tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159077272024-03-28T23:28:08.692-04:00View From The PorchBooks. Bikes. Boomsticks.<br>
“I only regret that I have but one face to palm for my country.”Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger18212125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25372528637952755182024-03-28T09:33:00.004-04:002024-03-28T09:33:41.524-04:00Rise of the MachinesThe opening shots in the Humans versus Robot Dogs war have been fired in Massachusetts:
<blockquote><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/mass-state-police-robot-dog-shot-cape-cod-standoff-rcna145356">Moreira was barricaded inside a home on St. Francis Circle after a 911 call about a person holding someone else at knifepoint, police said at the time. The person escaped, but when officers arrived, at the home, Moreira allegedly opened fire on a SWAT vehicle and periodically shot near the officers who’d circled the home.<br /><br />
State police eventually decided to send in three robots, including Roscoe, to find where in the building Moreira was holed up. Roscoe cleared the top two floors of the building, then discovered him, holding a rifle, in the basement, police said.<br /><br />
He knocked the robot dog down, then started to walk up the stairs, but, when Roscoe righted itself and started following him up the stairs, he knocked the dog over again, then shot it three times. Its pilot lost communication with the dog.</a></blockquote><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39171601692919215192024-03-28T08:06:00.002-04:002024-03-28T08:06:12.140-04:00What I'm Reading...I'm about finished with Kara Swisher's <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3TDwL6P">Burn Book: A Tech Love Story</a></i>. She's been covering the Silicon Valley beat since before most of today's tech giants were even startups and she's kept allll the receipts. This book is a hell of a purse dump, let me tell you.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlymnLbFVSYQbINCtggWGJoJ8yWH6oGTUX5aRK20Z2oQSW3jAP4ZcYJ9HIHb68skzzu-Vt9Jq99cUAImRqHjx7-H0AwJfYZKghVyx-Ln5X4GiK5mQjTx7TVvwtyLVU37aLod6CJ_QWpXdiCYjknsuYuEGcwvyGqQXNaSU81gWXeGzkvWVGna5azw/s1500/81cKLC7sqbL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="993" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlymnLbFVSYQbINCtggWGJoJ8yWH6oGTUX5aRK20Z2oQSW3jAP4ZcYJ9HIHb68skzzu-Vt9Jq99cUAImRqHjx7-H0AwJfYZKghVyx-Ln5X4GiK5mQjTx7TVvwtyLVU37aLod6CJ_QWpXdiCYjknsuYuEGcwvyGqQXNaSU81gWXeGzkvWVGna5azw/s320/81cKLC7sqbL._SL1500_.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46215665138619043072024-03-28T07:52:00.002-04:002024-03-28T07:52:19.136-04:00Hey, look!<blockquote><a href="https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/the-day-the-pistol-universe-changed/">Gaston, who passed away recently, was not a gunsmith by training or avocation, but it would not be out of line to say that he’s had as large an effect on the handgun market as such enduring legends like Sam Colt and John Moses Browning.<br /><br />
Controversial? Yup. Aesthetically challenging? Perhaps. The Glock G17 nonetheless transformed and—with the expiration of early patents—continues to transform the defensive-handgun market, like it or not.</a></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVyJsC4Yon4LM6YlZJIAQCJ5ZwLGGASkpF8J_BOTf-zsgwlH-MhEMh2RnV_0aZ-tuhFywAFCo9A1G6Gt8lSe_XTYjQIlvvn1Hza-g9Uph84X7eclC89FkQ_y7T5weOFzPsSr9rWZ6QMtthFufYMKgaiScAF5KkjM9V7oCUEl5MMbWEhPugZ8EiQ/s1549/glock%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1549" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVyJsC4Yon4LM6YlZJIAQCJ5ZwLGGASkpF8J_BOTf-zsgwlH-MhEMh2RnV_0aZ-tuhFywAFCo9A1G6Gt8lSe_XTYjQIlvvn1Hza-g9Uph84X7eclC89FkQ_y7T5weOFzPsSr9rWZ6QMtthFufYMKgaiScAF5KkjM9V7oCUEl5MMbWEhPugZ8EiQ/w400-h268/glock%2017.