This time, we didn’t go to FrontSight, as the clock finally ran out on the owner’s Ponzi scheme, and it is now in bankruptcy.*
As some of you may recall, I got Mrs. Dean an IWI Tavor X95 Tavor X95 – 5.56 NATO 16.5″ Barrel | IWI US, Inc. bullpup, as she is a lefty and it is about the only true left-handed 5.56 semi-auto out there.
Not that kind of bullpup. This kind of bullpup:
I liked it so much I got one of my own. As is our custom, hers is black and mine is FDE, to avoid confusion.
You will note that I have a cover on my suppressor. These are usually sold as something you need for long-range shooting, to get rid of the heat waves from the suppressor messing up your sight picture. I got one after my first trip to the range with it. Those things get extremely hot, really fast. As in, too hot to handle and easily hot enough to leave a nasty burn, so mine is more of a safety thing.
Now, bullpups are a little different animal than conventional rifles, so I was interested to see that IWI offers classes in how to run an X95. Their affiliate for this is Tactical Fitness Austin Home – Tactical Fitness Austin (which is, oddly, in Austin), but they do put on classes in, among other places, Salt Lake City. Which is a longish but not completely unreasonable drive for us.
The class was held at the Big Salty Range Big Salty Range on the edge of Salt Lake City. This range is almost all set up for cowboy action shooting, but has one small plain-jane 100 yard range that we used. There were 10 people in our class, which is about all the range could really hold for a class like this anyway.
Our instructor was the owner of Tactical Fitness Austin, Ron Grobman, who was an Israeli special forces sniper (no, he never missed a shot during class, and he shot a fair amount). The Tavor bullpup is standard issue for the IDF, and I suspect he got the contract to teach IWI’s classes in America because, after his stint in the IDF, he knew people. At one point he mentioned that he had shot out the barrel on his X95 at around 10,000 rounds, so he was quite familiar with it.
It was a two-day class. The first morning was familiarizing us with the rifle, including field-stripping it (which requires literally no tools other than a 5.56 round, although he recommends using a small punch) and zeroing. His point that the rifle is designed for 18 year old draftees to maintain was well taken. Part of field-stripping involves pulling an operating rod partway out. Until your gun is well broken in, it doesn’t want to come out, and I had been reluctant to crank on it hard enough to get it out far enough. He just grabbed it with a pair of pliers and yanked on it. When one of the other shooter’s operating rod came all the way out after a good yanking, he got it back in by pounding it on the table. Hard. The gun was fine. These are not rifles you need to baby.
I was able to assist the first morning by giving a personal demonstration of why you should set up your scope to shoot from prone. I set mine up while standing, didn’t leave enough eye relief for prone shooting, and sported a nice scope bite for the rest of the class.
The first afternoon was basics –stance, trigger pull, loading and mag swaps (a little different on a bullpup), clearing malfunctions, and recoil control to set up a steady (and hopefully rapid) cadence of follow-up shots.
One neat trick on loading – double stack AR mags have the top round on either the right or the left. Check which side its on, insert into the mag well, release the bolt, then drop the mag and see if the top round is on the other side (which it will be if the first round chambered), and reinsert. This is especially handy on the X95 because the bullpup design makes chamber checking with your finger nearly impossible, and even a visual chamber check is awkward.
The second day was drills on what we learned the first day, plus a look at how to shoot from movement. Drills included shooting from 50 – 100 yards at steel, and from shorter ranges on paper for speed and shot placement (head, torso, pelvis). One thing the instructor would do to get us to check our environment after we shot was hold some fingers up to his body where he wanted follow-up shots. Since he was standing behind us (of course), this was fun and effective. Total round count for two days was around 600.
I had about 80 rounds through my rifle before we went to class; enough to be sure it worked and to zero it, but not enough to develop bad habits. Or so I thought. My problem with shooting it was that I would get really, really tense (and very shaky) when aiming it. I have no idea why. As the instructor said “You are supposed to fight with your rifle, not fight with your rifle”. The good news is, I made a lot of progress during class, and I can drill on this at home. Weirdly, as soon as there was anything else in the mix (multiple shots, movement), my shakes mostly went away and I did better. I settled on the “Tavor kneel” for my kneeling position – after struggling with the traditional kneel (support arm elbow on left knee), I switched to putting the magazine on my right knee and was much more stable.
