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Category: “Teh Stoopid”

  • A Potential Solution to the Problem of the Badge

    Having reviewed all the complaints and angst-ridden responses to the possibilities of having to change the EIB/CIB designations from Infantryman to something else, it is safe to say that there is a solution to this problem.

    Instead of the term “Infantryman” being changed to “Infantryperson” or “Infantrytroop”, or some such other birdbrained, braindead, confoundedly idiotic notions, to make it equally applicable to all participants who qualify, the suffix –man can be changed to hominid.

    To use this term requires nothing but a slight understanding of science.

    While modern humans are, indeed, referred to as Humans, the correct scientific name is Homo sapiens. However, in today’s insufferable, smothering, and painfully politically correct environment of spoken and written terms, one cannot use the scientifically correct term ‘Homo’ as it may be mistakenly misconstrued to be an insult to gay people and those occupying all those extra sexes.

    Therefore, the term Infantryhomo could definitely draw ire and noisily angry rebuttal from both sides of the Fence of Sexuality. And of course, one cannot use Infantryhetero because it indicates that the badge earned is only applicable to those not involved in or occupying the LGBTGSGQXRT hemisphere.

    I gave this problem a good deal of consideration and thought over a PB&J sandwich last night, while my cat was begging me for some bacon crumbles after a prolonged stalk and mousekil,l and came up with a possible solution.

    The simplest and most direct way to solve this problem is presented by Science, through the application of –hominid to Infantry, resulting in Infantryhominid.

    I believe that this is completely neutral terminology.

    Now, mind you, this will be sufficient as long as we consider ourselves to be alone in the Universe. However, when we find other species who want to join with us Earthpeople in chasing down and eliminating the Bad Guys, we may have to revise that suffix again to accommodate the needs and desires of those other alien species.

    If they’re essentially Hominid in type, which is to say bipedal, upright, and manually ambidexterous, then it’s not an issue and won’t require another change of vocabulary for a while.

    But if we discover some 6-limbed, 4-legged cavalry types (centaurs) who can gallop, leap an obstacle with ease, carry a rider with a weapon, and also carry a weapon and shoot the Enemy, are we going to exclude them from the Infantry application of the badge? I think not. On the other hand, they might prefer a Cav/Infantry or Heavy Horse specialty designation, plus a personal groom.

    Will it matter if they walk, slide or ooze, as long as they can hold, aim and shoot a weapon? It should not.

    After all, if you were a sentient slime mold that can absorb and dispose of an entire platoon of the Bad Guys and still manifest good table manners in the mess hall while you’re at it, wouldn’t you want to have that acknowledged by your wearing of the Infantry badge?

    I believe that the term Infantry, which is plainly a specialty in warfare now, has been so well into the distant past, and will be so for centuries to come, should continue to have a specialty designation, regardless of the species, physical structure, or personal orientation of the Troop who is wearing it.

    Hence the suggestion of the use of Infantryhominid .

    That oughta make the snot-nosed little SJWs writhe in agony.

  • School is almost out….

    Seth Borenstein, a hippie whiner, wrote an article on how everything is going to pieces and it’s All Our Fault. The guilt trip we’re supposed to be on has not yet hit me, but he is quite adamant about it all. https://www.chicoer.com/2018/06/19/looking-for-signs-of-global-warming-its-all-around-you/

    Unfortunately, his article includes a photo of Venice during a high water episode, which is nothing new in Venice. The city sits on a very ancient marsh, which became a bog, which became a settlement, and eventually, turned into Venice, the city built on water. And Venice is very slowly, but surely, sinking, not experiencing “global warming”. That’s a problem for the Venetians. Right now, they’re in a Very Low Water Level status, and worried.

    There’s also a letter of protest from an upset resident of Chico, who says people who don’t understand science can’t vote and can’t hold public office.  That’s her view, but it violates the US Constitution and the 15th Amendment.

    https://www.chicoer.com/2018/06/24/letter-if-you-dont-understand-science-you-cant-vote/

    Here’s the gist of it:  Why are people still voting for a man who is ignorant concerning proven scientific evidence that we are slowly destroying our home planet by human practices? These are the same type of people who refused to believe the Earth is round and not flat. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

    I propose a new voting requirement. If you aren’t smart enough to understand science you can’t vote and you can’t be an elected official. I am holding Republicans responsible for destroying my planet.      — Nancy L. XxxX, Chico

    She wants to take our basic Constitutional right away from us, despite the additional emphasis provided by the 15th Amendment (and others). In view of her low information level about a bunch of things, and her demand that a science test be passed in order to qualify to vote or hold office, I pulled out all the stops from 4th, 5th, and 6th grade and came up with these general science test questions, which any of us born before 2001 should be able to answer.

