Tuesday, August 31, 2021

CDC Director Goes ‘Old School’ with Call to Push Anti-Gun Agenda

By once more involving CDC in the agenda/junk science propaganda effort, Director Walensky is actually going “old school.” [More]
The return of "dirty, deadly and banned," paid for courtesy of, among others, you.

I, 'Gun Criminal'

 If you get caught with arms, even JPFO will support prosecutions, because everyone knows the Second Amendment stops short of legally arming criminals. [More]

I freely confess to having been a "gun criminal" for years in California. I just never got caught for that and for carrying "illegally" for over 20 years.

Where the Second Amendment stops short is giving approval to infringements.

I'm delighted to see JPFO be one of the first national groups to understand the threat the current "immigration/invasion" plot poses. I caution them to think through how they make their case.

Voter Malpractice

 The bill passed the Senate on Aug. 18 along party lines, 27-20, with all Republicans for and all Democrats against. Republicans have argued in favor of the bill, repeatedly noting the law’s origin in the Jim Crow South and efforts to keep guns away from Black North Carolinians. [More]

So naturally:

Black voters are significantly more likely to register as a Democrat (79%) compared to other groups

Never let reality get in the way of a planted preconception...?

Hawkeye Headway

 Eleven Iowa Counties are now Second Amendment Sanctuaries [More]

Some take the motto to heart...

We're the Only Ones Evaluating Enough

 California Police Chief Requires Psych Evals For All CCW Applicants [More]

Anybody know enough about HIPAA medical privacy protections to know if that might be a way to fight this Intolerable Act?

[Via Jess]

Survey SAYS...

Findings from the Cato Institute 2021 Immigration and Identity National Survey [More]

It's like Mr. Pynchon says...

Cato: We know where they stand.

Google money, eh?

[Via Mack H]

Editorial Arrogance Personified

 Letter: Critical race theory is ‘racism personified’ [More]

So is the "Editor's Note" at the bottom kind of like the way Facebook hall monitors stick their unqualified noses into things because they don't trust people to read things and make up their own minds?

[Via Mack H]

Sell-Outs

 Conservatives must finally recognize something that’s very depressing and very important: the conservative intellectual movement in America didn’t just fail. It aided and abetted the Left for money. The Left bought off the Right’s leading conservative intellectuals. And its think tanks. And its “flagship” magazines. This is not hyperbole or conjecture. I’ve got the receipts. [More]

I've been warning readers about NRO, Goldberg, and French for years.

[Via MM]

Modus Operandi

So, they did something unthinkable... They stole the post... [More]
All part of ABC Family Values...

[Via Michael G]

Speak for Yourself

 Legal immigration isn’t an issue that the right and left have much disagreement on. We want legal immigrants. [More]

So another "gun writer" proves oblivious to what even The New York Times is crowing about...?

I don't suppose he would like to take the challenge...? Or offer a detailed rebuttal to points documented here?

The current system purposely undermines a key goal of the Preamble, "to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." Any "reform" that doesn't embrace that -- and ensure new admissions adhere to the values of a limited government and a Bill of Rights culture -- is just part of the power grab.

[Via Michael G]

Clinton Kildepstein Writ Large

 As the video shows, school board member Roscoe D. Cooper III calls out several names of people who were supposedly scheduled to comment publicly about a measure being debated. Phil McCracken, Eileen Dover, Wayne Kuhr, Suk Mahdik, Ophelia McCaulk, and Don Kedick were among the list of punned-out names that poor Mr. Cooper failed to latch onto. [More]

What a dope.

[Via Keith B]

All Over the MAP

[A]ll of Prostasia’s goals and campaigns lead to the exact same conclusion: The total normalization and acceptance of pedophilia in wider society. [More]

That still won't be enough. Just like "it's not enough to be non-racist, you have to be anti-racist."

If you're socially suicidal enough to actually be appalled by what child sexual predators do and to speak out against it, prepare to be canceled.

Provided there's still a place to speak out...

[Via Michael G]

America's Baghdad Bob

Do you think it's conceivable that John Kirby believes his own line of sh!+? [More]

I have yet to see a spokesflack who doesn't remind me of a Jon Lovitz skit:

[Via Michael G]

Easy as ATM

 DC suspects kidnapped victims at gunpoint, forced them to make withdrawals reparations from ATMs [More]

 Careless of Fox 5 not to fix that before they published it...

