Tuesday, June 9, 2015
DHS Has Not Been Giving Sufficient Info To TSA...
...one of its own agencies, to be able to properly vet airport employees to determine if they are linked to terrorism. Thus TSA was unable to identify 73 people who are suspected of or actually have links to terrorism (more here) who work at U.S. airports.
DHS is truly one of the most useless federal departments to have ever been created. It is no wonder that its some of its employees suffer from the worst morale in government service (more on that here) and no wonder that agencies under it such as TSA and ICE seemingly do little more than flounder about in their daily business.
All the best,
Glenn B
DHS is truly one of the most useless federal departments to have ever been created. It is no wonder that its some of its employees suffer from the worst morale in government service (more on that here) and no wonder that agencies under it such as TSA and ICE seemingly do little more than flounder about in their daily business.
All the best,
Glenn B
So I've Been Watching The News About The NY Prison Break...
...Fox News (on Verizon FIOS) in particular and Greta Van Susteren was stressing that NY officials have been questioning a woman who worked in the tailor shop at the Clinton Correctional Facility. Apparently, that woman is a so called person of interest (or in other words, in my mind, a suspect) in the prison break by the two convicted murderers who escaped a prison from which no one had escaped since it was built in the late 1800s.
These guys got out, allegedly, by using power tools to saw through a steel wall and metal pipes, in the middle of the night, and were supposedly unheard during the long hours it must have taken them to do so. In other words none of the prison guards heard nuthin! Yet, all we hear about on the news is that state troopers are hot on the trail of the escaped cons and that NY law enforcement has been questioning the tailor lady! Granted, maybe she had something to do with it - for all I, or we, know she is guilty as hell as a conspirator or even the mastermind of the prison break. The thing is though, that these convicted murdering felons had to have worked on the actual physical aspects of the escape for hours. I mean sawing through steel walls in a prison is not like cutting butter with a hot knife, sawing through a steel wall with power tools must have taken hours, if not days, then through pipes in addition to the wall but the correctional officers evidently are saying they heard nothing - and we hear nothing - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING - about the interrogations that authorities are conducting on any of them!
So why is it that we hear about authorities questioning the tailor woman, why are we told that LE officials are not arresting her because they do not want her to lawyer up (this was specifically noted by Greta) and yet these dim witted reporters have not even thought to question and raise the point, in their news casts, that the correctional officers, who were all seemingly deaf, are not being interrogated likewise. Oh please tell me that investigative reporters today are not that dumb - better yet, tell me that LE conducting this investigation is not that incompetent.
These prisoners probably could not have escaped without correctional officers hearing them going through the walls unless maybe someone had drugged the COs or otherwise kept them so occupied that they heard nothing (which seems very unlikely because no unusual activity has been reported that would have distracted them). So how is it that we are not hearing these officers are being grilled as if they were suspects (or at least so called persons of interest). Go figure.
Something is rotten in the Clinton Correctional Facility or so my nose tells me.
All the best,
GB
These guys got out, allegedly, by using power tools to saw through a steel wall and metal pipes, in the middle of the night, and were supposedly unheard during the long hours it must have taken them to do so. In other words none of the prison guards heard nuthin! Yet, all we hear about on the news is that state troopers are hot on the trail of the escaped cons and that NY law enforcement has been questioning the tailor lady! Granted, maybe she had something to do with it - for all I, or we, know she is guilty as hell as a conspirator or even the mastermind of the prison break. The thing is though, that these convicted murdering felons had to have worked on the actual physical aspects of the escape for hours. I mean sawing through steel walls in a prison is not like cutting butter with a hot knife, sawing through a steel wall with power tools must have taken hours, if not days, then through pipes in addition to the wall but the correctional officers evidently are saying they heard nothing - and we hear nothing - ABSOLUTELY NOTHING - about the interrogations that authorities are conducting on any of them!
So why is it that we hear about authorities questioning the tailor woman, why are we told that LE officials are not arresting her because they do not want her to lawyer up (this was specifically noted by Greta) and yet these dim witted reporters have not even thought to question and raise the point, in their news casts, that the correctional officers, who were all seemingly deaf, are not being interrogated likewise. Oh please tell me that investigative reporters today are not that dumb - better yet, tell me that LE conducting this investigation is not that incompetent.