    1 – Does the Moon orbit the Earth? How long does it take? Why does it change shape?
    2 – Does the Earth orbit the Sun or does the Sun orbit the Earth? (I made that one up, but it belongs here, just for Nancy.)
    3 – Why do some trees change color in the fall and others do not? What is the difference between deciduous trees and non-deciduous trees? What trees produce maple syrup?
    4 – What is the difference between dogs and humans? Give examples for each.
    5 – Why do we have seasons?
    6 – How long is the longest day, and when does it happen? How short is the shortest day, and when does it happen? How many hours are there in a day?
    7 – Why does the ocean have tides?
    8 – What is a tidal bore? Give an example.
    9 – What is a solar system? How far away is the Sun? Is the Sun a star?
    10 – Who invented the electric light bulb. How many experiments did he create and conduct?
    11 – What is the chemical formula for each of the following: A) water; B) salt; C) dry ice; D) household ammonia
    12 – How are fish and land animals different?
    13 – What is a good way to stop erosion in farmland?
    14 – Why are crops rotated?
    15 – What kinds of plants fix nitrogen in the soil?

    That’s a 10-gallon hat in that photo, right?

    Remember, students, the sillier your answers are, the higher your score will be.

    It’s Friday and the 4th of July is coming up. Happy Summer!!!!

  • The more they shout and point….

    There are a couple bits of interesting news that have come up in the past week or two.

    For starters, that impromptu gun ban by the mayor of the village of Deerfield, IL, back in May was overturned before it went into effect, when two separate lawsuits were filed  to stop it.

    https://patch.com/illinois/deerfield/judge-blocks-deerfield-assault-weapons-ban-it-takes-effect

    Per the attached article: Associate Judge Luis Berrones found that Deerfield’s 2018 ordinance was unenforceable, that it was not an amendment of the village’s previous ordinance regulating assault-style firearms and that – contrary to the village’s repeated claims – its recent ban does not ban large-capacity magazines.

    “We moved swiftly to challenge this gun ban because it flew in the face of state law. The village tried to disguise its extremism as an amendment to an existing ordinance. The ordinance bans possession of legally-owned semi-auto firearms, with no exception for guns previously owned, or any provision for self-defense,” said Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb, in a release. “Worse, still, the ordinance also provided for confiscation and destruction of such firearms and their original capacity magazines. It was outrageous that the ban would levy fines of up to $1,000 a day against anyone who refused to turn in their gun and magazines or move them out of the village. This certainly puts the lie to claims by anti-gunners that ‘nobody is coming to take your guns.”

    There is recourse for gun owners with pre-emptive strikes like this. And we do have to remember that Illinois has probably the most restrictive gun laws in the entire country, but they also have a self-defense section, including self-defense in home invasions, that allow gun owners to defend themselves without repercussions. Furthermore, anyone with a brain could argue correctly that there is no specific definition for “assault-style weapons”, particularly when everything in my house can be used that way, including my flagpole and the keys to the front door, and that alone makes the ban invalid. “Assault-style weapons” is incorrectly and constantly used by ignorant, self-serving twits. Them’s fightin’ words.  They should be taken down a peg or three for it.

    I’m quite sure that all these politicians who want weapons out of the hands of private citizens have some absurd fantasy that someone wants to shoot them, even if they deny it. Unfortunately for their delusional fantasies, there is not one politician on the planet, including an ex-president and a prior political candidate, who is worth the cost of a single bullet.

    The other event, which you may have heard about, was that Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, was told by the owner of the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, VA, to take her family and leave.  The owner’s political opinions of people seem to carry more weight than running a profitable business. So Ms. Sanders and her party left.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/live-white-house-briefing-june-25-2018-live-stream/

    A savvy business owner would welcome the party and give them good service, but not this restaurant owner. She was “concerned” about the effect on her employees. Baloney.

