Friday, February 19, 2016
Firearms Friday
@Pontifex Tear Down This Wall!
Pope Francis Rips Capitalism, American Immigration Policy at Mexican Border [More]How many "undocumented migrants" and refugees is the Vatican City-state taking in? Because groups like Catholic Charities/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sure are working overtime spreading 'em around everywhere else.
And while the Swiss Guard is holding on to their military arms, this is the predominant view for the rest of us...
UPDATE: Guess who the walls were built to keep out...
If You See Something, Say Something
Virtually... [More]
Unless it's something where we find it more useful to publicly shame you as a bigot for saying anything...
Unless it's something where we find it more useful to publicly shame you as a bigot for saying anything...
Countercurrents
Police Call Department of Homeland Security To Investigate Anti-Trump Graffiti As Domestic Terrorism [More]Seems like overkill, doesn't it? Has the First Amendment been eroded this much. so that, appropriate vandalism charges aside, there's no room for offensive political disagreement?
If so, that's important to know about, and important to alert others to. That's how I found out about this -- from a post on a Facebook activism page that had the effect of getting all kinds of people stirred up and angry, including some good people I know who are generally fairly critical about what they accept as real.
Funny thing, though -- you go looking for the story itself and you find it happened last December, and while it did make the news, no one else is reporting a domestic terror/DHS connection. Could it be they all missed the most significant part of the story and Counter Current News scooped them all?
Perhaps-- we've seen sins of omission and commission by the media so many times before it's hard to keep track. So who are these guys at CCN?
Unfortunately, they don't tell us and the story itself doesn't give an author byline, so we can't check his/her qualifications, credibility and reliability of past work. They do tell us they're not responsible for inaccuracies, but who exactly "they" are is unknown, as the website is registered via a proxy service.
So we seem to be at an impasse here, with CCN making a shocking claim and the rest of the world seemingly in the dark. What to do...?
Why not contact Atlanta PD and ask?
"Our investigation found that similar graffiti was placed around the country. It was removed immediately," Elizabeth Espy, Director of Public Affairs for the Atlanta Police Department told me. "We did not classify it as domestic terrorism."
We have persons unknown telling us one thing, with no evidence aside from their making unsubstantiated claims. We have someone willing to go on record under her own name,with attendant professional risks if she's proven to be wrong, telling us something altogether different.
If CCN is going to stand by their story, they'd best be prepared to provide some corroborating details, including if they spoke with anyone at Atlanta PD and to whom. They certainly didn't indicate they were dealing with a whistleblower who needed to be protected, so that shouldn't be a factor now. (Then again, perhaps there's something in the video I can't get to load in three different browsers.)
The object lesson here is one that can't be overstressed -- do some due diligence on information before just assuming it's gospel. Otherwise, we end up wasting time and energy on virtual snipe hunts. That not only calls our credibility into question, but keeps us from focusing on stuff that actually is important.
And yeah, I've embarrassed myself before on that, by sharing tip links without checking close enough.
UPDATE: This evidently was the source CCN relied on, so we at least know they were acting in good faith:
It would have helped had the source link been included.
Using that, I've been able to locate the story by NBC's "11 Alive News Staff," and it indeed says "According to Atlanta Police, Homeland Security has been notified."
I'm kicking this one back to Ms. Espy and bringing Channel 11 into the discussion. We'll see what they have to say.
UPDATE:
Me to Ms. Espy: This is the source others used:
http://buckhead.11alive.com/news/news/1863492-two-donald-trump-swastikas-found-atlanta
"According to Atlanta Police, Homeland Security has been notified."
Is that true?
I've contacted 11 Alive to ask who told them what.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Ms. Espy: Yes we have our own Homeland Security unit with the PD. Not United States Homeland Security.
It's nice to finally get that out of her, considering what I'd repeatedly pressed her on in earlier email correspondence, including:
- I'm trying to determine the validity of a report that your department has reported the Trump swastika graffiti you encountered in December to DHS as "domestic terrorism." The only one I can find reporting on this is an alternative political website. Can you confirm or deny the allegations ... and provide any other information/elaboration if it is true?
- After she replied "Our investigation into the graffiti did not classify this as domestic terrorism," I wrote back "I take it by your response that this was NOT reported to DHS by APD?"
- Her response: "Our investigation found that similar graffiti was placed around the country. It was removed immediately. We did not classify it as domestic terrorism."
It wasn't until I sent her the NBC link this morning that I got back the reply about APD having their own Homeland Security unit, which, by the way, makes a point of including the DHS logo and "If you see something say something" slogan on its handout materials. I suppose I could ask WHY it was reported to the APD HS unit, but really, what would be the point?
