Month: September 2017

The SHARE act seems to have a good chance to become law.

Why I say that? Check the latest blatant lie from Bloomberg’s Everytown:

This gigantic pile of dung is so fresh is still steaming.

They do hate HR 3668, don’t they? It looks like a pretty good bill that concentrates several bills into one and I have to admit I am not up in all of it other than a quick glance. Nothing raises flags with me, but I’ll leave deeper research for later or foe somebody who may have been keeping an eye on it.

The War Will be Fun

Apparently, there were some armed Lefty protesters outside the courthouse in Saint Louis, MO, who were part of the Jason Stockley demonstration.

This was reported by Rick Meyer, a photographer with KSDK, the St. Louis NBC affiliate, on Twitter.

Look at this bunch of sad sack “revolutionaries.”

From left to right, or maybe more accurately, radical left to far left: Ginger Arafat, Stickmag, Emo Hawkeye, and Tactical Coolio.

These are some shitty, Scooby Doo level revolutionaries.  I think I am going to call them: Che and the gang.

I get they they are trying to be intimidating and all, but they just can’t pull it off.

Stickmag looks like a back row backup dancer in a Bruno Mars music video.

I wonder which gangsa rapper he stole that Glock from?

Ginger Arafat may be trying look tough and show solidarity with Palestinian terrorists in his keffiyeh (another Lefty anti-Semite), but I’m sure he spent more money on his pre-worn hipster boots than his Sevens 320, made in China shotgun.

My absolute favorite is Emo Hawkeye.

First, budget cuts must have hit the Avengers program hard, because he’s barefoot.

Second, his arrows.  Those are the cheap, fiberglass practice arrows you get at the sporting goods store for the bow you shoot at Scout Camp.  I’m not sure if they would survive being launched in a compound bow.  He has no broadheads either, those are round nose target points.

Third, and this is the best part, THAT’S NOT REAL INTERCEPTOR ARMOR.  He’g going to be mighty surprised when he learns the hard way that the $99 he spent on eBay actually bought him an Airsoft Interceptor OTV clone, which is about as bulletproof as a windbreaker.

I will give Emo Hawkeye this, his three Scout Camp arrows are – technically – reloads.  Which means that he has a little more forethought than his compatriots.

Seriously, that is going to be one short lived firefight.  Especially for Ginger Arafat.  I guess he couldn’t find a way to carry spare ammo that color coordinated with his outfit.  Mag pouches just don’t fit the revolutionary chic aesthetic.

If this is the people we are going to have to fight in the next Civil War, I say lets get this shit over already.  It will be fun.

Wonder Woman

This article is from June of this year, but it took awhile to drift into my field of view.

From Ms. Magazine: When Will Wonder Woman Be a Fat, Femme Woman of Color?

They go on to make their argument:

Now that the female superhero has finally made it to the big screen, critics and audiences are asking whether Wonder Woman is a feminist film. But the question itself is problematic. For one, it makes “feminist” a subjective adjective. Also, it suggests there’s a monolithic Feminism, when really feminist movement encompasses innumerous feminisms in motion. The more inciting questions are: How does this film represent Wonder Woman? What’s missing from this representation? And, what does it say about this particular moment in time?

Why couldn’t Wonder Woman be a woman of color? When it was announced that Gadot would play Wonder Woman, audiences went wild body shaming her for not having large enough breasts. One can only imagine the white supremacy that would have emerged had the announcement said instead that she would be played by a Black woman. On Paradise Island, there are Black warriors in addition to white ones, which is a good start, but other women of color are missing. Also, while the female warriors are strong and ass-kicking, they all have tall, thin body types and they all could be models on a runway. In fact, in a pivotal battle scene, Wonder Woman struts across the battlefield as if on a catwalk. As a result, their physical strength plays second fiddle to their beauty, upholding the notion that in order to access power women must be beautiful in a traditional way. Especially with the body positivity movement gaining steam, the film could have spotlighted female warriors with fat, thick and short body types. While people have said that warriors can’t be fat, some of our best paid male athletes are, particularly linebackers on the football field, and no one doubts their physical strength.

Let me answer their question.

“Dear Sugar Tits,

Wonder Woman debuted in 1941.  She is from the island of Themyscira, and her full name and title is Princess Diana of Themyscira, Daughter of Hippolyta.  Themyscira is an island of female warriors governed by Aphrodite’s Law.

In the 2017 movie, Wonder Woman is played by Gal Gadot.  Gadot is from Petah Tikva, Israel, on the Mediterranean.   She served in the Israeli Defense Forces during the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, kicking terrorist ass.  Before enlisting in the IDF, she was a beauty queen winner as the 2004 Miss Israel.

So, Wonder Woman is a Mediterranean warrior princess, being played by a Mediterranean warrior (beauty) queen.

She’s about as authentic to the character as an actor or actress can be in a super hero movie.  Except perhaps for Robert Downey Jr. playing a wealthy, womanizing, celebrity, with substance abuse problems.

For people who can’t tolerate whitewashing of characters in movies, what justification do you have to alter this.

Despite your social justice preening, you will never convince people to see a movie in which a black, trans, Trigglypuff tries to stop the apocalypse by making a German madman check is white male privilege.

Ever.

Sincerely, J.Kb.”

 

Need reader’s help: Seeking Lyman No 77 (R) Globe Front Sight.

For the Winchester 1964 Model 70 project. From the research I have done, the rifle came from the factory with a Lyman 48 WH receiver sight and a Lyman 77 globe front sight.

Thanks to a donation from a reader, I have the Lyman 48 WH rear sight on its way. What I am stuck trying to find at a decent price is an original Lyman 77 R which stands for Regular as there is the “H” version which is taller.

It seems there are, if not a lot of, enough fans of iron sights that these things are being snatched.  I got lucky with the rear sight as I have not seen another one for sale but the front one is proving to be a pain in the butt.

I am not on a rush other than wanting to have it. I am not going out to shoot till the weather cools off and the hurricanes stop taking cruises. My target date is somewhere in November when hopefully the highs will be in the upper 70s.

I blame McThag for this urge to make sure the rifle has original parts. I admit that there is a certain pleasure on bringing it back to the way it was.

If you happen to come across a Lyman 77R, drop a line  to miguelATgunfreezone.net. I am aiming for $50 to $65 with the original inserts, preferably in the tin can.

Thanks in advance!