Mrs. Dean was probably the most accurate shooter there (other than Mr. Grobman, of course), but she was slooow on the multiple shot drills. We were shooting steel targets at 75 yards at one point, and the instructor pointed out that she appeared to be trying to shoot out the bolt holding the target onto the stand. From off-hand, she had probably 7 of the ten shots in a four or five inch group. I’m thinking she may be more of a precision shooter than a tactical shooter, so on our next trip to the range here in Tucson I will be taking my .300 Win Mag (which is a true MOA (or less) gun) to see what she thinks of long-range precision shooting.
There are two knocks on bullpups. First, they require a long attachment piece from the trigger to the firing assembly, which is basically in front of your shoulder. This supposedly affects accuracy. Nobody was putting up 1 MOA groups, but you’re not going to do that with an off-the-shelf AR, either (unless you spend a considerable sum of money on it); I think accuracy is comparable to an AR.
The other is reliability. I believe this comes mostly from the different manual-of-arms that a bullpup needs, which people may not follow consistently. I had one failure to feed (quickly resolved with a tap-rack, followed by a fist-pump when it worked), but for the most part the minor malfunctions that the class experienced were from not following instructions (quoth the instructor: “Go ahead. Do it every way except the way I told you.”), or were within the normal statistical range when a group is putting 6,000 rounds downrange.
All told, good class (nobody got shot, which is my baseline for a good day at the range). Once zeroed, the emphasis was very much on practical shooting and getting rounds on the designated target quickly. The other shooters were your typically good-natured and helpful gun people, the instructor was an expert with the weapon and a good teacher. You could tell that everyone in the class was improved by the end.
Mrs. Dean is pondering the Tavor Operator II class (this time, with handguns! And running! And one-handed shooting! And “wrong-side” shooting!) in Houston, but the scheduling is looking difficult. As for me, I will work on my stance and my steadiness at home, and get my recoil control and cadence sorted out at the range. I’ll be keeping the shotgun handy for my home-defense weapon, though – I think I’m more of a natural shotgunner than rifleman.
*FrontSight was funded almost entirely on one-time membership fees, rather than per-class fees. Mrs. Dean and I bought one of the lowest-level memberships, rather than one of the more expensive ones. Unlike many people who bought up to “higher level” memberships, I think we got value for our money before it went tits-up. The owner, Dr. Ignatius Piazza, appears via his frenzied wall-o-text emails to be somewhat unhinged. It looks like he will remain in control after the bankruptcy, unfortunately. We might go back, as we enjoyed our classes there, but we are in wait-and-see mode. The good news for us is that the Gunsite Academy (Gunsite Academy – Teaching responsible, safe and effective use of small arms in self defense) facility is actually closer, its fees are reasonable enough, and of course it has an impeccable reputation. We’re looking at some of their classes, probably next spring.
Is the woofing bullpup also yours?
No. Can’t remember where I got the pic.
😒
🐾
Wot?
I don’t think anyone would complain about a per class fee, as that is the most rational pricing structure. If you are going to charge membership fees, they’d have to be recurring to cover ongoing costs. Did he not think this through?
Piazza is less of a scammer, and more someone who tried to turn a hobby into a business, without understanding the business side of things. I see it a lot in the gun community.
He has enough ego to not listen to people telling him otherwise.
There’s a fair amount of that in the gun culture, too.
I get a definite whiff of scammer from his email blasts – multiple wall-o-texts a day, at times, and they can be pretty unhinged. But who knows? I’ve never met the man, but he took a lot of money from some people and just left them completely high and dry in bankruptcy. I don’t trust him at all, whether from incompetence or something else. Never give him money unless you are getting value for it up front.
I get a definite whiff of scammer from his email blasts – multiple wall-o-texts a day, at times, and they can be pretty unhinged.
Isn’t that par for the course for lawyers?
/ducking
And the fitness community.