So, OK, Counter Current News, it wasn't literally DHS as you guys reported, but that's kind of beside the point. You mistake wasn't as big as mine, which was to assume somebody was purposely embellishing your story, and for that, I owe you a humble apology.
As I said earlier in this post, I've embarrassed myself before by not checking. I believe this is the first time I've done it by checking.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Shallow Principles Seeking Deep Pockets
Government 'Solutions'
Looks like when you knock on Tim's door, you can let him know not everything he does is unappreciated.
[Via Michael G]
Best Practices
Yeah, as long as you have the firepower to infringe on unalienable rights without the due process protections of being tried and found guilty by a jury, and as long as we understand that it doesn't stop anyone who is a proven threat to from access to potential victims or to be able to obtain whatever tools and materials he's determined to get, then yeah, I guess you could call these "best practices." [More]Brought to you by our old pal Mike "Der" Feuer. (Uh-oh, I'm not going to get in Nugent trouble for implying he acts like an the odious little Nazi, am I? Too late!)
I wonder if we can get any closer to finding out who else is bringing this to us than last time?
Nothing I can find yet on Guidestar and I don't have time right now to spend looking around, especially since these guys always seem to want to cover their tracks. Still I won't be surprised to find a familiar troll lurking under the bridge...
[Via Mack H]
Welcome to the Club
Baseball bats are a public threat and they need to be regulated and banned from public use. [More]Donald Borsch Jr. gives a recent bat attack the same treatment the antis use whenever they find it advantageous to weigh in after a crime involving a gun.
Except when they do it, they're serious.
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise
Make it Personal
Please IMMEDIATELY send an email to Governor Rick Scott and tell him, to hold SWFWMD accountable for their illegal attack on the Skyway Trap & Skeet Club. [More]Single white females with weapons of mass destruction?
No, the Bloomberg Moms haven't militarized. But if this government agency gets its way, it can call in the B&D guys who have.
So make it personal and tell Gov. Scott if he doesn't do the right thing, you'll be making sure he's got plenty of time for long walks on the beach.
Cruz Control
I've seen all kinds of arguments pro and con on this. [More]
That's not what I'm trying to stoke here.
I just maintain that unless Sen. Cruz himself takes whatever measures he must to secure his eligibility in light of "natural born" arguments, the Democrats and the media will do everything they can to use it against him. Including in court.
If there's an argument against that happening, educate me, because I think it should be resolved and bulletproof before the GOP nominee is selected.
And yeah, that raises the possibility of an expedited SCOTUS ruling with things potentially being 4 - 4. I don't pretend to have an answer for this.
[Via Andrea Shea King]
That's not what I'm trying to stoke here.
I just maintain that unless Sen. Cruz himself takes whatever measures he must to secure his eligibility in light of "natural born" arguments, the Democrats and the media will do everything they can to use it against him. Including in court.
If there's an argument against that happening, educate me, because I think it should be resolved and bulletproof before the GOP nominee is selected.
And yeah, that raises the possibility of an expedited SCOTUS ruling with things potentially being 4 - 4. I don't pretend to have an answer for this.
[Via Andrea Shea King]
Lemonade Out of Lemons?
Reaffirming that all citizens have a right to use gun ranges offering facilities to the public helps reaffirm that all citizens have the right to own and use guns. [More]
Personally, do I think a business ought to be able to discriminate, and the market would do a superior job of ensuring more welcoming competitors are the ones to thrive? Yeah, I guess I do.
In addition to boycotts, I can't imagine public-minded suppliers of needed goods and services wanting to involve themselves with such an establishment, along with the disruptive and costly repercussions that could entail.
To illustrate the ineffectiveness of coercive government "solutions," even though keeping me out based on my race would be "illegal," there are plenty of joints in certain areas where I would rightfully fear for my safety just because of genetics and culture. No one conducting themselves peaceably could say the same about the places I do frequent.
[Via Florida Guy]
Personally, do I think a business ought to be able to discriminate, and the market would do a superior job of ensuring more welcoming competitors are the ones to thrive? Yeah, I guess I do.
In addition to boycotts, I can't imagine public-minded suppliers of needed goods and services wanting to involve themselves with such an establishment, along with the disruptive and costly repercussions that could entail.
To illustrate the ineffectiveness of coercive government "solutions," even though keeping me out based on my race would be "illegal," there are plenty of joints in certain areas where I would rightfully fear for my safety just because of genetics and culture. No one conducting themselves peaceably could say the same about the places I do frequent.
