Huge fucking balls too.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Buying A Gun While Having An Active Arrest Warrant Will Be Legal In Some Instances Now
I'll be damned if I can wrap my head around someone wanting to buy a gun and jump through the background check process while they have an active arrest warrant out for them but apparently this is way more common than I would imagine possible.
So much more common that the Justice Department just issued a ruling that as long as someone has not fled the state the arrest warrant originated from for the purpose of avoiding arrest, they can legally buy a gun. Even more astounding is the fact that the BATF had been arguing in favor of this for some time!!
H/T to SurvivalBlog for the link.
So much more common that the Justice Department just issued a ruling that as long as someone has not fled the state the arrest warrant originated from for the purpose of avoiding arrest, they can legally buy a gun. Even more astounding is the fact that the BATF had been arguing in favor of this for some time!!
Justice Department Lowers Bar for Fugitives Who Try to Buy Guns
More people with outstanding arrest warrants will be able to legally buy guns under new rule.
Department of Justice officials have settled a long-simmering internal dispute over who qualifies as a “fugitive from justice” when it comes to gun possession — making it possible going forward for some people with outstanding arrest warrants to buy firearms legally.
According to an FBI memo obtained by The Trace, the DOJ has decided that people with open arrest warrants should only be disqualified from buying guns if they have left the state where the warrant was issued, and did so to avoid imminent prosecution or a summons to testify in a legal case.
In doing so, the Justice Department effectively sided with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the agency that is responsible for enforcing federal gun laws. The ATF had long argued that language in the Brady Act — the 1993 law that created the federal background check system — requiring federal agents to block gun sales to fugitives should be interpreted to mean people with arrest warrants who have fled across state lines. The FBI, which runs the background check system, had adopted a broader definition, blocking sales to anyone with an outstanding arrest warrant.
From November 1998 to February 2017, the FBI denied more than 175,000 sales because the would-be purchaser had an outstanding warrant— second only to the total barred by convictions for felonies or serious misdemeanors. According to an audit last year by the department’s Office of the Inspector General, the ATF disagreed with roughly a third of those rejections.
The new rule means that the FBI will block fewer sales to people with outstanding arrest warrants.
“It will be more difficult in the future to deny a fugitive,” said Darrel Stephens, executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, an organization of police executives representing the largest cities in the United States and Canada. “Someone will have to look at each case to determine if the fugitive meets the criteria. It is not clear who will do that.”
H/T to SurvivalBlog for the link.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
This Day Without Women Crap
What, we menfolk finally gonna get some peace and fucking quiet?
Theses broads are being played and don't know it.
I fail to see a downside here if they all want to go raise hell somewhere where I aint all day.
BTW, I know how to make my own fucking sandwiches, besides, there are always options.....
I was a bachelor for a long fucking time, I can damn well take care of myself.
Fortunately for me, my wife is pretty damn old fashioned when it comes to the relationships between the sexes.
She cracks my ass up sometimes when she yells at women on the television to get back in the fucking kitchen where ya belong.
She takes care of the house, pays the bills on time and all the other shit that women traditionally did and I go to work every day, take care of the vehicle maintenance, shit that breaks around the house and the grilling.
She even takes care of the garbage.
That's a keeper there boys.
Theses broads are being played and don't know it.
I fail to see a downside here if they all want to go raise hell somewhere where I aint all day.
BTW, I know how to make my own fucking sandwiches, besides, there are always options.....
I was a bachelor for a long fucking time, I can damn well take care of myself.
Fortunately for me, my wife is pretty damn old fashioned when it comes to the relationships between the sexes.
She cracks my ass up sometimes when she yells at women on the television to get back in the fucking kitchen where ya belong.
She takes care of the house, pays the bills on time and all the other shit that women traditionally did and I go to work every day, take care of the vehicle maintenance, shit that breaks around the house and the grilling.
She even takes care of the garbage.
That's a keeper there boys.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
WikiLeaks Outs Massive CIA Hacking Capabilities, All Your Electronics Are Belong To Them
When I say all your electronics, I am not joking.
They can hack your car, television, phone, gaming console, toaster and refrigerator. Not to mention your computers Operating System.
It doesn't matter what brand, model, color or flavor either.
They can also kill your ass dead with some of this technology and no one would be the wiser.
Better yet, they lost control of all of this and these capabilities are now running wild out in the world.
This is basically a nuclear bomb blast of a WikiLeaks revelation.
The entire scale of fuckery that has been going on is staggering and this is just the tip of the iceberg, thousands of stories are as yet uninvestigated and the rabbit hole is going to be wide and deep.
It is going to dominate the news and there will be calls for heads to roll because of it.
A whole bunch of Tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists are going to look like Nostradamus here very shortly.
While this WikiLeaks bombshell seems to be centered on the CIA's activities, do not think for one second that the NSA hasn't been up to exactly the same kinds of things.
These two security organizations are both waging war against the very citizens they are supposed to be working for, in the name of security.
I know I certainly feel safer knowing these out of control paranoid freaks are tapping everybody and everything 24/7 automatically and saving all this information.
