I Swear My House Must Be A Waypoint

For general, commercial, and military aviation, because they ALL fly directly over my yellow house. The military flights are my favorite. Multiple pairs of F-15 Eagles out of Barnes AFB. Mostly during the day but also night training. They'll spend a good half hour at a time some nights "dogfighting" high above my house. If you happen to be outside when they head back, you can observe the parade of jets heading northwest at their cruising altitude. I have counted as many as 8 in four pairs. Then there are the CT ANG C-130's out of Bradley. Always in pairs they head out to the east around mid-morning, and west back to Bradley in late afternoon, again right over my house. Every once in a while, they do the low altitude stuff on the return flight, zooming over my house at 500 feet. THAT is extremely cool, but tends to upset some folks in town. My wife saw one do that while driving once and she thought it was going down. She came in the door and asked if there was a plane crash. Then there are the helicopters. Blackhawks, Chinooks, and private/charters. The non-military ones are pretty regular, and we see mostly single Blackhawks for military. Which takes me to why this post.

Earlier today, I heard helicopters coming from the west. It was a flight of six; 3 Blackhawks followed by 3 Chinooks up around 2500 feet. Normally I see them solo. Then, about 1/2 hour ago I heard a low vibration that got louder and louder. I went out on the deck and sure enough, it was the 3 Chinooks heading back to the west. Their altitude was lower than earlier. A few minutes later, I heard the distinct sound of the Blackhawks as they went by at about the same altitude.

I only flew in a whirlybird once, and that was in the military. It was an aircraft familiarization flight in a UH-1 Huey. We took off from Westover AFB and headed north along the Kommiecticut River up to Vermont and back. We flew just over the treetops and I remember waving to some kids in their backyard. I was seated in the bench seat on the side facing out the open door, with a canvas strap across our laps "for safety." The pilot banked pretty steep a couple of times, where first I was looking at the sky, then at the ground. It was very exciting.

Just Another Instance of Pandering

So the Demon-Craps gave a gift of a new federal holiday to all the unionized federal employees and the BLM thug mob. No need to negotiate with the union goons, they must be thrilled with a new paid benny. The Demon-Craps and woke crowd are already making noise about following suit here in Kommiecticut for a new state holiday. On the local morning news a little while ago, some community agitator was talking about using a new holiday for "taking their message to the suburbs." But with freedom of speech, does not automatically grant the right to be heard. Didn't they learn last summer no one outside the shithole cities gives a fuck or wants their nonsense in the 'burbs? It certainly won't be well received in rural areas (S.S.S. anyone?) The whole thing just stinks of another step towards reparations.

I know I am not woke enough to get it, but to me, it would make way more sense to celebrate September 22. For that is the day in 1862 that Abraham Lincoln signed the original Executive Order for the Emancipation Proclamation. The day he signed it into law was January 1st 1863. Oops... that's already a holiday, so I would say stick with September 22nd. 

But then, that's not at the start of the summer vacation season, is it?

"America Is Back!"

According to (P)Resident* Gropey Joe Xiden anyway.

Yeah... back to being weak and apologetic just like when his old boss The Kenyan was trashing the place.

We need to kick these fuckers out in 2022 and 2024, and they better go willingly.

Oh No... It Can't Be The Fault of The Xiden Administration, It's Just Supply and Demand!

That's right, caused by their choking off the supply needed by those of us demanding it.

Fuck that lying ginger moron Psaki. This was my fill up today at BJ's, that up until about 7 months ago cost me less that $40. Hmmm... what is the significance of that time frame? Oh yeah, a fraudulent election giving us the Joe/Ho Show. It has been going up steadily since. The posted price with no extra discount was $2.89 per gallon. At the local station near my house it is $3.21 for 87 octane skunk piss.

I saved myself and extra $2.10 only because I bought one of their "Octane" promotional items for $0.10 off per gallon

 

The petroleum market is driven by speculation. Only a true moron or mental defective would think that the immediate cancellation of a pipeline, oil contracts on federal land, killing fracking, and killing coal wouldn't have such an effect of gasoline prices. Oh, and virtually pooh-poohing with inaction the shut down of the Colonial Pipeline by the criminal enterprise(s) supported by our enemies. 

We are barely six months into this shit-show... GOD SAVE THE REPUBLIC!

