Another Valentine For My Lady Readers

 

This is a photo of a winter blooming rose. I took the shot either a couple of days before Christmas 2015 or a couple days before New Years Day 2016, I cannot remember which but think it was just before Christmas. It was so warm out there is still an aphid in one of the folds of the flower.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Happy Valentine's Day To My Women Readers

I suppose there must be a few ladies who read this stuff who may appreciate this.

All the best,
GB

What Do Women Dream About Getting For Valentines Day?

It seems that what they want may have changed over the years.

All the best,
Glenn B

I Bet Those Beer Bottles Cracked...

...or popped their tops and that the beer cans at least bulged out of shape if not popped open. I mean the ones my son left out in our garage; excuse me while I go check them.

Time goes by as I check...

I just checked. Heck, the Heinekens he has out there are not even frozen one bit, not even slushy, and the Fosters Premium Ale can is in perfect condition (it looked so good I almost popped it open for me). I don't get it, my garage is not heated nor is it insulated. I would have thought it much colder in the garage right now than in my freezer, and especially so last night when temps were in the minus numbers. Beers freeze in my freezer in almost no time (or so it seems time wise when I forget them in there for a half hour or so). Strange how they did not freeze out in the garage in this we'd better call it Climate Change, uber anti-leftist, Global Warming cold snap we are having.

Oh well, not complaining about that, it's a good thing. Maybe I'll have one later.

All the best,
Glenn B

 

Potential Democrats Not Exactly Flocking To Register For The Party...

...but that won't stop Democrats already in the party from registering them.

Hat tip to Lisa F who had that on her FB page.

Note: This post, showing that photo, is in no way meant to demean the woman pictured or to imply that she is actually registering dead folks to vote or that she is a democrat. It's just one hell of a poignantly funny meme that I found on Facebook.

All the best,
GB

 

I Would Not Have Forgotten Her...

...last Valentine's Day either.

All the best,
GB

It Was 1 Degree Fahrenheit When I Crawled Out Of Bed This Morning...

...and I am guessing it was much colder at about 0300 when I let the dogs out. Tomorrow, it is supposed to be 38 degrees or 38 times warmer than that. This coming Saturday it is supposed to hit 53 degrees or be 53 times warmer than it was early today. Oh my gawd, it's climate change taking place all within one week! Al Gore must be visiting the east coast - we are doomed.

Stay thirsty warm my friends,
Glenn B

PS: I think I will stay inside, I can clean guns and do an ammo inventory.

A Civil War Within The United States of America Within 3-4 Years

It may be quite possible now that Obama will be naming a new Supreme Court Justice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.

I tremble at the thought but the current NIC will in all likelihood appoint an uber liberal to replace him and without a doubt leftist decisions in the Supreme Court will be curtailing our rights more than any executive actions by Obama. A few major rights being curtailed or even stricken from the Constitution would be more than enough t spark a revolution as we stand right now.

All the best,
Glenn B.

Happy Valetnine's Day

Almost everything a real man could want on Valentine's day.

All the best,
GB

This Could Have Been The TV Where I Watched The Super Bowl Last Week...

...at least if I had watched that racist half time show. The only likely difference would have been the amount of shots fired at the television.

All the best,
GB

We Are In For Fundamental Change Beyond The Scope Of Anyting Obama Ever Imagined

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been found dead at a resort in Texas (source). He was a conservative who believed that the Constitution and other laws should be interpreted based only on the texts. He was a wise and good man when it came to the law. He is in my thoughts and prayers (of my own making). If there is a God, God rest his soul.

Few details have been released so far. His passing will allow Obama to attempt to appoint the leftist of his choosing and with the RINOs we have in Congress, there is almost no doubt an ultra-leftist will be appointed. Heaven help us and if that doesn't work I suggest you stock up on firearms an ammo now to the best of your financial ability. Once people realize what is likely to befall us within the next few years, with a leftist Supreme Court, ammo and firearms will fly off the shelves much faster than Obama ever helped them to sell.
 
All the best,
Glenn B

Goodbye To The Mandated Yellow, Green, Glowing, Mishapen Hunks Of Excrement

Watch the video and you'll understand.



