Friday, May 03, 2019

Headline News

Hispanic Unemployment Lowest Ever... 
Best for women since 1953...
Record jobs even for high school dropouts!
ENVY OF THE WORLD
UNEMPLOYMENT 49-YEAR LOW
WAGE HITS $27.77/HOUR
STOCK MARKET ENDLESS RALLY
TRUMP APPROVAL 50% [More]
So naturally:
CNN SHOCK POLL: BETO BEATS TRUMP BY 10 POINTS? 

As the Culture Terraforms

Mohammed Number One Name for Baby Boys in Berlin [More]
Good thing the only people concerned about that can be dismissed as extremists, xenophobes, and haters.

See if Eric Will Bite at This


Do you know how many times the word "Democrat" is mentioned in the Constitution? Zero. This is unacceptable. Democrats must be equally represented and equally protected.

Think he'll go for it?

Freedom vs. Liberty

How Subtle Differences Between These Two Big Ideas Changed Our World [More]
I'm mostly in agreement but I don't get how "a positive liberty" is "an obligation imposed upon you by the state."  To me, it would be an obligation imposed upon government to do things like "guarantee[ing] to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government," and achieving ends articulated in the Preamble through the proper use of delegated powers.

I don't have time to argue the point, but do feel free to enlighten me in comments.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Rep. Mary Moore, D-Birmingham, introduced a bill today that she said was intended to ban the sales of all semiautomatic guns, both rifles and pistols. [More]
I was hoping to be able to find a copy of the bill so I could see if it had an "Only Ones" exemption for the obligatory BLM cognitive dissonance.

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE via Pat H of her last go-'round.

The Hatest Generation

Washington Post: U.S. WWII Heroes Were Evil Because They Were ‘Racists’ [More]
My own observations support the conclusion that had most leftists been born in an earlier era they would have been quite happily oblivious slavery supporters.

[Via Michael G]

The Slow Wheels of Just Us


2017...

2019...

Think it's fair to speculate anyone not so connected would be in genpop by now?

[Via Neil W]

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Term 'Middle of the Spectrum' Is


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I found this 1975 House Judiciary Subcommittee on crime hearing record while looking for something else. I'll need to come back and revisit it in my copious free time. Meanwhile, feel free to make discoveries of your own.

More on the Bump Stock FOIA


Herschel has the letter that contains the genesis for the "cuteness" I referred to. [More]

I'll explain when I'm ready. Not today, because I'm working on something else and there's only one of me.

An Open Invitation

12 indicted for targeting people at St. Louis MetroLink stations [More]
I wonder why they picked there...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Negligent Enough

Arlington cop indicted on criminally negligent homicide in O'Shae Terry's death [More]
It could have been worse.

[Via bondmen]

A Rock and a Hard Place

Trump Jr: Don’t Risk The 2nd Amendment By Voting Democrat [More]
That we know. I'm worried about Republican risks.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Surprising Enough

High speed, no lights or sirens: Deputy charged in wreck that left bystander disabled [More]
Because that's just what they would have been expecting him to do.

[Via bondmen]

Aw C'mon, Squeeze the Wheeze


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The "Honk" phenomenon reminds me of Firesign Theater's "I Think We're all Bozos on this Bus." My guess is many here won't appreciate them.

Vanderboegh did. He and I used to quote lines from their albums to each other.

He'll Fit Right In

A year-long joint investigation between the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, the Red Boiling Springs Police Department, the Lafayette Police Department and the Tennessee High Patrol has resulted in the arrest of Red Boiling Springs Mayor Joel Rae Coe, and the discovery of a long-rumored pill press that has supplied our community with thousands of illegal narcotic drugs including Heroin, Meth, Morphine, Ecstasy and Fentanyl. [More]
Have I got an alliance for him!

[Via Neil W]

I Have a Bad Feeling About This

Local and ethnic Chinese fans are offered a half price discount providing that they pass a written test "to prove they have enough passion for Star Wars". [More]
If he discriminates based on race, how can he legally sell his product in the U.S.?

We're the Only Ones Resourceful Enough

[T]he school resource officer—who was not named by the department—had been assisting with lunch duty when his “holstered weapon unintentionally discharged.” [More]
He is resourceful if he can convince anyone to believe that.

And yet again with the "no names"...


Have You Seen Me?


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He does kind'a resemble a certain Massachusetts gunkapo...

The Procurator General

President Trump has a new and powerful rival in Letitia James, the first woman and the first African American to serve as New York’s attorney general. In just four months, James (D) has emerged as one of the most aggressive and ambitious litigators in the country. [More]
And rather than using her power to secure the Blessings of Liberty, she is abusing it to impose Party will on all.