Thanksgiving

Hi All,

One of the truly nice things about Thanksgiving is that it is not a holiday solely to be celebrated by any specific faith or even to anyone of faith. Yes, it started with the Pilgrims and Natives of what later became the Americas but that was the beauty of it as those two groups held vastly different beliefs; yet, they joined one another and gave thanks together. As I said, you don't even need to be religious to celebrate Thanksgiving. All you need to do is to give thanks for whatever bounty you have to whomever or whatever you think you should give thanks for that which you have. Here in the USA we almost all have plenty - and those that do not have plenty at least have somethings for which we all can & should be thankful. As for those who think they do not have anything for which to give thanks, I'd say think again because others in the world simply do not have what we have in the US of A.

As for me, I'll be celebrating at my son's place with him, his girlfriend, their three dogs (a 15 year old basset hound named Chubbs & two new puppies, Hilda & Winnie, as of Friday), my pooch Skye and a 22 pound turkey - which will not be celebrating but which will be cooked along with a bunch of other delightful vittles. Nope, sorry, no possum stew even though we are in Arkansas! 

I hope all of you will be doing something similar on what has become a truly wonderful & joyous American holiday for all of us. By the way, one of the things for which I give thanks is all of you as a whole.

Happy Thanksgiving.

All the best, 

Glenn B

 

Let's Broadcast To All Terrorists That...

 ...federal Air Marshals in the USA ate not protecting our traveling public but instead have been reassigned to our southern border to essentially act as a welcoming committee for illegal aliens (more at the source)!  Heck, it seems they are down on the border and maybe are unknowingly facilitating the passage of terrorists, who crossed the border illegally, into our cities and rural heartlands and thus helping them in their potential jihad against the USA.

 

Pardon the words I am about to write but what the fuck is going on in the minds of the assholes who make up the Biden administration! Really folks, me describing them as assholes is me both truthful and me being nice because they should be called a lot worse. I spent the entire 32 years of my career in federal law enforcement protecting our borders in one way or another and that in each agency by which I was employed but this current crop of totally mindless woke zombies that make up the Biden administration have not only opened our borders to an invasion of illegal aliens but now have, in sum & substance, told the world they have also left our commercial flights open to be attacked with no chance of such an attack being thwarted by our Air Marshals. The blithering idiot in charge, yes that would be Biden, and his incompetent minion are dead set to destroy this nation in any way possible or so it seems. They have done it again with this totally unbelievable deployment of our Air Marshals and then again with announcing that move to the world at large and thus to our enemies. Amazingly, despite fuck up after fuck up by Biden and the clowns in his administration - the idiots who voted Biden into office are ready and willing to do it again. 

 

FJB!!! More importantly keep your head on a swivel, go armed when you legally can do so, and stay safe.

 

All te best,

Glenn B

Surgery Tomorrow

 Well, I hope if you read this ou wish me well. I am having my third surgery tomorrow, on my urinary tract, since June. The first was prostate & urethra, the second was for a stricture that supposedly developed after the first surgery and this one, a meatoplasty, is for yet another or the same stricture that developed or redeveloped after the second operation. This surgery is usually done on young children; almost always only to those who have been circumcised. Of course, I'd have to be an exception at least to age. Where it is usually relatively painless in children, my doc told me I'd be in pain for 10 days. The thing is he keeps underestimating how long the effects of these surgeries will be hurting! I've been in pain each time I've had to go ever since June 6th!!! It has not been fun, normal, or expected as each time the doc has told me that everything will be fine after each surgery.

 

This procedure requires they put me under anesthesia completely and while they were going to do it in their urology clinic, the anesthesiologist interviewed me over the phone and determined my health, or somewhat of a lack thereof, requires me to go into the hospital so they can better monitor me while I am knocked out (that alone is a bit scary but at least I guess they are being careful). Being I need to be knocked out, as opposed to getting a local anesthesia as would a child and since the doc told me it would hurt for so long, something tells me that this is gonna hurt like hell each time I've gotta pee for at least those 10 days (my guess is more like two weeks or longer). He also said there is nothing they can do to kill the pain. They gave me a medication after the prostate surgery for pain when weeing but it did nothing as far as I could tell.