Very cool. The Military Arms Channel guy has been into Tavors for a long time. There were Geissele triggers for the old Tavor as he’s reviewing in this video. The probably have them for the X95 too – although I’ve heard their stock triggers are much better.
https://youtu.be/KdTKRxNq_KE
Shot my new AR yesterday – Timney trigger is smoother than glass. Just put a basic zero on the back-up iron Magpul iron sights which I don’t much care for. Had to remove and reinstall the rear sight at the range to get it tracking properly. Now I have to shop for a scope.
I have a Gieseler trigger on my X95. They sell the trigger and the pack that drives the firing pin. I just got the trigger. It’s nice – little creep or stack, clean break. I think its around 5 lbs.
Grobman used a holographic sight with no magnification, and prefers it, but, Israeli sniper, so his perspective on what counts as “I need magnification” may be different than yours. Can’t recall what brand – a boxy one?
able to assist
Always nice to contribute something to everyone else’s learning.
Guns!!!!
By a Lawyer.
Now we just need the Money!
That’s an adorable bull pup. I like the dog too.
Bidenomics
“So far American companies are using that windfall of profits to buy back their own stock, passing that money on to their shareholders, not to consumers,” he said.
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“Invest in America for the American people. Bring down the price you charge at the pump, to reflect what you pay for the product,” Biden said. “You’ll still make a significant profit, your shareholders will do very well, and the American people will catch a break they deserve and get a fair price at the pump as well.”
Utopian fascism, FTW!
Sorry, R C. I couldn’t help myself.
“11:30 am”
The Forms Have Been Obeyed!
Are we talking platonic forms, or art forms?
When Trump was in his last year as President we had energy independence and gas was $1.80 per gallon.
I still have retarded dumbfucks telling me that they liked Trump’s policies but hated the man. I dont vote for people, I vote for policies. I have also been told that I have that exactly backwards.
I am no longer a fan of universal suffrage.
“Universal suffrage is right next to universal suffering.”
Between the number of idiots that vote and the completely uninformed that vote and the malicious and malevolent that vote I’m there with you.
Thanks for the article RC.
Universal suffrage leads to “pro consumer” laws that are increase consumer costs like this NJ gem…
New Jersey Bill Takes a Soft Stand Against In-Car Subscriptions
I hate in car subscriptions as much as the next guy, but these politicians want to avoid economics and the fact that this will limit choice in NJ and not increase it.
Yeah, buck-eighty a gallon was partially because we shut down the country in Trump’s last year. Negative spot market prices on oil is not something anyone in the oil business ever wants to see again. EVER.
Luckily the hydrocarbon execs are smart enough to see what he’s doing and self-interested enough to not do it.
Few people outside of tobacco execs have been as demonized by the left. They know were they stand.
The Fat Industry completely reversed itself.
“Thin was in” became “Fat Lives Matter”
“Eat More Carbs, People”
At noontime, watching Fox, I commented to the Mrs about all the daytime medical/medication ad. The daytime target audience is old and unhealthy people that have time to watch day time TV. The EV ads come later when the demographics change.
Nice.
Now I want to go plinking instead of mowing the laundry and washing the yard.
Apparently, I’m channeling Fetturlump . Way to go, me.
Had you not said anything, I’d have taken it as an intentional joke.
SugarFree LOOMS LARGE!
(nobody got shot, which is my baseline for a good day at the range).
A damn good starting point. anyway.
So Mrs D got the black one, the assault model?
Very interesting. I don’t have a shot gun anymore so self defense, should it ever happen, depends on which room I’m in and whatever wasn’t in the boat the day the boat leaked.
Glad you are accounted for.
Protester accused of unleashing bee swarm on deputies to stop eviction
“11:30 am”
The Forms Have Been Obeyed!
I meant to do that.
*whistles innocently*
The Tavor was great to shoot. It takes some time to get used to the configuration vs a standard rifle, but I was able to quickly start hitting steel at 50, 75, and 100 yds.
I don’t prefer the bull pup over a standard AR, but it is the best of this style I’ve shot.
Great article, RC.
“As the instructor said ‘You are supposed to fight with your rifle, not fight with your rifle’.”
Bullpups make this tough. You end up sacrificing a lot of ergonomics and control, in order to get that smaller overall package. I wonder if you’d see a big difference, doing a similar course with an AR or other conventional-layout rifle.
