Wednesday, September 23, 2015

You May Already Be a Weiner

According to an internal memo from MWW chief Michael Kempner, Weiner was a victim of the media who left of his own accord to start his own company and “He understands that his presence here has created noise and distraction that just isn’t helpful.”[More]
What, you idiots didn't think Carlos Danger would be an unhelpful distraction from the start?

And he really didn't go willingly?

I love the insult-trading that's followed. Hopefully, more laughs at the expense of that sick joke will be forthcoming.

Put Out My Hand and Touched the Face of Allah

Just in over the email transom:
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Can I bring my radio?

Hey, what the hell... ?
Promotion open to all U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia...
What a bunch of xenophobic racists!

Called Out on a Callout


A pet peeve is "readers" who aren't actually readers, and who glom on to a headline or an isolated highlight and presume that's enough to condemn the article and the writer as unprincipled betrayers and worse. That's the case with a callout in my "Rights Watch column, "I Will Not Comply," in both the print and digital edition of the September issue of GUNS.

Understand that I submit articles months in advance of the publication sent to subscribers and newsstands, and have absolutely no layout input or control. That said, let's look at context, which you can read for yourself in either the above-linked iPaper version or on the website preview copy:
“[T]he bottom line is the state must try to enforce the law,” The Hartford Courant railed, noting “scores of thousands of Connecticut residents failed to register their military-style assault weapons with state police. 
“If you want to disobey the law, you should be prepared to face the consequences,” the editors, who had no personal skin in the enforcement game, proclaimed.
Read the whole article. I was condemning that statement, not endorsing it.

Over the years I have consistently challenged those who advocate "Enforce existing gun laws" by asking if they would also urge the government to "Enforce existing Intolerable Acts."

Cry 'Havoc!' and Let Slip the Dogs of War

"What I want for you to do is call off your f–king dogs, Barack!" [More]
Narcissistic. Entitled. Persecution complex. Paranoid. Yep, just the qualities the job requires.

And what could illustrate the "progressive" Opposite Day truism better than "Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill" saying they're "not going to get down in the gutter" and then launching a totally ad hominem attack including making fun of a guy because he's bald?

When Pigs Fly

I don't suppose it's in the public interest to know "the former official's" name...? [More]

FSBO

Charming fixer-upper needs TLC and a few holes patched... [More]

For Shame

Fox's Shep Smith Shames Those Who Call Pope's Agenda 'Political' [More]
I wouldn't worry about a self control-challenged headcase who brings such shame to himself shaming anyone else.

Fun with Hoplophobes

Bring some of these foam beauties into "No Guns" zones and leave them laying around. With a message screened on the side, these could make for a good guerrilla marketing campaign.

You'd probably need to make them fluorescent or Furious Mike red, though, just so the Only Ones can make it home at the end of their shift without having to resort to standard protocol against anyone who thinks they're pretty neat and picks one up.

Then again, the thought strikes that the Demanding MILMs are dumb enough that you could probably leave these black and convince them to put their logo and the Everytown url on 'em as a way to shock the public into the need for "common sense gun safety laws."

THREAT AVERTED!

My 91-year-old mother was visiting my sister, who flew her back from Arizona on Monday. Mom had to have knee replacement surgery a while back, and she always so informs TSA when she flies. They still subjected her to the full group grope experience. But hey, I remember the last time radical American nonagenarians took over a plane, so thank God for otherwise unemployable goon vigilance!

Especially with Mad Maxie et al. on the job!

Still, I wonder how our crack guardians of the skies would fare against someone who actually is a threat.

Nice to know the plan is to bring in bunches more unvetted refugees from places that do have a track record...

Further Urgency

The Atlantic notices the suspicious goings-on in Waco. [More]

Time to poke the Grassley staffers and remind them of their promise to me...

[Via Jake S]

UPDATE: I'm told the second link doesn't work for some.  Here's what I was referring to:

Fantasy Matchup

I Would Vote for Donald Trump over John Kasich [More]
I would vote for a turnip over John Kasich.

When he decided his vote for the "assault weapons ban" was politically the wrong thing to do, he didn't apologize, tell us why it was wrong and ask forgiveness.

He told us it's because it wasn't "effective."

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Not Kitted Up Enough

Four police officers who were flagged down by a store manager as his colleague detained a thief just feet away allegedly said they were "not kitted up" to help and drove away. [More]
Life across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...

So, what do you think?

Would you?

[Via Steve T

The Art of the Possible

I referenced a quote the other day in my "American Lives Matter?" post.

War on Guns Correspondent JFC notes:
Origin and comment on "politics is the art of the possible." Politics is the art of the possible. Otto von Bismarck, said in 1867. Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith Letter to John F. Kennedy (1962-03-02), printed in Galbraith's Ambassador's Journal (1969).
Good rejoinder.

Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

And that goes double for an opportunity to create a crisis. [More]

[Via Florida Guy]   

The Secret Room

Assuming you'll still need one if a home invader is in a position to find it... [More]

Special Dispensation

Pope Francis met with 89-year-old Fidel Castro, who holds no office in Cuba, but not with any members of the dissident community — in or outside of prison. [More]
But...but...but...
This weekend, Pope Francis will visit Philadelphia’s Curran-Fromhold Jail as part of his visit to the United States.
It's no doubt because prisons in Cuba are a lot more "progressive" than ours...

Why We Fight

You tell me. [More]

Tell me the cause of diversity and tolerance wouldn't benefit from a mass infusion from this culture -- a voting infusion.

Some Bozo's Hand

“I’d probably just fix some of the gun laws,” he said. “In Canada, we don’t really have any guns and there’s no gun violence, so that really solves it. I mean, they think that it’s for protection and stuff, but it always ends up in some bozo’s hand.” [More]
The Biebs says as he ignores all rules and as his bodyguards brandish...

It would almost be worth it if he led a raid...