Thursday, March 03, 2016

Escaping East Berlin

Oh, I'm sorry, I meant Oberlin... [More]

Same difference.

Look at the value this creature of achievement brings to the table.  Now there are some vital fields of endeavor, although I guess I hadn't realized you needed that much education to do what she teaches.

No doubt she's worth every penny.

I understand why the jugend  (or would they be SWINE?) who are getting that bill footed for them -- by idiot "progressive" parents with more money than they know what to do with -- feel so angry and oppressed now. It warms my heart to know they're all in one big safe space.

Disorder in the Court

We see where they’re going with this—and the opportunities to cast Republicans in the worst possible light will only increase. True to form, the establishment GOP leadership, notorious for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, has already shown signs of disunity in the ranks. [More]
My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column, observing the political posturing in the wake of Antonin Scalia's passing, is now online.

Fun with Little Marco

See Marco ban. [More]

Ban, Marco, ban.

A Packed House

The better to coordinate the boos and cheers, and manipulate the reaction of the television audience... [More]

Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Demand for More Evidence Only Helps NRA Ignore Amnesty Danger to Gun Rights

You bet the “amnesty” being foisted on America by vote-pandering Democrats and cheap labor Republicans is an issue with a special threat for gun owners and one intended to “fundamentally transform” the nation. [More]
As a comment poster noted, “If you cannot see the proof, a tank running over you will not convince you either.” And this may just result in tanks.

Fallen Gladiator

Rest in peace, Lee Reherman. [More]

He lived a few blocks from where I used to in Manhattan Beach. I got to know him from when I worked with him for a few years on fundraising with fireworks. He was helping low-income kids get martial arts training along with the needed discipline and caring adult guidance that went with it.

He wasn't just muscle. He handled the books for that nonprofit, had an MBA and at one time was going for a doctorate in economics.

I'd lost touch with him, fewer than a dozen emails over the years, but got a pleasant jolt watching the Star Trek reboot, when the security guard he played confronted Simon Pegg's "Scotty" and I immediately recognized who it was. That's pretty surreal if it's totally outside your life experience -- to go to the movies and suddenly see a closeup of someone you know on the screen. At least that's my excuse for exclaiming "That's Lee!"

Good man. Sad news.

Because Nothing Says Genius and Talent Like...

...quotas. [More]

Which I guess is OK, since genius and talent so rarely factor into commercial success in an idiocracy...

Who WAS that Masked Man?

And any bets their names weren't Björn or Lars? [More]

I guess if the media insists on calling invaders "refugees," they're going to continue missing the real story that's right in front of them.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Because Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse

Jeez, guys, all they want to know is what the rules are. Your refusal to share them is what made of federal case of this. [More]

Don't view this as a joke.

View it as an in-your-face insult from arrogant enforcers confident that they'll never be held personally accountable.

Buy One, Get One Free?

Chicago homicides, shootings double over same period in 2015 [More]
Looks like Kif is an even bigger lickspittle loser than Garry.

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-town.

[Via Geordan]

Not to Stump for Trump, BUT...

Mark DeMoss, who for many years served as chief of staff to Falwell Sr. and considered the televangelist a second father, said in an interview that it was a mistake for Falwell Jr. to endorse Trump. He said the Republican front-runner’s insult-laden campaign has been a flagrant rejection of the values Falwell Sr. espoused and Liberty promotes on its campus. [More]
And what kind of values does Mark DeMoss espouse?
DeMoss continued: “I have trouble defending a position that says there should be no restrictions on any guns or ammunition, and this slippery slope argument that if you allow the slightest bit of [gun] control, then that’s the start of taking away all our freedoms.
And yeah, I know all about Trump's troublesome past statements.  He disavows them now, which many understandably don't trust, so I recommend continuing to press him on unequivocal and substantive commitments that he won't be able to weasel-word his way out of if he reverses polarity.

[Via Mack H]

Time Warp Activism

Committee Vote TOMORROW on SUPPRESSORS! [More]
Since this was posted yesterday, that means today.

If you're an Iowan or know someone who is, go change the future. Now before time runs out.

First Blood

RUBIO WINS MINNESOTA! [More]
Oh, I'm sorry, I meant to use this link...

I'm surprised none of the reports I've found so far mention the open primary being a factor...

