a lawyer and a couple thousand dollars?
It's noteworthy that the people who claim that voter ID laws are racist hardly ever admit that everything on the left side of that list would be racist too, for the same reasons.
Much of that list is centered on something else I have a right to do, engage in commerce and travel freely.
As the video says, if Democrats can afford to bus people to the polls, why aren't they bussing people to the DMV and paying for all supporting documents to get these poor benighted, oppressed people their ID's to let them vote?
24 May 2017
I Can't Debate
I can't.
I suspect it's more because I'm impatient and get mad rather than any weakness of my position.
It could be I'm not that smart, of course.
I suspect it's more because I'm impatient and get mad rather than any weakness of my position.
It could be I'm not that smart, of course.
More Drama
It's a little drama.
I've started the process of getting my arrest record expunged and sealed.
It's small since, ultimately, I was never charged with anything.
But getting this done means I will not have to explain, over and over to potential employers.
It also gives me a something to take after those people who aggregate mugshots and demand they take my entry down.
If they refuse, oddly enough, it's defamation of character.
The process of getting the expungement is tedious, but relatively inexpensive.
I've started the process of getting my arrest record expunged and sealed.
It's small since, ultimately, I was never charged with anything.
But getting this done means I will not have to explain, over and over to potential employers.
It also gives me a something to take after those people who aggregate mugshots and demand they take my entry down.
If they refuse, oddly enough, it's defamation of character.
The process of getting the expungement is tedious, but relatively inexpensive.
Why, Bush, Why?
Why should we prevent Italians from purchasing glycerine?
It's there in the lyrics, "Don't let the Dago buy..."
It's racism it is!
It's there in the lyrics, "Don't let the Dago buy..."
It's racism it is!
Depressed
The boy is in the mental ward.
Too many former friends have become social justice warriors.
My legs are still bugging me.
Just not having a good 2017.
Too many former friends have become social justice warriors.
My legs are still bugging me.
Just not having a good 2017.
23 May 2017
Lather Rinse
The Boy is back in the warm embrace of the psych ward.
I hate calling the cops to get him Baker Act'd.
His meds are obviously off.
I am still confident that there's a combination that will allow him to continue to live outside institutionalization.
I hate calling the cops to get him Baker Act'd.
His meds are obviously off.
I am still confident that there's a combination that will allow him to continue to live outside institutionalization.
22 May 2017
Modernized
The incessant creep of technology allows a normal AKM to accept a folding stock.
Not only that, it's a comfortable, stable folding stock that doesn't attempt to depilate.
Underrated
The PK-01VS has passed a bench mark.
At 1:50 pm, May 4, 2017 I turned the switch to setting #4. It has been turned down to #2 at the indoor range and up to #6 for about the same length of time aiming at things in bright light to see if I can see the dot under "outside" conditions.
It's been on for 17 days 18 hours 52 minutes; or almost 427 hours.
BelOMO's specifications state that it's good for 400 hours of continuous use.
Presently it's just as bright as the moment I turned it on.
At 1:50 pm, May 4, 2017 I turned the switch to setting #4. It has been turned down to #2 at the indoor range and up to #6 for about the same length of time aiming at things in bright light to see if I can see the dot under "outside" conditions.
It's been on for 17 days 18 hours 52 minutes; or almost 427 hours.
BelOMO's specifications state that it's good for 400 hours of continuous use.
Presently it's just as bright as the moment I turned it on.
20 May 2017
Bearing
Did the wheel hubs on The Precious today.
Pics of the right-rear to show what happened on all four.
It's straight forward, but tedious. You've got to separate the lower ball joints to gain access to one of the T-55 bolts holding the hub to the knuckle, and it becomes simpler to just take the whole knuckle off to get more room to work.
Gods, did the lower fight on all four hubs, despite using the proper J-tool for the job.
The axle nuts were barely snugged down by the UAW at Bowling Green. A known issue, but Jeebus... Now they're torqued properly.
It's kind of astonishing how small vibrations become big vibrations before you notice them and you don't really realize HOW big until you repair the part causing the issue.
Pics of the right-rear to show what happened on all four.
It's straight forward, but tedious. You've got to separate the lower ball joints to gain access to one of the T-55 bolts holding the hub to the knuckle, and it becomes simpler to just take the whole knuckle off to get more room to work.
Gods, did the lower fight on all four hubs, despite using the proper J-tool for the job.
The axle nuts were barely snugged down by the UAW at Bowling Green. A known issue, but Jeebus... Now they're torqued properly.
It's kind of astonishing how small vibrations become big vibrations before you notice them and you don't really realize HOW big until you repair the part causing the issue.
19 May 2017
Sense Of Scale
Nobody has ever accused a model 29 of being a small gun, but surely a 9mm should be much smaller, right?
Uh...
Damn the M9 is a large gun.
Uh...
Damn the M9 is a large gun.
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