Hollywood's Male #MeToo Stigma and the Fear of Coming Forward: "It's Looked Upon as a Weakness" [More]What the hell else would you call it?
Friday, June 26, 2020
First You Cry
Ratcheting Another Notch
California lawmakers poised to pass new gun ban through budget maneuver [More]Forget "legal" redress.
The "commonsense gun safety" succubus explains.
Let's ask a Democrat judge what he thinks gun owners should do.
Decent Proposal
According to information obtained exclusively by The Federalist, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) introduced a bill to amend the Communications Decency Act so tech companies that restrict constitutionally protected speech may not retain liability protections. Under Section 230 of the CDA, big tech companies are generally shielded from liability for unlawful content on their platforms (such as posts engaging in trafficking or terrorism). [More]There's no chance of enactment estimate yet. If there's a blue wave in November, forget it.
[Via Michael G]
What a Bunch of Capitalist Pigs, Right?
Seattle Business Owners File Class Action Suit Against City Over Allowance of “Occupied” Zone [More]Who does everybody think is being sung about here?
Nice to see resistance to taxation without representation is coming back into style.
Here's to the day when criminal charges are filed.
[Via Michael G]
Time to Roar
Alert 6/28/20: Tell Gov. Cooper to sign the 2nd Amendment Protection Act. [More]How does a state that elected a House and Senate willing to pass this bill end up electing this guy as governor?
And how could a North Carolina gun owner not even care enough to send a damn email or make a call?
Clarence Thomas' Greatest Sin
Millions of Americans were furious that Behar would try to lecture Thomas about interracial marriage and use the fact that his wife is white as a talking point in a political attack. [More]Maybe someone should nominate her for the Mayella Violet Ewell Award.
As for Gorsuch, at least some of us weren't gushing and haven't ended up surprised.
[Via Jess]
Majority Rules
The data showed that Hispanics made up a majority of people in the United States under age 16 in 2019, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau - an expected demographic shift that will grow over the coming decades. [More]I wonder if Jo Jorgenson or any of her followers will ever directly answer each point from my challenge instead of ignoring them and arguing other points first?
My bet is "No."
[Via Andy M]
Is That All It Takes?
Santa Cruz ends beach closure because 'people are not willing to be governed anymore' [More]Hear that, gun owners...?
[Via Michael G]
It's All in the Presentation
The current top two hits on Google's news feed:
Guess which one everyone who is not part of a limited gun advocacy niche will be introduced to.
Capture the Flag
A Denver homeowners’ association has ordered a local police chaplain to remove the “thin blue line” flag from his property, even while allowing neighbors to fly similar flags for other first responders and the military. [More]Did I ever tell you about Witless and Titless?
[Via bondmen]
We're the Only Ones Deprived Enough
Specifically, if a police officer "causes...the deprivation" of another person's rights under the Colorado Bill of Rights, then the police officer is "liable to the injured party for legal of equitable relief of any other appropriate relief. Moreover, "qualified immunity is not a defense to liability ...." [More]But that's the best part of the job!
Keep this up and they won't have to "defund the police."
But then what could "we" do instead to ensure "the security of a free State"?
More likely what will happen is lawlessness will go even more nuts than it is and demands to "Do something!" will get louder.
[Via bondmen]
There Goes the Neighborhood
Minneapolis Neighborhood Promised to “Check its Privilege”, Then a 300-Strong Homeless Camp Moved In [More]I guess the people paying the property taxes are outnumbered...?
Be interesting to see the "Days Listed" stats climb...
[Via Michael G]
Sounds Like an Ultimatum to Me
Black Lives Matter Leader: ‘If This Country Doesn’t Give Us What We Want, Then We Will Burn Down The System’ [More]What, the great uplifter of the Second Amendment?
[Via Jess]
You May Say I'm a Dreamer But I'm Not the Only One
But Powell already has a song in mind: John Lennon’s “Imagine,” which Powell says is “the most beautiful, unifying, all-people, all-backgrounds-together kind of song you could have.” [More]Yeah, godless, open borders communism! That'll unite us!
No self-image problems there for self-described "genius" Lennon. I still think NatLamp's (NSFW) Radio Dinner send-up of that is one of the funniest songs I've ever heard.
And did anybody ever do any DNA testing on his Beatle boots?
Still, if we do adopt it, there's this little matter of a return to liberal public approval for another song Lennon made a lot of money on.
Hey, come together!
[Via Michael G]
No Regrets
Henry “Kiki” Watson took part in the attempted murder that left Denny’s skull fractured in 91 places. [More]He believes it to be a justified entitlement if your skin is a different color from his. And he is not alone by a long shot.
Say, who's up for some "commonsense gun safety laws"?
Because our finest academics tell us opposition to them is due to "white supremacy."
I wonder how ol' Doc Metzl would have fared at Florence and Normandie...
[Via Michael G]
Justified
Federal appellate judge chides Supreme Court over qualified immunity doctrine [More]Can you imagine how the DSM and all the commie groups like SPLC, ADL, and Media Matters would have howled had, say, Mike Vanderboegh said this?
But when the judiciary strips individuals’ constitutional rights of legal protection — when, for example, law enforcement officers can take lives unjustifiably, without legal consequence — it can be expected that the public will take matters into its own hands.So, next cop killing, will we see articles like this pointing fingers at Obama-appointee Judge Wynn?
[Via Mack H]
Missing the Point on Purpose
False claim: Joe Biden pictured with “Grand Wizard” of Ku Klux Klan [More]DSM "fact-checkers" said it, I believe it, that settles it.
Snopes pitches in with the cleanup: He wasn't the Grand Wizard, he was the Kleagle or some such. And he'd since apologized when it started coming back to bite him. And he really meant it. Honest.
Emily Litella puts it all in perspective:
I'm sure our pals at Black Lives Matter appreciate the distinction. No?
I wonder what they and all the woke, virtue-signaling, racism-condemning "progressive" whites -- and their Antifa commie allies in their rabid struggle to exterminate those they deem "haters" -- would" think about Joe's eulogy for ol' Sheets? And how soon the monument topplers will start going after all those "public works" projects bearing his name?
The Government Has Already Gone Squirrely on Lincoln Statue
Lincoln Statue With Kneeling Black Man Becomes Target of Protests - Authorities gird against plan to topple Washington’s Emancipation Memorial [More]Guess what you get when you click the Lincoln Link:
Yeah, OK, prairie dog-- same difference. That or Northern Lights or a wooded trail or a bear or...
They've disabled all the links to monuments from the Lincoln Park page so they don't look like the gutless cowards they are. And can no one having a cached link just be a coincidence?
They've already virtually caved. Reality cannot be far behind.
Me, I'm still waiting for the frieze of Muhammad on the Supreme Court building to be determined a blasphemous insult to Islam.
Press Ignores Watts’ PR Role for Companies Linked to Weed Killer Cancer
Since Watts has an influential voice in shaping public policy through demanding gun laws, it’s fair to ask, in her executive capacity, what role she and those reporting to her played, if any, in promoting Monsanto’s products, and in reputation management/damage control efforts. Or is it more likely the Global Public and Corporate Affairs Director, whose media expertise would be needed to defend the company's image, was intentionally kept in the dark? [More]It doesn’t matter if you or I question the charges. That’s not the point. The point is were Shannon Watts a prominent advocate for “conservative” causes, you’d best believe the media would be all over her about this...