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Many years ago, and for many years, I would travel to Morocco to visit uncles, cousins, and my paternal grandmother. Some lived in Tangiers;...

Sunday, November 11, 2018

A Variety of Things, Good, Bad, Embarrassing, and Awesome

It is, of course, November 11, and the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the war to end war.  Here in the USA we now call November 11, Veterans' Day, and try to honor the service of all our veterans in our way too many wars and quasi-wars.

President Trump is in Paris for the commemorations and, according to the press, had to sit through some pompous exposition by Macron on the evils of nationalism. Macron might do well to reflect that France would not be in quite the mess it now finds itself as home to thousands of jihadis and other malcontents, if France's ruling elites had shown a little more concern for nationalism. He tried to make "nationalism" sound evil and to make some sort of distinction between it and patriotism. All that rings hollow coming from the "Euroelite" that has caused so much devastation at home and abroad, and which threatens to put a stake into the heart of the Old World. Macron, of course, also has returned to the old subject of an EU army. I have written a great deal, in the Old Diplomad 1.0, about the insanity of an EU army when the Europeans won't even pay for NATO. It's just another fevered dream of the Euroelite. All this drives home the long-standing Diplomad dictum, "Never listen to the Europeans." To listen to them will bring you Libya and other insanities.

Here at home, there can be no longer ANY doubt, if any existed, that the Democrat Party, the world's oldest continuously operating party, is nothing but a power-mad and criminal organization. The party of slavery, Jacksonian genocide, civil war, Jim Crow, the KKK, treason, and lynch mobs, continues its traditions. Once again, we see the vast resources of the Criminal Party marshaled to steal an election or two. Once again, we see the calls for endless recounts, the sudden apparition of "lost" boxes of ballots, the "accidental" destruction of records, and the insistence on non-citizen votes being counted. It is not enough to have the foreign and the dead vote, and living Americans vote more than once. No, we have to keep counting and counting until the sum is the "right" one, i.e., the Criminal Party wins. This has got to stop. As I have noted repeatedly, I have a lot of experience as an election monitor and could never certify our elections as clean and fair. It's a national embarrassment.

On the good news front, I got in a lot of range time this week.

I took my Spanish sister-in-law to the Triangle Shooting Academy in Raleigh, and, after the appropriate safety briefings from the terrific staff there, let her blast away. She went from visibly shaking when I pulled out my S&W MP AR-15 ("I have never seen that type of gun!") to shouting with delight as she put an enormous amount of expensive .223/5.56 ammo downrange. We had to go shooting two days in a row, as she, who had never held, much less fired a gun in her life, noted, "It is addictive!" She also got to shoot my .22 Ruger target pistol, my new Sig P320 9mm, my two S&W MP 2.0 one chambered in .40 and  the other in .45, one of my beloved Colt Government Model 1911s in.45, and two of my revolvers, the S&W .357 mag and "Dirty Harry's gun," the magnificent S&W .44 mag. Her favorites? The AR-15 and the S&W .45--she was actually very good with that one. She bemoaned how in Spain it is virtually impossible for a law abiding citizen to own a handgun, "You have to be a criminal or a terrorist to have one." She carefully wrapped up her targets and had me write on each the date, the make of the gun, the caliber, and the range distance (most of the hand guns at 5 meters, the AR-15 at 20 meters). I got her on video just in case the Guardia Civil needs it. I also spent this morning cleaning the guns, and ordering more ammo. She and the Diplowife are in New York City today and will be watching the Veterans' Day parade.

OK. Off to walk the dogs and reflect on the perfidy of the so-called Democrats.

Thank you veterans!

36 comments:

  1. I don't know what it is about women and guns...especially women who have never fired one or even held one. But once the nerves settle and a bit of confidence comes, well, I have seen similar expressions on the faces of women. Just not with a gun anywhere around. 'Nuff said.

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    1. Yes Runnymede Man!
      Wife and daughter
      just qualified for
      their CCW licenses...
      Grinning ear to ear,
      both of them! ;)
      Me, I'm sleeping better lately! ]:{>
      OW~~~

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  2. Isn't it wonderful, to take a newbie to the range, and watch their countenance change as they realize what FUN it is!!

    Regarding the election fraud, I'm so angry, wathing this happen. My country is being stolen before my eyes.

    BTW: I LOVE the smell of Hoppe's #9 in the morning.

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  3. I forgot to mention, that my son served 2 tours in Afghanistan with the 75th regiment, 1st battalion, as a combat medic.

    He got out in Sept. 2012, and has thankfully resumed a fairly normal life. Wife and I have seen a bit of PTSD, but he is healing.

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    1. Hand Salute to the Doc, his Mom and Dad too!
      Wish you all well on this Veterans Day, stateside...
      On Watch~~~

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  4. "...Criminal Party wins. This has got to stop. As I have noted repeatedly, I have a lot of experience as an election monitor and could never certify our elections as clean and fair. It's a national embarrassment."