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89922671003251570592024-03-27T08:32:00.003-04:002024-03-27T08:32:39.102-04:00Every Picture Tells a Story<div style="text-align: left;">Look, I don't have much of a hard time believing that some percentage of stolen or illicitly purchased handguns in the US are finding their way to Haiti, but something like ninety percent of the long guns I'm seeing in photos there are your typical run-of-the-mill Third World Kalashnikov variants.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Which made the photo here interesting:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDwVR1ceTevf7c1bievSCLiW3wyq255J-E4FhCWk9lsTdPGEhcSjsXuGjARLKhwlypVcwKsb1E7Vs9JitWB8hQy4YzEo3MTR8yyBvrCiFONEGS4JewbT586ibEx6_j4s36vAihjip0-oSeGnlXsGDt1rcsQLMpQVvAwapDlu-uGnJOzoLaQkzPQ/s594/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%208.03.30%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="594" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDwVR1ceTevf7c1bievSCLiW3wyq255J-E4FhCWk9lsTdPGEhcSjsXuGjARLKhwlypVcwKsb1E7Vs9JitWB8hQy4YzEo3MTR8yyBvrCiFONEGS4JewbT586ibEx6_j4s36vAihjip0-oSeGnlXsGDt1rcsQLMpQVvAwapDlu-uGnJOzoLaQkzPQ/w400-h394/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-27%20at%208.03.30%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I'd bet lunch money that that's a picture of the BBC photo stringer's hired private security contractor. I'll bet it got wired to London in a big batch of photos from the current unpleasantness and someone in editorial or the design department (I don't know the exact online workflow at the Beeb, sorry) thought "Ooh! This one looks dramatic!" without understanding what they were looking at, and used it.<div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10707511666392253972024-03-26T22:02:00.001-04:002024-03-26T22:02:05.418-04:00Meme Dump...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq67MH4Qyl29q-ThNVDoB17_hglTOV2qTP6JqOkYDMDQRXuaHavylKXY9SejE11tka9oM0UOBMVCCOyyhiWA60mH7lklrbQa-zEVlI99NN_iMIBueca-zG9etG_qrLCPugwWrSjZC_ZZpSi6GooJyojuUpLQ3LaWyUWjvTY3mm1QehtaTTgjbkmQ/s1170/ADCC298C-BD21-48FA-8D51-843A9BB43C51_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="1170" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq67MH4Qyl29q-ThNVDoB17_hglTOV2qTP6JqOkYDMDQRXuaHavylKXY9SejE11tka9oM0UOBMVCCOyyhiWA60mH7lklrbQa-zEVlI99NN_iMIBueca-zG9etG_qrLCPugwWrSjZC_ZZpSi6GooJyojuUpLQ3LaWyUWjvTY3mm1QehtaTTgjbkmQ/w400-h180/ADCC298C-BD21-48FA-8D51-843A9BB43C51_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="490" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdY3jrBF-kRbe1EJb4g9fbhr8JkYDmzcyfX3w8sxNMnldC3kYNjBFtOD41n7cu-6CYqQhp6ftGegOApzvzfeYinfX6xuogDkZtjOLcDTzMr20d39g54eorPVnDfSc5KSzXV8ZWcavv8T-3wZL3Wr9zy92dvLUmKmbZO2E_r40rWithFQ8RsnDfA/w400-h326/Screen%20Shot%202019-03-25%20at%208.40.15%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51778295499180154762024-03-26T09:40:00.002-04:002024-03-26T09:40:12.113-04:00That didn't take long.The usual suspects are already in full "ship fuel can't melt steel beams" mode at Gab 2.0, I see.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJz-U3XLlj4rN4Y0n5zV73qlzDHP_BYPCtb7m8l8Yovei1cgVtD7RoBmpnCe6wplj4s4Eu7_WhdJ-fJ3bwRXY6gHMJmvB8DRvp2kxIt-UtdRFBFHKpyXclxfgEsM-XbrmuqwLVJisGu5kIw1wxgwymzCe1hs6iIxWtMDubW1jWBlZHhZNuMKfZ4Q/s2000/bafkreicgtdnf53jnfcqk5e2mfi5yinz3lzx4obovn57si4fla7vy7wekya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1471" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJz-U3XLlj4rN4Y0n5zV73qlzDHP_BYPCtb7m8l8Yovei1cgVtD7RoBmpnCe6wplj4s4Eu7_WhdJ-fJ3bwRXY6gHMJmvB8DRvp2kxIt-UtdRFBFHKpyXclxfgEsM-XbrmuqwLVJisGu5kIw1wxgwymzCe1hs6iIxWtMDubW1jWBlZHhZNuMKfZ4Q/w294-h400/bafkreicgtdnf53jnfcqk5e2mfi5yinz3lzx4obovn57si4fla7vy7wekya.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12599416758160661452024-03-26T09:36:00.002-04:002024-03-26T09:36:15.219-04:00Tab Clearing...<ul style="text-align: left;"><li>In a time-honored Russian tradition, the FSB is likely going to work over the ISIS arrestees with rubber truncheons until they <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putins-hawks-say-ukraine-was-involved-deadly-moscow-concert-attack-2024-03-26/">admit to being Ukrainian</a>.