Monday, October 07, 2019

A New York Minute

SCOTUS Rejects Effort by NYC to Toss Case Over Gun Control Measure [More]
That said, it looks like they still could give the bastards what they want:
While the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set the case aside, the justices according to the order are prepared to address whether the matter has been rendered moot by actions to withdraw the measures by the city government and state lawmakers.

So Much for That Bright Idea

NRA Carry Guard: CANCELLED! [More]
After alienating all those allies?

How much did they lose?  And why wouldn't that alone be enough for a responsible board to look for a new manager?

Bargain Hunter


50K per MONTH to be on the Burisma board?

Compare to global giant ExxonMobil:
The annual cash retainer for non-employee directors in 2018 was $110,000 per year. Chairs of the Audit and Compensation Committees and the Presiding Director receive an additional $10,000 per year.
The discharged cokehead sister-in-law-screwer with no qualifications but plenty of connection was worth every hryvnia, no doubt.

[Via JC]

#BelieveWomen

She Accused Him Of Rape. She Then Sent Herself Threatening Messages To Frame Him. [More]
So why isn't she in prison?

[Via Michael G]

Contingency Plans

MANPOWER GUIDANCE FOR ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF RESERVE COMPONENT (RC) MARINES ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY ISO DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIESDate Signed: 10/3/2019 | MARADMINS Number: 550/19 [More]
It's an update on the 2014 doc.

I guess I'm wondering who wouldn't think the military has detailed plans if things go to hell?

We're the Only Ones Spoiled Enough

Another officer with a northern New Jersey police department has admitted his role in a conspiracy that involved illegal searches and vehicle stops, thefts from drug suspects and assaults. [More]
It seems like there's no bottom to the bad apple barrel.

[Via Wynn A

We're the Only Ones Rude and Cocky Enough

Interesting profile on a retired B-A-T-F-Uer now feeding at the gun-grabber and pension trough who apparently made a social media statement preferring socialism to capitalism... [More]

A Fairfax-approved LEOSA beneficiary can afford to be anti-gun.

I didn't see anything about him on CUATF forums. I'll ask around.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Undeserving Enough

A Florida city commissioner shocked his colleagues during an awards ceremony for outstanding officers last week when he claimed one of the honorees was a "bad police officer" who had falsely arrested him years earlier. [More]
Not to take sides, but why does the commish come across like an entitled "Do you know who I am?" type?

[Via bondmen]

October Surprise

As Dennis looked for the source of the noise, Bergan jumped out of the bushes while making a “growling sound,” startling his father-in-law. [More]
That seems a bit more than a "birthday surprise" gone wrong. And didn't Bergan know Dennis was a gun owner?

And not to play Monday morning quarterback, but it probably wouldn't hurt to pre-think the scenario of what to do if an unknown person is banging outside, and make the civil and/or criminal charges-anticipating default that unless someone outside may need protecting, to hunker down inside in case the door or window is breached and call it in.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Honking Mad Enough

Their mission was ‘Teach this guy a lesson for honking his horn. We’re federal agents. How dare you?’ I went from being able to help people to being beat up by other law enforcement.” [More]
That's terrible, being treated like one of us...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Diverted Enough

A former Wichita police detective who retired while under investigation for alleged sexual harassment has been granted a diversion from criminal prosecution. [More]
"Retired"?

Not "fired" for cause with no pension?

So did they basically just give him unlimited paid vacation for sexual assault?

[Via bondmen]

反革命 帝国主义走狗

NBA scrambles after China angered by Houston Rockets' 'regrettable' pro-democracy tweet [More]
Maybe they could all raise a fist and take a knee during the National Anthem to show how sorry they are...?

[Via Dave Licht]

She's Ba-ack...

Gilbertson: Hillary is Orchestrating All of This – And She IS Running for President! Part I [More]
I'm not much on crystal balls. It wouldn't surprise me that she is obsessed with that, but recent health adventures with Bernie make me question her physical ability to do it again.

I will note Vegeta doesn't seem very happy.

[Via Jess]

The New Eloi

Obviously Toy Gun Prompts Lockdown of Three Florida Campuses [More]
So much for "the security of a free State."

This is the same age group the Founders envisioned most of the Militia would come from.

Enemies foreign and domestic have to be greatly encouraged.

[Via Michael G]

Something Must Be Done!

Free Speech Is Killing Us - Noxious language online is causing real-world violence. What can we do about it? [More]
The newsraper of record has some ideas.

And here we thought a "monopoly of violence" was just about guns.