[Via Florida Guy]
A Bureaucratic Workaround
I suppose it's an improvement, but really, 11 pages and 25 policy statements full of weasel words to cover all the ways they intend to skirt around "shall not be infringed"...? [More]
This practically insists on parody:
[Via Florida Guy]
This practically insists on parody:
[Via Florida Guy]
If You Can't Lick 'em, Joiner
Joiner said he didn’t have a problem with open carry or gun rights laws in general, but added he thought public buildings should be gun free. “It’s just a very sensitive thing … the public is supposed to be protected,” Joiner said. [More]By rendering them vulnerable...
It must be Opposite Day in Calhoun County.
Do Bundy Ranch Standoff Indictments Mean More Arrests are Imminent?
There’s “intel,” there’s bad “intel,” and there’s flat-out disinformation put out there by secretive parties with agendas to force an emotion-driven move, and to entrap. [More]Look before you leap. Especially to conclusions from unknown sources.
The Neighborhood Rotten Apple
Neighbors on Bartlett Avenue near the facility say security guards tail them when they walk their dogs. “You have security guards following you in their cars,” Porter said. [More]That would happen to me a grand total of once.
As for 3 a.m. noise, that's even more easily handled. Then again, you could just drive to Tim's house and ring the doorbell and complain.
Still, it's pretty understandable why Sunnyvale residents feel personally powerless.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
We're the Only Ones Testing Enough
The scene is designed to be dramatic, and it is. But it is also illegal under Iowa law. [More]Cue the prosecution in 3...2...1...
No?
The Bystander
A walker-by trips over the ankle of a man sitting on a bench outside a pet shop. Harsh words are exchanged and a fist fight ensues. A bystander witnesses the struggle and calls 911. Feeling that the fight will result in serious injury, the bystander draws his concealed pistol. [More]This week on "Stop the Threat"...
Something's Missing, But What?
Oh, yeah, any reference to laws requiring "smart guns."... [More]
I'm sure it's just an oversight. After all, if we can't trust Mother Jones on honest gun reporting, who can we trust?
I'm sure it's just an oversight. After all, if we can't trust Mother Jones on honest gun reporting, who can we trust?
Counter Intelligence
The guy ponders for 20 minutes, musing about the danger of nighttime intruders entering his house from an adjacent golf course, and then buys one. [More]Right, like that's the only possible way he could ever be in danger, right, smart @$$ Bloomberg lickspittle?
There's an old legend that a vampire can't cross your threshold unless you invite him in. I don't why a gun store wouldn't tell a Bloomberg reporter to get lost. Are they really that oblivious that they think the guy isn't looking to do a hit piece?
And then there's this:
Like many FFL holders, Hopkins would have no objection to universal background checks for all gun transfers.Anyone in the business who's not leading in the fight against universal registration, especially now in the time of great need, and actually telling that to a Bloomberg reporter, deserves to have his business go belly-up as far as I'm concerned. And the FFLs who look forward to it as a new business opportunity are no better than damn kapos.
I've told the Nevada folks they ought to have a list of who in the business isn't helping. I don't see them taking off the gloves though, and that's a shame, because this bar fight calls for swinging chairs and breaking bottles.
[Via Publicola]
We're the Only Ones Undocumented Enough
Sources tell us an investigator with the prosecutor’s office was cleaning his weapon during office hours when it accidentally went off. The incident was never reported to Honolulu police or the state sheriff’s office. [More]From the same fine folks who would destroy your life if they caught you carrying in "May Not Issue" Hawaii:
What is it about prosecutors and office NDs?
[I can't find who sent me this]
Kosher Questions
That's How
[More]
And speaking of insider lick jobs:
[T]hat “Eid Dinner” event was put together by an organization called the American Muslim Council that was founded and headed by a man named Abdurahman Alamoudi. Alamoudi, who is now serving a federal prison term for funding terrorism, was a political mover and shaker with ties to not just the Clinton White House, but later to the George W. Bush White House via Republican lobbyist Grover Norquist.It's a big club and you ain't in it.
There I go being anti-gun and anti-NRA again...
[Via Mack H]
We're the Only Ones Collecting Enough
He says seven deputy US Marshals showed up at his home with guns and took him to federal court where he had to sign a payment plan for the 29-year-old school loan. [More]Old man, sign ze papers!
[Via Keith B]
Armed American Radio Redux
My recommendation? It's in there.
Purity Test
“TZP president: Brad Alpert, Jewish; TZP treasurer, Eric Andreason, Jewish; TZP writer, Nicki Kenyon, born in the Soviet Union to a Jewish refusnik family; TZP writer Y.B. ben Avraham … well, to think he’s not Jewish, you’d have to be so deliberately ignorant there’d be no use talking to you.” [More]Is that "Jewish" enough for ya?