The O'Reilly Factor

The documents, which record testimony given last year, confirm that the ex-couple’s teenage daughter told a court-appointed forensic examiner that she witnessed O’Reilly “choking her mom” as he “dragged her down some stairs” by the neck. [More]
The Bill O'Reilly who supports gun confiscation in emergencies? And who then sneers at people who anticipate confiscation, telling them "That's your problem"?

The Bill O'Reilly who called registration and banning firearms like the AK "reasonable"?

That "gun control"-cheerleading pinhead?

Say, has he heard about the Lautenberg domestic violence lifetime gun ban?

We're the Only Ones Droning On Enough

Police made the argument that armed drones in law enforcement could be an effective weapon for public safety. [More]
Of course they did. The guy at the monitor with the controller wants to make it home at the end of his shift to play more "Call of Duty." Besides, imagine how much fun it would be strafing dogs.

The inputs for a shoot/don't shoot action should be interesting. They'll make the decision process inputs and sensory capabilities public, right?

On the plus side, if this gets green-lighted,  it opens the door for an "in common use at the time" argument -- not that they'd ever accept it.

I'm also wondering what it would take to lure one of these babies into a place where it could be intercepted, captured and re-purposed.

Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

[More]

We're the Only Ones Diverse Enough

A veteran state trooper alleges in a whistleblower lawsuit she was retaliated against by her superiors after raising objections that police academy background checks were compromised because of pressure to increase racial diversity among State Police ranks. [More]
But "background checks" are demanded for us by the "Only Ones" über alles crowd...

[Via Keith B]

We're the Only Ones Accepting Enough

Former Bald Knob Police Chief Erek Balentine is set to accept a plea deal in federal court regarding stolen property, according to his attorney [More]
And what a deal!

I remember talking about this case before here, but don't have time to go looking for links right now and they probably wouldn't add much anyway.  Just look at what they dropped on this guy after all the lies he told to settle for a stolen property plea they had him dead to rights on anyway.

Kind'a makes you wonder what else would unravel if you started pulling threads. and if he hadn't been given incentive to clam up.

[Via Steve Jones]

The Lone Star and Crescent State for Hillary

Y'allahu Akbar! [More]

[Via Keith B]

Finally Something to Sink Their Hooks Into

Hancock’s great grandfather was an “avid hunter, life member of National Rifle Association, a Republican National Committee contributor,” according to his obituary. [More]
Let the foaming-at-the-mouth blame-apportioning begin!

Help Wanted: Inquire Within


[More]
I hope this email link works  -- it's all I've got. If not, you still know what's wanted and you know how to contact Grassroots North Carolina...

Finicum Family National Support Rallies...

... this weekend... [More]

Jiffy Pop

The false alarm was traced to the Tory building, near the centre of the campus, where students were reportedly popping about 80 balloons, sending some students into a panic and triggering the emergency call. [More]
A false alarm or a malicious one...?

I didn't give this one an "Only Ones" title because a rapid response was appropriate. I find it hard to believe that the students doing the popping were oblivious to the potential for others to react the way they did. Could they really be that stupidly self-absorbed? It seems intentional, and inducing panic in others is a good way to get people hurt.

Why is my first reaction to suspect an anti-gun stunt to make a point?

[Via Steve T

I Guess We Could Start with 'California'

For NRA to expand into “scoring” votes on immigration (not to mention re-calling Grover Norquist from the NRA Board of Directors), there needs to be more evidence than just some adverse polling data. There not only needs to be clear and convincing evidence of the “cultural terraforming” cited by Codrea, but also that measures short of going beyond the “single issue” mandate of NRA would be utterly ineffective. [More]
I have a magazine article deadlined for today, so I don't have time right now to go through all the doors this guy left open. Tomorrow is another day.

I can tell the guy has worked as a Fairfax apologist. This will be fun.

Gowdy Doody

"In the past few months the number of unaccompanied alien minors unlawfully entering the U.S. soared to over 17,000 and the number of family units increased to 21,000," Chair Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) informed the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security in a February 4 hearing on Capitol Hill. "If these trends continue it is predicted there will be a 30 percent increase in the record high numbers we witnessed in 2014." [More]
So why the endorsement for the Amnesty Man?

Two Girls for Every Boy

World Star-style... [More]

"Teens" sure have come a long way since Jan and Dean.

Chelsea to Microthrong: Hillary to Find 'Common Ground' with 'Racists,Homohobes, Sexists'...

