Author: Kim du Toit

By George! I Think He’s Got It!

Economics

Daniel Jupp on what Trump is actually doing with tariffs:

Trump and many other MAGA figures operate on a completely different level from the mainstream NPCs with their programmed 80-year devotion to failed systems, failed institutions and the failed economic theories of an expert class who carefully managed their way to creating a Chinese monster ready to devour them while turning their own countries into increasingly backwards indebted sh*tholes.

The status quo is set up to ensure that China benefits from Western nations declining and failing, while a small number of Western globalist traitors profit from that. The vast majority of ordinary workers find they now live in countries which are falling apart but still claim to be rich. Their living standards and opportunities relentlessly diminish, their towns have no industries, and the best they can hope for is a welfare payment that keeps them in dependent poverty. At the same time people with no skills and backward attitudes are imported by the same economic genius consensus that shifted all manufacturing to China.

And Trump is attempting to stem that 80-year-old tide.

That Ammo Thing – Part 2

The Gun Thing

I managed to find the relevant Dead Tree issue of USCCA’s Concealed Carry Magazine, where Tami Keel (in a piece entitled “Stay Stocked”) talks about the vagaries of ammo supply, and keeping yours at a decent level.

Establish A Buffer:  work out how much ammo you typically shoot off in a month or so.  The higher the amount (duh), the more critical it is to replenish that ammo while it’s there to be had.  Tami’s experience is that a 3-6 month stock level should be enough for you to ride out most ammo shortages in that caliber.  Mine is somewhat higher (especially in .45 ACP, of course), but while gritting my way through the Great Covidiocy Shortage, I did manage to emerge with about a 4-month “forward” supply simply by shooting smaller amounts per session.  (The old days of 300-round sessions with the 1911 are well in the past anyway, because Olde Phartte Wrysts.)  Obviously, if you only pop off a box of .30-30 a year, whether hunting or just keeping in practice, your 100-round supply will last you (uhhh carry the three)  5 years.  It will be a totally different scenario with your AR-15 (5.56mm poodleshooter), of course, but an adequate supply of said ammo will take care of most shortages — and it helps that most AR-15 owners keep a boatload of ammo on hand anyway.  Like I with my 1911, if you manage to keep your range session to (say) four mags’ worth instead of the usual six or eight, your 1,000-round reserve (“buffer”) supply will last a long, long time.

Conversions And Duplicates:  I covered this topic in Part 1.  Tami notes, however, (and I absolutely agree) that if an ammo shortage drags on and on even these offbeat cartridges will start to disappear from the shelves.  Get ’em while they’re hot — or rather, before they start getting hot.

“Die Time”:   Ammo suppliers typically set up their production lines with a bias towards the more-popular calibers (e.g. more 9mmP than .380 ACP), but when demand surges during Covidiocy-type panics, they’ll retool their .380 lines to produce more 9mmP, which in turn will lessen the supply of .380 ACP.  If you have both — say, for primary and backup purposes — you may need to have a proportionately larger stock of .380 ACP than the shooting of the latter may justify, because its supply is going to run short for a lot longer than the 9mm P.  All part of the balancing act.

Reloading:   I don’t have to tell any reloaders about the shortage of primers during the Covidiocy, nor of the hostile intent of the anti-gun set towards people having the means of self-sufficiency in general.  Suffice it to say that in future Dark Times — and we’d be foolish to assume there won’t be any such ever again — I can see anti-gunners trying to restrict the sales of bulk powder because all that Eeevil Explosive Stuff is dangerous, don’t you know, and we need to Protect Innocnt People From Huge Explosions.  So stock up on both primers and powder during the Good Times of strong supply and lower prices;  those 5,000 small primers in your workshop are going to evaporate quicker than you think.

