Random Shots for Friday, 31 May 2019

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   My ancestors of the 1620-1865 time frame were most likely peasants in eastern Germany or what became western Poland.

2. Posted to Facebook —
   1. Manure can be a useful commodity when spread about in a field as fertilizer. Democrats, on the other hand, not so much.
   2. The story is three years old — see the Clinton-Kaine sign on the wall in the background.
3. Posted to Facebook here and here —

   Kaarlo Moran shared a link to the group: Babylon 5.
   Friday, May 31, 2019 at 7:01 AM

   Who wouldn’t want to party with us?

   

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Nerdrotic by Gary Buechler [YouTube] — Star Trek Discovery Lawsuit | Things Get Personal
2. Honest Outlaw [YouTube] — 5 Best New Guns Of 2018
3. Forgotten Weapons by Ian McCollum [YouTube] — Russian Gun Laws w/ Max Popenker
4. Taofledermaus [YouTube] — Aero-Spike 2.0 – Like mini APDS Rounds for Tanks
5. The Firearm Blog [TFB] — TFBTV: Top 5 Guns We Wish Were More Popular by Alex C
6. What Da Math by Anton Petrov [YouTube] — Scientists Discover Why Our Moon Has Two Very Different Faces
7. Overlord DVD [YouTube] — Star Trek Picard News: Rumors of Past Troubles and Ongoing Woes!
8. TopTenz [YouTube] — 10 NATIONS That WILL NOT EXIST in 2115 – TopTenzNet
9. Science Channel —
   1. NASA’s Unexplained Files
   2. Mysteries of the Abandoned
10. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
    1. Star Trek
    2. Star Trek: The Next Generation
    3. Star Trek: Voyager
    4. Star Trek: Enterprise
11. The Orville
12. The New York Times — Sidebar: Fearing Supreme Court Loss, New York Tries to Make Gun Case Vanish by Adam Liptak
13. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News — Statement from Pete Brownell on Stepping Down from NRA Board of Directors

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1. Posted to Quora and Twitter —

   Q: I like using firearms, but I can’t stand the political paranoia many gun owners have? Does anyone else feel this way?

   A: I sure as fuck do not.

   It’s not paranoia when the bad guys actually are out to get you.

   Nobody wants to take your guns

   We Don’t Need Gun Control. We Need Domestic Disarmament

   Is there an anti-gun Presidential candidate?