Monday, March 21, 2011
And a serious moment in our day.....
Here's a follow up interview with the kid that got tired of taking shit and body slammed the other kid that was bullying him.
It's kind of long but worth the time.
www.glennbeck.com
It's kind of long but worth the time.
www.glennbeck.com
Too stupid to live
FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE: An attack on the compound of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi on Sunday had to be curtailed because of journalists nearby, Fox News has learned.
British sources confirmed that seven Storm Shadow missiles were ready to be fired from a British aircraft, but the strikes had to be curtailed due to crews from CNN, Reuters and other organizations nearby. Officials from Libya's Ministry of Information brought those journalists to the area to show them damage from the initial attack and to effectively use them as human shields.
The curtailment of this mission led to a great deal of consternation by coalition commanders, sources told Fox News, but they opted to call off the mission to avoid civilian casualties.
During a Pentagon briefing on Monday, coalition commanders said the huge compound was targeted due to its air defense systems on the perimeter and a military command and control center. It was not targeted to kill Qaddafi, commanders said.
- Fox News
Here you've got a bunch of stupid motherfuckers in a country run by a dictator that belongs to a society that is known to use humans as shields, the country is getting the fuck bombed out of it, the dumbasses get an invitation by the dictator that's being targeted to view damage, and what do they do?
They fucking accept.
I'd have fired the missiles anyways and if the journalists were killed or injured?
"Sorry 'bout that. We didn't know you were there and just what were you doing there anyways? Didn't you know we were bombing shit? Are you fucking stupid or what?"
British sources confirmed that seven Storm Shadow missiles were ready to be fired from a British aircraft, but the strikes had to be curtailed due to crews from CNN, Reuters and other organizations nearby. Officials from Libya's Ministry of Information brought those journalists to the area to show them damage from the initial attack and to effectively use them as human shields.
The curtailment of this mission led to a great deal of consternation by coalition commanders, sources told Fox News, but they opted to call off the mission to avoid civilian casualties.
During a Pentagon briefing on Monday, coalition commanders said the huge compound was targeted due to its air defense systems on the perimeter and a military command and control center. It was not targeted to kill Qaddafi, commanders said.
- Fox News
*****
Here you've got a bunch of stupid motherfuckers in a country run by a dictator that belongs to a society that is known to use humans as shields, the country is getting the fuck bombed out of it, the dumbasses get an invitation by the dictator that's being targeted to view damage, and what do they do?
They fucking accept.
I'd have fired the missiles anyways and if the journalists were killed or injured?
"Sorry 'bout that. We didn't know you were there and just what were you doing there anyways? Didn't you know we were bombing shit? Are you fucking stupid or what?"
United States Condemned For Pre-Emptive Use Of Hillary Clinton Against Pakistan
Watch it twice and read the headlines running at the bottom of the screen.
Ooops, my bad.....
A Rio Linda man chased down and killed an innocent victim whom he mistook for a burglar early Sunday, a sheriff's department spokesman said.
Steven Andrew Zinda, 29, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on a single charge of murder.
"At this point we believe the victim in this case had no involvement in the burglary whatsoever," Sheriff's Deputy Jason Ramos said.
The Sacramento County Coroner's Office did not identify the dead man Sunday.
Ramos described the day's events:
At about 4:30 a.m., Zinda called 911 to report he had interrupted a break-in at his home in the 7200 block of 2nd Street in Rio Linda. Zinda said he had chased, caught and confronted the man, who ran from the home, and that he had injured the burglary suspect in the confrontation, Ramos said.
When deputies arrived, Zinda directed them to a field about a quarter mile from his home. Officers found an unresponsive man, who was later pronounced dead, Ramos said.
The victim had injuries "consistent with an edged weapon being used," Ramos said.
Investigators recovered the weapon, he said. Earlier Sunday, a television station reported the weapon was an axe. Ramos would not confirm or deny the report.
Zinda was interviewed by detectives. Based on the interview and further investigation, detectives believe Zinda made a serious error in an attempt at "vigilante justice," Ramos said.
Zinda may have seen someone leaving his house, Ramos said. He went inside for a weapon, and when he returned, he saw the victim, who ran.
"The victim had the misfortune of being in the immediate area when Zinda discovered the burglary," Ramos said. "Zinda thought he was involved and chased him down."
Ramos said a homeowner has the right to protect himself and family from an intruder. But the force used has to be justified, he said.
"If you use deadly force a quarter mile away from your house, you'd be hard pressed to articulate some kind of imminent threat," he said.
Hey, I hate a thief just as much as the next motherfucker but the simple fact is that once the intruder flees, he no longer poses a threat and under the law, deadly force is not justified.
And the simple fact of the matter is that no matter how much me or you hates a thief, that crime just doesn't justify a killing (unless you live in Texas) - a thorough ass-whipping, yes - but not death. And I'm pretty sure even Texas frowns upon killing a thief that has left the scene.
And as far as the victim running away? Hey, if I was unarmed and saw a pissed off motherfucker running towards me with a fucking axe, I'd haul ass too.
Steven Andrew Zinda, 29, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on a single charge of murder.
"At this point we believe the victim in this case had no involvement in the burglary whatsoever," Sheriff's Deputy Jason Ramos said.
The Sacramento County Coroner's Office did not identify the dead man Sunday.
Ramos described the day's events:
At about 4:30 a.m., Zinda called 911 to report he had interrupted a break-in at his home in the 7200 block of 2nd Street in Rio Linda. Zinda said he had chased, caught and confronted the man, who ran from the home, and that he had injured the burglary suspect in the confrontation, Ramos said.
When deputies arrived, Zinda directed them to a field about a quarter mile from his home. Officers found an unresponsive man, who was later pronounced dead, Ramos said.
The victim had injuries "consistent with an edged weapon being used," Ramos said.
Investigators recovered the weapon, he said. Earlier Sunday, a television station reported the weapon was an axe. Ramos would not confirm or deny the report.
Zinda was interviewed by detectives. Based on the interview and further investigation, detectives believe Zinda made a serious error in an attempt at "vigilante justice," Ramos said.