Rimfire (or, as Tami terms it, “Embacing Rimfire“):  Running out of rimfire ammo is as foolish as running out of salt, flour and sugar.  Having a few thousand rounds of .22 LR may sound like a lot, but if your fun plinking time with the kids / grandkids burns through a 500-round brick per session — and it probably will, or should — that’s not a whole bunch of plinking time to go by before the cupboard is bare.  So the next time you’re at Bass Pro or wherever and you see a decent price on .22 ammo, imagine the Ghost Of Kim standing behind you whispering “Do it, do it, my son” and fill your basket thereof.  Or if you’re doing some online purchasing of your regular .45 or 9mm, spare a thought for rimfire, and add a brick or two before you click “Buy Now”. (This is not a brag, but someone did ask me the other day exactly how much .22 ammo I had on hand, and I didn’t have the faintest clue.  So being a conscientious sort, I did a quick inventory the next morning and discovered that I had just over 10,000 rounds of plinking ammo, and 12,000 rounds of the serious kind — CCI Mini-Mag, my go-to feed when I’m trying for the “o” in the Coca-Cola can as opposed to just the can itself when plinking.  I need more plinking stuff.)

According to a recent search on AmmoSeek, I see that Aguila is having something of a sale at the moment, and it’s going at under 4 cents / per round at several outlets.  CCI Mini-Mag is around 5 cents, and all the others are between those two.  Eley, by the way, is under 10 cents per, for probably the first time since the early 2000s (but frankly, that’s only for the ultra-serious target shooters;  the Son&Heir does perfectly well in competitions with Federal Gold Match for about the same cost as Eley, AND Federal is made in the USA).

Now off on a semi-related tangent, as is my wont when talking about guns and such.

During that inventory, I also saw that I had a few hundred rounds of CCI Green Tag left (20 cents per, ugh), which I need to test against the Mini-Mag in a couple of my rifles acquired since last I did the comparison (executive summary:  the Green Tag was not appreciably more accurate in my guns* than the Mini-Mag at the time, but I’ve acquired a couple different guns since then).

Is that a range session calling me in my little (tinnitus-afflicted) ear?

I believe it is.  Hello, ladies:

*Your experience and guns may vary:  rimfire guns (rifles and pistols) are notoriously picky about which ammo they shoot the best — even guns that moved consecutively off the same assembly line will likely be different in their preference — so get out there and do some testing.

Try That Somewhere Else

Muzzies

This one’s been boiling around the kettle of my fevered brain for a while now, but a comment from Reader TopCat last week brought it steaming out.  His comment was a quote from Raspail’s The Camp Of The  City  Saints, which I had read (in the original French, as part of a class assignment) right after it was first published, but almost forgotten about.

I shouldn’t have.  Here’s the quote:

“Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door…”

…and it is one of the most perceptive statements ever made on the topic of mass immigration.

However — and I’m not excusing it — I can almost understand why a tired and cold immigrant might, in extremis, decide to burn a piece of furniture.  There is an extenuating circumstance.

There are no extenuating circumstances for immigrants who arrive in this wonderful country, and then try to set about changing it into the shithole they just left.  We all know about the Communists of the Frankfurt School, of course, and they were (and still are) aided and abetted by our own locally-bred Commies of the Red Diaper persuasion.

And then there’s this little development [sic] :

A video circulating widely on social media has gained widespread attention, claiming that 402 acres in Texas have been purchased to build an “Islamic city that will govern itself.” The project, known as EPIC City, is linked to the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) and is at the center of intense scrutiny and speculation.

EPIC announced plans in early 2024 for what it described as a “historic project”, a residential and commercial development near Josephine, Texas, roughly 30 minutes from its Plano-based mosque, as reported Daily Mail. The project includes proposals for 1,000 homes, a school, a shopping complex, and a central mosque, intended to serve a growing Muslim population.

There has been some opposition to the building of this little self-created ghetto:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has launched more than a dozen state investigations against the development, claiming that EPIC City officials want to impose Sharia law within the community.

…as well he should.  As this article points out:

Deep in the heart of Texas, just outside of Dallas, is the new community of Epic City, a totally Muslim City. Amy Mek sees it as the beginning of the end. It is a big change for Texas. That’s certain.