These prisoners probably could not have escaped without correctional officers hearing them going through the walls unless maybe someone had drugged the COs or otherwise kept them so occupied that they heard nothing (which seems very unlikely because no unusual activity has been reported that would have distracted them). So how is it that we are not hearing these officers are being grilled as if they were suspects (or at least so called persons of interest). Go figure.
Something is rotten in the Clinton Correctional Facility or so my nose tells me.
All the best,
GB
Monday, June 8, 2015
Why Carry A Pocket Knife?
I can think of plenty of reasons to carry a pocket knife but I could never say it or show it better than they do at The Art Of Manliness in their video Why Every man Should Carry A Pocket Knife.
I can think of several more reasons, than they showed in the video, to carry one but I think they covered the reasons well enough to convince any man that he should carry a pocket knife. I must say though, I prefer one with a locking blade but carry both ones with a lock and without.
All the best,
Glenn B
I can think of several more reasons, than they showed in the video, to carry one but I think they covered the reasons well enough to convince any man that he should carry a pocket knife. I must say though, I prefer one with a locking blade but carry both ones with a lock and without.
All the best,
Glenn B
The Gall of President Obama To Challenge The Supreme Court...
...over whether or not it should have taken up a case involving Obamacare (The Affordable Care Act) is nothing less than utter contempt for the Checks & Balances provided for under the Constitution of The United States of America and only again supports the claims of many that he imagines himself as being our king. Those checks & balances are part of the bedrock of our system of government that prevent any one branch of our government from becoming too powerful. President Obama's almost total disregard for constitutional law and his contempt for checks & balances are unprecedented as is his apparent penchant to attempt to create an image of himself as the King of America. See:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/08/obama-says-supreme-court-should-never-have-taken-up-health-law-case-in-blunt/
All the best,
Glenn B
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/08/obama-says-supreme-court-should-never-have-taken-up-health-law-case-in-blunt/
All the best,
Glenn B
I Cannot Imagine Ever Seeing This...
...in any real life tactical type situation; however, I do appreciate both the photographer's and model's imaginations.
All the best,
Glenn B
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All the best,
Glenn B
I Believe A Revolution Will Commence...
...if the planned regulation banning free speech about firearms technical data on the Internet is put into effect by the Obama Administration; that is if it goes into effect and if anyone is arrested and prosecuted under it. Not only would that be an unprecedented attack on people who exercise their rights and liberties under the 2nd Amendment but it would be the most blatant attack on the right to Freedom Of Speech to have taken place in my lifetime. The Obama Administration, specifically the Department of State is "...demanding that anyone who puts technical details about arms and ammo on the web first get the OK from the federal government — or face a fine of up to $1 million and 20 years in jail" (source). There really is little doubt in my mind that if such a ban is placed into effect, the revolution will have begun shortly after the first arrest, that is if it takes that long.
Can you imagine the gall of the petty bureaucrats in the Department of State to demand anything of U.S. Citizens and legal resident aliens as to there rights under the Constitution of the United States of America. I have news for those tyrannical paper pushers - free speech is ours as is the right to keep and bear arms! Molon labe.
All the best,
Glenn B
Can you imagine the gall of the petty bureaucrats in the Department of State to demand anything of U.S. Citizens and legal resident aliens as to there rights under the Constitution of the United States of America. I have news for those tyrannical paper pushers - free speech is ours as is the right to keep and bear arms! Molon labe.
All the best,
Glenn B
Sunday, June 7, 2015
No One Has Ever Escaped...
...from the Clinton Correctional Facility near the Canadian border in upstate NY since it first opened in 1865 (or from the maximum security portion of that prison depending on which video you watch). That is, no one has ever escaped until now!
Two convicted murderers allegedly used power tools to cut through a steel wall of their cell to make their getaway. Somehow, none of the guards heard the noise of them doing so. Now get a load of this, the steel wall was reported as being 2 feet thick but nobody heard nuthin - yeah right! All prison tools have been accounted for and it is now suspected that one of several contractors working in the prison grounds may have left the tools unsecured and the two inmates somehow obtained them. For some reason it seems no state official has yet brought up the possibility that a prison guard smuggled the tools to the two convicts and then turned a deaf ear but that could never happen - could it!