Zinda may have seen someone leaving his house, Ramos said. He went inside for a weapon, and when he returned, he saw the victim, who ran.
"The victim had the misfortune of being in the immediate area when Zinda discovered the burglary," Ramos said. "Zinda thought he was involved and chased him down."
Ramos said a homeowner has the right to protect himself and family from an intruder. But the force used has to be justified, he said.
"If you use deadly force a quarter mile away from your house, you'd be hard pressed to articulate some kind of imminent threat," he said.
*****
Hey, I hate a thief just as much as the next motherfucker but the simple fact is that once the intruder flees, he no longer poses a threat and under the law, deadly force is not justified.
And the simple fact of the matter is that no matter how much me or you hates a thief, that crime just doesn't justify a killing (unless you live in Texas) - a thorough ass-whipping, yes - but not death. And I'm pretty sure even Texas frowns upon killing a thief that has left the scene.
And as far as the victim running away? Hey, if I was unarmed and saw a pissed off motherfucker running towards me with a fucking axe, I'd haul ass too.
Hey, we're talking three and a half bucks here!
SAN ANTONIO -- Police say a San Antonio Taco Bell customer enraged that the seven burritos he ordered had gone up in price fired an air gun at an employee and later fired an assault rifle at officers before barricading himself into a hotel room.
San Antonio police Sgt. Chris Benavides says officers used tear gas Sunday night to force the man from the hotel room after a three-hour standoff. The man is charged with three counts of attempted capital murder. Authorities have not released his name.
Brian Tillerson, a manager at the Taco Bell/KFC restaurant, told the San Antonio Express-News that the man was angry the Beefy Crunch Burrito had gone from 99 cents to $1.49 each.
San Antonio police Sgt. Chris Benavides says officers used tear gas Sunday night to force the man from the hotel room after a three-hour standoff. The man is charged with three counts of attempted capital murder. Authorities have not released his name.
Brian Tillerson, a manager at the Taco Bell/KFC restaurant, told the San Antonio Express-News that the man was angry the Beefy Crunch Burrito had gone from 99 cents to $1.49 each.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Feral Cat hunting with a Coehorn Mortar
Chris sent me a link to Buckstix.com and the very first thing that I opened was Feral cat hunting with a reproduction Civil War mortar.
Oh. Dear. God.
I was laughing so hard I was in tears........
I'm not going to attempt to post the article and pictures here but I will pass on the link so you can see it for yourself.
http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm
A word of caution: If any of you fuckers are at work when you read it, do it on your break. It's Safe For Work, but the laughter coming from your desk will tip the boss off that you're not working on statistics or sales projections.
Oh. Dear. God.
I was laughing so hard I was in tears........
I'm not going to attempt to post the article and pictures here but I will pass on the link so you can see it for yourself.
http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm
A word of caution: If any of you fuckers are at work when you read it, do it on your break. It's Safe For Work, but the laughter coming from your desk will tip the boss off that you're not working on statistics or sales projections.
What? They didn't find Jimmy Hoffa up in there?
According to Scranton Police, officers were attempting to assist Mackaliunas following a car crash when a Dunmore police officer contacted Scranton police and advised them that Mackaliunas was a suspect in a theft that had recently been reported at the Dunmore Inn.
Dunmore police asked Scranton police officers to detain Mackaliunas as her car was being towed from the scene.
When officers searched Machaliunas for weapons, they allegedly found three bags of heroin in her coat pocket. Then during the drive to police headquarters, the officer observed Mackaliunas fidgeting a lot in the back seat of the cruiser.
After a more thorough search by a female officer at police headquarters, Machaliunas asked to talk to one of the male officers on duty. That's when she admitted to having more heroin hidden inside her vagina.
Machaliunas was transported to Community Medical Center where doctors retrieved 54 bags of heroin, 31 empty bags used to package heroin, 9 prescription pills and $51.22 from Machaliunas' vagina.
Machaliunas was booked into jail and charged with possession with intent to distribute, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.
http://www.theweeklyvice.com/2011/03/karin-machaliunas-jailed-after-police.html
*****
All I got to say about this is that she must have some powerful muscle control to be able to keep all that shit up inside her when she walked.
Damn......
Thanks to Orbitup for passing this gem along.
At least he's THINKING about Libya......
RIO DE JANEIRO – President Barack Obama played grand tourist to Rio de Janeiro's vivid extremes on Sunday, traveling from brilliant beaches to a notorious slum even as he monitored U.S. military strikes in faraway Libya.
With his whole family in tow on the second day of a Latin American tour meant to knit economic and cultural ties, the president visited the City of God shantytown that gained fame after a movie by the same name won Oscar nominations.
*****
"With his whole family in tow"
Sounds to me like another vacation instead of an effort to improve relations.......
Even the fucking media is getting that same idea - read the 2 paragraphs again - "played grand tourist" and "whole family in tow".
With his whole family in tow on the second day of a Latin American tour meant to knit economic and cultural ties, the president visited the City of God shantytown that gained fame after a movie by the same name won Oscar nominations.
*****
"With his whole family in tow"
Sounds to me like another vacation instead of an effort to improve relations.......
Even the fucking media is getting that same idea - read the 2 paragraphs again - "played grand tourist" and "whole family in tow".
Oil filter suppressor
The fucking 22 round hitting the target makes more noise than the pistol firing it!
How cool is this?
How cool is this?
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Was that a cow that just flew past?
Man, it's been raining and windier than a motherfucker here all damn day and other than a quick trip to hardware store I've been cooped up in this house with CharlieGodammit and I'm not sure who's driving who crazier.
All I know is he's laying in his corner growling at me whenever I move towards him.
Let me tell you how windy it is - I've got a homemade gambril for skinning coyotes hanging off the eaves of my garage. It's made out of some flat steel stock and a couple of dog choker chains, probably weighs 2-3 pounds or more. When I looked at it a few minutes ago it was fucking horizontal.
It's so windy that it's driving the rain under the crack of the doors.
And it's supposed to get worse around midnight.
All I know is he's laying in his corner growling at me whenever I move towards him.