 

Oh the joys of getting older - those joys certainly suck the big one (or in my case the one with the Irish curse). I truly hope they get it right this time,good plumbing is a very good thing especially when it is your anatomical plumbing. Whatever the outcome - I am not about to go through this torture more than three times.

All the best,

Glenn B

North Korea Recalling Embassy Personnel Around The World...

...and closing down their embassies. Some seem to think it's due to an economic crisis in North Korea (more at the source). I can think of another reason they'd want to recall embassy personnel a much more gloomy reason at that. They may be preparing for the imminent outbreak of WW III. You may think me saying so qualifies me as an arsehat or a a doomsayer but let's face reality folks - we in the United States of America are sitting on a virtual and very unstable powder keg that has fires raging all around it. If you don't see that being a very real and somewhat probable outcome of the current world situation, I think you are blind. Let me tell you why I think so:

 

President Biden - the weakest most bumbling, inept president of my lifetime and I have been around since the nineteen fifties. 

 

Kamala Harris - a joke as a vice president.

 

The changes/ threat to the security of the United States created by President Biden, his handlers (be assured that mentally decrepit man has handlers and he has essentially admitted to such many times). The security threats created by him & his administration during his time in the White House include:

 

-the depletion almost half of the U.S. Strategic Oil Reserves (source, that source is Politico which is considered left-center but I consider them to be democrat apologists - you can see why if you read the entire article in which they admit Biden has lowered the reserve to the lowest since 1983 and then they try to tell you, in essence, that's alright. The thing is, if WW III breaks out the amount that has been depleted may become totally disabling for us.)

 

-the wanton disregard for the sovereignty of this nation as seen in Biden opening up the U.S. borders to illegal aliens entering our country in all time record numbers and then him letting them remain in country. I just heard a radio report a few days ago about 200 aliens on the terrorist watch list who were captured trying to enter the U.S. illegally (not as a single group). How many do you think entered undetected or even detected but who got away. In addition fentanyl seizures around the country are at record highs with enough of it being seized  in total to wipe out the populations of at least a few states. Imagine 20 kilos dumped in a reservoir for a city like NY or Dallas! Who knows what military weapons may also have been brought in during the tsunami of illegal entries. And who did Biden appoint as Border Czar but the laughing hyena Kamala Harris - I think she is the worst incoherent babbling twit I have even seen or heard anywhere.

 

-the depletion of U.S. military weaponry and other military equipment. That started pretty much during the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. it was estimated by the U.S. Department of Defense (part of Biden's own administration) that over seven (7) billion dollars worth of U.S. military equipment including weapons & aircraft were left behind when the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan (according to CNN a very liberal source but seemingly on the money with this article).  Read that whole report, what was left behind is mind boggling and most certainly is a strategic loss for our military readiness. Add to that all of the military weaponry and equipment the Biden administration has sent to Ukraine and that Biden publicly announced shortages pertaining to our military weaponry thus informing our enemies Russia, China. Iran, North Korea and other countries of where we are lacking. On top of all that the Biden administration keeps pumping BILLIONS of our dollars into Ukraine while inflation here is killing our economy; in fact it's been more than 75 billion dollars worth of aide to Ukraine. Almost one third of what Biden sent to Ukraine has been in the form of 23.5 billion dollars worth of military weapons and equipment taken from U.S. Department of Defense stock - in other words taken away from our own armed forces (more at this source)! Read the article at that last source because it give a breakdown of each type of weapon and how many we have given to Ukraine to fight Russian aggression. These would be weapons we'd sorely miss should WW III erupt or even if we merely get involved in a regional conflict much as we are currently doing in the Middle East right now. Yes the timer is ticking on the fuse to that powder keg, ticktock-ticktock-tick-BOOM.

