And Another One Bites the Dust

My articles continue to be removed from the Google News feed. Removed as in they were originally there and either an algorithm or a person decided to take them down.

The Monday story about the Third Circuit affirming the district court in the Watson machine gun case was posted in the news feed within moments of being published and remained there through yesterday.  Today it is gone.

This was the handicap we operated under all through Fast and Furious. If it doesn't come from the "Authorized Journalists," the system is rigged to keep original investigative reporting and analysis contained.

Just to reiterate, as the dilemma seemed to cause some confusion last post:  Yes, I know it still appears on Google.  I'm talking about the "News" category marked by a tab. That's the place stories recognized as newsworthy are aggregated, providing a distinct 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.

No Way to Treat a Lady

A fifth grade teacher at Gresham-Barlow school in Oregon who was born a female, but transgendered into a male, won a $60,000 pay-off from the district after complaining of being called a “lady” and referred to as “she” in a harassing manner by fellow educators. [More]

They're lucky they weren't in New York City -- it could have been several times that much just in "Human Rights Commission" fines.

Is ze (hir?) happy now?

As Good as It Gets

The Republican governor said in a veto message that the bill would place "redundant restrictions on firearms ownership while ignoring the larger problem of domestic violence." Current law requires officers to seize a person's weapons when there is probable cause to believe the person has committed domestic violence, said Christie, who vetoed a version of the bill last year. [More]

It would be nice if his veto message had mentioned rights, but I guess in New Jersey, certain realities are going to prevail for the foreseeable future.

A Matter of Responsibility

Parents of New Jersey 4-year-old boy who fatally shot 6-year-old boy ordered to pay nearly $600K [More]

There's not enough money in the world to pay for this, and nothing that can make things right. 

Some of us were able to raise kids just fine by exercising appropriate personal and parental responsibility, and without any "laws" to tell us what to do.

[Via Bluesgal]

I Surrender, Suckers

The White House waved the white flag Tuesday on federal gun control efforts for the remainder of Barack Obama’s presidency... [More]

Why do I suspect a war crime in the making...?

[Via Jess]

Willing to Kill

Poor woman sounds like she needs help. [More]

She also needs to be told she has the right to leave Starbucks and withdraw her son from Little League any time she pleases.

But that's not what she really wants, is it?

[Via Mack H]

Can't We All Get Along?

Black Iowa Student Starts Fight, Loses, Makes Up Hate Crime, Gets Caught [More]

Blaming others is always easier than facing what you would no longer be able to deny to yourself after an honest self-examination.

[Via Florida Guy] 

Stay Classy, Kerodin

'Pssst!? Hey, Red Mikey, can you still smell your taint on my 'stache from last night?' [More]

Sheltered me: I actually hadn't run across that word before and had to look it up. Juvenile and vulgar, which is about what I'd expect. And to do it while Mike is dying reveals all anyone should care to know about this creature Kerodin's character.

That's why I'm posting this. I've purposely stayed out of their public feuding and even though I'm Mike's friend have left Kerodin alone because I believe a man should fight his own battles (except for one time to point out that Kerodin telling Glenn Beck he would follow unconstitutional disarmament laws contradicted his blog posturing). Plus, I didn't see anything Mike couldn't handle. But he is no longer in any condition to expend precious remaining energy properly defending himself, so I will presume to speak for my friend this once.

That picture was taken at the 2011 NRA Annual Meeting. I know, because my brother-in-law and I took Mike to Pittsburgh. Contrary to Kerodin's obscene insinuation of a relationship, this was a chance photo taken at an exhibitor booth.  I had no idea who the other person Kerodin accuses of being a "White Supremacist Employee of the State" was until I did a photo search.

That would be this gentleman here: Pretty impressive CV.  It turns out he was at the booth because he was "helping a buddy." It also turns out that he later became a Kerodin supporter who had "a blow up" with Mike over that.  And it turns out he later had a change of heart and said he "should not have believed Kerodin’s BS [and] Mike was gracious enough to accept my apology, and that was that."

That pretty much tracks with Wirecutter's experience. I guess hell hath no fury like a Kerodin scorned.

There's one other thing I'm going to point out: I'm continuing to get trolling comments reveling in "Red Mike's" cancer, wishing an agonizing death on him, and taunting that the only good commie is a dead commie. Most I don't allow. I have called attention to a few just to illustrate that only a sadistic coward with irreparable mental problems would obsess over doing that. And I can't help but note a main instigator of that sentiment, again having this permanently posted while Mike is preparing to pass:

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OK, I'm done, except to add a condition for commenting: Kerodin, you're not welcome here. You have the whole rest of the internet to tell the handful who still think you have leadership qualities about my taint smell or whatever, plus I have no interest in any of the poison you spew. That also applies to any of your idiot followers.

You don't like it, good.

That Championship Feeling

State Department sets new single-day record for Syrian refugee approvals [More]

Rigorous!

Ryan's and Ryan's Alone

BIPARTISAN VICTORY!!! [More]

You know, for the place that's not even a state and is dominated by the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party...

Dang, that's exciting news! Just the other day, I was agonizing over Puerto Rican debt restructuring, and wondering if he'd ever be able to keep that promise to Nancy Pelosi.

Great work on all our behalf, Mr. Speaker!

Brought to You By Government Policies

At today's panel, government health officials said they are concerned about local transmission of Zika if travelers spread the virus to mosquitoes in the U.S., which can then infect other people who have not traveled to countries with Zika epidemics. [More]

Rigorous!

Not that Opposite Day "progressives" will allow the right thing to be done. Never let a crisis go to waste, right? And if there is no crisis, do what you can to cultivate situations with potential to create desperate masses looking for someone to give control to.

Interesting way to describe the infected. I wonder how many were one-way "travelers," following the Democrat Voter/Cheap Labor Pathway in.

Another Low

Really, what possible relevance could being an enabler for a sexual predator have for a candidate's moral qualifications to wield power? [More]

Speaking of Just in Time for Summer...

'Roots' Reborn: How a Slave Saga Was Remade for the Black Lives Matter Era [More]

Stoke those grievances!  What's the worst that could happen?

I remember during the LA riots, MTV played a rock video where some white guy in what I recall as a white tux and top hat was whipping a black man in a barn.  Just the thing to gin up the racism and provoke at the time when things were already at a breaking point.

Anybody think there aren't people pulling strings who know exactly what they're doing?

Just note that most of the action is going to occur in "progressive"-occupied territory. That means if you can, avoid it. If you can't, don't be Reginald Denny.

The Shape of Things to Come

The mob, holding anti-Trump signs and Mexican flags, began throwing rocks and bottles at police on foot and horseback. [More]

Brought to you by the Pathway Vote/Cheap Labor Alliance. It's gonna be a long, hot summer.

Maybe enough Americans will be horrified and wake up.

We're the Only Ones Honest Enough

“As the motorist yielded, the driver sped past him, laughed, and flipped him the middle finger,” police wrote at the time. “The complainant observed this occur three other times with the same results.” [More]

It's nice to see a representative of ATF being so candid about the way they view us.