Let me tell you how windy it is - I've got a homemade gambril for skinning coyotes hanging off the eaves of my garage. It's made out of some flat steel stock and a couple of dog choker chains, probably weighs 2-3 pounds or more. When I looked at it a few minutes ago it was fucking horizontal.
It's so windy that it's driving the rain under the crack of the doors.
And it's supposed to get worse around midnight.
For the little boy in me
http://www.cannonfuse.com/store/pc/home.asp
Because you never know when you might need a controlled burn........
Be sure to check out the "Links" tab at the top of their page.
Because you never know when you might need a controlled burn........
Be sure to check out the "Links" tab at the top of their page.
Australian SAS Trooper stabbed
Fucking hilarious......
PERTH - An SAS trooper collecting toys for children was stabbed when he helped stop a suspected shoplifter in east Perth.
The 'Toys-R-Us' Store Manager told 'The West Australian' that man was seen on surveillance cameras last Friday putting a laptop under his jacket at the store. When confronted, the man became irate, knocked down an employee, pulled a knife and ran toward the door.
Outside were four SAS Troopers collecting toys for the "Toys For Tots" program. Smith said the Troopers stopped the man, but he stabbed one of them, in the back. The cut did not appear to be severe.
The suspect was transported by ambulance to the Royal Perth Hospital with two broken arms, a broken leg, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions and assorted lacerations including a broken nose and jaw...
Injuries he apparently sustained when he tripped whilst trying to run from the Troopers.
-Skidmark
PERTH - An SAS trooper collecting toys for children was stabbed when he helped stop a suspected shoplifter in east Perth.
The 'Toys-R-Us' Store Manager told 'The West Australian' that man was seen on surveillance cameras last Friday putting a laptop under his jacket at the store. When confronted, the man became irate, knocked down an employee, pulled a knife and ran toward the door.
Outside were four SAS Troopers collecting toys for the "Toys For Tots" program. Smith said the Troopers stopped the man, but he stabbed one of them, in the back. The cut did not appear to be severe.
The suspect was transported by ambulance to the Royal Perth Hospital with two broken arms, a broken leg, possible broken ribs, multiple contusions and assorted lacerations including a broken nose and jaw...
Injuries he apparently sustained when he tripped whilst trying to run from the Troopers.
-Skidmark
I bet Libya is all freaked out
Wary of the cease-fire, Britain and France took the lead in plans to enforce a no-fly zone, sending British warplanes to the Mediterranean and announcing a crisis summit in Paris with the U.N. and Arab allies. In Washington, President Barack Obama ruled out the use of American ground troops but warned that the U.S., which has an array of naval and air forces in the region, would join in military action.
It's pretty fucking sad when France, the Queen of Surrender, takes the lead in this shit while the United States lays back and watches.
Obama, I cannot believe what you've done to our Nation.
You fucking Pussy....
We once sailed the oceans without fear, we were the guardians of the oppressed. We apologized to no motherfuckers and we damned sure bowed to no one.
You've changed that in 3 short years.
You're so godammned afraid of offending your muslim brothers that we as a nation have embraced our enemies of 9/11. YOU have kissed their fucking asses......
I cannot believe to this day that you actually bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia. Not only did you show submission to that muslim, but you also let the world know that you approved of the attack on our Nation.
You should be tried for treason.
*****
It's pretty fucking sad when France, the Queen of Surrender, takes the lead in this shit while the United States lays back and watches.
Obama, I cannot believe what you've done to our Nation.
You fucking Pussy....
We once sailed the oceans without fear, we were the guardians of the oppressed. We apologized to no motherfuckers and we damned sure bowed to no one.
You've changed that in 3 short years.
You're so godammned afraid of offending your muslim brothers that we as a nation have embraced our enemies of 9/11. YOU have kissed their fucking asses......
I cannot believe to this day that you actually bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia. Not only did you show submission to that muslim, but you also let the world know that you approved of the attack on our Nation.
You should be tried for treason.
Hank III
Fuck me with a Rebel Yell, I purely love Hank III. I don't know why I hadn't heard any of his shit before now, but it was my loss.
Damn, that boy can sing.....
Damn, that boy can sing.....
Friday, March 18, 2011
Gotta think about shit like this before I do it
Okay, so maybe mounting a target board the size of a mans' torso in the backyard wasn't such a great idea. I've already burned off a couple of rounds at it when letting CharlieGodammit out.
I can't help it, the motherfucker is just inside the shadows.
But the good news is that I hit the fucker both times at 50 feet........
I can't help it, the motherfucker is just inside the shadows.
But the good news is that I hit the fucker both times at 50 feet........
So? What's a couple of trillion bucks?
WASHINGTON – A new assessment of President Barack Obama's budget released Friday says the White House underestimates future budget deficits by more than $2 trillion over the upcoming decade.
The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that if Obama's February budget submission is enacted into law it would produce deficits totaling $9.5 trillion over 10 years — an average of almost $1 trillion a year.
Obama's budget saw deficits totaling $7.2 trillion over the same period.
The difference is chiefly because CBO has a less optimistic estimate of how much the government will collect in tax revenues, partly because the administration has rosier economic projections.
The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that if Obama's February budget submission is enacted into law it would produce deficits totaling $9.5 trillion over 10 years — an average of almost $1 trillion a year.
Obama's budget saw deficits totaling $7.2 trillion over the same period.
The difference is chiefly because CBO has a less optimistic estimate of how much the government will collect in tax revenues, partly because the administration has rosier economic projections.
Hey, you wanted the fucking job.......
I couldn't believe that The Obamessiah actually said this:
Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, “No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.”
That and the fact that the chinese population don't have those pesky things called rights so you can run rampant over them and when you're criticized to can have the ne'er-do-wells silenced for good.
I gotta tell you, I seriously wish you were the president of China, you fucking punk.
Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, “No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.”
That and the fact that the chinese population don't have those pesky things called rights so you can run rampant over them and when you're criticized to can have the ne'er-do-wells silenced for good.
I gotta tell you, I seriously wish you were the president of China, you fucking punk.
