Monday, June 06, 2016

Looks Like Katie Couric May Get Another Colonoscopy

The NSSF calls upon the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to open a criminal investigation into this important matter. [More]
I didn't have that bit of information back when I analyzed a portion of the Soechtig interview that found all kinds of other wrong-headed assertions.

It's ironic -- on the "good for the goose" hand, its fun to watch hypocrites and ignoramuses hoist on their own petard. On the "shall not be infringed" hand, the demand should be to repeal existing gun laws, not enforce them. Because anything they can use against your enemy, they can use against you.

No worries though -- anyone want to bet these people won't be given a David Gregory-style pass? Assuming they weren't just lying about the purchases in the first place to score propaganda points...

[Via several of you]

All We Really Need to Know

Fire One. Fire Two.




Those of us familiar with Mike's "smuggling" activities" can make educated guesses about target and payload. [More]

An Ethical Dilemma

The Justice Department is resisting a judge’s order to provide ethics training for its lawyers and is objecting to turning over to the court the names of illegal aliens who were granted what amounts to administrative amnesty (“deferrals”) in stark violation of an injunction issued by the court. [More]
So is he gonna do anything about it, or just stand there and bleed?

When a Plan Comes Together

Criminal immigrants reoffend at higher rates than ICE has suggested [More]
"Suggested"? You mean "lied."

What's that, Hillary? Amnesty within the first hundred days?

Tell us what the plan is, Jeh:
 [T]he approximately 11 million people who are in the country illegally have “earned the right to be citizens.”
And we know how they'll vote.

You can thank Grover and all his "republican" NRA/apologists later.  Lord knows no one but a few of us seem the least bit interested in doing it now.  Then again, why would anyone think overwhelming legislative anti-gun/Democrat majorities with the power to confirm federal judges would have any bearing on that "single issue"?

Exclusive: A Mess Of Pottage

Users there, and wherever else states have made it “legal,” like in Colorado, may not know and may not care, but they’re disqualifying themselves from owning a gun, even if their use is compliant with state laws. That’s because the federal government prohibits anyone who is a marijuana/controlled substance user from buying a gun and ammunition, and per ATF, it doesn’t even matter if the purchaser has a medical marijuana card. [More]
Cannabis club to replace last San Francisco gun store? Like Esau, some are trading their birthright for a mess of pot. My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is now online.

Thursday, June 02, 2016

Winding Down

Will be back online Monday. May get one more article done tonight. Please hold all correspondence and comments. Thanks.

UPDATE: Sorry, been so rushed and pulled in so many different directions I did not stop to think people would quite naturally speculate. No, this has nothing to do with Mike.

And it also looks like my plans to complete a response to this will need to wait a few days. I'm only about half through.

You might want to keep an eye on my GUNS Magazine page -- my latest, "A Mess of Pottage," was submitted on deadline yesterday, and it might get posted before I return. In the mean time, feel free to browse around and don't be shy about commenting there.

That's One Explanation


Sounds pretty plausible, but I'm still leaning toward "Because they're possessed."

[Via Jeet

About That 'White 6-Footer'

  [More]

But...but...but...

UPDATE: The Daily Bruin removed the link where the ID'd the shooter as white and 6' tall,instead of leaving it and offering a later correction. They'll make great "Authorized Journalists" some day.

They sure are being circumspect with ol' Maniak's background details.

And how can you have a gun-free zone lockdown if you don't have any locks?

You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee

A family in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, said they were attacked by an unknown Muslim woman wearing a full burqa simply because they were flying an American flag for Memorial Day. [More]
Because nothing says "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity" like government embedding Somali immigrants in the heartland.

And these damned intolerant haters allowed a 14-year-old access to a gun...?

Right for the Job

“Donald Trump is unlike any presidential candidate we’ve seen, maybe ever, certainly in decades, in that he does not cross the threshold of fitness for the job,” said Jake Sullivan, Mrs. Clinton’s top policy adviser, who helped draft the speech. [More]
Says the genius who "sent 'top secret' messages to her private account."

And then there's this:
Clinton IT aide to plead Fifth in email case
She does nothing but surround herself with "top men," doesn't she?

Rallying Point

The Mental Militia Will Support The Ryan Family Rally This Weekend, June 4 & 5 [More]
A political prisoner could use some help.

We're the Only Ones Falsifying Enough

Officials did not indicate why traffic reports were falsified. [More]
Because corruption is systemic...?

[Via Jess]

Highly Contested

So why not throw your hat in the ring? [More]

Alleviating Hearing Impairments

ATF has amended the hearing process, and quoted FFLGuard’s 2012 letter extensively in its reasons for doing so.  [More]
I wrote about this here.