A huge manhunt is now underway and you can bet it will be a lasting one because one of the escapees was doing life for murdering a cop (and lately cops count more than the rest of us, after all the other guy reportedly was only doing 25 to life for kidnapping, murdering and dismembering his former boss but he just murdered a civilian). More here and here.
I hope they stay far from me and mine (and anyone else) and went to Canada or Mexico but who knows. Hopefully they will be recaptured without further incident and without further injury to anyone.
All the best,
Glenn B
Two convicted murderers allegedly used power tools to cut through a steel wall of their cell to make their getaway. Somehow, none of the guards heard the noise of them doing so. Now get a load of this, the steel wall was reported as being 2 feet thick but nobody heard nuthin - yeah right! All prison tools have been accounted for and it is now suspected that one of several contractors working in the prison grounds may have left the tools unsecured and the two inmates somehow obtained them. For some reason it seems no state official has yet brought up the possibility that a prison guard smuggled the tools to the two convicts and then turned a deaf ear but that could never happen - could it!
A huge manhunt is now underway and you can bet it will be a lasting one because one of the escapees was doing life for murdering a cop (and lately cops count more than the rest of us, after all the other guy reportedly was only doing 25 to life for kidnapping, murdering and dismembering his former boss but he just murdered a civilian). More here and here.
I hope they stay far from me and mine (and anyone else) and went to Canada or Mexico but who knows. Hopefully they will be recaptured without further incident and without further injury to anyone.
All the best,
Glenn B
Remembering the 4,414 - June 6, 1944
I wrote this yesterday but was signed onto my other blog. Saved it and meant to put it here, then got distracted and forgot to post it on this blog. Anyway, because I wanted to honor the 4,414, here it is a albeit day late:
*****
...of this day, June 6th, in 1944 should be something that we all take at least a few moments to do today. Today is the 71st anniversary of D-Day, the day the allied forces in WWII launched the largest seaborne invasion ever to take place. It resulted in the eventual defeat of Germany and the liberation of Europe from the Nazi and other Axis forces. There were ten thousand total allied casualties, including 4,414 confirmed allied dead on that day. In contrast, the Germans lost only 1,000 men on D-Day and you would think that the allies losing more than four times as many men would have meant certain defeat for the allied forces but nothing was further from the truth. Due in great part to the courage, determination and sacrifices of the troops who lost their lives that day - the German advance on the rest of the world was halted and Germany was soundly defeated less than a year after the invasion.
GB
*****
All the best,GB
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Truckin' Turtle
Was feeding the turtles when I noticed one was missing from the tank. Damn thing climbed out off of its basking station that was close enough to the tank top for it to climb out. Had a screen over it but last night the Friday night drunks (my son and his pals) were at it in my backyard and my guess is one of them moved the screen a bit to see them on the basking platform. Well, somebody moved it and it sure wasn't the turtle.
I looked for it in all the places I could see without moving things. The first place I looked was on the adjoining counter top and on work bench atop each of which I have tanks, including the turtle tank. I looked at least three times and probably more like five times because it is kind of a bitch trying to see behind the tanks. Anyway, it just wasn't there so I started looking on the floor and under things and here and there where I did not have to move anything. Still not found so I started to moved things on the floor on the shelving unit shelves below the countertop level, under the dryer after yanking it away from the wall, under the furnace, under the water heater, under the table holding detergent and stuff for the wash, then moved that all and puled the table and everything on the floor under it so I could get the washer out of the corner where it sits - and still - turtle not found.
Then I searched the other room of the basement and did likewise out there. I was literally going bonkers moving shit. I just could not find the darned thing. After looking for over a couple of hours, I cleaned the dust devils up before moving stuff back, like the washer, and even threw some cat liter on the floor and cleaned up a mess under the table where we keep all the detergent - a bottle of it leaked awhile back and I just soaked up most of it and left the rest. Today, I washed the area, threw the cat liter on it, let it sit about a half hour and then swept it up with the concrete floor actually looking dry in that spot. I also rearranged the stuff on some of the shelves, threw out a bunch of junk, and got a compliment from my son on how good a job I did in the back half of the basement. He's been at me to unclutter the cellar for a long time now.