The Washington Nugget sold for $400,000
A gold nugget, weighing 100 troy ounces, sold at auction in Sacremento for $400,000 Wednesday night.
"We valued it at around $200,000," said Amy Baker, auction manager for Holabird-Kagin American. "There were 6 to 7 people bidding on it, most of them anonymously. It went to an anonymous (phone) bidder."
Baker said the auction house may be able to release more information on the winning bidder Thursday.
Security is important when you're dealing with a large hunk of precious metal.
"The new owner, I'm not sure when it will exactly be delivered to him," Baker said. "That's confidential."
On Wednesday, gold closed at $1,396.10 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, making the nearly 7-pound nugget worth about $140,000, if it were melted down.
But since the nugget, found last year in Nevada County, California, is believed to be the largest one left from the state's gold rush, it has special value. An estimated 500,000 people traveled to California between 1848 and 1864 in search of instant wealth.
"It's the last one we know left in existence," Baker said. "There have been larger ones over the years, but they have been melted down."
The nugget will be on display this weekend at the Sacramento Convention Center, she said.
The California Natural Resources Agency says the largest nugget ever mined in the state was found in 1854 and weighed 195 pounds.
Renegade Squirrel
A Vermont neighborhood is being stalked by a renegade gray squirrel.
Several people in Bennington say they've been attacked by a squirrel over the last few weeks.
Kevin McDonald tells the Bennington Banner he was shoveling snow when the squirrel jumped onto him. He says he threw the animal off, but it twice jumped back onto him. A game warden says there have been other reports, too.
One woman is being treated for exposure to rabies, but Vermont Public Health Veterinarian Robert Johnson says there's never been a case of a squirrel passing rabies to a human.
Johnson says it's possible the squirrel was raised as a pet and lost its fear of humans. He says the squirrel might "go ballistic" when it encounters people it doesn't recognize.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/16/national/a075857D75.DTL
Several people in Bennington say they've been attacked by a squirrel over the last few weeks.
Kevin McDonald tells the Bennington Banner he was shoveling snow when the squirrel jumped onto him. He says he threw the animal off, but it twice jumped back onto him. A game warden says there have been other reports, too.
One woman is being treated for exposure to rabies, but Vermont Public Health Veterinarian Robert Johnson says there's never been a case of a squirrel passing rabies to a human.
Johnson says it's possible the squirrel was raised as a pet and lost its fear of humans. He says the squirrel might "go ballistic" when it encounters people it doesn't recognize.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/16/national/a075857D75.DTL
Ferlin Husky, dead at age 85
My first reaction when I saw this was "Oh, my God".
I cannot believe Ferlin Husky died. I mean, I can't recall much of what he sang, I don't believe I own a single one of his recordings. But still.......
Think of when Western Music and Western Swing and the Bakersfield Okie sound blended into Country Music - and I'm not talking about the rock with a southern accent bullshit on the FM radio nowadays - and you think of folks like Kitty and Patsy and Gentleman Jim and Ferlin and Hank Sr. and Loretta and The Maddox Brothers & Rose and Merle and Buck and......
And now that takes me back maybe 45 years and a couple of lifetimes ago, back when I was a little fucker.
Me and Pops would be coming back from the Cascades when he was stationed at Fort Lewis in between trips to Viet Nam. He used to kidnap me for the weekend, wake me up early in the morning, drive me up to a freezing mountain stream and stick me in it, all the while talking about how much fun we were having not catching fish.
Fuuuuuck you.
I hated that shit so much that I still do it to this day. And I still don't catch fish but godammit I'm having fun, enjoying nature, getting away from the house, etc, etc.
But other than maybe one or two outstanding memories (concerning near drownings) I don't remember a whole lot about the actual fishing.
What I remember are the trips back home.
I can remember being sprawled out across the front seat of the pickup - they didn't even have seat belts that year - with my head resting on Pops' leg, smelling beer and trout and stale Pall Malls, with dim dashlights, windy mountain roads, his hand rubbing the small of my back saying "That's Ferlin, Boy. Smooth voice, huh?" Then he'd talk so godammed much I couldn't hear the song, probably why I don't have any Ferlin tunes today.
I can actually remember Pops saying on a trip from the Cascades "That's Willie Nelson, new songwriter - wrote 'Hello Walls' and a couple of other songs. Can't sing worth a shit, though."
And Marty Robbins? He drove me insane playing that shit over and over and over - to this day if you play "El Paso" I will fucking head-punch you.
That's the shit I remember. That and having to clean the fish while he took 20 or 30 minutes (depending on many fish I had to clean) to unload the boat, the motherfucker.
That was a long-ass time ago.
The 2010 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee died at his home, hall spokeswoman Tina Wright said. He had a history of heart problems and related ailments.
With his resonant voice and good looks, Husky was one of the most versatile entertainers to emerge from country music. He was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor, and even a comedian whose impersonations ranged from Bing Crosby to Johnny Cash.
He was one of the first country musicians to bring the genre to television and helped spread its popularity in booming post-World War II California, an important step in country's quest for a national audience.
He said in a 2010 interview with The Associated Press that he was buoyed by his Hall of Fame induction because he worried he'd been forgotten as his health failed over the years.
"The main thing I'm proud of, this is for my family and for the many people who want to see me go in there before I die," he said. "It's a great honor."
Friends seemed more indignant about Husky's long wait than he did. Tracy Pitcox, president of Heart of Texas Records, remembers telling Husky he deserved to be in the hall of fame a few years before his induction.
"He said, 'It would be nice, but it isn't going to impress Jesus,'" Pitcox remembered Thursday. "I just thought, 'Wow, what a nice thing to say.'"
Husky was one of the first country artists to have his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and sold more than 20 million records, mostly in the '50s and early '60s, according to his web site. He won many of his awards long before such gala shows were televised and meant so much to careers.
He was born in 1925 near Flat River, Mo. After five years in the Merchant Marine during World War II, he began his singing career in honky tonks and nightclubs around St. Louis and later in the Bakersfield, Calif., area.
"I'd walk into a bar and if they didn't have any music there I'd ask the bartender if I could play. Then I'd pass the hat around," he told the Chicago Tribune in 1957.
