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Inspired by Mr X, I decided to try my hand at this art stuff.

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Idiots.

University of Minnesota professor Paul Z. Myers made good on his pledge to desecrate the Eucharist today. According to his statement on the subject, “I pierced it [the Host] with a rusty nail (I hope Jesus’s tetanus shots are up to date). And then I simply threw it in the trash.”

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Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded as follows:

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“The University must now take action and apply the appropriate sanction. We are contacting the president, Board of Regents and the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office at the school, as well as Minnesota’s governor and both houses of the state legislature; the Catholic community in Minnesota is also being contacted. Moreover, we are also contacting Muslim groups nationwide.

“It is important for Catholics to know that the University of Minnesota will not tolerate the deliberate destruction of the Eucharist by one of its faculty. Just as African Americans would not tolerate the burning of a cross, and Jews would not tolerate the display of swastikas, Catholics will not tolerate the desecration of the Eucharist.”

Bunch of fucking retards.

Myers: Stop being such an asshole. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re slightly outnumbered by the Catholics, and we have to share the nation with them. Let them have their stupid magic cookies and superstitions, and try to set a good example by doing real science instead of juvenile attention whoring pranks.

Donohue: Harden the fuck up. In case you haven’t noticed, the only person getting worked up over your Jesus cookie is you. Nobody else cares. If modern Catholicism cannot survive a literary has-been’s stunt, then what the hell good is it? Don’t you think that your religion has better things to worry about? If Catholicism insists on prosecuting Meyers with a thoughtcrime, then I guess we know it’s no friend of freedom.

I swear. All this crap will be sorted out once I’m Eternal Emperor.

[nb: whilst discussing a recent Tamopost, the topic of training comes up…]

pdb: also, Clint Smith is a hack
td: O RLY?
pdb: IMO, yeah
td: why’s that?
pdb: he doesn’t teach shooting on the move, sul, or doing post-shoot scans, and he teaches all weaver sighted fire, all the time
td: you sure?
pdb: I remember reading him railing against those things in the gunmagz
pdb: He may have mended his ways since, but I gave up on gunmagz a few years ago
td: I hear he eats babies, too
pdb: Probably
pdb: they do that at Gunsite
pdb: And Frontsight
pdb: I think we can both agree that Piazza is a hack
td: a Scientologist hack
pdb: and pat rogers can suck it
pdb: he’ll train any LEO, but if you’re a normal slob, you have to cough up character witnesses
pdb: that’s bullshit of the highest order
td: you’re just pissed that no one would vouch for you
pdb: Your mom would
td: she’d say you’re a little too quick on the trigger
pdb: Well, your aunt and sisters were calling
pdb: Only so many hours in a day
td: I only have one sister, but otherwise well played

Caution! Diabetics may require extra insulin and women may spontaneously ovulate after viewing the following picture:

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Acolytes of sensible firearms! Opponents of prissy guns! New Glock owners! Raise your right hand and repeat after me:

I, [YOUR NAME], having forsaken inferior fighting pistols that are encumbered with switches and levers and knobs and other ridiculousness that may get my ass shot off in a lethal force encounter, do solemnly swear that…

…So help me [YOUR CHOSEN DEITY]! [HIS, HER, ITS, MY] will be done!

Mall of America Starbucks Baristas Walk Off Job, Protest Closures
Starbucks union plans protest of nationwide closures at MOA

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Starbucks baristas at the Mall of America location walked off the job Monday and delivered a letter to management demanding “just treatment” of all employees affected by Starbucks’ store closures nationwide.

Oh no! How ever will management replace a bunch of whiny, pretentious 20somethings whose marketable skill is the ability to pour coffee into a cup? It’s the end of coffee as we know it!

For crying out loud, you’re not a “barista”. You work in fast food. Get over it.

It used to be that new shooters were only led astray by gunwriter whores, an unrelenting march of magazine covers decorated with a different tightly fitted, pretty and finicky super expensive 1911 every month. You just weren’t a savvy shooter unless you too paid too much for a .45 ministered to by a big name smythe.

Now, the situation has gotten worse with gunbloggers and online forua. The cult of perceived quality has gone online!

For instance, check out the title post in this thread:

Another upgraded Colt classic is brought back in 2008 with the return of the Model O8011XSE; the Colt Combat Elite.

Once again, Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC returns to its roots. Where quality and workmanship are demanded, Colt has once again met and exceeded the expectations of its customers. With new and exciting features this iconic legend is styled for the combat-style match shooter. A great addition to any collection or avid shooting enthusiast, new features for 2008 bring rosewood grips, a Smith & Alexander upswept beavertail grip safety, Colt single side tactical safety, and other standard features of the XSE Series.

