NRA Endorses Trump

We shall see if his new position is genuine, won't we? [More]

[Via Matt F]

Congratulations, Sen. Boxer!

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It's All in the Algorithm?

I do directed Google searches to see how my stuff is propagating.  My AmmoLand pieces make the Google News feed, which is advantageous for getting work noticed by others in media looking for source fodder.

The other day I did a piece on Donald Trump telling slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry's brother he would "open the books on Fast and Furious."

That's significant news, as it has the potential to get answers that the House, Senate, courts and media have so far not been able to elicit. It also explains how this could be a campaign issue due to questions it opens up about the State Department's involvement while it was under Hillary.

The piece appeared on the news search results within moments of being published. Today it is gone.

Searching by article title, by my name and by Kent Terry's name yields no results.

This is the same kind of stuff that used to happen back in the days when Mike and I were the only ones reporting on gunwalking. It's hard to believe it's not directed, and that this was not an intentional removal.

Meanwhile, other "conservative" news outlets who have been asked to look into this story and determine the truth of it themselves have all seemingly gone into "not invented here" mode, and of course no "Authorized Journalists" are even going to learn about it now that it's removed from news search results.

In any case, the end result is the news is being suppressed. Disappeared.

This is why I ask regular readers here to take a moment and share links, with like-minded friends and with news sites they frequent. I'm asking it again, right now. Will you?

UPDATE: It looks like a lot of my recent stuff has been booted off, including this exclusive.

Once is happenstance...

UPDATE 2: Several people have contacted me to tell me they can find it. I said under the NEWS tab. That's the place stories recognized as newsworthy are placed, providing an advantage in terms of being noticed and picked up by other outlets and people looking for media sources as opposed to sources that don't meet the content guideline and authorship criteria.

UPDATE 3: The Trump article is back on Google News.  I still don't see the ATF article.

UPDATE 4: And it just disappeared again. Something is going on.

'What We're Hoping This Will Do is Start a Dialog'

Yeah, buddy, you keep hoping. [Watch]

[Via Michael G]

Turning Up the Heat

Now, in a dramatic turnaround, thirteen Republican members of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee Republicans sent letters to 17 state attorneys general and eight environmental groups requesting documents related to the groups’ coordinated efforts to deprive companies, nonprofit organizations, scientists and scholars of their First Amendment rights and their ability to fund and conduct scientific research free from intimidation and threats of prosecution. [More]

Better watch it  -- that AG the Republicans helped  confirm says denial is verboten.

[Via Michael G]

No Duty to Protect

But more insidious than that, no liability for preventing people from protecting themselves. [More]

Say gang, I've got a swell idea: Let's sue the gun manufacturer!

[Via Bluesgal]

Mile High

Although, speaking only for myself, I'd need to be stoned to keep from being bored out of my skull at a "sports event." [More]

[Via cydl]

Sorry, But if You Want to Play with the Big Boys...

...you have to play by Big Boy rules. [More]

Of course, if this country ever got Constitutional about its foreign and military policies, and particularly if it once more required declarations of war from politically accountable representatives of the people, the danger of reviving a draft would go down exponentially. Especially if it ever got Constitutional about what is "necessary to the security of a free State."

Until then, and until things change, there's no need to claim CO status or to go to Canada: Simply tell the Selective Service you identify as a woman.

Ewww... the thought of a communal unisex straddle trench latrine just crept in unbidden. Make it go away...

Although, come to think of it, I don't recall seeing the issue ever addressed on Xena: Warrior Princess.

[Via Michael G]

Kristolnacht

David Horowitz can say things a gentile would get in trouble over. [More]

[Via Mack H]

Six Degrees of Separation

And they all plug into the Hillary campaign. [More]

Now I'd like to see the commonality of interests among the neocons connected.

[Via Skip W]

We're the Only Ones Resigned Enough

SFPD Chief Greg Suhr resigns after police killing of woman [More]

What is it about "progressive" strongholds...?

Yes, of course I know you know the multiple answers to that question. And they all end up at the Opposite Day truism -- whether you're talking the championing of minority rights, or who can be trusted with guns, or whatever.

[Via Mike M]

Of Course it Didn't Work

These people have no idea how to get things done on a competitive basis. [More]

The singular achievement of this White House is that no cabinet members have gotten into a knockdown drag-out over apple pies.

[Via Neil W]

See You Later, Alligator

That means they probably were brought to Florida illegally... [More]

Now that right there is offensive. They're just undocumented, and the whole system is specist anyway.

We need a pathway to denizenship. They've earned the right.

[Via Florida Guy]

It Depends on What the Meaning of the Word 'Free' Is

It's hardly "free" when one side is weighed down with requirements and conditions the other is exempted from. [More]

Opposite Day 'Progressive' Values

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The Truth About Ethics

Those who have them don't need to take a goddamn class. [More]

If the judge found evidence of deception, the perps should have been frogmarched out of the courtroom and into a holding cell pending arraignment on charges.

It's systemic and pervasive with these bastards -- remember the "fraud on the court" in the Dobyns case?

The Opposite Day "progressive" Department of Justice is one big cesspool of corrupt sadists who delight in destroying lives like they're pulling wings off flies. It'll take more than an annual class to flush that.

Competing Interests

Yet some Republicans say Trump's public lands platform is alienating potential allies, particularly those in Congress and industry who oppose the federal government's massive landholdings and believe states could better manage them for activities like drilling, mining and logging. By catering heavily to hunters and anglers, Trump may be shooting himself in the foot. [More]

You're going to need to find a balance here, guy, and soon. Because this is where something that can't be taken back could start, and where sides will be chosen. You really don't want your populist dad to have to preside over that.

And give him this message: Don't expect rich and powerful family political dynasties to be embraced by those putting their hopes into something different.

We're the Only Ones All-Seeing Enough

Computer scientists have created a way of letting law enforcement tap any camera that isn’t password protected so they can determine where to send help or how to respond to a crime. “It’s a way to help people take advantage of information that’s out there,” says David Ebert, an electrical and computer engineer at Purdue University. [More]

You don't get out much, do you Ebert?  Or maybe you do...

Anyone Who Can't be Trusted with an Apple Pie Can't be Trusted without a Custodian

Some people are unemployable not just because of the lack of any marketable skills, but because they're actually dangerous to have around. [More]