09:16 – You won’t read about it in the MSM, but a lot of people are hoping that the government gridlock will continue, ideally until the next president takes office. As far as I’m concerned, the Republicans’ job at this point is to cut off the oxygen to Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and the rest of that bunch. Don’t give an inch on the budget, the debt limit, or anything else. Force them to spend within their means. If that means the size of the federal government is cut in half, well that’d be a good start.
I’ve just been reading about the case in Florida where a 12-year-old girl killed herself by jumping from a tower in a disused concrete plant, apparently because she was depressed by other girls posting mean things about her on Facebook. As sad as death of any child is, the response of the sheriff was outrageous. He’s charged two other girls, aged 12 and 14, with felonies for engaging in speech protected by the First Amendment. From the reports, these other girls are despicable little weasels and poor excuses for human beings. But they didn’t kill the victim; she killed herself. And there’s no excuse for the sheriff violating the Constitutional rights of these other girls, or indeed anyone else.
I made up two dozen chemical bags for chemistry kits yesterday. Today, I’ll make up two dozen chemical bags for biology kit. After we get those four dozen kits assembled, it’ll be back to bottling more chemicals and making up more subassemblies. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Agreed on the Repubs but that’s already a lost cause; they’re busy caving and groveling just as fast as they can, panicked, as was to be expected. The horrors will continue until morale improves.
Teenage girls in this culture are a nightmare on several levels; there is tremendous pressure on them from all angles and all too many of them break under it. Parents are either clueless, powerless or not even in the picture. Three of my four nieces are having or have had serious problems along these lines and the fourth is still having them but dealing with it bravely and is one tough cookie who takes after her old man.
That sheriff down there is outta control and should be so told by whomever. I wonder how the other girls will feel years from now knowing they were instrumental in someone’s death like that.
66 here today and overcast with gale-force winds coming from the south on the Lake.
Apparently, the mother had pulled the victim out of public school, homeschooled her for a year, and then put her in a different public school. But the harrassment continued, via cell phone and social media sites. So my question is, why did the mother not take away the girl’s cellphone and forbid her from visiting social media sites? Well, one of my questions. There’s a lot of blame to go around here, but it seems to me that most of it falls on the adults who were or should have been involved.
If this kind of shit happened when I was that age, the parents would have taken switches to the bare asses of the girls involved. I suppose it’s not PC to say that kids, particularly girl children, are naturally vicious little savages who understand only pain as a brake on their more outrageous behaviors. Of course, nowadays any parent who took a switch to the bare ass of one of these girls would inevitably be charged with felony child abuse.
As far as the Republicans, what none of the news stories have figured out is that national polls mean nothing to the hard-core Tea Partier congressmen. They’re in districts whose voters *want* them to do what they’re doing. In fact, if they stop doing it, they’ll answer to those voters at the polls. That gives me some hope that they’ll hang tough.
A lot of parents nowadays are evidently persona non grata on many levels; at home, in the school systems and in caring much about what goes on there. Same deal in my day, which is really OUR day; kids would have been yanked out temporarily and smacked and further punished in some other way. But now the inundation in and from various media is relentless and nonstop; even if the mom had taken away the cell and locked up the computers she would have found some other way to get online again.
I hope you’re right about the TP congressmen but I have grown very cynical; I see them go off to Mordor, imbibe the toxic vapors there, and become what they railed against. My view is, of course, that the whole system is broken and will need a complete format, reboot and reinstall of another operating system. That is coming whether anyone realizes it or not and it’s way bigger than just the ongoing invasions and infiltrations of commies and hadjis.
You may be right. I hope not. I’m too old for this shit.
Boehner is Dead Speaker Walking if this passes the House with Democrat help and the 40 Republican Tea Partiers voting against it. He will get zero votes from the Democrats for Speaker in Jan 2015.
BTW, I have read that there are 40 40 Republican Tea Partiers in the House. I wonder if that number will increase or decrease.
I hope I’m not right, too, and if you’re too old for this shit, so am I. I am not in shape for small-unit guerrilla infantry tactics across the landscape anymore or holding off night-time crew-served weapons squad attacks and air cav assaults. All I keep thinking of is that scrawny old French & Indian War vet in Arlington, MA coming out of his house and firing on the retreating British troops from Concord and Lexington. They shot him twice and finally bayoneted him eleven times by his front door.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Russell_House
I keep on wondering what I will do when they park an APC in the middle of my street with a squad. Then they start demanding all guns and ammo be brought to them before the house to house search. Will I or won’t I?
My view is, of course, that the whole system is broken and will need a complete format, reboot and reinstall of another operating system. That is coming whether anyone realizes it or not and it’s way bigger than just the ongoing invasions and infiltrations of commies and hadjis.
You do realize that 80% of the population of the USA will die in the reformat and reboot? The lucky ones will die quickly in the riots and bombings. The unlucky ones will starve.
You obviously haven’t taken OFD’s advice about stocking a few M72’s or AT4’s. Neither is much good against a main battle tank, but either is a potent argument against APC’s and other light-skinned armored vehicles.
The coastal metropoles will be in deep doo-doo as will all the large cities across the interior, plus the ‘burbs. This is not something to be wished for or planned; it is just probably inevitable at some point. These systems cannot be sustained forever, and I doubt, to the end of this century.
