Breaking News: Twin Falls URA to Buy Red's Property

The Twin Falls Urban Renewal Agency agreed today to pay $200,000 for downtown property where Red's Trading Post at 215 Shoshone St. S...

The closing is expected around July 15, according to a copy of the contract.

Don't jump to conclusions. While the terms of the settled agreement are still pending public announcement, do not assume this means the business of Red's Trading Post will close.

The plan is for a better and more modern facility, and the downtime will be used to effect the move.

Stay tuned.

Nine Meals from Anarchy

...how Britain is facing a very real food crisis

And when it happens, who do you think is going to eat?

Like Spike

And a comment like 'A guy like that should shut his face' - come on Clint, come on. He sounds like an angry old man right there."

Yeah, he doesn't sound young and rational, like the kind of cool head who would say "Shoot [Charlton Heston] with a .44 bulldog."

And "plantation"? Society rewards you with extraordinary wealth and fame, and all the doors that opens, but you're still a victim of discrimination?

Sometimes, Spike, race has nothing to do with it. Jerks come in all colors.

GUNS Magazine: June 1958

Well, that's not exactly what we've come to regard as safe gun handling being demonstrated on the cover there, is it? We've come a long way in half a century, but most of it has not been in the right direction.

There's plenty in this issue, including a look at "West Point's 'Library' of Guns," "Tommy Gun" marksmanship, Elmer Keith hunting lions, the story of "Pistol Pete" Eaton, and more, including the classic period gun ads.

But here's what really stands out:

No corrupt politician ever worked more cynically, or more successfully, to put over a deal that would perpetuate his power. "He knew, of course," a retired policeman told this writer, "that his own boys would keep on getting gats without papers." But he went about enlisting unthinking "reformers" to bat for his bill through press and pulpit.

"Sullivan Law: This Law Makes Crime Safe," is a must-read, and gives us an invaluable analysis and perspective on the background, effects and implications of this evil, unAmerican edict that provided the model for urban citizen disarmament.

We're the Only Ones Depressurizing Enough

Senior UN ambassadors travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda had to abandon their plane after a security guard accidentally shot a hole in the aircraft, it emerged today.

Boss! De plane! De plane!

Not just "Only Ones," but UN "Only Ones.

And on top of that, they expected free fuel? And they're going to complain they had to pay for it? I guess when you're a career kleptocrat, you're just not equipped to deal with someone you can't force into surrendering their property.

We're the Only Ones Who Can Do It in the City of Chicago

"I said you can't do it in church,'' Keating said. "You can't do it anywhere in the city of Chicago.''

But we can, schmuck! Ha Ha! Any damn where we please!

And even though we observed you were not a threat, you're going to learn the hard way the difference between a mere citizen and "The Only Ones."

Simpatico

The image of the gauche American, wearing a ten gallon hat, sitting on the Champs Elysee, unable to comprehend a thing - is what your organisation represents to many of us.

My goodness--an English/Canadian and the French think poorly of us!

More insufferable snottiness from a subject with a totally unearned sense of sophistication and intelligence.

Thanks, Ian Carruthers, and I mean that--smug, hate-filled nonsense like what you spout is tremendously valuable for unifying often contentious gun owners. As a token of gratitude, I'd like to send you one of these.

[Via ChareltonHest]

The Return of Snuffy

He'll be back.

Funny how saying how he's going to snuff out a fellow human being isn't grounds for suspension, but badmouthing a democrat is. But don't think of it as a punishment, even though I don't know what the hell else you'd call a grown man getting a "time out."

The key statement is in the video, where the woman says 75% of the congregation would follow Snuffy to a new church--which means they're not followers and believers of the religion anyway, but of the man.

Maybe they'll move to Guyana...?

And Snuffy's not-so-cryptic comment about not knowing what the future will bring reinforces just who's telling who to watch their step, and it ain't the intimidated Cardinal George.

[Via Armed and Safe]

We're the Only Ones Scaring Off the Competition Enough

A New York City police officer was arrested on a menacing charge Friday, several hours after he barreled through a security checkpoint at Hofstra University while off duty and pointed his service pistol at a man who had accompanied his former girlfriend to a Manhattan nightclub...

Because he's "The Only One" for her. Gee, I wonder why she left him.

And remember, this is New York--if you lift a finger...

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

George Saxton, New American

But others applauded the initiative. George Saxton of Capitol Hill was pulled over in his black Ford Focus after dropping off his niece near the checkpoint. He said those who are complaining about the initiative probably have something to hide.

Congratulations, George. That's just the response we've been waiting to hear.

You won't mind if we do a cavity search on you and your niece, now, will you? Lotta drugs in the Trinidad area--and now that we know you have nothing "to hide," we're sure you won't be one of "those who are complaining."

[Via Jeffersonian]

To Fight Another Day

The lawyer for Georgia's largest independent gun dealer said this week that his client trusted a New York jury would find that he had done nothing to put guns into the hands of New York City criminals—until the presiding judge announced that the jury would deliver a recommendation, rather than a verdict.

“I like to dub it as the 'fake jury,'” said New York attorney John F. Renzulli, about an advisory jury suggested by the trial judge...

Lawyers for New York City argued this week that by giving up so close to trial, Renzulli and [Jay] Wallace also gave up their right to appeal. Renzulli responded that, “in no uncertain terms, that's not even close to correct.”

It's obscene that such maneuverings and technicalities would even need to be considered in an American court, which like all government, only exists in principle to secure the blessings of liberty. That the courts are used instead as state organs of repression makes things very dangerous, indeed--when you take away official recourse for justice, men will look to other channels.

