Because It's Friday

I think the engine was in the roundhouse the wrong way.

The Nazi Coast Guard - Updated

Swastikas and nooses are no longer hate symbols for the Coasties.

If you're Jewish or non-white, the sea-going Gestapo Coast Guard is not for you.

No doubt that the Coast Guard will adopt pointed white hoods as part of their summer white uniform, per upcoming guidance of the DHS Secretary, Kristi the Puppy-Killer.

ETA: After intense blowback, the Coasties have ordered All Engines Back Full.

If Seditious Behavior Was Punishable by Death....

...that fat orange bastard would have been hung in 2021.

ICE Meal Team Six, Beer Gut Squad, In Charlotte

Let's be serious for a few. There is not a single thing on this overweight, piss-poor excuse for a cop that legitimately identifies him as a cop. He's wearing ill-fitting camo and a "police" patch that anyone can buy from Amazon or a surplus store. He could be an ISIS terrorist, for all we know.

There is nothing about his "look" that couldn't be copied by home invaders.

These clowns are going to end up catching bullets from law-abiding citizens who would have a reasonable fear that they are being attacked by crimial thugs. And, as for what they'll testify in court afterwards, the track record of CBP and ICE agents is that they are blatant perjurers.

Itch, Scratched

A newish S&W Model 22 in .45 ACP:

It seems to shoot OK with a euro-hold. I wanted a M1917, but this is more practical with a 4" barrel. The chambers headspace the cartridges, but you need to poke the empties out with a stick or a gimme ballpoint pen if they're not on moon-clips. Or you can find auto-rim cartridges, which are not cheap if you don't reload.

I also took a scoped Savage Mk.II to the range. It has been years since I shot a rifle, let alone a scoped rifle. Good reminder on the importance of breath control.

Helmeting These Down, Here

From The Onion:

Winner of The Lickspittle of the Week award:

More Epstein

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.

It wasn't just a few emails. They were in long-term contact, with Summers asking Epstein for advice about Summers hitting on a much younger whoman who he was mentoring.

Rich white guys always think they're invulnerable. Until they aren't.

Putin Wants Ukraine to Surrender, Krasnov Agrees

His self-styled "peace plan" is a massive sellout that would have been worthy of Neville Chamberlain. It would require Ukraine to cede land to Putin that is not under Russian control, cut its military, give up weapons and, essentially, lay down and prepare to be fully occupied by the Russians.

The Rubiot said that "[A]chieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions." As far as I can tell, the only concession required of the Russians is for them to stop killing people.

This so-called deal is nothing more than capitulation to Russian demands. It appears to have been written by the Russians and then given to that low-wattage tool, Steve Witkoff, who for unkown reasons, thought it was a great idea.

Trump, of course, has always been Putin's poodle. Oh, he may talk a good game of holding the Russians' feet to the fire, but when the hammer strikes the anvil, he's always in Putin's corner. Whether it's the amount of money the Russians have given him or some kompromat, Putin owns Trump, lock, stock and barrel.

Also, when you get down to it, Trump is nothing more than a garden-variety bully. Oh, he's great at ordering strikes against unarmed boats a thousand miles away from America's shores, but when confronted with real strength (like in the Epstein files bill), he folds like an origami chicken.

If MAGA follows Trump on this, then they are the heirs of the German American Bund and the Christian Front, pro-Nazi groups of the 1930s.

Procedural

There is a motion on the floor: "Genital warts" shall be renamed "J.D. Vance".

The Motion has been seconded.

The Chair rules that it has been passed by acclimation.

Upcoming agenda item: Shall having sex with furniture be termed "Vancing"?

On another note:

In video footage of a gaggle with the press on November 14 released by the White House, Trump says, “Quiet, quiet piggy,” as a female reporter, stood off camera, begins to ask a question about the files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The president then appears to wave a finger in her face.

A Pulitzer Prize awaits for the first reporter to follow up to one of those misogynistic insults with the question: "Sir, why are you such an immature jerk?"

But notice he never insults white male reporters in that way.

Trump Take Thanksgiving

Americans will likely face higher prices on items for their Thanksgiving dinners this year.

Turkey, typically the centerpiece of the Thanksgiving meal, will be one of the biggest sticker shocks for consumers. Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago, according to the Department of Agriculture.

There are reasons for everything costing more, from avian flu to Trump's tariffs, but that doesn't matter much. Because The Orange Piggy said he'd bring down grocery prices and he's failed.