Sunday, May 31, 2015
Another One Bites the Dust
In addition to the first article,* another article was just "unpublished" by the "gatekeepers" at Examiner.com. Here is the excuse they used:
Here is what they don't want you to see:
EIN News features ‘unpublished’ Gun Rights Examiner article
The unexplained removal of an article relevant to readers of this column prevents not only them from seeing it, but also journalists subscribing to the EIN News service, effectively suppressing the information from the public.
Screen shots by D. Codrea
“Embattled Hastert was no friend to gun owners despite ‘A’ rating,” one of the linked headlines in the Saturday EIN Newsdesk alert informed subscribers. The service, maintained by professional editors, provides subject-customized news monitoring and distribution “for journalists and other professionals world-wide who are deeply involved in very specific topics. Our vertical niche publications reach industry leaders and decision makers...”
The problem is, any journalists, industry leaders and decision makers clicking on the link will get an “Uh-oh” 404 message (“Not Found”). That’s because, for reasons not yet explained, on Friday, shortly after the article was published, the story was taken down from Examiner.com by unknown company moderators without explaining the reason behind the decision.
“This article has been unpublished by staff,” a note on the publishing/editing tool advised, something discovered purely by chance after I saw the column had disappeared from the Gun Rights Examiner home page. “Contact support with any questions.”
That was Friday, and despite multiple emails, no answer to the query has yet been received, leading to speculation why this was done in the absence of any “official” word. Whatever it was, it did not trouble the editors at EIN News, who, before it had been taken down without notice, thought the story significant enough to include in their alert to industry professionals. Maybe it’s all a mistake, or maybe there’s a technical reason -- or maybe it’s a matter of some arbitrarily-interpreted “standards” violation, except Examiner has featured one of the potential triggers in numerous headlines, not to mention actively promoted regular columns that are NSFW (by a long “shot,” if you care to risk reading the last paragraph). Since they have not responded to queries to explain why the column was pulled, all that’s left is to guess. Or perhaps all that's needed is for someone with an axe to grind to click on the "Report this content!" link accompanying all articles on this site. Pending a response, which I will make available to readers either here or at The War on Guns blog, the article has been reposted in total on that blog so that readers can see it for themselves.
In the meantime, while all the “real reporters/legitimate news media/Authorized Journalists” are repeating salacious speculations about the unfolding Dennis Hastert scandal, and generally parroting the work of others and rewriting (rewording) stories off the same sheet, none of the journalists are likely to see a dimension to discussions about the former Speaker that no one else is talking about: How he promoted ending all private sales at gun shows and denying handguns to citizens old enough to vote, marry, and enlist in the military, and how he was given an “A” rating by the National Rifle Association after doing so.
That means most news consumers, and most gun owners, for that matter, will never learn of it either. What remains to be seen is if this follow-up article will be allowed, or removed once posted. That will tell much to gun rights advocates looking for uncensored information they’re not getting anywhere else.
EIN News features ‘unpublished’ Gun Rights Examiner article
The problem is, any journalists, industry leaders and decision makers clicking on the link will get an “Uh-oh” 404 message (“Not Found”). That’s because, for reasons not yet explained, on Friday, shortly after the article was published, the story was taken down from Examiner.com by unknown company moderators without explaining the reason behind the decision. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes you can't stop the signal-- even if those trying are ostensibly there to amplify it. Now we'll see if they "unpublish" this one, too.
"Unpublished" Examiner Article
This is what has been removed from the Examiner.com site. I am posting it here to keep the information from being suppressed. I'm also going to continue tracking down why it was torpedoed in the first place.
Embattled Hastert was no friend to gun owners despite ‘A’ rating
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Embattled Hastert was no friend to gun owners despite ‘A’ rating
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been indicted on “one count each of structuring currency transactions to evade currency transaction reports and making a false statement to the FBI,” NBC News reported Friday. Further reports citing “two federal law enforcement officials” suggest the politician-turned lobbyist has been paying hush money to cover up sexual abuse accusations dating back to when he was a high school teacher and wrestling coach.