And naturally:

Police officials are advising people to comply with the victims at the moment. They say when a victim follows their instructions, the suspects don't seem to be inflicting additional harm beyond stealing from them.

Yep. Let a gang of violent parasitic sociopaths stick a bag over your head and zip-tie your hands. Trust them. What could go wrong?

[Via 1Gat]

A Drop in the Bucket

 Citing St. Joe’s increasing ‘wokeism,’ a small group of alumni say they will withhold donations [More]

Until it's a large enough group, including parents not paying for their children to be "final finished" in such brainwashing centers, don't expect change. Since I don't see most parents getting involved at the grade school level, including in public schools where no direct tuition is involved, I don't have high hopes.

Maybe after everything collapses...

[Via Michael G]

CCDL Fighting Back

The Connecticut Citizens Defense League (CCDL) announced today that yesterday it filed a federal civil rights action in the United States District Court against the Police Chiefs of Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport and Waterbury to stop their blatant and ongoing violations of CCDL members’ right to keep and bear arms and other constitutional rights. [More]
Here's the complaint:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Place de la Révolution

 There’s no room for due process anymore, the official narrative tells us. [More]

They'd better make room because when due process goes out the window, the tumbrels will come for the officials and the elites.

[Via bondmen]

And There Was War in Heaven

 ...Soros called Xi Jinping “the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world.” [More]

Popcorn?

[Via bondmen]

The Same Old Story

 The Media's Addiction To COVID 'Fear Porn' Is Perpetuating An Ever-Worsening Cycle Of Societal Damage Across The World [More]

Terrify the population, it demands to be saved no matter the cost.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

[Via bondmen]

A Vote of 'No Confidence'

90 Retired Generals Pen Scathing Letter Calling For Austin And Milley To Resign Immediately [More]

I guess none of them worked for ONI...?

What gets me is the high-ranking apparatchiks will go on to lucrative establishment positions while Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller faces financial ruin.

I actually hope they try to hang on a bit, get loud, and alienate more. I'm waiting for Austin and his apologists to play the victim-of-supremacists card.

[Via bondmen]

In Case He's Not Making Himself Clear

 Michael Moore After Afghanistan Evacuation: Time to Defend America ‘Against Our Own Domestic Taliban’ [More]

That means he wants the government to kill you.

[Via bondmen]

Universal Talking Points

Building the narrative on "ghost guns" using the same formula, different application... [Watch]

That's why I call them Opposite Day "progressives" -- because everything they do is contradictory and regressive.

[Via Jess]

Do You Come from a Land Down Under?

 The ability for federal agents to delete, copy, and modify citizens' online accounts is now within the "legal" realm. The government can impersonate its citizens, while using online accounts, to achieve tasks they deem worthy. [More]

But don't worry, "journalists," that is, the authorized ones, have some special considerations. 

For now.

[Via Jess]

Imran We Hardly Knew Ye

FBI: Gunman possibly inspired by foreign terrorist groups [Watch]

Guess what nobody seems interested in even asking about.

[Via 1Gat]

Cry 'Havoc!' and Let Slip the Dogs of War

 U.S. Military Left Service Dogs Behind in Afghanistan [More]

I'm sure there are many at the "Humane" Society who would favor giving up human seats to animals. What's outrageous is that things came to this.

It's a further example of the utter ineptness in administration leadership that we see unfolding every day. In the Silver Lining Department, as wannabe totalitarians go, these guys project incompetence and weakness.

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE:
Pentagon Denies Military Dogs Were Left Behind in Afghanistan [More]
Who to believe... the animaladjusted or Thoroughly Modern Milley...?

[Via Mack H]

Speaking of White Privilege

 Hey, if they didn't have it, there wouldn't have been any "reparations" to take off them. [Watch]

[Via 1Gat]

'Follow Me'

 Herschel shares the latest on Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller. [More]

The man is willing to put it all on the line for principle. I hope enough moved by that and in a position to follow in a meaningful way do so.

The Friend of My Enemy

Tucker Carlson goes over what we've already talked about in terms of the government arming the Taliban as it tries to disarm Americans, but that bears continued repeating and he presents it in a way that everyone but a fanatical anti-gun cultist or a Democrat (but I repeat myself) can understand and agree with. [Watch]

We're the Only Ones Getting in on the Action Enough

  Internal investigators say he repeatedly had contact with a Tremont bar owner convicted for bribing police. [More]

Remember what Mom used to reply to "All the other guys are doing it"...?