“…to see what she thinks of long-range precision shooting.
A small piece of advice. If you want to do long-range precision rifle (and you should!), get a couple of .22LR rifles and good scopes, and check out NRL22 and/or PRS Rimfire. The ammo is much lighter on your wallet, even these days, and shooting a .22LR at 300 yards will teach you things about wind that your .300 Win Mag won’t at 1k…
“I’ll be keeping the shotgun handy for my home-defense weapon,…”
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that a shotgun isn’t an outstanding home defense weapon. Rifles and pistols will poke holes in a bad guy, but the shotgun will knock chunks out of them and scatter them on the floor.
But then I’d have to clean bad guy off the floor.
Rifles for home defense make me nervous that I’ll end of shooting my neighbors or their stuff. Maybe frangible rounds are safer – but #4 buckshot is definitely safer and more decisive.
You have to have enough penetration to get into the vital organs of the attacker; experts generally agree that 12-18″ of penetration in calibrated ballistic gelatin is about right. Given that standard, anything suitable for use on bad people is gonna cut through several interior and exterior walls.
Set up your home defense plan so that you can shoot with the safest possible backstop, and train to hit with every shot you fire (the safest possible backstop anywhere is the body of the jerkoff who’s assaulting you.)
Our plan is that Mrs. Dean grabs her handgun and holes up in the shower in the master bath – the cement board walls are the best bullet stoppers we have. I sleep on the other side of the house, so I get to clear it (yay) as I work my way to her. Our house is a tactical nightmare for clearing. I’m not worried about over penetration (much) – the neighbors are pretty far away, and shotgun. My shooting angles will be what they are, depending on when and where a target presents
with the safest possible backstop
Something or other about how the enemy has a vote.
Now, fire on target is a good way to not worry about over-penetration.
Hey hey, Biden’s weapon of choice. Make sure to shoot that up in the air, Jack!
Obligatory… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-mztxHgYQo
Good one, haven’t seen that before.
“You end up sacrificing a lot of ergonomics and control”
I prefer the compact form and the balance. The weight being back actually helps, I think, with control. The ergonomics are probably personal preference, really – having all the “stuff” closer to you can work out well as your “workspace” is right in front of you. My problem is just getting relaxed. It’s a total mystery why I lock up with a rifle, but not a shotgun. I’ve noticed it with other rifles as well, but this was just embarrassing. Probably overthinking the need to be accurate and trying to force it, or some such.
I was kinda hoping they’d have an IWI bullpup shotgun (they had some of their handguns we shot after class). I’d love to try one, but only before I buy it. 15 rounds on board, but they are supposed to be pretty heavy. And talk about a different of arms. . . .
The IWI Tavor shotgun: https://iwi.us/product/tavor-ts12/
No experience with any bullpup shotties, but I hear they can be kind of wicked when firing full power 12 gauge?
Anybody got some personal knowledge?
What always tempted about piston guns like the Tavor, AUG, and the Beretta ARX is that they look like much less of a pain-in-the-ass to clean compared to the M16 / AR design.
Definitely better for cleanliness/fouling.
Supposedly, you give up a little follow-up accuracy due to increased moving mass.
ARX has pretty much dried up around here.
Thoughts on good long-range .22s, Evil?
.17 HMR
Not legal for the competitions in question.
Savage makes them accurate and cheap. Most economical fun you can have at the range.
Oh man, there are so many good choices that you can hardly go wrong. Basically you want a .22LR bolt action or semiautomatic rifle with detachable 10-rd. magazines, a floated barrel in the 16-20″ range, and a scope mount with as much downward cant as you can get (20-30MOA is not too much.)
The Ruger Precision Rimfire, Ruger 10/22 Target, Bergara MPX, Tikka T1x, and CZ 457 Precision Varmint are all good choices, but there are *many* others.
I’m still kicking myself for not picking up one of those Kimbers back when they were plentiful in the CMP.
I am pretty sure I have eaten at Ignatius Pizza.
How much did it cost for life-time all you can eat?
Not much, but all the toppings contained cyanide.
I swear, if Piazza opened a restaurant, that would be how he would run it.
For awhile.
“I hate when that happens!”
