…a warm and wonderful New Year.
And may all the new guns you buy in 2019 shoot straight and work properly.
You are going to buy some new guns in 2019, aren’t you? It’s one way to make your New Year a happy one.
And speaking of happy:
Cheers, y’all. That’s for “Dry January”… and after that, it’s this for “Veganuary”:
Might as well start the year off the way I plan to do for the rest of it: pissing off the people who want me to stop enjoying myself.
When three men are raping your daughter and the police don’t give a damn, what’s a mother to do?
Grab a kitchen knife, set off after the bastards and stab the shit out of them, killing one and seriously injuring the others, is what.
Had this happened in Texas, the “Lion Mama” would have got a loud Attagirl! from the police; instead, she was charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder. Happily, the prosecutor saw sense (but only after a national outcry of furious hatred), and dropped the charges against her. The wounded assholes got twenty-five years each.
One wonders what she could have achieved had she been allowed to own a gun…
If I could play one indoor game very well, it would be snooker (not pool). And should you want to know who I’d like to play as well as, it’s Ronnie O’Sullivan. For your Friday night movie, here is the man himself absolutely demolishing his opponent in a best-of-nine competition. (Hint: it doesn’t go to nine games.) As any good snooker player will tell you, it’s not sinking the ball that’s important, it’s where you leave the cue ball for your next shot, and in terms of skill, Ronnie’s like Tiger, but with better smeeking:
But this is the expression that his opponents dread seeing:
So pour yourself a drink, sit back, and enjoy the next three-quarters of an hour, seeing a man on top of his game.
Escaped convict tries to break into a house (to steal food, cash, car keys etc. and/or to improve his prison love life with a little rapery), whereupon he learns, too late, that the lone housewife isn’t going to let him do any of that:
Bruce McLaughlin Jr., 30, was shot in the head by the woman after he kicked in her back door on Tuesday, according to Pickens County authorities.
After he entered the home, McLaughlin grabbed a knife sharpening tool from the kitchen and headed toward the woman’s bedroom around 3 a.m.
Of course, I don’t know whether the choirboy was going to do all that stuff, and now nobody will — which unsolved mystery is just fine by me. (I do wish the report would give us the good info: gun, chambering, type of cartridge etc. but let me not quibble over details.)
My favorite part of the story, however, is this:
Sheriff Rick Clark said the woman was home alone and had undergone concealed weapons training at some point prior to the incident.
“This was a big guy. If she hadn’t had a weapon there’s no telling what would have happened,” the sheriff said. “I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her.”
Clark said the incident was “a shining example” of why owning and knowing how to properly use a gun is important.
Can I hear a round of applause for both the Lady Shooter (HEAD SHOT!) and Sheriff Clark?
I always liked this guy, as much for his ability as his quiet, classy sportsmanship. And here’s further reason why I should:
Roger Federer has revealed that he refuses to sleep in a bed without his wife of almost a decade by his side.
The Swiss-born tennis ace, 37, who is widely considered the greatest male player of all time, admitted that his wife, children and friends come first, despite his passion for the sport.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Federer explained that his wife, whom he married in 2009, and their two sets of twins, who are home-schooled, travel everywhere with him when he is on tour.
Gives new meaning to the term “family man”, doesn’t it?. And yeah, his massive income makes that lifestyle possible. Doesn’t mean I shouldn’t applaud him for doing the right thing.
Predictably, Ishmael has an even better (and funnier) take on Federer’s grace and class.
And just for a bonus: some Federer magic. Enjoy.
In this article, Rick Moran worries about Orange County Going Socialist, and What That Means:
Orange County Is Reagan Country No More
They used to vote Republican in huge numbers in Orange County, California. The county used to be one of the most Republican in the country, but with Democrat Katie Porter unseating GOP incumbent Rep. Mimi Walters, Republicans are beginning to look nervously at 2020 and wonder where all their votes have gone.
And Moran’s take is:
Is Trump accelerating the GOP decline? There’s no doubt that Trump’s antics as president have energized his base. They are, if anything, more loyal and enthusiastic today than they were when he was elected.
The rest of the country? Not so much.
As leader of the party, Trump is responsible for its growth or decline. Right now, it’s declining across the board. The answer is not goosing Trump’s base supporters. The answer has to be broadening the appeal of the party.
I’m not so sure. I think that the answer to the Orange County change is simple: I bet that Hispanic voters (i.e. Socialists) are moving in; but mostly, Republican voters are leaving California. And as Orange County has (or had) a huge number of suburban middle-class families — the people most adversely affected by California’s insane government — it’s a simple case of changing demographics.
I know that the plural of anecdote is not data, but not long ago I gave a lift to a one-time Orange County resident (a conservative Republican, by his own admission) who had moved to Plano because he was totally sick of California government’s effect on his small business. He told me that he wasn’t the only one; almost all his friends from his neighborhood (also Republicans) had either already left the state or were in the final stages of doing so. And he admitted to me that he voted for Trump in 2016, as had all those same friends whether still in California or not.
I likewise suspect (also from anecdote) that this is happening in Ventura County as well.
I would love to see the population-shift statistics from Orange County by party affiliation to see if that, and not Trump, has been the reason for the change in voting patterns. If that is the case, there’s nothing Trump (or any Republican) can do about it.
Oh, and one more thing: I think I persuaded my ex-Californian passenger to buy a gun and get his carry permit — and I’m pretty sure he’s going to do it because when I gave him the names of a few of our local gun shops, he keyed them into his phone. (I told him that he should do it just to stick it in CalGov Jerry Brown’s eye, and he laughed like hell at the thought.)
One at a time, folks; one at a time.