You Know, The Folks in Venezuela...

 ...probably did not think want to believe their country was in for a total financial meltdown right before it became inevitable just like most of the folks in the USA do not believe it now. But damn it folks - all the signs are their. All it needs for you to see them are the cleansing waters of the truth for it to be reported in the media; then if our economy could speak for itself this is what it would be saying and of course Joe would be blaming it on whomever washed away his lying filth to show us the truth:

 

I should not need to post links to articles to clue anyone in. If you have no clue as to what I am talking about then you have not been reading the news - at least not on more than MSNBC or CNN but even they to some extent, I think, realize what is happening as to the destruction of our economy by Joe Biden's administration! We are fucked screwed short of a miraculous turn around after the next election, or if we cannot make it that long, then short of an outright revolution to overthrow the current regime in DC and in libtard states. I neither condone nor advocate a revolution because one is not preferable if only because this is the US of A (or used to be) and we should be able to come together across party lines to fix this. Then again, if not, maybe a revolution is what is needed - just saying.

All the best,

Glenn B

Guess What The Mail Lady Just Delivered

 I've been waiting on this little beauty hoping it would arrive none too late because I need to go somewhere this afternoon. Just a few minutes ago there was a knock on my door and when I opened it up - there was my beautiful mail lady. Seeing her is always a pleasure but when she is holding a package for me that I know contains a gun, it makes my smile even bigger when I greet her.

 

This is another Hessney.com auction gun and it is in excellent condition. It is a Charter Arms Pathfinder in 22 LR. There are a couple of slight wear spots and a very slight cylinder ring that is barely visible. Being it is a C&R gun (over 50 years old having been manufactured in 1971) it shipped directly to me from the auction house.

 

 

 

This is a keeper. It replaces one of the same guns I had back when I was a young Border Patrol Agent. I sold that first one and have regretted it somewhat ever since. Never found another, in really nice shape, to replace it until I found this one. It likely will not look as good after too long because I intend to carry it as a back-up but first a trip to the range to test its function and reliability. Small enough to comfortably fit in a pocket or so I seem to recall from back in the day when I had the other one. 

All the best,

Glenn  B

Got A Nice One...

 ...from a Hessney auction. It is a Remington 870 Express Magnum, 3" chamber, with a fully rifled barrel with rifle sights. It appears to be in unfired condition. No loss of finish at all on the mag tube is a pretty good indication it has not been shot or at least no shot a lot. Not as pretty as a Remington 870 Wingmaster but it will do for home defense or deer hunting.

 

 

 

 

Me thinks this one is a keeper. I have two other 870s; one is another Express 2 3/4" chamber, also with a wood stock but not a magnum and the third looks like an Express but does not say so on the receiver, it has a black synthetic stock and also has a 3" chamber. I believe that last one is also unfired. The first one has had the hell shot out of it. I got that in the mid 1980's and have used it for everything from trap shooting, to deer and small game hunting, to home defense to an authorized personal long arm on my job when I was a federal agent. I do like my 870s.

 

I've got some extra 870 barrels around here someplace, one is a 20" barrel that is fully rifled with rifle sights, another is an 18" smoothbore with bead front sight only, and the third is a 20" smoothbore with rifle sights. Until sabot slugs become available again, at a decent price, I think the 20" smooth bore barrel with rifle sights is going on this new shotgun.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

I Actually Have Been Dieting...

 ...for about a week now. That is a good thing I suppose, I need to lose 50 pounds or so (70 lbs. would be better) but I'd settle for 45 or 40. So far, I've cut out junk food items like pies, cakes, candies (except for a couple or few Altoids now and then). If I can stick to this another week or two, I may change over to the Atkin's Diet for awhile but for now just cutting out the snacks will have to do. One other thing, I have not had a bier since Christmas, some booze yes (low carbs) and only very little spirits at that but no bier. I do miss a nice bier now and again but they have to wait until I lose some weight.

All the best,

Glenn B

I've Been Thinking Of Dieting...

