Dallas Almost After Midnight

So what's it like, LSP, spending an evening in America's viral hotzone? Well I'll tell you. There weren't many people about for a Friday night in Bishop Arts. But there were some and one of them sneezed, loudly.

This caused Crystal, who waits tables and has a gold nose ring (real gold, mind you) to say, "Oh. Thanks for your Ebola!" The sneezer turned back to his Lone Star, appropriately chastened.

No Protocols Whatsoever

Also, the youngest of the LSP sisters raised an eyebrow when someone threw up onto the sidewalk from the front patio of the Oak Cliff Social Club. No protocols in place there, then.

Bolsa Was Empty

So we fell back to Bolsa, where it's safe, and found it empty. No one was driving south of the river from North Dallas, apparently, and maybe that's a good thing for the south. Self-quarantine.

But look here Dallas, and America. There's nothing to worry about because our President has told us that Ebola is "actually a difficult disease to catch," and that "we know how to fight this disease. We know the protocols."

Nothing To Worry About

I guess that's why a man from Liberia died in Dallas, three schools are shut down, two nurses are infected with the virus and God alone knows how many people have been exposed to this thing through sheer, mind-bending, deadly, incompetence.

On the positive side of the ledger, I was invited to a friend's ranch in West Texas for some long distance shooting and hunting. Off Mesas, thank you very much, and Lapua Magnum take the hindmost.

Cheers,

LSP

Ebola, Government Gets More Dumber and Stupider

Just when you thought that that things couldn't get any worse, President Obama has appointed an Ebola Czar, Ron Klain.

Limo Lib Apparatchik

Klain's main qualifications in leading the effort to contain this deadly disease are that... he doesn't have any.

Some people have said that "the wheels have come off the trolley" when it comes to America's response to the killer virus and that seems to be true, except in Dallas, where there weren't any in the first place.

Rumors that the Keystone Kops are in charge of this operation are entirely true.

Stay tuned for on-the-spot, real-time reporting from Dallas, America's viral hot zone, where local nurses say in private that they're "terrified of Ebola." 

Mosquitoes may or may not be Ebola vectors.

Be safe, 

LSP

Vomitflight. You're Kidding, Right?

What typically happens with Ebola is that you throw up a lot until you die. So when a man died on a flight from Nigeria to JFK, after vomiting his life out, well, people were worried.

But not the CDC. After a "cursory examination" they said there wasn't any danger of Ebola and everything was just fine. Apart from the poor guy who threw up to death in his seat. He wasn't fine, of course.

I guess the CDC is right, just like they were in Dallas. Nothing to worry about here. Except that there is.

Smart African Countries have quarantines in place, unlike the U.S., which says that they encourage the spread of disease.

Sure they do. In Opposite Land.

LSP

Get On The Dove!

The day started pretty early, before first light, when I teamed up with GWB for a Sausage McBiscuit and a cup of coffee. The idea being to get some scoff before shooting dove. 

Home of the Sausage McBiscuit

I say "scoff", but English readers might be confused. The Sausage McBiscuit has nothing whatsoever in common with anything you would think of as a sausage, or a biscuit. It's more of a scone type of thing with a thin patty of spicy(ish) meat in the middle, that may or may not have some resemblance to sausage meat. American readers might be confused too. The Sausage McBiscuit has about as much resemblance to the real thing as the $1 McCheeseburger has to a real cheeseburger. But hey, I like both, even if they are entirely different "food" items.

Where's the Bloody Birds?

That aside, we set up in the traditional treeline and waited for the birds to fly. Sure enough, a couple flew in and GWB brought them down. Nice work. Then, as he was retrieving the birds, a cloud of the avian acrobats appeared out of nowhere and I blazed away, like a Flak Tower.

There weren't many fly-ins after that, so I went for a walk-about, saw a couple of bunnies, which I didn't shoot, and some dove, which I missed.

Shadow LSP

I consoled myself with taking the odd "shadow selfie" and generally being pleased that I'm not living in the Dallas "hot zone."

Just a few more days of dove season left, must get some more birds.

Cheers,

LSP

This Gets Better And Better

Why is "Clipboard Man" not wearing protective gear as he supervises the team taking Amber Vinson onto the plane?

Because it's safer that way, obviously. Here's what Phoenix Air had to say: (via ZeroHedge)

"Our medical professionals in the biohazard suits have limited vision and mobility and it is the protocol supervisor’s job to watch each person carefully and give them verbal directions to insure no close contact protocols are violated.

"There is absolutely no problem with this and in fact insures an even higher level of safety for all involved."

So the less protection you have the more protected you are? Good thinking, guys.

Filled with confidence in our preparedness to deal with this disease? Neither am I.

LSP

Dallas to Declare State of Disaster

Via ZeroHedge. 

Amber Vinson, who treated Ebola victim Eric Duncan, called the CDC several times and was given the "green light" to fly from Cleveland to Dallas. Apparently her 99.5 degree fever wasn't a symptom of the deadly disease, except that it was.

Remember, they have this disease totally under control. Good thing it's not very contagious and isn't "airborne," except that it might be. That's why we aren't restricting air travel to infected countries. 

The phrase "gang of killer clowns" springs to mind.

See LL's post for reflection on the theme.

Hope you've invested in respirators.

LSP

Houston, We Have A Problem

And the problem is Annise Parker, Houston's aggressively lesbian Mayor. 

Parker has subpoenaed five Pastors, demanding they turn over all sermons and pastoral communications mentioning homosexuality. If they refuse, the Houston Five will be held in contempt of court.