Tangentially-related, there's a state gun rights group where they're thinking about removing my Nugent piece link from its Facebook page, because some members say it doesn't belong, and others are worried that arguing over it creates divisiveness at a time when unity is needed.
That's another form of purity test I can't and won't be bothered with.
I don't do this so we can all agree. If I did, I'd never challenge an NRA grade, I'd be stumping for Grover Norquist and I'd agree with Wayne that the only ones who should have guns in school are the ... uh ... "Only Ones."
If I see something I believe needs addressing, I'm going to address it. If that pisses some off, so be it. If I wanted popular approval for what I write, I'd pick a different subject. And if you don't like it, chances are your browser has a "back" arrow.
Daesh Hunter
Meanwhile, on the Pathway to Citizenship...
“Give me your tired, your poor, your militants yearning to bring the jihad without paying a fee.” [More]Coming soon, to a Caliphate near you...
The Question of Our Time
Do you really want Donald Trump choosing the next Supreme Court justice(s)? [More]Asks the guy working with the immigration-loving Cato Institute, who goes on to tell us "Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is a University of Miami School of Law graduate and has a excellent team of legal advisers..."
No mention of what that "pathway to citizenship" will do to "fundamentally transform America," so it must not be important.
In any case, Mr. Pynchon's observation once more proves its relevance. Donald Trump can't choose, he can only nominate. What happens then in the Senate depends, in large part, on whether a critical mass of the citizenry is serious about doing more than bitching in internet forums or chasing snipe.
Virtual Snipe Hunt
All you need is someone with an unknown motive and a privately-registered website that masks identity to spread hysterical disinformation, such as:
I see "protocol" is misspelled in the scroll. Next you're going to be telling me "Fox News the FB" isn't actually affiliated in any way with Fox News. Funny -- no notice that it's a satire site.
So Obama signed the EO on Friday?
Where?
And how come if I do an image search, this is the primary return, and it's got the same file name as the doctored "Fox News the FB" image?
I bring this up because I see 826 comments under the article so far. That's 826 people distracted from doing something productive and effective, and apparently most are gullible enough to swallow whatever false meme some liar of unknown identity and intent wishes to plant, and then leap to conclusions and spread the disinformation further.
That would be the 19.5K "shares"...
Meanwhile, I see real stories of importance, brought to us by people who work laboriously and painstakingly to expose vital truths, ignored by the media and unnoticed by reactionary snipe hunters who are oblivious to real threats.
And there's another danger, that some misinformed dupe is going to take action.
Yeah, I know, the first image is the real one, the second is what they want you to believe, and I'm the disinfo spreader.
Weird. I just imagined I heard the devil laughing.
I see "protocol" is misspelled in the scroll. Next you're going to be telling me "Fox News the FB" isn't actually affiliated in any way with Fox News. Funny -- no notice that it's a satire site.
So Obama signed the EO on Friday?
Where?
And how come if I do an image search, this is the primary return, and it's got the same file name as the doctored "Fox News the FB" image?
I bring this up because I see 826 comments under the article so far. That's 826 people distracted from doing something productive and effective, and apparently most are gullible enough to swallow whatever false meme some liar of unknown identity and intent wishes to plant, and then leap to conclusions and spread the disinformation further.
That would be the 19.5K "shares"...
Meanwhile, I see real stories of importance, brought to us by people who work laboriously and painstakingly to expose vital truths, ignored by the media and unnoticed by reactionary snipe hunters who are oblivious to real threats.
And there's another danger, that some misinformed dupe is going to take action.
Yeah, I know, the first image is the real one, the second is what they want you to believe, and I'm the disinfo spreader.
Weird. I just imagined I heard the devil laughing.
My Sartorial Shame
The author believes himself to be a Hemingway style author with the photo he has at the bottom of this article…Come on, your pro 2A, not like a south Florida Mojito drinker..Plant your butt in some Levis and put a shottie over your shoulder broken open at the range…! [More]I guess you can't please everybody. Somebody else once criticized the summer sandals.
But Levis? Jeez, Jack, if you were better informed on preserving the unalienable right to keep and bear arms, and less obsessed with dressing other men like RINOs trying to con Fudds into voting for them, you’d know better than to give aid and comfort to the enemy.
Looks like Russn8r has some insights into a potential motivator...
We're the Only Ones Out of 'Formation' Enough
Arnold said when he first heard the shots, he wondered if they were inspired by the Super Bowl halftime show. When asked to clarify that comment, he added, “You know, Beyonce’s video.” [More]I was going to say "Don't quit your day job," but...
