tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59245442024-03-18T11:48:50.043-04:00The Shekel - Coins, Law, and CommentaryFocusing on numismatics, and commenting upon current legal and world events, not to mention asides into the world of scuba diving, flying, and fine firearms.Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comBlogger5419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-48191999291166109822024-03-18T11:48:00.002-04:002024-03-18T11:48:11.517-04:00Time For 3rd WinterAll that wind on Saturday was from a cold front blowing right on in. It has brought much lower temperatures and some snow with it.Yep, we have snow in the air and enough to accumulate on the ground both yesterday and today. Yes right now it is below freezing and snowing here right now. Not a lot, but enough to remind us it is still winter in Michigan even with the Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-47431941611723709022024-03-16T16:53:00.004-04:002024-03-17T05:30:54.119-04:00Saturday Flyday - Operation Archer RetrievalUnfortunately we're going to be waiting even longer for the Archer's autopilot to be done, as the avionics shop can't get to it right now for reasons, namely they are swamped and don;t have the techs available to get it done right now. Argh.So, the plan was to pick it up this morning at 9am at KADG and bring it back for now.So I got up early to meet with James and make it happen by flying the Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-430213760916393042024-03-13T09:17:00.007-04:002024-03-13T09:17:53.010-04:00Proud Parent MomentSo last night was Senior Honors Night at the high school.Leah will be graduating Summa Cum Laude and was awarded for doing so. She's also going to be honored for leading the Mock Trial Team and multiple other activities that she has done.Not bad for a kid that went through High School under Covid protocols and all the issues with learning and stupidities and anxieties that it entailed. Such Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-90148659012669067542024-03-11T10:15:00.004-04:002024-03-12T13:17:38.504-04:00The Kids Are More Than All Right - Indian American Students Association Show EditionSaturday night I went to see the International Academy's Indian Students Association's annual show.Leah was a part of the Senior Fusion dance act, proving that while you don't have to be Indian to be in the performance. A lot of her friends are Indian and wanted her in the performance so she took part and had a great time.There was a lot of talent on display. The show began with Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-16331688197057939962024-03-08T13:38:00.001-05:002024-03-08T13:38:05.752-05:00Hamtramck Goes Full Hamas The Detroit Free Press: 'Palestine Ave' street sign unveiled in Hamtramck to cheersExpect that the residents of Hamtramck will now blame Israel for the potholes on the newly named Palestine Ave.
Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-71586045018097519502024-03-07T13:34:00.000-05:002024-03-07T13:34:00.929-05:00Because Wage And Price Controls Are Such Great IdeasSo, of course, Biden is going to push for them, of course starting them out to first to be imposed on the wealthy.The Detroit News: Biden: Ban deductions for firms paying executives more than $1 millionThis would be on top of the already existing rule that bans the deduction for amounts over 1 Million. Or, maybe, Biden et al don't even know what the current law even is right now. Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-28889934787885581312024-03-06T16:24:00.007-05:002024-03-07T13:36:51.104-05:00Begun The Water Wars Have!High School Water Wars that is.Expect to see lots of Seniors running around in public with water guns trying to soak each other to survive and win a cash prize and bragging rights.The Water Wars have rules - while drive-bys are allowed, the driver may not handle a water gun while driving.Impressively, the rules prohibit using urine or acid as a substance in your water gun. That Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-61081282342233507052024-03-06T15:55:00.006-05:002024-03-07T12:28:00.832-05:00Confinement V - The Flight HomeWe said our goodbyes and headed to the airport form the con on Sunday.Mr. B had the plane fueled up, and was properly chagrined that the Lebanon Airport charged a parking fee in addition to the fuel, when most airports waive that fee if you buy fuel there.So we filed for a return trip to Pontiac, untied the plane, and did the run up.We then had to get the clearance by phone and once received we Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-26020234414138137312024-03-05T11:49:00.002-05:002024-03-05T11:56:23.396-05:00Confinement VThe Con was pretty neat. Since it was my first time at such a con I didn't quite know what to expect. Confinement is a smaller convention and seems to draw a crowd of friendly and welcoming sci-fi/fantasy fans, and they're some pretty smart and erudite people, too.There was a well-stocked hospitality room where there were plenty of snacks, beverages of all sorts, and lots of flowing conversation.Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-25814311604125325802024-03-04T15:53:00.001-05:002024-03-04T15:53:14.332-05:009-0 And Down Colorado GoesThe US Supreme Court just gave an important corrective ruling to Colorado and other Democrats and progressives trying to prevent Trump from appearing on their state ballots. Far from a partisan decision, this one was unanimous and Colorado's rather dubious barely legal arguments didn't get far at all.You can read the decision for yourself here - Trump v Anderson.In short, the States do not Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-51234859969835429082024-03-03T20:22:00.004-05:002024-03-05T15:55:22.298-05:00To Confinement VOn Friday, I rose early, did some work that has to happen at the beginning of every month, loaded my bags in the car, and headed top Pontiac Airport.Mr. B flew in from Indiana to pick me up and we were off to Confinement V.Organized by Michael Z. Williamson, it was my first sci fi/fantasy con. I had heard about it from him when I met him up here in Michgian and he said I ought to come check it Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-84255884125200931852024-02-29T14:27:00.002-05:002024-02-29T14:27:16.676-05:00Well, Team Blue Really Wants To Go ThereDemocrats in Blue states are gallivanting around removing Trump from the ballot in Illinois, Colorado, and elsewhere on the specious grounds that he committed insurrection when he has never been charged nor convicted of such. Thus is a rather dumb interpretation and application of the 14th Amendment for many reasons, and also shortsighted on the part of the Democrats in the Blue States involved Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-51580594916670991452024-02-28T09:49:00.004-05:002024-02-28T09:49:42.035-05:00Your Lack Of Commitment Is Not That DisturbingThe pro-Hamas campaign to vote uncommited in the Michigan primary yesterday to try and push the Biden Administration to become even more pro-Hamas didn't amount to all that much, per the New York Times:About 13 percent of Democratic voters cast ballots for “uncommitted” after activists suggested doing so to protest Biden’s policies. (By comparison, about 11 percent voted “uncommitted” when BarackAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-69115228992271107422024-02-27T18:14:00.005-05:002024-02-27T18:14:52.433-05:00Slow Primary TodayIn my precinct, when I arrived at 5:30 all of 115 people had voted all day in the presidential primary. It was no wait at all to get in and vote and with all of one choice to make on the ballot it didn't take long at all.Partially this is due to the Michigan Democrats moving up the Michigan presidential primary for the first time to today, leaving all the other primaries on August 6. Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-11240392873819715742024-02-26T15:58:00.003-05:002024-02-26T15:58:20.192-05:00On Civillian Casualties In Urban CombatQuite a number of ignorant people are complaining and falsely alleging Israel is inflicting "genocide" in Gaza based on the civilian casualties as a result of urban combat against Hamas. Urban combat unfortunately by its very nature leads to civilian casualties because that's where civilians are. Even under the best of circumstances, civilians often become collateral casualties of an urban Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-74709271715036469762024-02-25T12:42:00.006-05:002024-02-25T13:38:13.955-05:00Flying - Instrument Practice Made A Tad Bit Exciting The sun was out the sky was clear up to 25k and it was windy.A lot of wind. Indeed a lot of crosswind. 