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| My daughter, Kylie, patiently waiting on a play at first base. |
Highlights of the Brew Crew....So, we are now 7 games into the season for my daughter's 3rd/4th grade softball season. The team is sponsored by Mason Exterminating and the girls chose the nickname 'Hornets'. This is the fourth summer in a row that we have kept a core group of girls together (primarily the coaches daughters) and seeing each year how they have taken another step to understanding and playing the game has been enjoyable. As a little league coach you volunteer your time a couple of nights a week to teach these young children how to play the game. Some of the girls show up with no knowledge of softball or baseball and some show up having played a few years and are ready to go. But as a coach with a child on the team there is a moment when your kid gets a great hit or makes a great play that you are extremely proud of them and there are those moments when the young child that showed up on the first day of practice with no skill, glove, bat or understanding of the game finally gets their first hit five games into the season. At that moment, as a coach you want to run across the field and hoist that player up and say to them, "See, I told you, you could do it!"
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| Coaches kids and Billy's Hit it a Ton BBQ Sauce. |
Now on the opposite end of the little league coaching spectrum you have the 'Why-is-my-kid-not-playing-that-position' parent sitting in the stands. You know the one (hell you may be that person) that questions every call the coach makes on the field and loudly coaches their child from the stands contradicting everything you have told their child. They are no fun to be around so either shut your yapper or volunteer to be a coach because as a wise, fellow coach once said, "We are always looking for extra coaches!" Well, seven games into the season our record is 5-1-1 (yes, we have ties in this league) and we are sitting in first place. I like to blame coaching but this year we are getting a little help from a certain bbq sauce. (Shout out to Billy Butler of the Kansas City Royals).
2nd Inning.
Uncle Jeremy's Tips to get the nation back on track...Abolish the IRS and implement the Fair Tax...Eliminate 'Zero Tolerance' in our public schools...Take all the money we are spending on Food Stamps and put it towards providing better Veteran's Benefits...Hold a month-long conference to examine the redundancy and waste at the Federal level and finally eliminate it...Pass two new Constitutional amendments for Congressional term limits and a Balanced Federal Budget...Repeal Obamacare...Examine opportunities for certain counties in certain states to group together to secede from those states and create new ones...Make space exploration our national goal...Put gun safety and marksmanship classes/teams back in our schools...Drug tests for any welfare recipients...
3rd Inning.
Articles of the week.
- Science takes a leap forward..."Our study shows that for the first time, humans are able to control the flight of flying robots using just their thoughts, sensed from noninvasive brain waves," said Bin He, lead scientist behind the study and a professor with the University of Minnesota's College of Science and Engineering." Truly amazing! Can't wait to see what the next 20 years brings us.
- Welcome to the Matrix... "In just over 30 years, humans will be able to upload their entire minds to computers and become digitally immortal - an event called singularity - according to a futurist from Google." Red pill or blue?
- Free at Last... "He went on: 'You see, at the heart of liberalism, is the idea that only a great and powerful big Government can be the benefactor of social justice for all Americans. But the left is only concerned with one thing: control. And they disguise this control as charity.' " I always find it interesting when a politician changes party affiliations.
- Evil Dreams Big... "Evil never takes a holiday; in fact, it capitalizes on them. Evil sees a busload of tourists as a piñata it would like to see burst." Gutfeld delivers!
- The Sound of Silence... Like him or hate him but Glenn Beck delivers a powerful piece by not saying a word.
- Gotta pass it to find out what's in it... "When the Democrats were trying to sell Obamacare to the public, they told us that because of Barack Obama's magical health care elixir, Americans are going to live forever, in perfect health for free while unicorns will tote them back and forth to magical fairy doctors who will cure all their ills with pixie dust." Another examination on how Obamacare is not what it seems.
- Do as I say, not as I do... "The threat of complying with the Affordable Care Act is apparently so unpleasant for a few U.S. lawmakers and their aides, that some are considering avoiding it entirely by retiring early." Good enough for the peasants but not the nobility.
- The Amnesty mob vs. America... "You can try to put "conservative" lipstick on the lawless amnesty mob. In the end, however, it's still a lawless mob. The big government/big business alliance to protect illegal immigration got a lot of mileage using foolish Republicans Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan as front men. But the true colors of the open-borders grievance-mongers always show through." I'm all for immigration, legal immigration that is...
- GLG-20... "More and more personal and household devices are connecting to the internet, from your television to your car navigation systems to your light switches. CIA Director David Petraeus cannot wait to spy on you through them." An older article but very relevant in today's climate on government spying.
