Cats, Guns, and National Security

Ironic, isn't it, how the very "freedom" necessary for comedy enables the destruction of comedy. It's almost as if "freedom" isn't all it's cracked up to be. Maybe it all comes down to authority--that is, which side, Patriots or Globalists, holds it--after all.

Spawned by a discussion on YouTube. Scene from TNG, Season 4, Episode 2: "Family." After defeating the Borg, the crew of the Enterprise experiences shore leave in various ways. Captain Picard's return to his family's vineyard in France has some extraordinary repercussions.  -- IMDB Scene below shows Picard's brother Robert ("Ro-BARE") seeming less than sensitive to the fact his brother was severely injured as a POW and hero who had fought to save the planet from Borg conquest. MY INITIAL COMMENT: Been years since I'd seen that. Robert's not just a jerk, but almost a traitor. He seems to ignore the whole, "We were fighting to keep lazy civilians like you from being assimilated, so you can keep your silly vineyard" aspect of the whole thing. SOMEONE'S REPLY: By his own admittance, he didn't know the details of what went on and I kinda doubt Federation News Services would just go out of their way to announce, "the heart of the...

"Civil rights" got us this. When you go against nature, there is no answer.

It's always a question--though sometimes overplayed--whether a civilian .223 Remington firearm can safely fire military 5.56mm ammo. The CZ 527 series will indeed do so, making it a legitimate if very minimalist 5.56mm option for the American 2A civilian Militia practitioner. Carbine version:  CZ 527 Carbine | CZ-USA For US-based customers, our .223s will happily eat 5.56, since CIP doesn’t differentiate between the two cartridges and just has the higher pressure as its standard. So our .223s will shoot everything from the cheapest Russian steel to match .223 brass ammo. ujj TDF INDEX:  Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index.    https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html

Focuses on 1975-76 and the world countering the threat of China. Interesting to see this (written in 1910) in context of little or no wireless communication, airship-focused airpower, and no nukes. Not workable against China today... Well, probably not. Try using a text reader and treat it as a short audiobook. Even a computer voice kinda brings it alive. Picture and full synopsis here. Audio (at 1:09:49 point):   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY_5QD96TiU&t=4189s FULL TEXT:   The Unparalleled Invasion by Jack London INTRODUCTION: It was in the year 1976 that the trouble between the world and China reached its culmination. It was because of this that the celebration of the Second Centennial of American Liberty was deferred. Many other plans of the nations of the earth were twisted and tangled and postponed for the same reason. The world awoke rather abruptly to its danger; but for over seventy years, unperceived, affairs had been shaping toward this very end. Th...

Cats discussed at 8:53 point .