Are You Sleeping, Bourgeoisie?

 While no one was paying attention, a 5-3 majority of “woke” Pitt County Commissioners snuck in a prohibition on lawful concealed carry in county offices last month.  [More]

This is why volunteers to keep an eye on local happenings are so critical. The state group is already overburdened, with a handful doing everything.

I also question why the supposedly "assumed" pro-carry Republican was absent, as he had to know the discussion would be a new business agenda item. Perhaps it was something serious he could not help so I don't want to presume judgment, but it's fair to wonder why a warning could not have gone out from him and the other non-communists on the commission.

Because the grabbers like to catch us napping.

An Objective Test

 Media rip NC Lt. Gov. Robinson for calling explicit LGBTQ books 'filth,' then blur offending images [More]

Here's one way to see who agrees with him: Post them unblurred on social media and see if they get censored and you get banned.

Would They Rather He Loved the Guy?

 Suspect charged with hate crime after shooting man 7 times [More]

He had me at attempted murder.

[Via Mack H]

What in God's Name?

It took just a few minutes to determine that the Catholic Relief Services has been complicit in flooding our cities and towns with economic refugees who have minimal intentions of assimilating. [More]

Yeah, them and more...

That's the problem with being marginalized. A small fry like me can scream until I'm blue in the face for years, but unless force multipliers get involved, the information will remain trapped in the echo chamber.

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

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Highwaymen Enough

 “Now I have to prove I’m innocent, and they are the ones who illegally took my money and basically stole some of my money, too,” said Thai. [More]

What does it say about how far this country has strayed from Founding principles when it takes un-American acts by authoritarian natives against immigrants to illustrate the tyranny?

[Via Michael G]

For the Children

 Assistant To US House Sergeant-At-Arms Charged With 10 Child Pornography Felonies [More]

Would that make him Sergeant-At-Hands...?

[Via bondmen]

Deserving of the Giffords 'A' Rating

Chile: Indigenous Group Using High-Caliber Weapons Against Police [More]

But...but...but...

It depends upon what the meaning of the word "indigenous" is.

[Via bondmen]

Black Lies Matter

 MEDIA BLACKOUT: The Latest Mass Shooting In Minnesota That No One Heard About [More]

"Progressive journalists" suppressing and minimizing the commission of violent crimes by blacks is demonstrably racist.

Guess which community is hurt the most as a result...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Obstructing Enough

 “I'm a capitol police officer who agrees with your political stance,” Riley purportedly wrote. “Take down the part about being in the building they are currently investigating and everyone who was in the building is going to be charged. Just looking out!” [More]

What, no abuse of authority charges...?

[Via bondmen]

Sexual Appropriation

 Female Spanish thriller writer Carmen Mola revealed to be three men [More]

That's not as bad as "blackface"?

I guess it depends on how you "identify."

[Via Steve T] 

I Guess They Didn't Cover this in Econ 101

 Treasury official claims inflation part of ‘economy in transition,’ only way out is 100% global vaccination [More]

That and trillion-dollar platinum coins...

[Via Steve T] 

All Fired Up

On Friday, the retired Cal Fire battalion chief battled one on his own property, when a controlled burn by Cal Fire on his family’s ranch to reduce fire risk in the Santa Cruz Mountains jumped containment lines. [More]

We're from the government and we're here to help.

[Via Steve T] 

We're the Only Ones Cinematic Enough

 A former police officer was accidentally shot by their own firearm while at a Miami-Dade movie theatre. According to police, the retired officer was shot when their weapon accidentally discharged. [More]

All by "their" own self, no doubt. Ol' David Dwork sure likes him some pronouns.

By the way, I checked the mall and it looks like they don't ban firearms. I guess that's a Florida thing and there's an enforceability question.

[Via Steve T] 

Inadmissible?

 Ahmaud Arbery Case: Seven Facts the Jury Will (Probably) Never Hear [More]

We'll see if he's right and if excluding anything could be the basis for an appeal.

[Via Michael G]

An Idea Whose Time has Come

 Defund the Feds [More]

Now name all the Republicans who will champion this, particularly when it impacts "law and order" agencies.

[Via Michael G]

Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before

Florida Bill Seeks To Kill Preemption [More]

You know, "Chicago to Cheyenne"...?

When they say "home rule," they mean to rule your home, everywhere, in Everytown...

[Via Jim S]

Speaking of Toxic 'Masculinity'...

[More]

And on the plus side, the would-be  "First Gentleman" didn't get stretch marks! If this guy had become president I think we may have found someone the Chinese would have respected even less than Brandon.

Works Either Way

 FBI Uniform Crime Report Should Have Everyone Up In Arms [More]

You could actually delete "Uniform Crime Report"...

Not Without Consequence

 T. L. Davis' latest... [More]

Logan's Run

 That's an email I got from "Swing Red" asking for donations, offering such meaningless platitudes as:

 Each and every dollar raised will go directly to defending President trump’s standing as leader of the Republican Party.

Forget asking "How?" I'm more interested in "Who?" Especially since he didn't capitalize "Trump."

The email has a physical address at the bottom that turns up a recent Staten Island realty listing. Nice digs.

Their website is no help. And Who.Is tells us nothing because everything is "redacted for privacy."

The FEC shows no money activity in its financial summary but we do get a name and address, just not as nice and not on Staten Island. Logan Kyle Russell's got a nothing internet profile (leaving out the middle name helps) and it's just not worth my time or money to buy an online report.

Are there really Republicans who are smart enough to use the internet and dumb enough to fall for this? 

