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Military, The Gun Thing

Occasionally, something really stupid appears on Teh Intarwebz, like this:

I don’t even know if the Twatter account is real or not (I suspect not), but I do know several things:

  • wasting this Islamist scrote with a WWII rifle would be a romantic gesture, and today’s .dotmil is not renowned for its romantiscm
  • using the venerable .30-06 Springfield cartridge would likewise be romantic, but that might suggest that when someone absolutely, positively must be killed, all cartridges since the .30-06 are inadequate — in other words, using the boolets that we’ve been giving our boys to shoot the nation’s enemies since the 1940s won’t be up to snuff for the intended purpose
  • …which in turn would lead to suspicions that the 5.56 NATO poodleshooter is, indeed, a poodleshooter (as the late Jeff Cooper famously stated) rather than a lethal projectile
  • while all this time, the 7.62 NATO (.308 Win) is saying, “And what am I?  Chopped liver?”
  • and does the .dotmil even have any Garands in the arsenal, other than those decorative things used by the Marine Guard of Honor at Arlington National?

None of this passes the sniff test.

Those who know me well (and there are a few of you out there) will know that I am a romantic soul, and should the above silliness be true (instead of some puerile fantasy), I would be the first to do a Happy Dance.  (Better still that the bullets — of whatever caliber — were dipped in bacon fat beforehand, but that’s a discussion for another time.)

But let me be the first to say that even though I have considerable misgivings about the little .223, I would suggest that the simultaneous arrival of seven of the things in the heart area would have the same outcome as seven .30-cal bullets:  instantaneous death to the recipient.

So really, this is all a fuss over nothing.

Just as long as the deed gets done, I’m happy with the choice.

One idle question remains:  who gets to form the firing squad?  Will they call for volunteers from the military police?  Logic would suggest that be the answer, but for all I know, the .dotmil are planning to hand it over to the snake-eaters in SpecFor.

Science Proves Me Right

Men & Women

Back in my yoot, I often made a play for a woman, and when met with the near-inevitable rebuff, I used to tease them by saying, “You know, if you don’t use it, it’s going to grow closed!”

All that said with complete ignorance of female physiology.  However:

Let’s be blunt: can a lack of sex hasten ‘vaginal atrophy’ or ‘shrinkage’ post-menopause? Yes, as it can contribute to a faster decline in vaginal elasticity.

Thank you, Science Boys, for coming to my rescue.

Of course, I hasten to add that my mocking comment never ever resulted in a change of decision by the lady thus addressed.  In fact, on one memorable occasion, I got this response:  “Well, I’d rather it grow closed than have sex with you!”

Women can be so cruel…

The Missing Candidates

Elections

So wannabe-Texas Senator James Talarico (Raving Loony Party) has been conspicuous by his absence from the campaign trail recently, and we’re supposed to be surprised by this?

Allow me to explain why we shouldn’t be.

Talarico has distinguished himself by making statements — sometimes off prepared speeches and sometimes by off-the-cuff remarks — that are in turn breathtakingly stupid, vapid, childish, muddled and offensive:  and sometimes all five simultaneously.

So of course the Democratic-Socialist-Muslim-LGBTQ-Green candidate has to be hidden from view before the November election, lest his positions (such as they are) piss off Texas voters to such an extent that they give him a severe thrashing at the polls.

May I remind y’all that this was the same reason that the comatose Joe Biden was once likewise secreted from public view, lest the voters see just how vegetative the senile then-President really was.

And it almost worked.

It didn’t work then, and it won’t work now.  And before anyone thinks that, like Biden before him, Talarico can get elected through massive voter fraud, let me remind everyone that we’re not talking about Illinois or California here.

Talarico is going to get whipped in November.  Texans are many things, but they ain’t stupid, and certainly not that stupid as to elect a hopeless no-regard nutcase like Talarico to the U.S. Senate.

Quote Of The Day

QOTD

“The people who once gave us $6 per gallon diesel now want to be elected because diesel is $6 per gallon.” — Luis Gonzalez

Follow the link to find the real reason for today’s high gas and diesel prices.

Ugh (2)

Health

Me:  O foul pestilence, desist I beseech thee with thine afflictions;  the sore throat, the hacking cough, the fuzzy head wracked with pain, the nose running its foul essence down the back of the throat.  Desist, I say!

Pestilence:  Nah.  Here, have some joint pain and muscle stiffness as well.

Maybe tomorrow.