Category: General
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On the wall…
There are five rifles on the wall. Four lever action and “Mrs. Pink”, an AR-15 platform with pink furniture. Don’t ask. They are known as “Bear”, “Deer”, “Raccoon”, “Squirrel”, and “Mrs. Pink.” Bear is a Henry Big Boy in 45-70. Deer is a Winchester model 94 in 30-30. Squirrel is a Henry Golden Boy in…
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Sham Marriage
Immigration law in the United States is garbage. For many years, we did accept immigrants. Americans to be. We were the melting pot. You came to the United States, proud of your original country, or hating it, then you work to become an American. The stories of parents demanding that their children only speak English,…
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Mel Gibson
What does this have to do with the Second Amendment? It appears that Mel Gibson is a prohibited person. If you read §922(g) closely, you will find that prohibited person includes people who have not been convicted of a felony nor any of the things we might consider reason to prohibit. It gets better, under…
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I Expected More of You…
Years ago, I was in conversations with a lady, we agreed to meet for coffee and then a movie. When I arrived, she was busy with other people. I waited. When she was finally done with the others, I asked her which movie she was interested in seeing. “I’ve decided I don’t want to go…
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I Got It Right, Thank You Mark Smith
I wrote this morning’s post last night, before Mark Smith had posted. I felt I got it right. It feels wonderful to hear him saying the same things I was trying to write about.
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The Zelenskyy Drama (ripped off)
I’m tired, I’m stealing this from Miguel. Old readers from the blog know that I view the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as a large version of a war between the Barzinis and the Corleones. For some reason, Ukraine went from being a cesspool of corruption and international crime to an innocent country bullied by…
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Being a Federal Employee
My mentor was a federal employee. He, and his team, worked odd hours. I would put in my 8 hours as a contractor and then go to his lab and work with him and his team until midnight or later. Somewhere along the way, people noticed that his team didn’t have set hours and raised…
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4D Chess?
Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake., Your enemy is not stupid. In 2016, I was listening to Ben Shapiro, he had a hate on for Trump. He would often say something to the effect, “The people who think Trump…
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Tick Tock, The Clock is Done
The amount of grief I’ve put up with to get this working buggers imagination. To have a NTP stratum 1 server, you need to have a certain set of capabilities. First, you need a stratum 0 device. This is an atomic clock or a GPS receiver. You need a method to communicate with the GPS…
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How DEI works in hiring
Consider for a moment that you are a company that contracts with the government. You have a 5-page contract about what you are supposed to deliver, how much you will charge, and when it will be delivered. The other 200+ pages of the contract are where you promise to do all the “equality” stuff the…