My guess is probably, because there's no shortage of idiots who believe Rick Scott and the NRSC and donate not realizing money they think will help advance the Trump agenda also helps Susan Collins'.

An All Too Common Breed

United States District Judge Carlos Mendoza denied that request Tuesday, citing a lack of evidence that the ATF’s actions would financially harm the company or its leaders. Additionally, Mendoza said he wasn’t sure a court had the authority to stop a federal law enforcement agency from a criminal prosecution. [More]

An Obama appointee, naturally. Who else would pass off such utter horses*** as plausible judicial reasoning?

94-0 in case anyone is counting...

Central Stupidity

 CIA Forgets Plastic Explosives in a Working School Bus - Students rode the bus with the explosives under the hood. For two days. [More]

They sure have wandered a long way from their charter.

I thought it might be a scare tactic to warn off Loudon County parents but then noticed this story is from 2016.

And yeah, I see it was posted on April 1, so just to be sure I checked it out elsewhere.

[Via Michael G]

Useful Idiot No Longer Needed

 Democrats Have Some Really Bad News for Fierce Trump Critic Adam Kinzinger [More]

That's good news for us.

My bet is he gets a gig in the DSM as their "conservative" voice.

[Via Michael G]

Snowball Effect

 In other words, the global response to the China Virus is so rife with contradictions that ordinary people can see that they are being flooded with government propaganda. [More]

Seeing unions, hospital workers, firefighters, cops, and soldiers balking-- all who in turn have families and friends they influence -- points to a real problem for Team Jab.  They can't cancel them all as white supremacists.

[Via Len Savage] 

Counting Chickens

 So if you are wondering if Bruen is loaded, at least four justices are likely to agree that a Second Amendment case “that’s unloaded and cocked ain’t good for nothing.” [More]

And then there's the Dolly Factor for Number Five...

[Via Jess]

Spider & the Fly

Communism Is Losing: Defeats, Defections, and Protests [More]

Except for where it matters, like the West...

Zero Tolerance Policy

 The mere existence of a significant number of people who choose to arm themselves would be portrayed as an intolerable social menace. [More]

They're working on that.

[Via Mack H]

Shall We Gather at the Galvanized Tub?

 Allowing for variation, transhumanists confess there is no God but the future Computer God. [More]

So they're a Borg cult...

[Via Mack H]

Could'a Been a Contender

 Louisville outranks Chicago, Philadelphia homicide rates, data shows [More]

Dare we ask if they all have something in common?

Sleeping on Duty

 China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught U.S. intelligence by surprise... [More]

They were too busy making up charges against Trump.

Although I do wonder if some are not surprised at all.

Strange Visitor from Another Planet

 Superman Changes Motto to ‘Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow,’ Says DC Chief [More]

Well, yeah, since he renounced his citizenship and went full open borders Antifa...

But wait, there's more!

Although how he impregnated Lois Lane without killing her remains a mystery...

Adventures in Baselessness

 Since the 2020 presidential election, Democrats have demonized Republicans who raise concerns about election integrity. But a new report Wednesday said a staffer of one Philadelphia politician had been engaging in voter fraud as far back as 2015. [More]

Just carrying on a tradition...

Who but an insurrectionist would object?

[Via Michael G]

Do You Come from a Land Down Under?

 'We've got absolutely nothing' to defend Australia amid growing conflict in China [Watch]

Seeing as how a war of conquest for territory and resources will end up on the ground, I don't suppose you lot have considered that which is "necessary to the security of a free State"?

No? In fact, you've done just the opposite?

Sucks to be you.

Good thing your government has been getting the people used to a boot on the neck.

[Via Jess]

In the Navy, Come on People and Make a Stand

New Navy Guidance Will Discharge Sailors Refusing COVID-19 Vaccination Without Exemption [More]

They can fight it by demanding court-martial, right? But the incentive is not to?

If a service member refuses an administrative reprimand or NJP, they could demand to be tried at court-martial... If service members are tried and convicted by a court-martial and the punishment triggers an appellate review, the case is brought to the respective branch’s Court of Criminal Appeals, such as the Army Court of Criminal Appeals or the Navy-Marine Court of Criminal Appeals. If they are tried and convicted in the appeals court, the case reaches the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. If a service member is convicted in this court, they would likely receive a dishonorable discharge, a bad-conduct discharge, or, in the case of an officer, a dismissal.

That opens another injustice, doesn't it? A poor squid becomes a "prohibited person," while Hunter Biden gets to lie on 4473s.

What further proof does anyone in uniform need?

The family said the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had been fully vaccinated...

We're the Only Ones Taking Credit Enough

Stabbing spree suspect, who told victims he was Jesus, appears in court -- " ...and we were able to stop him from hurting anybody else ... Those victims were able to physically detain the suspect... " [More]

So you didn't stop him, they did.

Who does that remind me of...?

[Via Jess]

We're Metastasizing!

The plague of locusts

According to the document, one regional FEO cost the government $21,5000 per FEO per year, minus a leased vehicle, travel cost, and TDY expenses. An FEO at Martinsburg cost the ATF $30,500, with travel cost added into the equation. The cost model with all costs for the pilot programs shows that each FEO will cost the government $104,316 per FEO for one year, which is significantly higher than $30,500. None of these costs include the salaries of the FEOs. [More]

Add to that the cost of hotel door repairs...

Inconvenient Truths Could Work Against ShotSpotter in Lawsuit Against Vice News

The problem is, Vice is not alone in its negative assessments, and the list of those who could be sued for reporting similar conclusions may not work in the company’s favor. [More]

It figures a company that would hire David Chipman would have a business model that relies on feeding at the tax dollar trough.