</li><br /><li>The <a href="https://magazine.atavist.com/watch-it-burn-france-europe-carbon-fraud-scam-vat-betrayal/">Fraud of the Century</a>: How a carbon credit scam in France made millions.</li><br /><li>Avoid doing the <a href="https://thetacticalprofessor.net/2024/03/22/nyc-subway-monkey-dancing/">monkey dance</a>.</li></ul><br /><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11459905597378868652024-03-25T17:34:00.000-04:002024-03-25T17:34:13.133-04:00Time flies like a jet fighter...I was really not ready for all these fighter planes that were the New Hotness in the mid-late Seventies to be celebrating a half century of flight.<div><br /></div><div>This time it's <a href="https://theaviationist.com/2024/03/25/luftwaffe-and-airbus-unveil-special-livery-for-tornados-50th-anniversary/">the Tornado</a>, still in service with the Luftwaffe. I was six when the first prototype flew, and in middle school when they went operational with the Jerries.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mVxbmk8rpzo837AhONACsHKF_CcN1Fzj5YgguOuisumKOM-TOprGoTIqTpumNS30nrFBQG_i2v8uvtqC7c1t0TDHxUMvrWoApOhJZJsAABNhAANq2a3ytCl3vvNjkE-HD9m_x1g0I4PEVt50_g_FBQP1iocppmaVZWScej_QN2je0ltI21WObA/s2830/F-15C_Tornado_IDS_DFST8901717.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="2830" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mVxbmk8rpzo837AhONACsHKF_CcN1Fzj5YgguOuisumKOM-TOprGoTIqTpumNS30nrFBQG_i2v8uvtqC7c1t0TDHxUMvrWoApOhJZJsAABNhAANq2a3ytCl3vvNjkE-HD9m_x1g0I4PEVt50_g_FBQP1iocppmaVZWScej_QN2je0ltI21WObA/w400-h264/F-15C_Tornado_IDS_DFST8901717.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81978436926764018252024-03-25T12:09:00.004-04:002024-03-25T13:59:54.751-04:00I LOL’edI saw someone online refer to Candace Owens as “Canned Ass Owens” and it caused me to express mirth audibly.<div><br /></div><div>Look, you don’t pick messy public feuds with the boss, and no single employee is more important than the organization. Start thinking like that and next thing you know you’ll be doing “documentaries” about testicle-tanning on Xitter.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37273629593566470392024-03-25T07:58:00.001-04:002024-03-25T07:58:10.518-04:00Ignorance is no excuse, they say…I just closed a column with the sentence “Know the law, so the law doesn’t get to know you” and I could have kept going for another thousand words.<br /><br />
For instance, there are a lot of very pro-2A states with very relaxed, liberal handgun carry laws that, at the same time, have strict prohibitions against loaded long guns in vehicles.<br /><br />
This isn’t an “anti-gun” thing, it’s the result of the state having a strong hunting culture and therefore having laws intended to thwart poaching and “road-hunting”.<br /><br />
This is the kind of thing folks need to be aware of on roadtrips. Don’t just glance at your handy CCW reciprocity map and think that it’s an indicator of the entire regulatory climate along your route.<br /><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89239056461967346842024-03-24T09:38:00.003-04:002024-03-24T09:38:32.908-04:00Finding the Dot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-29tNX2MXyie8vGxvmUwB_svowwdwvAkAcrpyzeinx220SQzCG4A7jl5WyzC2_CsLPJtYTgIcGmXkpABYwFJdjaHy6KdGNm3T5aAer-UI6qsfeok-vt9cUsdYbBg1_hZ4Qgknhug9JSXl2cZCEPL9JNPD49tJrFIclW7mUAgj5eXf4OzY4t-tqA/s6661/_DSC2877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="6661" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-29tNX2MXyie8vGxvmUwB_svowwdwvAkAcrpyzeinx220SQzCG4A7jl5WyzC2_CsLPJtYTgIcGmXkpABYwFJdjaHy6KdGNm3T5aAer-UI6qsfeok-vt9cUsdYbBg1_hZ4Qgknhug9JSXl2cZCEPL9JNPD49tJrFIclW7mUAgj5eXf4OzY4t-tqA/w400-h239/_DSC2877.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Gideon Optics sent one of their <a href="https://amzn.to/4ardNr3">Judge mini red dot</a>s to mount on the Taurus 327 Defender TORO, so we'll see how it does when screwed to the topstrap only an inch or so away from the 40,000 psi detonations of full house .327 Federal Magnum loads.