Of late I’ve been writing a *lot.* Or, to be more accurate, I’ve been *trying* to, sometimes with a great deal of non-success. This scholarly paper on writers block proved to not be very helpful.
Dec 242020
Dec 242020
A “slam fire” shotgun is about as simple as a firearm can get while still being effective. It’s not something you’re want to take into combat… but like the old WWII-era “Liberator” pistol, it’s the sort of thing that you could use to upgrade your armaments if the need came.
Some are *really* simple and would be very difficult to spot as a firearm:
Others are much more complex and are clearly firearms:
Dec 242020
A relative of mine entered quarantine a couple days ago with symptoms of the Commie Cough; confirmation is at least a day or three away. But *of* *course,* today their PC decided to act up. The monitor shows, apparently, nothing but a solid blue screen, no text. The extent of my suggestions was “turn it off and back on,” which was repeated several times and always results in that blue screen. Anybody got any ideas? “Take it to a repair place” is, sadly, off the table for at least several days, possibly several weeks.
Dec 242020
In 1985, Rockwell International considered the possibility that there might be profit in ICBMs. In particular, small ICBMs (“Midgetman”), road-mobile with a single warhead. Sadly, the SICBM did not come to be. Nor did any other ICBM. The current ICBM that the USAF fields is the Minuteman, merely an updated version of the same missile first fielded nearly *sixty* years ago. The Peacekeeper ICBM was deployed the year after Rockwell produced this document… and the Peacekeeper was withdrawn twenty years later with no replacement in sight
Dec 242020
Or at the very least a temporary backing off from bad news:
ATF Withdraws Pistol Brace “Guidance”
Don’t expect this to last. They’ll try again soon enough; hell, in a month Uncle Sniffy the Gropey Manchurian may well start tossing out executive orders mandating the same thing the ATF wanted to do anyway. And if January 6 goes the way I kinda expect it will, then all that’ll stand between the Feds and the citizens will be a shaky Supreme Court… which may well get packed anyway.
Dec 232020
Dec 232020
In 1985, Rockwell International considered the possibility that there might be profit in long-term “storage sheds” for satellites. These would provide physical protection for the satellites against radiation, micrometeoroids, lasers and the like; the satellites within would be kept in reserve for the day when other satellites are disabled, such as by enemy action. Presumably these cocoons would provide communications and power as well.
Dec 222020
Well, looks like *somebody* had some free time…
Analysis and Qualitative Effects of Large Breasts on Aerodynamic Performance and Wake of a “Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid” Character
ABSTRACT
A computational fluid dynamics methodology is used to study the salient flow features around the breasts of a human figure and to describe the aerodynamic differences imparted by their geometric presence. Two models are proposed for examination: a 3-dimensional reference based on a character design with a significantly buxom figure and a modification of this design where the breast size is reduced significantly. The two models are tested at speeds ranging from 1 to 30 m⋅s^-1 using Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes (RANS). Drag, lift, and skin friction forces, along with turbulence kinetic energy (TKE), are investigated and compared between the different models. The present results are expected to provide useful information on the validity of the statement, “Flat is Justice” in terms of an aerodynamic standpoint. In addition to this, the results can offer worthwhile data investigating the anthropometrical presence of large breasts on sport aerodynamics.
Don’t say I never gave ya nuthin’.
Dec 222020
Because the government *clearly* doesn’t take this seriously.
Congress unveils $2.3 trillion government spending and virus relief package
$2.3 trillion split evenly among 331 million people would be stimulus checks in the amount of nearly seven grand. But what actually in the 5,593 page bill? If you’ve got a *lot* of free time, go ahead and read it. Congress sure as hell didn’t read it before they voted on it. Some people are trying to struggle through it, and they are finding some *amazing* things:
The Covid relief bill also includes $10 million for “gender programs” in Pakistan pic.twitter.com/7kivucCjvY
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020
The Covid relief bill includes a lengthy subsection titled “the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act of 2020” pic.twitter.com/zfBtHUnRhE
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020
The Covid relief bill includes funds for a museum that will offer “programming, education, exhibitions” on … “the life, art, history, and culture of women” pic.twitter.com/9xFwUh67Te
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020
The Covid relief bill includes funding to discourage teenagers from drinking and hooking up pic.twitter.com/fklSOaW4Gp
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020
The Covid relief bill mandates new hiring measures to ensure diversity in the intelligence community pic.twitter.com/6Xaaq0kaMH
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) December 21, 2020
Your government at work.
AYFKMRN?!😡
The stimulus bill is 5,593 pages long, and has to be delivered in a hand cart?!pic.twitter.com/54NP3Aw6Zd
— President-Elect DR. ƬЄƛƓƛƝ ƦЄƖԼԼƳ PHD (@velvethammer) December 21, 2020
5,593 pages to read and the vote is in 4 hours.
That's almost 1,000 pages an hour!
This is INSANITY and the definition of dysfunction, @SpeakerPelosi! pic.twitter.com/PDV84SszT2
— Rep. Mark Green (@RepMarkGreen) December 21, 2020
UPDATE:
Dec 222020
John Burk/Ross’ videos are usually a hoot. But this one is special.
At about the 2 minute mark he responds to the question “How many of your friends and family are you willing to sacrifice on your altar of “freedom”?”
With…
“How many people have to die before I’m willing to sacrifice my, or somebody else’s, liberty just so you can feel safe? All of them. Your kids, your grandparents, your brother, your sister, your cousin that you’re having sexual relations with… every single one of them. Does that offend you? Good. Because I don’t care.”
Given that the Commie Cough seems to have maybe struck my family (will find out in a few days), the subject is of great import to me. And tyranny remains of great import to me. This pandemic will end. But tyranny could last far longer and cause much greater pain. No plague in the last five hundred years compares to the plague of democide in the last century.