¡Martes por la tarde, enlaces mexicanos!

by | Jun 28, 2022 | Daily Links | 315 comments

I knew I shouldn’t have clicked on that video on my YouTube feed, but how can I resist when the channel has that logo?  I was never into Glocks, being a dinosaur 1911 shooter, but I have handled one of those custom ZEV pistols.  While it was nice I didn’t think it worth the price.  Suddenly I am going down a rabbit hole wondering when these guys are going to make a Gucci Glock clone for around $1000…in 45. For some reason I like the XR.

I have a bunch of .45 stocked up already, I don’t want to start stockpiling another caliber after the pain in the ass it was to stock up on .38/.357 last year.

 

Anyways…you’re here for the links not my window shopping.

 

Four cops killed in an ambush in Jalisco.  Eight attackers killed.

On this side of the wall 46 migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer outside San Antonio.

Its not all bad news, Heineken outsources their production to Mexico.

Brazillian Trump cozies up to Putin.

As far as I can tell, no animals were harmed in the collapse of the grandstand.

The global reaction to LITERALLY the worst assault on civil liberties, EVER.

Protests in Ecuador lead to their government initiating price controls!  …Meanwhile in Ecuador.

 

For a tune, how about something different today?

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315 Comments

  1. Animal

    What’s wrong with dinosaurs?

    <– Looks affectionately at his 1911

    • UnCivilServant

      Manufactured in 1911? Or a newer copy?

      • Animal

        Newer – one of the Armscor guns sold under the brand name “Rock Island Armory.” I wanted a plain, mil-spec 1911A1 clone, as that was what I carried as an Army Company Aidman. It’s a pretty decent piece for the price; it’s got what amounts to Series 70 Colt guts, it’s reliable and shoots well.

        A nostalgia purchase, but I’m pretty happy with it.

      • DEG

        I have one of those.

        It’s been nothing but trouble for me.

        I’ve decided that I will sell it once I get back from my FreedomFest road trip.

        I like 1911s. I will buy collectible ones instead.

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        I have one. It is the only pistol I don’t bother reassembling, and it sits at the bottom of my safe.

        Browning. Hi Power. Embrace the future.

      • UnCivilServant

        I would, but Gyrojet ammo is hard to come by.

      • Animal

        Have you tried different mags? Mine is a little fussy about magazines. The ones that came with it gave me some trouble, so I bought a few Kimber mags and tried those. With those it flawlessly feeds empty cases as well as any kind of ammo.

      • DEG

        Yes, I tried different magazines.

        The feed problems were a bunged up extractor.

        I also had problems with the hammer falling on the half cock notch. A gunsmith worked on that. I don’t remember what went wrong there, but the problem is back.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Nothing. I am simply under no illusions I am a weirdo.

      • Animal

        You and me both, then.

    • EvilSheldon

      ZEV pistols and parts break with frightening regularity. I’d stay well away, unless you like unexpected full-auto fire out of you carry piece.

      • Bobarian LMD

        I used to have a cheapo .22 with a Marlin action that would do that, because we shot it so much, the catch wore out.

        It was fun once you knew.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        unless you like unexpected full-auto fire out of you carry piece.

        As fun as that sounds…duly noted.

      • Sensei

        I thought all gun people did nothing but dream of full auto.

        s/ Most Progs

      • UnCivilServant

        Only if someone else is footing the bill for the ammo.

        Or if I’ve somehow come into Fuck You money and it doesn’t matter how much ammo goes downrange.

      • EvilSheldon

        I love machineguns, and I love surprises. But trust me on this, surprise machineguns are no fucking fun at all.

      • juris imprudent

        Most progs also believe the 10 round mag holds something between 100 and 1000 rounds.

      • Animal

        Some of us actually like hitting the target.

        (But, yeah, full-auto can be loads of fun.)

      • db

        Heh-heh. I had to prove to my gun club that it was safe to shoot full auto on our range. In front of several officers and directors, I took an UZI SMG and did a full 32-round mag dump at a paper plate 30 yards away. 32 holes in the paper plate made my case for me.

      • Animal

        I’ve never tried a full-auto Uzi. It’s very likely that the QC involved in making an Uzi is better than most SMGs. I’ve shot a 9mm MAC-10 and a Grease Gun. Couldn’t hit crap with either.

        The M16 on full auto is more controllable, but only just. A buddy of mine had the chance to shoot an M1928 Thompson, said it was a real handful but he said he managed to put most of his rounds where he wanted – can’t recall how big a target or at what range.

        I am told that the HK MP5-SD2 is a joy to shoot on semi or full, but haven’t had the chance to try one.

    • R C Dean

      Put me in the dinosaur camp. Love me my Para, which I am currently investing in to get it set up for a suppressor (new threaded barrel, to be followed by a new co-witnessed optic mount which will require more gunsmithing). If you want a suppressed pistol, get a .45 as the ammo is subsonic. If you want a .45, grow a testicle and get a 1911.

      • EvilSheldon

        Herr Dean,

        For what you are investing in your Para, you may be getting close to a new Staccato (or similar), which can have an optic cut and threaded barrel from the factory…

  2. Rebel Scum

    How will the overturn of Roe v. Wade affect abortion rights and access outside the U.S.?

    Don’t care.

    “Almost all unsafe abortions currently occur in developing countries, and UNFPA fears that more unsafe abortions will occur around the world if access to abortion becomes more restricted. Decisions reversing progress gained have a wider impact on the rights and choices of women and adolescents everywhere.”

