Got these massive cuts on sale at Lucky for what worked out to $2.24 per pound after sales tax. About a third normal price. Good Lord meat is expensive nowadays.
The granular stuff is a thick coat of salt & pepper. Yum!
Why is it that Hollywood screenwriters so consistently portray preparedness-minded people as lunatics?
The Left assumes you must be a kook if you do not want to rely on the government for help in tough times.
On a popular radio talk show this morning, I heard a caller from Billings, MT describe how a great portion of Eastern Montana is flooding right now. It hasn’t made major news considering the other weather related events lately…well, that and the folks in Montana are self reliant and probably don’t need much help.
Already knowing the answer, the host of the show asked the caller, “Aren’t you all worried about looters?” With a chuckle, the man replied, “Heh, not in Montana. You’ll end up on the wrong side of a barrel if you try anything like that around here.”
They will never understand.
Now that’s an antenna.
I’m not sure that the warrant in the Tucson shooting was really equivalent to a writ of assistance, the type that helped spark the American Revolution. I don’t know Arizona law, but I’m pretty sure that in most jurisdictions all that’s required of a warrant is that it specify the place or the person to be searched, with sufficient particularity that it’s pointing to a specific place or person. I believe an address is sufficient — the warrant need not say “Joe’s house,” for example. So I’m guessing that warrant was probably valid, in a minimum-requirements-to-be-valid sort of way.
So the Revolutionary aspect may be a bit overblown there. Nevertheless, there’s one element of the recent Kentucky v. King Supreme Court decision that I think’s been overlooked. Everyone’s focusing on the aspect of Justice Alito’s ruling that permits police to enter a residence without a warrant if they hear the sounds of evidence being destroyed, etc. — but look at his reasoning! He says:
Emphasis mine.
Well, Justice Alito, this is what happens when we Mundanes choose to stand on our constitutional rights and tell officers to go away and come back with a warrant: We get killed.
If they have a warrant, and break into your home, you get killed. If they don’t have a warrant, and you tell them to go get one, you get killed. If Now that’s a bit more akin to that familiar long train of abuses and usurpations. Just sayin’….
So the wife and I will be attending our first-ever pistol class this weekend. It’s LMS Defense’s Pistol Clinic, for newbies. We’ve not really shot defensive handguns for a couple of years, as evidenced by our dismal showing at last year’s Gunblogger Rendezvous steel shoot. We have a pair of new Glock 19s, including the wife’s Glock she won at the Rondy (thanks, Glock!) and they’re unfired by us, so this will be their baptism.
Course requirements include a holster and magazine holders. Well, since neither of us are OC folks (and in California, the only lawful OC is unloaded OC — to me, what’s the point?) and we don’t have CCW permits, neither of us had any of that equipment, much less a gun belt.
Off we went to the best gun shop in the Bay Area, where the ever-friendly and patient Scott helped us select some good stiff leather BladeTech gun belts (with plastic inserts for more stiffness, as recommended by Breda — thanks Breda!) and holsters. I’ve got a Blackhawk Serpa holster with the little index-finger latch and and the wife has a no-latch BladeTech holster.
Now I have to round up 500 rounds of 9mm for each of us. I think I have almost that much in the ammo locker….
Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, wears a LaRue Tactical polo on Fox tonight.
After reading about yet another fatal SWAT Team Screw-up, I think I want to start a business that will try to, for a very affordable fee, harden your home against forced entry (solid doors, armored glass, etc).
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, it’s not hard to harden the home, it’s just not affordable. I would just love to hear about one these RAIDS coming up short because the doors wouldn’t batter down and the windows just chipped instead of breaking. I can just imagine the SWAT team standing outside of the little bungalow they tried to force, a bit perplexed that they couldn’t get it, when grandma’s voice comes out of the intercom speaker by the door, “Can I help you?”.
Dash Berlin’s newest, with the always-lovely vocals of Emma Hewitt. I thought the title oddly apropos.
A homeowner shot two men who broke into his detached garage in Tacoma’s South End early today, killing one and injuring the other.
The homeowner started providing medical aid to the injured burglar moments after the shooting, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said. Paramedics took the injured burglar, described as in his 20s, to St. Joseph Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, which were described as “non-critical.”
Meanwhile, Tacoma police detectives were interviewing the homeowner about the shooting and investigating the crime scene.
The homeowner and his wife heard noises at their home in the 3800 block of South D Street about 4:40 a.m., Fulghum said. Dogs were barking.
The homeowner grabbed a handgun and went to investigate as his wife called 911, Fulghum said.
The homeowner went into his detached garage, where he found the two burglars. The homeowner confronted the two and held them at gunpoint, Fulghum said.
The homeowner told police that when the two men charged at him, he fired his gun, Fulghum said.
One of the intruders ran off and died a short distance from the detached garage.Tacoma firefighters found the man in the alley behind the house when they arrived.
The other intruder was wounded and stayed in the detached garage. The homeowner provided medical aid, Fulghum said.
The homeowner has told officers his home had been burglarized a couple of times in recent weeks, Fulghum said.
A little more practice and he could have scored a deuce. Still, not a bad night’s shooting.
In honor of Phil’s new hobby/”college course,” I have decided to post on one of my favorite bassists, James Jamerson. I have always loved the Motown sound, especially how the bass lines generally drive the songs. There is a lot of mystery and rumors surrounding who actually played on the recordings since Berry Gordy didn’t like crediting his studio musicians. Just watch Standing in the Shadows of Motown for more on that. Seriously, find it and watch it.
Though Carol Kaye lays claim to many of Motown’s hits, those that were there swear that the recordings below were all Jamerson. You surely know the songs, but really listen to the bass lines.
First, is my favorite Motown song:
He recorded this one laying on his back in the studio:
He played on both versions of this one:
