Raub Released

Now when are they going to arrest and charge his kidnappers? [Read]

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Issa says ATF’s McMahon ‘will probably be referred for criminal prosecution’

“This is somebody who our reports said perjured himself before the Congress,” Issa charged. “We don’t understand why J.P. Morgan would hire somebody who’s lied to Congress, and will probably be referred for criminal prosecution.” [More] 

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report looks at likely answers to suspicious questions.

The Probability Broach*

There's a "Wow!" in here, because Issa now says McMahon "will probably be referred for criminal prosecution." [Watch]

Maybe that's why the administration wanted their J.P. Morgan pals to get someone who could otherwise squawk and roll over to the Philippines, stat...I wonder what the probability is a good lawyer could find Extraditable Offense "loopholes", and how long he could drag things out for...?

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We're the Only Ones Getting Off Easy Enough

Two former Richmond police officers who admitted they illegally bought guns for underage employees at an off-duty security company they operated - and then tried to obstruct a federal investigation to cover their tracks - won't have to serve time in prison, a federal judge decided Tuesday. [More]

So can the rest of us get that deal, or is it maybe reserved for a special class of people?

Isn't it funny how the only time they go after one of their own is when it looks like they have something to hide?

[Via impizulu]

Code of Conduct

Yeah, that's what you guys need--emulate what's going on just to the south of you. [Read]

Keep it up and maybe you can reverse the equation.

It's not like we haven't seen what happens when El Paso gun dealers "voluntarily" cooperate fully with authorities to "stop Mexican gun crime."

And I love the rigged poll.  Note there s no provision to go in the other direction on "gun laws" and get rid of some of the damn things.  Classic Pynchon.

Underground Regulation?

Hell, I say let's bury it. Before they try to bury us. [Read]

Like they're trying to do, in yet another bit of subversion by despicable domestic enemy Mike "Der" Feuer.

What happened to that "home rule" the antis always resort to when more global easements eat away at their precious localized despotism? Oh, that's easy: These evil tyrants demand to rule you right down into your home.

We're the Only Ones "A Little Nervous in the Post-9/11 World" Enough

Commenting on the incident, Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey told the Sun: “It’s a sign that we’re all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world.” [More]

Yeah, if highly-trained and competent professional "Only Ones" react this way, you ought to see the hysteria armed and dangerous right-wing extremist hatriot gun nuts would go through if someone presented us with a two-dollar bill!

Yo, Bill: Is defending the indefensible really what you wanted to do with your life when you were young and idealistic? I hope you at least went home and got good and drunk and wept a bit from the guilt and shame of knowing you made such an asinine, ass-covering public statement as a function of your job--at least it would prove you have a conscience.

Except such an absurd and offensive stretch shows you really put some thought into coming up with an excuse that would play to the crowd.  It shows you're seasoned at what you do.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones Keeping Abreast of the Situation Enough

Is this some kind of bust? [Watch]

A Matter of Simple Policy

Police are searching today for a group of about 15 young people believed to have punched one passerby and robbed and beaten another in rapid succession on Virginia Commonwealth University's main downtown Richmond campus. [More]

Let's just see what the "violence prevention policy" says we ought to do in such a situation...

VCU will not tolerate conduct or behavior at the University, including but not limited to...

Yep, that kind of stuff is covered, the policy applies to "faculty, staff and students," ah, shoot, there are like nine other documents we need to read first, and three departments empowered to interpret policy (oh, thank Heaven--we can just "direct [our] policy questions to the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services"), let's see..."Definitions"...there's a team...a committee...oh, good, they're telling us the difference between "threatening" and "violent" behavior so that next time this happens we can pull out the policy manual and verify what's what...oh, so that's the difference between a "student" and an "employee"...plus they helpfully define "workplace/educational setting" and...here we go, "Reporting threats and violence"...wait a sec, I thought this was a prevention policy...ah, here are some "responsibilities": Nope, looks like the University Safety Committee and the Threat Assessment Team can't help as things are going down, nor can the department, faculty, staff, students or police...

Wait, wait, maybe this is it: here's something buried back in that list of what they simply will not tolerate:

Possessing, brandishing, or using a weapon that is not required by the individual’s position while on state premises or engaged in state business...

These are the people who would presume to educate the rest of us?

[Via William T]

A Matter of Simple Physics

DiStefano's message comes a day after Professor Jerry Peterson, chairman of the Boulder Faculty Assembly, told the Daily Camera that, under his own "personal policy," he plans to cancel class if he ever learns any of his students are carrying firearms. [More]

I'm surprised, as a Physics professor, that he wasn't aware of what happens when you push too hard...

[Via William T]

When Adamantium Claws are Outlawed...

Norton said Huff's mother was also stabbed in the left arm during the incident as she tried to pull him off his roommate. Huff's mother is dating his roommate, the sergeant said, noting that the two men have been "best friends since they were younger." [More]

Jer-ry! Jer-ry!

[Via Steve T]

This Day in History: August 23

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