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3D-PRINTED GUNS
Anyone recall my 3D AR CHALLENGE from a few years ago? It was in response to a bit of classic CNN stupidity.
The challenge: 3D-print a fully-functional, plastic AR-15, and successfully demonstrate it. The first person to do so will win 10 rounds of equally functional, 100% plastic 3D-printed .223 Remington ammunition.
There were no entrants.
But now…
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Top French Scientist Admits Photo He Tweeted of ‘Space Telescope Image’ of Nearest Star to the Sun Was Just a Slice of Chorizo
Don’t ever question the scientists because the science is settled.Top French scientist Etienne Klein tweeted a photo of a slice of chorizo and told his nearly 100,000 Twitter followers that it was a ‘space telescope image’ of the nearest star to the sun.
Tens of thousands of people believed him without questioning anything.
Personally, looking at the image I thought it looked odd. It does kinda look like a red dwarf, but the details are strangely sharp, and light glistens off it around the center.
Etienne Klein admitted it was a prank. But a prank with a rather important lesson.
“In view of some comments, I feel compelled to clarify that this tweet showing an alleged snapshot of Proxima Centauri was a form of amusement. Let us learn to be wary of arguments from authority as much as of the spontaneous eloquence of certain images.“
Darned right. That’s why I spend so much time reading legislative bills and allegedly scientific papers, instead of merely accepting what someone tells they say.
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VICTIM-DISARMER CALLING FOR WAR ON GUN OWNERS
Not figuratively. Po Murray, “Mom/Chair of @NewtownAction /Organizer @WomensMarchCT /Board @GunsDownAmerica @SurvivorsEmp @GV_pedia,” has a plan to deal with pesky AR-platform owners.
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Yes, the lunatic is calling for political assassination — by the CIA — of gun-owning Americans. Not quite on the scale of Duke Nukem Swallowswell’s proposed nuclear bombing of America, but the use of the CIA is… an interesting touch.
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You probably heard about it. He removed from office the Hillsborough County state attorney who went so far as to put in public writing his refusal to enforce at least three Florida state laws. He was basically removed for nonfeasance; refusal to do his job.
And Warren doesn’t like it one bit.
Today’s political stunt is an illegal overreach that continues a dangerous pattern by Ron DeSantis of using his office to further his own political ambition. It spits in the face of the voters of Hillsborough County who have twice elected me to serve *them*, not Ron DeSantis…
Illegal? So not only does the Soros-back shyster not do his job, but he’s incompetent, which I view as yet another valid reason to remove him for the office.
I’m not a Florida resident, but it me nearly 90 seconds to find Florida Constitution, Article 4, Section 7.
(a) By executive order stating the grounds and filed with the custodian of state records, the governor may suspend from office any state officer not subject to impeachment, any officer of the militia not in the active service of the United States, or any county officer, for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, drunkenness, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony, and may fill the office by appointment for the period of suspension. The suspended officer may at any time before removal be reinstated by the governor.
Hilariously, DeSantis reportedly sent cops to “escort” Warren out, ensuring that he took only personal possessions, and not a scrap of official paper, documents, storage drives… Nada.
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Seems a bit awkward. I’ll stick with my swords.
Someone hasn’t mastered the metric system yet.
The CRKT Provoke | Lethal EDC or Pocket Fidget?
The karambit isn’t new to the American knife scene, but the Provoke—CRKT’s ingenious pocketknife version—adds a new twist to the fighting design. In addition, this knife has one of the slickest opening mechanisms I’ve seen—Let’s talk shop about the CRKT Provoke.
An interesting design. I’d have to have one in my hands, to see for myself how secure the mechanism is. But the specs listed in that article grabbed my attention.
Blade Length 47″ (62.69 mm)
Blade Edge Plain
Blade Steel 4116
Blade Finish Stonewash
Blade Thickness 21″ (5.38 mm)
Overall Length 19″ (182.58 mm)
Closed Length 96″ (125.88 mm)
Weight 70 oz. (133.24 g)
Not only the metric system, but simple copy&paste seems to be beyond this guy. If you go to the product page, you’ll see the real specs. It looks like he copied them, but somehow managed to drop the leading digits and decimal points from the English measurement specs.
I see in article comments that I’m not the only person ridiculing this report.
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“VOLUNTARY”
Orlando, Florida has a little problem with shootings lately. They have a bigger problem with the Constitution.
Checkpoints. Weapons screening. Metal detectors. On public streets.
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There may a Constitutional issue or two, federal and state, with this plan.
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I hope you’ve heard about the FBI whistleblower leak from Project Veritas. I particularly liked that they list the Revolutionary War Gadsden flag as a symbol for “violent extremism.”
I suppose King George thought so.
That was yesterday. Today, I saw this.
Florida’s new ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ license plate stirs controversy
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took to Twitter last week to promote the state’s new license plate design. Since then, the responses have ranged from support to criticism.The new plate features the slogan “Don’t Tread On Me” accompanied by a black coiled rattlesnake over a yellow background. According to the governor’s office, funds from the plate will benefit the Florida Veterans Foundation.
Heh. I wonder if the feds have read my novel, Net Assets…
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I haven’t had too much to say about ChinCOVID lately, so I think it’s time to revisit the Georgia COVID-19 Status Report.
They used to update that every day, but back in April, they gave up on the constant panickmongering and went to weekly updates. It’s still amusing. Bear in mind that Georgia actually does some of the better state reporting in the country.
Highlights:
Daily confirmed cases are dropping. Yeah, we had another minor peak; the lowest “peak” of the entire “pandemic.”
The Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) for my age group (where IFRs start climbing above the insignificant) has been dropping for more than a year, and is now down to a whopping 0.0348. Us damned oldsters just won’t die and give ’em scary numbers.
Another interesting bit is co-morbidities; specifically: smoking. Something like 18% of Georgians smoke. All else being equal, you might expect that 18% of COVID cases would be smokers.
Nope. 4.74%. Apparently nicotine (binds to the ACE2 receptors in lung cells, blocking SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins from binding) works a lot better than the pseudo-vaccines. Smoking is safer than that shit, too. Which is saying something.
And here’s a date that been bemusing me since December 2020. Confirmed cases for 7/6 jumped another 4, to 5,903 this week.
That’s July 6, 2020. More than two years ago, and they’re somehow “finding” new cases occurring on that date. That’s amazing enough, but sometimes the 7/6/2020 case count magically goes down. I’ve never gotten an explanation of how confirmed cases vanish.
No wonder they’re looking to use monkeypox for the new scary pandemic. ChinCOVID just isn’t cutting it. But since male gay sex orgies ain’t much of a thing ’round here, I don’t think that’ll give ’em scary numbers either.
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SUDDENLY “GHOST GUNS” AREN’T A PROBLEM AFTER ALL
Yesterday, I — with some glee — noted that an enterprising soul turned in 62 3D-printed “ghost guns” to a Houston “buyback.” At the time, it was being reported they went for $150 a pop.
The smart fella responsible says that he actually got just fifty bucks apiece. But they only cost him three dollar each to produce. Well worth the investment, at a $2,914 net.
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Big shout out to whoever it was that turned in 62 3D printed guns for $150 each at a Houston gun buy-back
A box of what authorities described as “ghost guns” were collected during the buy-back event, Saturday, July 30, 2022 at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston.
Reminds me of the group that was taking batches of slam-fire shotguns to “buybacks,” and using the money raised to fund classes for new gun owners.
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