Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770

At least you're not likely to step in a Poodle.

I understand the desire. But seeing as how it seems that the ONLY person being charged with anything having to do with the riots, where hundreds of people did uncounted financial damage, is Rittenhouse, AND the prosecution's own witnesses don't back up the charges, it kinda looks like a political issue and not a public safety issue.

IF?

A lot of people don't realize that we are ALL the Militia. 10 U.S. Code § 246 - Militia: composition and classes U.S. Code Notes prev | next (a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard. (b)The classes of the militia are— (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

Sorry, Sue. Gas and everything else is going to keep going up until at least the 2022 election. Hopefully things will go our way, (unless they steal that one too), and things will be able to be stabilized.

I think what you're seeing is basically the computer questioning whether that is the word you meant to use.

Sounds like a lot of people with nothing better to do.

I agree that some long time denizens of some groups treat newbies like crap. I've seen just the opposite, too. And I'll have to say that I don't ever recall that type of behaviour here. The "search" feature here does leave something to be desired, and we all know it. The same goes for most groups I visit. Part of the problem is that veterans of the site, number 1 already know the answers, and 2, know HOW to ask the question is the "search". When a newby does ask a question, some of the sites I visit have site "gurus", who will ALWAYS step up and answer the question, even if it's the third time that week that it has been asked. While I don't consider one of those guys, if I can help, I do, and am happy to do so, because I remember what it was like. The biggest problem I have with newbies is when they spell it "noob".

While my Jeep is a TJ, I call it The Muddog. It's hood ornament is a Brockway Truck Husky. Closeup. With the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, just because.

Forty, you're my new hero. That was always a dream of mine, but 'twas not to be.

Dale Evans is the reason I like strong women. In most movies and T.V. shows of the time, the woman's job was to get into a jam, scream, and wait for the Hero to come rescue her. On "The Roy Rogers Show", ROY would get into something, and Dale would come to HIS rescue, guns a blazin.

You're just now figuring that out?! They've been working on it for years. They shifted into High gear when Reagan got elected, and have been pushing the throttle ever since. The only serious bump in the road they have had since was Trump. And they had to cheat to get rid of him. I only hope that enough people see it so that they can't do it again. Gateway Kid: I'm not going to quote your entire post because anybody that read it doesn't need to again. MANY fine points. But the bottom line is this: The Left DOESN'T want the economy to do well, they DON'T want criminals locked up, they don't want people to be productive and happy. They want as many as possible DEPENDANT on government, with them running it, as possible. THAT'S where their power comes from. That's why they EMBRACE Socialism. As The Wise Man said, they need to be defeated in the arena of ideas. When you discuss, for lack of a better term, politics, with your friend Joe Average, even if he votes democrat, and you bring up government control over HIS life, he will generally agree that government IS too big, that Taxes ARE too high, and that the MSM is trying to control the narrative, not just report it and let him make up his own mind. The reason that they have to namecall, lie, exaggerate, slant or simply ignore everyone else who doesn't agree, is BECAUSE they CAN'T win in the aforementioned arena of ideas. When brought into the light of day, their ideas fall apart to ANYBODY who's willing to look at them with half an open mind. They have to rewrite History so that those with an open mind DON'T learn from it. Encourage everybody you know, (and some that you don't) to have an open mind.

You deleted your post before I got to it, however I also have been reading about the things you've gone through. I get it. BTDT on a lot of it. Many of us have. Just know that the extended family you have here will ALWAYS have a sympathetic ear, (eye) for whatever you need us to. There is no $5 fine for whining here. If there was, Bottles could have retired YEARS ago. Any time you need to commiserate, this is the place to do it.

That's a new take on "The Old Comedian's Home" story. A guy is visiting a retirement Home for old comedians. A bunch of them are sitting on the front porch, just rocking away. Suddenly, one of them yells, "Number 27!" The whole bunch of them laugh. The visitor asks the guy he's with what that was all about. "These guys all know all the jokes", his friend explains. "We have them numbered, so instead of telling the whole joke. you just call out the number of the joke." "Can I try it?", the visitor asks. "Sure, go ahead." So the visitor calls out, "Number 32!" Nobody laughs. "What did I do wrong?" he wants to know. His friend says, "Some people just can't tell a joke."

Like the other guys said, gun shows is just about the worst place to buy a gun. Gunbroker isn't bad, but you have to work at it. Local gun stores are far better places to shop. Pawn shops can, stress CAN, be good. However, right now is NOT a good time to get into being a gun owner. Something like 7 million people have done so since the Zombie Apocalypse started, and Creepy Joe has only added to it. Guns are high, ammo is NUTS. That being said, keep at it. Make a habit of going out every few weeks and looking. Talk to people. Let them know what you're looking. They might have something you missed, not out yet, or who knows. One of them might get something in that you're looking for and let you know. We all started somewhere.

Keith Richards.

I've posted this before, and I'll post it again: I caught the Zombie Apocalypse when it first came ashore, January 2020, before it had a fancy name and a press agent. I haven't caught it since. Even when my wife, a CNA caught it, while wearing a mask, faceshield, gloves and gown. She works nights, so the two weeks we spent in quarantine were literally the longest time that we had spent in bed together in over twenty years of marriage. And I STILL didn't get it again. I've heard far more accounts of vaccinated people getting it than of people getting it a second time. Has it happened? Sure. Just rarely. This thing has long since ceased being a public health issue, it's a political issue. If you want to get stabbed, go ahead. The problem I have is the same problem I had with mask mandates: politicians telling the public what to do. It worked with the mask mandate, now they're pushing it to see if they can get us to do it again. I'll follow the science, not the political hype. Thanks to Waxahachie Kid and bgavin for posting the science.

A full-blown media circus IS protocol these days. Actual information is what goes out the window.

Would any sane person hang around here? I certainly never claimed to be sane.

Some of these people just might find that they're not as liberal as they thought they are.

EVERYBODY'S laws are more lenient that Kaliforia's.

He could always join a Javelin team.

If an occasional chair is only occasionally a chair, what is it the rest of the time?