Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Senate Testimony on Early Outpatient Treatment for COVID-19
Adventures in Sausage-Making
Red Flag GCOs Removed from Defense Bill [More]
Sounds Like Yí Jiàn Zhōng Qíng
We're the Only Ones Untimely Enough
No cops: Woman carjacked in West Loop waits over an hour for police response [More]
When seconds count...
[Via Wynn A]
Pyrrhic at Best
Drugs Declare Victory in War on Drugs [More]
I wouldn't count the guys with the power to seize assets and prohibit gun ownership out just yet. Besides, since when has winning lucrative, power-expanding wars been the goal?
[Via bondmen]
Does MAIG Award Trophies or Something?
City of Memphis passes 300 homicides in record-breaking year [More]
And naturally, it's a Bloomberg city!
[Via bondmen]
'Top Men'
Trump tweets video of Chinese professor claiming that Beijing can swing US policy because it has 'people at the top of America's core inner circle of power' ... [More]
What, the people trying to do something about our human rights violations?
And yeah, we know.
[Via bondmen]
There's No Such Thing as a Bad Boy?
14-year-old Florida boy charged with attempted murder of 3 deputies [More]
But "journalistic standards" don't allow them to tell us who this menace to society is, and if he's not being charged as an adult, he'll be ready to pick up where he left off with a sealed record when he comes of age?
[Via bondmen]
Today's 'Stop the Steal' Collection
Everyone here should know how this works by now. I add links throughout the day, you weigh the claims to see what makes sense.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
"This fall, the Governor decided there wasn't going to be a ‘holiday tree’, or as most call it a Christmas tree, in the Capitol rotunda..." [More]
In fairness, Democrat Tony's not completely irreligious.
[Via Jess]
All in the Family
Maya Harris aided effort to boost husband's attorney general bid [More]
Well, yeah. Kamala wants to make sure she's surrounded by loyalists in her administration.
[Via Jess]
The Good Master
Woke Corps Lobby D.C. to Keep Their Slaves [More]
That way they can expand their plantations.
If you see a fellow gun owner wearing Nike gear, let him know he enabled donations to the Biden campaign.
[Via Michael G]
Oh, the Humanities
The University of Michigan engineering department promoted an article arguing that the idea that safe spaces are unnecessary is a "myth." [More]
Sounds like somebody can't find a pocket protector to fit a flannel shirt...
[Via Michael G]
'Success' Has Many Fathers
New Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, seeking to revamp the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office with progressive policies, said Monday after taking office that cash bail will be ended for many offenses and sentences in thousands of cases will be reevaluated. Gascón, in remarks after taking his oath of office, took aim at his predecessors in recent decades — calling Los Angeles “a poster child for the failed tough-on-crime approach.” [More]
So going soft on crime is the "successful" approach? Genius!
Any bets on the mean number of "catch and release" arrests and convictions on the affected rap sheets?
[Via Geordan]
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain!
‘BLM’ Registers As Political Party With Mystery Backing [More]
Any bets some of that "backing" isn't black...sorry, Black...?
Or British...?
[Via Roger J]
So Come On Down to Bloomberg Guns' Inventory Blowout!
Court approves Everytown’s bid to buy inventory of Jimenez firearms [More]
I can't wait for someone to find them violating a "commonsense gun safety law" in the process. Be ironic if they lost some and got sued over the resulting "gun violence"...
Qualified Immunity and Special Privileges Drive Wedge Between Gun Owners and Police
But most police are “pro-gun,” some argue. No doubt many are. But that’s very different from being “pro-rights.”[More]
This should start some fights.