 ...but the problem is all I do is think about it as I'm stuffing my face with my next piece of cherry pie, this season's fruit cake or some super fudgy chocolate brownies I've baked while washing it down with a bier and as the Atkin's Diet book sits unread on my table. So I've been wondering, what could I do to motivate myself. Then, today by coincidence, a friend up in NY sent me this music video (a hat tip to Charlie F). Well, I watched it and discovered something, it could be just the motivation that I've not been looking for. (Truth is while I need it, I've not really been looking for it, the junk food tastes too good.) Seriously now though, it might be pretty good motivation - I think:

 

 

So, what do you think, would it motivate you? Well, now while I had thought it might motivate me, I'm not so sure anymore. At least I'm not as sure, it would be as good a motivator, ever since I saw another older music video along the same idea:

 

 So which do you think would motivate you better?

 

The first one was okay, how could a guy (at least a hetero one) not like it but it is no longer that motivational. While I prefer watching it, the thing is it gives false hope about gray hair, a big belly and young ladies flocking round regardless. On the other hand, the second one leaves not one smidgen of hope at all now - does it! That 2nd is almost pitifully to the point for me. I need to throw away the junk foods & crack the spine on that Atkin's Diet book real soon.

 

All the best,

Glenn B
 

PS: I'd bet dollars to dietary donuts that the blonde in the black & pink cap with the black top & denim shorts looks good naked!

Just In Case You Were Wondering...

 ...how to pronounce Omicron:

I posted that because there seems to be a lot of different pronunciations used by the so called intellectuals in this country - how did Biden say it:

 

Of course, if you do not care ho to pronounce it then you may have more fun watching the below video. It has nothing to do with pronouncing Omicron but it does show a chimp that is probably smarter than many people (definitely more than those in this video and maybe smarter than Joe Omnicron Biden). You can bet the chimp does now care how to pronounce Omicron but what he does seem to care about is showing humans he is a quick learner and knows how to take charge of a situation immediately and completely. That's something Joe Biden needs to learn more than a little bit about, I suppose he could take lessons from that chimp! I love the chimp's victory stance & walk at the end:

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Well, At Least It Isn't Covid

 What is it, it's bronchitis and while not as  bad as my Covid last year, it does make one feel kind of, sort of, almost miserable. I just hope I don't catch Covid while I already have this screwing my insides over. After having had Covid last year, I think if I caught it on top of bronchitis, it would be sheer misery. 

 

So, I guess for the most part except for dog walking, I'll be staying home this week. That should give me plenty of time to do some maintenance on what guns I have at home. That could keep me fairly busy for at least a few days, I suppose.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

As With Every January 1st - This One Somewhat Sucks...

 ...but that has not so much to do with the new year but that it is a new month and some bills are due and others though not due are already posted and get paid by me on the first day of the month. So, while I just saw my bank account swell due to the deposit of my increased pension today, I also saw it deflate more than it inflated. That's because with regular bills plus recent spending on a gun auction & on Christmas just gone by - I owe, I owe, I owe and off to debtors court I do not want to go. 

 

At least I got a decent cost of living allowance in my pension this year as did other federal retirees; in fact the best one in years (probably Joe Biden trying to buy future votes). That would have been nicer by far if it (the COLA money) was not already spent plus more due to the outrageous and record breaking inflation caused by Joe Biden and his dimocrat crew who seemingly are ever spending everyone else's cash (s in the taxpayers' cash). 

 

Now mind you, I am not complaining about getting a raise. I am saying that I'd much rather have zero inflation, an excellent economy and no raise than a COLA that will only go toward creating higher inflation, thus higher prices and higher taxes in the long run. Fuck Joe Biden! I mean why bother with the libtard code for that of Let's Go Brandon when it is no secret what we mean (after all if was a libturd who tried to keep the actual chant a secret). So let me say it plain and simple once again - Fuck Joe Biden.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Happy New Year In Advance

I tried going to bed about an hour ago but could not get to sleep. I was just tossing and turning and the dog jumping up to join me and then doing much the same did not help. So, maybe, just maybe, I will be up until just after midnight when I will say Happy New Year as I am wishing you in advance now in case I do not make it.. Thus, if I cannot keep my eyes open until then, that Happy New Year I just gave will have to do!

All the best for 

a truly better year this new year,

GB

 

Edited To Add: I am still up to say Happy New Year On Time at 2400/0000!

