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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
The salacious Middle Ages
[Aeon]. In the popular imagination, the history of sex is a straightforward one. For centuries, the people of the Christian West lived in a state of sexual repression, straitjacketed by an overwhelming fear of sin, combined with a complete lack of knowledge about their own bodies. Those who fell short of the high moral standards that church, state and society demanded of them faced ostracism and punishment. Then in the mid-20th century things changed forever when, in Philip Larkin’s oft-quoted words, ‘Sexual intercourse began in 1963 … between the end of the Chatterley ban and the Beatles’ first LP.’

In reality, the history of human sexuality is far more interesting and wild. Many prevailing presumptions about the sex lives of our medieval ancestors are rooted in the erroneous belief that they lived in an unsophisticated age of religious fanaticism and medical ignorance. While Christian ideals indeed influenced medieval attitudes to sex, they were rather more complex than contemporary prejudices suggest. Christian beliefs interacted with medieval medical theories to help shape some surprising and sophisticated ideas about sex, and a wide variety of different sexual practices, long before the sexual revolution.

The case of the French cleric Arnaud de Verniolle illustrates the sophistication of medieval sexuality. One day in the early 14th century, when Arnaud was a student, he had sex with a prostitute. Several years later, he confessed this lapse to the Inquisition, explaining that:

At the time they were burning the lepers, I was living in Toulouse; one day I did it with a prostitute. And after I had perpetrated this sin my face began to swell. I was terrified and thought I had caught leprosy; I thereupon swore that in future I would never sleep with a woman again.

Arnaud’s tale is not unusual. Many medieval men found themselves with undesirable symptoms after a brothel visit, and attributed their plight to their sexual behaviour. Among the various medical miracles attributed to St Thomas Becket, for example, was the cure of Odo de Beaumont, who became leprous immediately after a late-12th-century visit to a prostitute. Much has been made of the medieval tendency to interpret disease as a product of sexual sin. Too much. In fact, the medieval tendency to see disease as sexual sin was not solely based on moral judgments – there were also strong medical elements.
Much more at the link
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#1  "Leave a tip" meant something different in those days
Posted by: Frank G || 01/27/2018 8:53 Comments || Top||

#2  A lot of our views of history have been colored in by the English Victorians who wrote the histories that were used to teach with in the opening of the last century.
Posted by: ed in texas || 01/27/2018 14:31 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
This Week in Guns, January 27th, 2018


By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

The word is that BATF’s proposed ban of rifle bump stocks has opinion running against the ban by a ratio of six to one.

Switching gears, somewhat, the Huffington Post ran a statistical summary of school shootings since the start of the year. The writer said that 11 school shootings have taken place in 2018. The problem is that once you break down the 11 incidents, you find only six shootings involved a firearm discharged on the grounds of an elementary or secondary school. Of those six, one involved a non student committing suicide, one was a student committing suicide and two involved shots fired from outside the grounds. Of the six, two resulted in actual harm to students.

Of the 11, one involved a pellet gun shot by a non student at a bus, while the rest were at post secondary institutions.

It is no surprise that Michael Bloomberg's Everytown organization is compiling statistics in such a dishonest manner. Only the mounds of cash Bloomberg shoves at his hirelings could allow anyone to make those claims seem like a set of horrific tragedies.

In fact, the statistical display is so bad I won't even concede in any public debate that any school shooting is unacceptable, if the deceptive manner in which these numbers are compiled are allowed to stand or even be entertained as fact by government policymakers.

One last thing: Weatherby, Inc., the firearms manufacturer based in California has quit California and plans to move to Wyoming. The double whammer of business destroying regulations and an antigun environment has finally taken its toll. Weatherby now joins Magpul, which left Colorado for Wyoming in 2013 because of its magazine ban.

Loads.

Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:

Pistol ammunition prices were mostly steady. Rifle ammunition prices were mostly higher.

Note: It should be noted that, rounding to the half cent, .22LR ammunition is now $0.03 each at Bud's Gun Shop, the lowest price since this column was begun.

Prices for used pistols were mixed. Prices for used rifles were mixed.