    Because Mississippi has fuck all to do with places that are not Mississippi.

    • Mustang

      These kinds of articles are how you get a Trump. Joe Sixpack in Arkansas doesn’t give a flying fuck what someone in Nigeria or Sweden thinks about him. I’m sure the same can be said for most people in all those other countries too. It’s this elitist globalist mindset that they’re opposing.

      • Chafed

        So much this. I’ll also add Dobbs has nothing to do with the US funding or not funding overseas abortions.

    • Tonio

      Developing countries also tend to have higher infant mortality rates, too. So the “unsafe” abortions are products of those countries’ shit medical systems.

      Also, my understanding is that “medical” (pharmaceutical) abortions are way safer than surgical abortions. The article doesn’t mention the impact of those drugs on women’s mortality in the developing world.

    • R C Dean

      Almost all unsafe abortions medical procedures currently occur in developing countries

      And how America restricting abortions will result in more unsafe abortions “around the world” is less than clear to me.

      • B.P.

        See, when Arkansas outlaws abortions, Arkansans will be flying to far-away, third-world countries to get them.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Like New York!

  3. Shpip

    The beermaker said it had seen increased demand for cans in the country, as other national alcoholic drink producers like Becle (CUERVO.MX), Jose Cuervo’s parent company, say they are struggling to obtain glass to bottle their spirits.

    The Mexicans must’ve put the government in charge of their deserts — they’ve run out of sand.

    • Chafed

      With AMLO in office they can’t be surprised.

  4. Ownbestenemy

    A lot of the States that are putting in restrictions align with…the rest of the world. Sure some are going overboard, but that will settle down I suspect

    • Tundra

      Yeah, I think I read that now Missouri’s limit is 15 weeks. The humanity!

      But in France it’s 12.

      So much hysteria.

      • Tonio

        Doug Mastriano, they guy who may be the next Governor of Pennsylvania has promised to outlaw all abortions (no exceptions for rape or incest pregnancies), but he can’t do that by executive order.

      • DEG

        Not only can he not do that by executive order, but I’d be surprised if the Republican legislature (*) went along with it.

        (*) Control could shift in the upcoming election, but I don’t see control shifting to the Democrats.

      • Ownbestenemy

        This will be where the stupid party kneecaps themselves.

      • juris imprudent

        They were going to do it on something.

      • Chafed

        That’s how you lose the governor’s race in a year where Team Blue is tanking.

      • creech

        Already, the GOP campaign money bags (almost exclusively “the Establishment”) are going to short Mastriano and swing over to trying to put Dr. Oz over the top in Senate race. But, as DEG points out, even if Mastri wins, he can’t do it by executive order and there is no way the few remaining suburban GOP legislators are going along with “no abortion, no exceptions.”

      • EvilSheldon

        If one genuinely believes that life begins at conception, then ‘no abortions, no exceptions’ is the only morally acceptable conclusion.

      • juris imprudent

        Well perhaps if one also believes that lethal self defense is unjustifiable or that war can never be moral.

        The fact is we accept killing and not always when there is no other option.

  5. Stinky Wizzleteats

    “We know for a fact that banning abortion does not mean fewer abortions”

    Now this strikes me a nonsense. Does it mean all of the abortions in an area where they’re banned by statute don’t occur? Of course not but it certainly cuts down on the number because it removes the convenience factor. There’s no way that assertion is true.

    • juris imprudent

      We know for a fact that banning abortion does not mean fewer abortions

      It makes sense – just like because murder is illegal it does not mean there is no murder.

      • Not Adahn

        I coulda sworn there was an article about some yoot that now has twins because of an amortion ban.

    • Certified Public Asshat

      Was it Freaknomics that claimed crime decreases when abortion is made legal? How insightful.

      • Bobarian LMD

        Prime example of correlation not equaling causation. There are so many other factors that go along with that.

      • robc

        Some later replication studies have suggested the correlation may not even be there.

    • Ted S.

      “We know for a fact that banning abortion does not mean fewer abortions”

      By the same token, banning guns does not mean fewer guns.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Its just like gun control or prohibition, although I doubt the mafia would try to make a profitable black market for it.

    • Tonio

      It will probably mean more reliance on Plan B (aka the “morning after pill,” “emergency contraception,” etc), and more “medical” (pharmaceutical) abortions which are done early in pregnancy. So not a perfect solution, but will hopefully reduce the number of late-term abortions.

    • R C Dean

      We know for a fact that banning abortion does not mean fewer abortions

      Which means everyone who wants one will get one, regardless.

      So what are we hyperventilating about, again?

      • UnCivilServant

        It’s not just the option of murdering their own babies, it’s by making others live by their rule.

    • Stillhunter

      It’s absolutely nonsense. Will it be a large difference? Probably not, but convenience is a factor, just as it’s a factor in the other issues mentioned. I have a hard time believing that if machine guns were made easier to obtain, there wouldn’t be a significant increase in ownership. Same with pot. I’m sure there’s data on this now that it’s legal in some places, but I’m too lazy to look it up right now. There are people who won’t touch pot simply because it’s illegal. Is it a large number? I don’t know. Harder drugs are likely less affected by this phenomenon as, get this, people can see that those drugs typically have a much more drastic effect on people’s lives and can freely make the choice to abstain.