Two points about the APC weapons confiscation squad: hand over a couple of pieces, a box of ammo and make manifest your earnest desire to always cooperate with these heroes. Turn in a neighbor or two who’s pissed you off. Meanwhile have your main inventory stashed off-site somewhere and pick that spot carefully; plenty of advice online for that.
Second point: I wouldn’t recommend engaging an APC with squad and/or tank/s unless one has the numbers and experience and the weapons needed. Which is doubtful. But those guys all have to pee and crap and eat and sleep somewhere, too. If they start blowing away citizens left and right here, they become legitimate targets themselves.
Two points about the APC weapons confiscation squad: hand over a couple of pieces, a box of ammo and make manifest your earnest desire to always cooperate with these heroes.
Oh man, I need a throw down gun too? Even throw down guns are expensive nowadays, Charter, Taurus and Rossi guns are $300 to $400 each. I even saw a Glock 22 the other days for $525 (should have bought it).
Turn in a neighbor or two who’s pissed you off.
Just that single criteria, no guilt item, just for being a quisling? You do know that you get added to another list for turning in somebody.
Meanwhile have your main inventory stashed off-site somewhere and pick that spot carefully; plenty of advice online for that.
Yup. I was hoping that it would not come to that.
So when do we need to do this? Now or do we get some warning? Of course, fresh diggings in the backyard will be suspect. Maybe a new planter or something.
Plus they will have a list of the guns that you own. Too many of them missing will bring you in for interrogation.
And so it starts:
http://www.infowars.com/chase-bank-limits-cash-withdrawals-bans-international-wire-transfers/
Here is that Glock 22 for $530 (was off by $5):
http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/glock-22-40-caliber-safe-action-pistol/pid-126589
I wonder if it is better on misloads than my XDM .40S&W?
Throwdowns should be on the lists, and and others that we wish to keep should not. Anything on a list now is potential throwdown/confiscated. Do NOT bury your stuff in your backyard/on your property! Remember: off-site. Look into the criteria.
In any case, for them to send out troops and cops to confiscate our firearms, they face an uphill struggle; as we have discussed, there are probably half a billion to a billion firearms extant in this country, with many owners possessing whole batteries and arsenals. And a whole lot of them are bought off-the-record, at gun shows and in private sales, auctions, etc. A bunch more are simply stolen. They’d have to bring all the troops home from overseas, plus mobilize the Guard and Reserve in each state and all the cops and all of Homeland Insecurity and so on, and STILL not be able to do this. And the minute they start shooting civilians on a regular basis, they will be instilling anger and rebellion along with the fear. As they sow the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind.
And of course the banksters are gearing up to exert more control in the world; there are probably just four or five guys who run the whole show.
Boner and the Repubs crumble. Biz as usual, yawn. Next up, Obummer elected Prez for life.
Biz as usual, of course. We all saw this coming, right? It’s like watching the “Titanic” movie and already knowing the end but the show could be entertaining in the meantime. Will wassername’s boobs fall out of her dress? Will the band play in tune as they’re sliding down the deck? How long does it take a person to freeze in the north Atlantic?
Either Obummer or the Mooch in ’16, mark my words. This kind of stuff only hastens the coming storm.
This kind of stuff only hastens the coming storm.
I am starting to believe that this is all about campaign funds. Nobody gives them money when times are good. People contribute to politicians only when their ox is being gored. So, in order to get the funds flowing in (my rep sent me three emails in the last two weeks pleading for money), they (Ds and Rs) need a crisis. Looks like we may start having a crisis every 90 days.
But, the 2015 House Speaker election may be interesting. Will the 2015 TP Republicans vote for Boehner?
And, in the unvoted on (so far) deal from the Senate RINOs, from
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/10/16/Senate-Debt-Deal-Includes-Provision-Taking-Away-Congress-Power-To-Increase-Debt-Ceiling
“The plan includes a proposal offered by McConnell in the 2011 debt ceiling crisis that allows Congress to disapprove of the debt ceiling increase, which means lawmakers will formally vote on whether to reject a debt ceiling increase until Feb. 7. Obama can veto that legislation if it passes. If Congress fails as expected to gather a two-thirds majority to override the veto, the debt ceiling would be raised.”
“McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $2 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project”:
http://wfpl.org/post/mcconnell-reid-deal-includes-2-billion-earmark-kentucky-project
I wonder if the House will need to vote on this so called deal before they can read it? Nope, here is a copy of the worst legalese in the world:
http://static.squarespace.com/static/518e7de6e4b0534aaae6ee37/t/525effdfe4b0a1c2db02de6a/1381957599342/crtext.pdf
From the first glance, looks like the sequestration is going away.
I used to live in the apartments across the street from the Jason Russell House. Every year I would go out and watch the reenactment on Patriots Day. It is ironic this thread is talking about gun confiscation when that is exactly what the British were doing on April 19th, 1775; marching on Concord to seize the militia’s weapons and powder.
And the Brits bit off more than they could chew as they marched back toward Boston and Cambridge. The route is still known as Battle Road and many of the stone walls and woods our militia fired from behind are still there, amazingly.