New Lows:

None

Pistol Ammunition

.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (4Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Bulk Ammo Store, Own Brand, FN, Brass Casing, Reloads, .21 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: East Carolina Trading, Own brand, FMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads, .20 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Bulk Ammo Store, Own Brand, FN, Brass Casing, Reloads .18 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: East Carolina Trading, Own Brand, CRN, Brass Casing, Reloads, .17 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks))

9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Extreme Reloading, Own Brand, RN, Brass Casing, Reloads .14 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Fedarm, Own Brand, RN, Brass Casing, Reloads .14 per round (From Last Week: +.01 Each

.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .23 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3Q, 2017))

.38 Special, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Highland Lakes Ammo, Own Brand, FN, Brass Casing, Reloads .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 500 rounds: Fed Arm, Own brand, TMJ, Brass Casing, Reloads, .19 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)

Rifle Ammunition

.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Able's, Wolf WPA, FMJ, Steel Casing, .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Wolf WPA, FMJ, Steel Casing, .20 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2017))

.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .32 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .30 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))

7.62x39mm AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Wolf WPA, FMJ, Steel Casing, .20 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: True Shot Gun Club, Wolf WPA, Steel Casing, FMJ, .19 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3Q, 2017))

.30-06 Springfield 145 Grain. From Last Week: Unchanged (4Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Wolf WPA, Steel Casing, FMJ, .54 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: United Nations Ammo, Wolf WPA, Steel Casing, FMJ, .53 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (4Q, 2017))

.300 Winchester Magnum 150 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (8 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Prvi Partizan, Brass Casing, SP, .81 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Target Sports USA, Prvi Partizan, Brass Casing, SP, .85 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged 4Q, 2017)

.338 Lapua Magnum 250 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Ten Ring, Brass Casing, SP, 2.15 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 200 rounds: Cabelas, Prvi Partizan, Brass Casing, HPBT, 2.80 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks))

.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2Q, 2017)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Bud's Gun Shop, Federal, RNL, .03 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 5,000 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Aguila, RNL, .04 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2Q, 2017))

Guns for Private Sale
Rifles


.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $480 Last Week Avg: $440(+) ($616 (2Q, 2015), $387 (21 Weeks))
Arizona (201, 3Q, 2017(+3))(122, 122): Unknown Brand: $550 ($740 (5 Weeks), $300 (20 Weeks))
Texas (484, 3Q, 2017(+3))(352, 350): Unknown Brand: $450 ($700 (1Q, 2015), $350 (2Q, 2015))
Pennsylvania (249, 3Q, 2017(+6))(163, 163): DPMS Sweet 16: $550 ($700 (2Q, 2015), $300 (3Q, 2015))
Virginia (282, 3Q, 2017)(214, 222): Anderson AM-15: $400 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $300 (9 Weeks))
Florida (679, 3Q, 2017)(472, 484): American Tactical Importss: $450 ($650 (2Q, 2015), $380 (1Q, 2015))

.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $920 Last Week Avg: $1,080(-) ($1,359 (2Q, 2015), $766 (33 Weeks))
Arizona (49, 3Q, 2017(+6))(44, 43): Palmetto State Armory: $1,100 ($2,300 (33 Weeks), $500 (16 Weeks))
Texas (178, 3Q, 2017)(98, 101): DPMS Panther: $1,000 ($1,500 (4Q, 2014), $650 (6 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (54, 3Q, 2017)(31, 30): DPMS: $1,000 ($1,600 (4Q, 2016), $700 (3Q, 2015))
Virginia (86, 3Q, 2017)(63, 66): DPMS: $750 ($2,750 (1Q, 2016), $675 (12 Weeks))
Florida (128, 3Q, 2017(+3))(60, 51): DPMS: $750 ($1,950 (2Q, 1016), $500 (3Q, 2015))