The Pink Steamroller

Whatever happened to freedom of religion and the First Amendment? Parker and the pink steamroller don't care about that.

Overlord

Those who do, need to step up to the plate and remind the Houston Lesbyterians that they're "public servants, not 'Big Brother Overlords.'"

Demented NWO Stooge

If Parker wins, be sure that other cities will be sure to follow Houston's lead.

Don't let that happen.

LSP

Three Cal Pistol Shootout

Tuesday evening seemed like a good time to get some well-needed pistol shooting in. So that's what happened, the contenders being a Smith & Wesson .38 Special snubby, GWB's Sig 2022 and a Beretta PX4 Storm.

Well Done, Sig

The Sig shot the best group of the day, with GWB sending three 9mm rounds neatly into the X Ring.

Shoot the Snubby, LSP

I was pleased with the little .38 too, which consistently put bullets somewhere near the center of the target... But don't be fooled, this diminutive old-school revolver can shoot much better than that, I just need practice.

Winner

There was nothing wrong with the Beretta either and as always, fun to blast away with the explosive power of a .45.

Finished off with some rimfire plinking. And what's wrong with that? Nothing at all. Except in England, where it's banned.

Keep squeezing the trigger,

LSP

Just Get Out And Shoot

Sunday afternoon being as good a time as any, I loaded some guns in the truck and went for a shoot. Part of that meant taking down White Flyers which were placed at various ranges in these cunning brackets that stick into the ground on a spike.

It was neat shooting the clays down with a Ruger American .17 HMR and I told myself that the targets simulated small game, like rabbits. These notoriously glow bright orange. My ancient enemy, the green silhouette, took a beating too, with a CMMG AR15. Lots of fun to shoot and I worked on breathing, which affects accuracy.

Some Ancient Old Guy With A Gun

Sometimes I'm tempted to hold my breath when I squeeze the trigger. Don't do that. Here's an excerpt from Art of the Rifle on how to breathe:

"Say you’re in the prone position. You’ve slung up, gotten your position just right, found your NPA and you’re ready to fire. Inhale. You’re reticle should drop. Now relax and let your breath escape naturally until it stops on its own. The reticle should rise. If your NPA is truly on, your reticle should rise and stop exactly on your target. You should now break the shot within 3-5 seconds. If you go longer than that, take another breath and start over. If you wait too long, you’re likely to have trouble focusing your vision, you’ll feel panicky and rushed, and your trigger finger may not perform its duty as well as you’d like.

"Now you know the proper method of breathing for optimum accuracy. What if you are in more of a hurry and the demand for accuracy is less pressing? Then just do what you need to do that will work to get the job done in the time allotted. This is rifle shooting, not dogma. One method may not apply to all situations. Just use your head."

Just use your head. I like that, good advice.

Shoot straight,

LSP

Creepy Episcopal Bishops Terrorize Town

A California town has been terrorized by a sinister crew of creepy clowns, masquerading as "bishops."

Sinister

The "bishops" have posted pictures of themselves on the social media site, Instagram, prompting fears of an epidemic of Episcopalian clowns overrunning Bakersfield.

Evil

Some have speculated that the creepy clowns are the Right Reverends Bruno, Andrus and the "scary old dyke," Mary Glasspool.

Creepy

Said one Episcopal Church expert, "What a gang of evil-looking, goof-off clowns. They're probably just bishops, messing around, scaring people."

Glasspool & Bruno

Scared? You should be.

LSP

Archimandrite Rips Welby

Russian Archmandrite, Nectarius, of St. Petersburg, has ripped into Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, accusing Anglicanism's top pontiff of being influenced by demons.

"The soul of one who has fallen away from God," stated Nactarius, "is not in contact with the miracles of grace, but is subject to the invasion of false and demonic signs. This unfortunate man, the head of the church of England, has not been found worthy to witness a single miracle in his life."

The outspoken Archimandrite went on to blast Welby for his lack of belief, "For our part, we wonder why the former oil executive, Justin Welby, has not the honesty to give up his large salary and prestigious home and hand over his office to someone who actually believes in and knows Jesus Christ, the Son of God."

Fit To Fight?

Nectarius' rip followed Welby's interview with the left-leaning U.K. newspaper, the Independent, in which the Archbishop admitted he didn't believe in God when he was jogging.

"The other day I was praying over something as I was running and I ended up saying to God, Look this is all very well but isn’t it about time you did something – if you’re there," said the former "oil shark" and Old Etonian.

Out, Demons, Out!

Rumors that boxes of old socks are being sent to Lambeth Palace in an attempt to add General Patton to the Anglican Calendar are entirely true.

God bless.

LSP

Fall of Saigon 2.0

The Jihad savages known as IS, the Islamic State, or ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or etc. is on the outskirts of Baghdad with some 10,000 fighters. One big push and they're in. The U.S. Embassy has 200 troops by contrast. I guess all the rest are fighting a virus.

Some see a replay of Saigon. Remember that? I do, just. But there's a difference between that fiasco and the one that's right near and present on our doorstep:

“Our humiliation in Iraq, unless things change drastically, will be even deeper, because our president now is feckless,” writes Thomas Lifson. “One big difference: The Vietnamese Communist Party had no interest in exporting its fight with us to our homeland.”

If I was CIC I'd be apologizing to all the soldiers who died for, apparently, nothing at all in Iraq. And their families.

And that's the least of it. What a thought. That a band of Dark Age barbarian beheaders would humiliate, defeat and emasculate the United States.

Well done, hope and change Hive Mind.

Let's hope everyone gets out of the Green Zone before a Youtube "movie" kills them.

But maybe none of this will happen.

LSP