That the charges come now, when Hillary Clinton’s star is rising amidst allegations of her past improprieties, is perhaps to be expected as a politically smart way to take such focus off the presumptive Democrat front-runner. In any case, it illustrates that the greatest danger to Republicans comes not from principled conservatives criticizing betrayals by party elites, but from those elites’ own actions. It also makes it fair to wonder if anyone else in the leadership is similarly vulnerable and compromised – a theory some have suggested as a potential explanation for a succession of seeming surrenders following last November's political polarity shift.
In any case, gun owners with long memories will shed no tears over Hastert being in the hot seat. Many of us still remember May, 1999, when, per CNN, “House Speaker Dennis Hastert entered the fierce debate on gun control ... saying he favored raising the minimum age for owning a handgun to 21 and requiring background checks for all sales at gun shows.”
It was especially “puzzling” at the time, as “[a]n aide from [then-Senate Majority Leader Trent] Lott's office told CNN that ... the gun control issue is not slated to come up in the House of Representatives anytime soon.”
“Where the hell is it within the Constitutional powers of the federal government to enact any kind of gun control legislation at all?” I asked in an angry open letter response to Hastert. “Where the hell do you get off endorsing a handgun ban for a segment of our population that is old enough to vote, to marry, to parent and to go to war and die protecting your sorry politically opportunistic @$$?”
Adding insult to injury, the following month, Hastert refused to use his position of influence “to ‘whip’ members into a unified party line” on guns, The Los Angeles Times noted. “Hastert has spoken favorably of new gun safety measures since the Littleton, Colo., high school massacre.”
Curiously, even after those betrayals, NRA still gave Hastert an “A” rating. Evidently giving them some of what they wanted, including access to his office, was enough to induce Fairfax to overlook the infringements he favored imposing. In any case, with the triumphant attacks on Republicans that are certain to come (and the “progressive” braying has already predictably started), principled “no compromise” gun owners can at least prove a substantial level of separation from the inevitable guilt-by-association conflation.
UPDATE: Indications are the allegations concern sexual misconduct with a student.
SUGGESTED LINKS
- Gun group warns against continuing resolution surrender by Republicans
- Republican 'leaders' block and derail campus carry in Nevada
- Koch money and GOP access may discourage pairing amnesty with gun rights
- Republicans leaving anti-rights restoration provision in appropriations bill
- Precinct Project provides blueprint to ‘take back Republican Party’
Friday, May 29, 2015
Embattled Hastert was no friend to gun owners despite ‘A’ rating
In any case, gun owners with long memories will shed no tears over Hastert being in the hot seat. Many of us still remember May, 1999, when, per CNN, “House Speaker Dennis Hastert entered the fierce debate on gun control ... saying he favored raising the minimum age for owning a handgun to 21 and requiring background checks for all sales at gun shows.” [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner notes a guy who wasn't one of ours, despite what the grades say. Hey -- maybe allegations of sexual misconduct with a high school student explain why Hastert wanted to keep them disarmed for a few more years -- and maybe they call them RINOs because they're horny...?
UPDATE: WTF? I have an email in. There is absolutely no legitimate reason for this.
Dobyns Update
A thorough examination of the allegations of fraud and misconduct leveled against DOJ’s attorneys in their handling of my lawsuit remains ongoing. [More]These things take time. And a toll on those pursuing them...
For the government, it's easy. They've got unlimited resources and a whole bureaucracy incentivized to insulate. But numbers notwithstanding, what they don't have is that all-important component we talked about earlier -- will.
We're seeing that here.
Why Not Obamaguncare?
Hey, it's a right, isn't it? Even more so than "health care"? [More]
Demand making it mandatory for all Americans, with government subsidies for the "underprivileged," and see how the Prozis howl.
Just meet objections with a haughty Pelosian "Are you serious?"
Demand making it mandatory for all Americans, with government subsidies for the "underprivileged," and see how the Prozis howl.
Just meet objections with a haughty Pelosian "Are you serious?"