By the way, I added Bill Whittle Dot Com to the list of links on the right side of my page, it's in in the last list in the Red Zone - FONTS OF KNOWLEDGE - BOTH THE TRUTHFUL AND THEY WHO SPEW FORTH BALDERDASH. The guy is great, watch his stuff it is excellent, usually much better than this one but this one I could not resist since a major manufacturer is doing away with these pieces of shit that were forced on us by Nancy Pelosi and her like.

All the best,
Glenn B

Something Is Just Not Right In This Picture

When I figure it out, I'll let you know.

All the best,
GB

On The Question Of Which Gun An Elderly Arthritic Person Should Use For Self Defense...

...as was discussed at New Jovian Thunderbolt in this blog post: What do?, I think the more important approach is not to worry so much about which gun but to have the potential self defense shooter well prepared. So, the best answer I can think of is to have the person exercise and practice a lot with whatever pistol they choose after first practicing with a few to several pistols in different sizes and calibers. 

Osteoarthritis is or should be easier to manage in that way than rheumatoid arthritis, or at least so my medically untrained sense would tell me. In fact, I have seen many elderly arthritic folks (with osteoarthritis) easily and competently handle, load, fire, clear semi-automatics and revolvers in mid-level calibers. If they have mild to moderate arthritis, I would guess they could do well with any handgun in a reasonable caliber. Large calibers like magnum handgun rounds might do damage, so maybe they should avoid them. Someone with severe arthritis may need physical therapy  or medication to allow them to shot a handgun and it could be best for them to check with a medical professional first. Then again, so many doctors are anti gun, who can say if that is the thing to do. Anyway, people with mild to moderate osteoarthritis should be able, again this is my medically unschooled opinion, to handle and operate handguns in any caliber up to 45 ACP.

Heck, I suppose I am one of them (the supposing is only that you may or may not consider me elderly). Besides me witnessing other arthritis sufferers shooting I have first hand experience at being one of them. I have twice had Lyme disease, I suffer from osteoarthritis in virtually every joint in my body including in my hands, and suffer from neuropathy mostly due to radiation and chemo treatments and possibly due to head injuries in my distant past. Let's face it, I am not as nimble as I was once upon a time but still can do what needs to be done. If I must say so myself, I do so quite well when I it comes to handling a pistol or revolver. I have seen many arthritic folks into their 80s (or in other words decades older than me) do likewise.

One of the best things they, or anyone, could do before purchasing a handgun is to rent a few to several pistols and revolvers in different calibers, at their local range, and try each out to see how they feel. Mind you, it would be best to shoot each at several range sessions over a few weeks time, not merely at one, before deciding on a purchase. That way they will at last somewhat develop their muscles and joints to get them used to shooting before making a decision on which their lives may later depend. While renting guns at a range over a few sessions is not cheap, it might be more frugal, for a senior on a fixed income, to try before buying because if they wind up with the wrong handgun they may not be able to afford another more suitable replacement.

All the best,
Glenn B

Obama Is Responsible For Reigniting The Cold War...

...is what I believe and what I have been warning for almost 2 1/2 years now - at least since this blog post back in September 2013. Now, the Russians have just made it absolutely clear that we are in the middle of one. In fact, they are threatening us with dire consequences if we do not bow to them and their plans in Syria and elsewhere throughout the world (source). All that chest pounding by Russia is probably mostly due to our president being an infective whoosh when it comes to being a chief capable of command. Let's face it, all of his red line bravado and his talk of the U.S. being the strongest world power, of ISIS being a JV team and many of his actions to date in the world (the most recent being his terrible handling of Iran capturing U.S. seamen) amounted to little more than him being a braggart who would not back up his own threats or bragging by standing for what was right about the United States of America. He has effectively weakened the USA and brought us to at least one knee in world standing. 

I believe that Obama has set us back at least 50 years in our standing as an effective world power. If that is what he meant by fundamental change, then I think he was set to surrender America's superiority in world affairs from day one of his presidency and he has done a pretty good job of doing exactly that. The man and his policies are despicable to me.

