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Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.

J. Kb

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The law of unintended consequences is about to bite NY in the ass

Jan 2, 2023 J. Kb 5 comments

NY Will No Longer Prosecute Children Under The Age Of 12

Children under the age of 12 will no longer face arrest and prosecution for virtually all crimes in New York under a bill signed into law late this week by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The bill signed by Hochul raises the lower age of the state’s jurisdiction for juvenile delinquency, a move that will prevent those under the age of 12 from arrest except in the case of a homicide.

When the new law takes effect in a year, the lower age will be increased to 12. It’s a move that many criminal justice reform advocates had been pushing for years, noting that children of color are affected at a disproportionate rate.

Across the state, at least 800 children under the age of 12 were arrested by police in 2019, according to the Legal Aid Society. In New York City, about 90% were Black or Hispanic.

Every gang in New York is gonna rush to recruit 10 and 11-year-old kids to be drug mules, traffic illegal guns, and shoplift.

It’s going to be off the wall violence and criminality by children.

But fewer kids will be in juvie so New York will consider it a win.

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A story of a ham bone in four parts

Jan 1, 2023 J. Kb 2 comments

I had a spiral cut ham over the holidays.

 

One ham hock

One quart of vegetable broth

One quart chicken stock

2 lbs split peas

3 lbs yellow potatoes (peeled and diced)

1 lbs carrots

1 yellow onion

Salt, black pepper, thyme, parsley

I have soup

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This is why people fucking hate lawyers

Jan 1, 2023 J. Kb 7 comments

I will give Andrew Branca credit where it’s due for what he’s done in the legal defense world for gun ownership.

We owe him a great deal for that.

Outside of that narrow field of expertise, fuck him 100%.

Whenever I (or Miguel or any other gun blogger who isn’t a lawyer) write about gun related legal issues, we always preface it with IANAL (I am not a lawyer).

I have never seen a lawyer ever preface an opinion with IANA[X], where X is whatever the expert is on the topic on which they are opining.

Take this thread from his Twitter:

 

And that is only part of it..

NASA other nations’ space agencies, and a number of private space companies are throwing an army of engineers and scientists at this nut to try and crack it.

I know, I was one of them.

I was working on thermal spray of boron and boric acid for radiation shielding.  Boron and hydrogen are some of the best shielding elements against cosmic radiation.

But some lawyer sarcastically explains on Twitter why it will never work so we should all just quit, pack up, and not bother with deep space exploration.

And the fact that I was applying my materials engineering PhD to this is no different than some 30-something woman looking at her douche bag boyfriend saying “I can fix him.”

I know enough to know that my amateur opinion on a topic of just that, an amateur opinion.

Lawyer, especially this lawyer, need to learn that same fucking lesson.

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New York ringing in the new year with its brand

Jan 1, 2023 J. Kb 3 comments

 

Multiple NYPD officers stabbed with machete near Times Square

Multiple New York City Police officers were stabbed by a suspect wielding a machete just blocks away from the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square.

The incident occurred around 10 p.m. at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue on Saturday, a source from the New York Fire Department confirmed to FOX News.

At least two officers were stabbed in the incident, including a rookie cop on his first day on the job.

And this is why I avoid crowds and stay the fuck home for new years.

 

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Remember, it was just a conspiracy theory

Dec 31, 2022 J. Kb 5 comments

 

They were never going to identify pedophiles as a protected minority class…

then decriminalize pedophilia on the grounds that it is discriminatory just like bans on sodomy were discriminatory against gays…

then teach pedophilia in sex ed in schools.

No, that’s just the crazy shit Right Wing bigots and Nazis said on QANON forums online.

 

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A great Christmas present and a science lesson on sweet tea

Dec 31, 2022 J. Kb 4 comments

Miguel sent me a Christmas present greater than frankincense or myrrh.

He sent me 144 family size Luzianne tea bags.

This is the best tea for southern sweet tea.

It’s tea from New Orleans, Louisiana, so you know it’s good southern tea.

But just as important as the tea us how you make sweet tea.

There is a science to making it perfect.

Table sugar is sucrose, whic is a disaccharide.  That means it’s s a sugar composed of two smaller sugar monomers, glucose and fructose.

Glucose and fructose are sweeter on the tongue than sucrose.  They are also liquid at cooler temperatures and have more solubility in water.

The secret of great southern tea is to bring your water to a boil and add your sugar.  Let the sugar water boil for about 30 seconds.

That causes a chemical reaction that breaks the sucrose into its glucose and fructose constituents.

You will know when it happens because your sugar water will instantly turn clear (the table sugar in water will be cloudy).

Some of you might recognize this as the process for making simple syrup.  That’s exactly what you are doing, making tea in dilute simple syrup.

My ratio is about 1-1/3 to 1-1/2 cups of sugar per gallon, but you can adjust to your own taste.

I boil all the water and steep the tea in it, I don’t do it where you boil half and steep I’m half then cut it with cold water.

I like my tea strong, so I boil all the water, add the sugar, and steep with four family size tea bags, and let it cool to room temperature.  It takes a few hours but it comes our perfect.

Pro tip: you can also do this when making lemonade. It makes be best lemonade.