Forever.
I couldn't possibly see the capability of abuse here.
They can hack your car, television, phone, gaming console, toaster and refrigerator. Not to mention your computers Operating System.
It doesn't matter what brand, model, color or flavor either.
They can also kill your ass dead with some of this technology and no one would be the wiser.
Better yet, they lost control of all of this and these capabilities are now running wild out in the world.
This is basically a nuclear bomb blast of a WikiLeaks revelation.
The entire scale of fuckery that has been going on is staggering and this is just the tip of the iceberg, thousands of stories are as yet uninvestigated and the rabbit hole is going to be wide and deep.
It is going to dominate the news and there will be calls for heads to roll because of it.
A whole bunch of Tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists are going to look like Nostradamus here very shortly.
While this WikiLeaks bombshell seems to be centered on the CIA's activities, do not think for one second that the NSA hasn't been up to exactly the same kinds of things.
These two security organizations are both waging war against the very citizens they are supposed to be working for, in the name of security.
I know I certainly feel safer knowing these out of control paranoid freaks are tapping everybody and everything 24/7 automatically and saving all this information.
Forever.
I couldn't possibly see the capability of abuse here.
So The House Republicans Unveiled Their Obamacare Replacement Bill
Whoop-Dee-Fucking-Do.
Let's just cut to the chase here kiddies, shall we?
This guarantees two things right up front.
1. You are still going to pay out the nose for health care.
2. The only people who are going to benefit from this are the insurance companies and the politicians they bought to make sure of it.
End of story.
All you can do is pray that you don't get sick every night before you go to bed.
Let's just cut to the chase here kiddies, shall we?
This guarantees two things right up front.
1. You are still going to pay out the nose for health care.
2. The only people who are going to benefit from this are the insurance companies and the politicians they bought to make sure of it.
End of story.
All you can do is pray that you don't get sick every night before you go to bed.
Monday, March 6, 2017
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Reason # 4,678,942 Why Automotive Design Engineers Should Be Beaten Until Their Tongues Turn Blue
Did the water pump on the Wifely Unit's 2004 Ford Focus yesterday.
It turned into the usual complete fucking fiasco.
Front wheel drive of course, those are always a pain in the ass but some are even worse than you can imagine.
It's like someone purposely designed them for maximum difficulty at every step of the way.
Here's your first clue that you are in for it, when you get the best angle you can and look down to the inside of the frame rail and see an indentation pressed into it right in front of your target to remove.
That absolutely guarantees that there are clearance issues and they put that there to give you a microscopic bit of help.
Just for fun and what I have run into hundreds of times when working on Ford products, depending on the build date, there is more than one option as to what water pump and serpentine belt they stuck on the front of this 2.0 liter Twin Overhead Cam engine.
Because, you know, it's all about the money and who had the cheapest parts that would fit.
This worked fine for the water pump, not so much for the belt.
I called up to get what is known as P&A before I even opened my tool box.
Price and Availability.
The local parts house then informed me of the build date difference but assured me that either way, they had the parts in stock.
So I ran up there and got the parts but had to guess on the belt. Of course all the numbers on it were long gone.
The difference on the belt was determined by the diameter of the clutch pulley on the A/C compressor, which is nigh unto impossible to determine accurately because the fucking thing sits right directly behind the frame rail.
This picture shows you just how much room there is to do all this happy shit with the motor mount removed already.
Go ahead and try to measure anything down there, I would love to see it done.
Here is a shot from underneath, the A/C compressor is not quite in this shot.
Basically, you have to stick a floor jack under the oil pan, take the motor mount off and then work from the top and the bottom to get to everything. The water pump actually comes out the bottom. Getting the pulley off the water pump is a major accomplishment in it's own right.
As I was fighting that , it appeared that I could just take the power steering pump loose and snake it right out the top.
This is where I discovered that the engineer who designed this particular piece of equipment was a sadistic fucking asshole.
Notice that this picture was taken from below after I discovered by braille that I couldn't get a socket on the bottom left bolt from up top.
That hard line tube is DIRECTLY in front of the bolt.
Only a real fucking cunt would purposely design such a ridiculous fucking thing.
You ain't getting to that fitting without pulling the radiator.
This is why I will go to my grave believing that every mother fucking design engineer on the planet should have to spend six weeks straight, eight hours a day, taking apart and reassembling every fucking thing they think is such a neat idea on paper to get a healthy dose of reality and a better appreciation of a long lost concept called Serviceability.
It took me 4 1/2 hours to get that water pump changed after three trips to the parts house and there are only four little bolts holding it in.
The belt I guessed on turned out to be too short after an hour of fighting to get it on and I had to take it back and get the other one.
All this was done in between down pours, out in the driveway.
I had a moving blanket that I threw down to lay on whilst I fought this little battle.
Basically they want you to drop the engine out the bottom to get to anything on this bitch because that's how they put the car together from the factory.
Once again I am vividly reminded why I quit working on cars for a living well over ten years ago.
My lower back is fucking fried again from having to bend over almost double to get to everything. The only saving grace I can point to is the thousands of dollars in tools I still haven't given away yet that saved my ass yesterday.