Betty White Is Lighting Up Heaven Tonight

 Betty White, one of America's favorite actresses, passed away today at 99, less than 3 weeks short of her 100th birthday. Stars, directors, producers and of course her fans have been leaving words of tribute to her.

One star, who worked with Betty was Valerie Bertinelli. She said one of the simplest yet nicest things about Betty, maybe the nicest words I have ever read about someone who has passed on: 

"Rest in peace, sweet Betty. My God, how bright heaven must be right now."

Kind of says it all I think.
RIP Betty White and thanks for the laughs.

All the best,
Glenn B

FUCK NY STATE'S GOVERNMENT

 Reason enough, plus more, for saying so can be found here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-prioritize-non-white-people-low-supply-of-covid-19-treatments 

All the best, 
GB

I Keep Forgetting To Ask (and to tell)...

 ...what did you get for Christmas? I got some thermal shirts, some flannel shirts, a 4 slice toaster (to replace the 2 slice one I had), a Mr. Coffee (to replace the old worn out one I had), a gift card to Bass Pro Shops, a pair of Hatch Resister Gloves (because I asked Santa for them) and that's it for my presents (more than enough and probably more than I deserved). The gloves are made from goat skin with a Kevlar liner. I've been wearing them since around 9/11 when my agency issued them to us. They last a long time. I still have my second pair that I wear currently and have had for several years now that show very little appreciable wear. These new ones are going to be for future use; I figured the way prices are going, by the time I would need a new pair to replace the current ones, I would not be able to afford them. So I asked Santa nicely and he obliged, Santa being my son.

 

What did you all get?

 

Lest I forget, I bought myself a couple of guns at a Hessney.com auction a couple of weeks ago but they have not yet arrived and a I got myself a Vortex Solar SPARC red dot scope as well. Of course, they really do not count as Christmas gifts per se as they are more indulgences than anything but it is a nice time of year to indulge one's self. Hope your Christmas was a nice one.

All the best,

Glenn B

Merry Christmas

 Merry Christmas. 

 

 

 

If you believe in Jesus then do you realize - it really is all about giving gifts - after all wasn't Jesus God's gift to mankind. Imagine if we made an effort to make every day like Christmas by joyfully giving to one another.

That is all,

Glenn B

Happy Festivus

 

May your aluminum pole stand bare but always erect, may the grievances aired against you be few but yours against others be loudly proclaimed & many and may you prove yourself strong by your feats of strength.

All the best,

Glenn B

A Philosophical Rant: The Cute Little Dog Next Door

That mutt has been barking & howling incessantly for at least the past 4 hours or so. It often is in that noisy state at this transition time between late night/early morning. In fact, it has been very annoying - now for at least a month or two - especially when I am trying to go to sleep any time after 9PM until 1AM on a weeknight. Right now, it is just wailing away as usual and being a friggin' extremely noisy pest as I have been trying to snooze but it has been keeping me awake. Thank goodness or my efforts to prevent her from doing so that my mongrel does not present herself as a noisy annoying pest as does, I think, my neighbor's dog.

 

I guess the owner is at work and it suffers from separation anxiety? So, here is what I did in hopes of copping with it: I changed my go to sleep hours and have tried to go to bed three hours or so later than I had been going to bed. That does not fucking help because when the owner(s) get(s) home she or he or they make a bunch of noise for an hour or two, then at least one takes a shower. The pipes running waer for the shower, being in a wall near to my bedroom, are friggin' very noisy at 1 or 2AM.

I admittedly have banged on the walls once or maybe twice in disgusted protest, that did not help. I have complained to the complex management - also no help so far. I am thinking of actually setting up surveillance and watching to see when they come and go. Then figure out when they sleep. Then when I think they are sleeping to jump up and down, bark & howl, and run the water in my shower and to do all that every night for a month but figure I should not because I am not leftist scum and because it just would not be right. Anyway, actually doing it would serve them well, I think; they have been doing it to me for well over a month but as I indicated it would not be ethical nor would it be me. 