 

I supplied some links for you to be able to see my sources, but this is all pretty much common knowledge to anyone who has been paying attention. That would be as in paying attention to what is going that has weakened our country as caused by Biden & the Biden Administration and rather than wondering how many wine glasses fit on a Kardashian's behind. By now, if you are unaware how much Biden has weakened us militarily, economically and with regard to our strategic oil reserves - to the point we quite possibly could not withstand a military attack on our own soil; well, you must have your head buried far up your own arse. If you think a big war is not a very real & a somewhat probable possibility that is becoming more probable each day with what is going on in Ukraine, the Middle east and with China having been building its war machine for decades completely unfettered and with the Chinese actually running illegal police departments in the USA and because you consider yourself a maven of all things Geo-political - well then all I can say is think of Japan prior to WW II and then how they sucked us into it with the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor that dragged us into that conflict. Our nation was the most industrial nation in the world at that time and we had a very hard time recuperating from that devastating attack on our Pacific fleet. Today what industry do we have that is not in the great part dependent upon imports from Red China! Relatively speaking - almost none is the answer. China pretty much runs the world economy right now (source) - they may not have the strongest economy but soon will if Biden continues to support current ties with them,

 

The truth is, if our enemies had planned it this way - they could not have weakened our defenses better with any other president at the helm than Joe Biden (or in the event of his demise than Kamala Harris).

 

Someone will have to tell me again how the North Koreans pulling their personnel out of embassies worldwide is only related to a crisis in their economy (their economy already has been in crisis for decades) and is not possibly a prelude to another world war.  I hope not but if it happens, I hope we are more ready that I believe we are ready after reading about how that bumbling buffoon in the White House has set us up for a terrible defeat.

I guess I forgot to mention one important thing - what Sleepy Joe has done for morale in out Military & Civil Services. Joe Biden calling the bravest people he ever met to be so called transgender types who in reality are male & female impersonators of the natural thing. Way to go Joe - nice boost to the morale of America's military personnel and other first responders. I swear, if Trump goes to prison - he'll still get my vote unless he endorses someone else and there are few if any who could fill his shoes. There is no way President Trump would get us into this black and bloody mire as Biden had done. Hell Biden has all but invited the Dire Wolf Into our country to murder us all.

 

So, while we may not actually get involved in WW III any time soon, Joe Biden has done almost nothing of any real value to keep our nation prepared and just about everything to weaken it. As for me, I am preparing for calamity as best I can – just in case. As I’ve said before, I liked one thing about the Boy Scouts of America – their motto – Be Prepared.

 

All the best,

Glenn B 

 

Well, It's Not The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch But...

 ...I bet it would do a good job on vicious white rabbits or at least on cottontail rabbits & squirrels. The it would be my latest firearm - a Ruger Mark I with a barrel compensator. The auction from which I purchased this one said it came with a muzzle break and five 10 round magazines but I think Ruger called it a barrel compensator, whatever it is, the one on this Mark I looks to have been secured/pinned to the barrel by a numbskull. Then again it could be secured properly as looks can be deceiving and I am not a Ruger expert nor am I a guNschmidt. Whatever it is, Sturm Ruger is stamped into the metal so it is OEM.

 

 

 

 

 

The pistol looks to be in remarkably excellent shape considering it is 69 years old as per the info I gathered, from this website, based on its serial number: https://ruger.com/service/productHistory/PI-MarkI.html. So if you collect Ruger Standard or Mark I pistols, you may want to make sure to bookmark that link. Getting back to the gun: While there are a couple of very small spots of finish wear, the most noticeable being a small blemish on the frame immediately behind the upper line formed by the right grip, there is little else to detract from its appearance. Someone took good care of it. I just got it on the Friday, immediately before writing this so, I have not fired it yet; of course, me being THE Great Procrastinator, I may not fire it for weeks, months or even years.  I am hopeful though that no one will want to burn me like a witch since I got better on that procrastination point within the last year or two. So maybe, just maybe, I will bring it to the range soon. If and when I shoot it, I will do a write-up about it.

