Jul 242022
 

Something that happens a lot: violent criminality. And virtually every violent criminal has family. Most of the time, the parents or siblings of criminals are not considered in the aftermath of the crime; someone gets mugged, the press doesn’t hound the muggers dad, largely because a mugging just isn’t that newsworthy. But if the violent crime *is* newsworthy, the family often does get mentioned by the press. usually the family will wisely keep their yaps shut when Lil Johnny does something shameful, but on occasion them get set upon by the press, or they actually *seek* the press. And when they do, often enough they do so to *excuse* or *deny* the criminality.

 

But on occasion, the press talks to the family of a violent criminal, and the family has a reasonable response:

Indiana mall gunman’s family say they are ‘unable to offer any explanation’ for his actions

This family raised a kid who decided to try to shoot up a shopping mall and got his dumb ass aerated inside of fifteen seconds by a far better man. And what do they have to say about it?

“We are cooperating completely with law enforcement in efforts to provide insight into not only Jonathan’s actions, but also in the chance anything we may add could aid in preventing similar events.” 

And…

“There are no feelings of hostility toward Mr. Dicken in doing what was right given the circumstances,” Sapirman’s family said.

Which are the correct responses. Your kid went nuts: maybe he was always nuts. Maybe he snapped right there at the end. Maybe you should have seen it coming long before, maybe not. But it can’t be denied: he deserved to be riddled with holes.

 Posted by at 10:01 am
Jul 232022
 

But it *should.*

H.R.8399 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the National Firearms Act.

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the National Firearms Act.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Repeal of National Firearms Act.

Chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the item relating to such chapter in the table of chapters for subtitle E, are hereby repealed

 

This would be *spectacular.* It would be the most important rollback of governmental overreach since the end of prohibition. But will it pass? The chances in *this* House are nil. In this Senate are nil. Getting signed by this Administration? Less than Nil.

But a man can dream.

 Posted by at 8:35 pm
Jul 232022
 

Shortly after WWII the US Air Force funded studies on long range missiles, wit the intent of incorporating what had been learned from the Germans. One design, the 1947-vintage North American Aviation model 704, was derived (through numerous steps) from the German A-4 (V-2), but made longer range by way of adding wings and two ramjet engines. This would eventually evolve into the “Navaho” intercontinental cruise missile; an impressive but ultimately doomed system that used a large liquid rocket booster to shove a large Mach 3+ ramjet aircraft into the sky. In the end, ICBM were easier and cheaper.

The full rez scan of the diagram has been made available to APR Patrons/Subscribers at above the $10 level.

 

 Posted by at 12:40 am
Jul 222022
 

A little over a year ago I posted about a group of whackos, led by a particularly whacko whacko, planning on building a utopian ethnostate in the mountains. I suggested that they would turn out to be an endless source of entertainment; instead, they failed far too quickly for actual entertainment value. Never even got to the Donner Party stage. Sigh. But they managed to get themselves back into the news. This video lays it out, and boy howdy they seem like fun. The story, however, seems to be finally over.

 Posted by at 12:29 am