As was putting the finishing touches on getting stuff back on the shelves where it belonged, I noticed that I must have knocked over some jars of turtle food and other whatnot in the corner next to one of the tanks closest to the shelves. I reached back there and picked up one of the things and there was the friggin turtle right where I had looked at least those three and maybe as many as five times earlier. The only thing I can figure is that it had been under a small pile of twisted and bunched up wiring from the heaters, filters, lights and air pump and that gave it enough camo to hide it from view when I had looked earlier. So, I had ripped up the whole basement for naught; although, I did accomplish cleaning it up so I guess it wasn't really for nothing. Well, I cleaned half of it anyway, I am still taking my time getting around to straightening up and vacuuming the other room down here but I will get it done sometime tonight.
In the meantime, I am getting things ready for the Long Island Herpetological Society's annual auction tomorrow (actually taking a break right now and enjoying some moonshine). A preview of some of the items being offered at the LIHS auction can be found here. If you are on Long Island why not stop by the auction tomorrow.
All the best,
Glenn B
I looked for it in all the places I could see without moving things. The first place I looked was on the adjoining counter top and on work bench atop each of which I have tanks, including the turtle tank. I looked at least three times and probably more like five times because it is kind of a bitch trying to see behind the tanks. Anyway, it just wasn't there so I started looking on the floor and under things and here and there where I did not have to move anything. Still not found so I started to moved things on the floor on the shelving unit shelves below the countertop level, under the dryer after yanking it away from the wall, under the furnace, under the water heater, under the table holding detergent and stuff for the wash, then moved that all and puled the table and everything on the floor under it so I could get the washer out of the corner where it sits - and still - turtle not found.
Then I searched the other room of the basement and did likewise out there. I was literally going bonkers moving shit. I just could not find the darned thing. After looking for over a couple of hours, I cleaned the dust devils up before moving stuff back, like the washer, and even threw some cat liter on the floor and cleaned up a mess under the table where we keep all the detergent - a bottle of it leaked awhile back and I just soaked up most of it and left the rest. Today, I washed the area, threw the cat liter on it, let it sit about a half hour and then swept it up with the concrete floor actually looking dry in that spot. I also rearranged the stuff on some of the shelves, threw out a bunch of junk, and got a compliment from my son on how good a job I did in the back half of the basement. He's been at me to unclutter the cellar for a long time now.
As was putting the finishing touches on getting stuff back on the shelves where it belonged, I noticed that I must have knocked over some jars of turtle food and other whatnot in the corner next to one of the tanks closest to the shelves. I reached back there and picked up one of the things and there was the friggin turtle right where I had looked at least those three and maybe as many as five times earlier. The only thing I can figure is that it had been under a small pile of twisted and bunched up wiring from the heaters, filters, lights and air pump and that gave it enough camo to hide it from view when I had looked earlier. So, I had ripped up the whole basement for naught; although, I did accomplish cleaning it up so I guess it wasn't really for nothing. Well, I cleaned half of it anyway, I am still taking my time getting around to straightening up and vacuuming the other room down here but I will get it done sometime tonight.
In the meantime, I am getting things ready for the Long Island Herpetological Society's annual auction tomorrow (actually taking a break right now and enjoying some moonshine). A preview of some of the items being offered at the LIHS auction can be found here. If you are on Long Island why not stop by the auction tomorrow.
All the best,
Glenn B
Suing To Sell The Sun
As the saying goes, just when you had thought you had heard it all:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4278710794001/woman-sues-for-right-to-sell-the-sun/?intcmp=watchnow#sp=show-clips
All the best,
GB
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4278710794001/woman-sues-for-right-to-sell-the-sun/?intcmp=watchnow#sp=show-clips
All the best,
GB
Fat Man Fail
This man must have one hell of a good sense of humor for posting this gif of himself on the Internet is all I can say about it!