The problem with Islam is it is a total way of life, political, social, religious, and there can be no other way. Sharia Law cannot coexist with the US Constitution. The US needs people to assimilate.

The project will feature a mosque at its center, surrounded by houses, townhomes, apartments, Muslim schools, parks, gyms, and other facilities.

Many Texans are expressing concerns about EPIC City. Some see it as creating a separate Muslim-only area, which they fear could lead to segregation.

They worry it might become a “no-go zone,” where non-Muslims feel unwelcome. Critics also fear that introducing Sharia law could conflict with U.S. laws and values.

“Could” conflict with U.S. laws and values?  How about “will definitely” do all that? As this article states:

Supporters argue that EPIC City is about religious freedom. Except it’s not simply a religion. It’s a complete life plan.

Of course, the Muslims deny all that:

EPIC City developers said that is simply not true, and its newly-hired attorney Dan Cogdell has called the state’s opposition to the community flat out “racial profiling.”

It has nothing to do with race, you MuzzieSymp fuck;  it has everything to do with culture — and Muslim culture, at its very core, sets out to suppress any culture that isn’t Muslim*.  To argue otherwise is to invoke the oh-so-Muslim practice of taqiyyah — lying to infidels in order to further Islam.  Here’s more from that Green Diaper lawyer:

“If this were a Presbyterian church in Red Oak or a Catholic church in Waxahachie, we wouldn’t be having this conversation,” he said on Friday’s airing of “Morning in America.”

Yeah, let’s conflate the hostile and murderous Islam with Presbyterians and Catholics, by all means.

“It’s because they’re Muslim. It’s just that simple,” Cogdell added.

Damn right it is.  And now for the taqiyya:

Cogdell told NewsNation the community does not intend to impose Sharia law as the state of Texas accuses.

“They have no intentions of that. There are 7,000-10,000 that attend the current mosque. There are lawyers, judges, doctors, politicians that attend that church,” he said. “It’s just absurd that that allegation is even being made at this point.”

I know that at some point the WhatAbouts (like this asshole Cogdell) are going to ask me how I feel about the enclaves of Orthodox Jews that are sprinkled about, and my answer is that I have no problem with them — not because they’re Jews, but because Orthodox Jewry is not about forcibly changing U.S. law into Talmudic.

In other words, I believe strongly in the freedom of association (and of religion) embodied in our First Amendment — but not when such association or religion sets about changing our nation and our Constitution into fucking Shari’ah.  If you don’t think that’s their goal, you haven’t been paying attention to what’s been happening in Africa (see the link immediately above).  And feel free to consult a poll (any poll, in any country) of Muslims to see under which set of laws a majority of them would want to live.

The Constitution, as the man quite rightly said, is not a suicide pact.

And speaking of majorities:  typically, it doesn’t take a majority of Muslims in a population before the shit starts spraying off the fan blades;  as I recall, anything over 15-18%, and the fun starts.  Sometimes it’s even less.

Make no mistake, this EPIC City thing, if allowed to survive, would not be the only settlement of its kind.  Pretty soon they’d spread throughout the United States like cancer cells in a chainsmoker’s body.  I leave it to your imagination as to what the end result of that would be.

And if you think that EPIC City (or Cities) would not become a breeding ground for Islamist extremism, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

As I see it, though, opposition to EPIC is following a bureaucratic path:

“The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality found that the East Plano Islamic Center and affiliated entities have not obtained the required authorizations or permits needed for construction.”

That’s fine;  but if those authorizations or permits are denied, expect lawsuits:  lawsuits that the Muslims might win.  And then what?

Better, I think, to put the issue onto a binding referendum in the November elections.  (The referendum question has to be simple, e.g.:  “Do you think that the state of Texas should allow Muslims to create Muslim-only settlements in Texas?”)

Let’s see how the good people of Texas feel about this.