 

Really folks, neighbors suck when - if it were not for bad manners,  they would have no manners at all. In fact that is the problem with America because if anyone truly gave a shit about everyone else, we would not be in the current predicament in which we find ourselves being at one another's throats. Why? Because we would instead exhibit good manners toward one another no matter our political affiliations; in other words we would respect one another because we would deserve that respect based upon the respect we gave first without anything other reason than us having good manners in the first place.  

 

Sadly, exhibiting good manners toward one another seems absolutely impossible with leftists being part of the picture and I am saying that as a true middle of the road libertarian.  I rally don't get it, they view anyone else as bad people with terrible ideas instead of viewing them as somebody else with an opinion whether thought wrong or right by them. It's how I viewed leftists for many years but they kept being so radically different than the rest of us, I have arrived at the conclusion that it must be something in the water or that they are just frigging out of their minds.

All the best,

Glenn B

Excellent Music - 2nd Album By Black Sabbath - Paranoid!

 I think it is nowhere nearly as good as their first album but it definitely was not bad at all. In fact, it was good enough as a follow-up that - as long as they kept on going - they would have lots and lots ardent of followers. It was that inspiring - a truly new form of music - Heavy Metal!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWvKvOViM3g

After all these years, still music to my ears for sure!

All the best,

GB

The People Of The USA Owe...

 ...Senator Joe Manchin a huge kiss on his arse or whereever he wants it. Thank goodness there is at least one democrat who truly is concetned about the welfare of our great nation and who is willing to oppose the party line to protect it.

All the best,
Glenn B

My NY Gun Forum Secret Santa Was Very Good To Me...

 ...this year just as he was last year even though he was a different one than the last one. In fact he was very generous.

 

Yesterday when I got home from a day away, I found this box on my door step. It is pretty big, that is a Marlin 336 in the gun sock for scale. No, the Marlin was not my gift. 

 

 When I saw the box, I kind of hoped that it did not contain one of the forum members who is quite the trickster and who, each year, sends a sexually orientated gift along with a regular Christmas gift to his giftee. He once sent me what Bruce Willis & Ving Rhames are wearing orally in the below video. Really, I never used it. By the way, it would not be too much of a surprise to me if he (the trickster) sent himself to his giftee if he thought he could survive the trip.

 

 

The box was certainly big enough to pack someone into it. Seems to be a fault of Amazon that they use boxes 3 to 4X too big for the item inside. They had one small piece of packing paper in with the gift providing zero protection, thank goodness it arrived in good shape. Just in case you do not think the box was big enough to hold someone inside of it: 

 

 

 Luckily for me, it did not contain the trickster, in the Gimp's outfit, nor did it contain a blow-up doll or a dead body. Instead, it was sent to me by a totally different Secret Santa and it held something very useful - a Tipton Ultra Gun Vise.

 

The new one!

While that was extremely generous and well thought out as to what I probably could use, the thing is, I already have one! I bought one last year. 

 

The one I already had!

 

So, what to do with the new one. I will not re-gift it but rather will take it to my son's place and leave it there. That way he can get some use out of it and so can I when I visit him. Sounds like a reasonable solution to me since I'd have no use for two at my place. That way, if we have to flee to either one of our places and head to the other's - once the Zombie Apocalypse or the Demogorgons turn everything into a wasteland or into the absolute Upside Down - we will be ready to repair whatever might need repairing at either place. With the zombies acting as they have been acting, that may be sooner than expected.

That truly was/is a very generous and excellent gift to give to a gun guy. My thanks to Galen (my no longer Secret Santa) over at NY Gun Forum.

All the best,

Glenn B

Time Does Not Heal...

 ...all wounds. The only way time could heal all wounds would be if death itself is the cure and that is not healing - it's just an ending. 

 

While living life though, you sometimes need more than mere time. You need the talent(s) of a healer be your wounds of the body, mind, soul or of two of them or even if of all three. 

 

All the best,

Glenn B

I Gotta Stop The Craving...

 ...to keep buying guns. Then again - no I don't - not really. It is part of being a free man and I will enjoy doing it so long as I can do it. Fuck the To heck with the libturds who think otherwise.

