Last week I saw my first OC in Tennessee (or anywhere else) and I did something I promised myself to do: Introduce myself and shake the hand of the person and thanking him for OCing. I believe the poor guy thought my bubble was off plumb, but he went along with it.

Today, I saw my second OC coming out of Kroger’s and now that the novelty is off, I have to point/ask something: No retention holsters, Is there a tactical/fashion reason for it? I don’t mean a top of the line Safariland, but at least something with a strap?

I will remain faithfully concealed, but it is nice to know that the option is there and I won’t be tasting pavement because an accidental display of the sidearm sent a Shannon into a panicked frenzy and called the cops.

OK, seriously at least some basic retention.

JD Vance shares hate-filled article accusing the TSA of being staffed by the “least valuable, least trustworthy, lowest-functioning Americans on this side of the prison system.”

Just another “joke” right? https://t.co/UCF9WCnjPi pic.twitter.com/3y2ECiq00l

— Christian Vanderbrouk ?????? (@UrbanAchievr) July 20, 2021

The description “least valuable, least trustworthy, lowest-functioning Americans on this side of the prison system” isn’t limited to the TSA.  That could apply to ATF and FBI agents, CIA officers, just about every federal bureaucrat really.

Dirtbag assaults restaurant worker, employee protects herself and others by drawing her weapon.

Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action would prefer that the women be unarmed.

Concealed carry empowers women. pic.twitter.com/Nd9Uzm1fik

— Louis vil LeGun (@LouisvilleGun) July 20, 2021

Yes, I am glad that an armed woman stopped that attack. But the way the man punched the other woman in the face he deserved to have his brains splattered all over that grill.

Also, the obvious: God created all men (and women), Sam Colt made them equal.

A follow-up to a previous post.

#UPDATE Preliminary investigation reveals explosive material detonated inside LAPD bomb squad containment truck exceeded vehicle's capacity, authorities say https://t.co/lgZDTLJmsz

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) July 19, 2021

According to Moore, bomb squad technicians estimated they were placing about 16 pounds of explosive material in the containment truck, which was capable of handling a blast of up to 24 pounds. But the actual amount of explosive weight placed in the vehicle appears to have exceeded 42 pounds.

“We have miscalculations that are significant,” Moore said.

No shit.

What happens when you put 2.6 times the amount of explosives you thought, and 1.75 times the amount of explosives rated for, in a bomb chamber?

SCOOP: A White House official and a staff member for Nancy Pelosi have both tested positive for COVID after attending the same reception last week, officials confirmed to Axios. https://t.co/UTpb7JeMEr

— Axios (@axios) July 20, 2021

While both individuals are vaccinated and mildly symptomatic, they illustrate how vaccinated Americans can still contract and, potentially, unknowingly transmit the virus at the highest levels of the nation’s government. https://t.co/UTpb7JeMEr

— Axios (@axios) July 20, 2021

It’s gonna be something if a bunch of grandstanding Democrats are responsible for taking out Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi with COVID.

In case you missed it, porn star Brandi Love went to Turning Point USA as a VIP and got kicked out.

This turned into a thing online where the Libertarian minded were calling Conservatives hypocrites or puritanical, and making accusations of cancel culture.

I figure I’d weigh in with my two cents.

Porn is like alcoho or gambling. It’s a vice, and like many vices, I little bit in moderation can be fun.

Excessive use is bad.

I’ve watched porn.  I think the normalization of OnlyFans is wrong, evil, and destructive to society.

OnlyFans creates a relationship between the porn star and the viewer.  In common parlance, these people are simps.  It is a ersatz romantic relationship, but it’s  not true human connection,  it’s effectively digital prostitution.

Boys who do this come to see women as commodities.  Women come to see boys solely as sources of money.  Each exploiting the other where the intimacy of sex is transactional.

This is different than how traditional (?) porn is for all but the most extreme porn addict.

When you download a dirty move or buy one from that non descript concrete block building with no windows out by the pawn shop, you are not getting into a relationship with the star.

Moreover, the barriers to entry for porn vs OnlyFans is very different.

A girl can do OnlyFans from anywhere, and a segment of our pop culture has convinced them that it’s empowering and an easy way to make a quick buck.

Again, different from the more traditional route of going to LA or another place and having to audition.

I’ve posted articles of families that have come apart because a member (usually the wife or mom) starts making money on OnlyFans and the kids are mortified by the social fallout.

This sort of mass democratized, interactive porn turns a vice that should be indulged in occasionally into a normalized social problem.

We should have the ability to say “It’s wrong to normalize this.”

I’ll have the occasional beer.  That doesn’t make me a hypocrite to say we should have restrictions on alcohol sales.

I’ve gone to a casino before.  That doesn’t make me a hypocrisy to say we should have restrictions on gambling.

I’ve watched porn.  It doesn’t make me a hypocrite to say we shouldn’t normalize porn as just another job and product to be consumed.

There should be a difference between being liberal in the classical sense (concerned with individual civil liberties) and being libertine.

Its not wrong to say conservative values don’t include normalizing moms doing internet porn and taking selfish with teenage boys at a conference using her stage name.

I believe I am going to enjoy taking pictures in this area. Click to enlarge on all.

This reminds me of the old Opel Manta I liked when I was a young teen

They just cleared the field so I got a good shot.