Israelis in a firearms training class*
* (Yes, those are real beginners and they are using plywood cutouts)
I try not to make this place a constant F___Joe Biden outrage echo chamber. It’s tiring, it’s exhausting, it’s boring and I refuse to let that stupid jackass occupy every moment of our lives. He will be gone soon enough.
Although…
At home in America, President Joe Biden’s “zero-tolerance” policy is being used like a fire blanket to suffocate neighborhood gun stores and industry businesses at a blistering pace, yet apparently regulatory compliance is ignored when applied to the administration’s ATF.
Now, one of the president’s latest gun control charades is making it difficult for one of America’s closest allies to defend itself from terrorists. It’s the latest signal that President Joe Biden and The White House are more interested in placating gun control activists who always want him to “do more,” over the livelihoods of law-abiding Americans and their highly regulated businesses.
and,
However, as more and more Israelis continue taking up arms to defend their homes and communities and while still facing Hamas attacks, Israelis are finding the process of securing arms increasingly difficult. Unsurprisingly, it’s the Biden administration that is making it more difficult.
Delay and Deny
The Biden administration’s announced Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) 90-day “pause” on firearm exports to certain countries was made with little forewarning, no input from industry and with practically no consideration for how it would impact the nearly 400,000 Americans who work in the firearm industry. The frustration was felt immediately last year once the decision was quietly announced and has only mounted since.Female Jewish settlers practice firing weapons at the Jewish settlement of Pnei Kedem, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, in September 2012. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
After initially being announced as a “90-day pause,” the BIS delay is ongoing. And coupled with other threats coming from the Biden administration, which blocked shipments of critical arms to Israel and has threatened to block even more, it’s not hard to understand why Israel was forced to take a new path.
Traditionally, U.S.-made arms made up the largest percentage of arms imported by the State of Israel. But in an announcement, the Israeli Defense Ministry said it could no longer rely on other countries for arms and ammunition imports – ostensibly the United States – and will begin purchasing large quantities of locally-produced arms and ammunition.
RTWDT.
NOTE: A smart enterprising guy with gunsmithing, metallurgy and machining skills would put together a deal to move to Israel and set up a weapons manufacturing operation. If I were younger and healthier, I’d jump on the idea.
FJB.
Sigh.
Longest February that I can remember in several years.
🙂
I hate the media. I’m almost convinced that this upcoming eclipse is something different than any of the dozen eclipses that I have seen in the last 68 years. I have started my initial research on how to acquire a piece of cardboard and a fat sewing pin. Just like I have done every previous time. Damn I hate the… Read more »
Breaking news.
After untold decades, a mayor of Houston and the Houston Fire Department have a tentative agreement that might lead to a nuclear test ban treaty.
I think the last time the two entities actually spoke without 300 lawyers in attendance was before I was born.
51 dr Fill
I’m quite certain that the decrepit outgoing Senate Minority leader is responsible.
Me and Katfish.
Front row, baby!
Is there any info on how the deep state globalists started the fires in the panhandle where a great majority of our cattle eat?
About Mrs. Davidson’s legs, we had Ms Cogan the typing teacher that sat on her desk in front of the class with her legs crossed. This was the only class at Carroll High that the boys sat on the front row instead of the back.
FWIW; I never took typing. 😉
#39 bsue I’m not sure what it was for but I knew it wasn’t up for very long, I was thinking 5 years so I said less than 10 since time gets away form me but a guy on the Clear Lake Memories page says it was installed on July 16, 2020! It sure didn’t last long and apparently the… Read more »
You noticed that? I was thinking of her hair. 😉
Or, I’ve seen the bright lights of Memphis and the Commodore Hotel And underneath a street lamp, I met a Southern Belle Well, she took me to the river where she casts her spell And in that southern moonlight, she sang the song so well If you’ll be my Dixie Chicken, I’ll be your Tennessee Lamb And we can walk… Read more »
#46 is a musical accompaniment for tomorrow’s Brunette
She wore glass slippers She held her head up high She had that sparkle at her feet And that twinkle in her eye She smiled at me And I wondered why She said I’m looking for a cowboy To take me for a ride And he can rope me on the prarie And he can ride me on the plain… Read more »
Clearly God has a sense of humor.
I just want the remind you that because of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton still isn’t President of the United States.
42 Shannon I hated junior high school and high school. I was bored to death in almost all my classes. I loved Texas History, loved World History, Speech and my Vocational Agriculture classes. Our parents went to great lengths to have us attend the then highly-ranked Spring Branch Independent School District in late 1950s and 1960s. What a huge disappointment… Read more »
Me neither, loved Junior High. I had several successful relationships there. 😀
38 Adee
The problem with cats is they understand English perfectly, but they just don’t care what you’re saying.
It seems to me that most writers and observers hate their memories of Junior High.
Not me.
It was High School I couldn’t wait to exit.
Heh. Obviously.
I stupidly dropped out for a year.
Only Katfish’s Early Exit could have ended our occasional yet relentless return to the subject of Mrs. Davidson’s legs.
🙂
Memorial Junior High was a special place across a certain generation.
I wish you could post a photo of Purrcilla. She’s been a feature here for a long time.
Along with your great oaks and their pounding acorns on some of your roofs.
Not to mention your great horses.
