Just got back from the Range….

Pretty proud of this target.

Peep sighted Savage Mark II rifle at 50 yards. Nice heavy barrel helps a lot.

We just beat the rain.

(yeah, I know it is a “50 foot” target, but that’s the challenge, innit?)

No wind to speak of and from a bench with a front rest and a sandbag. Others used a lead sled, but I am old school. A rest and a sandbag shows your skill. I feel like a Lead Sled is cheating.

Left to right, top to bottom. No sighters.

When we use scopes, we also shoot at the staples…

Only one cup of coffee helps….

I had no spotting scope (and no spotter) so I wasn’t sure how I did until I had shot all 50 rounds. I didn’t see any holes in the white so I figured I was doing pretty good.

“Just because the Democrats (and especially “Progressives”) are your enemy  does not necessarily mean that Republicans and “Conservatives” are on your side ”

Republicans demonstrate this nearly every day.

The enemy of your enemy is your enemies enemy, but not necessarily your ally.

Is gonna have a bumper crop of Solar Panels this year.

Acres and acres and acres of Federally (and sometimes State) Subsidized chinese solar panels.

I wouldn’t mind except for the “Federally Subsidized” part.

All the dark shiny squares are part of a “Solar Farm”

That Iran’s version of the “Agreement” differs greatly from the US’s version.

One might think this is all “Smoke and Mirrors” and that there isn’t really a working agreement to be signed later this week. It isn’t like we haven’t heard that ‘A deal is imminent” over and over for weeks now.

If the deal is as stated, then Trump and the US wasted billions and billions of dollars and too many lives for essentially nothing.

(Of course, to expect Iran to honor any agreement long-term is foolish, if History is any guide)

Y’know, we shoot dangerous dogs if they cannot be kept on a leash or in a fence to protect the surrounding people .

After all, they can seriously hurt, maim, or in some instances, kill people

This is how we SHOULD  should treat dangerous people in our society……

But no, there are two or more tiers of justice. One for white people, another for high profile Black people.

Decarlos Brown killed a woman by stabbing her and cutting her throat in a subway car….and he is getting off by claiming he is insane….

It matters little : “insane” or or not, at least to me .. He is dangerous and should not be allowed, ever, to be free in the rest of our society. He is a danger to others, especially women and children. Like an aggressive dog, he should be locked up for the safety of the community….(Personally, I think he should be euthanized like a rabid dog, but others in our society (Women , pussies, and liberals)  feel that is too harsh….).

Either way, removing or locking up the threat to people is what we to protect society in general from dogs, bulls, and other aggressive and dangerous animals. So should it be for people who have demonstrated they are a danger to the people in our society.

40 years ago today…..

Ferris Bueller took a day off from school

He taught several generations this philosophy:

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

He also taught us not to leave a rare Ferrari in a parking garage.

(Thanks to the folks who helped with contributions!)

“ Breakups happen, both friendships and relationships. How you behave afterwards is a demonstration of your character”

“Scar-tissue has no live nerve endings. That is not a bug. It is a feature. You can no longer be hurt after you have been hurt enough.”

“Cowards die many times, a valiant man tastes death but once”

“Follow your gut”

“Seek and Keep Good People”

At the number of (white) (liberal) people that really believe that requiring an ID (or, as in the Save Act, proof of citizenship) will disenfranchise black and brown people.

They really believe that people, especially black people, cannot get a drivers license of state issued ID, and go through life without one on a daily basis.

(I suspect that because they don’t know many people that aren’t white, they really believe that those people are lesser, and are simply not intelligent enough to figure out how to get an ID and that they, unlike whites, simply don’t need one because they pay cash for everything and don’t have bank accounts and such)

I’m not sure if it is “Soft Racism” or simply ignorance…..

That the Democratic Vote Counting of Mail-In Ballots seems to be lacking in integrity….

Odd, that….We were assured that the votes were sacrosanct and that the counting process was completely open, honest, and fully straightforward, and that there could be no fraud.

Apparently the “irregularities” are so blatant that no one can deny them, but no matter, the mayoral race goes forward anyway, with the chosen DNC candidates currently (and suddenly) winning by large margins.

And it’d lead to a significant increase in self-deportations……immediately.