Monday, January 27, 2014

Katy Perry embarrassment should be over privileged hypocrisy, not guns

“Katy Perry and Russell Brand's Bodyguards Allegedly Assaulting Paparazzi in India,” AceShowBiz reported a few years back. Per the report, the then-couple’s personal goon squad left photographers stranded in a jungle safari tiger park by taking their car keys, smashing a camera, smashing one’s glasses, and beating them up, leaving one with a cut arm and another with “a bleeding wound on his head.” [More]
Today’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes it’s easy to say your “heart goes out to” fans -- as long as they stay behind the barricades and are no match for your violent security detail.

The Questions Presented

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Leonard Embody has filed his case with SCOTUS.

I know a lot of gun people disapprove of him and his methods, but I'd challenge his critics to look at the two questions he presents and tell us what they think the answers should be, and if they think we deserve to know how the Supreme Court would rule on them -- because if they rule it does not, it will be game over as far as relying on the system. 

I'd like to know if continued hope-pinning on the legal system for relief is just a waste of time, as I suspect, but even Embody doesn't give this much chance of being heard.

Rather than being afraid to hear the answer, we ought to have been demanding it all along.  I guess some feel if we don't ask the question, we'll never have to face dealing with the answer.

We can't want that frog realizing how hot the water is, now can we?

Thing is, those who know they're frauds fear giving their unequivocal answer to those questions just as much as some fear asking them.

We're the Only Ones Standoffish Enough

I did not shoot the sheriff
But the sheriff shot the deputy... 
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Hey, one more and we'll have a spate.

[Via Portly Pirate]

We're the Only Ones Superior to Any Woman Enough

It's the eye of the tiger
It's the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger
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[Via William T]

Friday Night Eloi-Spooking on ABC

Kids and guns: Boogedy-Boogedy! [Watch]

And some early test audience reviews are in:
Propaganda so skillfully-crafted it will make you regurgitate and re-swallow your cud again and again!

Hoof-clenching excitement!

Baaaaaaaa....

So remember, Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern, Diane Sawyer will put on her concerned face and do her best to stampede the herd. 

Criminals for Gun Control

This is excellent investigative reporting I hadn't been aware of, which naturally means no "Authorized Journalist" will touch it.  It merits going viral, to expose these frauds for what they are. Watch it and see if you don't agree:

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

A federal jury convicted a former Air Force firearms instructor from Brunswick of embezzling government funds and selling firearms without a license. [More]
$400K in credit card purchases?  Was anybody approving this guy's expense reports?  Did anybody approve his budget? Did no procurement policies with requisite approvals come into play? How may others have ...um... carte blanche, why and by what authority?

I'm wondering just what the real story here is.

[Via Maximus]

Two NRA Videos

Billy Johnson breaks down the issue of how the U.S. government would have to compromise its values to disarm its citizens. [Watch]
This whole thing strikes me as foolish and naive. and when he talks about repealing the Second Amendment, as if that would legitimately terminate an unalienable right, it just strikes me as ignorant.

I got this next one on Friday, and don't really do a lot of weekend blogging, so I'm linking to it now:
Austin Weiss talks about the importance of seeing past our differences and joining together as gun owners to fight misinformation about firearms. [Watch]
This guy does a good job.

Perverted Justice

The allegations and charges against Mr. Morgan are flimsy enough, but when compounded by the fact that the trooper who arrested him has since resigned under allegations that he falsified "hundreds" of reports or criminal complaints, this case takes on a whole new light. Upon a review of former Trooper Bergeron’s reports and statements in this case, it was found that the witness statements were written by Bergeron in his own handwriting. [More]
Think of the character of those who would have anything to do with prosecuting this case.  They sound more like the types you'd want to repel than to trust and disarm for.

When Morlocks Attack: Rules for Eloi

Take cover and shoot isn't even an option? [More]

Is that what they taught you in the SEALs, Matt Maasdam?

No wonder you're WaPo's go-to guy.

And you actually make a living spreading this bullsh!+?


[Via Michael G]

The Armed Citizen

Here are some recent stories of reported DGUs. [More]

The Bradys, the Bloomberg demanders, CSGV, Feinstein, Obama, et al, would rather every one of these people had been killed than armed. 

They would rather you be killed than armed.

Don't believe me?

Ask any of them and see what kind of equivocation you get back -- if they respond at all.

An Imagination-Free Zone

Oklahoma teachers union seeks to keep zero tolerance rules banning imaginary guns [More]
That's because they're useful idiot Stalinist hive insects with their snouts in the public trough.

How typical of "Every Day is Opposite Day Progressives": They call themselves "teachers" and their mission is to crush the imaginations of children.

WAR IS PEACE 'n all that...

[Via Michael G]

Still Stonewalling in Burlington

VTFSC shares the latest back-and-forth. [More]

This is Tyranny

Everyone involved in persecuting this man is a domestic enemy. [More]

And I see why he wanted to escape from the ex.

We're the Only Ones Not Just Sure, We're HIV Positive Enough

A police officer in Palm Beach County is facing two felony counts for failing to tell his sexual partners he has the HIV virus. Authorities are looking for more victims. [More]
Are they sure?

How long has he been on the force? That may explain why he's come to expect he can screw people with impunity...

[Via Neil W]

Release the Kraken!

For those of you who were expecting shock and awe... [More]

[Via Neil W]

We're the Only Ones Busting Your B@lls Enough

Hey, we were feeling frisky... [More]

[Via Neil W]

We're the Only Ones Seeking Volunteers Enough

For now. [More]

We'll figure out a way to make it mandatory.

We're the only Ones Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands Enough

The only reason I can think of for no charges is it was standard department protocol... [More]

And yeah, "Sandusky"...

[Via DF]

Pigs is Pigs

Except when the government says they're not. [More]

This is the type of situation that could get dangerous if the government-approved oinkers -- the ones who obey orders über alles -- are sent in...

Besides, as we all know, Michigan's economy is doing so well they don't need prosperous and self-sustaining families.

[Via John C]

The Flame of Defiance...

...has not yet flickered out in the Constitution State. [More]

Contextualizing the "News"

Ezra Klein intends to do just that. [More]

Here's how.

To recap: An anti-gun "progressive" is going to use the media to promote "gun control."

Gee, that is refreshing and new!

"The Associated Press Contributed to This Report"

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Y'know, I believe it.

Unfortunately, the story at the link has been  completely changed so this part and the AP attribution no longer appear, but the screen shot tells the story.

Besides, the media's no longer interested because several of the markers they look to exploit weren't indicated in the way things unfolded.


Obama's Got Your Back

But because he and his fellow collectivists demand campuses be "gun free," somebody else will have your a... [More]

Reality Wins

Well, at least among the rational... [Watch]

This Day in History: January 27

The Troops have not yet had the full Operation of the Contract, owing to unavoidable Accidentsoccasioned by the precarious weather, which has marred the free Transportation by water; while that by land, has been but very little facilitated by snow. But the River being now fast and it being passable on the Ice, the Suppliers will soon be regular. [More]