He recalled netting 50 or 75 cents each time.
He recorded some songs early in his career under the name Terry Preston, and in some early records he spelled his last name Huskey.
He was signed to Capitol records in the early 1950s and had his first big success when he teamed with 2011 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Jean Shepard on "Dear John Letter," which ranked No. 4 on Billboard's list of top country songs of 1953.
Shepard said Thursday that was the start of a friendship that lasted nearly 60 years. She talked with Husky about a week ago before his health took a turn for the worse.
"We've got to go through the motions now," Shepard said Thursday. "I just dread that 'cause it seems like my heart's going to bust."
She described Husky as a fun-loving friend who was always quick with a joke or a prank. He also was one of the most talented artists she worked with in a long career that brought her in touch with all the legends.
"Ferlin was a great entertainer. He was a great entertainer," Shepard said. "I can't say nothing bad about him. If every man and woman who worked together in the music business or whatever had the relationship that me and Ferlin had, it would be a wonderful thing. It was a loving, loving friendship."
He was also the headline act for a tour that included a young Elvis Presley.
"He was so eager to learn how to entertain an audience, he'd watch everything I did," Husky said of Presley.
I cannot believe Ferlin Husky died. I mean, I can't recall much of what he sang, I don't believe I own a single one of his recordings. But still.......
Think of when Western Music and Western Swing and the Bakersfield Okie sound blended into Country Music - and I'm not talking about the rock with a southern accent bullshit on the FM radio nowadays - and you think of folks like Kitty and Patsy and Gentleman Jim and Ferlin and Hank Sr. and Loretta and The Maddox Brothers & Rose and Merle and Buck and......
And now that takes me back maybe 45 years and a couple of lifetimes ago, back when I was a little fucker.
Me and Pops would be coming back from the Cascades when he was stationed at Fort Lewis in between trips to Viet Nam. He used to kidnap me for the weekend, wake me up early in the morning, drive me up to a freezing mountain stream and stick me in it, all the while talking about how much fun we were having not catching fish.
Fuuuuuck you.
I hated that shit so much that I still do it to this day. And I still don't catch fish but godammit I'm having fun, enjoying nature, getting away from the house, etc, etc.
But other than maybe one or two outstanding memories (concerning near drownings) I don't remember a whole lot about the actual fishing.
What I remember are the trips back home.
I can remember being sprawled out across the front seat of the pickup - they didn't even have seat belts that year - with my head resting on Pops' leg, smelling beer and trout and stale Pall Malls, with dim dashlights, windy mountain roads, his hand rubbing the small of my back saying "That's Ferlin, Boy. Smooth voice, huh?" Then he'd talk so godammed much I couldn't hear the song, probably why I don't have any Ferlin tunes today.
I can actually remember Pops saying on a trip from the Cascades "That's Willie Nelson, new songwriter - wrote 'Hello Walls' and a couple of other songs. Can't sing worth a shit, though."
And Marty Robbins? He drove me insane playing that shit over and over and over - to this day if you play "El Paso" I will fucking head-punch you.
That's the shit I remember. That and having to clean the fish while he took 20 or 30 minutes (depending on many fish I had to clean) to unload the boat, the motherfucker.
That was a long-ass time ago.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ferlin Husky, a pioneering country music entertainer in the 1950s and early '60s known for hits like "Wings of a Dove" and "Gone," died Thursday. He was 85.The 2010 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee died at his home, hall spokeswoman Tina Wright said. He had a history of heart problems and related ailments.
With his resonant voice and good looks, Husky was one of the most versatile entertainers to emerge from country music. He was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor, and even a comedian whose impersonations ranged from Bing Crosby to Johnny Cash.
He was one of the first country musicians to bring the genre to television and helped spread its popularity in booming post-World War II California, an important step in country's quest for a national audience.
He said in a 2010 interview with The Associated Press that he was buoyed by his Hall of Fame induction because he worried he'd been forgotten as his health failed over the years.
"The main thing I'm proud of, this is for my family and for the many people who want to see me go in there before I die," he said. "It's a great honor."
Friends seemed more indignant about Husky's long wait than he did. Tracy Pitcox, president of Heart of Texas Records, remembers telling Husky he deserved to be in the hall of fame a few years before his induction.
"He said, 'It would be nice, but it isn't going to impress Jesus,'" Pitcox remembered Thursday. "I just thought, 'Wow, what a nice thing to say.'"
Husky was one of the first country artists to have his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and sold more than 20 million records, mostly in the '50s and early '60s, according to his web site. He won many of his awards long before such gala shows were televised and meant so much to careers.
He was born in 1925 near Flat River, Mo. After five years in the Merchant Marine during World War II, he began his singing career in honky tonks and nightclubs around St. Louis and later in the Bakersfield, Calif., area.
"I'd walk into a bar and if they didn't have any music there I'd ask the bartender if I could play. Then I'd pass the hat around," he told the Chicago Tribune in 1957.
He recalled netting 50 or 75 cents each time.
He recorded some songs early in his career under the name Terry Preston, and in some early records he spelled his last name Huskey.
He was signed to Capitol records in the early 1950s and had his first big success when he teamed with 2011 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Jean Shepard on "Dear John Letter," which ranked No. 4 on Billboard's list of top country songs of 1953.
Shepard said Thursday that was the start of a friendship that lasted nearly 60 years. She talked with Husky about a week ago before his health took a turn for the worse.
"We've got to go through the motions now," Shepard said Thursday. "I just dread that 'cause it seems like my heart's going to bust."
She described Husky as a fun-loving friend who was always quick with a joke or a prank. He also was one of the most talented artists she worked with in a long career that brought her in touch with all the legends.
"Ferlin was a great entertainer. He was a great entertainer," Shepard said. "I can't say nothing bad about him. If every man and woman who worked together in the music business or whatever had the relationship that me and Ferlin had, it would be a wonderful thing. It was a loving, loving friendship."
He was also the headline act for a tour that included a young Elvis Presley.
"He was so eager to learn how to entertain an audience, he'd watch everything I did," Husky said of Presley.