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Jewish Gun Rights Group Welcomes Ted Nugent as Newest Member
Wanting to understand what he was thinking and how he managed to make himself a media target for charges of anti-Semitism, Nicki Kenyon of The Zelman Partisans spoke with Nugent, and found her group was alone in asking him what happened. Additionally, Nugent took TZP up on an offer it made a week earlier and ended up joining the group. [More]This isn't about Ted Nugent. This is about not letting the enemies of the right to keep and bear arms tar us all with the bigotry brush when it's not deserved.
Daily Defense
Bloomberg Hiding under GunLobbyWatch.com Troll Bridge
We have to wonder who GLW is, who funds it and why. [More]Which is a routine tactics of trolls who hide in the shadows, thinking they're immune to repercussions and accountability. Note how their "About" section doesn't tell you a thing about who is behind it. And their website is registered by proxy through Panama.
No Guidestar hits, either. They really don't want people finding out who they are. Again, seeing as how trolls are cowards, who would that surprise?
And what else do we know about trolls? Oh yes-- they're sadists and psychopaths. And infiltrators/disruptors.
I wouldn't worry overmuch, though. The AstroTurf peels right up if you want to look under it. For instance: 481 Facebook page "likes"? 580 Twitter followers?Their only YouTube video has 18 views, one of them being mine when I clicked on the link just to see how successful they are at propagating their message?
You know what else peels up?
The curtain, to see the "man" behind it.
Dave Workman noted Gun Lobby Watch was announced last July by the "Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility."
Here's their nonprofit corporate filing with the Secretary of State. See the agent's name is Philip Lloyd? He was also Director for the Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund for I-594.
Did someone say "Follow the money"?
Yes, Gomer. You can say it now.
This is a Bloomberg operation. He's the twisted sadist/psychopath hiding behind all the layers and under the bridge, and enabling all the troll attacks.
Building the Wall
A wall memorializing victims of gun violence would stretch 2½ miles [More]OK, so at 2.5M DGUs/year, how long would that wall stretch?
Speier was the fascista who went to Jonestown and almost got killed by thugs working for "progressive" Harvey Milk's pal Jim Jones.
It's not that she didn't learn anything from the experience. She's got that cult fanatic leadership thing down pretty good.
Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise
Laser pointers should be classed as "offensive weapons", the British Airline Pilots Association has said. [More]Basically, they're saying the subjects of the Crown can't be trusted with light.
Perhaps, noting they're still subjects of a Crown, that's a correct assumption.
[Via Florida Guy]
We're the Only Ones Nonexempt Enough
A local sheriff's deputy escorting a group of fifth-grade students on a field trip to the Fox Theater said he was told to stand outside because he was carrying his service weapon. [More]Fortunately, it was all a big mistake and the ban is only meant to apply to the unexceptional patrons!
I'm sure any wannabe mass shooters in the area have noticed.
Enjoy the show, kids!
There Are None So Blind
Unless he behaves in a way that actively endangers others or hurts someone through negligence, keeping and bearing shouldn't be an issue. [More]
If he injures or kills someone, the impairment shouldn't be an excuse.
If he injures or kills someone, the impairment shouldn't be an excuse.
Whores for Whillary
Seems about right for an Opposite Day "progressive" feminist champion, especially noting the stable assets are employed to fulfill all the expectations of the pimp... [More]
I wonder if Bill gets freebies.
I wonder if Hillary does.
I wonder if Bill gets freebies.
I wonder if Hillary does.
Spitzer Swallows
This sleazy @$$hole just can't stay out of trouble, can he? [More]
No wonder he's always been obsessed with controlling those who can.
No wonder he's always been obsessed with controlling those who can.
Blowing Away the Smokescreen
As to “attack on the organization and structure of your NRA board” again it reveals the knowing guilt and fear of Norquist’s collaborators on and off the NRA board. [More]Comment poster Russn8r decimates the moronic and offensive diversionary lie that the recall is motivated by anti-NRA anti-gunners. Plus it ain't a "loophole," it's a feature.
It suddenly reminded me that I've run across one of the names in the Norquist über alles collaborator cabal before: Bender!
Actually, I've run across several. For instance, Lautenberg gun ban (and Kohl school radius gun ban) supporter Bob Barr shouldn't surprise longtime WOGgers. What should surprise us is why he was never recalled from the NRA Board, and that anyone would think the backing of a documented gun-grabber would work in Grover's favor.
And don't even get me started on Alan Gottlieb's (inexplicable?) deliberate indifference to what Russn8r correctly identifies as "THE long-term gun rights issue."