 

As for the barrel compensator, I imagine Ruger made them for this model - which appears to be a Mark I target model based on the target sights - to give that tapered barrel some weight to help balance it for target shooting. If I think of it again, one of these days (there goes that procrastination thing again) I may actually write to Ruger to see if they will supply some info both on the pistol and the compensator. I'll ask about them in general and also about how the compensator was originally secured and if mine is original in that regard, about how to remove it. I'd like to secure, with some Locktite, the screw that holds the front sight in place but it is under the body of the compensator with no access to it. That screw has the tendency to come loose on Ruger Mark II pistols and I imagine it is no different on the Mark I.

 

I only picked up this one gun this time around, been spending on a bunch of other things lately and inflation is not helping my gun buying budget. at a gun show last weekend where I had two tables. I sold some ammo, some magazines and one Ruger New Model Super Single Six (in evidently pristine condition) and made very little net profit if any. I do not like to cheat people as many vendors at gun shows seem to enjoy doing and often sell at cost or below if I need cash that I'd otherwise not take out of my savings account. For example that revolver cost me $396.85 from the auction house but I had to pay another $20.00 for the FFL to do the transfer so it cost me $416.85. I sold it for $400.00 out the door and lost $16.85 considering what I paid for it but I actually lost more as I now have to pay AR state & local sales tax of 10.25% on that sale, I probably could have gotten at least $500 for it, I have seen them sell for as much as $500 in that shape but wanted it sold fast and it did sell fast, very fast. The first guy to buy anything from my table, in fact he may have been the first guy to look at anything on my table, on the first day of the to day show is the one who bought it. He did not even bother to take the second cylinder (it came with 22 LR & 22 MAG cylinders) out of the box to look at it, I guess because the rest of it was as pristine as was what he looked over. Did I screw myself, maybe but I needed the cash fast to help pay for the Ruger Mark II and the other items I got at the auction last week.

As far as selling a truly excellent Ruger Super New Model Single Six, all I can say in my defense other than I needed the money is that I have another New Model Single Six, a stainless steel version with both cylinders and I preferred to keep that one. Of course, as is often the case, I already have seller's remorse. Those Ruger 22 revolvers are quite desirable in my estimation.

As for other things I got at last weeks auction, those included:

-9 boxes, 180 rounds, of Sig Sauer Elite Performance 30-06 ammo

 

-a Leupold VX-Freedom 3-9X40 350 Legend Duplex scope new in the box

 

-a Tasco Sportsman 4-12X40 scope also new in the box

-two (2) Troy Folding rear battle sights for an AR, both new in packaging

 

-a 30 round SKS magazine.

 

-a new in the box Camillus folding knife, with "Some Like It Hot" on the side, in tribute to Firefighters (this one will be a gift for one of my dearest friends who is retired from the New York City Fire Department

-two handmade Damascus steel sheathed knives.

 

 

I also got the above pictured assorted oddities to include:

 

-a spittoon shaped duck call, supposedly made circa 1920, that is activated by hand crank. Seems to be made from brass and it works. Well, I don't think a duck in its right mind would answer that call but it does make noise when cranked. 

 

-two items said to be bookends in the auction but evidently are door stops, one with a metal mouse figure on it the other with a cat each standing on their rear legs and hold out front paws to make it seem they'd be hold the door open.

 

-a pin on Marble Arms & MFG. Co. brass cased compass, looks to be very old, art least I am guessing older than me and I feel ancient even though I am a year younger than the Ruger Mark I.

-a sort of a stand up mini bust, profile only, it stands a few inches high, of Franklin Roosevelt (liberal scum but he seemingly done good in WWII), it's dated 1933 and is embossed on its back indicating it came from the a Legion Convention. in Illinois in 1933 (American Legion held it convention there that year), a commemorative medallion from some industrial convention in 1933.