7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $580 Last Week Avg: $565(+) ($668 (3Q, 2016), $450 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (34, 3Q, 2017(+3))(28, 26): Zastava: $650 ($925 (33 Weeks), $400 (38 Weeks))
Texas (141, 3Q, 2017)(64, 69): IO: $600 ($800 (1Q, 2016), $350 (3Q, 2014))
Pennsylvania (75, 3Q, 2017)(49, 50): Zastava: $500 ($750 (1Q, 2015), $375 (1Q, 2015))
Virginia (72, 3Q, 2017)(59, 63): RAS-47: $600 ($700 (2Q, 2016), $300 (12 Weeks))
Florida (146, 3Q, 2017)(140, 136): WASR: $550 ($700 (1Q, 2016), $300 (4Q, 2014))

30-30 Winchester Lever Action Average Price: $435 Last Week Avg: $390(+) ($495 (4Q, 2016), $296 (3Q, 2015))
Arizona (14, 3Q, 2017)(6, 6): Winchester 94: $550 ($550 (CA: $500 (1Q, 2017), $200 (37 Weeks)))
Texas (35, 3Q, 2017(+2))(27, 28): Marlin: $400 ($550 (1Q, 2015), $295 (35 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (23, 3Q, 2017)(13, 11): Marlin: $350 ($450 (1Q, 2015), $250 (4Q, 2014))
Virginia (19, 3Q, 2017(+3))(10, 12): Marlin 336W: $450 ($670 (2Q, 2016), $250 (4Q, 2015))
Florida (34, 3Q, 2017)(18, 30): Marlin: $425 ($500 (1Q, 2015), $250 (2Q, 2015))

Pistols

.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $431 Last Week Avg: $491(-) ($525 (3Q, 2016), $350 (4Q, 2015))
Arizona (134, 3Q, 2017(+5))(96, 102): Tisas: $430 ($700 (37 Weeks), $325 (23 Weeks))
Texas (361, 3Q, 2017 (+3))(277, 274): Taurus: $425 ($600 (4Q, 2014), $300 (4Q, 2016))
Pennsylvania (178, 3Q, 2017)(164, 157): Remington R1: $425 ($600 (25 Weeks), $300 (2Q, 2015))
Virginia (204, 3Q, 2017(+3))(180, 169): Taurus PT 1911: $550 ($775 (25 Weeks), $250 (4Q, 2014))
Florida (440, 3Q, 2017)(317, 317): Rock Island Armory: $325 ($500 (1Q, 2016), $250 (1Q, 2015))

9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic) Average Price: $305 Last Week Avg:$234(+) ($358 (1Q, 2016), $207 (38 Weeks))
Arizona (238, 3Q, 2017)(191, 211): Ruger 9E: $180 ($400 (44 Weeks), $180 (12 Weeks))
Texas (586, 3Q, 2017(+3))(488, 475): Tanfoglio Witness: $275 ($355 (1Q, 2015), $180 (14 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (368, 3Q, 2017)(332, 354): SAR Arms B6P: $290 ($350 (4Q 2014), $150 (50 Weeks))
Virginia (365, 3Q, 2017(+6))(305, 316): Taurus PT111: $300 ($425 (4Q, 2016), $189 (2Q, 2016))
Florida (827, 3Q, 2017)(710, 682): Ruger P95: $260 ($400 (1Q, 2016), $160 (38 Weeks))

.40 caliber S&W (Glock or other semiautomatic) Average Price: $309 Last Week Avg: $319(-) ($399 (1Q, 2016), $262 (2Q, 2016))
Arizona (77, 3Q, 2017(+2))(43, 45): Sig Sauer P250: $400 ($500 (1Q, 2017), $195 (34 Weeks))
Texas (156, 3Q, 2017(+2))(129, 121): Smith & Wesson SD40VE: $350 ($425 (4Q, 2014), $180 (7 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (115, 3Q, 2017(+5))(91, 92): Sig Sauer Pro 2340: $325 ($450 (2Q, 2016), $200 (3Q, 2016))
Virginia (109, 3Q, 2017(+4))(93, 91): Smith & Wesson 410: $220 ($450 (2Q, 2015), $220 (3 Weeks))
Florida (193, 3Q, 2017(+3))(155, 158): Smith & Wesson Sigma: $250 ($400 (1Q, 2015), $199 (4Q, 2015))

Used Gun of the Week: (Colorado)
1903 Colt Type 3 pistol chambered in .32 ACP
Posted by: badanov || 01/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Texan who stopped a church massacre with his AR15 is invited to the State of the Union Speech by a Texas Democrat.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 || 01/27/2018 0:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Pearl handled 1903 Colt type 3...