</div><div><br /></div><div>Of course, revolver duty is actually a lot kinder than the whiplash these optics experience when mounted on the reciprocating slide of a self-loading pistol.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've been using a dot-sighted revolver for about a year now, and I had to learn a different technique of finding the dot than the one I have used for years with semiautos, but that's gonna take a whole post of its own...</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89014168802854475672024-03-23T09:36:00.003-04:002024-03-23T09:36:09.199-04:00It's Caturday!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztROLKjRiK1cRoMjq1yKZngBgQZXkWnwERmWKloYAWd1Qeyh2CmdCukbjH_fWx9hRTFug3mPM2lPbBWIfLdwsG1qq4wND87gHYX_rXThHgQTtvRpgegWW0URd2PdHQRiBYoxsiaRp3Ms_v2qgSW1XJoFgdA0xerqfsPq-a-ZB1PDVdATsuhOvPA/s4608/DSC_0731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztROLKjRiK1cRoMjq1yKZngBgQZXkWnwERmWKloYAWd1Qeyh2CmdCukbjH_fWx9hRTFug3mPM2lPbBWIfLdwsG1qq4wND87gHYX_rXThHgQTtvRpgegWW0URd2PdHQRiBYoxsiaRp3Ms_v2qgSW1XJoFgdA0xerqfsPq-a-ZB1PDVdATsuhOvPA/w400-h266/DSC_0731.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huck would like to remind y'all that it's Caturday.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81574992965569035342024-03-22T11:09:00.002-04:002024-03-22T11:09:13.697-04:00Gratuitous Gun Pr0n #252...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbYhQCpRbGGPj9aMwqNIwvaCg9fYw7UQ0J8eVE_BbcxiWQwEpIcY-3rbGF9WXkEPWSqZ2PIBkN_oU6cotnewDlFPHUxCCTOyWnOwmjJvTmDxJmbMbgzSrsddMQStPOGh2mIE-WgGCLIEsPgH9WOpgUSHN8KZ_RFLThVGqeHFjslS03ZQ9CMa7cg/s4608/DSCN1957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTbYhQCpRbGGPj9aMwqNIwvaCg9fYw7UQ0J8eVE_BbcxiWQwEpIcY-3rbGF9WXkEPWSqZ2PIBkN_oU6cotnewDlFPHUxCCTOyWnOwmjJvTmDxJmbMbgzSrsddMQStPOGh2mIE-WgGCLIEsPgH9WOpgUSHN8KZ_RFLThVGqeHFjslS03ZQ9CMa7cg/w400-h300/DSCN1957.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>You know how I know that I've been living in plastic pistol land for a long, long time? The Walther PDP Steel Frame Compact test pistol arrived for a Shooting Illustrated review and I was like "<i>Jeezis this thing is a boat anchor. How the hell is anyone supposed to carry this?</i>"</div><div><br /></div><div>I threw it on the scale and it weighed in at a hair over two pounds, six ounces. You know what else weighs a hair over two pounds, six ounces? The <a href="https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/retro-2-000-round-challenge-smith-wesson-model-5906/">Smith & Wesson 5906</a>, as do the various full-size steel 1911s that I carried every day for something like ten years. </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19053878291214311252024-03-22T08:50:00.004-04:002024-03-22T08:50:54.931-04:00Hey, look!My review of the Girsan MC 14T is online now. The 14T is a blowback .380 with a tip-up barrel that's derived from the Beretta Model 86, albeit with some significant improvements. You should <a href="https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/review-girsan-mc-14t-pistol/">go read about it</a>!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN0ab767fecEpV9wC_3gnSNcl1Bhztq68OG19WKI2Ad9mMCEI1Q_EicHXHsjmjT0ou4FtS06kar0P15r_nY0NQad8gcpdgxiBu0mVX9Z4xozNwGuzoiSslH2Py8cVNy07DzZ2HZbC93rCfbtPB6OUk0roUYAHBiaFzrmhfyZEvOdrNfMTTT5uDg/s3024/77677603-5258-4229-8BB0-C738EE826AE6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN0ab767fecEpV9wC_3gnSNcl1Bhztq68OG19WKI2Ad9mMCEI1Q_EicHXHsjmjT0ou4FtS06kar0P15r_nY0NQad8gcpdgxiBu0mVX9Z4xozNwGuzoiSslH2Py8cVNy07DzZ2HZbC93rCfbtPB6OUk0roUYAHBiaFzrmhfyZEvOdrNfMTTT5uDg/w400-h400/77677603-5258-4229-8BB0-C738EE826AE6.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53815200982782343352024-03-22T08:02:00.002-04:002024-03-22T08:02:22.330-04:00Make your answer in the form of a question.You know, in retrospect I'm kinda sad that we didn't get more Aaron Rodgers as a host on <i>Jeopardy!