"While it's important to have a president who knows when to stand her ground and give no purchase to the racist, homophobic, sexist rhetoric and policy ideas that are coming out of the Republican side, it's also important to have a president who knows how to find common ground," Chelsea Clinton said. [More]
The Opposite Day is strong in this one. The only people that makes any sense to are the handful of stupid "progressives" who turned out for the worship service. I wonder how much sound editing was needed to mask out the cud-chewing.

As for equal pay for equal work and sexist discrimination...


Monday, February 29, 2016

Iran’s Islamic Republic ‘News’ and Domestic Gun-Grabbers Sabotaging Gun Safety for Iowa Children

Taking the cake for media manipulation may be PressTV, a state-owned affiliate of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. They borrowed a photo of a cute little girl reaching for an unattended handgun to illustrate their take on the story, as if that’s what anyone is talking about, but with a headline like “Iowa approves bill to let children aged 14 and under have guns,” their job is done. [More]
Curious, that the mouthpiece “press” for the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has a history of training and sending armed children into battle, should concern itself with gun-grabber objections to U.S. parents teaching kids about guns.

Your Move

"We will not comply/Back off" Ts... [More]

Just FYI, I'm not making any money off these.  I'm doing this because I was approached with an ad inquiry I'm not prepared to follow up on at this time, but figured the message is right, so why not give the guy a nod...?

Remarkable

Not that Clarence Thomas finally asked a question. [More

That it had to be asked at all.

And not to beat a dead horse, but the lifetime ban for "misdemeanor domestic violence" is something Grover Norquist supporter and current NRA Board candidate Bob Barr was for.

Captain's Log

Gun Owners for Hillary

"I think everybody that's buying these big, high-powered rifles nowadays," she said, "what do you need that for? Unless you're going to war." [More]
You're really not all that deep, are you, Deborah? She says even dumber stuff in the video.

And note to Palmetto: MSNBC just used you. Don't you get that?

Indian Accountant Rejects Gun Violence as an Option

All he needed was a knife. [More]

[Via William T]

An Either/Or Proposition?

America must decide between its people and guns [More]
Anything you say, Ahson Saeed Hasan.

That was you who grew up in Pakistan, wasn't it?

Why did you come here again?

We're the Only Ones Brotherly Enough

The brother of the Lincoln County sheriff is accused of taking weapons from the evidence locker. Even after he confessed, it took more than eight months for the charges to be filed. [More]
That second part should be as big a concern as the theft-inviting "storage" procedures.

[Via cydl]

Physician, Arm Thyself

Health care professionals, staff, and even visitors, have a right to defend themselves and those around them from a violent attacker.  [More]
Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership states something that many physicians are catching on to, even if their major professional associations are still hopelessly mired in Opposite Day "progressive" medical anti-life advocacy.

We're the Only Ones Uncompelled Enough

“Officer safety is huge, so you wouldn’t want to compel that upon officers,” Suhr told audiences at a smart gun symposium in San Francisco.  [More]
Why not?  That's what the gun-grabbers want to do to the rest of us.

And flesh out why you think it would be an officer safety concern, but it wouldn't be for us mundanes.

Stupid Opposite Day "progressives" don't seem to realize their promotional piece for "smart guns" concisely illustrates the two main reasons they're so objectionable.

Sgt. Fury

The man accused of murdering a Virginia police officer on her first shift is an active-duty Army staff sergeant assigned to the Pentagon. [More]
You mean he'd been background checked...?

[Via several of you]

Problem-Solving on the Fly

Why does anyone need a gun-firing, flame-throwing assault drone...? [More]

The kid seems a lot cooler, plus more technically skilled and innovative, than Obama's stupid clock boy.

[Via Florida Guy]   

Stockholm Syndrome

Incest and necrophilia 'should be legal' according to youth branch of Swedish Liberal People's Party [More]
OK, but so should refusing to have anything to do with them.  Anything.

This is where "progressive thought" invariably leads -- to the graveyard.

Cecilia, those "migrants" your kind is welcoming in are gonna have fun with you.  If you survive, I can see a burqa in your future, and probably a militant advocacy for imposing it on others

A 'Progressive' Husband and Father

My wife is a University of Georgia professor, and our daughter is a UGA student.  [More]
And I'll bet neither one has ever considered your utter inability to fulfill what used to be considered a duty of husbands and fathers to protect their families, right, Jefferson? If you ever fail them, you'll be lucky if they're still around to look at you in a completely different way.

