The price of oil one year ago today was $42 per barrel. As of today, oil is selling at $82.50, and is expected to hit $100 per barrel within the next three months. Oil hasn’t been over $100 a barrel since July of 2014.
Let’s go Brandon.
Anti American left
Whinging
Reporters get their feelings hurt before whining like little girls, all because people are criticizing them.
Training
SARNET
There is a radio repeater network that allows you to send radio traffic from your UHF HAM radio to the entire state of Florida. Send a radio message to any of these microwave nodes, and it will be instantly retransmitted by every one of them, to nearly every corner of the state.
The system is monitored by every EOC in the state, so it is a way to call for help in an emergency.
Criminals
Protest
This explains why the Capitol police wanted to open a bureau in Florida. Pelosi is about to move here.
The Collapse
More on Shortages
Winn Dixie, a southern grocery chain that is headquartered in Florida with stores in five southern states, is joining Publix in limiting the purchase of certain items. Items with purchase limits are:
- Turkeys
- Canned cranberry sauce
- Canned pie filling
- Jarred gravy
- Cream cheese
- Bacon
- Canola and vegetable oil
- Paper napkins
- Disposable cups
- Cutlery and plates
- Toilet paper
- Rolled sausage
- Sports drinks
- Refrigerated pet food
- Canned cat food
The shortages are being blamed on a surge of post-recession spending by U.S. households flush with cash from stimulus checks, booming stock markets, and enlarged home equity along with supply chain issues. The key part of this is “flush with cash” because the government is putting too much cash into the economy: in other words, inflation.
People are taking that money and preparing for what they know is coming. Things continue to worsen.
Crime
Pedo gonna Pedo
In a comment to a recent post, a pedo stopped by and left this comment:
MINOR ATTRACTED PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. PEDOSEXUALITY IS REAL
LOVE IS LOVE
My first inclination was to do one of two things: either delete the comment, or publish the poster’s details (including the GeoLocation of his IP address. However, I don’t like using the ban hammer or the delete button. Instead, let me formulate my thoughtful reply and post it here.
I think that being attracted to minors falls into one of two categories. The first is a person who is attracted to someone that is post pubescent. That is, the people who are attracted to people in the 16 and up age range. This is a fairly widespread and common attraction. This is the reason why so many people found Brittney Spears attractive back in 200, when she first appeared on the pop music scene.
We see this all of the time with the popularity of the “schoolgirl” outfits that many women wear.
Since the target of their affection has all of the physical attributes of a full grown adult, the only thing separating them from full grown adults is the fact that they have poor decision making skills. That may or may not be part of the attraction, I wouldn’t know.
This is a dilemma faced by many a high school teacher. I know, I was one, and I can tell you that many of those 16 and 17 year olds are indistinguishable from 20 and 25 year old women, with some being quite attractive. Teens are all impulse and hormones, and have rather poor decision making skills. That is why they can’t consent to a number of things like contracts, intercourse, and other complicated decisions.
The thing is, you as the adult are the one who must act like the adult. Even though a teen is a victim of their raging hormones, you are supposed to be the adult here and remember that they are off limits.
One of the problems that I have with state laws concerning minors in this age group is there is no defense permitted by law if the adult involved has a legitimate reason to believe the minor is not a minor. I have blogged about this in the past.
That particular case involved a 13 year old who appeared older than what she was. She had a social media page indicating that she was a 19 year old divorcee. She engaged in a sexual relationship with a 20 year old man. Once he realized her age, he contacted and notified her parents. They called the cops, and he was jailed. The worst part of the story? This was the second time that she had done the same exact thing.
The second type of person who is attracted to minors are the people who are attracted to pre pubescent children. I have nothing but contempt for anyone who would even consider a sexual relationship with a 9 year old child.
When he was growing up, my son had a circle of friends. Let’s call one of them “Brad.” As they grew older, many of this circle married, some had children. Since they had been friends since they were 11 years old or so, Brad was welcome as a babysitter. Brad got married, his girlfriend got pregnant. They got married. All was well. Until police caught him distributing child porn, and some of the kids in the pictures were the children he was babysitting. Some as young as 3 years old.