</i>, especially as his orbit has gotten increasingly far out there.<div><br /></div><div>Can you imagine this?</div><div></div><blockquote><div><b>Contestant:</b> "I'll take 'People Who've Walked on the Moon' for $400, Aaron."</div><br /><div><b>Aaron:</b> "It's a hoax, you sheeple!"</div><br /><div><b>Contestant:</b> "Okay, then, give me 'Famous Vaccine Inventors' for $200?"</div><br /><div><b>Aaron:</b> "AAAARGH!!!" *<i>rips up note cards</i>*</div></blockquote><div></div><div>Later:</div><div></div><blockquote><div><b>Aaron:</b> "And for Final Jeopardy, 'The water is turning the frogs' <i>this</i>. You have thirty seconds." </div><br /><div><b>Music:</b> 🎶 <i>Doo-do-doo-do...</i> 🎶</div></blockquote><div></div><br /><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12899856192642090172024-03-21T08:26:00.005-04:002024-03-21T08:26:30.431-04:00Automotif CDLXXIX...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gerPUhVokuDF9wGfZ3y-LN2OFjtSGlpF-9OEfjsg05VPLvmNffsDOkw4Ag547ltCkvWHgFKRjP9Ec0LiOxLOg__cgckzFt2ZP-1MgOO2Stn68XE1q0CqpmJGld1UQKdSir2e_veArb23utwaWUsJIrTKc7stConLEuOKmZwsNJ4Ufoz4KXGkAw/s3457/_TRK1013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2287" data-original-width="3457" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gerPUhVokuDF9wGfZ3y-LN2OFjtSGlpF-9OEfjsg05VPLvmNffsDOkw4Ag547ltCkvWHgFKRjP9Ec0LiOxLOg__cgckzFt2ZP-1MgOO2Stn68XE1q0CqpmJGld1UQKdSir2e_veArb23utwaWUsJIrTKc7stConLEuOKmZwsNJ4Ufoz4KXGkAw/w400-h265/_TRK1013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The Pontiac GTO is flashier, the Olds Cutlass 442 was rarer, and every muscle car nerd knows that the Buick GSX Stage 1 was the real hero of the bunch at the drag strip, but in my heart the Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport is the king of the '68-'72 GM A-body muscle cars.</div><div><br /></div><div>They eschewed the flashy wings and scoops and rubber nose cones of their platform-mates, and that let the really clean lines of the A-body hardtop coupe, with its swoopy fastback roof silhouette, shine through.</div><div><br /></div><div>Is this super-clean, lightly-modded 1970 Chevelle a real SS? Only the VIN knows for sure. The Monza Red paint was a Corvette-only color in '70 (Chevelles came in a slightly darker hue called Cranberry Red) and it lacks the cowl induction hood, but something over eighty percent of '70 SS Chevelles were ordered with the base juice lifter, 2-bolt main L34 396 and it's unlikely that most of those had cowl induction.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, whether it began life as an SS or got turned into one with the aid of a Year One catalog, this is one sweet ride.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61958345881741917292024-03-21T06:36:00.006-04:002024-03-21T06:36:53.319-04:00Phyllis Schlafly 2.0On "Tradwife" social media influencers:
<blockquote>"<a href="https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/the-naked-financial-hypocrisy-of-tradwife-influencers">It was only recently that I recognized the blatant hypocrisy hiding in plain sight: I tapped the profile link of a popular Aussie tradwife and was met with a barrage of links urging me to transact: an Amazon storefront, affiliate codes, a mailing list…even an <i>e-book</i>. I tapped through her website and discovered MLM-coded language: “Are you a stay-at-home mom looking to grow your Instagram and earn extra income while juggling the joys and challenges of motherhood?” <i>Oh, no</i>. The “anti-hustle” lifestyle is, in fact, a thinly veiled mega-hustle—one much more convoluted than the Tupperware parties that came before it.<br /><br />
I perused her site. <i>Oh, look</i>, I thought, <i>a lead magnet!</i> (In digital content marketing, a “lead magnet” is a free downloadable item you give away in exchange for an email address.) Hers just so happened to be iPhone backgrounds featuring affirmations like, “With humility, I embrace my role, upholding traditions as the keeper of our cherished home.” What struck me about her website was how familiar it felt: This was pretty transparently a content creator’s monetized hub, no different from the courses, e-books, and affiliate codes distributed by the boss-babe influencers the tradwives claim to disavow. <i>Oh my gosh</i>, I whispered to no one, <i>She’s girlbossing all over us!</i> The call is coming from inside the housewife!<br /><br />