Sounds like an awesome course.
I have never fired a bullpup, but I do have a fondness for IWI guns, one of my normal carry guns* is a steel IWI Baby Eagle .45.
*I don’t mean I normally carry many guns; I have that one and a purty 1911 that I rotate through
Sounds like a good class.
First, they require a long attachment piece from the trigger to the firing assembly, which is basically in front of your shoulder. This supposedly affects accuracy.
In “Thorneycroft to SA80”, Jonathan Ferguson talked about a bullpup trigger mechanism that the Brits tried out on one bullpup which gave a very nice, crisp trigger pull. If I remember correctly, it involved levers instead of a trigger bar and was difficult to make.
This is a topic I wish I knew more about.
1. Buy a gun (if you already have one, buy another)
2. Join a range and/or a club
3. Be surrounded by awesome like-minded people
4. Learn about guns and have the time of your life
Easy-peasy.
Getting a gun right now is not on my short list of things to do, because reasons. I am unhappy about this.
I’m in a similar boat in re firearms acquisitions, but I suspect my ‘because reasons’ are different
I am 99.9999% sure they are not the same.
I’m waiting for the lawsuits against New York State to shake out and make it possible to actually buy again.
I see. Missouri is a constitutional carry state. It issues permits for reciprocity.
5. Buy more guns.
Firearms ownership is one of those endeavors that seem to block new entries, just from a cultural point of view. So does flying, Motorcycles and lots of other things. Small communities and high up front $$ entry.
Your best way is to find a friend or neighbor that has some and tell them, you want to go to a range.
Look and see if there is a local NRA group they sometimes do “newcomer’s” day.
My family had no history of firearms ownership, and when I wanted to start I just had to go to the gun store, buy one, buy the ammo etc (with all of New Jersey’s paperwork in the way.. )
I have a friend. She took me shooting at a range. Their pistol range was closed so we just went with her AR-15. I gave her money to cover ammo but I really didn’t grok how effing expensive it really is.
The best bang for your buck is a .22 rifle. Relatively cheap, fun, and has many uses. Sheldon gives a breakdown up above of good rifles to start with, but if you are just looking for info, this is a great forum: https://www.rimfirecentral.com/ Poke around there and you will find a ton of info, and it is good for the just starting out to the experienced.
I do have some experience with guns, especially .22 rifles, because my grandfather was a hunter. The .22 I learned on had an iron sight that wasn’t true, so I learned to adjust. But I was young and that hasn’t really carried forward. The day at the range with my friend was awesome because I did a good job with a laser sight and my very strong glasses rx.
“just from a cultural point of view”
I have found shooters and gun people generally to be incredibly welcoming of newcomers. Always happy to chat, answer questions, etc. The range is one of the few places where I strike up conversations with random strangers.
Buying a gun (and ammo) is not cheap and takes commitment. But if you know somebody who likes to shoot, I have little doubt they would be happy to take a couple of their guns to the range for an intro to shooting.
I <3 my Tavor and my PS90. People like to trash bullpups, but I dig the hell out of them
https://www.barnorama.com/44-sexy-thursday-girls/
Thot Thursday.
The PS90. If there’s one gun homelier than an X95, that would be it.
And holy shit are their triggers awful. Fun to shoot, though, especially with that extra spot on the selector…
The British SA80 is easily the ugliest gun I’ve ever seen in person. Apparently very accurate and they may have worked out the reliability problems now.
They are even uglier when they are pointed at you.
So, I was drunk and peeing on the wall across from the castle at Edinburgh…
Styr AUG for ugliness.
I loved carrying a SA80 in the pre M4 days and went bang every time. Sling system was awesome.
Suthen is back today. Now if anyone can bring back Tulip.
Tulip hates me, I think that’s the limiting factor.
Because of the boobies?
I assumed it was joking about 19A.
Love the puppy, not so sure about the bullpup.
Thanks for the article, RC! I really need to do a shotgun class. They look like a …blast!
There’s a Gunsite shotgun class in my future. Probably in the spring. They prefer that you take their handgun class first as that’s the class where they teach their “doctrine”. Which is fine – Allah knows my handgun shooting needs work, too.
You can be sure I’ll write it up.