Monday, August 30, 2021

If Past Practice is Indicator, ATF Correspondence in Rare Breed Case Will Show Much

Imagine what the discovery is going be like in the trigger case???? [More]

Email excerpts from an earlier case show how vengeful ATF functionaries will do anything they want -- even if they know it's wrong -- if they really want to rule against you. 

Funny, Who They'll Try That With

 North Korea Restarts Weapons-Grade Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor Halted Under Trump [More]

What do they know about American "leadership" that Democrats don't?

[Via Michael G]

What's Wrong with This Picture?

 Too often, those left behind to pull the pieces of broken families back together are the women, like Rosheda Murray, a single mother of five. Her youngest son, Jarrod, is nine. His father was murdered. [More]

So I take it by wording it that way that he wasn't the only father in the picture?

What does this have to do with me and my rights, again?

Good Call

 Former NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, a rising right-wing radio star, doesn't care if you call her a murderer [More]

More likely she doesn't care about the opinions of lying morons who would do that.

Same Old Story

 That enmity tracks largely (though not exclusively) along lines from previous elections. [More]

So Democrats are unhappy with non-Democrats. What else is new?

[Via Mack H]

So Much for Respect Being Earned

 Namely, uniformed personnel and military retirees are prohibited from disrespecting senior government leadership (e.g. the President, Vice President, Congress, Secretary of Defense, Service Secretaries, etc.). [More]

I wonder if fawning praise that some could interpret as sarcasm is allowed...

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Lloyd Austin, and Mark Milley are the finest, most honest, and competent leaders ever!

[Via bondmen]

UPDATE: Going to where the site I linked to got is information, this could be limited to members of the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Mutually Exclusive

 Brazil's Bolsonaro Says Everyone Should Buy a Rifle [More]

Naturally, the communists have a different idea, and it looks like there may be enough stupid voters to help them make it happen.

[Via bondmen]


He Can Help Them Get Those Rates Up

 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who has presided over skyrocketing violent crime, a lead crisis that imperiled children, and a city with some of the nation’s worst racial disparities in poverty and other areas, was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the ambassador to Luxembourg. [More]

He ought to fit right in. They have so much in common.

[Via bondmen]

Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

 Antifa militant and accused "ringleader" Jason Charter, alleged to have committed various serious crimes ranging from destruction of government property to destruction of a veterans' memorial, has pled guilty to the much lesser federal charge of disorderly conduct on restricted grounds. [More]

That and he fought with police?

Seems fair. It's not like he's Ashli Babbitt or anything.

[Via Roger J]

It's Never ALL Bad

 The incompetence is stunning. [More]

Before being too hard on them it's important to remember that not everyone is upset.

[Via Michael G]

The Finest Racists Money Can Buy

The FBI, already under fire for its handling of FISA warrants and confidential informants, is enduring more scrutiny as the Justice Department admits agents failed to disclose to a court that they had paid — to the tune of six figures — a white supremacist publisher for years to be an investigative source. [More]

Project much, Chris?

[Via Michael G]

Teaching Tomorrow's Woke Tyrants Today!

Washington, D.C.’s top prep schools implement “antiracism” curricula in lockstep. [More]

And when they're all grown up ... I don't know why I suddenly thought of Pinkley...

[Via Michael G]

Incited Mob Morality

 Trump's Supreme Court just showed why court-packing is necessary to save U.S. democracy -- Law professor Stephen Feldman explains why court-packing should be defended on both moral and political grounds [More]

Democracy! Just like the Founders intended!

[Via Michael G]

Point/Counterpoint

 Point:

A Missouri judge just ruled in our favor. This time we won defending a new Missouri law protecting our #SecondAmendment rights. St. Louis City & Co, Jackson Co & the Biden administration sought to strike down #SAPA… they were unsuccessful. #2A

Counterpoint:

Fun fact: A dismissal is not a win. The judge dismissed the case because of a pending remedy at hand, actually 2 separate pending cases. These are co-suits with the DOJ arguing that MO can’t nullify federal law.

As much as I hate to admit it, she's got a point. I owuldn't be breaking out the champagne just yet.

New York, New York, It's a Wonderful Town!

Dad grabs dying 24-year-old son’s gun after shootout with off-duty NYPD and opens fire...The dad has around 60 prior arrests on his record on charges including drug possession, assault and weapon possession, source said.  [More]
They ought to put such people on an island or something. Oh, wait...