I have to hand it to them: what a diabolical brand strategy! Build a career teaching <i>other</i> women how <i>not</i> to have a career.</a>"</blockquote>
Mash that like button and subscribe! This uplifting of tradional roles is sponsored by Betty Crocker!<br /><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68497575420877771502024-03-20T09:03:00.002-04:002024-03-20T09:03:30.469-04:00SpywritingYet another interesting account of being a guest speaker at the CIA employee's creative writing group, albeit this time from a former case officer:
<blockquote>"<a href="https://www.spytalk.co/p/my-spy-novel-helped-me-make-peace">Writers emerging from one of the world’s most secretive organizations is perhaps not as strange or ironic as it sounds. On its face, of course, espionage lends itself to colorful stories. There’s the tradecraft—wigs, disguises, false passports, dead drops, brush passes. The secrecy and elitism of a closed world. The sex appeal of trying to woo informants, convince odd characters to betray their countries. The exotic, often gritty, locales. The danger and high stakes of global issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, rogue nation-states. If this isn’t top-shelf thriller stuff, what is?<br /><br />
But in the years since I left the agency, I’ve learned there are also less obvious things that compel a former to start typing. The quieter wraiths. Ghosts of decisions, the effects of war, failed or unresolved operations—all the things that pop into your head in the grocery store and wake you up at zero dark thirty. In my case, I helped apprehend an alleged Al-Qaeda terrorist in Baghdad—only to learn, years later, we might have nabbed the wrong guy. The irresolution and guilt still plague me; they came out in my novel in the form of a spy caught in the crosswinds of the Arab Spring who makes decisions that have lasting and unintended consequences. Espionage, I often say, is a profession of loose ends.</a>"</blockquote><br />RTWT<br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22230748369250874212024-03-20T08:13:00.001-04:002024-03-20T08:13:05.759-04:00So anyway, I started blasting...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqldTpZhsvDMTCweInQGa2gVGQGbQ1JdA0p4i2EQ4Xs-SFzqRIxR-Gj-9A_ftM9u8PUWIZndALvTcmKvAh0DXEAAoPsLc4VtJpu95WCCzcC3fbuV6Y6sa8rkGmLRg4YtB7Kw1lqFklsU1L7Gsdj7uuJ5YI6R5NjEvH4N8Mf849xBuLfcv_M0MtmQ/s3024/F05EA7C0-34EB-48C0-B673-9C8F0372DC8B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqldTpZhsvDMTCweInQGa2gVGQGbQ1JdA0p4i2EQ4Xs-SFzqRIxR-Gj-9A_ftM9u8PUWIZndALvTcmKvAh0DXEAAoPsLc4VtJpu95WCCzcC3fbuV6Y6sa8rkGmLRg4YtB7Kw1lqFklsU1L7Gsdj7uuJ5YI6R5NjEvH4N8Mf849xBuLfcv_M0MtmQ/w400-h400/F05EA7C0-34EB-48C0-B673-9C8F0372DC8B.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />So I slapped a <a href="https://amzn.to/43shv1k">Swampfox Justice</a> on the Rost Martin RM1C and took it to <a href="https://www.indyarms.com">Indy Arms</a> the other morning as part of a trip to help longtime friend-of-the-blog Global Village Idiot’s daughter pick out a pistol.<br /><br />
I brought along a box of Winchester 124gr NATO ball and figured I could get the lane next to theirs and put some work in with the new review gun while ducking into their lane every now and again to offer pointers and get feedback. The pistols she was considering were a Glock 43X, a Shield Plus, and a Taurus GX4.<br /><br />
I ran the <a href="https://www.pistoleer.com/shooting-targets/fbiq/#TOP">pistol-training.com Q-PT target</a> out to seven yards and popped off three shots at the center of the 8” circle, just to see how close to zeroed the dot was. They made one ragged hole about two inches high and right.<br /><br />
