Communication in Self Defense

 Sheriff Jim Wilson takes on the subject of communication under stress.

Mainly, the value of short concise communications with a partner in times of extreme stress, like a self-defense scenario.  It's worth the read, and it's worth considering.

Needlepoint

One of my past bosses, a full-bull colonel, had a needlepoint hanging on his office wall.  Small and tastefully done, framed and in a prominent location, it simply said "Never Let The Bureaucrat Win".

I took that message to heart, and I used it to guide my professional life.

Bureaucrats tend to be self-serving.  While they may be pleasant and personable, they also tend to believe their own hype.   It appears to me that Dr. Anthony Fauci, MD, has long ago fallen into the trap.  Say what you will about Doc Fauci; while he may be a credentialed giant in virus medicine, he is also a bureaucrat who believes his own hype. 

For example, several months ago, when asked abut herd immunity, he kept changing the numbers.  I can understand that science changes, evolves  over time, but in a later interviews, he plainly sated that he was fudging the numbers.

"When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75 percent," Fauci said. "Then, when newer surveys said 60 percent or more would take it, I thought, 'I can nudge this up a bit,' so I went to 80, 85."

That isn't science, that is bureaucratic bullshit. 

This past weekend, in another interview, he plainly said that if someone is criticized him, then they are criticizing science.  That is not science.  That is ego talking.  

It's time for Anthony Fauci, MD to go away.  His mountain-sized ego is making a mockery of the very science he presumes to represent. His admission that he "fudges" numbers calls into question his dedication to true science.  Science is what it is, not what Fauci would like it to be.

Covid By County - US Map

 Interesting map of covid infection over at the CDC.  This is their map, not mine.  I wonder what Ron Desantis did differently from all the other governors.  Oh, wait, I remember.  He protected his most vulnerable citizens, then let the rest of the state be free.

Interesting map, isn't it.  It is an official CDC graphic.  I wish Louisiana were as blue as Florida on this map, but we have a leftist, Democrat governor who follows Fauci and the CDC right down to the jot and tittle.

Sunday Projects

 My buddy Quincy is down-sizing.  Getting rid of stuff he doesn't use or need, and he brought me a gift last week.  His late wife had bought a table for some un-named hobby ten years ago.  For one reason or another, it was never assembled,  and wound up in his storage shed still in the box.  He brought it it me, thinking I might use it.  He was right.

It's a wooden table, suitable for a number of tasks, but I think it was designed as a wood-working table.  Grandson Quinton put it together today after our Sunday lunch.  Gumbo, of course.

That's the gumbo, before the assembled crew went through it.  I fed seven people today for lunch, a fairly light crowd for this place, but no one seemed to complain.

Then, Quinton and I got busy with the table.

The top is 60X20, and is just right for sitting on a small stool.  I believe it is going to become a gunsmithing table.  I believe I'll mount a small vise and a light, and maybe a magnifier on it.  For the next couple of weeks, it will be a work-in-progress.  But, I think it will be a useful addition to the club house.

In Excelsis Deo

Suddenly, it seems to be dusty in here.  I need to change the filters, I guess.

Projects

 Zach and his dad assembling an e-bike in the shop.

We use the shop for lots more than just shooting.

The Nu Variant

 The news is everywhere this morning.  There is a new variant of Covid on the screen.  The "Nu" variant, maned after the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet.

If nothing else, I'm impressed with the timing.  Coming on the heels of Thanksgiving, on the cusp of the Christmas season, they have to come up with something that will harsh the season.

If it hadn't been for Fauci dragging the goal posts up and down the field, we'd have been done with Covid over a year ago.  In truth, many of us were done with it a year ago.

Excuse me if I simply  yawn form boredom.  They are becoming entirely too predictable.  Of course there is a new variant.  How else would they keep a significant portion of the population scared?

Okay, No Problem

 It's an odd marketing move, but I'll go with it.  It seems that Heaven Hill distillery is asking people not to buy their signature Rittenhouse Rye in celebration of the verdict last week

In an odd marketing move, whiskey and bourbon distiller and distributor Heaven Hill posted a statement to its official Twitter account Sunday asking people who are buying its ‘Rittenhouse’ branded rye not to purchase the drink if they intend to use it to cheer the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.

I like rye whiskey, but when I reach for rye, I'm grabbing a bottle of Sazerac Rye. Sazerac is a Louisiana brand that is currently produced at Buffalo Trace distillery in Kentucky.

If Heaven Hill doesn't want me to drink Rittenhouse, that's okay with me.  Get woke, go broke.

Thanksgiving

 For this, dear Lord, we are thankful.

Prep Continues

 I estimate that we're feeding abut 20 people tomorrow.  That ain't no burden, we'll have plenty of food.

But, what does one do when the mixer craps out in the middle of Thanksgiving prep?  Allow me to introduce the Dewalt cordless mixer.

We'll buy a new mixer early next week.

Thanksgiving Prep

 The family is gathering, and we're prepping for tomorrow.   It's going to be turkey and dressing, and ham, and green bean casserole, cranberry salad, yeast rolls, candied yams, various deserts, it's going to be HUGE!

We have to feed the assembled today, and Belle is making a big pot of chicken and dumplings for lunch  I've got to put a couple of chickens on to boil, so I"d best get busy.

They Say It Like It's A Bad THing

 I've been watching the news, and I love the English language.  So, let's look at the word, Vigil.  According to the Google dictionary.

vigil (noun) - a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray.

