OIG sharing information with DOJ over Wide Receiver CI's objections

The “rationale” used here, that OIG is required to make disclosures, is one we’ve seen in the unfolding Fast and Furious story, along with DOJ misusing the disclosed information, so this is neither a new, nor an unfounded concern. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes the spirit of sharing is not always motivated by noble purposes.

We're the Only Ones Through with Dating Enough

A Santa Maria police officer was shot and killed Saturday by a fellow officer who was trying to arrest him for suspected sexual misconduct with a minor...[More]

So I guess the answer to the Eternal Question for "Only One"/juvenile courtship etiquette died with him...

Expanding the Lexicon

AP's Yost Ignores Fri. Fast and Furious Doc Dump... [More]

Hell, why not? According to them, the whole damn story hardly qualifies as news.

Maybe Mike and I need to start referring to ourselves as "undocumented journalists"--you know, we're doing the jobs the "Authorized" ones won't do...

And maybe we ought to start using a new word:

yōst: transitive verb
a : to intentionally ignore a story that conflicts with a media outlet's political agenda.

b: to manipulate basic story elements to provoke a conclusion in readers that supports a media outlet's political agenda.

c: to clog a closet bend underneath a toilet. Also see yost (noun)--the material cause of the clog itself, as in "Who wrote this yost?" and in verb/gerund form: "He was straining while yosting and ruptured a blood vessel in his eye."

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Disarmed Enough

One of the robbers managed to wrestle the gun away from the officer. The suspect then allegedly used the officer's gun to steal a getaway car, while another drove away in another vehicle. [More]

So much for "verbal judo."

I suppose the argument would be if they can do this to a "trained professional," we'd better make sure you're disarmed... 


You know what would stop that? Nonexistent "smart gun" technology, initially funded for research specifically to reduce police "takeaway" incidents, and then morphed into a requirement for you and me with an exemption for them...

Sweet, the way that works...


[Via Stephen P. Wenger, who advises: "The member of my mailing list who furnished the links advises that the officer works as a department spokesperson and is known to shoot only once a year, to "qualify."]

It's Interesting when People Die, Give Us Dirty Laundry*

The powerful chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform increased his pressure on the Justice Department on Friday, raising new questions about how the Drug Enforcement Administration conducts its undercover money-laundering investigations and whether those operations cross the line between fighting and facilitating crime. [More] 

You know: Project Buckwalker.

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Stacking the Bench

“Romney did focus on two criteria: their legal experience and whether they would be tough on crime. In other words, the nominee could be a gay activist or a pro-big government, pro-quota, pro-gun control Democrat Party hack who detests every judicial principle treasured by our founding fathers,” Baldwin said. “But if he happens to be tough on crime and have prosecutorial experience, he gets past the Romney filter. Many of Romney’s nominees fit that description.” [More]

Don't say you haven't been warned.

But go ahead and listen to the "pragmatic" wishful thinkers if you like. Just don't be surprised at the results when the inevitable lack of fire in bellies gives us four more years of Obama.

Say, here's an idea: Adopt the tactics of the left and blame SNBIers and "principles freaks."

We're the Only Ones Undermanned Enough

The criticisms against Solomon include allegations of sexual assaults, many committed in the presence of others, repeated affairs with a list of subordinates, and bearing a child out of wedlock fathered by a former lieutenant in the department. [More]

Sounds like Badge Bunny here sniffed more than a holster.  And I'm also delighted to see her claim her elite "Only Ones" privileges, because she's obviously a lot more trustworthy and in control of herself than mere mortals like you and me:

In 2009, Paso Robles Police Chief Lisa Solomon was found to have not properly licensed a gun that allegedly came from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s office. The lack of registration became public after a man stole Solomon’s loaded semi-automatic gun from her unlocked car.

Even though the gun was not properly licensed, then Atascadero Police Chief Jim Mulhall returned it to Solomon and did not take action against her for the failure to register her privately owned firearm even though he is in the business of gun distributing.

Guess what would have happened to one of us? No wonder some people think they can get away with anything.  Based on long-established patterns, for the most part, they can.

Taking STOCK

Good grief. Sounds to me like most of them should be put in stocks. [Read]

When Subversives Collide

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Rats vs. snakes: The Chicago democrat machine vs their hardliners. Let the whole world see the character of these characters--on both sides of the barricades. Let reality TV-loving middle America sees what the collectivist left is made of and then react with revulsion and horror.  Sounds like a win-win to me.  Hell, I may even sell t-shirts...

Popcorn...?

We're the Only Ones "Blessed Are the Peacemakers" Enough

From the front bumper of the menacing vehicle, another sign taunts: "Whatcha gonna do when we come for you?" [More]

Interesting question...

This Day in History: January 30

ELIZABETHTOWN January 30, 1780
Party of 300 infantry and about 60 Dragoons under Lt. Col. Abraham Van Buskirk cross from Staten Island and burn Presbyterian meeting and Court House. [More]