Who would at least have a chance in a situation like this? You, or someone with a different attitude and capabilities...?

We're the Only Ones Doing Our Best Enough

"We are doing our best to investigate the crimes," Hill said. "But unfortunately, we can only do so much with the evidence on the scene. [More]
They're not just helpless in this instance. They're pretty much incapable of protecting the public in every instance, which isn't so much a knock on them as an admission of reality.

So why is it #1 Brady-rated California "law" favors that, and CHP helps enforce it?

The Truth, the Hole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth

VINCE FOSTER 'SUICIDE' SHOCKER: 2ND WOUND DOCUMENTED - Prosecutor saw photos of Clinton attorney with possible 'bullet hole' in neck [More]
Well, there's one way to find out...

#NEVERENOUGH

Buy a bracelet with a dead person's name! Proceeds will help Dan Gross keep his cushy gig! [More]

All the best-protected lottery-winning fascist media pigs are wearing them!

I see Dan is playing coy about this. No wonder-- Harvey himself has clammed up, possibly after his investors asked if he'd lost his mind. Plus, it's not like he kept his pledge to go easy on the"gun violence" in his movies or anything...

Got a 'Republican' Alternative?

See, that's the dilemma: If not Trump, who? [More]

My friends at GOA say "Cruz." Disregarding his wife's Goldman Sachs affiliation, who doesn't believe Team Hillary won't challenge him on "natural born" citizenship -- and that they won't be right?  Don't argue with me on that, refute Alan Korwin's observations.

Rubio or Kasich? Not that they have the numbers, but if you want the amnesty/pathway to citizenship destruction of the Republic, and to make the Red-Blue Axis establishment happy, go for it. I note NRA, Norquist, et al, have thus far shown deliberate indifference to trying to refute those concerns with anything other than misdirecting anecdotes and unsupported happy talk. That's because they can't, and that's because the numbers can't be manipulated to work in their favor. Most of them appear to be hoping if they don't acknowledge it, a critical mass won't learn about it, and they're probably right.

Mitt Romney, after he jumps in to "save" the sellouts responsible for making Trump so appealing to so many...? Really?

Carson? That doesn't seem likely to happen unless he joins the frontrunner as Veep wannabe and fate/intent intervenes.

All the energy and acrimony may stem from people deep down knowing there is no alternative, and while everyone is having a cow over the number of angels on the head of a pin, "something wicked this way comes."

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Mad as Hell and Not Gonna Fake It Any More?

A tweet expressing anger at the “racism and violence” against the students—now proven to have never occurred—still remains on Hillary Clinton’s Twitter page. [More]
While she continues to enable and ignore real violence against women. No wonder so many Opposite Day "progressive feminists" love her so.

There's a Lesson to be Learned Here...

But what?
Scan from June 2011 GUNS Magazine, pg. 55


Just Like the Police State They're Enabling

Privileged elites protected by public and private "Only One" operators: It's a big club and you ain't in it. [More]

A spot-on comment:
Simply announce a gun-free zone and save the money wasted on security. 
Where's Skip Coolzip when you really need him?

Friday, February 26, 2016

Selective ‘History Lesson’ on Militias Ignores Inconvenient Truths

The Opposite Day “progressive” collectivists don’t get to subvert and sabotage the work of the Founders and then call those attempting to protect and restore that heretofore unparalleled system for protecting unalienable rights through delegated powers “traitors.” Not on our watch. [More]
A latter-day Benedict Arnold gives Esquire's "progressive" readership something to agree on besides mixing perfect martinis and mankini waxing...

The WMD Loophole!

The Barrett .50 caliber rifle is a powerful gun. Originally designed for military use, its rounds can “penetrate light armor, down helicopters, destroy commercial aircraft, and blast through rail cars,” according to a report from the Violence Policy Center, a gun safety group. [More]
OK, you can stop right there. Shoots down aircraft. "Gun safety group."

Oh, wait a minute...this is by Christopher Ingraham of The Washington Post.

That explains it.

"That Student"

Boogedy!

How have these people coped to date with going off campus to get their Depends?

[Via Mack H]

The Magic Piece of Paper

Authorities say a man who opened fire on the central Kansas factory where he worked was served with a protection from abuse order shortly before the attack. [More]
Well then, it looks like everyone did everything they reasonably could... no?