There was that Gen. George Patton mansplaining reference to a New Orleans sex industry employee. Can't bring it to mind at the moment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 8:01 Comments || Top||

#3  This Ultra-Light Ammo Could Help a Machine Gunner Lose 10 Pounds
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 8:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Revolutionary Gun Grip Created by Vets Aims to Make Operators Deadlier
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 11:38 Comments || Top||

#5  How does a 3030 lever action gun compare in power to an AR15 style gun?

When I grew up all the hunters I knew (not many) used 3030s and swore that they would take down people as well as deer if needed.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/27/2018 18:10 Comments || Top||

#6  I have a lever action Win '94 model. It will take you down better than an AR-15, but...
Posted by: Frank G || 01/27/2018 18:58 Comments || Top||

#7  I have a lever action Win '94 model. It will take you down better than an AR-15, but...

There's a Windows 98 joke in there somehow
Posted by: badanov || 01/27/2018 22:01 Comments || Top||

#8  Buffalo Bore makes a hot 190 grain solid slug round said to be good for bear or elk in a 3030.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/27/2018 22:12 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Spengler: Tin-Pot Turkish Dictator Humiliates United States
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 01/27/2018 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
How a Civil War Happens

How do civil wars happen?

Two or more sides disagree on who runs the country. And they can’t settle the question through elections because they don’t even agree that elections are how you decide who’s in charge.

That’s the basic issue here. Who decides who runs the country? When you hate each other but accept the election results, you have a country. When you stop accepting election results, you have a countdown to a civil war.
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Soetoro: ‘I'm Basically a Liberal Jew'
[Ha'aretz via Breitbart] Former President Barack Obama told a Jewish congregation in Manhattan Thursday that he is "basically a liberal Jew" as he defended his administration’s record on Israel and his decision to criticize Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria.

Ha’aretz reports:
The event at Temple Emanuel in Manhattan marked the first time that Obama spoke publicly about Israel since leaving office.

Obama defended his decision to abstain at a December 2016 UN Security Council vote denouncing Israeli settlements. He explained that vetoing the resolution would have hurt “our credibility on human rights.” He also stated that “to be a true friend of Israel it is important to be honest about it, and the politics of this country sometimes do not allow for it.”

Obama said that the situation in the West Bank was “not sustainable” in the long term and could endanger Israel’s existence as a Jewish and democratic state. He warned that settlements could make the creation of a Palestinian state practically impossible if they continued to grow at the current pace.

One attendee told Ha’aretz that the former president grew “visibly frustrated when he spoke about the settlements.”

Related: Daily Caller - Seven Quotes On Jews, Gays And White People From Louis Farrakhan, Tied To Obama
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 02:46 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The State and party come first. So from a Temple Emanuel perspective, he's one of them.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 2:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Former President Barack Obama told a Jewish congregation in Manhattan Thursday that he is "basically a liberal Jew"

He certainly votes like one.
Posted by: gorb || 01/27/2018 3:37 Comments || Top||

#3  And I'm an African American woman in man's body.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/27/2018 4:32 Comments || Top||

#4  No,
You are a fascist communist moslem.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2018 12:15 Comments || Top||

#5  Identity politics at it's finest.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 12:19 Comments || Top||

#6  If so, why'd you try so hard to f*ck over Israel for eight years?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 01/27/2018 13:57 Comments || Top||

#7  No you aren't. You are a muzzie at heart and hate them and Israel. Muzzie fascist.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/27/2018 14:17 Comments || Top||


Low Energy Jeb: Trump's ‘S-Hole' Countries Remark Is ‘Racist' (video)
[Breitbart] In an interview with USA Today, the former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) said President Donald Trump’s alleged "shi*hole countries" comments were "racist."