 

My latest two acquisitions (well I have not yet received them but they should be on their way by later this week or next week) are a 12 gauge Remington Express Magnum, wit h3" chamber & rifled barrel and a Charter Arms Pathfinder in 22 WMR circa 1971. 

Here are some pics from the auction:.

 

 

 

 While it was not listed as "unfired" or "as new",  the Remington seems to have been little used. Note the mag tube and the lack of apparent wear on it. It is one of the first places you see noticeable wear once this model gun has been fired a bit. This one has the slightest bit of a shine where the wear usually shows but no evident lack of color. Keeping my fingers crossed that it is like new.

 ,

 

  

 

The pathfinder was rated as 95% metal finish and in apparent good working order. While I probably paid too much for the revolver the thing is I want it as a keeper and they are not that easy to find any longer, at least not the old versions of the pathfinder in 22 MAG so I am happy with paying a little extra for it.

Should have some fun with them both.

All the best,

Glenn B

Another Month Or So - Another Hessney Firearms Auction

There I was, only about 2.5K away from getting my bank account balance back to where I think it should be or at least where I'd be comfortable with the amount I have saved up. Then what did I do but start bidding on another Hessney online Sportsman Auction (Hessney.com - basically a firearms auction but this one has a variety of accessories, knives, artwork, decoys & fishing gear too). 

 

Of course, if I do not wind up with the high bid on any of the auction lots my bank account will be the better for it because if nothing else, I'll have the same amount in it and that will get me a bit more interest next month. Having even one hi bid (on a gun) likely means me having to withdraw funds to pay for it and the balance will suffer. The thing is, I have already bid on several guns and some other things like accessories and have at least a few more guns on my list of possibles. Of course, I do not imagine I'll have the high bid on each and every lot on which I'll bid but I pretty much plan to have it on at least two of them that I desire pretty badly. Not about to say which two - that really would be giving away too much information.

 

If I do have the high bids; hopefully, I will have it on the two I want the most. Having the high bids will not only mean paying for them but also will require me to figure out how to recoup that cash. Chances are I will have to sell another gun or two already in my collection but truth be told folks - that is getting harder and harder to do because I do not have many I'm willing to sell right now. There is also some ammo I can sell or so I suppose; although I doubt that would pay for the guns, it would at least give me some cash to put back into the bank.

 

It's an addiction, I swear.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Take A Few Moments Today To Remember & Honor Those...

 ...who lost their live or limbs and innocence on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Up until 9/11/2001, it was the largest loss of life in a single attack on the United States of America proper. A total of 2,403 U.S. military & civilians were killed that day during the attack or died as a direct result of it. Only the attacks of 9/11, specifically the attack on the World Trade Center had a higher casualty count at 2,763 (source). Of the casualties at Pearl Harbor, not counting those wounded who survived, the fatalities break down like this by branch of service and civilians:

  

2,008 Navy

218 Army

109 Marines 

68 civilians  

Most of the deaths occurred on one ship. On the USS Arizona, a b battleship, there were 1,177 fatalities (source).

It was a horrific and surprise attack by a vicious  enemy, an enemy that later paid the price, for attacking freedom, in a manner as never seen or even imagined before when, on August 6,1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Then on August 9, 1945, another was set off in the air over Nagasaki, Japan. Those two devastating bombs, it is estimated they killed anywhere from about 130,000 to 240,000 people (mostly civilians) finally brought the Japanese to surrender unconditionally (source).

 While those bombs ended WWII, they also ushered a new age - the atomic age and later to nuclear age in which we still live with the threat of nuclear destruction hanging over our heads each and every day. If there truly is a God in Heaven, I pray God help us that we, or any nation, never again set(s) off another such bomb and pray that no further attacks like the one on 9/11 or the one on Pearl Harbor ever happen again.

Yet, we can be thankful to the brave men and women who died or were injured and of course to those who did not die nor were injured but who fought bravely during the attack at Pearl Harbor. We also should never forget those who  answered the call, that went out after Pearl Harbor, to stand for the USA and battle our enemies until they were defeated.

All the best,

Glenn B

I Miss Views Like This

 

 Probably color enhanced a bit but not by much from real life if any given fall is in full blaze before the leaves fall! 