[Via Michael G]

I am Woman, Hear Me Roar

Chronister said the amount of “highly destructive materials” police found in the home was “astonishing.” They included 24 pipe bombs Kolts had personally made, 23 knives, six handguns, two rifles, two hatchets, nunchucks and fuse materials, he said. [More]
Do all those orange tips mean what I think they mean? And I don't see anything specific about having ammunition, powder, and fuses...

But say she had everything needed. Who thinks red-flagging her and confiscating the stuff while leaving her undetained would end the danger? Now at least she gets due process.

While her Facebook is still up I see she "liked" the "anti-fascist" and "anti-Trump" Advocates for the Alternative Voting System, which could mean her possession of The Turner Diaries, which police and media are making sure we all know about, wasn't because she agreed with it.

Low-hanging fruit and headlines: Where haven't we seen that before?

[Via Jess]

Our Friends Across the Aisle

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Wants to Arrest White House Officials and Detain Them in Detroit [More]
That's one way to resolve political differences.

Imagine is such as she had even more power. Supporters would be next.

[Via Jess]

The New Black Codes

How Warren’s Gun Tax Will Disarm the Poor [More]
So the effect will be to disproportionately disarm the same demographic Democrats tell us Voter ID disenfranchises from voting?

What is it about "progressive" and "forward-thinking" ideas always being recycled old ones?

[Via Michael J]

We're the Only Ones Who've Got Your Six Enough

A former Georgia police officer who fatally shot a fleeing, unarmed black man was acquitted Saturday of voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter charges. [More]
So does this mean Anwar gets a retiral?

[Via Roger J]

We Obviously Need More 'Commonsense Gun Safety Laws'!

According to records from the Kansas Department of Corrections, Villanueva-Morales was released from prison in March 2019. He was incarcerated for several years after three robbery convictions. [More]
And as for the burning question that's left not just unanswered but unaddressed?

Or do I dare bring that up?

[Via several of you]

An Uncertain Alliance

Proposed Florida Gun Laws [More]
This looks like a pretty good resource for more than that.

My only caution is I can't see who is behind it to establish bona fides, something I'd need to see before encouraging donations and the like. It's not like we haven't seen "gun groups" needing a deeper look before.

The website is registered by proxy and I can find neither tax nor business entity filings -- all I could find is someone I have never heard of in Pennsylvania. Google searches don't help much either. If I had more time I'd dig deeper, but all I can do right now is email them the link to this and invite them to introduce themselves.

And maybe you know all about them and you're wondering how it is I don't.  Sorry, been kind'a busy and just can't field it all. Feel free to edumacate me in comments.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Burn the Flag!

States Are Depriving Innocent People of Their Second Amendment Rights - "Red flag" laws leave gun owners defenseless. [More]
Don't tell me. Tell David French, David Kopel and Amy Swearer.

And sorry, Dave Workman: I know what you're saying, but they're not "a great idea on paper," either.

We Won't Be Needing This Mask Anymore

MSM Scandal Coverage Too Fair to Trump ... "the mainstream media must end its addiction to both-sides journalism." [More]
"Authorized Journalists" have evolved from Fourth Estate Fifth Columnists into the self-outed DSM.

[Via Michael G]

Mexican Standoff

National Geographic reporter shot in Juarez while interviewing drug trafficker [More]
Turnabout being fair play, why not threaten legal action against Mexico?

[Via Wynn A

Forked Tongue

VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Caught Lying About Being Fired From Teaching Over Pregnancy [More]
WarOnGuns has obtained an exclusive video demonstrating Warren's parenting techniques.

She'd Better Hope They Don't

No doubt most will embrace the Constitution. [More]
Does that mean we get to start arresting gun-grabbers? Or is that why we're outsourcing standing army jobs to foreigners? (And feel-good "rah-rah" aside, read the rest of the story.)

One question in any case: Which bases are they going to be called back from?

[Via Roger J]

An Inconvenient Truth

TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND UKRAINE ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS [More]

What rises to the level of "supreme Law of the Land" again?

[Via JC]

Buyer's Remorse

"I'm in communication with 19 and 20-year-olds who have had full gender reassignment surgery who wish they hadn't, and their dysphoria hasn't been relieved, they don't feel better for it," she says. [More]
I don't know whether I should summon Gomer or Tommy Lee.

Who pays for all this again?

Capitalist Pigs

China’s Breeding Giant Pigs That Are as Heavy as Polar Bears ... At slaughter, some of the pigs can sell for more than 10,000 yuan ($1,399)... [More]
I don't suppose the West's communism-embracing animaladjusted environmentalcases are going to be doing any protests over there...?

Despicable Joe

A Colorado mother is devastated after a video she took in March shows a Universal Orlando character making a hate symbol on her biracial 6-year-old’s shoulder. [More]
Deplorable!

What can I say, but "ADL"?

Besides "DSM"?