    • Gadfly

      Banning anything usually reduces that thing, and never eliminates it.

  6. Rebel Scum

    Russia’s Putin and Brazil’s Bolsonaro discuss global food security

    Putin’s Portuguese-speaking puppet!

  7. DEG

    The protesters’ list of demands includes reducing the cost of fuel and price caps on agricultural goods.

    What could possibly go wrong?

    • UnCivilServant

      Famine and fuel shortages?

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Everything?

      • Chafed

        But look at how many times it has worked in South America.

    • Fatty Bolger

      I’m sure caps won’t lead to shortages, then panic buying, then even worse shortages. Nope, never happens.

    • UnCivilServant

      But there’s hope of getting out of the progressive theocracy.

      Oh, wait, she’s under the delusion that some christian denomination has it’s boot on her face.

    • The Other Kevin

      Her party is in charge of the Senate, House, and White House. They also own the mainstream media. Perhaps she should ask them why they aren’t delivering on their promises?

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        This is what has been running through my mind. They fuckin’ knew this was coming, and yet did fuck all. They have the means to get a bill of some sort rammed down in time, and if not that they can agitate and politicate. They can show that they did the work, they tried, and if this is truly important to so, so many as they keep telling me, they get to be the heros, and maybe salvage what is going to be a sava

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        This is what has been running through my mind. They fuckin’ knew this was coming, and yet did fuck all. They have the means to get a bill of some sort rammed down in time, and if not that they can agitate and politicate. They can show that they did the work, they tried, and if this is truly important to so, so many as they keep telling me, they get to be the heros, and maybe salvage what is going to be a savage election season.

        So, what gives? Or, is the real politic something else entirely?

      • Chafed

        I blame the squirrels.

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        We need an anti squirrel task force: ASTF. They can do masked raids while wearing chipmunk costumes.

      • B.P.

        See also, a Republican-controlled Congress and the opportunity to repeal Obamacare, I guess.

      • R C Dean

        They fuckin’ knew this was coming, and yet did fuck all.

        The very last thing either fundraising wing of the Uniparty wants is for a hot-button fundraising issue to be resolved.

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        That was kinda my point. And you can see enough comments around the web hinting at the same train of thought. All of which to say that this whole thing is not gonna save them in the end.

      • Gadfly

        They actually did try, this year, and were unable to pass it. That they didn’t try when they had a super-majority under Obama and thought the courts were always going to be on their side speaks to either their hubris, laziness, or lack of actual concern on the issue.

    • rhywun

      She learned a fancy new word this morning. Too bad she doesn’t know how to use it.

      • Chafed

        Lol

  8. Rebel Scum

    What?

    Comedian Wanda Sykes @iamwandasykes: “The problem is that middle stuff. It is those states in the middle, that red stuff. Why do they tell get to tell us what to do, where the majority of us live out, New York, California, and we are paying for all this crap, really?”

    NY and CA are not Nebraska/etc. That’s the point. You can still have your ‘bortions.

    • Ozymandias

      It’s always. Always. ALWAYS… Prog-jection.
      They hate those deplorables in the flyover states who just want to be left alone.
      They can’t help themselves; they HAVE to control those icky *others* who are so filled with WrongThink.
      If it weren’t for those a-holes in Kansas, we would already have our Progressive Utopia!

    • JasonAZ

      This bitch and other progressives have NO fucking problem telling everybody else what to do. But when the reverse happens, its because non-progressives are icky authoritarians. Right! Fuck off slaver.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Much sophisticated….

    • Tundra

      Comedian Wanda Sykes

      Source?

    • Tonio

      Lurking just under the surface of that statement is “no votes for land.” It really pisses these people off that places like Nebraska gets two senators; they want to remake the Senate in the image of the House. These people also profoundly misunderstand the nature of the union.

      • Ozymandias

        Of course they don’t understand; they’ve never read the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, or the Articles of Confederation. Or the Federalist papers.
        They didn’t read Dobbs, either. They also didn’t ever read Roe; they didn’t read Griswold, or Eisenstadt, or PP v. Casey, etc.
        It’s all just performance art by another name.
        They want power over others, plain and simple. They can’t control themselves, don’t know how to manage their own emotions, and so they lash out at the world.
        And their answer is always that they/their team just needz MOAR POWER and MOAR MONEY!! And then all will be right with the world.

      • Certified Public Asshat

        All of those old papers are bad because of small pox and slavery.

      • B.P.

        I’ve tried to explain process to some people, and further explain that the process allows for change/amendments/etc. but it’s really hard to get done. They don’t care. They just want their Oompa Loompa, and they want it now.

        Also, those people they want power over… They’ve already explained that they hate those declasse ignoramuses and want nothing to do with them. Federalism allows people in a vast country with different ideas, cultures, etc., to self-sort and leave each other alone. We can’t have that.

    • rhywun

      She seems unaware of… well, a lot of things.

  9. Rebel Scum

    Weird kink.

    Hi, ladies; just a brief note to remind you to “Save the Sperm”, next time you have sex, so that if you get pregnant, you have the evidence to SUE and WIN 18 years of child support!

    • Sean

      Wut?

    • UnCivilServant

      Bette, you dumb piece of shit, that rancid old kleenex is of no evidentiary value.

      If you need child support, the kid’s DNA is more than enough, and doesn’t require doing anything but not murdering the kid.