[Via Remarks]

The Solution We've Been Waiting For

 Police say the suspect in Friday’s school shooting, 13-year-old Juan Saucedo Jr. brought the gun from home where it belonged to his dad. That man, Juan Saucedo Sr, was accused in a 2018 shooting in the pick-up line outside Highland High School. [More]

Obviously requiring you and me to lock up our safety would have prevented all this!

[Via Jess]

The Lost Boys

 Bruh ... they dragged him out ... Haha! [More]

The brainwashing is damn near complete.

[Via Michael G]

Unintended Consequences

 The Russian Ammo is gone... It will BACKFIRE on the LEFT GLORIOUSLY... Here's how... [Watch]

Let's hope. Two concerns:

What's produced in other countries can be sidetracked by State.

Craft beer is typically a lot more expensive.

[Via Jess]

My Kind of Razzmatazz

Untraceable ‘ghost guns’ are a threat. It’s time we banned them [More]

Right. Because then this would stop happening.

How cause-and-effect-challenged must one be to sit on the "CST Editorial Board"?

Forget it, Jake. It's Chi-Town.

[Via Jess]

Intended Consequences?

The question is worth asking because if Senate Democrats get their way, they’ll weaponize S230 reform to target online gun marketplaces. Conservatives urging repeal of Section 230 are playing right into their hands. [More]

Yow.

Now what?

[Via DDS]

Tangentially-Related UPDATE:
But applied to entities such as Facebook that handle millions of items of third-party content a day, the laissez-faire approach threatens free speech by concentrating unchecked censorial power in the hands of a few companies.  [More]
So "Damned if we do, damned if we don't" is the best anyone can come up with?

[Via Michael G]

Trouble in Paradise

 Survivors and advocates say they are frustrated that Biden has failed to deliver on his campaign promises to try to curb gun violence. [More]

Not that what they're demanding would...

Still, it's always nice to see thwarted control freaks sputter.

[Via Jess]

Chippie Off the Old Bloc

While Washington, D.C. was riveted Jan. 6 on events at the U.S. Capitol, the FBI quietly released a trove of files from an "urgent" — yet seemingly controlled — investigation 60 years ago into Nancy Pelosi's father. [More]

Hey, it's not like a bred communist domestic enemy in control of the House of Representatives is news or anything...

[Via Jess]


Under the Hammer

 Director Marion Hammer used her email list to attack the “hateful” article and encouraged list members to vote in the poll. [More]

Actually, the article did not share my cynicism. I think the companies involved chose an answer they could all use that would least alienate customers.

Also from NRA in Danger:

Again, call me cynical when it comes to some of the rsigning director excuses I've seen. Case in point...

[Via Laocoön]


Commonsense Caliphate Safety Laws

 A spokesman for the Taliban said that Afghans who have government-issued weapons, ammunition, or vehicles need to hand them over or face punishment. [More]

[Via Jess]

'Some Reasonable Relationship'

SAF CHALLENGES ‘ASSAULT WEAPON’ BAN IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS [More]

That the complaint acknowledges "And they are, moreover, exactly what they would bring to service in militia duty, should such be necessary" is something I hope to see emphasized. Miller left us some tools that far too few ever pick up and use.

Coming Soon, to a Caliphate Near You

 About 500 Afghan refugees, special immigrant visa holders coming to Akron, mayor says [More]

Rigorous!

[Via Sweet Babboo]

UPDATE: Well, that didn't take long:
Convicted rapist reached the U.S. on Afghan evacuation flight

Talk About 'Baseless'!

 BOOM! Judge Orders New Election After STAGGERING 78% of Mail-in Ballots Discovered As Fraudulent — Multiple Arrests Made [More]

Better send Michael Byrd down there. It sounds like they're gonna need "utmost courage".

[Via Jess]

UPDATES:

It looks like several election count-related tips were sent in over the weekend, so I'm going to use this one as an aggregator and update the post as I get to them.

Talk of the Town

 Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia [More]

Horrors!

How many gang-related killings do they commit each weekend?

Funny-- a grenade is featured prominently in the accompanying illustration but not even mentioned in the story. It's almost like they want to create an impression for effect or something.

What can I say but "Mother Jones"...?

Shhh...

“The National Rifle Association will continue to lead the way to preserve our rich hunting heritage within our shores and indeed across the globe." [More]

Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits.

Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain.

Friday, August 27, 2021

Still Time to Enroll in Summer Camp!

This 8.0-hour, instructor-led course is designed to provide the knowledge necessary to begin planning for situations requiring the isolation and quarantine (I&Q) of a large portion of a local, rural population. This training will provide public- and private-sector emergency managers, community policy makers, public health, and public safety personnel with the general knowledge necessary to begin planning for situations requiring the isolation and quarantine of a large portion of a local, rural population.  [More]

I'm sorry if the current crop of controllers don't fill me with confidence that they might have legitimate, life and liberty-protecting reasons for keeping those who present a specific danger to the general population away from it.

Why do I suspect it won't all be shrimp on the barbie?

[Via DvD]

Any Questions?

 

And thank you for your service! 

Just Super!

 DC Comics will make Superman gay in an unexpected shake-up, and fans are overjoyed [More]

Why not

He's already unamerican

I can use a "he" pronoun, can't I?

Things sure weren't this complicated back when I still read comics when I was 10.

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Term 'Major Escalation' Is

 In a major escalation in the fight over Arizona’s Maricopa County’s refusal to comply with a Senate election audit subpoena, the state attorney general's office ordered the county to give in or lose its state funding, which provides nearly a third of the county’s budget. [More]

Seems to me if I refused to comply with a subpoena, they'd be sending men with guns and a warrant over to my house...

[Via Michael G]

Vigilante Commits Machete Violence

Armed with a machete the homeowner told the man to leave but a confrontation ensued and the homeowner struck the intruder in the face with the machete. [More]
I'm just trying to keep this consistent with the way gun-grabbers paint things...

[Via Remarks]

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'Approved' Is

 Did the FDA Pull a Bait-and-Switch on the American People? [More]

The people demanding we trust them are the biggest reason "conspiracy theories" exist.

[Via Michael G]

An Ungodly Development

 New chief chaplain at Harvard is an atheist [More]

Looking at who picked him, a quote from Hillary comes to mind.

[Via Michael G]

Another Problem with #BelieveWomen

Woman wearing ‘Purge’ mask taken to hospital after terrifying High Ridge mother [More]

I wish they'd identify her so I could see if she has a Facebook page demanding "commonsense gun safety laws."

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Enticing Enough

 Maryland Heights Police officer charged with child enticement [More]

And again with the dating etiquette dilemma...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Hyper-Focused Enough

 As Louisville’s criminal activity rises, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is doubling down on its effort to drive crime out of the city. FBI agents are partnering with the Louisville Metro Police Department to target gangs and violent criminal groups, called the Safe Streets Task Force. Soon, more FBI agents will be in the area to put a hyper focus on these efforts. [More]

Well, this should accomplish exactly nothing as far as changing conditions from which more such misfits are assured...

[Via bondmen]

A Band-Aid Approach

 Stray bullets fly in rural Johnson County. Now reckless shooters face $1,000 fines [More]

Maybe if they faced return fire it would stop.

I don't get why "authorities" need a new law.

[Via bondmen]

I'm Having a Hard Time Getting Worked Up Over This

 Prosecutors for first time not opposing parole for RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan [More]

Whenever I hear about RFK, I think about that stupid liberal "Abraham, Martin and John" song from the 60s -- and when I think about the line "Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?" I want to answer "Yeah, he's wiretapping Martin."

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Oblivious Enough

 NYPD suspends cops caught on video doing nothing after gunman accidentally shoots own leg on Harlem sidewalk [More]

When seconds count it doesn't even matter if they're right there.

[Via Steve T

A Clear Path

 Not that anyone in power is inclined to take it... [More]

The Arbiters of What You Need

As the government noted at Zamudio’s detention hearing in this matter, “There are really no legitimate uses for silencers, other than to kill people. They are not used in hunting. They are not used for recreation purposes.” [More]

So lies are admissible?

And that's why the "Only Ones" want them for their "patrol rifles"?

The NBC Cleanup Crew

 “It was impossible for me to see what was on the other side,” he said ...  I believe I showed the utmost courage ... [More]

So much for "Be sure of your target."

So much for courage.

I wonder if the media would be so sympathetic to a white cop explaining the same scenario in his decision to shoot a BLM protestor breaking into a building.

No, I don't.

Brace Yourselves

 ATF COMMENT DEADLINE LOOMS ON STABILIZING BRACE RULE, SAF OFFERS STRATEGY [More]

My comment tracking number is kst-f8l7-fw1y and I'll let'cha know when it's up.