-a cross with the embossed word BULL and the letters  S, H, I and T on it. It took me three looks at it to realize what it said.

 

-what possibly appears to be some sort of surgical tool or a really weird nose picker (that would hurt). 

 

Finally there was this:

 

 That bird is supposed to be a Surf Scooter, a carved wooden decorative mini-decoy. It has some nicely detailed carving and I think it will sit pretty somewhere in my apartment or maybe be a gift to someone or other.

I am happy because I think, I got very good deals on the ammo and scopes and at least good deals on the other things. For instance that Leupold scope retails for about $300 but then it is specifically made for only one caliber the .350 Legend. Regardless, I may try it out on another caliber otherwise will sell it. The decoy was only $6.78 with bid & buyer's premium. I am guessing a nice piece of work like that might go for several bucks more in a store.

Well, that's it for my newest gun and other auction acquisitions. More after their next auction or so I am guessing.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Maybe He Had What Mass Murderers Do Not...

That is before he did anything to hurt others. Maybe, he still had good will toward man (or at least some iota of decent regard for the lives of innocents). Thus, maybe, he decided to end his own life without first harming other people. It's all maybes right now, all conjecture  on my part.

 

There are many other ways that the man - who was found dead, at an amusement park, possibly by his own hand - could have perished. Suicide seems likely but he may have accidently shot himself or someone else may have killed him.The report says he allegedly was armed with a handgun, a rifle, spare magazines for each and had explosives in his car. More at the source. 

 

To me, and I venture it is also likewise for many others, the situation seemingly is one of a tragedy narrowly averted.

In time, I expect there will be some follow-up reporting on the results of the ensuing investigation.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Aye Calypso

 I was listening to music on my Pandora.com account this evening, just a little bit ago, when John Denver singing Calypso came on. Wow, did that bring back memories - not only of John Denver and his truly magnificent voice but also of the ship Calypso, her voyages led by undersea adventurer Jacques Cousteau, the crew of the ship and the wondrous things they showed & taught us about the sea and the life both on & within her.

Here are two versions of the song from YouTube - one with video and one with still shots. I liked them both but must say while the video was very nice to watch, it did not have some of the more memorable photographic images that were seen in the one with the still photographs. Don't miss either though - listen to and watch both of them. If you are close to my age - you probably will be filled with some fine memories of Jacques Cousteau, Calypso, her crew and the voyages and adventures they shared with us on television in the show The Undersea World Of Jacques Cousteau. Those memories are something that later generations probably have never even imagined. There may be much better underwater photography & videography since but the voyages & adventures of Calypso as recorded by Cousteau & his crew were something unique and were absolutely firsts in their field when we got to see them back then; they truly were pioneers of exploring the briny deep. And bear in mind you get to watch these two YouTube nuggets while listening to the truly amazing voice of John Denver singing the praises of Calypso & her crew.

 

Hope you enjoyed them, I certainly did so!

 

All the best, 

Glenn B

Maine, The Slaughter In

Lewiston today was horrendous to say the least. If somehow you have not heard about it yet, there is much more at the source. 

 

Other than offering my heartfelt condolences to the families, loved ones, friends of the deceased and hoping that the wounded living make full recoveries sooner than later all the more that I can say at this point is: I hope they definitely identify & catch the bastard who did it, that they take him alive but only after he resists first and they (as in law enforcement officers) legally shoot him at least several times. Then, he can rot in jail or a mental institution (if he truly is mentally ill as some very early reporting stated may be the case). Evil incarnate is what I think of the person who committed these unfathomable acts of murderous slaying.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Is The Biden Administration Totally Crazy?

Do not answer that question, there is no need to do so for me because I firmly believe they are out of their minds. First our brain deficient president arranges for 6 billion dollars to be released to Iran supposedly for humanitarian aid. His proponents all argue that was great because the money can only be used for things like infrastructure. Apparently, they do not understand what it means for funds to be fungible. In other words, now that they got that 6 billion because of Biden, they can use another 6 billion (that they had already) to fund terrorism because they do not need it for infrastructure since they got the humanitarian funds only money from Biden. 