    • Ownbestenemy

      A simple blood test will do but ok Bette.

      • Tonio

        ^This. The profound ignorance of these people never ceases to amaze me.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Well I also read it as she knows a lot of these women are giving it away for nothing and have no idea which guy to go after, so…save their sperm to narrow it down

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        Be sure to take good notes then “This sample came from Carlos Danger. That sample came from Pierre Delecto (needed prostate help!).”

    • Certified Public Asshat

      If you scroll down on her feed she accuses Dave Smith of being a Trumper.

      Dave Smith of course has said repeatedly that Trump should be in prison with Bush and Obama for war crimes.

      • Certified Public Asshat

        And the pinned tweet is outing Ivanka for having an abortion (likely fake) but they clearly care about keeping it private.

      • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

        And if she had one, it was probably in New York where it will continue to be legal.

      • Ownbestenemy

        And you know…none of our (notvus, we know better) business, but people can’t wrap their heads around that.

      • Nephilium

        But the supreme court just removed all right to privacy!!!1!11one!eleventy!!

    • JasonAZ

      The stupid is strong in this one…

    • B.P.

      If you get pregnant you did save at least one of the sperm. If you ever encounter some young lady with a drawer full of labeled, dated semen containers, Bette Midler did that.

      • Bobarian LMD

        If you ever encounter some young lady with a drawer full of labeled, dated semen containers,… you’re probably gonna get laid?

      • R C Dean

        If you ever encounter some young lady with a drawer full of labeled, dated semen containers,… you’re probably gonna get laid an infection?

      • slumbrew

        Not right away tho…

    • TARDis

      If only there was a safe effective pill men could take to eliminate a woman’s primary source of control. Imagine the paradigm shift.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Cyanide is just hard to come by

      • Plisade

        We’d see another Temperance Movement to ban it.

      • TARDis

        No doubt.

        The conversations would be so cool though. “Before we go on this date, I’m gonna need you to nut into this spooge tester to see if you’re ‘blanking’ on me.”

    • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

      Monica Lewinsky was ahead of her time.

  10. Rebel Scum

    If only.

    “Well, but what I can imagine is staying as active and outspoken as I can because I think … our country is really on the precipice, Gayle,” Clinton responded. “I think that we are looking at not only the erosion of these rights — the throwing the door open to unfettered, unregulated gun access — but we’re also looking at dismantling the federal government, how it protects our air and our water and everything else that goes along with it.”

    • Ownbestenemy

      Well that’s a first, never thought I’d masturbate to anything Hilldawg would say

      • Chafed

        Pass the eye bleach please.

    • TARDis

      She is just waiting to see what happens in the mid-terms. And to see just how stupid the Stupid Party be.

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        If ever there was a time that the gods from beyond the stats would call to her…

    • R C Dean

      Is it just me, or does South Africa not belong on that list?

      • Drake

        Natural resources and a strategic location.

    • Grummun

      Too bad they’re all a bunch of pricks.

  11. Sean
    • Plisade

      “The Whispers of Hillary Clinton”

      Tomorrow’s Joemala episode?

      • Gender Traitor

        ::starts hyperventilating and hides under desk::

    • Rebel Scum

      Third times a charm.

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        Usually, rational people slink off into the night after being a two-time loser. But, she was always a “trend” setter.

      • DEG

        It worked for Biden.

      • Shpip

        Well, she was rejected by her own party once, and by the general electorate once, so she still has a ways to go before she gets into William Jennings Bryant territory.

    • JasonAZ

      It’s HER turn!?! Nothing would be funnier than a Hillary vs Trump rematch and seeing Hillary lose again! Could you imagine the progressive tears?

    • Bobarian LMD

      CNN just wants Trump in ’24 so they can be relevant again.

      • Tundra

        I wish they would both just go away.

        As I said yesterday, Deist thinks it’s gonna be a 2016 rematch. I don’t think I could stand it.

      • Chafed

        You have company. This country can do better.

      • juris imprudent

        Yeah, I don’t think even Chile’s leftward bend could make Patagonia unattractive under those terms.

    • Lackadaisical

      So clearly orchestrated by the Clintons. I’m even more inclined to believe in sugar free’s world as the real one.

    • Drake

      When somebody needs killin’ so bad, you’re willing to break your own wrist.

      • Bobarian LMD

        When the barrel is as long as the case, I’m not sure that you’re getting the proper effectiveness out of the round.

        But the fireball would be entertaining.

    • slumbrew

      That looks painful to shoot.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      That looks painful

    • EvilSheldon

      Rumor has it that the owner of American Derringer used to carry one of those things, loaded with a single .45-70 blank cartridge, and that he did once use it to flash-fry a mugger.

      It might be bullshit, but I kinda hope it’s not…

  12. Ownbestenemy

    Lol lefty news is all “We got him!” all hinged on the testimony of what a former aide of someone heard or were told…not seen.

    All her testimony is “something to the effect…”

    • Drake

      Heard it from a friend who
      Heard it from a friend who
      Heard it from another you been messin’ around

      • Urthona

        Here’s the thing that also funny.

        Getting rid of Trump would solve a huge problem for informed Republicans who want DeSantis and also massively mobilize the MAGA base.

        Even if Democrats were somehow able to win, they still lose.

      • juris imprudent

        Shhhhhh

    • Urthona

      Even if it were true, it’s part of a show trial with no cross-examination or defense run by one political party only.