All the best,

GB

Is It Coincidental That Russia & China Have Flexed Their Military Muscle...

 ...at the same time more or less relative to their neighboring countries and making it look like invasions are imminent. I think it is no coincidence and also believe that what we have seen so far may be all the warnings we are going to get before one or both of those world powers commence(s) military action against the nation(s) they have in effect been targeting. Should Russia and China actually both invade their neighbors, the Ukraine in the case of Russia and Taiwan in the case of China (both allies of the United States of America) what will we do. 

 

My guess is little more than spout rhetoric from the mouth of the current presidential administration. Of course, we may also take action and my further guess is that if we do take action it will be essentially ineffective and that any countermove by Russia and China may bring us to our knees like the weakling they believe us to be under Biden or may land us smack dab into the middle of a nuclear attack and WWIII. Of course - none of our experts seem to believe that to be possible but I seem to remember that is what out experts thought in 1941 too when the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor took place and landed us in WWII. Those two other nations currently see us as being extremely weak right now because of us having extremely weak and ineffective leadership (if you can call Biden & Harris leaders), because of our terrible economy, because of supply chain issues and because one of our military leaders had pledged to notify China if we planned to attack them under president Trump (I cannot believe this guy is still in the military). I would not be surprised if they staged concurrent attacks on the 7th.

 

Besides all that, Joe Biden seems to be in the pocket of China and seems to be a mumbling fool when it comes to Russia (he is talking about economic sanctions should Russia invade the Ukraine, one of our allies). I would like to doubt that I am even possibly correct but I am an absolute pessimist when I see all the things going on with our enemies beating the war drums and virtually nothing going on with our president except him making up new mask mandates and lying through his face about his own past exploits. Honestly folks, I think his son would be a better president than him (although I am not suggesting that Brandon ever even consider politics and thus continue to ruin the USA). 

 

So, what is bumbling Biden's plan right now to deal with these situations? Well, he is going to have a meeting with Putin on December 7th (is it a coincidence that was the date of the last invasion of the United States by a foreign power). Let me tell you in his own words what he expects:

 

"We’ve been aware of Russia’s actions for a long time and my expectation is we’re gonna have a long discussion with Putin," (source). 

 

Meanwhile, Russia has 94,000 troops on the Ukrainian border poised to attack if that is what they decide to do. What will SlowJoe do then! He plans to place economic sanctions against them (source). He said we have no shortage of sanctions but we evidently have a shortage of oil. Wasn't he just recently begging the Saudis and the Russians to produce more oil hoping that wold lower oil prices that have skyrocketed (source) under his administration!

 

"...Biden in August 2021 begged Saudi Arabia and other Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia (OPEC+) to pump more crude oil." (source). 

 

Then when Russia and other nations did not produce more to help lower prices, what did Biden do but dip into our strategic oil reserve - not once but twice. Guess where it was expected he would send those reserves - China & India (source). Our oil reserves are now lacking for us but maybe are a big help to at least one of our enemies. Should we wind up in a war with them, their jets - the same invading Taiwan's air space as of late - may wind up dropping bombs on us while burning the fuel we gave to them. Our fossil fuel situation is a far cry from what it was under president Trump when we had oil independence for the first time in more than 6 decades (source). What the heck is wrong with how Biden and the leftists in this country think or is it they just do not think!

 

Let's go Brandon or better yet, let me say it outright - FUCK JOE BIDEN because my bet it that is what Vladimir Putin will tell him just that on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It would not surprise me in the least if Russia and China attack their neighbors on that day and would only surprise me a little bit if they went straight for the big money and attacked us as well. Of course, all the muscle flexing is probably just a way to get Sleepy Joe to acquiesce to the whims of the Russians & the Chinese. As I said, they see us as weak and I am sure they want to capitalize on our weakness but then again, who knows what evil lurks in the minds of commies.

All the best,

Glenn B

Moronic Carjacker - A Potential Darwin Award Winner

No way to embed the video here, so if you want to ring a smile to your face, use the link to Twitter to watch an unsuccessful carjacking and a very successful attempt at foiling a carjacking. More at the source: https://twitter.com/i/status/1466439577799962629

All the best,

Glenn B