Success!!!

I take my victories where I can find them...

so anyway, I was tasked with stopping by the local Walmart to pick up a few things this evening, and as per my usual, my first stop was the ammo aisle.  The Sporting Goods crew at the local Walmart all recognize me by now, as I walked up The Guy said "Still nothin'.  All we got in were a couple of boxes of .38 target rounds."

I can shoot .38.  I bought both boxes

So, (NEO, I'm lookin' at you) range day is back on, albeit wheel-gun intensive.  I still need to prove out my home-made gun-smithing job on the Tokarev M213 (Chinese copy of a Soviet design that they stole from John Moses Browning) 9mm, but I'm running low on 9mm (but I still have more than the local Walmart, 'cause they gots nothin').

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Thing you have to see

time is short, people...

so anyway, via Doug Ross, we get Dan Bongino, ex-Secret Service agent, running for US Senate in Maryland:
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Virtual SoTU (Updated)

more good stuff from Bill Whittle...

so anyway, I haven't even watched this yet, I'm posting on the strength of Whittle's reputation.
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The Post in Which I Totally Rip Off Ragin' Dave's Material

it happens.  You mad, bro?...

so anyway, my brother-in-blog Ragin' Dave of Peace or Freedom fame has a couple of posts up that require your attention:

Firstest: this:  This is what I would like to say, in which Dave brings us the words of one Michael Z. Williamson:

"First they came for the blacks, and I spoke up because it was wrong, even though I'm not black. 

Then they came for the gays, and I spoke up, even though I'm not gay.

          Then they came for the Muslims, and I spoke up, because it was wrong, even though I'm an atheist.

          When they came for illegal aliens, I spoke up, even though I'm a legal immigrant.

Then they came for the pornographers, rebels and dissenters and their speech and flag burning, and I spoke up, because rights are not only for the establishment. 

Then they came for the gun owners, and you liberal shitbags threw me under the bus, even though I'd done nothing wrong.  So when they come to put you on the train, you can fucking choke and die."

( emphasis mine)

Read the whole thing.  Oh, yes, the whole thing must be read.

Secondest will have to wait until tomorrow night.

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Lack of Resources (Updated)

is harshing my mellow*...

so anyway, I recently had arranged to meet a friend at the range for a little "recoil therapy" after work.  As it turned out, I had to cancel because The Stoopid Business™ demanded more than ten hours of my time that day.  I called my friends and cancelled, and promised to re-schedule the recoil therapy session.

Now, I'm not so sure that I'll be rushing back to the range any time soon.  Witness the ammunition shelves at the local Walmart.

I'm not in a big hurry to turn the ammo I have into smoke and noise unless I know that I can replace it.  I do not have that confidence.

Every time I'm in a store that sells ammo, I check the shelf and buy anything that I can shoot.  I haven't been able to buy any ammo for over two months.  It almost makes me want to go out and get something that will chamber those .22LR Stingers or those .177 HMR rounds.  Having no discretionary funds prevents me from doing so.
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So, until I can replenish ammunition, it looks like I'll not be getting any practice in.


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* h/t to Cold Fury for the turn of the phrase

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Mark your Calendar

and pack a lunch....

Click through.  Forward it on.  Be there.

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An Evening for a Good Speech (or two)

but not from TFG*....

so anyway, even as I type, TFG is delivering the State of the Union address.   How 'bouts we watch a couple of better speeches?

First, Dr.Carson's address to the National Prayer Breakfast from last week that all the cool kids are talking about:
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