    There is an unfortunate side effect to this nonsense. The owner of the Lexington, VA, Red Hen Restaurant apparently thought her restaurant name was unique. Again, this clearly demonstrates the ‘me first and  me only!’ mind of the left side of the fence, because other Red Hen restaurants have been getting enormous flack for the Virginia Red Hen owner’s rudeness to a customer.  One of them is in New Jersey.

    https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2018/06/post_145.html

    The other is in Collingwood, Ontario – yes, in Canada. Apparently, some people think Canada is in Virginia. (If these links don’t work, just copy them to a search block.)

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/collingwood-restaurant-gets-hate-from-trump-supporters-1.4721521

    Shades of the 1950s and the Deep South!

    I have a long memory that allows me to recall when black people were told they could order food but not eat it in a restaurant, had to use “colored people” restrooms and water fountains, and were not allowed to vote. Does this mean we’re going to have another “Mississippi Burning”? If this isn’t a throwback to those days, then what is it?

    The so-called liberals are about as liberal as a locked door. They haven’t changed at all, not in over 85++ years, and frankly, with their ridiculous notions about guns and their colossal (and growing) social moron behavior, I don’t think they will.They’ll wake up some day, find out that they’ve turned 45, and they aren’t “cute” any more.

    These are only two fine examples of the sheer stupidity and ignorance that inhabit the leftred side of the political fence. I’m sure there are more, such as that fat checker from Hahvahd who had to quit her media job because she insulted a disabled veteran for no valid reason. Her level of pure ignorance backfired on her. I know that there are many, many more, such as the antifas being unwilling to face down anyone unless it’s twelve of them ganging up on an old lady – something like that.

    It’s like the ignorance about the solar cross: American Indian tribes used that in pictographs for many centuries, long, long before the Nazis under Hitler stole it and used it as a symbolic threat. There were many versions of it, including the cross in a circle and the broken circle.  It bears zero resemblance to the Maltese cross on that vet’s left arm. https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-symbols/cross-circle-symbol.htm

    These generational social morons have no manners. They can barely read and write and do simple arithmetic. Their knowledge of anything from the past is minimal, and comics are literature. They think their half-baked opinions are golden, but don’t realize that it’s fool’s gold instead.

    They think there are no consequences to anything they say or do.

    They should keep this stupidity going for as long as possible, and make it as public as possible. And they should continue to be as loud and obnoxious abut it as they can.

    We need to know who they are and how empty-headed they are, so that we can persuade those currently on the middle of the fence to lean to the righthand side in the voting season, and approach it in a reasonable way.

  • Florida Revokes Hundreds of Gun Permits After Background Check Error

    Florida Revokes Hundreds of Gun Permits After Background Check Error

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    Fox News reports firearm permits were revoked from hundreds of Florida residents after the state’s agricultural commissioner said that a “deceitful” employee was unable to log in to the background check system for over a year.

    Tens of thousands of permit applications went unchecked because of the error, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

    In a statement, Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam said that 291 gun licenses were ultimately revoked from state residents.

    The employee responsible for the lapse was fired, according to News 6 in Orlando.

    “The problem went unresolved until discovered by another worker in March 2017 — meaning that for more than a year applications got approved without the required background check,” the Times reported.

    Putnam is running for Florida governor with a campaign that touts his expansion of concealed carry permits. More than 1.9 million people are licensed to carry concealed weapons in Florida.

    291 disapproved background checks out of “tens of thousands” submitted sounds remarkably low to me. Why are we doing these again? Oh, that’s right- to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. We all know how well THAT works.

  • Bump Stocks – l’Horreur!!!

     

    This relates to bump stocks, so read this Pew Trust article on the subject as a reference, if you like.

    http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/05/18/so-states-ban-bump-stocks-now-how-do-they-enforce-the-law

    Bump stocks are anathema!! They are going to cause more and more slaughter!!! So let’s have a round of hysterics and a case of  the vapors while we’re on this subject.

    – The money involved totals about $96.2 million overall in about 7 years, including taxes. That’s nothing to sneeze at.

    – Purchase prices range from $180 to $452 per item. Likewise, this is nothing to sneeze at.