[Via Steve T

In the Spirit of Compromise

Yesterday I stood with my colleagues as we received a petition signed by more than 1.3 million Americans calling on Senate Republicans to do their jobs and stop the outright political obstruction around Supreme Court nominations. [More]
OK, we can talk about it, but in order to be confirmed, the nominee must in principle:
  1. endorse "shall not be infringed" and pledge to never rule against the Second Amendment being an individual right.
  2. agree that all Second Amendment cases brought before the court be considered under strict scrutiny.
  3. acknowledge that the legal concept "in common use at the time" refers, at a minimum, to weaponry carried by soldiers for battlefield use, in addition to those commonly used for self-defense and sport, and that it will include technological advancements so that new "arms" used for those purposes cannot be denied to We the People.
There's really no excuse for the mealy-mouthed duck-and-cover that Nazgûl nominees typically use to weasel out of actually revealing anything about the corpse under their robe. And this list is just for starters, meaning I'd also need to nail them down for views on immigration/amnesty/pathway to citizenship and other issues that threaten our ability to "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity."

Somehow, I don't think Murph the Smurf here is going to be receptive to the concessions I'd need before giving him what he wants.

Oh, and I'd also expect NRA to cause grade/endorsement pain for any senator not using this as a litmus test (Yeah, I know, "Ha!"). Because without an "or else," who thinks the Republicans won't cave?

[Via Jim Q]

Skip to My Lew

Former U.S Attorney General Eric Holder used the alias Lew Alcindor, basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s birth name, for one of his official DOJ email accounts. [More]
My first thought is to wonder if withheld Fast and Furious-related emails that are eventually uncovered will show Holder was in the hoo... uh, loop.

My second thought is to wonder if Jabberer ever heard of Arab slavers.

[Via Jess]

The Sounds of Silence

Liberal Media and Gun-Grabbers Ignore Latest CDC Report – It Doesn’t Fit Their Narrative [More]
Since when has reality ever mattered to them?

[Via William T]

Siding with the Norquist/Bloomberg Alliance

As to the effort to recall Grover Norquist, I do not support it. [More]
I do.

So you're OK with the political and cultural terraforming of America. But you have no numbers to refute that concern.

OK. Disappointing, but good to know that the unfounded perception of being "harmful to the Association" takes precedence Ã¼ber alles.

Yeah, I know, that's not what the recall petition focuses on, so we can just pretend the greater threat doesn't exist.

Captain's Log

Buried Treasure

Shoot, a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. [More]

If you do it right, it'll last as long as you're likely to need it.

What's in your cache?

[Via Len Savage]

Thursday, February 25, 2016

Daily News Continues Assault on Truth with Brooklyn ‘Smart Gun’ Hit Piece on NRA

The bright side to all this is that the only people who will be taken in are those ignorant enough to vote for Adams or pay for the Daily News. According to all indicators, those latter numbers are shrinking, resulting in well-earned “downsizing.” Still, working against the truth, until such time as the company sucks itself out of existence, will be the desperation of those who haven’t yet been thrown out. [More]
Considering the “objectivity” of past “reporting,” everything the New York Daily News publishes should be viewed as garbage until proven otherwise.

Apocalypse U

"It's not going to be a good thing,” Cynthia Smith said. “We're going to start seeing more murders on college campuses.” [More]
Yeah, that's what the liars and ignoraNuses claimed about concealed carry with all their Dodge City/blood-in-the-streets-over-fender-benders prognostications.

It never happened, did it?

Normal people aren't anything like Kentavious Holland.

[Via Jess]

Constitutional?

The hell you say. [More]

You know what else it's not, you old monsters, dependent on thug firepower to try and bend free people to your lust for control?

Enforceable.

You'll see. And you're not gonna like what happens if you try.

None of us will. So back off.

[Via Michael G]

A Sophomoric Opinion

That is why with every application for a firearm, there should be a professional psychological evaluation by two board-certified pre-eminent psychologists in their city or state. [More]
F-ing idiot admits he knew nothing about guns until this winter, and now he has the solution to all our problems?  Like we've all been waiting for the genius of Keith Reed to have that Eureka! moment that's eluded everyone else thus far?

No, you ignorant child. Your move.

[Via Michael G]

Corruption Case

Ex-state Sen. Leland Yee gets 5 years in prison in corruption case [More]
Yep, that is corrupt, noting what the evil, gun-grabbing criminal son of a bitch was guilty of, and that patriot Wayne Fincher got more time than that, and all he did was dare to claim his right.