That  doesn't sound so bad.  A period of time to keep watch or pray.   I have kept vigils during my lifetime, for either personal, family or community reasons.  So, the act of keeping a vigil makes one vigilant.

Vigilant (adjective) - keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.

But, if we put an "e" on the end of the word, it becomes something totally different. 

Vigilante (noun) - a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority

And yet, we see this being played out on the left-wing media.

 

I don't think that the description of "vigilante" describes what we saw at all.  Kyle Rittenhouse was keeping a vigil over a friend's property when he was attacked and forced to defend himself.  That does not make him a vigilante.

50 years of D.B. Cooper

Fifty years ago, tomorrow, a fellow we know as D.B. Cooper hijacked a plane, got his ransom money, and parachuted into infamy.  It is still an open case, and the only known airplane hijacker who got away with it.

Over the past 50 years, lots of speculation, lots of bafflement, and no one knows why he did it. if he survived the parachute jump, or where the money went.  It's all a mystery.

Dan Gryder says he has figured it out, and he's going to do a parachute jump tomorrow to kinda-sorta recreate the famous parachute escape.  Say what you will about Gryder, but he is an interesting sort of fellow, and I wish him a lot of luck.

Can you believe it's been 50 years since Cooper walked out the back of a Boeing 727 at night, in a storm, somewhere over the Pacific Northwest?

Spicy dirt

Got up this morning and had to replace an alternator and battery in Grandson Zach's car.  It's what PawPaw's do.  But, I made Zach turn a wrench, and I basically just supervised.

While we were finishing up, Belle made meat pies and we had a nice lunch.  Now, I'm in the mod for a little construction humor.  Have y'all met Breadstick Rick?

Mass Casualty Incident

 Evidently, there was a mass-casualty event in Wauseka, WI this weekend where some asshole drove  an SUV through a crowed gathered for a holiday parade.  Over 20 people were injured and some fatally.

Our condolences  and prayers go to the families affected.

Police are reporting that they have a suspect in custody.  He's a career criminal, the type that drives the criminal justice system stone-crazy.

“Brooks is a career criminal with multiple priors and was released from jail two days prior to the incident after posting a $1,000 bail for three misdemeanors and two felonies. He has a history of resisting arrest, obstruction, battery, statutory sexual seduction, strangulation and suffocation, property destruction, illegal firearm possession, bail jumping, domestic violence, drug related charges and is a registered sex offender.”

Now, he can add multiple counts to that list, some of them will be homicide. 

Shut Up, Gavin

 Gavin Newsome, you despicable troll.  Everything in the below tweet is demonstrably wrong.  Wrong on the facts, wrong on the message.  Let's look at it, shall we?

You can break the law: He didn't break the law.  A jury of his peers found him Not Guilty.  They found his self-defense claim both reasonable and justified.  No laws were broken

carry around a weapon built for a military:  No, by all reports, he used an  Smith and Wesson M&P.  It's a weapon built for the civilian market and has no relationship with the Colt M4.  The two look somewhat alike, but the M&P is not built for the military.  Educate yourself before you embarrass yourself.

shoot and kill people:  He was forced to do that by the activities of those people he shot.  He did not choose to do that, Rosenbaum and Huber were volunteers and initiated the action.

and get away with it:  The right of self-defense is as old as English common law.  He didn't get away with it.  He was jailed, tried in a court of law, and acquitted.

So, Gavin, every single clause in your hypothesis is demonstrably wrong. Wrong in fact and wrong in law.  Perhaps you should sit down, shut up, and put your mask on.  Newsome is a barking moonbat who has destroyed California.  

Now, we've heard from both California and New York, and they were both demonstrably wrong.

Well, There Is That

 Stolen from Aesop's page.

Thanks, Termite.

Redneck Science. How Does A Carburetor Work?

How does a carburetor work?  Physics.

The Moonbats Roar

 I've been watching the moonbats melt down over the Rittenhouse verdict, and I adnit that I am amused at the amount of stunning ignorance that is coming out.  Two different legacy news agencies said that the riots were al about the killing of Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man shot by police.

Only one part of that is true.  Jacob Blake was neither unarmed or killed.  He had a knife and he is still alive today.  Go watch Tucker Carlson's deconstruction if you would like.  He covers all the bases, and I don't have time to do it here.  If's worth a watch.

However, I would like to talk about Mayor Bill de Blaso's tweet.  It's so wrong, it's hilarious.

No, you poor, ignorant dumbass.  Huber and Rosenbaum were not victims.  They were volunteers.  As did Bicep Boy.  As we know now, and you would know if you bothered to do even he most basic research, Kyle didn't take his gun across sate lines.  And, he didn't just start shooting people.  He was attacked and defended himself.

Every person in the legacy media and in the Democratic party, and in BLM, and in all the other outrage groups are distorting the record of what happened in this case.  But, it doesn't fit your idea of an unarmed and helpless citizenry.

Justice was served in the Rittenhouse case and a stalwart jury stood in the breach and upheld  The People's right to defend life and property.  But, we must not relax our vigilance.  The forces of evil are lashing out in horror that a young man, a common citizen would demonstrate for us so completely what it means to a free citizen.

I'm sorry that Rosenbaum and Huber lost their lives, but they put themselves in that situation.  They are not victims, and anyone who calls them victims is not only wrong, but evil.

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