Biden's Approval Rating (YouTube Edition) 1/28/21

Rough day for Biden. He scaled back the volume of his YouTube videos, and viewers hate them more.

89% of "voters" disliked his videos for the day.

Biden's Approval Rating (YouTube Edition) 1/27/21

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Just for today's videos, Biden pulled down an impressive "dislike" rate on the YouTube White House channel of 82%.

Biden is consistently disliked on YouTube. For his White House channel, he is averaging a historic "approval rating"  of about -83%!

Biden's Approval Rating (YouTube Edition)

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Biden's having a very rocky start on YouTube. His White House channel is the most disliked I've ever seen.

The average for his videos was 83% disliked on 1/22 and 81% on 1/23. Jumping forward to today, his 22 videos were disliked by an average of 84% by those who voted.

Noteworthy for today, Kamala Harris getting vaccinated was the most disliked video so far with 94% disliking it.

Ruger's Big Announcement

Michael Bane said on his podcast this week that Ruger has a big pre SHOT Show announcement. Of course, we are talking about one of Ruger's product introductions that always preceed SHOT Show. Well, it sounds like it will come a little earlier this year.

I'm intrigued. Maybe it will be a SIG Cross clone.

Credit: SportsmansFinest.com

And by the way, SHOT Show is cancelled.

SIG Cross Recall: Credit Where Credit's Due

I don't know why, but none of the posts and articles that I've seen have identified the source of the "online video in which a single Cross bolt-action rifle displayed a potential safety concern."

Maybe that is because all of the sites that have published the news about the recall have copied and pasted the notification and have, basically, release SIG's words as their own. Maybe, the writers don't like the outlet and/or person's that have produced the failure in the SIG Cross rifle. 

So, let's dive in:

The Problem:

As stated by SIG on SigSauer.com:

"Sig Sauer has viewed an online video that presents a single CROSS Bolt-Action Rifle with a potential safety concern. This gun has been returned to Sig Sauer and upon evaluation it has been confirmed that the rifle exhibited a delayed discharge after the trigger was pulled. Sig Sauer has decided to issue a safety recall in order to implement a modification to the firing action to address this potential safety concern." 

The Reporting:

From TheTruthAboutGuns.com:

Actually it is a direct  quote. So nothing nefarious going on here.

From AmericanRifleman.com:

"This safety recall comes after SIG Sauer viewed an online video in which a CROSS rifle exhibited a potential safety concern with a delayed discharge. The rifle in question was sent back to SIG Sauer, where it was confirmed through evaluation that the issue was related to the rifle and not ammunition. The CROSS rifle in question exhibited a mechanical issue in which the striker had a delayed release after the trigger was pulled."

That looks like a paraphrase with maybe some knowledge of the actual video. So, American Rifleman might have been avoiding the source of the malfunction alert.

So, not to go into sharing tons of quotes and paraphrases, it looks like there is some just running press releases, some sloth, and maybe not trying to give some love to a media competitor.

Who Deserves Credit:

It's the NutNFancy YouTube channel. I don't really know his "street cred," I think it is US Air Force or something - and that he actually has had a YouTube channel reviewing guns and gear for quite a while. You have to watch the video. It is telling - from minutes 26:00 to 31:00.

Revolvers Are Great: Interlude (Part 2)

PREVIOUS in series: Revolvers Are Great (Part 1)

While skimming through my Facebook feed, I saw a post from the I'm with Roscoe group. The group member shared a picture that included this beauty:

Credit: Sportsman's Warehouse (Taurus 692 "Essential")

It looked so cool that I thought this Taurus 692 with additional cylinder and crane was photoshopped. Nope, it's real. While looking up information, I discovered an article on Personal Defense World about taking the Gunsite Academy revolver course with the Taurus 692 ported edition.

Credit: Personal Defense World

Bell only made one modification to the gun - a Hogue Monogrip ...

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and he used Black Hills .357 Cowboy Action Shooting cartridges.

Yes, the article is about the revolver, but William Bell's write up about the course includes how the course covers "Cooper's Color Code" and "interrupting the 'OODA Loop' of an attacker." Being reminded of Col. Cooper's Color Code and being introduced concept of effecting someone else's OODA Loop as a tactic is really intriguing.

Resources for further study:

Wikipedia article on "OODA Loop"

Col. Jeff Cooper's Color Code

Revolvers Are Great (Part 1)

Well, we are in a holding pattern for my wife's pistol-purchase permit. And my wife doesn't want to hear a thing about guns - for her - until she can get her hands on some and buy one that day.

In the meantime, I had been convinced that she would end up with a single-stack 9mm or .380. Now I'm not so sure. She shoots revolvers well, and she likes how easy it is to see that they are loaded. Also, I'm getting intrigued by revolvers again. I haven't had one for a long time, and I might even consider getting one - or two - for myself.

Besides my wife's attraction, why the change of heart? I'm concerned about capacity, but single-stack guns don't have much anyway. So then I was considering a Ruger Security-9 Compact, which is pretty thin for a double-stack gun and doesn't weigh too much. But more weight is more weight. 

Also, on a totally frivolous note. I like the idea of a derringer back up to a .38 revolver.

Back to what my wife wants.

She really liked the .357 Magnum Ruger LCR. But it's a little pricey. She shot the J frame lightweight S&W and thought it was okay. I was not all that impressed with the Taurus revolvers. They all seemed to weigh too much, but I kept seeing ads for this thing:

The Taurus 856 Ultra-Lite. 

And I was at a gun store and handled the polymer Taurus Public Defender. And the trigger was - good!

And my wife wants a gun with some color - if possible. So more wheels started turning. Though some semiautos have a pallette of colors. 

credit: GunsWeek.com, Taurus Spectrum

 

Some revolvers are even gaudy.

Credit: Charter Arms, Undercover Lite

And some revolvers are in colors that might be acceptable to my wife.

Credit: TaurusUSA.com, 856 Ultra-Lite

NEXT in series: Revolvers Are Great: Interlude (Part 2)

Gun YouTube Alternatives (UPDATE 11/18/20)

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Boatswains: Trader Joe's Cheap Double IPA

I keep buying this beer, and lord, I want to like it.

"Boatswain Double I.P.A. Indian Pale Ale Twin Screwsteamer"

I like the the alcohol content: 8.4%. That's great! But the aftertaste lingers for hours. It's got a good head, though.

This beer is fine, as in OK, and it is nothing to write home about. At $4.99 a six pack or $9.98 a 12 pack or $0.84 a beer or $0.84 for 1 oz of alcohol it's fine - just fine.

So fine, OK, I really do like it. It's not great, but it is "serviceable."

Stats:

Gravity: 8.4% Alcohol/Volume or 17.15

IBU: 75

Appearance: Amber

Style: Double IPA

Violence Is, Well, Violent

 It seems that, once attacked or threatened, most people are too shocked by the affront to immediately mount an effective defense.

Like Michael Bane often suggests and blatantly states, you need a plan for actions against assaults before you are actually in a defensive situation.

In addition to that sage advice, I think you need to curate the mindset needed to deal with a situation that might maim or kill you. Many of us could develop very quickly the rage necessary to prosecute blood-thirsty revenge, if someone harms us or a loved one. But could we instantly fight off an assault, when we are attacked?

"... when it's time to fight, you fight like you're the third monkey on the ramp to Noah's Ark… and brother, it's startin' to rain."

- Christopher Woods, Rash'Tor'R