[Via Dave Licht]

We Have a Problem

I’ve read the exit polls from Tuesday’s Republican caucus. Even with record turnout, an alarming majority of GOP voters are uninformed or indifferent about Bloomberg’s Universal Background Check ballot initiative. [More]
That's OK. That's Nevada, and we don't live there.

We can ignore it and procrastinate and not get worried until Bloomberg is trying to ram it down our throats where we live, right? Then we can ask gun owners who don't live in our state for help! That and post "Molon Labe!" comments.

Carjacking Gone Wrong

A simple errand at the mall turns into a dangerous situation when a carjacker grabs the purse of a woman as she exits her vehicle. Outraged, the woman jumps on the hood of the car as the carjacker tries to make his getaway. [More]
This week on "Stop the Threat"...

The Dark Magic Kingdom

In-your-face Illuminati/Satanic symbolism and imagery, brought to you by The Happiest Place on Earth! [Watch]

Even if you don't buy into supernatural conspiracy stuff, what's undeniable is powerful forces find it useful -- and profitable -- to promulgate.

Oh, did I say "you"?  Yeah, but primarily it's made for a target audience:
Aimed primarily at children...
The parents of kids left to absorb this crap unattended, for the most part, based on  manifested cultural priorities, are already locked in.

But what the hell do I know?

And Remember, with 'Progressives,' Every Day is Opposite Day

[More]

Really? How much South LA gang violence has he ended?

And curious, isn't it, that he reacts to ideological differences by throwing down challenges to engage in violence...? Along with how the parasite Marxists running plunder-funded indoctrination camps presume to dictate terms and conditions for speech they will allow...?

We're the Only Ones Grabbed by the Long Arm of the Law Enough

Cop Caught Masturbating To Cell Phone Porn In Patrol Car Is Arrested For Misconduct [More]
I guess when you're empowered to screw people at random, you sometimes prefer the simplicity of a little "me" time...

"Marshall Hardin"?  What is this, an Onion article? That's like the best aptronym ever.

Looking Out for Their Own

Wirth, 58, is described online an activist with the Occupy Denver movement.  [More]
That must explain why this story isn''t being exploited on the CSGV and Moms Demand Facebook pages...

[via Tricia N]

Untruth in Labeling Act

Douthat bills himself as a conservative, but in his latest column for the New York Times he concludes that “President Hillary” would be a better choice for America than “our own nuclear-armed Berlusconi”. [More]
Kind of like Joe Scarborough presents himself as a Republican, and Bill Maher calls himself a libertarian. That way The Times can bill themselves as fair because they give everyone a voice-- kind of like the time they ganged half-a-dozen anti-gunners up against me, which proved to be about as much challenge as fighting five-year-olds.

This Douchehat character is a a real piece of ... work. I can't find the tweet in question, making me think it has been pulled, but I did find one from the day before envisioning the assassination of Trump that's still up at this writing:


The Truman Show

Some of those scripted lines, he says were provided by recent UCLA graduate Adam Swart, CEO of a company called Crowds on Demand, which will stage rallies and demonstrations for any almost candidate or cause. Swart says he has employed actors to sway city officials in meetings across the country. [More]
And just think-- if one of those fraud actors ever hits the big time, adoring fans will cling to their every vapid political pronouncement, just like they're anything other than reliable emissaries for those who let them stay on the gravy train.

Going In for an Oil Change

Mike's gonna be in the shop on Friday until...? [More]

As I've urged before at such times, go easy on the emails and comments. Every time he has to stop what he;s doing to address your concerns, he's not addressing his, plus, none of us know what he's got to slog through to make it happen.

Everybody here has helped out, right?

Tell me you're not just ignoring it. Tell me you're worth the value he has given you.

Should We Elect An American President?

The “Natural Born Citizen” Issue Explained: It’s not a court issue—the Founders defined it—we’ve just forgotten. [More]
True.

I could make the same statement about the Second Amendment, and about the targets of a lot of other infringements and usurpations. But that doesn't stop them from being decided in court.

And this one will be, too.

That said, Alan Korwin has written a supremely important piece here. It's no doubt going to infuriate some who, realizing the truth he shares, still demand it be otherwise for their guy.

Pissing people off is the Number One occupational hazard of being a truth-teller.

