So after taking in all the advice from the faithful readers, I think I am going to go with getting an upper that will work with the Spikes’ Tactical lower and move the barrel and the rest of the stuff from the Kaw Valley upper to this one. 9mm Upper Receiver (spikestactical.com) I consulted with Spike’s and confirmed that comes with the necessary relief for the lower.  Next thing, raise the funds. Anybody interested in a Kaw Valley Precision stripped upper? The things I do for the missus ..read more

From The Daily Mail: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter Isra Hirsi, 21, says she is now homeless and starving after being suspended from college over anti-Israel protests at Columbia University which saw her zip-tied for seven hours Isra Hirsi, the daughter of left-wing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, says she’s has nowhere to live or eat after being suspended for participating in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. She and two of her Barnard College classmates – the college is a sister school with Columbia – are among the more than 100 protestors have been arrested, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed ..read more

I had an interesting talk with AWA the other day about dressmaking. Why, you ask, were we talking about dressmaking? Well, I was discussing the process of making my 18th century kit for the upcoming season at a local living history museum, which I am a part of. I had to order a pattern for a short gown that I’m making, because my skill level isn’t high enough to fake it for this type of garment. The pattern is somewhat complex, and based off an extant short gown that was disassembled a number of years ago and resides in a museum (in Boston, if I remember correctly, but I’m guessing). AWA want ..read more

From our university campuses. ???????? ????: Pro-Palestine students behave like members of a cult as they repeat a chant and form a human chain to push group of Jewish students off campus. “Walk and take a step forward so we can start to push them slowly out of the camp.” @sahar_tartak pic.twitter.com/12B7ohpiY7 — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 22, 2024   This is still mob violence. Their words are polite. Their chant sounds like they are making reasonable demands about privacy and how they are the aggrieved victims. But all of that is camouflage for the fact that what they are doing i ..read more

This is not Nazi Germany. Its New Haven, Connecticut at @Yale University where Jewish students are harassed because they look Jewish. pic.twitter.com/br64O58Mww — Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי (@AviKaner) April 21, 2024 Everything Nazi is cool again ..read more

The fact that legislatures did not regulate firearms in exactly the same way as they later did at those parks doesn’t mean that they believed that they couldn’t do so constitutionally. And the fact that starting with the opening of Central Park, the prototypical recreational park in 1859, I believe by 1861 Central Park then enacted a set of rules that lasted I believe until today, though I could be wrong about that, but certainly for a long time. And every park that followed, including here in Philadelphia at Fairmount Park, in Pittsburgh and everywhere else, including the national parks, all ..read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Police said a burglary suspect was shot in self-defense by the homeowner in the Trinity Hills area on Saturday morning. Anton Cosby, 32, is accused of breaking into the home on Shreeve Lane just before 6 a.m. Saturday. The victim and his family woke up to the sound of banging on the front door and windows. The homeowner retrieved his firearm and gave Cosby repeated commands to leave. He told Cosby he would fire his weapon, according to police. Cosby then allegedly broke the kitchen window and began to climb through when the homeowner shot him once in the arm. Police ..read more

I recently picked up 8.75 inches of 5.5 DuraBar, a type of cast iron. This is to become the backplate for a lathe chuck. Friday afternoon, I started work on the backplate. Since I repaired me horizontal bandsaw, cutting 2.75 inches off the bar was trivial. While the saw was working its way through those 5.5+ inches, I turned the jaws around on the chuck and got ready. My saw did an outstanding job. It was time to start working on the blank. The first operation was to face the raw end. The raw end had a sticker on it and was too rough to think about. It had around 0.25 of variation. Since this ..read more

Paul Koning says: April 18, 2024 at 8:20 am You stated that the judge is required to follow the rulings of higher courts. I see two problems with that blanket statement. First, there’s also the ruling of the Supreme Court. Second, the Constitution is a higher authority than any court, and if a judgement is in conflict with the plain meaning of the Constitution then it is every judge’s sworn duty to support the Constitution and not any conflicting judgement. Archer says: April 18, 2024 at 11:57 am What Paul said. Where the Circuits are in conflict with SCOTUS and/or the Constitution, why is a ..read more

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