Straight Outta Compton

Killings in Compton have tripled this year, rattling nerves and testing a key anti-crime initiative [More]
Gosh, if only California had some sort of "gun control."

I remember being dragooned into jury duty in Compton. What a pleasure it was having to park my car and then run the gauntlet past distinguished-looking FODs (friends of defendants) on my way to the scanners.

Speaking of Discrimination...

Blind Man Files Lawsuit Against McDonald's for Discriminatory Drive-Thru Practices [More]
"El Puño" does seem appropriate here.

Everybody Gets a Trophy!

According to school practices, students are not allowed to wear NHS regalia. [More]
Hey, why not cut to the chase and eliminate good grades altogether?

Because what could be more important than the feelings and self-esteem of underachievers?

What we need is a Handicapper General.

On a related subject, I still haven't figured out the Opposite Day "progressive" paradox of "safe spaces" -- if you can keep out people you get neurotic over, how is that not intolerance and discrimination?

Lost in Translation

“Translating our name as ‘the race’ is not only inaccurate, it is factually incorrect. ‘Hispanic’ is an ethnicity, not a race." [More]
So it's our fault ignoramuses were allowed to pick your name and everybody followed?

I guess "national socialists" were really anything but...?

Me and Bernie Goes Together Like Peas and Carrots

Libertarian candidate former Governor Gary Johnson says he agrees with Socialist Bernie Sanders 73% of the time. [More]
Dance, puppets, dance.

[Via Mack H]

Debra Messing with the Wrong People

[More]
Gee, thanks for inserting yourself into the story, oh great awareness-bringer.  We'd have had no idea without your act of trivial narcissism. And nice touch, promoting both Hunter Orange Day and reminding us why #FireKatieCouric is the appropriate response for her deceptive agitprop. 

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

For the Children

Predatory Peacekeepers – UN Soldiers Are Committing Widespread Child Rape [More]
"Every child is our child"...

[Via Dan Gifford]

Follow the Money

Exclusive: Law Firm Behind Trump University Lawsuit Gave Big Money to the Clintons [More]
Once more I have nothing to say that Gomer can't say better.

[Via Keith B]

We're the Only Ones Plausible Enough

According to police, Halloran confiscated about a dozen BB guns on Jan. 17, following an incident during which the guns were apparently used by kids to shoot from a window. Their mother apparently asked Halloran to take the guns. The location of where the incident took place is redacted from the report. [More]
Why was it redacted? What was the relationship to where she would ask him to do that?
When initially asked by investigators what happened, Halloran didn't recall. 
Yeah, I mean, who would remember something like taking a dozen BB guns?
The guns were thrown out, with the exception of the gun involved in the incident, according to the report.
Sure they were. It's not like anything stinks about this whole story or anything.

I also like how the report says the city "decided against punishing Halloran more severely because the officer has a clean personnel record" after letting readers know "Unlike a suspension, which appears on an officer's permanent civil-service record, punishment days do not."

[Via Mike M]

UCLA Shooting - Campus Lockdown

Gun-free zone? Check. #1 Brady-rated state? Check. [More]

Almost Forgot...

Tomorrow is Hunter Orange Day! [More]

Do you part to make an anti turn red.

There's Citizens and There's Über Citizens

Maryland lawmaker's daughter using his car to drive for Lyft [More]
Yeah, I'm sure Old Bloody Hands Elijah Cummings needs to worry about school expenses.

In my previous job, I had a company car. Had they found out I let one of my kids regularly use it, especially in a money-making venture, I'd have been fired, and rightfully so.

The other thing this affects is taxes -- I would need to do periodic reports with mileage calculated based on IRS rates and distances and I don't remember all what else,. That needed to be reported to make sure everything was compliant, Uncle Sugar wasn't giving better than he got, and to make sure I wasn't getting any free rides. It doesn't sound like she's been doing this long enough to where an audit would show falsification, but then again, these bastards are so arrogantly unethical, who knows?

If there's not already, there needs to be a hard and fast policy that the people's cars are not to be driven by anyone except the person to whom they're assigned. My question is, there's not already? Really?

[Via Keith B]

I Guess That's as Good a Reason As Any to Kill Your Child

Court documents said Vera had an abortion because she got nervous when Child Protective Services showed up at school in February to question her and the student about their relationship. [More]
Big deal, pedophobes and haters -- she's just so "progressive," she's ahead of her time. Besides, maybe she identifies as a teenager, and that's what's important.

She appears to be enough of a vacuous narcissist for that. And it looks like she got the attitude that she's the only one from papa:
She is the daughter of former Houston police officer Jaime Vera, a source told Heavy.com. Her father was fired by the police department in 2011 after a 13-year career that was clouded in controversy.
Anybody expecting to be surprised when the "approving" family of the boy is revealed?