Take a few minutes and read the whole thing. Then make it today's Five-Minutes Activism project to share his link far and wide.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

A Condition of Employment

A local business owner with several offices in Georgia is now requiring all of his employees to get a concealed carry license and be armed. [More]
Sorry, pal. I wouldn't work for you, and not just because of your presuming to impose a Judge on me. That's not what I believe would serve me best. But thanks for the free gun.

Here's my beef: Who does this guy think he is, telling another human being he's going to require them to apply for permission to exercise a right?

That and you don't pressure somebody into something deeply personal like that. Seems to me if overmuch angst is caused, you're just asking for unforeseen issues to manifest. You don't want that happening with a gun, both from a safety and from a liability perspective.

[Via Florida Guy]   

We're from the Government and We're Here to Help

The massive expenditures by agencies which are supposed to be administrative by nature have many people asking why, for instance, the Department of Veterans Affairs would need riot helmets, body armor, Kevlar blankets, and tactical gear. Or why the FDA needs ballistic vests. [More]
Let's turn their breathless meme around.  Why, do you realize government is a bigger threat than ISIS?

[Via Florida Guy]   

Sanctioned Kill

Permit-carrying resident halts armed robbery with fatal gunfire [More]
You need someone else's permission for that?

[Via Fresch Fisch]

"Teens"

Oh that Archie and Jughead! What madcap dilemma will they find themselves in next? [More]

I like how it's somehow not in the public interest to identify Reptilicus the Younger.

[Via William T]

We're the Only Ones MIA Enough

The robberies have all been reported near Pohick Road and the Richmond Highway, in the Pohick/Lorton /Newington area. [More]
So much for "The police are there to protect you" myth.

Even when they have it narrowed down to suspect description, geographic area, M.O. and more, the cops have been serially unable to stop the parasite again and again and again and again and again and again and again.

Of course I have no way of knowing this, but I won't be surprised to find the  -- do I call them "teens" or "kids" these days? --  uh, the perp is pulling all these death threats off with a replica gun. Nor will I be surprised if presenting him with his well-earned Darwin Award results in all kinds of outrage.

[Via William T]

Scenes We'd Like to See

Piute County Sheriff threatens arrest of Forest Service personnel [More]
So will the Utah turn around and pull the same decertification crap fed-beholden Oregon is trying on Sheriff Palmer?

And will they charge deputies with impeding federal officers and roll out the terror statutes?

Unintended Consequences

Zimbabwe park warns it may shoot 200 ‘surplus’ lions now that big game hunters are staying home [More]
If this isn't the best example of the "With 'progressives,' every day is Opposite Day" truism, I don't know what...

[Via Florida Guy]   

The Privileged Class

Al-Qaeda fighters using FACEBOOK to buy and sell 'CIA weapons' [More]
See, the restrictions only apply to those we're told pose a greater threat...

[Via Jeet]

Playing the Trump Card

Listen to a doctrinaire "progressive" Fourth Estate Fifth Columnist on what's best for the party and the country! [More]

Go for it, establishment figureheads! I'm sure Walter Shapiro only has all our best interests at heart!

I noticed several attack Trump pieces on WaPo the other day. I'm sure a perusal of other major media sites will yield the same.  It's like the guy terrifies them.

To paraphrase Capt.Butler, they should be terrified, often, and by someone who knows how.

I saw a great observation over at Mike's the other day in response to one of his posts warning against the guy:
The point isn't that Trump might do all that, the point is that Trump is going to get elected by promising to do all that. He's going to get elected by saaying things that aren't PC, and that liberals hate. He's going to prove that you can be Right, and get elected. The Republicans have been saying for years that their only viable candidates were just as far left as the Dems: the only way to get elected was to be a leftist. Even if everything Trump says is exposed as a lie, he's going to expose a bigger, more fundamental lie: you don't really have to be far-left to get elected. 
That and he both creates and provides fodder for comedy gold:


Even when "progressives" make fun of the guy I still get a kick out of it, probably because they can't do so without exposing their own absurd delusions.

Five Out of Nine Doctors Agree

Medical opinions on guns don't form the monolith the professional associations would have us believe. [More]

True, it's not a "scientific" poll, but then again, neither is this.

Just anecdotally, back in a previous life, I was director of policies and procedures for California's largest physician practice management corporation, and one of the department heads who read my stuff in the magazine confided to me that he kept a 1911 under the driver's seat of his Corvette  -- "illegally," of course.