I’m like your missus – I prefer precision shooting. I always hated – HATED – the speed drills my instructors put me through. But my problem is I also prefer the gun of the hand over long guns.
https://www.wcwshootingsports.org/free-pistol/
Those pistols aren’t free, they cost money! False Advertizing!
Now if anyone can bring back Tulip.
Hopefully, she has found compatible, intellectually stimulating companionship in the real world.
Is that like living in interesting times?
I fail to see how any companionship could be more stimulating than that provided by my Firsts.
Ladies and Gentlemen – Who says America can’t get things done quickly and cheaply?
San Francisco building single public toilet that will cost $1.7 million and won’t be completed until 2025
At your heels, a pile of narcotics.
With Crucial Elections Looming, Biden Breaks Tradition of Big Campaign Rallies
This has nothing to do with the fact that neither of them can do anything, but barely read what is put in front of them.
Even setting aside the deterioration of Joe Biden, there’s the reality that he simply doesn’t draw crowds and that attempts to hold open events have been an optics nightmare that belie the claim that he was the most voted for president in history.
Yes. Even if was mentally competent he has little popularity even among the faithful.
If you are in a close race he likely has a bad effect on swing voters instead of a positive one.
Wow, that is a pretty lame way of spinning the facts that hardly anyone likes him, and those that do have no interest in going to see him.
[on tape] Hi. This is Wilford Brimley. Welcome to Retardation: A Celebration. Now, hopefully with this book, I’m gonna dispel a few myths, a few rumors. First off, the retarded don’t rule the night. They don’t rule it. Nobody does. And they don’t run in packs. And while they may not be as strong as apes, don’t lock eyes with ’em, don’t do it. Puts ’em on edge. They might go into berzerker mode; come at you like a whirling dervish, all fists and elbows. You might be screaming “No, no, no” and all they hear is “Who wants cake?” Let me tell you something: They all do. They all want cake.
Love that he’s not holing up, but only goes to small events with insiders that the press is quickly evicted from.
Amazingly, I don’t need brakes yet.
They did get me on a battery though. Fine. Winter is coming.
New cars chew through batteries.
Oddly, the 12V battery in the Tesla is only $85 or $105 installed plus tax. Mine was a bit under three years old and I replaced it as preventive maintenance while it was there getting the HVAC fixed under warranty.
New cars also tend to have batteries that are not as good as most aftermarket options. I’ve seen many new car batteries die in 3, and then the replacement lasts 7.
Planned obsolescence.
As expected, they went ahead and did it.
https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/acip-committee-approves-mrna-vaccines
They’re on the childhood vaccine schedule and the EUA can be withdrawn safely.
The blowback to this one is going to be spectacular.
Dead kids are quiet kids.
Parents of dead kids, not so much.
They’re hell-bent on undermining their authority. I say let them do it and reap the whirlwind.
CDC corrects conservative claim: They cannot mandate COVID vaccines in schools
Because the CDC has zero influence on state boards of health and statutes aren’t written that encompass CDC recommendations and guidance.
That qualifies as a “Well ackshuallally…”
The only way to prevent this ending up in your state’s requirement is to be lucky enough to have a DeSantis level nonsquish Republican governor and, if you’re in a Dem state, forgettaboutit.
The FL surgeon general already said fuck off.
There has never been any compelling reason to give this to little kids, and even more now that it’s been revealed they knew it doesn’t prevent transmission. This is only being done for pure profit and protection from lawsuits.
Interesting to see what the AG’s of various states do. I predict some lawsuits, and some states that now follow the CDC’s guidelines for vaccinations will change their laws. This ain’t gonna fly in Florida and Indiana.
Ruining the kids’ immune systems now = customers for (shortened) life.
Maybe COVID will be different for Indiana but they’ve been all in for forced Hep A, B, and meningitis vax (which are the only three where it hasn’t been universal).
https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/docs/school-vaccinations.pdf
I got to opt out of certain vaccines. HPV was one I opted them out of because I thought they were too young for it then, and it could wait.
Good choice. There was blatant fraud in the Gardasil trials. They ran one experimental group against two control groups.
The much smaller control group used saline (low side effect profile) and the other had the vaccine adjuvant with heightened adverse reactions.
