A Condition of Employment

A local business owner with several offices in Georgia is now requiring all of his employees to get a concealed carry license and be armed. [More]

Sorry, pal. I wouldn't work for you, and not just because of your presuming to impose a Judge on me. That's not what I believe would serve me best. But thanks for the free gun.

Here's my beef: Who does this guy think he is, telling another human being he's going to require them to apply for permission to exercise a right?

That and you don't pressure somebody into something deeply personal like that. Seems to me if overmuch angst is caused, you're just asking for unforeseen issues to manifest. You don't want that happening with a gun, both from a safety and from a liability perspective.

[Via Florida Guy]   

We're from the Government and We're Here to Help

The massive expenditures by agencies which are supposed to be administrative by nature have many people asking why, for instance, the Department of Veterans Affairs would need riot helmets, body armor, Kevlar blankets, and tactical gear. Or why the FDA needs ballistic vests. [More]

Let's turn their breathless meme around.  Why, do you realize government is a bigger threat than ISIS?

[Via Florida Guy]   

Sanctioned Kill

Permit-carrying resident halts armed robbery with fatal gunfire [More]

You need someone else's permission for that?

[Via Fresch Fisch]

"Teens"

Oh that Archie and Jughead! What madcap dilemma will they find themselves in next? [More]

I like how it's somehow not in the public interest to identify Reptilicus the Younger.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones MIA Enough

The robberies have all been reported near Pohick Road and the Richmond Highway, in the Pohick/Lorton /Newington area. [More]

So much for "The police are there to protect you" myth.

Even when they have it narrowed down to suspect description, geographic area, M.O. and more, the cops have been serially unable to stop the parasite again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

Of course I have no way of knowing this, but I won't be surprised to find the  -- do I call them "teens" or "kids" these days? --  uh, the perp is pulling all these death threats off with a replica gun. Nor will I be surprised if presenting him with his well-earned Darwin Award results in all kinds of outrage.

[Via William T]

Scenes We'd Like to See

Piute County Sheriff threatens arrest of Forest Service personnel [More]

So will the Utah turn around and pull the same decertification crap fed-beholden Oregon is trying on Sheriff Palmer?

And will they charge deputies with impeding federal officers and roll out the terror statutes?

Unintended Consequences

Zimbabwe park warns it may shoot 200 ‘surplus’ lions now that big game hunters are staying home [More]

If this isn't the best example of the "With 'progressives,' every day is Opposite Day" truism, I don't know what...

[Via Florida Guy]   

The Privileged Class

Al-Qaeda fighters using FACEBOOK to buy and sell 'CIA weapons' [More]

See, the restrictions only apply to those we're told pose a greater threat...

[Via Jeet]

Playing the Trump Card

Listen to a doctrinaire "progressive" Fourth Estate Fifth Columnist on what's best for the party and the country! [More]

Go for it, establishment figureheads! I'm sure Walter Shapiro only has all our best interests at heart!

I noticed several attack Trump pieces on WaPo the other day. I'm sure a perusal of other major media sites will yield the same.  It's like the guy terrifies them.

To paraphrase Capt.Butler, they should be terrified, often, and by someone who knows how.

I saw a great observation over at Mike's the other day in response to one of his posts warning against the guy:

The point isn't that Trump might do all that, the point is that Trump is going to get elected by promising to do all that. He's going to get elected by saaying things that aren't PC, and that liberals hate. He's going to prove that you can be Right, and get elected. The Republicans have been saying for years that their only viable candidates were just as far left as the Dems: the only way to get elected was to be a leftist. Even if everything Trump says is exposed as a lie, he's going to expose a bigger, more fundamental lie: you don't really have to be far-left to get elected. 

That and he both creates and provides fodder for comedy gold:

Even when "progressives" make fun of the guy I still get a kick out of it, probably because they can't do so without exposing their own absurd delusions.

