Tuesday, February 15, 2022

A Matter of Priorities

 Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with gun manufacturer Remington [More]

This is what happens when lawyers and money men take point. The damage done here is incalculable.

ATF’s Arrogant Valentine’s Day Message Could Get People Killed

This is beyond tone-deaf. These are ruthless, small-minded bureaucrats too arrogant and unjustifiably sure of themselves to realize they may not be as “in charge” of us as they think they are. [More]
Hey, it's not fair to judge them until you've goose-stepped a mile in their jackboots...

A Red Flag

 The court denied the request after Warner had agreed to continue mental health treatment and a doctor had certified he was not a danger to himself. [More]

So it's not really a reliably predictable science...?

Life in the Borg Cube

Never is there a consideration of ending the offending policies... [More]

What, and abandon "Resistance is futile -- You will be assimilated"?

Hoist with His Own Petard


Because Mom-At-Arms has plenty of answers about his prominent involvement with Moms Demand Action, March for Our Lives, Joy Reid, MSNBC... [More]

A 'Law and Order' Republican

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares slams "far-left prosecutors" Descano and Biberaj [More]

But he thinks the answer is Project Exile and federalism-challenged "conservatives" are cheering him on?

[Via Mack H]

Plant Managers

 Organizers of the Freedom Convoy in the Canadian capital say they have notified police after being told that “nefarious elements” are planning to plant weapons at the Ottawa COVID-19 mandate demonstrations as a “pretext to forcibly remove peaceful protestors.” [More]

Aw c'mon.

Next thing you'll be telling us is that government routinely embeds provocateurs and uses low-hanging fruit so it can smear everybody...

[Via WiscoDave]

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[Via 1Gat]

Apples and Oranges?

[O]ne woman was recently arrested for a felony property crime based on her DNA collected years ago during a domestic violence-involved rape examination. [More]

But don't worry. Your gun purchase records are safe. It's the law.

[Via Michael G]

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

 ‘Work of art’: Chris Hayes aims for Donald Trump, punches Hillary Clinton right in the mouth by accident [More]

He'll just ignore it and his followers will pretend like it never happened.

[Via Michael G]

Let There Be Light

 The couple were awakened just after 4:00 AM when a burglar entered their home in the 500 block of Avon Road through their bedroom window and turned on a light. A brief confrontation ensued and the intruder was shot by one of the residents. [More]

Now imagine if they'd obeyed grabber mandates.

[Via bondmen]

Adventures in Irrelevancy

David Hogg: ‘Disappointed’ in Biden for Not Delivering on Gun Reform [More]

So?

[Via bondmen]

Projection Writ Large

 This guy and the thousands of people who are now using the GiveSendGo dox to identify and out their coworkers and neighbors as “insurrectionists” would’ve worked for the Gestapo. [More]

These are the people who call us fascists.

And this is the kind of government they demand.

[Via bondmen]

It's a Small World After All

 Mapping Corruption Around The World In 2021 [More]

Now do one for this map.

[Via bondmen]

Correct Opinions

 The views expressed in this article are the writers' own undeniable truth. [More]

There, I fixed it for 'em.

What Happened to 'Trust Us'?

 Pfizer Inc said on Friday it had withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in India, after failing to meet the drug regulator’s demand for a local safety and immunogenicity study. [More]

What, you want us to test it first...?

[Via Michael G]

Every Terrible Implement of the Soldier

 As tensions rise in Ukraine with Russian troops arriving at the border in increasing numbers, a small army of amateur engineers is monitoring events using homemade drones equipped with sensors and old Soviet missiles [More]

The article is behind a paywall but the above subhead quote conveys the gist of the point to be made.

[Via Michael G]

They Say That Like It's a Bad Thing

 Why the word 'freedom' is such a useful rallying cry for protesters ... The word has become common among far-right groups, experts say [More]

It doesn't strike anyone to check their assumptions?

[Via Michael G]

Variation on a Theme

 ‘Old, drunk, and STUPID is no way to go through life’: Nancy Pelosi claims inflation is a GOOD THING and pisses EVERYONE off [More]

That's the essence of blood dancing: More "gun violence" is a good thing because it helps us pass "commonsense gun safety laws"!

[Via Michael G]

When Seconds Count

 Woke Brooklyn College that banned campus cops from carrying guns - after official said she was 'triggered' by female officer with a Glock - is forced to call for help from OTHER schools during active shooter threat [More]

What ever happened to "You made your bed, now lie in it"?

[Via Michael G]

So You CAN Go Home Again?

My parents fled communism decades ago. But at my elite D.C. university, the ideology is alive and well. [More]

The stupid coward who is "10000% in support of making someone’s life hell” will no doubt change his tune too late on the day he meets the men who wanted to be left alone.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Productive Enough

 “A 16-year-old cruising on Growlr may be a poor choice for a sexual partner, but he is not a victim,” Rosendall said. “Our society continues to have the most absurdly counterproductive attitudes regarding teenage sexuality, as if it could be wished away,” he said. “The result of this denialism is teen pregnancies and STDs. Brett Parson has done our community considerable service and I hold him in high regard,” added Rosendall. [More]

Yep, a real "community hero, that one.

I've been saying give it a few years and anyone against adult deviants preying on minors will be canceled as a hater. This "rationalization" is how it starts.

And woe unto anyone who does not loudly cheer at the PedoPride Parade. 

Speaking of Jury Nullification...

“I’m not altogether happy to have to make this decision on behalf of the defendant,” Rakoff said as jurors continued deliberating the case. [More]

A Clinton nominee, of course...