    Couldn't agree more.
    I'm encouraged by the fact that the Florida Governor, the Governor elect, and the POTUS are in it to win it! Hopefully too, they'll take the fight from sea to sea, and put a shine back on "These United States"!

    "Thank you veterans!"

    Thank you too, Mr.Diplomad!
    All the best to you and yours!
    On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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  5. I have a sort of different take on the matter of the pleasures of guns:
    Never owned one, never particularly interested in them. But I have a fairly new son-in-law, who is ex-mil, likes guns, and goes to his local range regularly.
    So, on a couple of recent visits, off we go, with several of his favorites in hand.
    And we launch a fair amount of molded metal towards those nefarious paper targets.
    "How was it?" sez he on the way home. But I have to admit it really didn't do anything for me -- just a lot of noise, fuss, and a very sore wrist to show for it. Naahh..I'm still not interested.

    However(and this is the critical issue): this does not negate my support of the right of ordinary citizens to own and safely use their firearms. The 2nd is a critical piece of American security and freedom. Freedom for everyone individually to choose to own or not to own firearms.

    Good shooting, Dip. Stay safe.

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    1. The right to choose . . . 9mm or .40

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    2. Maybe you girls didn't get the Memo (or did you?)

      Best Caliber for Self Defense: 9mm, .40 S&W or .45 ACP?

      Fire when ready Gridley:
      "The FBI has realized the shooting part is more important then anything else. Misses or bad hits don’t stop fights. The focus has wisely shifted from ballistics to marksmanship! What a novel concept." OW~~~ Load all Tubes ~~~

      https://gundigest.com/handguns/concealed-carry/best-caliber-self-defense-concealed-carry-ammo

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    3. Gotcha. I think exactly the same. I have none but am glad when neighbors do and can readily see that these all-too-frequent mass shootings (even if some of them ARE...FF?) would NOT take place if a person who is armed was among the crowd. Nothing but love and pride for our heritage, esp BOR.

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  6. Subtle shift from a discussion of election fraud to the joy of owning and shooting firearms...

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    1. If things go sideways, both may come into play.

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  7. When I was a fresher - a million years ago, and in Britain - a couple of my new friends approached me in the Common Room and invited me to join their shooting team.

    I must have looked slightly bewildered.

    "It occurred to us that you're the sort of fellow who'd know how to shoot."

    I still don't know what the give-aways were that I knew how to point a rifle.

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    1. Aha! Suspicions confirmed!
      Twas da blood in yer eye matey!
      Don't even try to deny it,
      I know yer type, Lizzie!
      Keep'n me powder dry and,
      my one good eye wide open!
      On Night Watch~~~

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  8. I can't see a reason for a recount that wouldn't also mandate entirely new elections.
    State with mandatory recount laws for close elections are people entire with those who have no competence in math. Votes are data... if you manipulate your data enough, you *will* get the answer you want.
    If your data indicates that you are wrong, accept that you are wrong. If you can't, throw the entire thing out and start completely fresh. Otherwise, we introduce probability dependencies that are very complex and in many cases, simply unidentifiable.

    - reader #1482

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    1. Wow, botched that.. I was trying to say that "States with mandatory recount laws for close elections are peopled entire by those without math competence."

      - reader #1482

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    2. I don't know +/- = to or > than 1482, your stats sounded pretty good to me, at least up to the point when you mentioned 'manipulating' your data! These days, the Social Scientists know that's going too far into the weeds -- they tend to stop after the 'tweak' the 'tease' or at least during the 'massage! <3
      OW~~~

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    3. For abuse of numbers, this video is hilarious because of how obviously they talk past the data-disaster.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BnkI5vqr_0
      "Well, our satellite measurements were supposed to show warming... they didn't... so we searched and searched until we found an explanation that would allow us to adjust the data until it showed the warming we expected. It's all legit because the satellite orbit decays, ya know?"
      When you take data, and you get the answer you weren't expecting, that's it. You go back and 'adjust' your data, you are no longer performing the gold standard, prospective science.
      Put another satellite up, take another 30 years of data, and then tell us what's what... without adjustment..

      So... what would've happened if the measurements had shown greater warming than the ambiguous surface record (error bars.. it's always about the error bars)? Then satellite would've been "the better measurement" and we'd have to adjust the surface data set to match the "clearly more correct, because it shows more warming" satellite data.

      I mean.. if there was nothing but research funding on the line, this would be great science... it's the best we've got. But there is tons riding on it.

      Ok.. apologies for the total distraction from voting shenanigans, but it's really the same fundamental problem, not really knowing math and basic scientific logic.

      - reader #1482

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    4. Oo-la-la! Non apologia nesesaree numero!
      My only quibble would be that even if the dumb sh!ts majored in STEM careers, they'd still deny the facts/data if it doesn't support their socio-progresso hypotheosis! Thereby creating at its base a moronic nation just begging its enemies to be put out of its misery -- and, as if on cue, here come the invaders, slithering into the welcoming arms of America's worst!