Rather than fiddle with adjustments that morning, I just started putting five and ten rounds in the magazine at a time and hosing. And I mean <i>hosing</i>.<br /><br />
Other than that one shot out of the circle at 12 o’clock, which came from getting a little bit too aggressive while prepping during recoil (<b><i>b</i>-BANG!</b>), I’m really very pleasantly surprised, especially since the PD10 is the only striker gat I’ve put in much trigger time with over the last several months, since I'd been mostly shooting revolvers and the Walther PD380.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjDHFww79ztQ7LMgS1la3yrNIkdEmBvqGolU1Xll-Hxi1Y_oPM7qPI3897PJsQBRuud0A36JahiwPp2NNnWafT_ZpFl5YhGmCIC9u_j2FRk3Jpu3Vz9IEE4zwQj4FIOjnyi-zHClSu_DsrwbHK0Fxq5l7OLfjmtlxNZtUiRAd0i86pyzs1BG9Xw/s3024/2D696F5C-6B8B-43DC-854E-DB94C60ABA48.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjDHFww79ztQ7LMgS1la3yrNIkdEmBvqGolU1Xll-Hxi1Y_oPM7qPI3897PJsQBRuud0A36JahiwPp2NNnWafT_ZpFl5YhGmCIC9u_j2FRk3Jpu3Vz9IEE4zwQj4FIOjnyi-zHClSu_DsrwbHK0Fxq5l7OLfjmtlxNZtUiRAd0i86pyzs1BG9Xw/w400-h400/2D696F5C-6B8B-43DC-854E-DB94C60ABA48.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81925503007144795772024-03-20T07:17:00.000-04:002024-03-20T07:17:01.118-04:00Automotif CDLXXVIII...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThvgLdvVmH-q7Wnn_EFmhRiM995WGicyWByg24T3AirpUnJ2m0KwFWZ9xBXOyMvHyMXuD_6fPaWBBzyVClhjHjxDVWhWfVJpNC7Aq9DsoUn3a-JmJT50d1zx6XRQtq2mCxH1m6ML5Z1oLlj8Jg9Gr3wpFwsvpJaxU5hB1AhHNEStqT0GEl2Mewg/s3438/_TRK0960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2018" data-original-width="3438" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThvgLdvVmH-q7Wnn_EFmhRiM995WGicyWByg24T3AirpUnJ2m0KwFWZ9xBXOyMvHyMXuD_6fPaWBBzyVClhjHjxDVWhWfVJpNC7Aq9DsoUn3a-JmJT50d1zx6XRQtq2mCxH1m6ML5Z1oLlj8Jg9Gr3wpFwsvpJaxU5hB1AhHNEStqT0GEl2Mewg/w400-h235/_TRK0960.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Much like the Porsche 356 Spyder that I saw earlier the same day, this Shelby Cobra is almost guaranteed to be a kit car replica. Also much like that Porsche 356 Spyder, who cares? It's awesome!</div><div><br /></div><div>My BMW Z3 says "Roadster" right on the door sills, but it's not truly a roadster, because it has a permanently installed folding top. This Cobra is a true roadster, in that if you're out for a drive and it starts to rain, and you don't happen to have the top stowed in the boot and can't find an overpass under which you can wait out the storm, you're gonna get wet.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33518164869535401332024-03-19T09:47:00.004-04:002024-03-19T09:47:52.239-04:00ClickbaitY'ever wonder about the increasing prevalence of those bizarro obviously AI-generated images that are popping up on the Bookface of late?<div><br /></div><div>Here's <a href="https://www.404media.co/facebooks-algorithm-is-boosting-ai-spam-that-links-to-ai-generated-ad-laden-click-farms/">a deep dive</a> into the reason behind them...</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39995578051977045432024-03-19T07:06:00.006-04:002024-03-19T07:06:44.343-04:00Sproing!With the arrival of the vernal equinox today, spring is officially here! Well, technically it will be here at 11:06PM Eastern Daylight Time.<div><br /></div><div>Hooray! If you're reading this you've survived another winter!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75152504802122152722024-03-18T08:32:00.005-04:002024-03-18T08:32:37.948-04:00Meme Dump...