*My original thought was that I’d test the Muslims’ protestations by recruiting a few beautiful Texas gals, dressing them in the skimpiest-yet-legal clothing, and have them strut past the EPIC mosque during Ramadan, just to see the locals’ response.  (Of course, they’d be accompanied by a few good ol’ Texas boys — carrying concealed guns, as is our right under both U.S. and Texas law — just in case someone might want to harass our young ladies for only doing what they are allowed — nay, encouraged — to do here in the Lone Star State.)

Alternatively, I’d support the application of any Christian church, ditto a few Christian bookstores and a parochial school or two, to apply for building- and business permits inside the boundaries of EPIC City, just to test the veracity of their “Oh noes we’re not exclusively Muslim!”  claims.

I welcome a discussion of the Christians’ chances of success.

And yes, I’ve spoken about this topic before, and also here.

News Roundup

Bad News

And we begin today’s Roundup with someone who really needs to rub one out:


...”stand up against”?  We all voted for sick and cruel deportations, you dumb bint.

And another one who needs rubbing out, so to speak:


...nobody cares what you think, you degenerate, corrupt Commie fuck.  You’re the American equivalent of Tony Blair:  an unwanted has-been, all of whose destructive policies should long ago have been tossed into the gutter where they belonged.

And speaking of Obamas:


… ...because like Hillary Clinton, you only got your (undeserved) fame because you happened to marry someone who went on to become President.  Otherwise, you’d still be an anonymous functionary in some Chicago hospital… maybe.

More candidates for the above treatment:


…

From the Department of Irony:


...they don’t hate the speech;  genetically, they just have no sense of humor.
#AskRobinWilliams

Some Lawn Order News:


...so just harpoon the motherfucker.  Sheesh, do I have to think of everything?
Update:  they killed him anyway, with the needle, without any problems.
#JusticeIsDone

7,000-Year-Old Female Corpses Found In Remote Grave
...all clutching papyrus sheets bearing Epstein’s client list, no doubt.

From the Department of Education:


...now if he’d just bonked Mommy, there’d be nothing to report.  Dumbass.


...and of course it’s all Hubbeeeee’s fault.

Hot off the #MeeeTwooo presses:

Helen Mirren:  The James Bond Movies Are Sexist
...really?  What was your first clue, Hel?

And as we plunge ever deeper into the waters of 

   


...not at all bad for  69  I mean 59 (although 69 would be nice too, if you get my drift):

And some others, just for kicks:

Timely Law, Catchy Title

Government Thugs, Gummint, Taxes and Theft

From the U.S. Senate comes this little bit of commonsense:

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday introduced legislation that would sell off millions of dollars of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) firearms to pay for the national debt.

As America approaches Tax Day on Tuesday, Ernst introduced the Why Does the IRS Needs Guns Act to reform how the agency handles firearms. The Iowa senator introduced the legislation after reports from Open the Books have suggested the IRS would one of the top 50 largest police departments based on its headcount and stockpiling of firearms and ammunition.

“Since 2006, the IRS spent $35.2 million on guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment (CPI adjusted). The years 2020 and 2021 were peak years at the IRS for purchasing weaponry and gear. Just since the pandemic started, the IRS has purchased $10 million in weaponry and gear,” Open the Books wrote.

Since 2020, the IRS has spent at least $10 million on firearms and ammunition for its roughly 2,100 special agents.

Here’s Joni, outside D.C.:

And Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) introduced the House companion legislation:

“Arming these agents does not make the American public safer. My legislation, the Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act, would disarm these agents, auction off their guns to Federal Firearms License Owners, and sell their ammunition to the public.”

Moore takes the cake with this exit quote:

“The only thing IRS agents should be armed with are calculators.”

As the old (and bitter) joke goes:

“Taxes are funds taken from citizens at gunpoint.”
“No, they aren’t!”
“Really?  Try refusing to pay them.”

Bastards.  Disarm them.  All of them.  Perhaps they’d be a lot less arrogant towards us if they were unarmed.