      Sure hope the Boss in Chief has some more electoral miracles up his sleeves, as it appears that we're running out of "Red, White, and Blue" Americans!
      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  9. Bad tactical error. You probably just gave the feds your gun inventory. Which reminds me of a joke. I own 10 guns and the FEDS take away 10 guns. How many guns do I now own. 17 because I lied about how many guns I own.0

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  10. Very Well Mr. Potts:

    Therefore we conclude
    that Vlad Putin should
    Rule the Socialist World, and
    that Donald Trump should
    Rule the Nationalist World!

    So, all you Socialists aka Democrats are now
    released to board your free flight to Moscow!
    All you Nationalists are cordially invited
    to consult with your broker, and then get
    fitted for the 'Uniform of the Day'! Tomorrow
    we muster in the Armory to receive sidearms & rifles.
    Please see the 'Range Roster' for appointment times.

    Uncle Sam Needs You >--> On Watch~~~ "Let's Roll"

    "Oh you'll never be Blue in a Blue Uniform,
    you're FREE as the flowers in May~~~ "

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  11. "[Macron] tried to make "nationalism" sound evil and to make some sort of distinction between it and patriotism."

    The French governing class apparently never learns does it? Hasn't picked up on yet that, in the century between the ending of the Napoleonic Wars and its centenary all those secret alliances writ ignoring the simple expedient of what a little nationalism might have forestalled a killing in the Balkans setting off what it did.

    Hell, the little frogtwerp should really, consider asking Trump for history lessons (especially if he wishes France's white flag manufacturing industry to keep its eminence the centenary celebration hence).

    JK

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    1. HeeHaw! Ya got 'em by the legs brutha! Now its all in the wrist, twist, twirl, and into the baitbox! Hell NO! that Frogette aint about to surrender their soiled white ensign! How would they know Where to run n' hide? Pantyless Parisians are still pandering there wares! While the citizenry get the dirty end of their stick! Cops without guns going up against armed murderous Islamic Jihadis! Throw that maggot Macaroon back to where he hooked up with his over the hill Bimbo and her brood! I hope the Donald stomps on his instep before he goes!~~~ On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

      On Watch~~~
      "Let's Roll"

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  12. Makes me wonder why the Dems ever lose an election. Just demand a "recount" regardless of the margin.

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  13. For the backip to this thought see: "https://fletchcast.blogspot.com/2018/11/obvious-truth-31.html"

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  14. Indubitably George! I'm feeling optimistic now...
    Perhaps, if we clip the Kleptocratic beak of the socialist state even the globalists will experience a 'wealth of nations'! Then again, how could they possibly feed themselves?
    On Watch~~~

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  15. Here in Wisconsin, in the voting between incumbent Governor Walker, and his Democrat challenger, Tony Evers, the race was very tight at midnight. The lead kept switching, a hundred votes here, a hundred votes there. Milwaukee County was The only country that had not physiotherapists in, as they had found " damaged absentee ballots, that would need to be reconstructed ". When the count was up to 99% of thereabouts in, and Walker was ahead by about 1500-200 votes, suddenly, Milwaukee County reported 30,000+ votes for Evers. So, Scott Walker lost to the Democrat Machine in Milwaukee's interesting vote count of "damaged "ballots. None of the media outlets found the 30,000 votes at the last second to be at all questionable.

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    1. Well, hell, wolverine ;) now that Paul Ryan lost the House for US, I'm sure the same batch of 'brats that elected the 'rat Tony Evers can be counted on to elevate RINO Ryan to his next level of incompetence! Go Packers!
      On Watch~~~

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  16. The common post-soviet communist excuse for the utter travesty that was socialism and communism is that communism wasn't *really* tried.
    Because the only way to *really* put communism to the test, is for the entire world to embrace it.
    Gee, what would we call communism attempted at a global scale other than 'globalism'?

    - reader #1482

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  17. Avenatti:

    “I have never struck a woman.”
    "I will be fully exonerated.”

    "She hit me first"

    Hilarious.

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  18. Better cool your jets syd B.,
    You might be quoting and chuckling
    at the next U.S. Commander-in-Chief!
    After all, Mike's a highly touted
    jackass with a blueprint to impeach the
    POTUS, using a hit-squad of Porn Stars!
    OW~~~Dive Dive~~~

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  19. Ni my 'Horned' pal from across the canal, just the special, ~~~spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam,and baked beans, hold the Spam!~~~OW~~~

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  20. If you don't believe me, get a wiff of this:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o

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  21. Speaking of invasive Spam,
    I'd guess most have seen the Tucker Carlson/ Fox/ Ami Horowitz video reveal of the stinkers being fed, transported, and medically treated as they continue to make their way toward the U.S. now probing at the Tijuana border area: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq1gadt2I3Q

    The questions remain, what can be done to stop the invasion before it accomplishes the operational dirty work its supporters, planners, and covert anti-American enemies has planned for us!

    https://www.traditionalright.com/the-view-from-olympus-invasion/

    ~~~On Watch~~~
    "Let's Roll"

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