Great Success! Guns for Sailing!

Guns. For Sale. In Washington D.C. Craziness. I never thought I'd see the day.

story at WTOP, found at Say Uncle, and he found it at NRAILA.

He Was Only 6 Months Old . . .

. . . and he was putting forth a genuine belly-laugh.

It was great. Last night #1 was jumping up and down, squirming, and making various noises, and #3 was laughing about as hard as I've ever heard him laugh. Hearing the pure, innocent laughter of a baby is one of the requisite experiences for having led a full life.

Candlejack! Oh NO! I Said His Name!

I was trying to explain something to a co-worker and he had never heard of Candlej-

Cheney in Georgia.

From the International Herald Tribune (complete with commentary saying this may not be a good idea, given Cheney's past 'just words').

Vice President Cheney went to Georgia in person to pledge support for rebuilding

...

I would have thought we would help to rebuild AFTER Russia GTFO but I only have as much foreign policy experience as Barry Obama, so what do I know?

So we're going to give Georgia $1B. Any predictions on how much of that is stolen by the russians at their checkpoints?

By the way, if we as a nation could have mustered the political will to get our own natural resources instead of sucking on Russia's teat for the last few decades, we would be in a position to stomp on their balls and throw a few missiles when somebody invades our strategic allies. As it is, we are reduced to saying Pretty Please, with a stern frown on our face. Good job, socialists environmentalists.

Sons of Iraq: Arrest Not Recommended

The Iraqi government is trying to arrest the leaders of the Sons of Iraq. This is possibly a very Bad Idea. I can see trying to dissuade them from being all shooty by themselves, if security on the ground allows it, or maybe doing more to turn them into regular forces. But threatening arrest? Smells like the beginnings of a new class of enemy to me.

Right, so you don't know what I'm talking about. You didn't hear about that in between commercials whilst watching American Idle. Not even the network news had time to mention it. Background, more here.

Pakistan: Maybe You Need To Do It Yourself, Then.

Apparently when we send a Predator or some other high-flier in to Pakistan to clean out the Trash, the Pakistani government can say some words of indignation and the locals will calm down. But we recently sent boots on the ground, killed people, and broke things. Almost as if we were fighting an enemy in a war or something.

This is "counterproductive" and we "should review" what we're up to. Right. Should we do a check-up from the neck-up and decide to replace a bunch of petty thugs running a bunch of hamlets in Pakistan with US military officers and turn it into a police state, ward of the USA? No? Then why don't you send a few downrange when you have some terrorists in-house, instead of getting all bent out of shape when we do it?

Ground assaults on nominally friendly countries' soil: because when it comes to the Religion of Peace, you need to keep your Peace Hand strong.

Sun Spots: Not So Much.

From
Daily Tech



For the first time in a hunner't years, there have been no sunspots for more than a month. Global Warming alarmists will surely fail to take note of "just words" like:

"According to Watts, the effect of sunspots on TSI (total solar irradiance) is negligible, but the reduction in the solar magnetosphere affects cloud formation here on Earth, which in turn modulates climate." (emphasis mine)

and

"Last year Svensmark's "SKY" experiment claimed to have proven that galactic cosmic rays -- which the sun's magnetic field partially shields the Earth from -- increase the formation of molecular clusters that promote cloud growth. Svensmark, who recently published a book on the theory, says the relationship is a larger factor in climate change than greenhouse gases." (emphasis mine, again)

Now, correlation is not causation (which won't shut Al Gore up for a second), but let's have a peek at a recent trend:


The end of a solar cycle, with the forecast number of spots being revised downward. Fewer sunspots are expected. Are you still with me?



The Maunder and Dalton Minima are associated with "little ice ages", with crop-damageing, famine-inducing COLD.

Global Warming believers: are you paying attention yet? It's not my SUV OR Al Gore's private jet, it's the SUN that heats our planet. When it backs off, you may want to consider investing in a winter clothing company.

Minor News, Nothing Much Really. . .

So here's something I didn't notice blasted all over the alphabet networks (yet? we'll see, not holding my breath). Seems to me like this is a major advancement, but hey what do I know.

On Monday, U.S. commanders formally returned responsibility for keeping order in Anbar Province, once the heartland of the Sunni insurgency, to the Iraqi Army and police. The ceremony, including a parade on a freshly paved street, capped one of the most significant turnabouts in the country since the war began five and a half years ago."

Obama of course would have taken a different route, using "just words" to counteract the "just murder" being done to the Iraqi people and our fighting men. Remember that when you vote the Democrat ticket this December.

My Rights Are Better Than Your Rights!

That is to say: My right to be safe by being armed and able to defend myself, is superior to your 'right' to feel safe by not having anyone with icky guns waking around (unless they are The Police, an altogether different species of people and The Only Ones Professional Enuff).

Eh? From Sharp as a Marble, found while reading Says Uncle

Asked if it was wise to carry a gun near the Obama event, Noble said: "His rights don't trump mine."

You know, in the old Soviet Union, they used to persecute the accused (read: torture the innocent) because they protested their innocence. The logic was that they were doing a Bad Thing, speaking against the State... after all, hadn't the prosecutor gone to all this trouble to bring a case? Are you saying the prosecutor is WRONG? The detectives and arresting officers, all agents of the State, are WRONG? How dare you? Because they have gone to the trouble of bringing a case, you MUST be in the wrong!

Yeah, this guy got a little taste of that, after he crossed an invisible barrier laid down at somebody's arbitrary whim, BEFORE The Candidate showed up, to hand out informative literature. And got arrested and shackled for hours, and had a weeks' wages worth of property confiscated and not (yet?) returned.

As I said to a co-worker with whom I was discussing this mess: Do you still have rights if you get arrested every time you exercise them and get an apology and no formal charges afterwards?

CZ Firearms: If You Want One, Get It Here!

Larry Correia: Gun Dealer. Writer. Firearms Instructor. Accountant.

He's offering deals you won't find advertised on the air (literally) and if you are staying away from ANY CZ firearm, be it a handgun or long gun, ask him for a quote.

P.S. if I had any gun-buying money at all, I'd see how much he'd charge me for one of these:


If I didn't already have enough calibers in the arsenal and didn't mind one more, I might be inclined to go with one of these:


Aww heck, if I had the cash for it, I'd get both and just stock up in one more caliber. Go see how much he wants, you'll be pleasantly surprised I'm sure.