Yet again, Russn8r hits on a tried and true Fairfax tactic that allows them to rake in millions while tricking members into supporting establishment squishes with undeserved "A" grades and endorsements:
Is Tred Law a simpleton, or does he just think you’re one?That and he's counting on a critical mass of ignorance.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Finicum Shooter Protection Bill Points to Wider Issue of Government Distrust
We know that the powers that be are desperately trying to bolster a false, government-started narrative that “rightwing extremists are a greater threat than ISIS.” And if you want to see violent death wishes leveled with promiscuous abandon, just look at comments on ”progressive” websites ginning up the mob against the Malheur Wildlife Refuge occupiers. Plus, let’s not forget the only killing so far was committed by an agent of the state. [More]Protecting the identity of the officer who shot LaVoy Finicum is evidently more of a priority to Oregon State Police and politicians than ensuring unfettered public scrutiny.
We're the Only Ones Triaging Enough
During an altercation, two off-duty Houston police officers, moonlighting as security guards, had shocked Mr. Pean with a Taser, fired a bullet into his chest, then handcuffed him. [More]"Clear!"
Botched Statistics Padding
A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling that kept a lid on a handful of documents related to a lawsuit from Congress over the Obama administration’s botched “Fast and Furious” operation. [More]Not that it will end up mattering anywhere near as much as the continued ubiquitous "botched" misdirection...
Funny-- the word "botched" doesn't appear in the OIG report.
#blackfetusesdon'tmatter?
That's what Rev. Anthony Thompson appears to be saying by supporting a candidate who in turn supports an organization founded by a eugenicist which results in more black babies being aborted than born.
From a strictly self-interested perspective, considering who has higher abortion rates, racists and non-"progressives" would appear to stand the most to gain politically and socially by encouraging the practice, and literally nipping future conflict sources in the bud.
Note I'm not arguing the abortion issue here, which is a separate discussion. I'm merely observing what is. If Rev. Thompson professes to be a Christian, it's up to him to reconcile support for Hillary with his faith.
The bottom line is, political choices have real world consequences. Enabling a politicians means those who do share in culpability for resulting actions. It's serious business requiring informed consent, and doesn't end with putting an "I Voted" sticker on your lapel.
You choose your side, you own your consequences.
From a strictly self-interested perspective, considering who has higher abortion rates, racists and non-"progressives" would appear to stand the most to gain politically and socially by encouraging the practice, and literally nipping future conflict sources in the bud.
Note I'm not arguing the abortion issue here, which is a separate discussion. I'm merely observing what is. If Rev. Thompson professes to be a Christian, it's up to him to reconcile support for Hillary with his faith.
The bottom line is, political choices have real world consequences. Enabling a politicians means those who do share in culpability for resulting actions. It's serious business requiring informed consent, and doesn't end with putting an "I Voted" sticker on your lapel.
You choose your side, you own your consequences.
Drowning in a Flood
That’s because of guns. Have we got guns. [More]Which makes denying them to non-predators all the more criminal.
GRNC Backing Cruz
Me, I still have concerns.
And even though I'm well aware of his flaws and reversals, right now I'm having fun watching Trump give the RNC fits.
Another Crazy Conspiracy Theory
Pillow over head.
Conflicting reports.
Autopsy not necessary.
Fate of Republic and incredibly powerful political interests at stake.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Conflicting reports.
Autopsy not necessary.
Fate of Republic and incredibly powerful political interests at stake.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Rathner Response Would Be More Respectful if It Didn’t Dismiss Objections to Norquist
Here’s the thing, Mr. Rathner, and you have to know this, which makes your “response” appear more disingenuous than “respectful”: “Amnesty” with a “pathway to citizenship” represents nothing less than an existential threat to the Second Amendment. If Grover Norquist and his apologists continue giving NRA a pass to ignore it under a phony “single issue” excuse (which I just demonstrated is one of convenience, not consistency), you’re not going to have anything to “focus like a laser” on. And that’s in a matter of a decade or two. [More]The apologists are deflecting, distracting, dismissing and ducking -- and doing everything but answering a straightforward request for proof.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Everything in Moderation
Co-moderator Judy Woodruff happens to be a donor to the Clinton Foundation... [More]And the Judy Woodruff Integrity in Journalism Award goes to ... Judy Woodruff!
Way to contain those questions there!
Home Improvement
Here are more pictures from Mike's home improvement work weekend. [More]
If you're a regular SSI reader it's because you get regular value from Mike's work. Have you shown him you appreciate that with an appropriate gratitude offering? And have you done your part to spread the word?