All the best,
Glenn B

It Was A Zoo In Manhattan This Past Thursday

As in the Central Park Zoo. I took a walk  after an appointment I had in the city, and headed north on Madison Avenue toward Central Park despite the pretty cold temperature of 24 degrees. When I got to 59th Street I banged a left and after one more block I entered the park. As I was walking passed the Central park Zoo, I decided what the heck, I would shell out the ten bucks they wanted as general admission and see what they had in the way of interesting critters.

My first stop was the Tropical Zone. It is an indoor exhibit which you would think would house tropical animals and plants. Well, it did somewhat but not all of the displays were of tropical creatures. Some were from temperate deserts. The evident reason for that is tat the zoo has cut back over the years. As a matter of fact, the exhibits at the CPZ were fairly disappointing, to me because I have seen more variety at this zoo in the past. It was just that there were so limited as to the type of critters they displayed.

I still had a decent time for my $12 but I sure did miss the monkey house, which was still there after their big renovation back in the mid to late 1980's. I also missed the elephants and the polar bears and big cats (even though they have a now leopard enclosure). In place of polar bears, they now have two dismal looking female grizzly bears. At least when they had polar bears, you would often see them swimming in their pool, romping around the enclosure and playing with toys. I have never seen their grizzlies do much more than sleep or lazily walk around a bit and then go back to sleep.



Victoria Crowned Pigeon, there were several of these. This one was
constantly looking for nesting material. Other than the peacocks, these
pigeons were the most superbly spectacular birds in the exhibit.

Back to the Tropical Zone; I must admit it was nice walking in there and leaving the temps in the low twenties outside. It must have been about 85 degrees inside and was fairly humid too. It was a welcome change and worth the $12 admission fee right there. There were a good number of birds flitting about the trees, shrubbery, rocks and waterfalls inside. It was, in essence, and aviary that had glassed in enclosures around its inner perimeter. I saw some truly magnificent looking birds but to my dismay none were too cooperative in posing for pictures. I did get a few nice shots though.

The Victoria Crowned Pigeon was not afraid of getting wet. If you click to
enlarge this shot you probably will see the water droplets on its feathers.



It did like to shake the water off of its crown though.



Radjah Shelduck from Australia and new Guinea. This duck was the
most cooperative of the birds when it came to posing for my camera.



Profile pic of the Radjah Shelduck.



Then there was this one, another pigeon of some sort, sorry I did not get the
name. It certainly is spectacular and not just another NYC 'rat with wings'.

Thee were also some mammals and reptiles in the Tropical Zone, that I saw, including bats, banded mongoose, at least one flying fox, lemurs, a redfoot tortoise, a gila monster, geckos, and a few snakes.

I got one decent picture of a snake and a really nice couple of shots of the mongooses (or is it mongeese ;>).



Amazon Tree Boa.


 

Banded Mongooses, these were pretty active little critters.

While not the best photos, I could not fail to include pictures of the Superb Starling. This was one beautiful bird and as with other species in the aviary, this one was busy with nest building.

This Superb Sparrow was also tending it's nest.

Neither of my pics of this one are great but this one shows its color better.

After that, it was back out into the cold where I visited the grizzlies, snow monkeys, snow leopard (which I did not see), harbor seals, sea lions (always among the favorite attractions at the zoo) and some other bird exhibits including the very fishy and foul smelling penguin house. man there shit does stink to high heaven and it smells like putrid fish.

The only half way decent shots I got outside were of more birds. Of course, I was taking pictures with my phone, a Samsung Galaxy S6 Active, so the control I had for exposure and such was non existent since I was just snapping way in auto mode. I sort of wish I had my old Nikon FM2 film camera with me. Had I had that one along this next shot would have come out with the fence in focus but as it is, the shot shows an amazing looking bird anyway.

I call it Ducks and Whatever because I forgot to get the name of these birds.

There was also a pair of uncooperative cranes. They both had there heads out as I approached but when I got close they both looked unimpressed by me and each tucked their heads under wing and went to sleep.