Where history meets Modern Era, the heart and soul of Colt’s quality is still derived from its forged stainless steel frame and forged carbon steel slide. With the helping of a time honored tradition of American Craftsmanship, once again, Quality Makes It A Colt. In today’s world of polymers, investment castings, short cuts, time & cost savings, Colt continues to ask, “Show Me Your Forging”.

The MSRP for this “new” pistol is $983, which does not include the trip to the gunsmith to make it shoot correctly.

In all that faggoty advertisementese is no objective explanation why I would choose this gun over, oh, say, a Glock 17, which happens to cost half as much, hold twice as many rounds, weigh half as much, shoot just as accurately, run more reliably out of the box, and is assembled from armorer friendly parts that do not require skilled fitting. The last point bears repeating: There are no parts on a Glock that cannot be changed in about 30 minutes by a user who has a hammer, screwdriver, and a punch.

I really don’t give a damn what it’s made out of as long as it works properly. The “forged vs. cast” debate is the most asinine waste of time on the series of tubes. If Springfield Armory had modern investment casting technology available in the 30s, the Garand would have been cast, and production wouldn’t have been farmed out to a tractor company.

Unfortunately, the forgings and custom fitting are no guarantee that the pistol will actually work. I have personally seen a Les Baer lapse into full auto, an STI repeatedly fail to feed, and other ridiculousness that their owners excuse as the price of pride of ownership. Attend a high-round count pistol class and see what makes it through the weekend without failure.

The only reason to own a custom pistol is personal vanity. If you want a pretty, prissy gun to admire and treasure, then knock yourself out. I’ve got one (that I’m trying to sell!) or two myself. I covet, and am planning, a 1911 that will be too sexy for mere words. But if you are convinced that the glass-rod trigger, tight fitting, high polish blue and exotic wood grips will make you shoot better, then your training sucks.

Most gun owners are not serious about using their guns defensively, and I don’t mind them for it. The experience of acquiring a firearm and its associated equipment is entertaining on its own, and I understand not taking it any further than collecting some pretty mechanical trinkets.

However, if you are more concerned with putting holes in objects that deserve it than bragging about your refined tastes, I implore you to eschew unreliable high dollar esoterica in favor of plain, reliable weaponry and get some damn training.

[Incidentally, if you have trouble shooting a Glock accurately, the problem is not the Glock.]

td: what’s up with you?
pdb: nuttin
pdb: found out the polak bolt and carrier does fit and seems to work ok in the chink AK
pdb: spent a while in the shed trying to figure out what has to move out so I can load me some ammo
td: any idea if the headspace is correct?
pdb: no clue
pdb: I figure I’ll let the bolt slam home on a round in the chamber
pdb: if it fires, it’s probably not ok
td: you can always try the masking-tape method
pdb: oh, sure
pdb: if you want to be, like, safe
pdb: safety’s for fags
td: famous last words
td: after you’re dead, can I do your wife?
pdb: I’ll be dead, what do I care?
pdb: you might want to check with her first, tho. safety and shit
td: hell, can I do her now?
pdb: Damnit, just be patient

Okay all you terrorist rifle fetishists, time to put your reputation and braggarthood on the line!

Saddle up for the Summer ‘08 Gun Blog Rifles match or you’re a simpering, sporting-purposes-only, pansy-assed fudd!

I will likely be shooting the MuttAR and my M14 in the centerfire match, and my Mossberg 144LSB in rimfire.

But first I gotta order my targets and build a stand. And get some dry fire practice in.

DamnImissedit. I tried to fix our high dollar Krups superdooper espresso maker machine but broke it. Stupid German engineering. Why use two fasteners when twelve will do?

That was a couple months ago, and finally my Paw took pity upon me and generously donated a Krups drip-o-matic that was surplus when he and Maw went to a fancy Cuisnart grinder/dripper.

Which, is great, but honestly? I can’t tell the difference. Right now I’m drinking my way through the last of our Mokumbo stash from The Mrs’ last trip to Italy. But once that’s gone I’ll probably switch to whatever gets put on sale.

Wasn’t there a coffee cup meme going around? Here it is:

MmmmthisisgoodcoffeeandImisseditnoyoucan’thaveany!

All is well.

Offered for sale here first, is a Remington 1100 LT20. This is a DuPont era small framed 1100, much nicer than the ones that Remington is letting out of the doors these days. It has a 25″ Imp. Cyl. choked vent-rib barrel with both an red bead and a silver mid-bead. It wears a generous recoil pad that makes this gun very comfortable to shoot. If you are or know of a recoil sensitive shooter that wants to get into breaking clays, here you go!

