It ain’t the GUNZ

It’s the CULTURE

Peter brings the news with a link to this article….

Conclusion: What we already knew: Gun violence is a (poor) black culture issue.
But also:
Gun SUICIDE is a  white cultural issue.
And the two are not related, really.

Go read the article…It pretty well lays it out.

Not really news to anyone who pays attention. But perhaps it will shed some light for those who just listen to the headlines rather than collect the facts.

At the end of it, CRIME in general is a black issue. Gun Crime is a significant part of that, but it really is the culture that is the issue.

Cries and accusations of racism in 3….2…..1….

The day after;

I gained 4 lbs eating all the delicacies that come out only once a year.

‘Twas good to see my family, especially the nieces and nephews, Most of them have grown up and have been making their own way in the world, so I don’t see them as much.

We ate and talked and cleaned up and then, way too soon, it was time for us to return to our own homes.

It was a good day.

Merry Christmas

Please, remember the Reason we have this Season.

If you are a soldier or sailor or other military, I hope you have the ability to spend time with your families.

If you are standing a post or a watch, then I thank you for your service and sacrifice this Christmas.
If you have a family member that the above applies to, please extend my thanks to them.

Same for those who are Police or Fire or other First Responders.

All of you: Merry Christmas and/or Hanukah.

Hard on the sled though:

And it ain’t even a record:

Mid 50’s (F) for the next few days. Before, during and after Christmas. Here in the greater Chicago area.
Fifty-Five Freakin degrees.
On Christmas.

Yet, oddly, it isn’t even close to a record high temp for this next few days.

Record High is 64.

(record Low is -18).

Nope, not Glowbal Warmenating, sorry Mr Gore. Not even close.

At least we don’t have to shovel all this sunshine, even if it does make it hard on Santa’s sled runners.

Question:

If Hunter Biden didn’t do anything illegal in Ukraine, and Joe (his father) Biden didn’t do anything to prevent him from being investigated by the Ukrainians, then exactly how would an investigation of these two fine upstanding gentlemen by the government in Ukraine in any way benefit Donald Trump?

If there was “Nothing to hide” then why did Joe quash the investigation in Ukraine? If there is “nothing to hide” then why the big huhu about there even BEING an investigation? much less the accusation that Donald Trump “pressured” a foreign government using US dollars for his own gain

Think about it. What are they hiding? What, exactly would the “Quid Pro Quo” have done for Donnie if there is nothing to investigate?

Enquiring minds and all that….

This training is hard:

Instrument lesson.

Jesus, I am having to work HARD to learn these skills.

It just doesn’t seem to be coming together. While I am sure it will, at some point, at this time I just can’t seem to get all of my shit into one sock.

Holds are still a bitch.

But my RNAV approach last night was decent, if not great, until the last 500 feet….I lost both the approach path and the glide slope for a moment….Got slow and was low and left until I recovered (I was about to go missed). Then a decent, if not perfect crosswind landing. (Winds were 190 at 11, and I landed on 9). Didn’t help that some other asshole on an approach on 27 (5 miles out) decided to turn the lights UP from low intensity to HIGH intensity on my last 50 foot of final. I was kinda blinded there for a moment, but still pulled it out.

This is harder than learning to shoot accurately at long distance. And I struggled to learn that, even if I did get decent at the end of my training.

Lots of shit happens really fast in an approach.

I am gaining a great deal of respect for pilots who do this shit every day.