Such A Terrible Catastrophe

Of course, the title of this post refers to the air collision of American Airlines flight 5342 with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. That as the AA flight was on approach to the runway at Ronald Reagan Airport in Washington, DC and the helicopter was on a training assignment.  All of the people on both flights, numbering 67 in all, are presumed to have perished. Numerous bodies have been recovered since the crash last night. To say it was a terrible catastrophe may be an understatement. 

 

According to reports on television, the local news radio and FoxNews.com: the helicopter was on a training assignment with three crew members aboard and as I said above the commercial jet was on approach to landing. Reportedly, the FAA had been i touch with the military pilot moments before the crash and asked him if he saw the plane to which he replied in the affirmative but one is left wondering was he looking at the right plane. Video, on Fox News.com showed the helicopter and plane collide and it looked to me as if the helicopter flew into the jet but that is just how I saw it when two very small specs on the screen hit one another and a fireball erupted.

 

I am not going to lay fault but a lot of folks already have done so. I think it best to wait for the results on the FAA investigation and any criminal investigation that could possibly also take place. I am not saying there as or is any evidence of criminal wrong doing but of course the possibility of a criminal act must be ruled out. There are going to be hundreds, if not thousands, of questions that need looking into and need answers based on facts and hard evidence. The cause of the collision (accidental or criminal) must be discovered, who or what was at fault, such as human error, mechanical failure, a combination of both and so on and on and on. One question that comes to mind is why was an Army helicopter crew performing a training assignment over a heavily used major U.S. airport in a metropolitan area. Meanwhile, the recovery efforts will remain ongoing until all of the bodies are found or until at least several days after today is my guess. In addition retrieval of as much evidence of the collision will take place. How much can be found in the Potomac river, into which the aircraft crashed after the collision, is a mystery that only time & effort will.solve. Of course, contacting and offering assistance to family members of the deceased will have to be handled. In addition any first responders or others involved with this tragedy (such as FAA Air Traffic Controllers) may wind up needing assistance after dealing with the event and or its aftermath.

 

Life is short enough without a horrendous event like this snuffing it out. My condolences to the families, loved ones, friends, coworkers and the like of the deceased. RIP.

All the best,

Glenn B

Sometimes I Simply Love Watching This GIF Over & Over Again...

 ...because I find it somewhat exhilarating, meaning how she handles that MP5. I think that is what gun it is but every time I try to make out the make & model I find myself being distracted for some unknown reason!

 

 

All the best,

Glenn B

The Age Old Advice I Only Have Learned For The First Time Today...

 ...and I am well within my 70th year on this earth. That advice reportedly has been, evidently according to a guru of grocery shopping at Fox News, to only shop the perimeter of a supermarket in order to buy healthy food products. Really folks, In all of my 69 plus years, I have never once before today read or heard that. Now all of a sudden, it appears to essentially have been gospel for all those years according to the source. Now though, as of about the time the linked article was printed, that has changed. Really! Leaves me wondering, how do they, them being the wonder children who come up with this stuff, actually think up this balderdash!

 

I am happy to know though that by today's new standard, I have been ahead of my time. That's because I have shopped virtually every aisle each time I have gone food shopping throughout my life. If nothing else, it's a bit of exercise for me when in the supermarket.

All the best,

Glenn B

Trump's Acceptance Speech Was One In Which...

...he pulled no punches, most of which obviously were aimed directly at Biden, his administration and leftists in general. It also went right to the point outlining several of the things he intends to accomplish that Biden had destroyed or was on his way to destroying. President Trump most certainly is a very different kind of a politician and he has my utmost respect and support because of his love of the USA & her people. The fact that his speech wiped the smile off of Biden's face made it all the more enjoyable for me to watch & hear!

 

If you did not watch it on TV or did not listen to it on a radio, I strongly recommend, regardless of your political affiliation or beliefs, that you calmly watch or listen to a recorded version. If you were a Biden voter in 2020 or a Harris voter in 2024, do yourself a favor - actually calmly listen to him for a minute and stop your pointless idiotic screaming and or juvenile whining when something with which you do not agree is something he says. Also, demand that anyone who offers you cookies & milk to make you feel better as if you were a spoiled rotten and essentially a mindless toddler, to shut up and allow you  to listen to him without interruption.  Maybe suggest they listen as well. Really, do yourself a favor and act like a responsible adult and actually think about hat he said. You may not like it, you may still hate him (admit it your side has been full of hatred for him) but at least you will have heard it first hand instead of through the liberal media or control freak politicians and academics who will almost certainly twist his words or at least their meaning. 

 

Then again, if you listen with an open mind, you may surprise yourself and find yourself realizing he was the much better choice to be our president than Harris could ever be. That this president truly loves the USA and truly wants to make our country great again for all of us may actually be the conclusion you draw. To do so though, you'll have to at least calmly listen to his speech for yourself first.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

I Am Not Usually A Fashion Critic But Unless She Lifted Her Head A Bit...