Just because we talked about it a while back doesn't mean I'm done talking. If yes, have you received value since? If you haven't responded at all, why not?
Why not go here and help out like it asks?
It doesn't matter if it's just a dollar if that's all you can afford -- remember the widow's mites. And passing the info on to others doesn't cost a thing.
We're the Only Ones Not Kidding Enough
Team America, World Police
That’s because we don’t pay for national defence. The United States does. [More]Or more precisely, those of us who are productive and generate or possess assets to plunder do. And we're paying for Europe's and Asia's defenses, too. Not to mention disproportionately footing the UN bill.
There's so much that needs to be reset. So much that needs to be just stopped...
[Via Jeet]
So Much for Not Being Able to Sue Gun Manufacturers
Of course you can -- if their products are defective. [More]
Just like you can sue anybody else.
The antis doing all the lying are just mad that they can't destroy the gun industry for criminal and negligent misuse of products that meet quality standards and perform to spec.
That said, anyone who views a safety on any gun as carte blanche to booger hook the hell out of the bang switch is askin' for it...
[Via Jess]
Just like you can sue anybody else.
The antis doing all the lying are just mad that they can't destroy the gun industry for criminal and negligent misuse of products that meet quality standards and perform to spec.
That said, anyone who views a safety on any gun as carte blanche to booger hook the hell out of the bang switch is askin' for it...
[Via Jess]
We're the Only Ones Incremental Enough
While testifying in favor of Washington’s HB 2460, the ban of self defense in public parks, retired King County sheriff’s deputy David Hellene says “We look foolish! I’ve got family in Europe, and they can’t understand how this gun violence continues and how we do nothing about it and don’t speak out about it.” He rambles on to say “We change traffic laws incrementally over the last 40 years to prevent DUI deaths, and I think we need to do something incrementally here to prevent these kinds of deaths from happening.” [More]For some reason, a line from Superman comes to mind...
RU Deeply DistRUbed by This?
So what does that tell us about licensing...?Police were able to stumble upon the stockpile after officers conducted an administrative pistol licensee review at Shou’s apartment on Monday, prosecutors said. [More]
Much Ado About Nothing
NFL Owners Worried about Gang Culture in Raiders Potential Move to L.A. [More]Jeez, guys, relax.
You ban guns in stadiums and good luck getting a "may issue" L.A. CCW if you're not one of the connected elites. Plus, California is tops in the Brady Campaign ratings.
So what's the problem?
We're the Only Ones Up the Down Staircase Enough
The officer, Peter Liang, was patrolling the building with his gun drawn in November 2014 when he fired the fatal shot. He fired his weapon after Gurley and his girlfriend opened a door to the stairwell, a shooting that has been described as accidental by Liang and the police and called reckless by prosecutors. [More]Naturally, Liberty-Lynchin' Patrick is outraged.
We're the Only Ones Cutting Off Enough
Former Paradise police officer Patrick Feaster was arraigned Wednesday in Butte County Superior Court on a charge of manslaughter, more than two months after he shot an unarmed man suspected of drunken driving. [More]I think you've had enough, buddy.
We're the Only Ones Elementary Enough
Ivan Cotto is charged with criminal sexual assault for engaging in sexual acts with the victim on five different occasions between May 2015 and January 2016. The Cook County State’s attorney’s office indicates two of the assaults took place at Brentano Elementary Math and Science Academy, where the 29-year-old Cotto worked. [More]I never did get an answer to my dating etiquette question.
[Via bondmen]
Must Not Have Gotten the Message
Creating Demand
We're the Only Ones Guarded Enough
Arrests were being made across the state Thursday morning as about four dozen current and former state prison guards were told they face drug and bribery charges. [More]So that's how a "progressive"society with total government control works!
'Progressive' Communications Theory
Robert Grow, who organized the protest on behalf of the Summit County Progressive Democrats, had warned protesters not to engage with gun enthusiasts who might approach. [More]Yeah, can't have any easily-refuted lies debunked.
So much for that "national conversation on guns" the liars keep demanding -- as long as it's one way, where they're the only ones who get to transmit and they've turned off their receiver.
Then again, what can you say to a fanatic who insists "The concealed carrying of weapons is nothing but vigilantism and the open carrying of weapons is nothing but the legalized version of a threat to do harm"?
All I can think of is two words, and the first one starts with an "f."
An UndeniableTruth
The machete attacker was stopped with a gun. [More]
Just not with a gun used by one of his victims, the actual "first responders."
I enlarged the photo of the restaurant and could not see a "No Guns" sign.
UPDATE: Anyone surprised?
