And pretty funny too:

Since when some right wing nutjob does something bad it is the cause of either the NRA or Donald Trump or some non-left wing publication….

Can we blame the California Synagogue shooting on THIS cartoon which is blatantly anti-semitic that was run in the New York Times?

Personally, I blame Chuck Schumer for this, but then again, that is as logical as blaming the NRA for all the shootings of young black men on street corners in Democrat-led cities on any given night….

I just wasn’t enthused enough about going to take the 2-1/2 hour drive each way, plus finding parking, to go.

I’m kinda disgusted with the NRA lately, Their Training Division has pissed me off enough that I am no longer teaching NRA Basic Pistol or Basic Rifle classes, and I am disgusted by the shenanigans coming to light about the Board and their financial practices with our donated money. I’d probably find the wrong person and not keep my mouth shut and get kicked out or something….

And, while I would like to see the new products,  I don’t plan on buying anything new this year, so that motivation too went away.

Plus Midwest Chick was kinda undermotivated as well. So we ain’t goin’.

I will miss seeing my friends from across the country who will be there, but what with the forecasted late spring Blizzard conditions (6 inches of snow at 3 inches an hour and 25 mph winds with gusts above 35) at home this evening (when I will be returning) I decided there wasn’t enough reason to go.

Sorry y’all, I won’t be seeing you this year.

When thre is an incident including Muslims and/or folks of middle eastern ancestry and death or violence, the “Authorities” always claim that there is no indication of terrorism or that it is too soon to determine if there is any link to terrorism…..

But when it is not a Muslim/Middle Easterner, as in the case of Isaiah Peoples, there was an INSTANT declaration of “Domestic Terrorism”.

Now, maybe it was indeed a case of attempted murder. Maybe not. Mr Peoples claims not, of course….But why do we have this disparity in when and/or how quickly a determination can be made?

Strange, isn’t it?

This could get pretty ugly:

“I’d like to know why Ms. Clark is being treated differently than Jussie Smollett,” asked Cook County Judge Marc Martin. “It’s a disorderly conduct case [false] reporting — a lot less egregious than Mr. Smollett’s case. I have a problem with it. Why is she being treated differently?”

And that is exactly the issue: Why is ANYONE being charged with any similar crimes…..and the open question: How long before the prosecutors CAN charge anyone with similar crimes?

It’s not like Mr. Smollett was charged and tried for his crime but got a light sentence….the charges were DROPPED…so why is the County of Cook charging anyone?

I do these things so you don’t have to experiment on yourself……

11,000 rpm 4 inch grinder (without the safety guard, of course…because I’m a guy) with an 80 grit flap disc…
skin on knuckle
0.0000004 seconds of contact time.

Skin gone.

But it is clean and should heal rapidly.

YMMV.

Now you know, just in case you were wondering. 

Went to have a bit of Easter Celebration with Midwest Chick’s sister and her husband.

Now, normally, this is a 3 1/2 hour drive….

Or a 1.2 hour flight.

So, we could go, have time to see each other, break bread, etc. and still return at a decent hour, rather than spend more time travelling than celebrating together.

This is why I learned to fly and own a plane.

1.2 each way, and 3 landings.
Weather was frikkin’ perfect. Clear skies, 6 mph winds at 7500/6500, and fairly smooth until the final approach back home.

Please, remember WHY it is a holiday.

Today was the day when some colonists chose to stand and fight their government over control….When that Government wanted to take control of the Colonists means of defying the heavy hand of government……And when a government learned what can happen when a pissed off citizenry with arms has had enough. There are those that say (with good reason) that that day, 244 years ago, was the real beginning of the United States of America.  (one wonders what those folks might think of the current residents of those lands today, what they have become….I think they’d spit on those resident of Massachusetts today) (look up the battles of Concord and Lexington if you aren’t sure what I am talking about)

Also, 26 years ago today, we have the anniversary of the day when our Government went berserk in middle Texas and killed 76 men, women, and children who were holed up and simply resisting arrest. Killed ’em with fire and gas.
And when that happened, the rest of the citizens sat around and watched it on TV.
And we didn’t hunt down and kill those responsible because the folks they killed were a bit strange and were portrayed by the Media as Religious Extremists.
So we watched our Government and their employees kill those folks AND LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
After all, Janet Reno is still breathing…..which is a shame, really. As are her commanders on the scene. A further shame. You and I and our fellow citizens watched ’em commit murder on live TV.

If it doesn’t happen this time, I am sure that soon (like a generation or three, at most) it will happen eventually.

I  mean, is there anyone who didn’t think, even for a moment, that the fire was just possibly a bit of arson by a proponent of a different religion?

There is a history of building Mosques on the sites of Churches (and vice versa).