He is currently doing time in Coleman Federal Prison. If I remember correctly, he is serving 20 years.
I have no sympathy for people who would prey on children. None. As an adult, we are supposed to protect those who cannot protect themselves, not use them as our sexual playthings. I have nothing but contempt for this sort of person.
Uncategorized
One life doesn’t always = another
Restorative justice is a belief that as long as the victim is somehow made whole, the crime never really happened. If a person steals something, as long as that person reimburses the victim for the value of what was stolen, there is no further punishment. The underlying theory is that all people are basically good, and as long as they are treated with love and respect, they will always seek to do what is right.
And it’s complete bullshit. That is why the Restorative Justice ADA released the man who, two days later, would go on to kill by driving his car into a Christmas Parade.
Let me ask: How will those people whose children were run over and killed be made whole?
The people who believe it are largely people who have never met a real criminal. They have never met a person who was truly evil. Instead, they believe that all people are equal. A serial rapist is the same as a 17 year old lifeguard. That is also why they don’t believe in self defense. Whether it is the lifeguard or the serial rapist is killed, as far as they are concerned a death is a death.
Well, my life matters. The life of my loved ones matter. I will defend them.
Arts and Crafts
Found
Disregard my request for barrel recommendations. I found a Faxon barrel over at Joe Bob Outfitters*. They seem to have stuff when no one else does. They had magazines for my Shield Plus when those magazines were as rare as a Bigfoot sighting, and they don’t make their stuff outrageously expensive while trying to convince people that their prices are lower than dirt.
So with this purchase, I begin yet another build. Meh, it gives me something to do on my days off.
Here are the specs:
- 5.56mm
- 18 inch
- 1:8 twist
- GUNNER profile (Government to the gas block, pencil from there to the muzzle)
- Rifle length gas block, 0.625″
- 1.44 pounds
Remember my post on the meaning of twist rate. Since most of my ammo is either 55 or 62 grain, my builds have been in the 1:8 version. I like the heavier bullets, as they are more stable at longer ranges.
I’m having fun building these rifles, and I think that I am getting quite good at it. The wife doesn’t even shake her head anymore when another rifle shows up in the gun safe. I may have to sell a couple of my serialized ARs to make room.
To track my expenses, I’m going to start naming my builds. I thought about numbering them, but that would allow someone to track how many I am building. That is no one’s business, unless I sell any of them. So, with that in mind, the name of this build will be the “Kyle.”
* I have no relationship whatsoever with Joe Bob Outfitters, other than being a customer. Their prices are pretty low, and they seem to have things that other dealers are out of stock on.
Antigun
Gun control
New Federal law being proposed. Let me explain:
The problem: There’s no requirement for a background check on ammunition sales. So you can be someone who just stole a gun, illegally got your gun from some kind of trafficking, or were in possession of it and you are intending a crime. You can walk into any store and buy the bullets and nobody is going to check. If we extend background checks to ammunition, we immediately save lives
Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg
Fred Guttenberg is pushing for the proposed law, named Jaime’s law after the man’s daughter. Jaime was killed in the Parkland shooting in South Florida. Here is the thing: this law wouldn’t have done a single thing to prevent the shooting that killed his daughter. The killer in that particular case obtained his gun legally because authorities couldn’t be bothered to do their jobs.
If the law passes, it won’t fix a single one of the hypotheticals in the above quote. If a person steals a gun, buys one on the black market, or is intending to commit a crime, there is no way that such scenarios would result in failing a background check.
No, the real purpose of this law is to inconvenience shooters. It requires that ammunition can only be bought from licensed dealers. It also appears to require a permit to purchase ammunition at anywhere other than a shooting range where the ammunition will be fired on the premises. The law also states that there is no limit to the fee that can be charged for the background check.
Keep buying ammo, it may be needed very soon.
Arts and Crafts
Need Advice
When I do an AR build, I really like Faxon barrels. The problem is that all of those are out of stock. I am thinking about doing an AR build and would like recommendations on a quality barrel. Please let me know your thoughts in comments.