Then what does he say he's going to do, maybe has already done it: He said he is going to give 100 million dollars to Gaza - aka: Hamas. Does he think even for a moment that it will go to fund humanitarian needs! Yeah - maybe pennies on each dollar may go to helping people but most assuredly - I believe -  the great deal will go to fund Hamas terrorists.

 

He has been fanning the flames of war by making our enemies stronger. Thus a war waged against us would be waged by our enemies made stronger by Biden. In fact, our Islamic enemies (Iran, Hamas Hezbollah, the Houthis and so on) have three major goals - two are to be accomplished before the third. The first is the destruction of Israel & annihilation of all Jews. The second is to destroy the United States of America and they probably have enough potential terrorists here to at least start the job after Biden left our borders wide open for so long. The third is to either convert all people of the world to Islam and if they choose not to convert - then to kill them so only Islamists will be left. Of course then there yet may be a fourth goal, one sect of Islam or another to wipe out any opposing sects of Islam. They hate one another almost as much as they hate Jews and the freedoms of the USA.

As if those things were not enough to invite potential disaster, Biden has now done something that may actually lead to WW III if the above somehow is not enough. He ordered a nuclear test in Nevada and it was carried out. That after Vladimir Putin threatened to negate a non-nuclear testing agreement - the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. More at these sources:

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-conducts-nuclear-test-nevada-hours-russian-move-revoke-global-nuclear-test-ban and 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/russia-is-closely-monitoring-us-nuclear-test-in-nevada-putin-s-spokesperson-says/ar-AA1izhY1.

 

Now, it may be that the type of test that was run did not violate the agreement but it almost definitely was a nuclear knee-jerk reaction to what Putin said about negating the agreement. It is also the kind of reaction that very likely has caused the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Pakistan and India (not necessarily our ally) to take notice in a big way and to raise their 'defensive' postures to ones that are much closer to leading to a nuclear confrontation. 

 

Does Biden think he is akin to John F. Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis and that the world sees him as a strong (yet foolishly hawkish) leader as was JFK? (JFK was a foolish arsehat who gambled on nuclear destruction with the USSR and could have just as easily had his bet called and raised by the Soviets but luckily they backed down although JFK made concessions as well.) I truth I think, the rest of the world sees Biden much the same as conservatives in the USA see Biden & his administration - that being in a much more realistic way than Biden or his flunkies see themselves. Meaning of course that world leaders probably see him and his admin as an angry, confused & dithering bunch of incompetents.

If there is truly a God in heaven, I truly hope he has mercy on the human race.

All the best,

Glenn B

So I Was Seeking Slang Synonyms For The Word... (adult content - kind of, sort of, just about)

...pussy. The results page contained a link to the Urban Thesaurus page with synonyms for the word 'vagina'. Well let me tell you, there are scores more synonyms for the word vagina than have ever flitted through my imagination even when my little gray cells were working on testosterone driven overdrive. If you'd like to see all of them, click on this link:  

https://urbanthesaurus.org/synonyms/vagina%20slang

 

The two slang words that I could think of which were not on that list - at least I did not see them while perusing it - were:

 

Bearded Clam and Fur-Burger.

 

Oh well, I learned something new anyway at least when it comes to plenty of the slang terms for the word vagina!

All the best,

Glenn B

 

The Sacrificial President

I guess the dems will do anything to try to win the election in 2024, including hoping/trying to make Biden look like a hero by getting him killed off in a war zone thus getti ng sympathy votes for whichever candidate would replace him. Why else on earth would they otherwise announce beforehand his traveling into a war zone. More at the source. 

 

Then again, maybe they just are that stupid tonot know better.

 

 

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Some Dude On Instagram Asked Alexa...