Welcome, New Anti-Gun Democrats!

Census: Illegal immigration up 57% to 550,000, one new Albuquerque A YEAR [More]
Thanks, cheap labor Republicans! Thanks, Wayne and Alan and Ted! Thanks Grover!

Attention All Cicadas: Can I Have Your Attention Please?

You can leave now. I've had more than enough to last at least another 17 years.

Take the stinkbugs with you?

The Crappiest Place on Earth

VA secretary: Disney doesn't measure wait times, so why should VA? [More]
That's a pretty Goofy thing to say...

[Via Steve T

Attention, Troublemakers

A PROVISION SNUCK INTO the still-secret text of the Senate’s annual intelligence authorization would give the FBI the ability to demand individuals’ email data and possibly web-surfing history from their service providers without a warrant and in complete secrecy. [More]
You don't have a problem with that, do you, prole? You support making selfish and disloyal privacy extremists as demonized and reviled as patriots, don't you?

[Via @Dan55645]

Sore Winner

Hours later, a number of delegates were reporting on social media that Johnson was seen tossing Austin’s pistol in the garbage. [More]
Well that's certainly an indicator of esteem held for guns, for those still trying to deny the obvious.

[Via cydl]

Totalitarians Today

The First Branch

Elias Alias explores jury nullification. [More]

This is a long one, so you may want to either set aside the requisite half hour or so, depending on how fast you read, or bookmark it so you can break it into bite-sized chunks.

Sorry, but to paraphrase Euclid, there is no royal road to Justice.

The French Mistake

Kristol Eyes Conservative Lawyer David French for Independent Presidential Run [More]
When will people realize how destructive Kristol meth is?

Here's all I need to know about French:
Mitt Romney, Run for President ... You're the only man who can save us from future calamity.
But wait, as late TV pitchman Billy Mays used to say, there's more:
If Marco Rubio Is ‘Establishment’ Then ‘Establishment’ Has Lost Its Meaning
Hit it, girls:

[Via Keith B]

Vile Stuff, Indeed

...Trump peddling racist conspiracy garbage about a federal judge (Curiel was born and raised in Indiana)... [More]
Yeah, to Mexican immigrant parents, and he was appointed by Barack Obama, which "libertarian" Reason somehow did not see fit to acknowledge. Raising questions about proven sympathies is hardly unreasonable.

It's past time someone put checks and balances spotlight on the black-robed Nazgûl that have been dictating from the bench with impunity.

I wonder if Damon Root has any articles condemning Mexico's immigration policies as "racist." What a cheap shot from the "progressive" playbook.

What I don't wonder is if he or any of his like-minded colleagues would be able to directly answer my challenge instead of changing the subject or resorting to anecdotes, platitudes and unsubstantiated dismissals:

If you maintain open borders and a pathway to citizenship will not result in giving "gun control" Democrats overwhelming majorities, let's see the numbers and how you derived them.

They can't.  Neither can Grover, or Wayne, or Alan, or...

And Barack and Hillary are counting on that.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

OK in PA

June 3 - 5... [Details]

Not to Belabor the Point, BUT...

[More]

Lifetime Gun Bans All Around!

A senior prank has likely landed felony charges for five Arlington teenagers. [More]
Can Tolerance Camp be far off?

Do you believe this?

It can never happen here...?

Trust Busters

They're busting it alright. [More]

Isn't that "collusion"?

Politicians Can Prove Sincerity of Tributes to Freedom by Ending Cemetery Gun Ban

Be leaders. Show us what “A”-raters are made of. Really earn that gun owners support that’s been instrumental in your positions of privilege. The honored dead who fought for freedom did so for the living. Please show political courage and fidelity to your oath to the Constitution by introducing a bill to overturn the military cemetery gun ban. [More]
If your rep says he supports 2A, tell him it's time to stop talking about it and show some leadership.

72 in Every Box!

[More]

Forget It Jake, It's Chi-Town

In all, 27 of the 69 people hit by gunfire over the weekend were shot in or near the Harrison District, one of the city's most violent and one of the most heavily patrolled by police. [More]
If only they would disarm you and me...

Franchise, Dead Franchise

Gillian Anderson throws hat into the ring to be next 007 [More]
On the plus side, they'll be able to keep the Bond Girls.

It's the Editing Process's Fault

Saying you "regret" is not the same as saying "I'm sorry." And nice try at throwing your director under the bus -- you started out with an agitprop agenda and what you "regret" is getting caught. [More]

By the way, do you also regret wasting John Lott's time?

Now that even your fellow media "progressives" are distancing themselves, you're just trying to salvage whatever media cred you have remaining.

Yahoo News: Is the "big name" really worth discrediting your own reputation with?  #FireKatieCouric.

