One full bloom with at least 3 others coming in about a week and a half by my calculations. The weather is still holding within a range I can keep it outside which is its best environment.  But I already have a place picked inside where I hope it will survive the winter.

The irony is so thick.

Determined to keep track of their guns, some U.S. military units have turned to a technology that could let enemies detect troops on the battlefield, The Associated Press has found.

The rollout on Army and Air Force bases continues even though the Department of Defense itself describes putting the technology in firearms as a “significant” security risk.

The Marines have rejected radio frequency identification technology in weapons for that very reason, and the Navy said this week that it was halting its own dalliance.

AP: Military units track guns using tech that could aid foes (apnews.com)

I covered this idiocy back in 2011 when Chiappa Firearms tried to push the idea of planting RFID chips in their guns for production tracking and then selling it as as “personal gun security for shooters.” I have no idea if they continued with the tagging, but you can bet your ass I own no Chiappa firearms at all and I am sure more than one gun owner has made the same decision.

Remember: If it emits a signal, it can be detected and traced no matter what. Technology always catches up with the need.

At least we now have official government confirmation we were right all along.

It all started with this photo in the I saw in the local paper last week of one Cleveland Shaw.

The article mentioned he worked for a Nashville anti-violence, anti-gang group called Gideon’s Army. The screen capture from that generated this video came about the investigation of a shooting where a three year old girl and a member of Gideon’s Army ended up shot to death. One of the local TV stations started to investigate and things got weird: The member of the alleged Anti Violence group, hired as “Violence Interrupter” (WTH is that?) apparently was a notorious gang member and he was being paid by Gideon’s Army who get their funding from private donations and taxpayers money.

Gideon’s group not only has rejected any blame or shown contrition, but it has commemorated Cleveland Shaw’s life. But it is not surprising since the group’s initial claim of being anti violence and contracted by the government to assist police in making PR inroads in certain areas of Nashville plagued by violence and help by de-escalating situations have actually done none of the such, but they kept collection monies and even recently convinced the Metro Council to fork over a million bucks.

NewsChannel5.com found social media posts by the group’s leaders that are downright the opposite of what they were contracted to do and in some cases downright hostile and racist.

Those posts include descriptions of white people as being a “pestilence” accidentally unleashed on the world by an ancient scientist, suggestions that police should be made to fear going into Black neighborhoods, even descriptions of Meharry Medical College’s highly respected president, Dr. James Hildreth, as a “house n****r.”

Gideon’s Army founder Rasheedat Fetuga brushed aside such questions, insisting those comments by her team do not represent their real focus.

But wait, there is more:

“I’m talking about the Caucasian race, man. You know what I mean?” Godbody said in a video posted last year. “Ever since they’ve been on this motherf**king planet, they have caused chaos, confusion, destruction.” … “When have any people on the Earth ever lived in peace with white people? I’ll wait. Yeah, I thought so. Never. Never. You cannot live in peace with them.”

And another:

Then, there’s Chef Mic True, Gideon’s Army’s community director, a position that sometimes puts him on the streets with the area’s children.

“Y’all want to know what real kings, warriors and Gods do? Huh? They wage war on their enemies. We’ve been motherf**king passive too long,” True said in one Facebook video.

“Start teaching your children how to shoot. Start equipping your children with weapons. Teach them how to stick somebody with a knife.”

And here comes the most beautiful part of this whole chapter, at least in my biased views. Guess who is one of the groups funding this most excellent “Violence Interrupter”  organization?

Michael Bloomberg and Moms Demand.

As I said in the title of this post, it is unsurprising that a local government went stupid enough to keep giving monies to a group with links to violent gangs and not really delivering what they signed to do. And I am not surprised Bloomberg’s monies also landing with this collection of racists since they do not achieve their political goals with peace but by the death of the innocent so they can wave the bloody shirts in support for the restriction of our rights.

I recommend you click on the links above and read the full articles as they are full with more information and more importantly, the attitude of the Gideon’s Army leaders who can be basically described as “We don’t give a *** what you think or care about what happened.”

“Do you are someone you love have restless anal syndrome?  Does your anus keep you up all night wanting to move around?  Have you had your COVID shot?  Contact the law office of…”

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1443262374727888900

I think I saw Restless Anal Syndrome for sale on DVD in one of those video stores with no windows one time.

I think this is a very common ailment because a lot of people in the age of COVID have become non-stop assholes.

Feel free to leave your COVID butthole jokes in the comments. I cannot stop laughing at this.

Bread line in Melbourne, Australia.

#Melbourne da paradiso a inferno in terra il passo è breve e a ritmo di comunismo. Ecco la fila dei nuovi poveri per il pane… @a_meluzzi @mariogiordano5 @DiegoFusaro @Capezzone @RSInews @ImolaOggi @mgmaglie @GiorgiaMeloni pic.twitter.com/PTGjzdbFdI

— Aldous_Huxley (@Aldous_Huxley_I) September 28, 2021

Translation: #Melbourne from heaven to hell on earth the step is short and at the pace of communism. Here is the line of the new poor for bread …

Remember when our Antis bleated non-stop how should we be more like Australia? This is not probably what they expected, but surely what they would have achieved.

I woke up not feeling well. Some sort of stomach distress and general semi-weakness more like a generalized bodily “Blah.” No fever, lungs clear and happy, just the feeling I may have to rush to the little shooter’s room on a very short notice.

Be nice, play amongst yourselves and don’t forget to pick up the toys before leaving.

And before I leave, a meme with a profound message:

Saint Michael is recognized in history as leading the first Airborne incursion against a fixed position, kicking demonic asses and sending them to Hell. At least that is what I was informed by a serious Airborne instructor from Ft Bragg decades ago, so St Michael is the Patron Saint of the Airborne. He is also the Patron Saint of cops and firefighters.

And , of course, all of us who have Michael and its many variation as name, are celebrating our day. Go forth and enjoy!