 ...you, or at least I, could barely see Melania's eyes with what I think was a totally ridiculous hat on her head. I wonder, who was, in my opinion, the moron that designed that hat? Otherwise, I thought she looked fine, as usual.

All the best.

Glenn B

Hip Hip HOORAY 47 And His VP Have Been Sworn In

 We once again have a chance for our nation and her Constitution (the bedrock of our Republic's laws, our rights and our liberties) to be saved from the destruction brought upon us by Biden and the liberals who voted for and supported him & Harris.  

 

What made it even more excellent was that as Schumer was walking toward the main room, he had on a face that looked as if he was on his way to get an unlubricated anal enema or maybe even to face a firing squad.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Presidential Pardons & Acceptance of Guilt

 So, Biden's last minute pardons included almost everyone in Congress who 'investigated' Trump for January 6th including: all Capitol Police and DC Police who were testified in regard to the same, General Milley, and others whomever they are, all preemptively. More at the source. This comes as no surprise, at least to me. What I will be surprised about is if Biden does not pardon some, or even most, of those convicted for crimes on January 6th if only for him to try to show the world what a great guy is he, at least in his own mind. I also will be somewhat shocked if he does not pardon himself or at least try to do so. No, he pretty much cannot be prosecuted for crimes he committed while president but he could be charged for all those he committed while vice president and while a senator - for instance his taking and possessing classified documents before he became president.

Oh yeah, he also pardoned Dr. Fauci, a man who lied to every U.S. citizen repeatedly and who put everyone's health at great risk who got a COVID vaccination and who seemingly, in great part, was responsible for creating the enhanced version of the virus that caused the pandemic and therefore who apparently was responsible for putting every human life on the planet at risk.

I must note, there reportedly was a Supreme Court decision in the early 1900s that said if a person accepts a pardon, it is an admission of guilt (as per verbal reports I heard on NewsMax2 on January 20, 2025). I am not sure how that would work if the pardoned person had not yet been accused of a crime before the pardon was granted, as in how could they be admitting guilt if they were not charged with anything prior to the pardon. Thus, I am left wondering if a person who has been preemptively pardoned could be indicted for a crime subsequent to the pardon and then have prosecution declined by the DOJ. Bear in mind that a grand jury hearing is an investigation, it is not a prosecution. 

 

I think it would certainly be right and just to at least try indicting many of these pardoned persons which would then very possibly make the pardoned person either have to admit to his or her guilt if he or she accepted the pardon or decline the pardon. If the pardon is accepted and this becomes an admission of guilt and there is a follow-up indictment, it would be very easy to fire every federal employee who accepts such a preemptive pardon. It would also make it impossible for any federal employee so indicted to ever testify under oath in federal proceedings if indicted for false statements. In addition, it would make it virtually mandatory to terminate the security clearance of any person pardoned but who was subsequently indicted for any felony. Again, I must emphasize that a grand jury indictment is not a criminal prosecution, it is the conclusion of a grand jury investigation albeit, it can lead to (but does not have to lead to) a prosecution. This of course,only holds water  if the NewsMax2 reports I heard about acceptance of a pardon is in fact an admission of guilt. I am not sure if that would pass the muster of the Supreme Court justices but I strongly believe it would b e well worth the effort to find out and to help clearing out the swamp if the Supreme Court agreed.

I hope that somehow my idea is viewed or heard by President Trump and that he goes after the likes of Dr. Death Fauci General Milley, Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi among many others.

All the best,

Glenn B

Dictionaries Should Place A Photograph...

 ...of this Los Angeles Fire Department Deputy Chief next to the definition of cunt vulva in my opinion.  This woman (?is it a woman?) should have been fired immediately after her remarks as far as I am concerned.

She evidently blames the victim (at least when a man) if she needs to rescue him from a fire by saying he got himself in the wrong place and also in essence says victims wants to see someone like themselves responding to a fire. More at the source. Hell, I want to see a fireman/woman who can get the job done and save my arse if it needs saving and save my dwelling to. She made what I think were likely meant by her to be both racist and heterophobic statements about whom a fire victim wants to see come to the rescue. 

 

Sadly too many folks in way too many jobs have been hired because of how they look, their race, their sexual preference and so on under DEI - all of which have zero to do with actually being qualified for a job of a first responder and it sure sounds to me like that is exactly the type of hiring she is spouting off about. This DEI crap has gotten way out of hand, I think everyone last person hired under DEI needs to be fired and replaced with a truly qualified individual for the job at hand.

 

Way to go libs of Los Angeles -  now you know, at least in part, why your multi-million dollar home burned to the ground along with countless homes of regular folks. In my estimation, it's because they hired people like her!

All the best,

Glenn B

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As Los Angeles Burns...

...and as homes , businesses are destroyed, people are dying in that terrible blaze.

 

Be happy none of us live in there or if any of us do that we got out alive and well. 

 

The governor of CA, I think, should be put on trial for manslaughter. He and other politicians in CA allegedly refused to keep the resevoirs filled, now the firemen have no water to fight the fires (more at the source).

