Thursday, May 31, 2018

Hiatus



I'm outta here until mid-next week. I'll be unchaining feral sons Uday and Qusay from the basement and giving them free run of the house, so they'd better not chew up the sofa again.

Since I won't be here to moderate, I'm turning comments off until my return. Please hold all tips, emails and social media messages, because I not only won't get to them now, there's no way I'll be able to on my return.

Thanks for understanding.  See ya on the other side.

Mr. Popularity


I'm getting too many Facebook "friend" requests to process and determine which accounts are fake. Every time I approve one, another or two pop up, a lot of the time from hackers pretending to be Facehookers. Apologies to anyone trying to connect, but until I figure things out, including who I've let in whose page brought in the others, I need to suspend accepting new requests. Sorry, but the only reason I'm on "social media" is to promote the work, and dealing with this is taking time away from that.

Expert Analysis on Contradictions & Dangers in Proposed ‘Bump Stock’ Ban


A comment posted Tuesday to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ proposed “Bump-Stock Type Device” rule shows the administration’s intended action sets up conditions for a wider ban on semiautomatic firearms. Filed by firearms designer, expert witness and Historic Arms, LLC President  Len Savage, the response to the government’s mandated-by-law request for comments, is posted as four distinct “pdf” files. [More]
If the "rationale" put forth by the administration is allowed to prevail, the gun-grabbers will then be able to use it to go after all semiautos.

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Constant Comment

In case you're wondering why your comments haven't appeared:

I just found out I have not been getting email notifications of comments for the past few days. Went into the pub tool and approved a bunch, and now I get to try and find out why this is happening because none of the settings have changed...

Uncontrollable Chicago Violence Demonstrates Fraud of Gun-Grabber ‘Solutions’


Chicago city government sure is expending a lot of resources trying (unsuccessfully) to contain the inevitable fruits of its “progressive” policies... [More]
Forget it Jake, it’s Chi-Town.

Coming Attraction


Right Twice a Day

'Any responsible American should own a firearm,' he said. [More]
And then there are those who need custodians...

[Via Henry Bowman]

One Question


I know it's filed under "Stories," but how is this not a campaign ad? [More]

[Via Mack H]

The Best Man for the Job

Attacker stabbed two policewomen, took their guns and shot them and a civilian dead in Liege, Belgium [More]
Not to intentionally anger anyone, but denial of differences can and does get people killed.

Meet tough standards and have at it. If the priority is inclusion and diversity, reality will find a way to assert itself.

[Via Mack H]

Location, Location, Location

The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the scope of police searches, ruling that officers must have a warrant to go through a vehicle parked at a home or on its surrounding property. [More]
Anybody see a location qualifier?

[Via Mack H]

America's Got Talentlessness

Georgia teen, 14, STUNS the America's Got Talent's judges with a powerful rap about gun violence, which she wrote in memory of her father who was shot and killed before her birth [More]
Because nothing says "Stop the violence" like rap!  Just ask Dad:
Camoflauge's background formed the perfect "gangsta rap" resume. He grew up in Savannah's public housing projects, had a record of arrests on drug possession charges, and suffered minor injuries in a shooting last year. He also spent three months in jail in 2000 charged with murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Kenneth Capers. Camoflauge was released after a grand jury failed to indict him.
And isn't the "celebrity" panel just oozing in "progressive" virtue!  Especially Simon Cowell!

[Via Dave Licht]

Forbidden Words

12 Surprisingly Offensive Words You Need to Erase from Your Vocabulary [More]
As a rule of thumb I have little use for hysterical imbeciles.

[Via Steve T] 

So Police AREN'T 'There to Protect Us'?

“Plaintiff’s claims share a common question: whether there is constitutional duty under the Fourteenth Amendment for the police to intervene to protect a citizen from criminal conduct by third parties,” Judge Norman K. Moon’s opinion says. “Because I find this duty is not ‘clearly established,’ his claims are barred by qualified immunity.” [More]
Who knew?

And that being the case, who but an idiot or an enemy would prevent a fellow human being from having the means to protect himself?

[Via Mack H]

A Familiar Pattern

FBI got tips about Oklahoma City shooting suspect’s videos, did nothing [More]
I'm not sure what the proper protocol should have been because we don't want the feds to be able to haul someone in without probable cause and full due process, and I'm not sure there aren't "demons" of one sort or another lurking in TVs.

[Via Jess]

What Would Hogg Do?

The store clerk said he pulled out his personal firearm when Ahorrio held a knife to a female customer’s neck. When the customer dropped to the ground, the clerk fired three rounds at Ahorrio, prompting him to drop his knife and flee the store. [More]
[Insert name of gun-grabber here] would rather the woman's throat had been cut.

[Via Wynn A] 

Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You

Germany: Ramadan Fasting Triggers Migrant Riot in Dresden - Asylum seekers “attacked officers by throwing lit cigarettes, then kicking and beating them,” Dresden police say [More]
So this won't affect their admission status, will it...?

[Via Michael G]

Knowing Your Place

The memo would be more accurate if it stated that anyone who fails to unquestioningly submit to all the TSA's demands would be found guilty of insubordination.  [More]
Well if you wouldn't get uppity, there wouldn't be a problem.

You clear on that, Mom?

[Via Michael G]

Without a Custodian

Last week, the Department of Justice released an updated study from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) showing that 83 percent of prisoners released by states are re-arrested within nine years of their release. 44 percent of released state prisoners were arrested during the first year after release, 68 percent were arrested within three years, and 79 percent within six years. [More]
You don't say.

Well, Mr. Man-Eating Tiger, your sentence is up.  Let me just swing this cage door open and...

[Via Michael G]

Lowering the Barr

How the right is defending Roseanne Barr's racist tweets [More]
There's a difference between "defending" and pointing out the racist hypocrisy of others getting away with essentially the same thing when the butt of the joke is white.

That's the issue, not the transparent media attempt to conflate "conservatives" with racists.

Because there's really nothing else about her worth "defending."

AMA’s Anti-Gun Proposals Put Political Agenda Over Science


AMA meddling to undermine a fundamental right is nothing short of malpractice. [More]
The gunquacks are sticking their bills where they don't belong again.