      Even if that werent the case, I’m having trouble seeing the crime here anyway.

      If they want, they can try for a 3rd impeachment.

    • Certified Public Asshat

      The first movie is terrible, despite what my awful generation thinks.

  13. Not Adahn

    make a Gucci Glock clone for around $1000…in 45.

    Do you have a CZ-97?

    • mexican sharpshooter

      No, a 1911 and a SW 686+.

      • Tundra

        What’s your go to for .357/.38 defensive ammo?

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Its technically the wife’s, so I have Federal HST micro .38 spl loaded in the safe.

        Otherwise its a bit of a mix of the standard 158gr. .38 +P and 125gr .357 loads from Hornady. The majority of it is just round nose lead .38 for practice.

      • Tundra

        Thanks.

        I’m just wondering if .357 loads when you have neighbors close might be a bad idea.

      • mexican sharpshooter

        Depending on the situation, they’re probably shooting at the zombies too.

      • Not Adahn

        They weren’t that expensive before they were discontinued. I regret not buying one.

    • EvilSheldon

      Y’all need to quit packing those sissy calibers and get a real man’s gun, in 9×19 Luger!

    • Ownbestenemy

      Ahahahaha wonderful

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        I would bet dollars to donuts that Trump hasn’t driven a car in 40 years. No way is he “grabbing a steering wheel.”

        Game over, man.

      • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

        Wouldn’t have had to leap from the back seat through a divider? An impressive move from an old, overweight dude.

      • R C Dean

        Through a bullet-proof divider.

        Yeah, didn’t happen.

      • R.J.

        I imagine him driving an immaculate burgundy K car which smells of McDonald’s burgers.

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        With Lee Iacocca as a chauffer.

        A LA Liberace.

      • R.J.

        He has a warehouse full of original 1992 parts to keep it pristine: Original carpet, dashboards, etc… I can see it now.

    • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

      Before long there will be testimony stating that Trump was on a tank firing at Congress like Boris Yeltsin.

    • grrizzly

      I don’t understand the significance of any of it.
      Trump demanded to go to Capitol on Jan. 6…
      And… Why should I care?

      • rhywun

        To take command of his army of viking-hatted and petite vet storm-troopers, duh.

      • Ownbestenemy

        If only Vikings wore horned helmets. /Fake news

      • grrizzly

        I know what you mean after visiting Copenhagen earlier this month.

      • juris imprudent

        He wanted to meet Ray Epps.

    • whiz

      No wonder the home prices in PB county have gone up so much in the last year. We were thinking of moving there in a year or so, now we may have to go north a county or two.

      • Shpip

        The traffic and the fishing are both better in Martin and St. Lucie counties anyway.

      • whiz

        Yes, I was wondering about the traffic situation. Do you live around there, or used to?

        I am a St. Louis Cardinals fan and would like to be near Jupiter, if possible.

      • whiz

        The U.S. rep from Martin/St. Lucie is probably saner, as well.

  14. Evan from Evansville

    @WebDom: Hey! Thank you for everything that you and OMWC have done. SP blessed us with a place of salvation, and I/we can’t thank you enough.

    I saw that you are looking for an excerpt writer. I am deeply invested in learning more. I love writing, editing, proofreading, copy editing, etc. It’s where I want to fully move professionally after thirteen lucky(!) years of teaching. I am currently applying for other writing/editing/SEO-type gigs right now.

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    Pro-walking point: Today is the first day where I’m going up/down stairs with my legs crossing! So not just right up one; left up one to meet. Right up one; left up one to meet. NO LONGER! Now I go: right leg up as normal, then my left goes PAST my right, skipping that step, and landing one above. So each leg skips a step while one lasts. I am a careful, but no longer even that ginger about it. Good progress.

    Almost seems like there’s something to this detox…I’m enjoying the rewards.

  15. Shpip

    Things that make you go hmmmmm….

    Elizabeth Warren proposed setting up “tents” to perform abortions in our national parks.

    I think we can modify this a little bit: use National Seashores instead of National Parks. Set up the tents for the women birthing aborting persyns on the beach, give ’em a handful of Plan B, then let the folks wade into the cleansing tides when it’s time to expel the fetus.

    Now, normally the amount of blood involved would attract sharks, so we hire some dolphin wranglers to drive away the brutes. We can let the cetaceans snack on the expelled fetal tissue, or toss them the occasional mullet, or whatever.

    It wouldn’t be a perfect solution, but it would work well enough… for all in tents and porpoises.

      • Tundra

        Easy, there.

        I’d pay to read a Dad-joke throw down between Shpip and the Pontiff of the Prairie.

        Fucking epic.

    • Nephilium

      Here I was waiting to find out that Sally sells C-sections by the Sea Shore.

    • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

      I would have expected her to recommend teepees.

    • Urthona

      The Democrats should absolutely run in the next election on an abortions in national parks platform.

  16. Tulip

    Regarding the surprise witness: tell me you’ve never been in a limo, without telling me you’ve never been in a limo.

    • slumbrew

      As pointed out, the divider doesn’t even retract in The Beast.

      • Sensei

        Details, details.

      • Mustang

        It doesn’t matter to true believers. They will continue to believe.

      • Not Adahn

        Yup. NPR was gushing and cooing over it.

      • db

        I thought it said only the President has a control to lower that divider.