All the best,
GB
All the best,
GB
The Pig Trap - A Long Read Well Worth Reading
My friend PQ sent me a link to an article called The Pig Trap. It's actually a blog post but is so well written and so voluminous (16 single spaced pages if copied and pasted to MS word in Georgia 12pt. font) that to call it a mere blog post seems to belittle it. It is, in fact, better than that; it is the most well written piece I have seen regarding our current political predicament, that of us being lured to and caught in a pig trap as far as our rights, liberties and freedoms go.
All that may be surprising considering the source. The blog in which it appears is Taxicab Depressions, a blog dedicated to "...funny stories about the obnoxious drunks and belligerent whores that get into my taxi in a Florida beach town." Yet, not only is the article well worth reading, it should be compulsory for anyone who loves freedom and despises tyranny. That applies to Democrats as well as Republicans and to Libertarians and Independents or anyone else and that it applies to all of us who are not screaming, foaming at the mouth, leftists becomes quite clear in the piece. I am going to insist that my children read it regardless of the fact that they are both adults and don't have to do almost anything on which I insist any more. I truly believe that if you ever want to even think about seeing America the way it used to be, then you must read it yourself to first realize the full extent of what we are, of what America has become (actually we are much worse off now than we were when this piece was written just over a year ago but it will open your eyes and put things in perspective nonetheless). Only then will we be able to grasp the magnitude of our fall from the pinnacle we had once achieved and only then will we realize the arduous climb which we need to make to regain our Constitutional Republic, our freedoms, our rights and our liberty to exercise those rights in our pursuit of happiness.
Without any further jabbering from me, here is the link to The Pig Trap:
http://taxicabdepressions.com/?p=1193
Now that we see the problem, what are we going to do about it? I would sure like to meet with the author of the article, his taxicab fare "Mr. Wheeler", and his livestock industry client "Kevin" to
discuss the options with all of them. The dinner and beers over which we discussed the issues would be on me, and yes that is an open invitation to the three of them.
A hat tip and my thanks to PQ for opening my eyes to that one.
All the best,
Glenn B
All that may be surprising considering the source. The blog in which it appears is Taxicab Depressions, a blog dedicated to "...funny stories about the obnoxious drunks and belligerent whores that get into my taxi in a Florida beach town." Yet, not only is the article well worth reading, it should be compulsory for anyone who loves freedom and despises tyranny. That applies to Democrats as well as Republicans and to Libertarians and Independents or anyone else and that it applies to all of us who are not screaming, foaming at the mouth, leftists becomes quite clear in the piece. I am going to insist that my children read it regardless of the fact that they are both adults and don't have to do almost anything on which I insist any more. I truly believe that if you ever want to even think about seeing America the way it used to be, then you must read it yourself to first realize the full extent of what we are, of what America has become (actually we are much worse off now than we were when this piece was written just over a year ago but it will open your eyes and put things in perspective nonetheless). Only then will we be able to grasp the magnitude of our fall from the pinnacle we had once achieved and only then will we realize the arduous climb which we need to make to regain our Constitutional Republic, our freedoms, our rights and our liberty to exercise those rights in our pursuit of happiness.
Without any further jabbering from me, here is the link to The Pig Trap:
http://taxicabdepressions.com/?p=1193
Now that we see the problem, what are we going to do about it? I would sure like to meet with the author of the article, his taxicab fare "Mr. Wheeler", and his livestock industry client "Kevin" to
discuss the options with all of them. The dinner and beers over which we discussed the issues would be on me, and yes that is an open invitation to the three of them.
A hat tip and my thanks to PQ for opening my eyes to that one.
All the best,
Glenn B
Friday, June 5, 2015
Oh Joy - I'll Probably Be Getting Another Subscription To A Credit Protection...
...type service now that it is believed that the personal identifying data of 4 million federal employees and retirees (or more) was breached in an attack of U.S. computer systems, more here.
