If you haven’t heard about  Donald Berwick, the newly appointed “Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)” then you need to read THIS article.

Scary, for many reasons. He was a recess appointment, and therefore not subject to legislative review. He admires the (oh so successful!) socialized medicine model of the once great nation of Great Britain (now not so great…) and applauds health care rationing in such a system….

Of course, he has exempted himself and his immediate family from the same system he promotes…..

Read the article….both pages Then, when the anger fades from your eyes, realize that this man’s boss is truly a socialist elitist.

But first, make sure that you cannot access any firearms for at least 15 minutes after reading. No ready access to axes, rope etc.

Seriously. This is the issue with Socialism. If you are not part of the ruling class, then you hope you can be a prostitute……At least they get paid when they get fucked.

Via Insty

Or “remove the mote from thine own eye…”

Let me see if I got this straight:

A racist organization (NAACP), which practices racism and excludes those not of the “right” race, and promotes and preaches (and condones) racism regularly at meetings and dinners has the audacity to condemn a movement which is inclusive (or actually just doesn’t care about race) like the Tea Party and thinks that everyone will just believe what they say? 

Gotcha.

Could be….Then again, we shall have to wait and see.

Drudge links to THIS post. Not enough details to tell what is happening.

Seems heavy handed if there is just a copyright issue.

Scary though.

Under Obamacare, we can all keep the HEALTH CARE PLANS WE CURRENTLY HAVE….

Sure we can.

Lying sack of socialist shits. If the American people really knew how much you have, and are, screwing them, they’d burn DC to the ground, and no Senator or Representative would ever be safe from harm again.

Read THIS post by Nataog regarding stuff to put in yer long term preps…

Me: I gots them already…..

I might be shy a bit on ketchup and perhaps a bit on booze (“do we have enough chips to go along with all this beer?”)  but other than that I am ok.

And his advice is, I think, sound.

“Dear Laser Enthusiasts,
 
   This announcement is to let the laser community know that our laser
   hobby is currently under attack. Last month, we received a cease
   and desist letter from Lucasfilm demanding that we discontinue,
   recall and modify our laser products they referred to as
   “lightsabers” or face imminent legal action.
 
   CNN – ‘Star Wars’ creator says laser too much like lightsaber
 
   Lasers are have a wide variety of applications in the scientific,
   medical, and industrial fields. We cannot allow George Lucas to
   threaten the livelihood and freedom of laser and flashlight
   technology.  Science developed from decades of research should not
   be owned by science fiction.

    Please help the cause by participating in the Lasers for Liberty
    community and by signing the petition to Lucasfilm.
 

O jesus, you’d think they’d have a clue…

Bad publicity is generally not worth the effort. But apparently Lucasfilms  will do anything to “protect” their image…More likely, they are pissed that they didn’t think of the idea first.

I hope my laser ships soon.

So I get this box today, via USPS…..It is addressed to me. The outside of the box says “Magpul UBR Utility/Battle rifle stock”…Whuttt?

I says to myself……Did I order a rifle stock???? Might be that I did and I just forgot……Nah….?

It’s from some guy in  Knoxville…..? Did I order something from someone in Knoxville? Who do I know in Knoxville? Hmmmm….

I am sure that I didn’t order another collapsible stock for my AR…..I think? Long time backorder maybe?

Could be…..? Nah, I am sure I didn’t order anything Magpul…..I already own half their catalog…..

Wait….Magpul is in, like, Boulder, CO or someplace like that, right?…..So WTF?  Over?

I dunno?

Then, carefully, I opened my pocketknife and slit the tape….

Gently peeking under the flap…..Nope,  no wires or anything like that…..I think it’s not a bomb or anything (I hope)…I opened it further….

To find the copy of “Oren’s War” that is being passed on to me from Linoge at Wallsofthecity.net.

Not only recycling books, but boxes too. Lowering the carbon footprint and all that.

Betcha AlGore doesn’t do that.

Now I gotta send Linoge a check for postage….And handling…..Wonder what the handling fee is gonna be????

Borepatch has an interesting article about averages and extremes when it comes to weather and aging and such.

Read it. Worth your time

Are some of the very few that can work at 5000 ft. Yet the US government and BO aren’t interested in trying to use them rather than ROV’s…. where they MIGHT be more capable.

wonder why?

Perhaps they aren’t clean enough for the EPA or maybe it’s the Jones act thing again….

Whatever.

I’ll begin thinking that this a real catastrophe when they start acting like it is a real catastrophe.