Good to see this one waddle off into the sunset

One good thing that came out of the New York primaries is that former Lincoln Project director and longtime TDS patient George "Tub-O-Lard" Conway got smashed like a love bug on the windshield of a car barreling down Alligator Alley: "George Conway loses N.Y. congressional primary, finishing fifth in crowded field".

This is a guy who originally sought a position in the first Trump administration; however, Conway was weighed and found wanting, and his rejection has resulted in one of the worst cases of TDS ever observed, the mental disease ultimately destroying his credibility and his marriage, and even putting a large dent in his fortune, as he squandered donations on anti-Trump losers (including himself). I wouldn't be surprised if this ambulant blob winds up getting wrestled to the ground on the White House lawn sometime by security - although how he'd ever manage to heave his bulk over the fence is beyond me.

You know, when you think of all the people with badly-wired thought-boxes walking around out there, it's pretty scary.

Happy Feet Friday

 Artie Shaw and the gang with "At Sundown".

Both political parties are stupid

But in different ways.

The GOP (more precisely, the GOP establishment or GOPe) is stupid because it consists mainly of people whose whole goal is to get elected and then they do nothing but rake in a lot of payola for the rest of their careers. The Democrats are stupid because they are so hungry for power they push ever more radical ideas to ignite the base, but the base eventually, as now, slips out of their control, and develops a desire for revolutionaries who mostly just succeed in toppling donk establishment figures. Hence, the recent primaries in New York: "The Democrats set themselves on fire".

Almost like getting a new gun

I have a S&W model 58 that I picked up about a dozen years ago. Chambered in .41 Magnum, it's from the company's "Classics" series (re-released handguns of contemporary manufacture that honor the great guns of the company's past).

This one had a barrel that wasn't clocked right at the factory: it was over-torqued and the front sight didn't properly line up with the rear notch sight; also, the tip of the ejection rod didn't fully seat because the under-barrel lug naturally didn't line up, either. I procrastinated for years about sending it back to be fixed, having read some bad press on the repair times. Recently, though, I found out about a local gunsmith, and he agreed to look at it. Because it was over-torqued, he didn't feel comfortable trying to straighten it out, so he sent it to S&W, and, much to my relief, it came back three weeks later and I picked it up yesterday. The barrel is now as it should be, and the thing shoots really well. 

She's a beauty.

Really pretty grips...

There are those who wonder how I ever got my hands on Che Guevara's secret diary

Well, I guess you had to be there...

100% real, authentic, non-AI (honest, guys!) photograph supplied by friend and commenter JeffS.

The Democratic Party is, once again, on the wrong side of history

"One Party Is Purging Antisemites. The Other Party Is Electing Them".

Why didn't they go ahead and do more?

Maybe include some Pteranodons flying around in the sky, and a giant T-Rex ravaging the downtown area: "The BBC is getting roasted for adding AI mountains to the Houston skyline during its World Cup broadcast".