Just not with a gun used by one of his victims, the actual "first responders."
I enlarged the photo of the restaurant and could not see a "No Guns" sign.
UPDATE: Anyone surprised?
Hell Hath No Fury
...like a woman scorned. [More]
I'm waiting for the day when Hillary is no longer a viable vehicle for Huma to ride to the top.
I'm waiting for the day when Hillary is no longer a viable vehicle for Huma to ride to the top.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Santilli Prosecution a Tyrannical Assault on Free Speech and Press
“While many people might disagree with statements made by those involved in the Malheur takeover, Americans have a fundamental right to freedom of speech,” the ACLU of Oregon declared in a position statement on charges against Santilli. “We can all agree that we should not hold members of the media or protesters in jail without bail simply because they have shocking or abhorrent views. These are principles that we must stand by, even when we disagree with the message of the speaker.” [More]Love him or hate him, if the government gets away with its prosecution of Pete Santilli, freedom of expression and freedom of the press will be effectively quashed.
Shew v Malloy Appealed to SCOTUS
“Public Act 13-3 infringes upon rights guaranteed by both the federal and state Constitution. Connecticut residents deserve to have these rights restored and protected by the Supreme Court.” [More]Here's the petition.
We've talked about this case before. Several times.
If you're on Facebook, you can follow and take part in the current discussion.
Spending some time reading about the case and reading the court document itself, it ought to be pretty apparent it takes a lot to put something like this together and to see it through to the end.
You know what else it takes?
Guess.
The Waterboy
It’s quite likely another candidate will emerge from New Hampshire, Norquist said. He noted that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich have each showed some strength in the state. Both Bush and Kasich have sat in the distant No. 2 spot in recent polls.
“Can somebody come up out of New Hampshire and make their case?” Norquist said. “It would have to be Christie, Bush or Kasich. There has to be a possibility for someone else to emerge in New Hampshire, just as Rubio emerged third in Iowa. [More]Christie. Bush. Kasich.
Again, Norquist puts an anti-gun Democrat electorate first.
And as long as I'm on the general subject, I got your "disingenuous" right here, pally.
Cosmosis
Looking at the flow chart. I'd say the biggest red flag he could raise would be to answer "No."
He Uses His Gun to Threaten and Torture Me. He's My Boyfriend: Then he shouldn't be. You didn't realize he was a lunatic brute until you were in too deep? Really?
What this is, of course, is a guide for whiny, demanding Cosmo readers (and that alone should tell us much), conditioned to both claim victim status and to further emasculate whatever "partner" was unwary and/or desperate enough to stumble into their clutches.
Shouldn't you gals be parroting "progressive feminist" talking points while obsessing on your breast size and reading up on "lovemaking positions to drive him wild"?
Tony Anderson: Researcher Par Excellence
Councilmember Tony Anderson said he Googled an organization known as Oath Keepers, which he said Shea is “significantly involved with.”
Wikipedia says Oath Keeper’s “is an American organization associated with the anti-government patriot movement. It encourages members – some of whom are current and former U.S. military and law enforcement officers, – not to obey orders which they believe would violate the United States Constitution.”
Anderson, a retired commander in the Port of Seattle Police Department, says he sees that affiliation as “very threatening” as being racist and biased against the federal government – “the Internet says you are an anti-government guy.” [More]Gosh, who can argue with such an informed opinion argued by such an accomplished authority?
So Simple Even 'Smart People' Can Understand It
Criminologists, Economists Find Benefits to Gun Ownership [More]So when are they going to start getting loud and insistent about it?
[Via Gene B]
Having a COW
HB 2081 and HB 2224 are scheduled for House Committee of the Whole (COW) debates on Thursday, February 11. [More]AzCDL urges contacting representatives to support these bills.
We're the Only Ones Corrupt Enough
Is it really so difficult to believe that there is widespread wrongdoing, and widespread lying about it, among U.S. law-enforcement agencies, particularly those in big, Democrat-run cities infamous for the corruption of their other municipal institutions? [More]Not around here.
Glad to know I'm not the "only one" publicly calling out that Nazi swine Lee Baca.
[Via Michael G]
'Gun Criminals' Warned
Posting Asheville Parks against concealed carry breaks North Carolina law [More]Committing a crime with a "gun law" ought to carry at least as much of a penalty as committing a crime with a gun, because the threat is that coercion will be backed with armed force.
Houses of the Holy
In a rare interview, Dallas U.S. Attorney John Parker said churches, synagogues and mosques are uniquely vulnerable. [More]Thank you Captain Obvious. Even stoner jihadis know that.
So: Did you teach them anything that will, you know, work...?
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