 ...when WW III would begin. Alexa answered (and mind you it could have been real but more likely was just a hoax - as I expect). Alexa's answer was that WW III will commence on March 1, 2024 when Chinese nationals already within the country begin hostilities against the United States. Alexa (or the hoaxed Alexa) further stated that the Chinese will then invade the west coast of the USA and the Russians will invade the east coast and I think (as best I recall) it added it will wind up in the destruction of the USA as we know it. Who knows, even if it was a hoax, it may not be far from what may happen with all the crap going on today. 

 

Of course, if you go to YouTube, Alexa supposedly says that WW III will start much sooner, like next month, when Russia attacks Germany. Maybe Alexa got updated intel since I saw the Instagram video clip! Now Russia attacking the Fatherland seems almost as far fetched as a three pronged attack on the USA but only almost.

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/pnr_Nn_x6JA?feature=shared

All the best,

Glenn B

Hamas Threatens To Kill Israeli Hostages

 Hamas has reportedly threatened to start killing Israeli hostages and to broadcast the murderous executions if Israel continues air strikes on Gaza. More at the source. I have a solution - a massive armed Israeli ground and sea invasion of Gaza. 

 

 

 

The thing is if an invasion commences, the Hamas types seen in the above photo fairly soon would likely get rid of their military type garb and very quickly start wearing burkas. That way they can hide while pretending they are women and not the big brave bad asses they usually pretend to be. As seen in the photo, they are already too afraid to show their faces.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Biden Should Be Ousted By Whatever Legal Means And Sooner Would be Better Than Later

I will say a little about him but truth be told I don't have a lot to say.  Why not? Because it needs little more be said than what has already been written or talked about when it comes to the absolute worst president in U.S. history. He is a bigot, he is a racist, he is apparently a pervert, he is a compulsive liar, he is an egomaniac, he has temper problems, he is probably suffering from dementia and badly at that, he has destroyed the prosperity we had under president Trump (regardless of politics - that is the truth), he does not support the U.S. Constitution, he has said and done some of the most idiotic things imaginable: for one saying that the female impersonators he hosted at the White House were the bravest people ever (fuck his traitorous disregard for our military and disregard for the likes of those who ran into the WTC  to try to save lives on 9/11 but lost their own. Add to that his doing what he did in freeing up 6 billion dollars for the Iranians - all fungible - which allowed them to use other funds to finance the Hamas missile & terrorist forces attacks on Israel; it is no coincidence he just released those billions to them and now the attacks on Israel are supported by them according to Hamas. I could go on and on and on about what he has done wrong but there is little to zero that he has done right so I've got nothing there.

 

Of course he is not solely responsible. His handlers are probably the ones in power behind the scenes and let's face it - he works at their command and has said it himself at least a few times. If he wanted to get it right, he had the chance and will likely have it again. The next time the Iranian Parliament meets, all he needs to do is put about five cruise missiles into the building, those or a MOAB or two. I say nuke em til they glow but I truly abhor nuclear weapons because, if they are used by one nation ever again, my guess is that will be the beginning of the end of us all (meaning humanity) as other nations indubitably would be sure to follow suit.

 

FJB!!!

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Been Busy Doing Almost Nothing But Getting Stuff Done Anyhow

Life lately has been much of the same old thing sandwich, another day - another bite of a somewhat shitty sandwich. Actually, it has been better than that at least a bit it seems. Then again, some things have been very stinky lately. First off, I just registered my car in AR this past week. That was not so bad. I had to get my car assessed for an annual tax on vehicles, boats and such. Luckily, I owed nothing, I think because when I paid it, it was before my last registration expired and the payment made before a year was up since my last payment. They will nail me next year, that is if I still live in AR. Time will tell.