Firearm News From Within Enemy Territory

Get ready America... here it comes, whether you live in a Free State or not!

A shooting in the Demon-Crap controlled shithole urban jungle known as Hartford occurred on Wednesday June 9th around 5 PM. 56 year old Sylvia Cordova was in her 1st floor apartment kitchen cooking dinner for her family, when the tribal warlords of the street lit up the neighborhood. Ms. Cordova was struck by a single bullet and died on her kitchen floor. A link to the news story can be found here.

So the fucking moron that happens to be mayor of said shithole, Luke Bronin (D) went to the Demon-Crap canned response of "GUNS ARE BAD AND MUST BE BANNED!!!" U.S. Senator Slimeball (Blumenthal), the expert on nearly everything in the known universe also chimed in with his usual bullshit and bluster. Never mind that hizzoner wanted to re-allocate $5 million dollars in police budget money for phoney-baloney, touchy-feely non-cop policing nonsense, and that the violent crime and murder spree in his city is running rampant (luckily that figure got reduced to $1 million). He is complaining that even though "assault weapons" are severely restricted in Kommiecticut, other states (meaning FREE STATES) are still letting their citizens exercise their God given rights to bear arms, and the manufacturers are FLOODING the markets (clutch those pearls tightly, now). There just aren't enough intolerable/unconstitutional acts on the books yet. What any person with common sense should realize, is the abject FAILURE of the 1994 state AW ban and the post Sandy Hook gun control enhancements to do anything but burden the non-criminal peaceable citizen. Somehow, the firearms expert that is Luke Bronin fails to realize that most handgun rounds will also penetrate the walls of wood frame buildings, and the fact that this was a rifle round was not "more dangerous." As we all know, any firearm used in such a reckless manner ignoring Cooper's Gun Safety Rules (#4 in this case) is the fault of the idiot wielding it, not the firearm itself. So this shooting, while tragic is gonna be the one to get it done? Meanwhile, nightly in Fallujah Chicago, Kabul Baltimore, or Mogadishu NYC, the sons and daughters of someone is maimed or killed nightly, and no one gives a flying fuck.

 

Then there's this...

CT Parole Officer Accidentally Shoots Himself In The Leg

The link SHOULD read "CT Parole Officer Negligently Shoots Himself In The Leg." D.O.C. like LEO carry a firearm for a living, and should be* the gleaming example to the rest of us of ultimate gun safety. I can speak from experience, having caused a negligent discharge myself in 1984 or 1985, that luckily did not damage anything or injure/kill anyone. When I went to unload my Colt Gov't Model, I stupidly racked the slide BEFORE dropping the mag and placed a fresh round in the chamber. I then pulled the trigger and "SHAZAM!" the gun went BANG! I broke Cooper's Rules #1 and #3 and by dumb luck not #2 and #4. The round went harmlessly into the ground, and I refer to that incident as my "one" as in everybody gets "one." I was involved in another caused by someone else in May of 1989 that caused over $1000 in damage to my 6 month old new car. That one should have killed me or at least turned me into a paraplegic, if not for the hand of God himself miraculously deflecting that bullet. The bullet hole in the back of my drivers seat should have placed it in the lumbar region of my spine. What we think saved me was the lumbar support in the seat, deflecting the bullet down to the floor pan, where it then ricocheted back up and into the drivers door. The bullet made a huge outward pimple in the sheet metal door skin but did not penetrate it. The spent bullet was still inside the door. Luckily the window was up or that would have been shattered as well. Because the circumstances were different, that is another "one." Thank you, God.

 

* I refer here to the "90-7-3 rule" when it comes to LEO's and firearms. 90% of them have one firearm, their duty firearm, that they only fire during annual qualification or a use of deadly force. They do not own any firearms personally, or participate in shooting activities of any kind. I worked with a former cop who was one of these. 7% of them own their own firearms, and participate in shooting activities or hunt. They most likely have a carry permit and may carry off-duty. They may be into reloading or other ancillary firearms activities. 3% are the firearms experts. They are Range Safety Officers, Instructors for the PD and the general public, and probably engage in advanced areas like gunsmithing or firearms manufacturing. I have a friend that is now retired from the force that is one. He works as an R.S.O. and instructor at the indoor range in a large firearms retailer in the state.