10-22 kt gusting at Pontiac and it was blowing from 180-200 degrees. Pretty much a direct crosswind for Runway 27L. I had James along as a safety pilot and we did the preflight and run up on the Piper Dakota, and I arranged for flight following to Flint to get my approaches in and Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-26700630496875358882024-02-24T18:07:00.004-05:002024-02-24T18:08:45.637-05:00Saturday Short Range TripWent to the range this morning, it was sunny but cool out at 31 degrees with a touch of wind. Decided to try out my new p365.It's the P365XL Spectre Comp in FDE. Got it on sale last month, and just got a Holosun 507K2 to mount on it (EPS Carry was not in stock unfortunately, as I would have liked to give that a go). So, I took it to the range to get it zeroed today.It was shooting Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-26523265619594398872024-02-22T19:31:00.001-05:002024-02-22T19:38:11.764-05:00Dem's Act Blue Funding Hamas SupportersMSN.com: Democrat Fundraising Juggernaut Processes Donations To Hamas-SympathizersMSN.com: Here’s How The Liberal Money Machine Is Fueling Pro-Hamas ActivismSo, Act Blue has been sending money to Hamas sympathizers including the DSA, Palestine Legal, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and others.The Dem's major online fund-raising tool is busy being used to fund terrorist Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-19082377293066813202024-02-21T11:28:00.006-05:002024-02-21T11:28:54.058-05:00First Charges Under Michigan's New Gun Storage Law Go To A Pre-Exisitng FelonPassed under the "If it saves just one life fallacy, Michigan's new gun storage law is there mainly to make law-abiding owners ownership of firearms more cumbersome. So far, after being publicized loudly and touted as a panacea, it's not doing much to deter bad actors: The Detroit News: Flint man whose toddler shot herself in face is first person charged under new Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-91578835527312239122024-02-20T16:35:00.003-05:002024-02-20T18:03:49.234-05:00Biden Administration Succumbs To Green PressureIt looks like the Biden admin really wants the pro-Hamas vote in Michigan and elsewhere in America for November.Reuters: US pushes for UN to support temporary Gaza ceasefire, oppose Rafah assaultThe United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security
Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas
war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally IsraelAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-31976450230958502752024-02-19T16:00:00.006-05:002024-02-19T16:00:54.490-05:00Green On Blue: Pressures Build In The Democrat's Shaky CoalitionArabs in Michigan are rather unhappy with Biden right now for not protecting Hamas.So much so, that progressive squad member Rashida Tlaib (D-Dearborn Gaza) is now calling on Arabs in Michigan to not vote for Biden in the primary but instead vote uncommitted to show they're not happy that Biden is not doing their bidding to protect Hamas.After all, Dearborn is indeed known as the jihad center of Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-91971130592683621252024-02-18T12:49:00.002-05:002024-02-19T10:35:31.059-05:00Archer Ferry Flight Accomplished!So this morning we decided to try and get the Archer to Adrian.Conditions were better than yesterday with Marginal VFR conditions and ceilings around 3,000 or so.So we preflighted the planes and decided to launch. This would be a flight of both the Archer and the Dakota.We arranged for flight following, as our course would take us through Ann Arbor airspace and rather close to Detroit's Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-27719040217929428842024-02-17T19:17:00.002-05:002024-02-17T19:17:29.654-05:00Not Flying But Did Some Driving And Approaches AnywaysSo today was the day we would finally fly the Archer and Dakota down to Adrian, leave the Archer to get the new autopilot installed and all fly back in the Dakota.Weather forecast last night was favorable and I would fly the Archer, E. in the Dakota, and he was bringing as buddy along as well. Should be simple, about a 55 nautical mile flight, and we would finally have the Archer getting Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-71662160014911377092024-02-13T08:21:00.002-05:002024-02-13T08:21:33.235-05:00He's Right, You KnowOver at the Volokh Conspiracy David Bernstein points out reality: When Hating Israel is Your Priority.Just as Israel rescued two hostages from Rafah, you have various leftists around the world including in the Biden administration pressuring Israel not to continue to attack Hamas.Now, if only these people claiming to be concerned for humanitarian reasons put as much effort into pressuring Hamas Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5924544.post-67773173043992636712024-02-12T12:23:00.006-05:002024-02-12T12:23:44.408-05:00Hamas HQ Found Under UNWRA Gaza HeadquartersHamas had a major bunker and tunnel complex right underneath the UNRWA headquarters in Gaza - even getting electricity for it form UNRWA.NPR: Israel says it discovered tunnels under U.N. agency's Gaza headquarters Of course UNRWA is claiming to be deaf, dumb and blind stating they haven't been at that the location since October 12. The massive complex had clearly been there for far longer than Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.com1