Jed York, CEO of the San Francisco 49ers: “It seems insane to me that a citizen can buy something like that (meaning a gun),” concluding that a ban, “is something that is common sense.”
The 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles will be “making donations to push for a full federal ban of bump fire stocks, suppressors, and, ‘armor piercing bullets.’ The 49ers said that they would be partnering with organizations across cities like Oakland, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, New York City, and Portland to push gun control on both a local and national level. The nearly half-a-million-dollar donation would also be used for anti-gun public service announcements in those communities.”
http://libertynewsnow.com/nfl-teams-pledge-hundreds-millions-anti-gun-groups/article8158
(The story does not mention “Hundreds of Millions” as indicated by the headline, but NFL owners seem to see nothing wrong with pissing off a lot of fans.)
Saturday, November 4, 2017
The funniest thing ever on Antiques Roadshow
The program was in Seattle several years ago. A woman brought what she said was a slave collar, given to her great-great grandfather during the siege of Vicksburg in 1863.
The Roadshow evaluator listened to the woman’s story and then said, “When I saw this, I racked my brain, trying to decide, ‘What is this?’”
His decision, reached after talking with other period experts was: “This is not a slave collar. It’s a dog collar.” The woman was shocked. The evaluator noted the collar was silver and that it bore the name of a known plantation owner in Vicksburg, but it was a dog collar.
And then the bombshell: “My colleagues and I have determined there is no such thing as a slave collar.”
Oh, but the Progressive Democrat Seattle resident was deflated. For lo these many years, she had been told a grateful black man, a former slave, had given as a gift to the white man who freed him, the collar he wore during his years of enslavement. Her look was probably the same as the night she learned Mrs. Clinton had been defeated, whipped, cast aside by enough votes from the Deplorables to make Donald Trump the top dog in town.
I laughed. And laughed.
The Roadshow evaluator listened to the woman’s story and then said, “When I saw this, I racked my brain, trying to decide, ‘What is this?’”
His decision, reached after talking with other period experts was: “This is not a slave collar. It’s a dog collar.” The woman was shocked. The evaluator noted the collar was silver and that it bore the name of a known plantation owner in Vicksburg, but it was a dog collar.
And then the bombshell: “My colleagues and I have determined there is no such thing as a slave collar.”
Oh, but the Progressive Democrat Seattle resident was deflated. For lo these many years, she had been told a grateful black man, a former slave, had given as a gift to the white man who freed him, the collar he wore during his years of enslavement. Her look was probably the same as the night she learned Mrs. Clinton had been defeated, whipped, cast aside by enough votes from the Deplorables to make Donald Trump the top dog in town.
I laughed. And laughed.
It was on the internet ...
… so it must be true.
Last night while searching for information on Cossacks, I came across a site so unusual I failed to copy the address or remember the owner of the blog.
The writer said: “Last night there was a movie on TV – Fiddler on the Roof. It was about the Cossack revolt against the Tsar in the early Twentieth Century.”
Uh, I have watched Fiddler more than a half dozen times, but do not remember any part of the movie specified by the blogging dude.
Then he wrote: “I did not watch the movie …”
No kidding?
He had this to say: “The Cossacks hated the Jews because of what they had done to them when they were serfs.”
Let’s break that down into parts. First group, Cossacks. Second group, Jews. Both nouns. Now to the pronouns: First pronoun, “they,” should reference the first noun, “Cossacks.” Second pronoun, “them,” should reference the second noun, “Jews.” Third pronoun, another “they,” should reference … Another, not mentioned, noun? Cossacks? Jews?
For simplicity, we’ll say both uses of the pronoun “they” references Cossacks.
So, linguistically, the sentence says: “The Cossacks hated the Jews because of what the Cossacks had done to the Jews when the Cossacks were serfs.”
But that is not what the writer means, is it. He means: “The Cossacks hated the Jews because of what the Jews had done to the Cossacks when the Cossacks were serfs.”
I think that is what he means, but I am not certain.
Whatever his meaning, the writer is as wrong with that statement as he is saying Fiddler is a story of Cossacks in revolt against the Tsar.
The Cossacks hated the Jews because that’s the way things were in the early 20th century and had been since the first Cossacks formed in Russia and the first Jews arrived there.
It is the European way.
Last night while searching for information on Cossacks, I came across a site so unusual I failed to copy the address or remember the owner of the blog.
The writer said: “Last night there was a movie on TV – Fiddler on the Roof. It was about the Cossack revolt against the Tsar in the early Twentieth Century.”
Uh, I have watched Fiddler more than a half dozen times, but do not remember any part of the movie specified by the blogging dude.
Then he wrote: “I did not watch the movie …”
No kidding?
He had this to say: “The Cossacks hated the Jews because of what they had done to them when they were serfs.”