Have you weighed in?

Insult to Injury

Nina Salarno, president of the advocacy group Crime Victims United of California, said it is undisputed that Brooklyn-born Capone headed Chicago’s mob during Prohibition and orchestrated the deaths of many people. She called the sale of his personal belongings an insult to his victims. [More]

It's not like Jeffrey Dahmer selling his flatware. Sounds like Nina would freak at a militaria show...

There's a line some survivors cross when they feel compelled to dictate to others what is and is not acceptable. They turn the natural human inclination of sympathizing with them for their loss into resentment of their demands to submit to subjective limitations and share in the blame -- especially when those demands are made enforceable. 

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Refusing DOD Covid-19 Mandate Can Turn Military Personnel into ‘Prohibited Persons’

 

“Identify Prohibited Persons The Gun Control Act (GCA), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), makes it unlawful for certain categories of persons to ship, transport, receive, or possess firearms or ammunition, to include any person … who has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions;” [More]

Not getting the shot could have permanent side effects, too.

No Questions Asked: No S**t

  “No questions are asked. The Police Department does not care who is turning in the weapon. What’s important is to get firearms off the street.”  [More]

Wait a sec... earlier in the story, twice actually, they said the object was to get them out of the home...

"Some people don’t know how to get rid of a weapon and were appreciative that this was a way to do it safely."

I wonder how many people they tempted into bringing in their guns knew how to clear them...

I guess "reporter" Jean Yamamura doesn't know how to ask questions and access authoritative points of view:

Evidence: Gun buybacks are ineffective as generally implemented. 1. The buybacks are too small to have an impact. 2. The guns turned in are at low risk of ever being used in a crime. 3. Replacement guns are easily acquired. Unless these three points are overcome, a gun buyback cannot be effective.

Ah, well. Maybe a gangbanger managed to get the "Only Ones" to dispose of a murder weapon for him and get paid for it.

[Via GP]

We're the Only Ones Perjuring Ourselves Enough

 The stop is unjustified and the defendant will be allowed to withdraw his conditional guilty plea. That's what should happen when testimony is contradicted by recordings, especially those made and controlled by the law enforcement officer providing the testimony. And there's a message being sent to lower courts: when determining the credibility of witnesses, you're doing no one any favors by deciding cops are more trustworthy than their cameras. [More]

But there's no message being sent to corrupt "Only Ones" who lie under oath to try and railroad innocent citizens if the swine isn't fired, prosecuted, and thrown into gen pop.

[Via Michael G]


You Just Can't Get Good Help These Days

 If they want to leave, we will help get them out," Psaki responded. [More]

If you like your captor you can keep your captor?

[Via Michael G]

Counter Punch

 How pro-CCP Communists are Working to Flip North Carolina [Watch]

Trevor Loudon shows the connections and network.

[Via Jess]

If You See a Flower Growing, Kill It

8 Types of Toys Lifehacker Readers Have Banned From Their Homes [More]

So when they find they've raised a generation of pussified dysfunctional neurotics who hate them...?

[Via Steve T

A Time-Tested Tactic

 Civil Rights Commission sued for violating Freedom of Information Act [More]

Just claim "substantial privacy interests" and the administration will back your hand.

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise...

 Two shocking attacks allegedly carried out by Muslims have not caused a storm. We need to talk about why. [More]

What, Brendan, you really don't know why...?

[Via Michael G]

The Blame Game

 St. Louis not liable in officer’s Russian roulette-style death [More]

That's OK, the trend now is to go after manufacturers anyway.

[Via bondmen]

Think of It as Repatriation

 Dozens of California children, parents stranded in Afghanistan after summer trip [More]

I'm feeling about the same amount of sympathy and urge to do something as I do for maniacs who climb into predator enclosures at zoos.

[Via bondmen]


Locker-Room Talk

 ‘White Rage’ General Mark Milley And Transgender Health Secretary Rachel Levine Played Football Together In High School [More]

Would it be out of line to ask what positions they played?

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Uncommunicative Enough

 The report found that most of the emergency activations from individual officers’ radios were never simulcast on police radio, a standard protocol designed to spread the word to other officers about emergencies and crises. The on-duty watch commander appears not to have been made aware of at least some of the system activations, the report said. [More]

So... incompetence...?