It has 3 flaws on the barrel, small rust spots that rubbed off easily with some CLP and steel wool. Some touchup blue would do wonders, but I left it as is so you could see the damage. Other than that, it is pristine. The action is still tight, and doesn’t have that telltale brass path on the shell lifter that well-used 1100s develop. I have put 150 malfunction free rounds through it, I believe I am the 2nd owner and the previous owner did not shoot it much either.

The buyer will also get 100 rounds of 20ga 7 1/2 birdshot, a cheap Cabelas soft gun case, and a dozen replacement gas system o-rings.

I would greatly prefer a local sale. I think $500 is fair, but I am willing to entertain offers from females that involve NSFW photographs.

From TJIC, we discover the breathtakingly idiotic Murky Coffee coffee house in Arlington, VA, who knows how you should drink your coffee even if you’re too stupid to understand!

I note that the proprietor’s response includes these words:

Q. The customer is always right
Yeah, that’s true. Actually, nevermind. It’s bullshit.

This is a sentiment frequently voiced by small business owners who are about to become ex-owners of small businesses. Want to know why corporate megoliths like Starbucks and Walmart are crushing local small business? Because in the vast majority of cases, like this, small businesses suck and deserve it.

Dudley is again healthy, back home and in his natural habitat:

The Docs were unable to ascertain exactly what it was that put his stomach into auto-reject mode, but it appears to have passed through the mightiest canine digestive tract on the east coast (this dog has successfully passed an adult tube sock with a knot in the middle, yes I saw it happen, and yes the vets were also very impressed) and the stupid mutt is his old self again.

We were able to avoid surgery, but even so the vet bills rang up in the area of a good 1911, that is, before you pay for the extra smytheing to make it run reliably without biting your hand, or, about 3 Glock 19s. I can also add to my recommendations list Animal Ark in Clemmons, NC, and Carolina Veterinary Services in Winston-Salem. They were very courteous and mindful of their customers fiscal situation.

I am humbled and honored by the generous response my blegging generated. I have rolled my eyes at some of the more ridiculous digital panhandlers, and I have been pretty stingy with my own online tip-slipping in the past, which made the donations even more awesome and unexpected. If you haven’t recieved a thank you email by now, you will shortly, as soon as I can figure out a few more ways to say “Thanks for helping my broke-ass out with my stupid dog”.

Yes, I’m still planning to sell at least 2 firearms. I’m not sure which ones, though. I was planning on selling my Mossberg 144LSB, but I discovered two major rust spots on the barrel today when I unboxed it, which probably halves its value. The other one will be up today.

Thanks again for your help.

This is Dudley, Casa del pdb’s junior canine. He is a truly excellent and loving dog, who is always first to greet us when we get home and the first to see what’s up with Jackson when he starts wailing.

He is not, however, a very smart dog, because he recently ingested something which is causing him expensive gastro-intestinal trouble. The xrays and Vet prodding were inconclusive so he’s currently on home watch, but he may have to go to the doggie ER if he isn’t able to keep some food down this weekend.

I haven’t told y’all, but I was recently canned from my well-paying IT gig. You may have noticed an increase in posting! Thanks to a low debt load and some household cost cutting (including not having to drive 50 miles a day), we’ve been fine. And the time at home with the youngin’ has been welcome! But we weren’t expecting this and could use a hand.

I feel like a total bum for even asking. I didn’t beg when my store went under, and I didn’t rattle the cup for the baby. (But that didn’t stop a few readers anyway.)

This isn’t a threat, Dudley will be taken care of either way. That’s what empty charge cards are for, after all. But your contribution will help him out, and will permit me to not cancel some things I hoping to write about. If you enjoyed reading my reviews of training classes, there may be two more on the way this summer!

Anyway, if you have some spare change, please hit the button on the sidebar. If you detest Paypal for being demonstrably anti-gun, please email for my meatspace address. My family and our dog would be enormously grateful.

Additionally, at least 2 firearms from the pdb arsenal will be going on sale on Monday!

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve added a new page on the sidebar to the left called “pdb Recommends!“. This is a list of my favorite local and intarweb places to buy stuff and seek information. No money or merchandise has (yet) been exchanged for inclusion on this exclusive list!

Woman charged in death of child

A Palmyra mother who reportedly left her 3-month-old daughter unattended in a car for more than six hours, leading to the child’s death, has been charged with first-degree murder. Cortni Lee Nichols, 24, who gave a 3060 Harris Circle address, was booked Wednesday into the Montgomery County Jail on the charge of first-degree murder. She is being held without bond.
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Nichols reportedly left her daughter, Faith Ann Nichols, in the back seat of her car at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday at Dodge’s Chicken Store on Fort Campbell Boulevard, Clarksville Police Department Detective Tim Anderson wrote in an arrest warrant.

