Notes from the Resistance...
Nassau cops deployed a new surveillance system Saturday night in Uniondale, videotaping the revelers gathered to see the annual lighting of RexCorp Plaza's Christmas tree.
We know when you've been sleeping
We know when you're awake...
Come to think of it, this reminds me of another Christmas song, too...
Stink. Stank. Stunk.
And what say we nominate Susan Dolan for a special Eloi Award?
[More from "The Only Ones" Files]
“I do not understand why some groups would try to stand in the way of legislation that is going to get soda, snack cakes and other high-fat, high-salt food out of virtually all schools,” she said.Me neither, Margo Wootan. I mean, the federal authority is all spelled out right in here, isn't it?
“In Communities Across America, Huge Crowds Protest Gun Violence,” read their follow-up press release headline."A Huge Success" is my Rights Watch column for the January 2008 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at hugely successful newsstands throughout the Republic.
I guess it all depends on the meaning of the word “huge.”
WOLLONGONG councillors are under pressure to reject a proposed gun shop located within walking distance of a Fairy Meadow primary school.
I recognize that I haven’t responded to the counterargument that more guns actually promote safety. While my understanding of the available evidence leads me to disagree with this assessment, I will say only that the debate about the purpose and role of weapons in contemporary America is best left to our elected bodies rather than our unelected courts.Why is that your "understanding," Xan? If you have evidence, let's see it.
The police-military assault on the Peninsula became an exclusively all-military conflict. In swiftly crushing the power grab attempt, troops loyal to the government made mass arrests not only of noncombatants from civil society but also journalists covering the event. Authorities imposed a curfew without a proclamation of national emergency by the President of the Republic. Shortcuts on civil liberties were decided and made solely by security authorities, reducing the civilian government to a passive bystander.Hmmm...I think there's something someone once set up in our Constitution just in case something similar happened here. Good thing for us those experienced and mature voices at The Harvard Crimson (aka The Rich Reds) assure us the Second Amendment is obsolete in these modern times.
In the context of today’s society, the Second Amendment is outdated. Constitutional debates over its interpretation stand in the way of the implementation of pressing public policy. Instead of wasting time attempting to fix this anachronism, we should repeal this amendment and focus our efforts on legislation that will actually protect the “security of a free state”—a charge explicit in the Second Amendment. [More]The thing is, you young fools think you'll be safe from the blow back. You might be in for a surprise there, especially if your side "wins." Didn't the Khmer Rouge execute students and intellectuals, including people with glasses, because the assumption was they could read, and thus posed a risk for discovering and spreading unsanctioned ideas? And I just love the "correction" about handgun purchase age and gun show background checks. Two major blunders in one short essay--that's some fact checking there, junior--gee, it sure makes me want to trust everything else you say. It ain't a matter of "regretting the error," you privileged little useless eaters, it's a matter of exposing your profound arrogance, sloppiness and laziness. Yep, you will all make fine "Authorized Journalists" some day.
A sex shop owner will spend six months in jail for lying to investigators about the source of illegal guns he sold to a Melbourne gangster, including semi-automatic weapons and a submachine gun.So let me get this straight--when you make guns illegal, you create a powerful economic incentive to sell them on the black market, and the unintended consequences of "underworld" empowerment, including increased incentives for gangland killings over market share?
On December 3, 1775, the flag of the 13 original Colonies is raised for the first time. Navy lieutenant John Paul Jones hoists the Continental Colors, also called the Grand Union Flag, aboard the warship Alfred anchored in the Delaware River. The Colonial banner, a combination of the British Union Jack and one stripe for each Colony, is adopted by the young Continental Army less than a month later, amid rising tensions between Colonists and Great Britain. In 1777, Congress orders the creation of a flag featuring "stars in a new constellation"—the Stars and Stripes.
