If all those folks who are screaming about Gun Control (“We must take action!!!”) would take the time to organize and spend half as much energy as they do in ineffective “protests” that really do nothing but boost the egos of the people leading them, and instead would organize to patrol and defend around and near the schools, they could probably actually accomplish something, either by deterring the next miscreant or being in a position to take action if and when. Wouldn’t even need to be armed with firearms, really. A decent truncheon would work..or a Tazer or pepper spray (all of which are illegal in these school zones).

But that would require that they actually think, think ahead and plan, and not just be reactionary….which is where their failing is. Likely, in about 10 days, they’ll find another shiny object meme of the day to watch and froth over.

Plus, of course, it would require them to take action themselves, and not expect someone else to do so, which is (generally) their thought process.

Or, as some call them, the Feebles.

Either way, kids are dead, likely because of their inaction and lack of attention. How many folks will get fired for this (Yes, that was a rhetorical question, we all know the answer is zero)

On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI’s Public Access Line (PAL) tipline to report concerns about him. The caller provided information about Cruz’s gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior, and disturbing social media posts, as well as the potential of him conducting a school shooting.


Under established protocols, the information provided by the caller should have been assessed as a potential threat to life. The information then should have been forwarded to the FBI Miami Field Office, where appropriate investigative steps would have been taken.


We have determined that these protocols were not followed for the information received by the PAL on January 5. The information was not provided to the Miami Field Office, and no further investigation was conducted at that time.

Valparaiso gunshow (Dunes Pistol and Rifle Club).

I’ll be selling raffle tickets for My gun club.

And, of course, shopping for bargains.

If yer there, stop by and get a raffle ticket at the VPRC table. .

“A well fed man has many problems, a starving man has but one.”

Source unknown

Seems that Trumps budget includes a proposed cut (to zero in 2 years) of funding for both PBS and NPR.

Now, I do believe that once these were good uses of Federal money. Once.

Now, both PBS and NPR have become biased, and they run commercials , actual PAID commercials. Which makes them government funded propaganda outlets for the DNC that also get to charge for advertising time just like a commercial station.

PBS and NPR haven’t been evenhanded in their reporting or the commentary they allow in many decades. They took the gloves off during the Clinton (Bubba, not Hillary) days, and then ramped the liberal game up after that, especially during the days of Barry the O.

They don’t even pretend not to be a spokesman for the DNC anymore.

So yes, I support the defunding of both NPR and CBS. Where they were once educational and gave a platform for budding artists and for history and documentaries, they have lost their mission long ago.
If they and their programming are worth saving, then someone will fund them. If not, then they deserve to fade away. 

So like most folks, I had always believe that a brighter flashlight is a better flashlight. I mean, more lumens makes for more happiness, right? More lumens make it easier to see, and work, and (up till now) I had never said “gee I wish this light (or headlamp) was dimmer and had a much lower output”.

Yeah, that was before I had to fly at night. The lowest output light I own (I brought 3) is about a hundred lumens…..Which is about 94 lumens too many for the task in a small airplane at night. I mean, I had 2 lights with me that have both red and white light which are what I would have considered “low output” (and they were too bright by a factor of 10), and one additional  light that is like looking at the sun……

But in a small plane at 4500 feet, trying to look outside and compare what I see below and read a sectional chart, one needs a lumen count in the single digits, not one with 3 zeros to the left of the decimal…..

And now I gotta go find a decent LOW output penlight or headlamp.

Pilots: any suggestions? 

So some executive orders that were enacted illegally cannot be undone by a second executive order……

Or at least that is what the courts said today. 

Seems that a Clinton appointed judge says that an Executive order that was, on it’s face, illegal (But written and signed by a Democrat) cannot be undone by a legally enacted Executive order by a Republican….

So somehow, Executive orders become law if they are in place long enough….IF done by Democrat. Why do we allow this? This wasn’t LAW, enacted by the legislature it was a proclamation. Why do we allow ANY president to use executive orders this way? 

Someone seems to think that I need some of those Wood Pills,

A lot.
They keep sending me mail offering great discounts.

I’m not sure what the difference between Levitra,Cialis and whatever it is that starts with a “V”.

I’m not sure why they think so, either…..nor am I comfortable having someone think they know all that about my member, even if they are (so far at least) wrong in their assessment…..

So far, my junk still works, so I just send those messages to Spam.

Must be a lot of profit in chinese knockoffs of stiffy pills though.