The U.S. security system that detected the breach was the DHS Einstein system. I also heard another tidbit of info on this system and while I am not sure if this is true, I would not be all that surprised if it was gospel. I was told that the Einstein System was developed by the DHS Intelligence Division to detect and warn about cyber-security threats but only after an attack had already taken place. Even if not true - that is evidently when the Einstein System actually discovered the breach - after it had happened. Leave it to DHS to implement a cyber-security system that only alerts about a threat after it has occurred and to call it Einstein! All I can say is: What a department, what a failure!
Now that I think of it, they didn't have to actually implement such a ridiculous cyber-security system for me to say that since that's the way I already felt about DHS on a daily basis for years now.
A hat tip to DM for the info about The DHS Einstein system.
All the best,
GB
The U.S. security system that detected the breach was the DHS Einstein system. I also heard another tidbit of info on this system and while I am not sure if this is true, I would not be all that surprised if it was gospel. I was told that the Einstein System was developed by the DHS Intelligence Division to detect and warn about cyber-security threats but only after an attack had already taken place. Even if not true - that is evidently when the Einstein System actually discovered the breach - after it had happened. Leave it to DHS to implement a cyber-security system that only alerts about a threat after it has occurred and to call it Einstein! All I can say is: What a department, what a failure!
Now that I think of it, they didn't have to actually implement such a ridiculous cyber-security system for me to say that since that's the way I already felt about DHS on a daily basis for years now.
A hat tip to DM for the info about The DHS Einstein system.
All the best,
GB
Yet Another Woman With Her Finger On The Trigger...
...or should I say a brace of women with their fingers on the triggers! As usual, I post this photo here, like all the others, purely for firearms safety education purposes, why else would I post them. Again, I will say, that with few exceptions, you should not place your finger on the trigger unless ready to shoot (and if you do you should be observing other firearms safety rules).
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Busy Working and Running Around All Week...
...or I should say hobbling as my right heel has been excruciating for reasons unknown. Blogging will recommence this weekend or maybe even tomorrow night (which I guess is this weekend).
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Monday, June 1, 2015
I Would Think The Real PR Coup...
...would be when an American puts a well placed shot into his head.
A Tajik commander, previously trained by the United States, reportedly has gone over to ISIS and vowed to strike at the USA. More here.
I have no clue why we bother training any of those goat fuckers; either they turn on us and try to destroy us or they run away in the face of groups like the Taliban and ISIS.
As for this particular arsehat, a quick shot to his head might be too good for him but might put a smile on my face.
All the best,
Glenn B
A Tajik commander, previously trained by the United States, reportedly has gone over to ISIS and vowed to strike at the USA. More here.
I have no clue why we bother training any of those goat fuckers; either they turn on us and try to destroy us or they run away in the face of groups like the Taliban and ISIS.
As for this particular arsehat, a quick shot to his head might be too good for him but might put a smile on my face.
All the best,
Glenn B
On Living Life
Whoever thought up that one deserves some applause and a free beer or three.
A hat tip to John D for that one.
All the best,
Glenn B
I Wish I Had Shot A Video Of My Daughter Today...
...when I picked her up after she had oral surgery to yank three of her wisdom teeth. The doc knocked her out and I had figured it would be with the same stuff my gastro doc give me when I get scoped. Thus, I told her not to worry, she would wake right up from the anesthesia with barely any side effects if any at all. Man was I wrong, she woke up doped up and accordingly doofey. This was a first for her, she never has had surgery of any sort before and she never even has been to a hospital as a patient as far as I can recall. Oh well, an opportunity for future laughs, at her expense, wasted by me. She would have laughed as much as anyone if I had made a video to her to watch of herself, I am sure of that. Anyway, I dropped her off at home, picked up her prescriptions and made her some soup. Before I left she made me something to eat as she was feeling better by then. Hopefully whatever the doc gave her will keep any pain t bay and she will be back to normal in day or two.
All the best,
Glenn B
All the best,
Glenn B
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Yet Another Woman With Her Finger On The Trigger...
...but who cares even if it is a violation of firearms safety.
All the best,
GB
All the best,
GB
Alcoholism Doesn't Sound So Bad Anymore...
...compared to the alternative!
Enjoy your next drink.
A hat tip to Mike McC for that one.
All the best,
GB
Enjoy your next drink.
A hat tip to Mike McC for that one.
All the best,
GB
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