THE DAILY FUDD: E269: “ARTICLE: ‘The Guns of Battlestar Galactica,’ with my comments.”

https://gunmagwarehouse.com/blog/the-guns-of-battlestar-galactica/

MY COMMENTS:

1. Regards question at end of article about other pertinent science-fiction universes.

“Firefly” (and the “Serenity” movie). The ultimate space western. Civilians generally carry weapons “in common use” in American civilian life today (with special emphasis on Old West-leaning arms, how much for the “western” feel versus how much for some political agenda on the part of Joss Whedon, I don’t know) while authorities and really rich people have some more advanced arms. It’s as if the Heller case froze the sorts of things civilians could have, while the authorities continued to advance. Might be a realistic legal scenario for us today.

2.

“Battlestar Galactica” in its reimagined form was all about human existence repeating itself in a cycle. The use of present day type arms off and looking EXACTLY like our own was in part intended to show a repeat of style and function. “Out there” someone designed a rifle, and “here,” 125,000 years later, Mikhail Kalashnikov repeats the design.

The repeat holds true in other areas as well. Starbuck was shown to have had a Hummer-type vehicle. Telephones looked largely the same as contemporary with the production of the show.

It’s all about the cycle.

3.

Let’s face it: Our present day firearms concepts work! A common ammunition round is an extremely efficient system in terms of storing and transmitting power. It is quite foreseeable that even with advances in other areas of technology, personal “projectile weapon” may indeed remain relatively state of the art for some time.

TDF INDEX: Cats, Guns, and National Security: THE DAILY FUDD index.  https://catsgunsandnationalsecurity.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-daily-fudd-index.html

It’s mutual — ARTICLE: “Experts Say Living With Humans Has Had A Strange Impact On Cats.”

Yes, it’s just an ad mill. But it has some useful information. And it goes on for a long time.

https://social.digitaltrends.com/s/experts-living-humans-impact-cats/?as=6dap&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=test_CL+%2Fexperts-living-humans-impact-cats+SDT+C4+T4+NO+INTEREST+%28RTR10c%29+++All+Devices+20231128_SDT_All+Devices_worldwide_RTR10c_BC_rule_RLA_SDT6_Expand+on+Devices&utm_content=120200598373680576&utm_campaign=120200598387800576&utm_term=Facebook_Mobile_Feed&fbclid=IwAR3N3vqIH3YjCIfH0DP20AlCi8xKcYfJyBr8K9XPAgRsT-tJ8D-XomT8j8g_aem_AQjhzVjkCnBK8Q04WzY0fWkr6AXPMWdcocgRizVfDVccPXI1jHuMNEcj7kF9fV94LryyJdlQMyPVd0o27EJscvU6&bdk=a020573_64e5e45bee12a5000837f1a6

ReTruthed by President Trump: GRAPHIC: “Winning an election versus stealing an election.”

 ReTruthed by President Trump.

The depth of “Trans” deception: Regretful FtM still believes it’s “real.”

(SPOILER) MY COMMENT: We actually see the depth of the deception in what this individual says toward the end, with the claim about “real transgender” people who may “actually need” such a procedure. Even as Chloe has seen the reality, she still holds that there is such a thing. “No, witch-doctoring may not be the answer for me, but there are people who can use it.”

Some “math is racist” bullshit, Canadian style.

MY COMMENT: “This sort of thing actually goes back decades. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there was a movement called “Ebonics.” In essence, it was Black English. The idea was for Black students to get a foreign language credit in school because they could speak it as well as standard English. 

“A companion movement to this was a “black mathematics.” It was characterized by the use of African imagery – like butterflies, for some reason – in teaching young kids to count. The whole point of it was that African mathematics doesn’t emphasize precision. Therefore, Western mathematics is “racist” because it does. The movement didn’t catch on, but it was there.

“Perhaps it explains the lack of precision in traditional African culture in terms of time. Black African students coming to study in White/Western countries, or studying under professors from the West in their homelands have been known to experience problems showing up for class on time. They claim in their defense that in their countries, to have an 8 AM appointment, for example, means that 8 AM is when you start to get around for the appointment. (Maybe that explains the prevalence of shithole countries in that part of the world.)

“So, to say that 2+2 precisely equals four is the imposition of precision on Black math students.”

Remember this graphic?