Then you get Orwellian statements from creatures like Kenneth W. Taber about obeying the law, especially considering the "shall not be infringed" proscription in "the supreme law of the land"...

It's supposed stewards have usurped the law, twisted to their own ends, presumed to be its masters rather than its champions...

Anyway, Jay Wallace still needs help. This truly is a David and Goliath story. If you are appalled by the unfairness he's up against, and think no man should have to face that alone, go here and do something about it.

[Via Chris Horton]

This Day in History: June 9

Selfish Gun Owner Murders Bear

While this happened in our neighbor to the north, it does definitively illustrate why we can't loosen the rules in our National Parks!

Why not join with "the voices of experience," that is, government pensioners, in wishing this man had died instead?

Hey, "The green blood still runs deep."

What are these people, Vulcans? Anyway, that's obviously more important than someone else's red blood.

Lightworker

Many spiritually advanced people I know (not coweringly religious, mind you, but deeply spiritual) identify Obama as a Lightworker, that rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet, of relating and connecting and engaging with this bizarre earthly experiment.

I'm not quite clear on this: What's the difference between a Lightworker and a Daywalker?

I've said before:

Obama is not a political phenomenon. He's a mystical one. And that ought to scare the hell out of us.

Isn't it telling how those who are overtly hostile to traditional religion embrace their new demigod with the fervor of Luciferian theosophist zealots?

[Via SIH]

We're the Only Ones Conniving Enough

"We will investigate if the leaders of the prison were conniving in this," Paulo Gomes, a state prosecutor, told reporters.

I guess "a plasma TV, a DVD player, $172,000 in cash, gym equipment, two refrigerators and a couple of guns" could conceivably get into a prisoner's cell without "Only One" cognizance...we're not quite sure how, but give us enough mon...uh...time, and we'll figure something out...

And bear in mind, the people who can't even keep guns out of cellblocks tried to ban them in the nation as a whole.

[Via Zachary G]

Competing Interests

In a recent speech to the National Rifle Assn., McCain portrayed himself as a strong supporter of the 2nd Amendment. But his past statements show that he thinks that some NRA positions "actually threaten the interests of law enforcement," said Dennis Henigan, legal director of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. "He was conspicuously silent on those when he spoke to the gun lobby."

We don't really want to look too closely at that, and what it implies, do we?

It might compete with our interests in reassuring ourselves via rationalizations.

The March of Folly

I guess the irony is lost on these people...

Meanwhile, Over in Sarah Brady Paradise...

A man who police said "was tired of life" drove into a crowd of pedestrians Sunday and then went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's top electronics and video game district, killing seven people and wounding 10, authorities said...

A witness told NHK the suspect dropped the knife after police threatened to shoot him.

So I guess he wasn't really all that "tired of life" after all.

Funny how someone with a gun is what it takes to stop these things, isn't it?

[Via SameNoKami, James Bond and AvgJoe]

Coming Out of the Gun Safe

Called "open carry" by its supporters, the movement has attracted grandparents, graduate students and lifelong gun enthusiasts like the Jensens...

...Police acknowledge the practice is legal, but some say it makes their lives tougher.

Yeah, jobs can be tough. That's why they're called jobs.

Considering the source, this article was surprisingly balance, but I actually found some of the comments more interesting than the article--in terms of revealing ignorant leftist hatred and bigotry against gun owners.

So much for tolerance and diversity.

As I wrote before:

I also belong to a group that is forced by social prejudices to keep a low profile--often times to hide my choices and practices lest I suffer disapproval and ultimately, life-threatening persecution by the state.

I am a gun owner and I live a gun owner life style.

I don't know if I was born with a tendency to be this way, or if it was an acquired disposition. All I know is, I don't see why I should be forced to change. Truth be known, I like owning guns, and am happy with who I am. I hope I suffer no repercussions by "coming out of the safe," but I just can't hide the truth any longer.

We gun owners have been living and working among you. Our kids go to school with yours. We may be your doctor, or minister, or your child's teacher. We may even work in city administration, or the courts, or on the police force. And we are sick of being abused for simply being who we are, all because of hoplophobic prejudice and fear. We don't see any reason why we should have to put up with it any more.

You'd think the gunbashers would grok that.

[Via Plug Nickel Times and Jeffersonian]

We're the Only Ones Dictatorial Enough

Two weeks after a shooting at Seattle's Northwest Folklife Festival, Mayor Greg Nickels reportedly plans to announce restrictions Monday on concealed weapons on city property.

Nickels' office declined to offer any details about the executive order. A news conference was scheduled at the Police Department with Nickels, Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske and state legislators...

Essentially, my understanding is that Mayor Nickels is going to announce an (executive order) pertaining to prohibiting weapons on city property...

...Executive orders are directives to city departments. They do not require City Council approval. They typically don't apply to the general public, but to the policies and actions of city employees, agencies and properties.

Any attempt by a city or county to ban guns outright in public parks -- unless it exempted holders of permits to carry concealed weapons -- would be illegal under state law, which pre-empts local governments from enacting gun laws that are stricter than state codes...

What's with these big city mayors passing illegal laws--that is, ignoring laws they don't like to impose edicts they intend to enforce against We the People? We saw it recently in Philadelphia and we saw it earlier in San Francisco, where they demonstrated they're "The Only Ones" who can break the law with impunity. If anyone else even rhetorically suggests it and they make real clear how strongly they disapprove.

[Via Rick R]