Another Ruby Ridge in the making
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska couple have been indicted on charges of conspiring to murder a federal judge, his family and an Internal Revenue Service employee because they were upset over tax rulings against them.
The indictment signed Thursday against Lonnie and Karen Vernon, of Salcha, also charges conspiracy to possess grenades and gun silencers.
Lonnie Vernon, 55, also is charged with illegal possession of a machine gun and a firearm equipped with a silencer.
Two other Alaskans - citizen militia leader Francis Schaeffer Cox, of Fairbanks, and Coleman Barney, of North Pole - are also charged with Lonnie Vernon in a separate federal indictment alleging the three conspired to possess unregistered grenades and silencers. In that indictment, Cox also is charged with possession of an illegal machine gun and silencer.
Sounds like the BATF needs to bring that murdering motherfuckerr Lon Horiuchi out of retirement to kill Karen and any children she may have with her.
But I'm sure he's been replaced by another eager killer.
Just sayin'........
The indictment signed Thursday against Lonnie and Karen Vernon, of Salcha, also charges conspiracy to possess grenades and gun silencers.
Lonnie Vernon, 55, also is charged with illegal possession of a machine gun and a firearm equipped with a silencer.
Two other Alaskans - citizen militia leader Francis Schaeffer Cox, of Fairbanks, and Coleman Barney, of North Pole - are also charged with Lonnie Vernon in a separate federal indictment alleging the three conspired to possess unregistered grenades and silencers. In that indictment, Cox also is charged with possession of an illegal machine gun and silencer.
*****
Sounds like the BATF needs to bring that murdering motherfuckerr Lon Horiuchi out of retirement to kill Karen and any children she may have with her.
But I'm sure he's been replaced by another eager killer.
Just sayin'........
I gotta quit drinking. So do my neighbors.
Okay, this is a trip.
I was walking back from the liquor store with CGD and saw a couple of my neighbors standing out in the street staring at the sky oohing and aahing. This is not real unusual for my neighborhood being Kalifornia, but Jimmy hollered at me to check this shit out, he needed a reliable (ME?????) witness.
Fuck me to tears, there was a blue light in the sky making some turns like I ain't never seen an airplane do with speed that I have never seen a helicopter do. Not only that but it had a green buddy that wasn't as bright that was hanging around doing the same shit.
It was in the west by southwestern sky, was bigger than a star and was making some serious maneuvers. The general consensus was that it was the motherfucking Japs until I pointed out that they had enough problems of their own at the moment. Luckily, nobody thought of Russia or Sweden or Massachusetts or some other socialist country of trying to infiltrate us or I'd still be out there agreeing with them.
But what really tripped me out was the fact the airplanes from Modesto airfield was taking off and heading towards them the whole time.
In all of my 51 years I have never seen anything like this.
I was walking back from the liquor store with CGD and saw a couple of my neighbors standing out in the street staring at the sky oohing and aahing. This is not real unusual for my neighborhood being Kalifornia, but Jimmy hollered at me to check this shit out, he needed a reliable (ME?????) witness.
Fuck me to tears, there was a blue light in the sky making some turns like I ain't never seen an airplane do with speed that I have never seen a helicopter do. Not only that but it had a green buddy that wasn't as bright that was hanging around doing the same shit.
It was in the west by southwestern sky, was bigger than a star and was making some serious maneuvers. The general consensus was that it was the motherfucking Japs until I pointed out that they had enough problems of their own at the moment. Luckily, nobody thought of Russia or Sweden or Massachusetts or some other socialist country of trying to infiltrate us or I'd still be out there agreeing with them.
But what really tripped me out was the fact the airplanes from Modesto airfield was taking off and heading towards them the whole time.
In all of my 51 years I have never seen anything like this.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Everything has to be a hassle.....
Work was real slow today and when my boss asked if I wanted to go home early, I jumped at the chance. There was something at the house I've been wanting to do for a while but needed a calm day.
Let me start from the beginning.
A few months ago a friends' son shot the family cat with a spring piston air gun thinking it was like a BB gun and would just piss the cat off. Killed that fucking cat dead, man. So Gary needed to get rid of either the air gun or the kid and he called me. I declined the kid but bought the gun for a song, replacing the cheap piece of shit that I had bought just before that.
But what I didn't think about is that California being Kalifornia, it's illegal to shoot any kind of a firearm in city limits. And I gotta tell you, this fucking rifle is LOUD. It's every bit as loud as a 22 Short (remember them?) but not as sharp. And then you gotta think about that pellet slamming into the back fence at 1200 fps. So I haven't been able to shoot for any extended period of time without worrying about the cops showing up.
Okay.
Just off the kitchen facing my big motherfucking backyard is a breakfast nook. After I reassembled the table CGD destroyed when he had that cat on his back I got to looking around and thinking if I shove this table all the way forward, move this bench back, put my rifle vise and/or some sandbags on the table and then build a target holder 5 feet off the ground about 50 feet out....... Fuck, I can shoot in the comfort of my own home, the noise will be contained inside the house, Hank III will be on the stereo and beer is only 12 feet away.
It was fucking perfect. I set everything up, shot my first set of 3, remembered the screen, took it off then fired another group of 3.
That shit was all over the target. I had a 5" spread at 50 feet. In my defense, the sights that came with the gun were still on it along with a Tasco Red Dot gunsight. My sight picture was way too busy with all that shit going on in it, so I pulled the Tasco off because it was rated at 5 MOA @ 100 yards and tried the stock sights. No better - it has fiber-optic sights that are so big I can cover a 6" paper plate with them at 50 feet.
So, now I have a few choices. I can scope the fucker with a decent scope when I can afford that. Or I can stick with iron sights and use luck when popping jays and magpies or I can take the iron sights off and remount the Tasco. I want to scope it but it may be a couple of months before I can come up with the hundred bucks to do that. So it looks like it's all about the Red Dot for now. The only problem with that is that while the rear sights come off with a screwdriver, the front sight is banded on.