Naturally I cautioned him about being careful who he told that to.

Burning Down the House

Well played, Forces of Darkness! Well played! [More]
Bracken notes a plan coming together.

Ready or not, here they come.

Where a Kid Can Be a Kid

Authorities in Connecticut are searching for approximately a dozen patrons who were caught on camera fighting at a popular children's restaurant. [More]
"Kids" will be kids...

Question for Ted Nugent

Americans for Tax Reform
If there was a Hall of Fame of Common Sense, a huge statue of Grover Norquist would at be the front door. [More]
Do you still feel that way? After knowing this? And this and this?

I ask because, as one of the few who got an "everybody keep this in perspective" message into the Google News feed over your bone-headed "Jew poster" misstep, I see you're also up for Nominating Committee-endorsed reelection this time. Candidly, I want to know if I should add you to my "Do not vote for" list.

What I'd prefer is to see some common sense from you. That and some answers to a few questions.

---

Message delivered:
UPDATE: Answered without you, Ted. I wasn't expecting you to reply anyway. From page "C" of the 2016 Director Recall:


So evidently hard core "Great NRA Patriot" Ted is OK with a fellow director who endorses gun-grabbers, just like he has done. It doesn't bother Ted if Grover works with Bloomberg to implement Hillary amnesty policies, and to ensure millions of Democrat-leaning anti-gunners are fast-tracked on the "pathway to citizenship." 

And like the rest of them, he won't give a compelling, numbers-based rebuttal because he can’t.

There's the Rub

According to legal experts, any child born to an American mother or father, no matter where, is considered a US citizen. [More]
But is that child considered a "natural born" US citizen?

This needs to be resolved now, not later.  It would create a genuine crisis were this suit to be dismissed, but a stronger complaint financed by the Democrat war chest -- accompanied by enthusiastic media cheer-leading -- were to be filed at the most opportune time of their choosing.

Trying to duck things doesn't make them go away.  It just sets the stage for a Streisand effect to incubate and grow.

It's on Constitutional expert lawyer Cruz to resolve this once and for all, so that there's no question and no danger. If he thinks it's a distraction now, think what it will become if he wins the nomination. Plus, this is bigger than him. This affects all of us. He owes it to everyone pinning their hopes on him, and donating their energy, time and money to get him elected.

And no, I'm not taking a "side" here on his eligibility. Not only don't I have time to wade through and try to validate  all the conflicting arguments, but ultimately, it's going to be what some black robes rule, whether I personally think they're full of it or not.

Bleep Van Bleep

There's no fool like an old fool. [More]

This is fitting, not just because it's shows what anyone endorsing a system responsible for the deaths of 200 million people deserves, but because the person who posted it appropriated the property of Bernie-supporter Seth MacFarlane to share with the masses.

Here are some more lottery winners for Bernie. And here's their Twitter feed, where they sure do cite the Pope a lot, at least when he's not talking about abortion. And here are the stage props getting a final paint touch-up on their masks, the better to delude the idol worshipers into believing they actually share the qualities of the characters they're pretending to be.

Two Firesign Theater lines come to mind.

From "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers":
The Howl of the Woof Movie: Presenting honest stories of working people as told by rich Hollywood stars.
From "In the Next World You're on Your Own":
Eat flaming death, fascist media pigs.

The Keys to the Kingdom

The Italian press reports she worked as a kind of gatekeeper for the Pontiff, as well as for the bishops and cardinals who stay there. [More]
What? You mean non-vetted and approved people are being kept out?

@Pontifex tear down this wall!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

No Upsets Expected in NRA Board Election despite Controversy

And this year, despite a unique and emotionally-charged recall measure against a high-profile director, don’t expect to see any significant changes in the makeup of the board. [More]
Expect eligible NRA members to vote the way the Nominating Committee wants them to, with most unaware that the “pathway to citizenship” threat to gun rights favored by Hillary and Bloomberg is being intentionally ignored.

A Typical 'Progressive' Response

Time to ban gun sales until we find a way to keep them out of wrong hands [More]
Where were the good guys with guns?

Hey, where were the cops?

And where do newspapers find such full retard editors?

You think the drug cartels are dangerous, just wait 'til you get your wish and the gun cartels start claiming turf. But thanks for showing us what you mean by"reasonable common sense gun safety laws."