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkuMFhwmL44rOCn7MQ8N7ySLd4HUSE5Iq3nml8DnIupvOm_xgWOU5X-hPKm_n5iI-7qoCVVn3GQGfOD-H8f1lCR5LVQ-rwXa1AfGEaYQK9cJMXochSAsuInwaJDBP0mL2v2paR1x-YNuPrU4-dBw65Lu7Oc3iVMJ9YQcZX3DJeX0MPjQwTE4jeA/s2000/25813327-FBC2-4DB0-A605-51AB242FBA4D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1274" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkuMFhwmL44rOCn7MQ8N7ySLd4HUSE5Iq3nml8DnIupvOm_xgWOU5X-hPKm_n5iI-7qoCVVn3GQGfOD-H8f1lCR5LVQ-rwXa1AfGEaYQK9cJMXochSAsuInwaJDBP0mL2v2paR1x-YNuPrU4-dBw65Lu7Oc3iVMJ9YQcZX3DJeX0MPjQwTE4jeA/w255-h400/25813327-FBC2-4DB0-A605-51AB242FBA4D.jpeg" width="255" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbaHRHBFweNQo1MqO8KichDdTR8zIykm9jCwxBHXYUxJE7O4UvZyw3TUCvJW6uBY26mO_CLaAIPHDFGZRa7ZKXEtqC9hGJ112AhyXhGbOjQ5ftr79PhF52C7qXDViakJECqvP48Gl18oV2OcTnIEno-wlZyEndNR2UI975HvDmp9TwzBSaTfNyw/s2000/C5E3E648-EBDA-4006-B2EB-B2654D855BFE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1787" data-original-width="2000" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbaHRHBFweNQo1MqO8KichDdTR8zIykm9jCwxBHXYUxJE7O4UvZyw3TUCvJW6uBY26mO_CLaAIPHDFGZRa7ZKXEtqC9hGJ112AhyXhGbOjQ5ftr79PhF52C7qXDViakJECqvP48Gl18oV2OcTnIEno-wlZyEndNR2UI975HvDmp9TwzBSaTfNyw/w400-h358/C5E3E648-EBDA-4006-B2EB-B2654D855BFE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGWLFAnFgrx2rYr-SgjQwbxPnV48rjvqRjPgMJKXxlMIc5vjXGtxyLx9OcgEmltyYEOC4tWaggQfCP8c4N5OTSkOCrrraKVYvGAvuMVTNAp6XC5eRKaZ-D5ZLtJNcMEtStpxm7x1pfFiYMIrnaU9Yn8DqJ6BYi-zPucy_8yYfmM95D9S4yt0z1g/s843/dinosaur%20falling%20star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="843" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGWLFAnFgrx2rYr-SgjQwbxPnV48rjvqRjPgMJKXxlMIc5vjXGtxyLx9OcgEmltyYEOC4tWaggQfCP8c4N5OTSkOCrrraKVYvGAvuMVTNAp6XC5eRKaZ-D5ZLtJNcMEtStpxm7x1pfFiYMIrnaU9Yn8DqJ6BYi-zPucy_8yYfmM95D9S4yt0z1g/w400-h400/dinosaur%20falling%20star.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45265632085577544262024-03-18T08:29:00.010-04:002024-03-18T08:29:57.240-04:00Tab Clearing...<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.twz.com/news-features/gps-jamming-of-u-k-defense-secretarys-jet-highlights-russias-regional-ew-activities">Russian GPS jamming out of Kaliningrad messes with Western commercial and government aircraft</a> operating into and out of the eastern end of the Baltic.</li><br /><li>When heterodoxy <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/wilt-chamberlain-conspiracy-theory-presentism">runs amok</a>. (Might be paywalled.)</li><br /><li>The surreal experience of being a <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/01/09/invisible-ink-at-the-cias-creative-writing-group/">guest speaker for the CIA's creative writing group</a>.</li></ul><br /><span style="color: white;">.</span>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-54824900291076711372024-03-17T10:53:00.002-04:002024-03-17T10:53:16.997-04:00Light, Shadow, Shape, and Texture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCec5r64Kta5THolwieOvhh6JiJo5uXyF36NPBiB9UeOYzJsVRvtlqmL7piyRh0dw_7SMnjGmC_VTbfZTMVWLuxdyUU6MarXpzHL9iz2Q7hR9hEqXwy52ZreFHiYynlpjdGpsiuYLdHeWlWOc2TVaXiikwSvTlcB-JVZE5xdJL0_kuLy6v-vkvXxU41EZ/s3706/_TRK1058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2478" data-original-width="3706" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCec5r64Kta5THolwieOvhh6JiJo5uXyF36NPBiB9UeOYzJsVRvtlqmL7piyRh0dw_7SMnjGmC_VTbfZTMVWLuxdyUU6MarXpzHL9iz2Q7hR9hEqXwy52ZreFHiYynlpjdGpsiuYLdHeWlWOc2TVaXiikwSvTlcB-JVZE5xdJL0_kuLy6v-vkvXxU41EZ/w400-h268/_TRK1058.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>This photo was shot with the handy <a href="https://amzn.to/3Pperx2">EF 24-105mm f/4L IS</a> general purpose zoom lens mounted on the Canon EOS-1D Mark III.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was shot in RAW and processed through Adobe Photoshop's RAW converter using the "B&W with red filter" setting.</div><div><br /></div><div>Like I usually do, I have the <a href="https://amzn.to/3Vllefa">1D Mk3</a> set up to record both a RAW file and a high res monochrome JPEG. Even though I (almost) never use the straight-out-of-camera JPEG, this ensures that the image shown on the back of the camera is in monochrome and helps me keep my head in that B&W mode, looking for light, shadow, and texture rather than colors.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white;">.</span></div>Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com