Now I'm wondering if the front sight band is a press fit and can I cut it off fairly easily or is it sweated on and it's going to be a bigger hassle than it's worth? I'm also thinking about just cutting an inch off the barrel along with the sight with my cut-off saw - the barrel isn't crowned, so I don't think it's gonna make any difference as long as I grind off any burrs.
But...... I do have a firing range inside my house, I got beer in the icebox and everything else is light shit.
Eat your hearts out, fuckers.
Let me start from the beginning.
A few months ago a friends' son shot the family cat with a spring piston air gun thinking it was like a BB gun and would just piss the cat off. Killed that fucking cat dead, man. So Gary needed to get rid of either the air gun or the kid and he called me. I declined the kid but bought the gun for a song, replacing the cheap piece of shit that I had bought just before that.
But what I didn't think about is that California being Kalifornia, it's illegal to shoot any kind of a firearm in city limits. And I gotta tell you, this fucking rifle is LOUD. It's every bit as loud as a 22 Short (remember them?) but not as sharp. And then you gotta think about that pellet slamming into the back fence at 1200 fps. So I haven't been able to shoot for any extended period of time without worrying about the cops showing up.
Okay.
Just off the kitchen facing my big motherfucking backyard is a breakfast nook. After I reassembled the table CGD destroyed when he had that cat on his back I got to looking around and thinking if I shove this table all the way forward, move this bench back, put my rifle vise and/or some sandbags on the table and then build a target holder 5 feet off the ground about 50 feet out....... Fuck, I can shoot in the comfort of my own home, the noise will be contained inside the house, Hank III will be on the stereo and beer is only 12 feet away.
It was fucking perfect. I set everything up, shot my first set of 3, remembered the screen, took it off then fired another group of 3.
That shit was all over the target. I had a 5" spread at 50 feet. In my defense, the sights that came with the gun were still on it along with a Tasco Red Dot gunsight. My sight picture was way too busy with all that shit going on in it, so I pulled the Tasco off because it was rated at 5 MOA @ 100 yards and tried the stock sights. No better - it has fiber-optic sights that are so big I can cover a 6" paper plate with them at 50 feet.
So, now I have a few choices. I can scope the fucker with a decent scope when I can afford that. Or I can stick with iron sights and use luck when popping jays and magpies or I can take the iron sights off and remount the Tasco. I want to scope it but it may be a couple of months before I can come up with the hundred bucks to do that. So it looks like it's all about the Red Dot for now. The only problem with that is that while the rear sights come off with a screwdriver, the front sight is banded on.
Now I'm wondering if the front sight band is a press fit and can I cut it off fairly easily or is it sweated on and it's going to be a bigger hassle than it's worth? I'm also thinking about just cutting an inch off the barrel along with the sight with my cut-off saw - the barrel isn't crowned, so I don't think it's gonna make any difference as long as I grind off any burrs.
But...... I do have a firing range inside my house, I got beer in the icebox and everything else is light shit.
Eat your hearts out, fuckers.
I can take a hint
I'm sitting at my shooting bench in the breakfast nook and I see CharlieGodammit run out to the yard and start running tight circles for no apparent reason.
What in the fuck is he doing, I wonder as I crack open a beer and watch.
After a dozen turnabouts, he squats right in the middle of the grass he flattened, takes a dump and then does his ground scratching shit before heading back into the house.
Ahhhh. He doesn't like his asshole tickled. Time to cut the grass...........
What in the fuck is he doing, I wonder as I crack open a beer and watch.
After a dozen turnabouts, he squats right in the middle of the grass he flattened, takes a dump and then does his ground scratching shit before heading back into the house.
Ahhhh. He doesn't like his asshole tickled. Time to cut the grass...........
I'm thinking he's had enough
YouTube has already pulled this video so if you want to post it you better get it here from this player.
If you can't view it on this blog, here's the link that Craig sent in:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/MercWithMouth/videos/27/
Thanks to Craig for sending this in.
If you can't view it on this blog, here's the link that Craig sent in:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/MercWithMouth/videos/27/
Thanks to Craig for sending this in.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
I was on a roll tonight
Today was Idiot Day at the Savemart. I know this because I was there while they were having the run-offs.
Idiot #1 was trying to tell a butcher that he wanted beef bacon. Beef bacon....... I wasn't going near that one. I didn't need an assault charge. Besides, he was in one of them electric scooters.
Idiot #2 was in the deli line and talking on his phone when I rounded the corner. The first thing I noticed was his apparel - Spiderman Tshirt, hat on backwards, cargo shorts to show off the tattoo (Oooh, he must be tough, he has a tattoo) on his leg and little bootie socks that babes wear. When I got close I could hear his conversation - "You better tell your brother to back off, Susan, before I go talk with him."
I started laughing.
He glares at me and yells "YOU! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM?"
Me? ME??? Who in the fuck are you to be talking to me like that?
So I turned around and said "Yeah. You're a pussy. What are you gonna do about that? Call my fucking sister and whine? Be a man and go kick her brothers' ass."
Everybody within earshot cracked up and Tough Guy went somewhere else for his tofu sandwich.
And finally, Idiot #3. I'm in line and there's 2 women (I think) and a guy (again, I think) ahead of me. Between the 3 of them there are 8 different shades of hair color, approximately 27 piercings and maybe one job.
So I'm in line behind them listening to Mr. Cool talk shit to his 2 women (I think) and thanking God I don't have to wake up next to something like that.
They pay for their shit and stop by the door for lotto tickets, so by the time I get my business done I'm dead off on their heels. As I'm walking behind them towards my truck, the guy (I think) sees my Lanes' Predator Control sign on my tailgate, reads it aloud and suggests to his lady (I think) friends, "Hey, lets call this guy and fuck with him! We can do this all night long."
I tapped him on the shoulder and said "I got a better idea. I'm right here, motherfucker. Why don't you fuck with me face to face?"
The expression on his face was priceless......
Idiot #1 was trying to tell a butcher that he wanted beef bacon. Beef bacon....... I wasn't going near that one. I didn't need an assault charge. Besides, he was in one of them electric scooters.