 

How those liberal idiots in CA keep that arrogant POS in office, as governor, is mind boggling. I guess DEI, LGBTxyz and slamming Trump are their priorities.

 

Hoping for a massive downpour to extinguish the flames because the way it is now, little else will help.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

We Kicked Their Arses Once,...

 ...and they ceded lots of territory to us. So, does the president of Mexico really think we would not do it again if push comes to shove! Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexco to the Gulf of America 9 very fitting considering the name of the continent). The Mexican prez wants to rename the USA Mexican America, more at the source. I would like to remind her: she need take into consideration that the worst president since FDR & Woodrow Wilson - Joe Biden, who hates the USA but who loved to allow Mexican (and others) to invade the USA by way of 11 million illegal aliens, will soon be out of office and likely in a nursing home. A real man who actually loves the USA - Donald Trump - is replacing that mindless fool Biden. I am willing to bet that not only will Trump remove millions of illegal Mexican invaders from our land but he will also deal harshly with third world nit wits who try to tell us what we must do.

 

I doubt that either renaming will take place but if I had to bet which had the much better chance, I'd bet heavily on Trump's idea.

All the best,

Glenn B

 

 

An Eye Opener At A Gun Show

 So, there I was at my table a gun show yesterday. As I was sitting there staring straight out into the void (yes it was a slow day), a youngish guy (less than 35, & could have been in late twenties) held out a rather large rifle that appeared custom made. Had a nice white steel barrel (likely stainless) as he took a live round from a dealer. He then placed the round into the chamber of the rifle. I was about to get up and say something. I likely would have explained something about that being dangerous but right then I realized he had the bolt out of the action. Still, it was potentially dangerous because of such poor adhesion to show etiquette, to the rules and to firearms safety and add to that any other knuckllehead moves increasing the potential danger. (For instance, he might have tried again later after putting the bolt back in and then absent midedly loaded it with a live round and close the bolt making it all to ready to go kaboom). Luckily, besides them doing something both against the rules and very stupid, it at least posed no imminent threat to anyone. Suddenly and unexpectedly, he left out the side door. He came back in the same way a fewor several minutes later. The bolt was in his left hand and rifle in his right hand, as I recall.

Before I even had the chance to stand up, he went right back to the same dealer and they tried at least another round. Then he left again. I had hoped to speak to him about what he had just done but he was gone before I could hobble around my table (a very bad hip day today, was it) to get to him. While he had still been outside, I had taken a brief few moments to Google search for 'How to determine the caliber of a rifle that has no markings' - that or something very similar. I pretty much expected what came up, of which first on the list was an article by Shooting Times. It described what I had just seen and a bit worse in what some folks do regarding trying to determine the caliber of their guns and just out getting it very wrong. The first thing the author said about trying to determine the caliber by dropping rounds into the chamber was that that method is extremely dangerous (probably the worst way) because many rounds may seem to fit but in essence that shooting just one shot of the wrong sized ammo could cause serious injury to both the firearm and to the shooter. He went on to describe how a gunsmith (or anyone with specific know how) could obtain a cast of the chamber size using a proven method and proper tools. Once measu1red you would be able to track down the proper caliber by checking proper data sources. I had been about to go over to the dealer to show the article when the guy came back in and started over again; then he was suddenly gone again.

Once he was gone, I copied the link, then went over to the dealer and I spoke to up. The dealer seemed momentarily surprised when I explained how dangerous that method could wind up being in the end but listened and caught on quickly. I explained that the end, of course, might not be merely a ruined gun and maybe an injured whatever1 but could result in the dealer being sued and or being criminally prosecuted. Imagine who would be believed, when the shooter might swear, truthfully or not, that the dealer had told him that was the best way to size the chamber to the right sized caliber and then sold him the ammo that blew up his gun and injured him; the dealer quite possibly claiming that the dealer had told him it best to contact a gunsmith. Of course, that is all hypothetical but in today's world of sue, sue, sue and prosecute, prosecute, prosecute - it's all quite possible, even probable, if injuries would have had actually resulted and those prosecutions and law suits would be against not only the rifle owner (if a third party was hurt) but the ammo dealer and probably at least the show promoter too.

It wound up the dealer tracked him or a friend of his down and the ammo was returned. The dealer also sent him the link to the article that I had supplied. I am pretty certain the dealer will never do that again and I must admit, I briefly was unnerved in a very disquieting & alarming manner in as much as the dealer had worked with the guy trying to figure out the correct caliber by dropping rounds into the chamber and I would have thought the dealer would have known better. I have known the dealer from several shows over at least a few years now and I have never seen the dealer do anything else even potentially dangerous before today's exercise of poor judgement. I think a lesson was learned and neither would ever repeat that. The dealer later told me the guy who had been trying to figure out the caliber had been quite receptive to getting the article link and to having the issue explained to him. Hopefully, they will not repeat it because one stupid mistake all too often leads to another, or maybe to more than merely one more, and such a chain of events can lead to a catastrophe.

 

All the best,

Glenn B