30 Shannon I am weary of these people assailing Winston Churchill’s character and intelligence. In regard to the rule against ending a sentence with a preposition, Churchill is famous for saying “This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.” However, it’s unlikely that he ever said such a thing. Bollocks AND Codswallop !!! Winston said… Read more »
29 Super Dave – wasn’t that put up shortly after the Challenger thing? Or was that some other strange chunk of metal… I mean sculpture???? I was based down that way while the company I worked for was working on a bid for Clear Lake or Webster 911… and remember some things that went up as memorials for Challenger, and… Read more »
Whatever I did to fix the computer must still seems to be working. Spouse said his computer was acting strange yesterday as well as mine, but not today. Gremlins can take the blame. Or maybe it was Purrscilla, the cat, playing with mine and everything on the desktop when I wasn’t in the room. She is very curious and easily… Read more »
I have been a follower of the Center for Immigration Studies since I was publishing my own political E-mail Newsletter – from a dial-up connection in the early 90’s. It was called the Millheim Digest.
(much to the consternation of everyone in my Contacts List)
Here we have CIS fellow Todd Bensman’s recent talk at Hillsdale College.
23 Super Dave
Call me weird, but I’ve never been a fan of extraordinary front-loading.
It has occurred to me that my near ignorance of Greek Mythology has something to do with my solid disinterest in anything Sci-Fy.
🙂
My #30 I loved English and writing in High School – the only subject in which I had ever excelled. The Preposition Rule was only further reinforced when they placed me in an advanced Creative Writing course for one semester. Little did they know I lacked a single creative bone in my body. To my later regret, for some reason… Read more »
Texpat, the Interweb sleuth.
Sorry, Dave.
I think I only drove down NASA 1 once in my entire life.
And I don’t miss it because that road really sucks. 🙂
#28, That reminds me, I think I’ll grab my mug out of the freezer and pour me a Snipe Hunt Pale Ale and watch The 5. 😉
I may spiral into an existential crisis because of this change.
My stilted writing style is due to this rule. That, and my attempts to drop the word “the” whenever possible.
Mrs. Davidson (she of the great legs), my 8th grade English teacher, is rolling in her grave.
Have y’all seen that strange steel monolith spike thingy that was at the corner of Space Center and NASA 1? Well it’s gone now. I don’t have a dog in the hunt but I didn’t think it was pretty or inspiring and I’ll not miss it but it is strange that was up for such a short time. Has it… Read more »
And instead of stopping at a convenience store for a beer on the way home, I can walk six feet and pour myself a glass of fine wine. 🙂
And I got to knock the cobwebs off of the Mac laptop.
My #20 I really enjoyed the 2 hour class. I’ve always enjoyed attending classes as opposed to going the correspondence route. Getting to renew industry acquaintances and share experiences is invaluable. And catching that rare dynamic presenter is great. Live And Online isn’t quite the same, but you can do it in your underwear. Learning by correspondence can be drudgery… Read more »
I’m glad yall got to see that ABC thing. What I really would have loved to see would be the aftermath of that show behind the scenes.
22 SD
They got all of their friends at the ice house to sign their petition.
How about that, Lacie May wants to be friends. 😀
Shannon; what say you? 😉
FWIW; I think she might be real because she has 655 friends, mostly male.
He’s not on the Alabama ballot either, did the Democrat Party keep him of the ballot or didn’t he get enough votes to qualify?
Also how did David Stuckenberg & Ryan Brinkley manage to get on the Alabama ballot?
Humm let’s see, naught times naught is naught, carry the 2, divide by…. I’d say exactly “0” NADA, zilch, nuttin’.
Can you say delusions of grandeur?
Here are some stats from the Michigan primaries: 2024 Republican Primary Trump – 756,134 Haley – 294,680 UNCOMMITTED – 33,380 DeSantis – 14,053 Christie – 4,773 Total for 2024- 1,110,373 2016 Democratic Primary Hillary Clinton – 581,775 Bernie Sanders – 598,943 Total for 2016 – 1,180,718 The 2020 Michigan Democratic Primary had 1,417,286 votes. (Biden won 840,360) But the 2024… Read more »
This afternoon I am taking a 2 hour Continuing Ed course. This will be my first time taking a live, online course. I need to get proficient at doing so because this particular resource for courses is one of the few that allows use of the Safari browser. And I get discounts on the courses because I am a dues… Read more »
Here is some breaking news from, of all places, Politico. Henry Olsen explains his theory: Haley will arrive in Milwaukee in possession of a cache of delegates — how many is unclear; at the moment, she has 20. The rules don’t simply give power to a candidate based on the number of delegates they possess. Candidates cannot have their names… Read more »
I’m jealous. 🙂
Let me join the old man’s club here. Sometime during Thanksgiving the left side of my body felt very numb. I set up an appointment with my new doctor the following Tuesday and, of all things, he said I was fine. I did a “stress test” and he did not even listen to me. I wish I spoke up then… Read more »
16 Shannon I have no way to determine the cause of the cramps and charley-horses, statin or wrecked spine, or how to assign percentages. Given my history, I have to believe most is from back injuries. The low dose of statin I take may not be the cause at all. I am not going to have back surgery at this… Read more »
Just got an update: snow is falling in the Amarillo area. Still sheltering in place.
I’m sure they’ll take whatever God’ll give ’em.
Of course these days, I tend to attribute any pains south of my Lumbar to the back problem, and ignore it as best I can.
Which is no doubt a bad strategy.
More great analysis at the C&C, a follow-up to yesterday’s CIA/Ukraine story.
And some amusing yet on-the-mark legal analysis of the Fulton County train wreck.
Sorry, Texpat. I misunderstood. Your 10:37 seemed to implicate the Statin as the cause. Random, mysterious leg muscle pain is one common side affect of Statin use which I have experienced in the past. Dr. Hill and I experimented with several. I was off statins from 2015 to 2023 when I was without health insurance, due to the cost of the drug.… Read more »