      • db

        When I was about 10 or 11 years old, I got to tour one of the “executive transport” limousines. A friend’s uncle was a SS agent and GHW Bush (as VP) was coming to a town nearby. Our local airport had the ability to accept C-130s so they landed the car there and drove it from there. I don’t remember all the details, but what I do remember is that the glass on those windows was incredibly thick, and if you tapped it with your knuckles, it almost hurt.

        Also, the selection of small arms in the trunk was really impressive.

        They didn’t let us inside the car, but opened it up for us to see in.

    • mexican sharpshooter

      Like Trump knows how to drive a car.

    • Not Adahn

      I did notice that the “testimony” was reporting on all portrayed Trump as being controlled by the people around him — the Secret Service physically restrained him, other people were giving order as to where they’d go etc. I wonder if they’re trying to redirect the “Biden is a puppet led around with pudding cups” narrative.

      • juris imprudent

        The testimony had all the reliability of junior HS cafeteria gossip.

      • Not Adahn

        A (D) controlled committee suddenly discovering a woman making credible accusations of dramatic crimes? This seems familiar somehow.

  17. Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

    Did my first grocery shop. There’s something about stocking a kitchen from scratch that’s very satisfying. Anyhoo, I now have two kinds of mustard, so who is going to come visit & have a burger?

    • UnCivilServant

      What corner of the country?

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        Western NC

      • UnCivilServant

        It’s a bit far right now. I have work in the morning.

      • Fatty Bolger

        Fraser’s Ridge!

      • Ownbestenemy

        We will be in the Carolinas this weekend

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        Whereabouts?

      • Ownbestenemy

        Land in Charlotte, NC on the 1st, but Columbia for the 2nd for a firework show then trekking eastward to Charleston and Myrtle Beach on the 4th

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        At some point this summer, I’m-a do some spotting at CLT. They have a park between the runways.

      • juris imprudent

        We’re supposed to be down in SW VA this weekend – but the contractor is behind on his work, so it’s dicey right now.

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        Come over the hill for a burger!

    • Dr. Fronkensteen

      Pardon me, But do you have any Grey Poupon?

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        Nay, good sir. But I do have a store brand knockoff.

      • Tundra

        I like the Kroger one with horseradish. Delish!

      • Dr. Fronkensteen

        My palate is not that refined so I’d take it if I were in your area.

    • mikey

      Mustard on a burger? Mustard is for hot dogs. Ketchup is for burgers. Everyone knows this. Or should.

      • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

        Mustard AND ketchup, you heathen!

      • rhywun

        Ketchup is for burgers.

        Good lord.

      • Zwak, who counted all his blessings, and counted only one.

        Like HIGHLANDER, there can be only one.

        MUSTARD!!!!!

      • slumbrew

        I, uh, like mayo on my burgers.

        Dijonnaise, too

      • Tundra

        Yes.

        Why the hell not?

      • Ownbestenemy

        Right?

      • R.J.

        How about a burger, with BBQ shredded on top, and hot mustard?

      • Ownbestenemy

        BBQ what? The letters?

      • R.J.

        Bar Bell Queso

      • Tundra

        Yes.

      • Animal

        Heathens. The only things that should go on a burger are cheese, bacon and a fried egg.

      • R.J.

        Cheese is a broad category. Blue Cheese?
        Also jalapeños are important. Burgers with BBQ sauce and candied jalapeños are great.

      • Sean

        I had a blue cheese burger for lunch today.

      • Animal

        Cheese is a matter of personal preference; that’s why I didn’t specify the type, although I do like a nice black&bleu burger.

        Jalapenos can be great. Ditto BBQ sauce. Those things are optional. Bacon is mandatory.

      • R.J.

        Agreed

      • Ownbestenemy

        Mayne chili with that egg

      • rhywun

        My go-to burger is American cheese, chopped raw onions, tomato, and A1 sauce.

        Fry sauce can be substituted for A1.

        /basic bitch

      • rhywun

        Oh, and bacon if I’m feeling fancy.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Ain’t nothing wrong with that. A burger is such a canvas that can hold up to many combinations

      • rhywun

        👍🏻

      • db

        The burger as a canvas waiting to receive the art is nice, but sometimes the burger itself is the art.

        I love grinding my own.

      • The Hyperbole

        George Motz , you tube burger guy, does a bunch of regional burgers and everyone I’ve tried has been awesome.

      • Not Adahn

        Lettuce, tomato, Heinz 57, french fries, draft beer.

      • EvilSheldon

        You should be ashamed of yourself.

      • juris imprudent

        Blue cheese, grilled vidalia slice and a fried quail egg.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Is that eaten with a pinky up?

      • db

        I’ve never tried grilling the onion slice before, but you better believe I’m going to.

        Usually I go with a big fat raw sweet onion slice, tomato, lettuce, and a ton of mayonnaise.

      • Ownbestenemy

        Grilled onions are awesome.

      • juris imprudent

        I love cooked onions, even used to love the raw ones – until they started turning my stomach inside out.

      • juris imprudent

        I came here for the same reason people go to the zoo.

        Yeah, I’d eat Ron’s meat.

      • EvilSheldon

        Fuck that noise. Lettuce, tomato, ‘Murcan cheese, and bacon jam.

      • Muzzled Woodchipper

        Miracle whip, American processed cheese food, ketchup, horseradish mustard.

        If I’m feeling good about it, egg over easy and mmmmmm, ba-con.

