Temporary poverty vs Permanent poverty.

It is my opinion that most folks who live in “poverty” (note that the definition changes often) generally do so by choices they make. Many tines over and over. It is a culture, a thought process, and a lack of learning….a failure to connect behavior now with results later.

I employed many folks with the “poverty mindset”….”cant pay the rent, but look at my new tattoo”……”Car needs tires and I can’t afford ’em….hey, are you gonna meet us at the bar on Friday night”? Etc etc, wash/rinse/ repeat.

My father says that “Poverty is a state of mind”.  The older I get, the smarter he seems.

HERE.

you’ll smile. 

I thought the rate of fire was low for an Auto.

Gunman had “Bump Stock” (warning, autoplay video)

Still doesn’t answer the other questions though.

on the news media at all about Stephen Paddock’s political affiliation, one has to wonder: Is he a leftist? I mean, if he had posted anything Pro-Trump, even once, the media would have found it and would be waving it in our faces right now…

So is he a DNC supporter and they just aren’t saying anything about it?

Or is there simply nothing to report: He has no Social Media footprint and no one knows?

Either is possible. I do believe that if he leaned Right they’d have told us about it already. 

Back in the 150. Think i’m gonna stay there.

Flew for about 20 min refamiliarizing myself with the type.

Then did several simulated landings above a road. Wind was at 190 at 10 gusting to 18.

Was a warning about drone activity 1.5 miles north of runway 18.

Entered the pattern. Did ok there. Was turning base when I saw the helicopter.   About 1000 feet AGL, and about 1 mile off the end of the runway, maybe less. Wasn’t happy, it startled me. Kinda in my way. No position calls from them and I admit, it shook me up. Then after we avoided ’em, a belated call warning about helicopter activity. Not sure if it was the helicopters making the call or someone else. But I went around the pattern instead of trying to land that time. I did complain on CTAF that they should have announced themselves when I called my intentions. Yes, I know it is my responsibility to avoid collisions. Still.

They moved north. Seems they were searching for some lost kids.

Entering the pattern again got a warning call about ANOTHER helicopter. Then someone else complained on CTAF that they should announce their positions as they moved around since they were close to the active runway…. Anyway, I saw him, and he was not in my way, so I did a decent approach, but fought the wind. And a gust blew me off the runway centerline just before landing.

Go around. Shit. Again.

Next time, they were both back. We left the pattern to the east and flew a few circles around a point for practice ’til the cop choppers called that they were clear of the pattern.

Then again, a nice approach and a failed landing as again, the wind blew me far off the centerline. I was overcontrolling at the end of the approach.

Go around.

We asked, and the cops were gonna be there for a while, so did another circuit then decided to cut it short.  Mike did the landing. He too had to fight the gusts but kept it close to the centerline to land.

I need a decent day with not too much wind to do a landing or 6 and get myself more confident.

I can FLY ok, I’m comfortable doing that, and I am ok with wind once at an altitude… I can take off. I’m getting better at taxiing…I can do approaches.The last 50-75 feet are a bitch.

I gotta get this landing shit together. 

Read ’em HERE.

I have wondered about most of these.

I have no answers, and likely won’t ever get ’em.

But it does make one wonder…..WHY? Somethin’ doesn’t add up.

Link found HERE, although I check the Report a few times a week anyway. 

Supposedly dead?

ETA: Apparently true

Las Vegas shooting.

Early reports say the gunman shot from a hotel window. (Other say there were several shooters, so we really don’t know). Sniper(s) from above at the crowd at the concert.

50 dead, 200 injured. Suspect is named as Stephen Paddock.

Prayers for the folks there.

ETA: AAAND the Gun Control propaganda has already started. Plus “Fully Automatic Weapons”!!! and “Any Assault Weapon is easily converted” (which is bullshit).

But they cannot help but dance in the blood of the victims, can they?

ETA2: something odd about this. A 60+ year old from an ASSISTED LIVING facility did this? 

Of the real reason why we need the Second Amendment.

Borepatch shows one good one.

The police can be stormtroopers in Spain, as there is really no right to own firearms, and everything must be licensed and each license is difficult to obtain.

Therefore the police can run amok and few can stop them. The “citizens” have no real way to fight back.

They can do that here in the US too…..once. Then the citizens can take the offensive if the need arises.

Let us hope we never get to that point here. 

No more of those books that the Left and (most of) our government think we should not have access to.

Seems that Paladin Press has fallen on hard times and will close after 40+ years of publishing. So long to the “most dangerous publisher in the world”.

If there is something of theirs you were thinking about buying, do it now. There will be no more orders after Nov 28th.

One wonders what some of those guys at the gunshows will sell now?