Five Out of Nine Doctors Agree

Medical opinions on guns don't form the monolith the professional associations would have us believe. [More]

True, it's not a "scientific" poll, but then again, neither is this.

Just anecdotally, back in a previous life, I was director of policies and procedures for California's largest physician practice management corporation, and one of the department heads who read my stuff in the magazine confided to me that he kept a 1911 under the driver's seat of his Corvette  -- "illegally," of course.

Naturally I cautioned him about being careful who he told that to.

Burning Down the House

Well played, Forces of Darkness! Well played! [More]

Bracken notes a plan coming together.

Ready or not, here they come.

Where a Kid Can Be a Kid

Authorities in Connecticut are searching for approximately a dozen patrons who were caught on camera fighting at a popular children's restaurant. [More]

"Kids" will be kids...

Question for Ted Nugent

Americans for Tax Reform

If there was a Hall of Fame of Common Sense, a huge statue of Grover Norquist would at be the front door. [More]

Do you still feel that way? After knowing this? And this and this?

I ask because, as one of the few who got an "everybody keep this in perspective" message into the Google News feed over your bone-headed "Jew poster" misstep, I see you're also up for Nominating Committee-endorsed reelection this time. Candidly, I want to know if I should add you to my "Do not vote for" list.

What I'd prefer is to see some common sense from you. That and some answers to a few questions.

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Message delivered:

UPDATE: Answered without you, Ted. I wasn't expecting you to reply anyway. From page "C" of the 2016 Director Recall:

So evidently hard core "Great NRA Patriot" Ted is OK with a fellow director who endorses gun-grabbers, just like he has done. It doesn't bother Ted if Grover works with Bloomberg to implement Hillary amnesty policies, and to ensure millions of Democrat-leaning anti-gunners are fast-tracked on the "pathway to citizenship." 

And like the rest of them, he won't give a compelling, numbers-based rebuttal because he can’t.

There's the Rub

According to legal experts, any child born to an American mother or father, no matter where, is considered a US citizen. [More]

But is that child considered a "natural born" US citizen?

This needs to be resolved now, not later.  It would create a genuine crisis were this suit to be dismissed, but a stronger complaint financed by the Democrat war chest -- accompanied by enthusiastic media cheer-leading -- were to be filed at the most opportune time of their choosing.

Trying to duck things doesn't make them go away.  It just sets the stage for a Streisand effect to incubate and grow.

It's on Constitutional expert lawyer Cruz to resolve this once and for all, so that there's no question and no danger. If he thinks it's a distraction now, think what it will become if he wins the nomination. Plus, this is bigger than him. This affects all of us. He owes it to everyone pinning their hopes on him, and donating their energy, time and money to get him elected.

And no, I'm not taking a "side" here on his eligibility. Not only don't I have time to wade through and try to validate  all the conflicting arguments, but ultimately, it's going to be what some black robes rule, whether I personally think they're full of it or not.

Bleep Van Bleep

There's no fool like an old fool. [More]

This is fitting, not just because it's shows what anyone endorsing a system responsible for the deaths of 200 million people deserves, but because the person who posted it appropriated the property of Bernie-supporter Seth MacFarlane to share with the masses.

Here are some more lottery winners for Bernie. And here's their Twitter feed, where they sure do cite the Pope a lot, at least when he's not talking about abortion. And here are the stage props getting a final paint touch-up on their masks, the better to delude the idol worshipers into believing they actually share the qualities of the characters they're pretending to be.

Two Firesign Theater lines come to mind.

From "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers":

The Howl of the Woof Movie: Presenting honest stories of working people as told by rich Hollywood stars.

From "In the Next World You're on Your Own":

Eat flaming death, fascist media pigs.

The Keys to the Kingdom

The Italian press reports she worked as a kind of gatekeeper for the Pontiff, as well as for the bishops and cardinals who stay there. [More]

What? You mean non-vetted and approved people are being kept out?

@Pontifex tear down this wall!