Nichols then went in and out of the Yes Dear Bar on Fort Campbell Boulevard, later leaving to go to another bar with a friend while Faith was in the car alone, Anderson wrote, adding that the car’s air conditioning doesn’t work. At 4:52 p.m., EMS workers responding to the store found the child lifeless inside the vehicle, Anderson wrote.

Faith was transported by EMS to Gateway Medical Center’s emergency room, where she was pronounced dead. Hospital records indicated her body temperature had reached 103.8 degrees when she arrived to the ER, Anderson wrote.

Nichols admitted to leaving Faith in the car while she went to the bars, Anderson wrote.

For the record, if I saw an unattended baby in the back seat of a car, I would not hesitate to break the window to get him out. I wonder why nobody on that street that afternoon felt the same.

…features a kitty.

Jackson has not yet learned what happens when you pull too much hair out of a cat.

But he will.

George III, you done screwed up now! You done screwed up! You done screwed up! You have screwed up now!

[link fixed, thanks td]

But they said it somewhat differently back then.

I wish you an Uproarious Fourth! Please take a moment to consider the historically unprecedented gamble that paid off in a magnitude that none expected 232 years ago. America remains the most successful representational government that the world has ever seen. Ain’t that somethin’?

So in reward for being SWSG’s 50k’th visitor, yesterday the UPS truck dropped off a prize:

If you are jealous and wish to buy your own, here you go.

Thank you, ma’am! It’s the most artistic desk accessory I’ve ever owned!

Sadly, the desk real estate crisis at Casa del pdb has severely limited available mousing space:

Hopefully a PC downsizing and rearranging will correct this shameful situation.

Since Sig-Sauer doesn’t make a Glock 19, I don’t have much use for their firearms. I suppose I would be marginally interested in the SAO 226 if it didn’t cost $1700 and put the slide release in a hideously stupid location. The SIG 556 might be a decent defensive carbine if it came with sights and a folding stock.

However! One thing I do enthusiastically approve of is THIS. A sensible selection of spare parts intended to keep your pistol working when something on it breaks! Without having to overnight it back to the factory!

Imagine that!

S&W and Springfield Armory, are you paying attention?

If you bought the correct pistol, you can pick THIS up from Glockmeister and be set.

Policeman shoots and kills Jerusalem terrorist during rampage
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10

A policeman and an off-duty Israel Defense Forces soldier were being hailed as heroes Wednesday after they climbed up on the cab of the bulldozer driven by a terrorist and shot him dead.

The terrorist - an Arab resident of East Jerusalem - had smashed the bulldozer into a series of vehicles, including a commuter bus, killing three people and wounding dozens more.

Policeman Eli Mizrahi said he was at the Mahane Yehuda open-air market when he heard over his radio that the bulldozer was rumbling in his direction.

Speeding to the scene on his motorcycle, Mizrahi arrived just after a policewoman shot the Palestinian driving the vehicle. But then, unexpectedly, the attacker stepped on the gas pedal once more and ran over a police car, Mizrahi said.

“He started to drive like crazy and held the steering wheel, pressing against it, and started to race down the street,” Mizrahi told reporters at the scene.

While the construction machine was moving, Mizrahi and off-duty IDF Private Moshe Pulser climbed up to the driver’s cab. The soldier fired first, and then Mizrahi shot the driver twice.

Carry your damn guns. And have something heavier in the trunk! You never know when you’ll have to stop a charging bulldozer.

Apparently, during a conference in 1987, John McCain became incensed at one of Daniel Ortega’s henchmen and only grabbed him by the lapels.

Frankly, if he’s willing to manhandle a mass murdering Communist asshole, he should be prepared to beat him until candy comes out. That Sen. McCain permitted this Sandinista scumbag to leave the conference unharmed is of grave concern to me.

FBI chief: Gun ruling makes campuses less secure

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller on Monday criticized the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, saying it may harm efforts to deter violent crime.

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Mueller said communities will have to determine their own license programs. As a former Marine who served in Vietnam, he said “I tend to believe weapons harm people and more often than not they harm the people carrying them.”

I’ll give a shit about what you think when the FBI Hostage Rescue Team actually manages to, you know, rescue a hostage instead of shooting them in the face.

Federal law enforcement is a dangerous, incompetent, unconstitutional embarrassment. The ATF in particular is composed of nothing but cowards who prefer to harass harmless gun shops to arresting real criminals. After all, a gang of gun runners might shoot back!