Idiot #2 was in the deli line and talking on his phone when I rounded the corner. The first thing I noticed was his apparel - Spiderman Tshirt, hat on backwards, cargo shorts to show off the tattoo (Oooh, he must be tough, he has a tattoo) on his leg and little bootie socks that babes wear. When I got close I could hear his conversation - "You better tell your brother to back off, Susan, before I go talk with him."
I started laughing.
He glares at me and yells "YOU! DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM?"
Me? ME??? Who in the fuck are you to be talking to me like that?
So I turned around and said "Yeah. You're a pussy. What are you gonna do about that? Call my fucking sister and whine? Be a man and go kick her brothers' ass."
Everybody within earshot cracked up and Tough Guy went somewhere else for his tofu sandwich.
And finally, Idiot #3. I'm in line and there's 2 women (I think) and a guy (again, I think) ahead of me. Between the 3 of them there are 8 different shades of hair color, approximately 27 piercings and maybe one job.
So I'm in line behind them listening to Mr. Cool talk shit to his 2 women (I think) and thanking God I don't have to wake up next to something like that.
They pay for their shit and stop by the door for lotto tickets, so by the time I get my business done I'm dead off on their heels. As I'm walking behind them towards my truck, the guy (I think) sees my Lanes' Predator Control sign on my tailgate, reads it aloud and suggests to his lady (I think) friends, "Hey, lets call this guy and fuck with him! We can do this all night long."
I tapped him on the shoulder and said "I got a better idea. I'm right here, motherfucker. Why don't you fuck with me face to face?"
The expression on his face was priceless......
Straight Up White Trash, God bless 'em
The only thing missing is a mullet and I'm betting the photographer has one.
For "It's just my opinion, I could be wrong"
I came in from work tonight and went to my comments and found this little gem in there from "It's just my opinion, I could be wrong".
Are you the Knuckledraggin ass-hoe that wrote the following on another blog anot the earthquake in Japan? This is Just a warning for you Godless America hating Leftards....more is coming....you will be crying out to God to saVE your sorry asses!! And they had no business shoving that Obamacare health bill down our throats! Actually, they should tell everyone in the city of Berkeley that they have free dope down at the pier. It sounds as if you are, and if it was you, then I think you are even a bigger Knuckledraggin Ass-Hole than I originally thought.
Then a few minutes later, he sent this one off.
Yeah you pissed me off with your stupid comment about saying this on another blog. You Knuckledraggin ass-hole!! "This is Just a warning for you Godless America hating Leftards....more is coming....you will be crying out to God to save your sorry asses!!"
Well, I hate to disappoint you, but it wasn't me. That sounds like something you'd hear from Westboro Baptist Church and that ain't my style. And I honestly don't think I've ever used the word "Leftards" in my entire life.
One other thing, dumbass. Anytime I post a comment on another blog I do it under my google account so the name Wirecutter pops up.
And I could really give a flying fuck if I pissed you off. Seriously, you sound like a fucking idiot anyways.
Now Sweetpea, go have another beer and calm the fuck down.
Are you the Knuckledraggin ass-hoe that wrote the following on another blog anot the earthquake in Japan? This is Just a warning for you Godless America hating Leftards....more is coming....you will be crying out to God to saVE your sorry asses!! And they had no business shoving that Obamacare health bill down our throats! Actually, they should tell everyone in the city of Berkeley that they have free dope down at the pier. It sounds as if you are, and if it was you, then I think you are even a bigger Knuckledraggin Ass-Hole than I originally thought.
Then a few minutes later, he sent this one off.
Yeah you pissed me off with your stupid comment about saying this on another blog. You Knuckledraggin ass-hole!! "This is Just a warning for you Godless America hating Leftards....more is coming....you will be crying out to God to save your sorry asses!!"
Well, I hate to disappoint you, but it wasn't me. That sounds like something you'd hear from Westboro Baptist Church and that ain't my style. And I honestly don't think I've ever used the word "Leftards" in my entire life.
One other thing, dumbass. Anytime I post a comment on another blog I do it under my google account so the name Wirecutter pops up.
And I could really give a flying fuck if I pissed you off. Seriously, you sound like a fucking idiot anyways.
Now Sweetpea, go have another beer and calm the fuck down.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
God Bless Texas
A hooded robber burst into a Texas bank and forced the tellers to load a sack full of cash. On his way out the door, a brave Texas customer grabbed the hood and pulled it off revealing the robber's face.
The robber shot the customer without a moment's hesitation. He then looked around the bank and noticed one of the tellers looking straight at him. The robber instantly shot him also.
Everyone else, by now very scared, looked intently down at the floor in silence. The robber yelled, “Well, did anyone else see my face?”
There were a few moments of utter silence in which everyone was plainly afraid to speak.
Then, one old cowboy tentatively raised his hand, and while keeping his head down said, "My wife got a pretty good look at you......."
-Orbitup
The robber shot the customer without a moment's hesitation. He then looked around the bank and noticed one of the tellers looking straight at him. The robber instantly shot him also.
Everyone else, by now very scared, looked intently down at the floor in silence. The robber yelled, “Well, did anyone else see my face?”
There were a few moments of utter silence in which everyone was plainly afraid to speak.
Then, one old cowboy tentatively raised his hand, and while keeping his head down said, "My wife got a pretty good look at you......."
-Orbitup
It's true, I'm an outlaw.
I came out from work tonight and there was a "ticket" on my windshield from the security service that my employer uses. It was for not parking in a designated parking space - in other words, I had my wheels 2 inches over the line and therefore was taking 2 spots even though nobody parked within 20 feet of me. Never mind that I got there an hour before dawn, the lights were out in the parking lot due to electrical work in the truck yard and those fucking lines were last painted in 1992 when they first paved the parking lot.
Looks like somebody's in training to become a meter maid.......
Looks like somebody's in training to become a meter maid.......
Your comments from my post yesterday.....
So I got quite a few comments on my Union Thug bullshit and while I could see some real emotion and a huge difference of opinion ranging from Fuck you to Fuck you too, I have to say that I was pleased to see that everybody was civil. It didn't surprise me, mind you, (we're not a bunch of fucking lefties here) but there wasn't a single comment I felt I had to delete.
Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it.
Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it.
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