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| If you have seen this movie, you will get the GLG-20 reference. |
American History Lesson...On June 17, 1775, in the early stages of the American Revolution, the Battle of Bunker Hill occurred in Massachusetts. During the 'Siege of Boston', colonial forces learned of a British plan to move their troops in an attempt to occupy the hills surrounding Boston. Under the leadership of William Prescott, the Colonials moved in and constructed fortified lines along both Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill. The following day the British saw what the colonial forces had done and mounted an attack. It took three assaults on the hill to overtake it from the Colonials and that was mainly due to the Colonials running out of ammunition. The colonial forces retreated and were able to regroup to fight another day. Although it is described as the 'Battle of Bunker Hill', the battle was mostly fought on or around Breed's Hill. The British casualties numbered 1,054 while the Colonials saw 450 men lost. The battle is widely recognized through the painting by John Trumbull titled, "The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill". The famous order, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes", is linked to the Battle of Bunker Hill and will be a war cry that Americans will remember forever.
5th Inning.
Sports...Much has been said over the years and especially this season about the lack of home run power my Kansas City Royals have on their roster. For those not aware the single season record for home runs by a Royal is 36 by Steve "Bye, Bye" Balboni during the 1985 season. Yeah, it's been that long and the record is that low. The single season tallies for the Royals can be viewed here. The highest total in the last decade was the 29 Billy Butler hit last season. Per Jeremy Sickel over at www.bleacherreport.com, "The Royals are the only current team to not have a single player hit at least 40 home runs in a season, including the relative new kids on the block the Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Rays." Pathetic! Simply Pathetic! Even with all the has-beens the Royals have been able to pick up in the last 28 years not one of them could at least hit 40 in a season while wearing royal blue. Take into account many of the great hitters that the Royals have had during their prime such as George Brett, John Mayberry, Bo Jackson, Danny Tartabull, Mike Sweeney, Carlos Beltran, and Jermaine Dye and understand that none of them could hit more than 36 during their tenure as a Royal. Beltran did end up hitting 38 in a season during 2004 when he was traded to the Houston Astros(combined totals from the Royals and Astros) and then 41 in 2006 with the Mets. Dye hit 44 with the White Sox in 2006. I hope to someday see this inexcusable record go down in my lifetime. Pray my fellow Royals fans, pray!
6th Inning.
Movie I want to see...The Wolverine. In late July another installment of Hugh Jackman playing Logan will hit theaters. This movie takes place after the events of 'X-Men: The Last Stand'. Per Wikipedia the premise is as follows : "Logan travels to Japan, where he engages a mysterious figure from his past in a fight that has lasting consequences. Vulnerable for the first time, and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel, but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than ever before." This story is based on the comic book story mini-series by Frank Miller and Chris Claremont. You can pick it up and any comic book store or regular bookstore under the title "Wolverine" which collects issues 1-4 of the miniseries and Uncanny X-Men #172-173. It is a great story that really put Logan on the map. During the 1980s, anything Frank Miller touched in the comics world turned to gold and this is no exception. But if you want to read the best Wolverine story that should someday be made into a movie check out the "Wolverine: Old Man Logan" story in trade paperback (can be purchased at any comic book store or regular bookstore). Can't wait to see 'The Wolverine this July! Trailer is below. Enjoy!7th Inning.
Firearms Corner...With many people across the nation taking classes to get their conceal carry licenses, I thought I would take a moment to highlight some of the conceal carry holsters for women. Men have a standard selection of conceal carry holsters and clothing. From 'Inside-the-waistband' holsters to pocket holsters to ankle holsters to vests with built in concealed pockets to hoodie sweatshirts with concealed pockets, the male side of the situation is pretty covered. But women tend to wear tighter clothing along with dresses and skirts that require a different perspective on how to conceal carry. One of the newest and more popular holsters is the bra holster. The bra holsters tend to come in two styles--one that attaches between the cups and one the attaches to one cup. Each of these are designed for specific attire as the one that attaches between the cups is more suitable for a woman wearing a shirt that allows for quick access while the one that attaches to one cup is more suited for a woman wearing a dress to allow for down-the-front access. Below are a couple of videos to highlight how they work.8th Inning.
FFL Factoid...This week's FFL Dealer type: Type 11.
- Importer of Destructive Devices, Ammunition for Destructive Devices or Armor Piercing Ammunition. Requires payment as an SOT Class 1. To import any Destructive Device with an explosives content (e.g. flash-bangs), requires an additional FEL as an Importer of High Explosives. Fee is $3,000 for three years.
9th Inning.
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