Then they mixed the numbers so that it looked like the control group had a similar adverse reaction rate as the full vaccine. Voila, the vaccine’s no worse than saline, must be good to go.
Isn’t this kind of a codification of what’s already going on though? Not good of course but not much new either. No liability, no accountability, and nothing’s going to happen to these corksuckers.
Nope. Multiple states use the childhood vaccine schedule as the mandatory requirements for schooling.
This continues the liability shield, which is what they desperately wanted, but it puts a mandate on a lot of kids, a mandate that probably won’t go over well at all.
To me it’s just staggering how out in the open they are with their corruption.
Considering the various public health authorities in the states tend to mirror image the CDC recommendations, you’re right.
Either Kirsch is peddling BS or I’m super confused. I don’t see how adding the vax to the childhood vaccine schedule obviates the requirement for the product to complete phase 3 trials and the regular approval process.
And I could swear it has been explained on these pages repeatedly that the liability shield is for vaccines generally, not just EUA products, so after the vax completes approval, there’s no liability regardless of it’s position on the childhood vaccine schedule.
Am I wrong?
You’re wrong on the liability count. Vaccines are not provided a liability shield unless they’re on the childhood schedule or used under a health emergency per the Prep Act of 2006.
If they had ended the health emergency without putting the vaccines on the schedule, then the injury lawsuits would have started flying.
https://www.justice.gov/civil/vicp
Thanks for the info.
6,000 people have been paid in excess of $3.9 billion
Holy moly /carey
The blowback to this one is going to be spectacular.
I suspect the blowback will amount to little more than ineffectual grumbling.
I really hope I’m wrong.
Agreed. The “blowback” will be people going off grid quietly.
Depends on whether or not the hype vis a vis the bad effects is borne out or not.
So I finished it.
To loop it back to marginally on topic, I do have old skills that I can use in trade in a post-apocalyptic future, but it will require a community. I can figure out how to do many other things as long as I understand the concept (e.g., carding and spinning wool, churning butter). I would say my church is my community (it is), but the old women are dying and the younguns who work don’t have many skills. I don’t know what kind of skills the TikTok, Insta, and Mommyblog women really have beyond making trash look less like trash with a coat of Krylon.
Bring on the popcorn!
When Moore, who was Planned Parenthood’s director of multicultural brand engagement
Whyyyyyyyy
The complaint states that Moore “was overlooked, overworked, over-scrutinized, tokenized, interrupted, dismissed, belittled, and abused by an openly hostile supervisor about whom many had complained about as racist.”
When your job is…nothing, how were you overworked?
Ask, Sisyphus. You can be overworked with pointless work.
“about whom many had complained about as racist”
See, that’s the attention to detail and craftsmanship that justifies those high hourly rates.
Eugenics and racism is in PP’s DNA. Oddly, a vastly disproportionate number of their clinics are in or near minority neighborhoods to this day, so I don’t think they have really “evolved”, deep down. Sure, they would never say so now, but the facts are the facts, and PP aborts minorities as fast as they can.
So why wouldn’t they treat their minority employees like crap?
So, do I wimp out, or do I go all-in on the technique I’ve been trying to learn in painting this mini? I’m really uncertain of how watery I need to make this paint for the layering effect to work.
Even just typing this, I know that the answer has to be “You gotta try, or you’ve failed already.” It’s just paint, I can paint over it or even strip it off chemically.
Thanks.
Glad to help.
I agree with what my esteemed colleague has to say.
My advice: you gotta try. If it doesn’t work, just paint over it or strip it off.
I did better than I feared, it fell into “Not bad for a first try” rather than “huge catastrophe!”
I’ll take it.
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60097435-quit?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=o39l7ufS2a&rank=1
Never never never give up. 🙄
This was a case of “I hadn’t even tried yet” rather than beating my head against a brick wall.
Counterpoint: Never give up, never surrender!
My work here is done.
I was trying a gradient highlight on a cloak, which involved translucent layers of red with each slightly more towards the brighter red than the last. You need enough water in the mix that the layers below show through, and the right mix of two different paints. It’s well outside my comfort zone of “apply color as delivered”