Let’s break that down into parts. First group, Cossacks. Second group, Jews. Both nouns. Now to the pronouns: First pronoun, “they,” should reference the first noun, “Cossacks.” Second pronoun, “them,” should reference the second noun, “Jews.” Third pronoun, another “they,” should reference … Another, not mentioned, noun? Cossacks? Jews?
For simplicity, we’ll say both uses of the pronoun “they” references Cossacks.
So, linguistically, the sentence says: “The Cossacks hated the Jews because of what the Cossacks had done to the Jews when the Cossacks were serfs.”
But that is not what the writer means, is it. He means: “The Cossacks hated the Jews because of what the Jews had done to the Cossacks when the Cossacks were serfs.”
I think that is what he means, but I am not certain.
Whatever his meaning, the writer is as wrong with that statement as he is saying Fiddler is a story of Cossacks in revolt against the Tsar.
The Cossacks hated the Jews because that’s the way things were in the early 20th century and had been since the first Cossacks formed in Russia and the first Jews arrived there.
It is the European way.
Friday, November 3, 2017
New Orleans Saints say veteran at fault for not accepting award
Retired Commander John Wells has declined an award offered by the New Orleans Saints. The Saints replied with a BS-loaded missive, to include a self-congratulatory acclimation of “unwavering 50-plus year commitment to honor, support and recognize our servicemen and women and veterans.” The football team flaks also try to shift blame to Cdr. Wells, saying, “We will not allow Mr. Wells’ decision and subsequent media appearances to distract our players and organization from continuing to honor and support our military and veterans.”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=75751
Is that “honor and support” part of this?
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-pentagon-pays-the-nfl-millions-to-honor-veterans-at-games-2015-5
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=75751
Is that “honor and support” part of this?
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-pentagon-pays-the-nfl-millions-to-honor-veterans-at-games-2015-5
Old dude had the biggest gun
"Whoever got the biggest gun and fastest will be boss when it is all said and done. ... In this case, it was me." – 81-year-old homeowner in Genoa, Ark.
The homeowner again: “I walked outside the door, and he was standing right there with a big pistol. I had my hand in my pocket on my pistol, and the battle was on."
http://www.ksla.com/story/36751841/fed-up-homeowner-shoots-alleged-robber-who-later-dies
(I’ve been to Genoa. It’s a few miles northeast of Fouke, through thick woods across a couple of swamps. People there take seriously family, property, and the means of protecting both.)
Link at http://knuckledraggin.com/2017/11/fuck-this-shit-im-done/
The homeowner again: “I walked outside the door, and he was standing right there with a big pistol. I had my hand in my pocket on my pistol, and the battle was on."
http://www.ksla.com/story/36751841/fed-up-homeowner-shoots-alleged-robber-who-later-dies
(I’ve been to Genoa. It’s a few miles northeast of Fouke, through thick woods across a couple of swamps. People there take seriously family, property, and the means of protecting both.)
Link at http://knuckledraggin.com/2017/11/fuck-this-shit-im-done/
Thursday, November 2, 2017
She’s lucky she lives in the bad old US of A
Somebody named Sally Kohn tweeted/twitted a picture of former President Obama with this message: “Once, this great human being was our president. We didn’t deserve him.”
http://ace.mu.nu/#372309
Ms. Kohn, if this were one of those liberated socialist/communist countries, you would already be in a cancer ward or a mental ward. But this is the US of A, which, because of a bunch now-dead white men, decided we would not be like other countries. You, Ms. Kohn, are proof we do not imprison people for being stupid.
http://ace.mu.nu/#372309
Ms. Kohn, if this were one of those liberated socialist/communist countries, you would already be in a cancer ward or a mental ward. But this is the US of A, which, because of a bunch now-dead white men, decided we would not be like other countries. You, Ms. Kohn, are proof we do not imprison people for being stupid.
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
When an 80-year-old woman with a gun says ‘Get out of my house’
Well, in Marion, Ark. …
“A woman shot a home intruder Sunday morning, killing the 19-year-old man, authorities said.
“The Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department said ADT alarm company received a burglar alarm call at a house on Marion Lake Road at 3:31 a.m. Sunday.
“The alarm company made contact with the homeowner, who is in her late 80s and lives by herself. They called officers in Marion and Crittenden County, who responded.
“The woman told authorities she called out to the intruder who forcefully entered the home and ordered him to leave her home. She said he advanced toward her and that’s when she shot him in self-defense.”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=75692
“A woman shot a home intruder Sunday morning, killing the 19-year-old man, authorities said.
“The Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department said ADT alarm company received a burglar alarm call at a house on Marion Lake Road at 3:31 a.m. Sunday.
“The alarm company made contact with the homeowner, who is in her late 80s and lives by herself. They called officers in Marion and Crittenden County, who responded.
“The woman told authorities she called out to the intruder who forcefully entered the home and ordered him to leave her home. She said he advanced toward her and that’s when she shot him in self-defense.”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=75692
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