The belt had jumped off the water pump pulley and the tensioner is way in the back on the bottom towards the firewall and right in front of the frame rail. I had to replace the belt anyway but it is a real bitch to get any kind of tool on to grab it and swing it.
I have four different types of special belt tensioner tools and they are worth their weight in gold.
It turned into the usual complete fucking fiasco.
Front wheel drive of course, those are always a pain in the ass but some are even worse than you can imagine.
It's like someone purposely designed them for maximum difficulty at every step of the way.
Here's your first clue that you are in for it, when you get the best angle you can and look down to the inside of the frame rail and see an indentation pressed into it right in front of your target to remove.
That absolutely guarantees that there are clearance issues and they put that there to give you a microscopic bit of help.
Just for fun and what I have run into hundreds of times when working on Ford products, depending on the build date, there is more than one option as to what water pump and serpentine belt they stuck on the front of this 2.0 liter Twin Overhead Cam engine.
Because, you know, it's all about the money and who had the cheapest parts that would fit.
This worked fine for the water pump, not so much for the belt.
I called up to get what is known as P&A before I even opened my tool box.
Price and Availability.
The local parts house then informed me of the build date difference but assured me that either way, they had the parts in stock.
So I ran up there and got the parts but had to guess on the belt. Of course all the numbers on it were long gone.
The difference on the belt was determined by the diameter of the clutch pulley on the A/C compressor, which is nigh unto impossible to determine accurately because the fucking thing sits right directly behind the frame rail.
This picture shows you just how much room there is to do all this happy shit with the motor mount removed already.
Go ahead and try to measure anything down there, I would love to see it done.
Here is a shot from underneath, the A/C compressor is not quite in this shot.
Basically, you have to stick a floor jack under the oil pan, take the motor mount off and then work from the top and the bottom to get to everything. The water pump actually comes out the bottom. Getting the pulley off the water pump is a major accomplishment in it's own right.
As I was fighting that , it appeared that I could just take the power steering pump loose and snake it right out the top.
This is where I discovered that the engineer who designed this particular piece of equipment was a sadistic fucking asshole.
Notice that this picture was taken from below after I discovered by braille that I couldn't get a socket on the bottom left bolt from up top.
That hard line tube is DIRECTLY in front of the bolt.
Only a real fucking cunt would purposely design such a ridiculous fucking thing.
You ain't getting to that fitting without pulling the radiator.
This is why I will go to my grave believing that every mother fucking design engineer on the planet should have to spend six weeks straight, eight hours a day, taking apart and reassembling every fucking thing they think is such a neat idea on paper to get a healthy dose of reality and a better appreciation of a long lost concept called Serviceability.
It took me 4 1/2 hours to get that water pump changed after three trips to the parts house and there are only four little bolts holding it in.
The belt I guessed on turned out to be too short after an hour of fighting to get it on and I had to take it back and get the other one.
All this was done in between down pours, out in the driveway.
I had a moving blanket that I threw down to lay on whilst I fought this little battle.
Basically they want you to drop the engine out the bottom to get to anything on this bitch because that's how they put the car together from the factory.
Once again I am vividly reminded why I quit working on cars for a living well over ten years ago.
My lower back is fucking fried again from having to bend over almost double to get to everything. The only saving grace I can point to is the thousands of dollars in tools I still haven't given away yet that saved my ass yesterday.
The belt had jumped off the water pump pulley and the tensioner is way in the back on the bottom towards the firewall and right in front of the frame rail. I had to replace the belt anyway but it is a real bitch to get any kind of tool on to grab it and swing it.
I have four different types of special belt tensioner tools and they are worth their weight in gold.
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Cat Burgler
Cats can be persistent little assholes when they really want something.
I wonder how long it took this clever little fucker to figure this one out.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Time To Go
I have been dealing with the wife's broke down fucking car all morning and now it's time to go to That Place again.
As usual, the kid was driving the fucker when it shit the bed.
I got a text that it was broke down and wouldn't start last night after he ran into a burger joint.Something about a rattle, a squeal and a belt.
Nightmare visions of a twin cam engine with a broken timing belt flew through my mind.
Grilling the kid this morning directly led me to lean towards a water pump that let go and the serpentine belt jumping.
Sure as shit that's what it is.
The tow truck guy just dumped it off and parts are gonna be around $110.
Guess what else?
It's supposed to rain all weekend and the lease here forbids working on cars in the garage.
Lovely.
Have some boobs until I get back.
As usual, the kid was driving the fucker when it shit the bed.
I got a text that it was broke down and wouldn't start last night after he ran into a burger joint.Something about a rattle, a squeal and a belt.
Nightmare visions of a twin cam engine with a broken timing belt flew through my mind.
Grilling the kid this morning directly led me to lean towards a water pump that let go and the serpentine belt jumping.
Sure as shit that's what it is.
The tow truck guy just dumped it off and parts are gonna be around $110.
Guess what else?
It's supposed to rain all weekend and the lease here forbids working on cars in the garage.
Lovely.
Have some boobs until I get back.
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