And don't you just love the way "unbiased" AP identifies the protestors as "insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump"?

[Via bondmen]

The Paper Chase

 Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) St. Louis office seized fraudulent documents from foreign nations intended for individuals in the area who may be in the country illegally. [More]

Well, how else do we expect to get them on that "pathway to citizenship"?

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

[Via bondmen]

Cry 'Havoc!'

 One of the other panelists described social workers as disruptors. Jones said that is what the city needs. [More]

Fortunately, we have a real-world case study to give us a feel for what we can expect.

Is that disruptive enough for you, Madame Mayor?

[Via bondmen]

Speaking of White Privilege

 Had this guy reversed roles with this guy, is there any doubt the Attorney General would be involved and everyone who benefits from the lying "greatest threat" narrative would be screaming it from the rooftops while ginning up the mobs for "justice"?

As is, all the antis can exploit -- this time -- is "gun violence."

[Via Steve T

Life in the Kakistocracy

 In Philly, someone has been shot every day since Jan. 2 as multiple crises plague the city ... An Inquirer analysis of all shooting incidents between January 2015 and November 2020, including both fatal and nonfatal shootings, found that out of 8,500 incidents only 21% resulted in an arrest or charge and 9% led to a conviction. [More]

Another Bloomberg City run by narcissistic, squabbling collectivists who don't have any ideas about this except to take your guns.

And then there's this:

Philly plans to start giving out millions in anti-violence funds next month - “There’s an urgency to get money out the door,” one official said as the city moves to give $22 million in grants to community groups.

Darrell here dropped out of community college, has been at the public trough all his life, and doesn't have a clue as to how to actually earn $22M, but that's OK. He doesn't have to know, does he?

[Via Jess]

¿Cómo se Dice 'Fauxnly Ones' en Español?

 Smugglers recently used a phony Border Patrol vehicle and a driver in a fake uniform during a smuggling attempt at the Arizona-Mexico border, U.S. immigration authorities say. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Tucson-area Border Patrol agents took the driver and 10 migrants into custody... [More]

Who says they can't quickly adapt to our traditions?

[Via Michael G]

The Comfortable Commie

 'Soviet socialism saved and improved tens of millions of lives'? One CA prof thinks so. [More]

While he pulls in over $200K in pay and benefits? They never seem to want to live under such systems themselves, do they?

[Via Michael G]

Speaking of Maintaining Our Perspective

 The Taliban, all of them together, plus every Al Qaeda fighter in the world, do not pose the threat to the United States that Trump or Trumpist extremists do.  Let's maintain our perspective. [More]

And what do "we" do to terrorists?

Ask the Expert!

Each week, Elie Honig answers reader questions on legal issues in the news. If you'd like to submit a question, please complete the form below. What is your question? [More]

Did you always want to be a fascist?

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

‘Capitalist’ Billionaires Think Selling Rope Will Keep Them Safe

 

It’s fair to ask if altruism is the prime motivator for these guys. What about ego and narcissism, and an inflated sense of self-importance and their own “visionary leadership”? What about something more basic than that, like Taking Care of Number One? That and survival? [More]

They're whistling past the graveyard of history.

Speaking of 'Orders We Will Not Obey'

 Pentagon: US troops must get their COVID-19 vaccines ASAP [More]

And more than 800,000 still have not? I wonder how many saying "No" it will take to grind the machine to a halt. I also wonder if most will cave.

What's good enough for the Chi-Town PD...

And the idea spreads...

I wonder how many old people will die for want of staff...

I Got Them P320 Blues

Another lawsuit filed over alleged defects in Sig Sauer's P320, this time by a Somerville, MA police officer who says he was shot by a handgun "in his gym bag wrapped carefully with a cloth." Also includes that VP9 cutout graphic from similar lawsuits.  [More]

Again... (and this one was apparently holstered)?

Anyone have qualified insights on this?

[Via Chris K]

The Dirty Little Rabbit Who Shot Ashli Babbitt

 Ashli Babbit’s Ruthless Killer Lt. Mike Byrd Will Join Lester Holt for First TV Interview – Will Air Thursday Night [More]

Unfortunately, we won't be able to hear her side.

Anybody else picking up a Bob Ford vibe?

Best known as the “dirty little coward” that killed Jesse James ... Bob Ford was capitalizing on his betrayal of Jesse James, taking to the stage, appearing in an act entitled Outlaws of Missouri. 

[Via bondmen]