      • MikeS

        I put pineapple and avocado slices on mine.

      • Sean

        I’m perfectly fine with avocado on a burger. Keto that up!

      • db

        Fuck yes, avocado on burger is tits.

      • MikeS

        That was a joke, but I agree with Own’ that a burger is a wonderful canvas to put just about anything on. My favorite “non-traditional” burger at a great local burger joint in the area has: “Fresh peanut butter, red pepper jelly, diced jalapeños, pepperjack cheese and cottage bacon.”

        /insert Homer “mmmmmm”

      • Ownbestenemy

        That…sounds good

      • MikeS

        And they make the PB right there on the spot. They also make their own fries and potato chips daily.

      • Shpip

        I like calamari rings on mine. The freshest ones come from a guy in town who says he’s something called a “mohel” during the week.

      • MikeS

        Oy vey!

  18. Fatty Bolger

    Ghislaine Maxwell gets 20 year sentence for “conspiring to recruit, groom and sexually abuse underage girls and also found guilty of enticing girls to travel across state lines, sex traffic minors and encouraging them to engage in illegal sexual activity with her late accomplice, Jeffrey Epstein.”

    Luckily she only did it for this one dead guy (who totally killed himself and you’re a conspiracy nut if you don’t believe it) so justice has been served, and now we can forget about the whole thing.

    • Tundra

      I’m listening to the Martyr Made podcast series on Epstein. It’s way worse than I thought.

      • R C Dean

        I don’t think “suicide watch” necessarily means “suicide prevention watch”.

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        It means new Escalades for her prison guards.

      • juris imprudent

        I’m sure she was told that if she spills her guts, her guts will be spilled.

    • R C Dean

      In a press release announcing the leaky dashboard, Bonta said the goal was “increasing public trust between law enforcement and the communities we serve.”

      How’d that work out?

    • JaimeRoberto (shama/lama/ding dong)

      I’m not sure that’s a new website at all. I remember perusing the same data several years ago. It might be some stupid California law. In fact, it might be how we learned that Diane Feinstein has a concealed carry permit.

      • Tundra

        Ah. Just Tuesday, then.

    • Ownbestenemy

      Just so happened to leak after eh?

    • Sensei

      The good guys and Justice Roberts…

  19. Rat on a train

    Fairfax Co. supervisors vote to rename Lee District

    The Democrats said in the statement that, given the district’s original location and boundaries, it was likely named after the family of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

    Don’t forget to purge things named after friends of the family.

    • Yusef drives a Kia

      And remove the noses from any statues, it’s only right….

    • rhywun

      I have no idea what a “magisterial district” is but I can dig naming it after my German stomping grounds.

    • creech

      Richard Lee and Francis Lee signed the Declaration of Independence. Of course, they were slave holders, so that don’t count. Why hasn’t the Commonwealth of Virginia itself been renamed? Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, never outlawed slavery did she?

    • Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

      That’s my old district!

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      More anti-Asian hate

      • rhywun

        You know who else held magisterial events in Franconia?

  20. Yusef drives a Kia

    OT: We had our disc league day and a great time was had by all. We knew weather was threatening but whatevs, and got through 24 out or 25 holes when IT began.
    Thunder and heavy rain caught us under the trees so we stepped up and threw our shots and were instantly drenched. We left due to lightening but what a damn fine afternoon.

    • Tundra

      The loser shock troops aren’t gonna stand down. We’ve got a lot of violence in our futures.

    • R.J.

      Thankfully it sounds like the work of incompetent teens who can’t even set mulch on fire.

    • Sean

      Ha!

    • Ownbestenemy

      Hahahaha the true power of the interwebs

  21. DEG

    St. Anselm College in NH hosted a Republican Senate Candidate Debate. I like Bruce Fenton.

    • DEG

      A little more on the candidates. The section on Fenton:

      Another candidate looking to break through is Bruce Fenton, a financial advisor and early investor in Bitcoin who moved to New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project. Also active on Twitter, Fenton recently shared his mobile number with a pledge to “answer any question from any New Hampshire voter.”

      On the issues, he’s committed to shrinking government and seeks major changes in U.S. currency policy.

      “What they’re calling money, that’s just pictures of dead presidents that somebody is saying is money,” Fenton said. “And they are printing it from thin air by the trillions, and giving to their cronies. And that’s not real money and that’s not-sustainable, and that’s why the Weimar Republic and Zimbabwe and everything else crashes.”

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      Fentonnnnn!

      • juris imprudent

        Harcourt FENTON Mudd!

    • Tundra

      “How about a beer?”

  22. creech

    I’m trying to keep an open mind on the J6 hearings. I’ll wait until Trump, et al, get to present a defense, and cross examine the witnesses against them under oath. What’s that? You mean in America the prosecutor can keep you from presenting a defense on something as serious as trying to overthrow the government? I wonder how your run of the mill Democrat would like to be on the receiving end of this kind of show trial “justice?” If I had to guess, I’d say the hearings will produce a recommendation that DOJ charge Trump with some crime, and that said trial obviously cannot occur before November, thereby leaving “Trump is a Hitler” hanging in the air to influence sensitive voters. Then, if Red Wave crashes over the House and Senate anyway, DOJ will quietly decline to prosecute in the interest of “bringing the country together again.”

    • Ownbestenemy

      I think they will pass on Trump and this is all about making recommendations to change the electroal college or abolish it.