Bush said, "When you call Haiti, whether it’s an ’s-house’ or an ’s-hole,’ I mean it really doesn’t matter, you disparage a lot of people that love this country that are here making a contribution and making a difference. Why? Why do you do that?"

He added, "It’s very frustrating, and it is racist to say ‐he may not be a racist, but the comments are racist, and at some point you gotta call him out on it."
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 02:43 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So, truth = racism?
Posted by: gorb || 01/27/2018 3:38 Comments || Top||

#2  Why can he not just go fishing... or something.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2018 3:38 Comments || Top||

#3  #1 Which is why they'll never solve 'problems'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/27/2018 7:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Please clap!
Posted by: Raj || 01/27/2018 12:12 Comments || Top||

#5  We dodged a bullet with you too you talking lobotomized parrot.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2018 13:21 Comments || Top||

#6  Which of these paradises is Master Bush wanting to retire to, eh?
Posted by: magpie || 01/27/2018 14:23 Comments || Top||

#7  So, truth = racism?

truth = racism = lobsters!
Posted by: SteveS || 01/27/2018 15:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Remember when people thought Jeb was the smart one?
Posted by: charger || 01/27/2018 17:30 Comments || Top||

#9 
you disparage a lot of people that love this country that are here making a contribution and making a difference


If you have to leave it to "make a difference", your country is a shithole.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 01/27/2018 20:39 Comments || Top||

#10  "If you have to leave it to make a difference..."

Not always true. I can think of several people whose departure would make a positive difference.
Posted by: james || 01/27/2018 21:47 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Washington Reacts to a Year of C.H.A.O.S. (Mattis)
[IJR] It has been over a year since retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis took the oath of office as secretary of defense.
remember ISIS?
Despite what his old callsign of "Chaos" implies, which actually stands for Colonel Has An Outstanding Solution, and while it was made tongue-and-cheek at the time, it brings a mantra that many in the military and civilian population hoped Mattis would take with him to his new job.

Approved overwhelmingly for the Cabinet position ‐ Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) was the sole dissenting vote and who did not respond to multiple requests for comment ‐ the majority thinking in "the Swamp" was that Mattis would be one of the best in Trump's administration.
She's an idiot who thinks her paltry resume, anatomy, and #Resist will make her POTUS in 2020
His first year has been marked with significant accomplishments, and he continues to enjoy being the most popular member of Trump's Cabinet. IJR was able to get comments from members of Congress and others to see how they think he has done so far....
Posted by: Frank G || 01/27/2018 10:02 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Very happy with him.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2018 16:12 Comments || Top||



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Sat 2018-01-27
  Taliban kill 40 63 90 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capital Kabul
Fri 2018-01-26
  Mosul clean up continues: 21 turbans permanently unwound, 9 more jugged
Thu 2018-01-25
  Double car bombing kills 33 in Benghazi
Wed 2018-01-24
  Two suicide attackers, Islamic State member killed as troops repel attack in Baghdad
Tue 2018-01-23
  1.5K al-Nusra troops surrounded in Idlib
Mon 2018-01-22
  Tunisian forces kill top aide of Al Qaeda leader in Maghreb
Sun 2018-01-21
  Seven Niger troops killed in Boko Haram attack
Sun 2018-01-21
  Seven Niger troops killed in Boko Haram attack
Sat 2018-01-20
  Lebanon foils ISIS plans to attack places of worship, government buildings
Fri 2018-01-19
  Deso Dogg -- Dead Again
Thu 2018-01-18
  US drone strike leaves 6 militants dead, wounded in East of Afghanistan
Wed 2018-01-17
  Wanted terrorist Abdullah Al-Qalaf killed in eastern Saudi Arabia
Tue 2018-01-16
  Deadly clashes in Libyan capital force airport to close
Mon 2018-01-15
  Israel Says It Destroys Hamas Tunnel Under Key Gaza Crossing
Sun 2018-01-14
  Islamic State affiliate claims Mali attack that injured 3 French soldiers
Sat 2018-01-13
  Over 100 Palestinians said injured in West Bank, Gaza clashes

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