White-naped Cranes

I took the hint and left the zoo shortly after that but made one final quick stop at the sea lion exhibit. I didn't bother to try to get a photograph of the sea lions because by that time I was getting pretty cold, hungry and thirsty and I wanted to get out of there and find myself something to eat and drink. That is exactly what I did too, well at least I got a beer.

All the best,
Glenn B
 

Don't Be One Or The Other...

...but be one and the other, it's a nice balance.

All the best,
GB

Nuns With Guns

From this:

To this:

All it took was about 45-50 years! Improvement? You tell me.

All the best,
Glenn  B

Angelina Jolie - Maybe Not The Leftist I Had Imagined

I came across this:

Then, I did some checking and found these:

http://hollowverse.com/angelina-jolie/

http://www.thepoliticalinsider.com/hollywood-furious-angelina-jolie-said-barack-obama/

While she is probably not the Libertarian with right leaning convictions that one might hope to see now and again in Hollyweird, I feel so bad about what I had thought of her that I may have to watch one or three of her movies to make amends.

All the best,
Glenn B
 

I Just Saw This Video After Reading About The Super Bowl Half Time Show

I must say, I am ever so happy that I did not pay any attention to the half time show for the Super Bowl. I probably would have destroyed the television.



It is nice to see that people are seeing her and her performance for what they are indeed.

All the best,
GB

Taxes Finalized...

...and submitted to the feds and NY state. Amazingly, this year, while I have to pay the feds a small amount, the refund I get from NY will result in a net refund between the two. It's not much, a mere pittance, but it is an unexpected and welcome bit of cash coming back to us.

All the best,
Glenn B

Just Look At That Shine On My Shoe Dear...

...would be about the only thing he could say he was doing if he wanted to deny intentionally tripping a suspected drug dealer who was fleeing from police in London, England. See the video at this:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/02/09/caught-on-video-british-man-trips-suspect-running-from-police.html?intcmp=hplnws.

While he may be getting kudos from the police (who want him to come forward), the guy in the linked video, who tripped the suspected bad guy, may be wise to not come forward. Sadly, England probably is almost as litigious as the USA and chances are if the foot extender comes forward, the suspect may sue him for whatever he can get. I Would hope not and can only wish the guy well. He sure made that move with a determined but subdued amount of flair, I have to hand him that. If there just was one word to describe the action he took to assist the police I would say that word would have to be "outstanding".

All the best,
Glenn B


 

Head On Train Wreck - Is The German Transport Minister Ruling Out Terrorism Already?

Two trains have collided head-on in Bavaria, Germany; several people have been killed and scores injured. Very shortly after the collision the German Transport minister reportedly said:

"We need to determine immediately whether it was a technical problem or a human mistake,". (Source.)

Now maybe he wasn't thinking of all the possibilities but I would bet anyone can imagine more possible causes than just two of either human error or mechanical failure. Then again, maybe he is making a sneaky leftist type of an effort to rule out terrorism across the board because he does not want to chance offending Germany's newest freeloaders. Of course, it could have also been the media leaving off some of his statement.

My guess though is that he is a leftist arsehat of a bureaucrat, and he is singing his government's song and that song does not include any lines about possible terrorism so as to keep the so called refugees appeased. Let's face it, Germany apparently is too afraid to ire Muslim refugees by even breeching the possibility it was terrorism.

Note, I am not saying anyone should jump to conclusions. My point is the exact opposite. I believe all avenues of the investigation should remain open until prove to be dead ends and also believe the German Transport Minister should think likewise..

Anyway, terrorism or technical problems or human error, however it turns out, I am keeping the victims in my thoughts and well wishes - with a hope for complete and speedy recovery to those who were injured.

All the best,
Glenn B

A Man Can Dream

 

 

All the best,

Glenn B

It's Primary Day In New Hamspshire And...

...one can only hope that New Hampshirites Hampshirans New Hamsters (supposedly correct but I will not call a decent person a hamster) New Hamshiremen will  come out to vote despite the snow. I also am optimistic that the people, of such a free state as New Hamsphire, would consider many things while voting and then remember the one right that protects all of our other rights from usurpation by tyrants and vote accordingly. If you have any question as to that right, see below:

All the best,
Glenn B