      • db

        TRUMP TRIED TO SUBVERT THE ESTABLISHED AND TIME-HONORED, SACRED ELECTORAL PROCESS!!!!!

        WE NEED TO EVISCERATE THE ESTABLISHED ELECTORAL PROCESS!!!!!

      • Scruffy Nerfherder

        Even if he did, I’m beyond caring .

    • rhywun

      DOJ will quietly decline to prosecute

      Not a chance. The whole point is to prevent Trump ’24. They will turn this shit up to 11.

      • db

        As someone said above, go ahead and prevent Trump. Set up the big win for DeSantis.

      • rhywun

        Right?

      • rhywun

        They will turn this shit up to 11.

        Absent red wave, I totally meant to add.

    • juris imprudent

      The committee members already walked back the recommendation of charges. It is now just a recommendation for the DoJ to investigate.

    • Scruffy Nerfherder

      The self-immolation of Europe continues apace.

      • Ownbestenemy

        We are in a foot race to show we are better though

    • rhywun

      Ze haten je en willen je dood.

    • Tulip

      Makes note to stock up more this weekend.

  23. Sensei

    One of my favorite car YouTube channels helped a privateer Pikes Peak group. He is wonderfully glib.

    https://youtu.be/quzcLY6UflE

    Currently building his own salt flat race car in a small displacement class.

  24. Scruffy Nerfherder

    That NPR global reaction to abortion is infuriating. Most of the world isn’t obsessed with fetus-killing like we are.

    I’ll tell what they are obsessed with though, having enough food to feed their children, and NPR doesn’t appear to give a shit about that or they might mention how the lockdowns and now the Ukrainian conflict are starving millions.

    • rhywun

      Yeah, like the reaction from global abortion activists is supposed to be indicative of… anything.

  25. Draw Me Like One of Your Tulpae, Jack

    Hooooboy this beer is grapefruity. Right Proper Raised by Wolves. Don’t drink it – it’s from DC. Like, the actual District of Columbia.

    • Ownbestenemy

      That one was a long time coming

    • rhywun

      they present a particular problem for Black and brown motorists

      Ah, there it is.

      • KSuellington

        People of tint?

    • MikeS

      As the case headed to the Supreme Court, state prosecutors came to realize the car stop of Smith was not supported by reasonable suspicion and went back to court to vacate Smith’s convictions. However, the Supreme Court allowed the appeal to continue due to its public importance and likeliness to resurface.

      Slimy fuckers. Good on the SC to take it up anyway.

  26. Shpip

    The thread’s circling the drain, and IANAL (so I’ll ask again tomorrow morning), but I wonder what happens to this case if West Virginia v. EPA curtails the power of the three-letter agencies?

    • db

      Bring it up in the next one. I fear it will be a let down, either a loss or a limited restriction.

      But maybe the good guys on SCOTUS have decided “fuck it!”

      • Ownbestenemy

        I’m thinking 5-4…Robert’s bitching out.

    • Rat on a train

      More opinions tomorrow.

  27. The Late P Brooks

    That superfastmatt guy is way too in love with the sound of his own voice. I don’t have the patience to wait for him to say something useful.

  28. The Hyperbole

    DAILY QUORDLE ROUNDUP™©®
    (The “Hanlon’s razor” Edition)
    #154

    Champs
    whiz 18
    l0b0t 18

    Name’s BEAM. James BEAM 19
    Not Adahn 19
    Ozymandias 19
    QuordleBot 19
    Ted S. 19
    one true athena 21
    MikeS 21
    grrizzly 22
    Grummun 22
    The Hyperbole 22
    Tundra 22
    Cannoli 23
    JG43 23
    TARDis 23
    pistoffnick 24
    Grosspatzer 25
    Sean 25
    The Other Kevin 25
    robc 26
    trshmnstr the terrible 26
    Tulip 26
    Grumbletarian 30

    Chumps
    SDF-7 111
    kinnath 115
    db 210

    Okay, Mea Culpa, I know I’ve been missing quite a few entries lately, but I swear it’s all due to incompetence and nothing to do with malice. Also rest assured that I fix all error if pointed out. Now onto the daily numbers – 27 players, 36.03703704 Average, 13/14 TL split, Lotsa whinging about a certain word (if it is a word). In Tourney news kinnath screwed to pooch in the Tie-breaker against Grosspatzer. Round 2 starts tomorrow, no more byes so don’t hold back, as Trashy says “Quordle favors the bold”

    You people aren’t listening to enough of The Raff

    • MikeS

      I swear it’s all due to incompetence

      I believe you.

      Lotsa whinging about a certain word

      Yeah, add me to the crowd. It is whining, not whinging.

      • rhywun

        +1 ’Murica

      • The Hyperbole

        Whining is just a sound, a dog can whine, an engine can whine. Whinging is an activity, only people can whinge, a hinge can’t whinge. This is a necessary and important distinction.

    • whiz

      I can do my pun now. A lot of people had their knees buckling due to that certain word.

    • TARDis

      I’m in round 2??? Oh, I got a bye. Never mind.

    • Ownbestenemy

      This rolls up on shpip post above. 3-letter agencies just making shit up to impose on the people.

    • slumbrew

      “ Most were men who have sex with men, but health officials stress that anyone can get monkeypox AIDS”

      It’s like I’m 14 again.

      Can’t wait until dental dams for the lesbians are back in vogue.