The Transgender Slogans on the Bullets...

9/13/25 Fox News:

"EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin lived with his transgender partner, senior-level FBI officials told Fox News Digital. 

"Bureau officials confirmed that Tyler Robinson, 22, was in a "romantic relationship" with the unnamed person, who is a male transitioning to a female, and that they shared an apartment in Saint George, Utah.

"Those FBI officials told Fox News Digital that Robinson's partner is fully cooperating with the FBI's investigation."

Ever Wonder Why the Bay Area is So Strongly Democrat?

4/8/25 Realtor.com:

"The West Coast technology center is now home to a staggering 82 billionaires, compared with the Big Apple's 66, according to the fourth annual "2025 World’s Wealthiest Cities Report," which was released by investment consulting firm Henley & Partners in collaboration with global data intelligence firm New World Wealth....

"Additionally, the Bay Area ranked No. 2 in the world for the number of resident millionaires, at 342,400. It also came in second place for the number of centimillionaire residents (those with net worths of $100 million or more) at 756, having enjoyed what researchers at Henley & Partners described as an "exceptional" millionaire growth of 98% over the past decade."

In Ccase you are wondering what life is like for a centimillionaire: $100 million invested in aggressive growth equity funds will let you draw about $10 million per year gross (about $6 million net taxes) with no loss until your grandchildren blow it all trying to corner the market in pork bellies.   (Or silver, if you have the misfortune to have children as dumb as H.L. Hunt.)  

Take no risks.  Invest the $100 million in municipal bonds of your state.   You should have no problem getting $4 million a year in interest income on which you owe no income taxes.

I find the envy that the left promotes really odious but if you have a $100 million invested, you can certainly afford to spend some of it alleviating hunger, providing drug rehab and mental illness care in your city or state.  You have not just enough but enough to do good as well.

Prototyping

 The cost of CFC is so high and the inability to undo on cuts is such that I am machining parts from Delrin first.  As an example, there is one piece on the slow motion controller that slides on to either the RA or DEC axis.  It needs a hole in the top where a 6-32 screw holds in place and .2" long slots on the sides to allow for some up and down adjustment to get a tight fit of worm gear to spur gear.  It needs two holes in the bottom to hold threaded inserts into which screws through the base plate will attach.  This results in the following Makefile entries.  I will only make two of these but I want them exact matches.

slowmotionverticalinterior.ngc: mkrectangle $(MAKEFILE)
    cat prolog.ngc >>slowmotionverticalinterior
    echo "(zero x on left side; zero y on side to user)" >>slowmotionverticalinterior.ngc
    ./mkrectangle .851,.225 1.994,1.32 0 -.01 -.5 3 3 .125 slowmotionverticalinterior.ngc -int -a
    echo "G1 Z2 F25" >>slowmotionverticalinterior.ngc
    echo "m2" >>slowmotionverticalinterior.ngc
    echo -n "%" >>slowmotionverticalinterior.ngc

slowmotionverticalside.ngc: mkslot $(MAKEFILE)
    cat prolog.ngc >slowmotionverticalside
    ./mkslot 1.3405 .1753 1.5405 .3248 0 -.01 -.3 3 3 .123 slowmotionverticalside.ngc -int -a
    echo "m2" >>slowmotionverticalside.ngc
    echo -n "%" >>slowmotionverticalside.ngc

slowmotionverticaltop.ngc: mkcirclepocket $(MAKEFILE)
# one centered hole ; may need fiddling diameter to get target size
    cat prolog.ngc >>slowmotionverticaltop.ngc
    echo "%\n(zero x from left end)" >>slowmotionverticaltop.ngc
    ./mkcirclepocket .183 .5 .25 0 -.01 -.3 3 3 .123 slowmotionverticaltop.ngc -a
    echo "m2" >>slowmotionverticaltop.ngc
    echo -n "%" >>slowmotionverticaltop.ngc

slowmotionverticalbottom.ngc: mkcirclepocket $(MAKEFILE)
# we need two holes for threading
    echo "(zero x from left end)" >slowmotionverticalbottom,ngc
    cat prolog.ngc >>slowmotionverticalbottom.ngc
    ./mkcirclepocket .183  .5157 .25   0 -.01 -.2 3 3 .122 slowmotionverticalbottom.ngc -a
    ./mkcirclepocket .183 1.0313 .25   0 -.01 -.2 3 3 .122 slowmotionverticalbottom.ngc -a
    echo "m2" >>slowmotionverticalbottom.ngc
    echo -n "%" >>slowmotionverticalbottom.ngc

Judicial Insubordination

9/11/25 Wall Street Journal article about lower court judges refusing to recognize that they are obligated to follow Supreme Court precedent.   As I have been working on Second Amendment cases, I have noticed states effectively asking judges to ignore or overturn the Supreme Court.  Hawaii Supreme Court was especially blunt about it, insisting Ohana principle matters more than the Bill of Rights. 

Anti-Immigrant Rally in London

9/13/25 Telegraph:

"More than 100,000 gather for rally in London

Police say that around 110,000 people have joined the the rally, while the protest’s organisers have claimed the number is closer to three million"

Your Refusal to Be Silent Slogan

Silence is Acquiescense to Violence 

Charlie Kirk: A Vigil at Capitol in Boise Tonight at 7:45

See you there.  No life should go unnoticed or uncelebrated.  That savages are celebrating his murder is all the more reason to remember him.

Last night's vigil turned violent.   9/11/25 KIVI:

"While Wilson was being arrested, officers say they discovered a firearm and marijuana in his possession. He is charged with disturbing the peace, carrying a concealed weapon while under the influence, and possession of marijuana, all misdemeanors. Wilson was taken to a local hospital for treatment before being booked into Ada County Jail.

"Wilson was previously arrested for vandalizing the Seated Lincoln statue in Julia Davis Park in 2021. According to BPD, Wilson placed paint, feces, and makeshift signs on the statue. The City of Boise Parks and Recreation crews were tasked with cleaning up the vandalism.

"At the time, Wilson was ordered to serve 32 hours of public service in lieu of jail time and pay the City of Boise $91.96 in restitution."

Not mentioned in this article was that Wilson was a BLM activist and BSU adjunct faculty.  I expect continued attempts at provoking a reaction, so go armed but aware that they will try to provoke an over-reaction.  "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words never cross the line into lawful deadly force."  If you cannot keep this under control, do not come armed.  Leave long guns at home.  If armed, concealed them.

My wife vetoed it.  She pointed out that last night was thrown together by our side and the progressive response was similarly ad hoc.  Tonight the progressives might be armed to cause mass deaths.  I would like to think Boise PD could handle this but not good to put too many conservatives in one uncontrolled space.