Like Peas and Carrots
A new analysis of 2013 polling data on gun control that appeared yesterday on a blog from the London School of Economics and Political Science shows a majority of Democrats favor stricter gun laws, while coincidentally this morning’s Rasmussen Reports reveals a new survey showing more Democrats think illegal immigrants should be allowed to vote. [More]I wonder if there's any connection...?
Most Aren't All That Clear on "Dig-Your-Grave" Laws, Either
Media STILL Doesn’t Understand “Stand-Your-Ground” [More]It's true that most "Authorized Journalists" don't let personal ignorance get in the way of acting like they know what the hell they're talking about. The more insidious threat comes from those who do, and lie/suppress the truth anyway.
[Via Michael G]
Signs of the Times
Helping is quite simple. While you are out running errands, or if you have some time to be proactive and go check the doors and signs at local government places... Take a moment to snap a picture of the sign, note the address, write down who the controlling government agency is, and email it all to us at: GunBusters@FloridaCarry.org [More]Spreading the word to Florida gun owners seems a splendid Five-Minute Activism task for today.
A Few Bad Apples
Prosecutorial and police misconduct are often dismissed as just a few bad apples doing a few bad apple-ish things. But what happens when it’s entrenched and systemic and goes unchecked for years? That looks to be the case in Orange County, California, where the situation got so completely out of hand this spring that Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals issued an order disqualifying the entire Orange County District Attorney’s Office (that’s all 250 prosecutors) from continuing to prosecute a major death penalty case. [More]Who thinks this is the only barrel full, and that the same findings could not be reproduced throughout the (former) Republic?
Funny, how "progressive" Slate knows how corrupt everything is, yet still does everything in its power to ensure a monopoly of violence entrusted to the abusers, and to condemn the egalitarian power-sharing afforded by the uninfringed right to keep and bear arms. It's part of that differing "solutions" to the same perceived problem I referred to in the previous post.
[Via Michael G]
The Eve of Destruction
While some with opposing ideologies will no doubt share similar perceptions of the problem, it's the differing "solutions" from where the conflicts will arise. [More]
This "communitarian" bullshit is a "progressive" idea whose time has come -- and gone, yielding misery, destruction and genocide.
We are living in incredibly dangerous transformative times. Many who do not pray now will take up the practice as things continue to unfold.
[Via Len Savage]
This "communitarian" bullshit is a "progressive" idea whose time has come -- and gone, yielding misery, destruction and genocide.
We are living in incredibly dangerous transformative times. Many who do not pray now will take up the practice as things continue to unfold.
[Via Len Savage]
Shooting at Will
Having the means and training alone doesn't cut it and never has. [More]
Will is the key to victory or defeat -- within an individual, within a group and within a population.
Will is the key to victory or defeat -- within an individual, within a group and within a population.
This Day in History: May 29
I am also informed from West point, that the Measles is very prevalent among the Troops in that Garrison, which absolutely requires their being supplied with a proportion of fresh Meats, for those who are sick. [More]
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Newsweek spreads ‘terror loophole’ fraud with terror tactics of its own
“Individuals on the consolidated terrorist watch list -- including notorious terrorists such as Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri -- attempted to purchase guns from licensed dealers,” Parsons and Sofer bemoan. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes he would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those darned "common sense gun safety" advocates.
None Dare Call Them "Thug"
A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide victims so far this month, the city’s deadliest in 15 years. Meanwhile, arrests have plunged: Police are booking fewer than half the number of people they pulled off the streets last year. [More]Damn racist white devils, and let's hear it for the "Only Ones" -- they'll protect us!
If this doesn't convince everyone of the need for universal background checks, nothing will!
UPDATE:
Family members identified the victims to 11 News as Jennifer Jeffrey and Kester "Tony" Browne. Relatives said Jeffrey just got married a month ago to her husband, who is currently serving a 20-year prison term on felony assault and gun charges.Well I'll be darned-- "a gun in the home" can endanger women and children -- as long as they're part of a violent criminal subculture!
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