 

Then there was my 9K+ credit card debt really that knocked me for a loop. I paid off everything today, including charges that are due next month, minus a few small pending charges on one of the two accounts I use regularly. The reason for the very big balances were: a 2.2K+ firearms auction charge, a 2.5K insurance charge for both auto & renter's insurance, and about $1.5K for ammo. Even with all that taken out of consideration there would still be a bit over 3K owed. Even that smaller amount is too much for me; I much hope my cc balances will add up to no more than 2K per month and 1.5K is much more preferable. I do all of my shopping with my cards though; those Hilton Honors hotel points and Amazon Prime points come in handy. You don't get points when you pay with cash and I  hardly ever get charged interest on my card balances because I pay them off in full each month.

 

Getting away from my financial spending sprees, not much else has been going on that irks me. I had a nice day on Saturday as I left the mongrel hone and drove over to Hot Springs, AR to meet my son at a gun show. His buddy Joseph was there with him when I arrived; Joseph's wife Tina was a no show as was Brendan's girlfriend Nikki. Now, while meeting my son and his pal was nice, I have to say the gun show was hottendous (not a misspelling). That was not so much because it was a smaller one, nor that the prices on almost everything were sky high. One jerk was asking for $80.00 per brick of Federal 22 LR and it was nothing special. That dealer needs to come back to reality and back down to earth with his pricing - let's face it this is not the height of COVID-19 madness nor did Biden get elected yesterday. I can buy the same or very similar ammo online at $35.00 per brick. The reason the show was hottendous was because the show was held inside a metal building at the county fairgrounds and that building had no air-conditioning. Damn it, it was hot in there.

 

I like the particular gun show promoters who ran that show but I must say, I will never attend one of their shows again at the same fairgrounds unless it is on a cool or even cold day. Man oh man - it was miserable in there. Some of the dealers who were just sitting at their tables were soaked with perspiration sweat. I suggested to a few of them that they should ask for a refund of their table fees. Two gents, from whom I bought a box of ammo, packed up their good and left the show shortly after my purchase and there were at least 3 hours to go of showtime and all of the next days time as well.

 

I walked around the show a few times, as I said it was small. My son pointed out a box of Remington Core-Lokt 30-06, 150 grain ammo for sale at only $25.00. The lowest price I found online for the same stuff was $20.00 on AmmoSeek.com but that had a very high shipping price and would also be charged sales tax. So the price of the one at the show was not bad and I bought it. Now, I also paid $8.00 to get into the show and used up over half a tank of gas which made it a very expensive box of ammo indeed if that had been the only reason I filled my tank. Of course, the gas expense was worth seeing my boy and the entry fee was part of attending a gun show, so the ammo was a good deal. Other vendors had plenty of $30-06, the least expensive being $35.00 per box. 

 

Somehow Brendan had thought, when I showed it to him after I bought it, that I had  purchased it for him. Ha-ha-hearty-ha-ha as Ralph Kramden would have said! Heck, I had a hundred rounds of 180 grain federal 30-06 in my trunk for him already that I had brought from home (halft of a case of it I had picked up in the 1.5K worth of ammo sales I mentioned above). He even asked me the next day if it had been for him but I told him he was out of luck. He is happy with and thankful for the Federal ammo, I am sure (especially since he told me so).

 

One day soon, I'll be going into the hospital for an overnight. Nothing to worry about, just a sleep study to check on my sleep apnea and to give me recommendations for a treatment for it. I am hopeful there are other things than CPAP; I have both CPAP and BiPAP machines and cannot use them due to everlasting complications from radiation treatments back in 2011.

 

No need for me to comment on politics or the economy in this post - let's face it you and I know both suck. One interesting thing of note, that I saw in Instagram, was a short video clip in which a guy asked Alexa when WW III would start. Alexa, or a faked Alexa, replied that WW III would commence on March 1, 2024 with Chinese nationals already within the USA commencing hostilities. That is to be concurrent with the Chinese military forces invading the west coast of the United States and Russian military forces invading the east coast. Who knows! I doubt Russia will be invading anywhere as busy as they seem to be in the Ukraine but it would not surprise me much if China would invade our country. They have been preparing for it for many decades. If they do, maybe they can get Russia to do it as well. Keep yer powder dry.

 

All the best,

Glenn B