    – If the bump stocks go, the sales taxes go with them, so there’s an economic loss no one thought about.

    – There’s no compensation to people who decide to cave into a silly demand  Zero. Zip. Nada. Just leave it at the precinct desk or hand it over.

    – As with weapons, there’s absolutely no guarantee that the po-po-pohlease will actually destroy it, so there should be a demand that the prior owner can watch while it’s chewed up in the wood chipper.

    – There are no serial numbers on these things, so how could they be tracked in any way, period?

    Let’s take a look at the practicalities of ownership, too.

    – The cost of ammunition is not exactly comparable to bubblegum, is it? Rapid fire eats up more in one go than single shot fire, by a long shot.

    – You’d have to keep it attached to the weapon anyway, because if your kids find it sitting by itself, they may use it for a lawn hockey puck or something for the dog to fetch, or your rugrat may think it’s a teething ring.

    – Your bestie might decide it makes a really, really cute key fob or a hook to hang pots on in the kitchen.

    – As has been noted in various videos, you can get the same effect with a heavy duty rubber band, which costs about $.01 each, which means that for about $1.50, you’re right back in business with rapid fire shooting even if the po-po make you hand the thing over.

    – As has been noted by other people than moi-même, the only people who are really worried about it are politicians and others of their ilk, because they are all quite sure that you, an owner of weapons, “might” use it on them. (Paranoia and delusions come with the job, in my view.)  Considering the cost of ammo, I can’t think of a good reason to waste it on those parasites.

    So maybe the real solution is to just not own one, but instead, go to your office supply store and get a big box of heavy duty rubber bands, buy cheaper ammo, and let ‘er fly. And then when the pohlease show up at your door looking for a bump stock (not that it’s likely to happen, they have real crimes to pursue), you can truthfully say “No such animal here, thanks for asking.” Kind of goes along with that terrible loss of some items falling overboard on your last hunting trip in a canoe.

    Now, personally, I’d keep the crossbow and quarrels hanging over the fireplace in plain sight, along with the two-handed swords, the gladius, and the Viking sword, and my hunting bow and full quiver. They’d look at that and get puzzled, but with no guns anywhere and no bump stocks (which seem like a waste of cash to me) –  well, what can those poor fellas do? After all, if the ATF has determined that it has no authority to remove bump stocks from the possession of the owners, then it’s the state’s cost, not the taxpayers’.

    Frankly, I doubt this is anything but another crackpot scheme to garner votes. Let’s recall that Ms. Haspel was approved for her CIA position on a 54-45 vote. That is a shift by itself. There are likely more to come. Stay alert.

    There will continue to be more screeching by the media and the self-terrorized. I think they get some kind of adrenaline rush out of the self-inspired terror, some sort of peculiar mind-orgasm with the rush that follows and gives them a giddy high.

    It does not help that the Florida county school shooter’s videos have been posted on the internet by the vultures in the media. Nor does it help that the noisy rampages of the media contribute to the next idiot who is hell-bent on collecting his 15 minutes of Warhol fame. There is a definite connection there. The lack of reality in blaming an inanimate part for a weapon that can’t perform without human interference is part of the neurosis involved in this nonsense, and that is slowly evolving into some sort of psycho freakout at even the mention of GUNNZZZ.

    A crossbow with a bumpstock??? Okay!! (Thanks, Big Guy!)

  • Strange Days….

    I came across this gem on Claymore’s DUers column last week. I try to stick to reading the text, not the comments, because the comments seem to be written by Silurians who lost the fight against Dr. Who. It’s very strange to find something at DU that has the blinking eye effect. You see something with one eye, then something like it – but completely different – with the other eye. And then I realized that this is the work of a split personality.

    This is how it works:  read this once, then reread it and everywhere you see Democrat or liberal or whatever refers to that side of the coin, replace it with Republican, conservative or whatever is on the other side of the coin. If you see GOP or Trump replace with Dem or Hillary.  You get the idea. Then read it again.

    Author unnamed wrote:

    The stench and danger of political corruption is nothing new. America has seen it at the local, state, and federal levels many times in the past.

    But this is the first time we’ve seen the total corruption of an entire political party from top to bottom.

