Friday, July 30, 2021
The Constitution is for the People, not the other way around (discussion of Adams' "moral and religious" observation).
I am a supporter of Clare Lopez, but she shows her limits here.
Clare Lopez, the Constitution has failed. Nothing short of the replacement of the Constitution with a more authoritarian system by the Patriot/Right ("Right" as used by educated people) will save American heritage and Western civilization. "Freedom" only enables the enemy.
Someone prove me wrong.
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Clare Lopez
No, the Constitution hasn’t failed: We, the People, are failing our Constitution
MY REPLY: Lee Walker
The Constitution serves the people, not the other way around. We were a country for over a decade without it, and we can be a country--the same country--long after it has been replaced by something more adequate to what "We, the People" have become.
We are failing our country and our people. You can even say we failed President Trump--though I myself long called for #Federalist46 State action. But the Constitution is simply a written document--like the Versailles Treaty, for example (if you catch my drift).
The Constitution is not a suicide pact. Let us not make it one.
Thursday, July 29, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E135: "'A case study in fuddity,' or 'Why I'm a revolver man.'"
Automatics offer firepower that puts them echelons above revolvers as mainline arms in full-on combat firefights. But in the personal or backup mode, nothing beats a wheelgun.
2 men arrested following Knox County mobile home fire where body was found (wgem.com)
Pull the trigger on a revolver, it goes bang.
TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index. https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html
OFF-TOPIC: "It's a Southern Thing," with their neighborhood newscasts (including a Corona edition).
The outfit is a bit liberal, so I don't recommend joining "The Potluck." But it's legitimate to give them the ad revenue from their work.
1. The eye work by "Constance" is hilarious. Listen closely to the end, before the endcard.
2. Corona Edition: "Constance" suppresses her Cabin Fever quite nicely.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
THE DAILY FUDD: E134: "Mexico's bolt-action standard-issue military rifle, adopted in the 19*50s*!"
"Gun Jesus" Ian McCollum claims that the M1947 Madsen was the last bolt-action rifle designed for standard military use (see TDF 9). Well, seeing as how McCollum opposed Trump in the election, I feel free to anklebite at his claim.
The Mexican M1954, a .30-06 redesign of its M1936 model, was adopted, of course, in 1954. Mexico had switched from the 7mm Mauser to .30-06 due to receipt of M1 Garands and other arms of the caliber from their hermano grande blanco al norte. Indeed, falling in line with the U.S. made sense, considering the threat faced from Soviet expansion.
However, investing in a bolt-action design--not a retrofit, but a whole new manufacture--may make Mexico, not that Danish company, the holder of the fudd distinction as the last pusher of a bolt as standard army issue. (Colombia purchased some of the Madsens for naval use in 1958.)
From "The Breech Loading Rifles of Mexico," by Don Reynolds:
In 1947, the Mexican Army began looking for a new rifle. About 50,000 M1936 rifles had been produced for the Army and Federal Police at this time. In 1954 a much modified M1936type Mauser with receiver mounted aperture rear sight was adopted in .30-06., known as the Modelo 1954. These were marked "Cal.7.62mm MOD. 54". This rifle was made in limited numbers as late as 1959. Rifles of this type issued to the Mexican Navy are marked "Armada". U.S. supplied M1903A3 and M1 Garand rifles in .30-06 were also used in the 1950's and sixties.
And unlike McCollum's entry, this weapon is probably still in serious official use!
The Model 1954 was developed after the Mexican Army received many American weapons, such as the M1 Garand. Since more and more semi-automatic weapons became available on the surplus market, the production of the Model 1954 was reduced from 1955 but continued until 1959. Some of these rifles were supplied to the Mexican Navy and marked Armada.
In the 1960s, the Model 1954 was still one of the standard-issue rifles of the Mexican Army. As of 2017, the Model 1954 is still used by the rural militia (Rurales). In the civilian US market, it is listed as a curiosity or relics, still select to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, the Gun Control Act of 1968 in the 2018 ATF classifications list.
A rural militiaman with a Carabina Mod. 1954 in 2015.
Of course, such an arm falls far short of the aspiration of the Anglo Power to the North's Second Amendment. Yet, it's firepower. Remember that.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
ARTICLE: Australia: (sic) "Hospital Hire a Cat as a Security Guard and Give Him His Own ID Badge."
They need to get rid of that bell, though. It has always seemed cruel to put bells on cats like that.
Hospital Hire a Cat as a Security Guard and Give Him His Own ID Badge (mymodernmet.com)
While it’s not clear who made the ID badge, it looks hilariously official. Complete with his portrait, name, and job title, Elwood wears it proudly while he surveys the hospital premises....
At first, the hospital staff presumed Elwood was a stray, but they recently discovered that he lives just across the street. The conscientious kitty comes to work every day, and he takes his job pretty seriously. “He is lovely and friendly but not overly affectionate, he enjoys a good pat but likes to keep things short and move around a fair bit,” says Trollip. “He is on the security team after all, has to make sure everyone coming and going gets checked.”
Monday, July 26, 2021
VIDEO: "Tomorrow War" tiebreaker: The movie falls to the good-message side.
I was on the fence on the cup-half-full/cup-half-empty of this, but I'll fall on the side of it being good in message.
See TDF 133 for more about this film, good and bad.
See TDF 133 for more about this film, good and bad.
7:06 point for start of redeeming discussion.
