TL in Sound File

 So, this is equally an invitation and an appeal to come with me on one more journey to Texas TL in Exile. I went back to the original blog title for reasons explained in the trailer, but for this audience I can say that if I was in exile in 2009, I’m more so, now ... The podcast won’t be all politics all the time like this blog is. There will be some humor, some history and some literature, but the underlying message will always be that we are not free and until we do some tough things, we will never be free again. [More]

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Daring to Offend

 Looks like Thomas Paine is on the "cancel" list... [More]

[Via Michael G]

Opened and Closed

 “You hate to use tragedy like this to create an impetus to change,” he said. “But if everybody sits back and takes a breath…maybe there’s a way that people that have a violent past could have higher bail. I’m open to that.” [More]

Then there's what he's closed to...

[Via Michael G]

Accessories Before the Fact

 A report by Houston’s FOX26 claims over 150 people have been killed by suspects whom Democrat judges have released on bond in Harris County, Texas. [More]

What is it after 150 times?

In a rational world, they'd face charges.

[Via Michael G]

Circular Argument

 The second amendment is not an absolute right. None of our rights are. We have a right to not be shot. [More]

That's why we have a right to protect ourselves from those who would violate it. And you can't do that without the means.

This kid really is a dumb @$$.

[Via Michael G]

L.A. Elites Trying to Escape Consequences They Impose on the Rest of Us

“Progressive” one-percenters may “feel” like their wealth will buy them safe passage when the cultural Marxism they are enabling blows up in everyone’s faces, but there’s really no historical precedent for making such assumptions. That’s just not the way such things play out in feeding frenzies. [More]

The day is coming when they won't be able to buy their way out of the mess they helped create.

Coming for the Old Guard

 Biden may face midterm reckoning on Supreme Court reform [More]

I guess calling it "reform" is one way to mask a naked power grab that will put this country on the brink.

Speaking of masks, the Democrats are taking theirs off.

[Via Jess]

The Wrong Questions

 Tampa terrorism case raises questions of surveillance, searches, mental illness [More]

Too true...

As is this.

The main questions this raises for me are how much less expensive and risky everything would be if the government really was rigorous where it counts the most, and why the bosses directing resource expenditures have been shifting them away from this to those they now smear as "greatest threats".

[Via Remarks]

Well, Today IS Twofer Tuesday...

EXCLUSIVE: Gilboa Snake that can fire a 1,000 rounds a minute. doubling the chance of a 'combat kill' in places like Afghanistan and Syria - and it even fires if it jams [More]

I get the feeling the reporter thinks it will just keep firing.

All I know is those with a "shall not be infringed" mandate won't let me buy one.

Put Your F***ing Mask On!

 Screams the violent, crazy broad without a mask... [Watch]

Looks like she doesn't want to deal with public reactions and has shut down her Instagram. Too bad, because I wanted to find out where she stands on guns, and something about how she irrationally and emotionally (not to mention probably drunkenly) demands to control others gives me some hints...

All That's Missing are the White Socks

2 shot when man’s gun accidentally discharges at Parma Armory [More]

Takes me back to the origin of the "Only Ones"...

That and to Ernie "Ghoulardi" Anderson. Here's a story I didn't know before and it cracked me up:

In the mid-1960s, Ghoulardi's irreverence overtook the rarefied Severance Hall, where an Italian Cleveland Orchestra guest conductor introduced himself and said that he was from Parma (in northern Italy). According to Tim Conway, misunderstanding members of the audience burst out singing Ghoulardi's polka theme.