    Fox “news,” for all practical purposes, is an arm of the Republican Party in general, and Trump specifically. Republicans also have the benefit of radio stations and online sites that spew their hate and propaganda every hour of every day.

    And they also have the power to gerrymander entire states, deny the “wrong” people the right to vote, “scrub” voter’s rolls, and even make voting results from “certain districts” disappear.

    Above all, the entire Republican Party is enabling the most dangerous, ignorant, corrupt person who ever sat in the White House. They’re allowing him, by their silence, and in some cases their active assistance, to destroy democracy.

    Our votes mean nothing if the outcome can be rigged. So what else can we do?

    Here’s what we can do. We can publicly denounce anyone, anywhere, who votes for any Republican candidate for any office. Each and every one of us must make our voices heard. Even if we’re speaking to a GOP family member, an acquaintance, or a “friend.”

    We need to shame those who vote for Republicans. They need to be made aware of the damage they are causing with their “party loyalty.” And they need to be exposed as aiding and abetting a political party that is doing its best to turn our country into an authoritarian nightmare.

    It’s up to us to stop it. No one else can. Each and every one of us know people who vote for, and thus enable Republicans. And we must speak up now while we’re still “allowed” to speak up.

    Sorry to be asking so much. It can cause hurt feelings, and in some cases irreparable damage. But, yes. I’m asking a lot of everyone. After all, there’s nothing at stake except our way of life, and all of our freedoms.

     

    Okay, now that you’ve done that at least once, did you see what I saw? Or am I wandering alone in the Universe?

  • Naples mayor tells U.S. Navy submarine to keep out

    USS John Warner

    The Navy Times is reporting since the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS John Warner fired six Tomahawk cruise missiles in Friday’s allied airstrikes against Syria, the mayor of Naples, Italy, is demanding the submarine stay far away from his self-designated “nuclear-free” city.

    Mayor Luigi de Magistris sent a letter last week to Rear Admiral Arturo Faraone, head of the Naples port authority, complaining about USS John Warner’s presence near his city. The nuclear-powered fast attack submarine passed by the Bay of Naples in late March after a NATO exercise. Within three weeks, the sub was firing missiles into Syria from the eastern Mediterranean.

    “The fact that it is the same submarine [involved in the Syria attack] further reinforces the rightness of the order,” de Magistris told Italian news service Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. “Ships of nuclear propulsion or carrying nuclear weapons are not welcome in the port of Naples and, therefore, they are not allowed to transit or stay.”

    In his letter, de Magistris referenced a resolution he passed in 2015 which declared the Port of Naples a “nuclear-free area.” He called Naples a “City of Peace” that respects “the fundamental rights of everyone, convinced of disarmament and international cooperation,” according to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

    The Admiral shares the mayor’s concerns, but states the movement of foreign military units falls under the jurisdiction of the Italian Ministry of Defense. He also noted that the John Warner never actually entered the Naples port, but remained well off shore.

    Naples has been a support site for the Navy since the early 1950s. It is home to U.S. Naval Forces Europe and the U.S. Sixth Fleet.

    Italy did not participate in the joint American-British-French airstrikes against Syrian chemical weapons sites, although it did provide logistical support from the NATO air base in Aviano. Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni supported the strike but didn’t approve attacks launched from Italian soil.

    I’m curious to see the response of Napoli citizens the next time a US aircraft carrier doesn’t park in the bay- lose all those sailors and Marines with their US dollars that have helped support the city for generations, not to mention La Cosa Nostra, who wet their beaks from the ensuing windfall. Perhaps someone will make Mayor de Magistris an offer he can’t refuse.

  • Students on gun control II

    In the same theme as Exploding Deer Boy from yesterday, here are a couple examples of the enlightened, critical young thinkers participating in the anti-gun school walk out.

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    Apparently they think the White House is a “Gun Free Zone” and therefore is a safe place to be. I think the Secret Service would disagree.

    molon labe

    This is just sad. While decrying the NRA’s supposed bloodthirstiness, she is wearing a school jersey with a Spartan mascot, and “MOLON AABE” (sic) printed below. I don’t think I have to remind anyone here of the significance of either the image or the motto.

    I really shouldn’t blame the kids, at least entirely. They didn’t come up with all this crap on their own.

    Tip ‘o the hat to Thomas Lifson over at American Thinker