[Via Florida Guy]   

RIPOs

You know, Republicans in power only... [More]

They're bound and determined to make sure the only choice party members will ever vote for is insider-approved, even if what they offer is Dole or McCain or Romney or Jeb...

You'll eat it and like it.

AzCDL May Newsletter Now Available

They all are. [More]

Playing Outlawed Tunes on Outlawed Pipes

Ye'll put'cher eye oot!
Scottish airgun surrender campaign nets 0.45% of province’s plinkers [More]
"Airgun surrender."

It's never enough for the hive insects, is it?

And no, the guy didn't get it, or if he did, he wasn't willing to say.

[Via Mike H]

Excellent Question

[W]hy haven’t the names of the officers involved been released? [More]
And as long as we're on the subject of shielding "Only Ones" from repercussions for "gun violence" they initiate, anybody hear anything on the Waco biker shooting, where ATF promised they'd expedite ballistics testing?

Chaffetz and Grassley certainly have proven useless on that.

Hand-Wringing Now in Vogue

I Lost My Father and Son to Suicides by Gun - One Bullet Changed Our Lives Forever - My Daughter’s Medication Was Better Regulated Than the Gun She Used to End Her Life - The Man Who Killed My Daughter Was Not Allowed to Have a Gun - The Gun Was Left in a Kitchen Cabinet - I Think of People Who Died at Sandy Hook Every Day - When I Heard the News in Charleston, I Knew My Mother Was Gone - Gun Control: Why I Want My Son on the Background-Check List [More]
Gosh, and here I thought the antis relied solely on anecdotes and manipulated emotions...

[Via Matt F]

For the Sake of Argument

To argue that the ‘Real Sports’ report on the AR-15 is a broadcast version of anti-gun trolling would be an understatement. [More]
Yeah, but to argue that Bryant Gumbel is anything but a hate-filled monopoly of violence fanatic in the first damn place would be demonstrably wrong.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Evident Enough

Our team brought that evidence to a police officer's attention and it was taken away ... Police believe the items were left behind after other items were detonated at the scene. Since they returned to the scene to collect the items, Eyewitness News Reporter Marla Carter asked if leaving the items at the scene was a mistake. They said they didn't know. [More]
So with the chain of custody broken...

Ah well, the important thing is, the guy fit profile expectations for guilt by association...

[Via Florida Guy]  

We're the Only Ones Nameless Enough

San Francisco police say an FBI agent's gun and badge were stolen after his car was broken into in the city's popular Alamo Square. [More]
Just "an FBI agent"?  If it were you or me, would we be identified as "a citizen"?

Hey, anybody know the name of the BLM agent yet, the one whose gun was used to kill Kate Steinle?

[Via Matt F]

About the Gorilla

Many have blamed the boy's parents for 17-year-old Harambe's death [More]
When elder feral son Uday was little, he was something of an escape artist. I know from experience how quickly they can make an out-of-nowhere move that places them in danger and catches you flat-footed.

One Measly Report

State health officials announced the potential exposure area has been expanded; they said some of the people with measles may have exposed others within Maricopa and Pinal counties.  [More]
There seems to be some relevant information that isn't being reported here. I wonder why.

And is that supposed to be the job of the "news media," to withhold information that could prove important to public health, safety and especially political expectations?

Monday, May 30, 2016

Memorial Day a Time for Solemn Remembrance of Loved Ones

Here are some men I will be reflecting on today... [More]
Who will you be remembering? Please feel free to leave a memorial statement in comments under the linked article.

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Links to Vanderboegh Speeches

[More]

Mike reminded us of this link the other day. It's an aggregate post with links to various speeches he's given over the years, and it's well worth bookmarking and revisiting as time permits.

We tried recording an interview the other day but Skype requires third-party software to record. A combination of factors, including no video capability, sound feedback, it ending up being too much of a strain on Mike, and maddeningly, my own utter lack of experience with controls I found non-intuitive, resulted in no file to save and nothing to share. That was very disheartening, because I thought the conversation was excellent.

I've got a new sw with video I still need to test and if I can get it to work properly and -- only if Mike is able -- we'll try again.

UPDATE: This is what I ended up with.

Friday, May 27, 2016

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"...

Interested in a 3-Way?

[T]he third-party Libertarian ticket has a rare chance this year to be more than a footnote in the presidential race. [More]
Not for anyone who doesn't want to ensure an unchallengeable pathway to citizenship Democrat supermajority within just a few years, with all that means for passing and upholding "gun laws."

And not for anyone who doesn't want to put a demonstrable gun-grabber a heartbeat from the presidency.

So yeah, if you don't mind being the only one relegated to the bottom who gets screwed in the deal...

When It Comes to ‘Gun Violence,’ the UK Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

The other point is, we can’t draw reliable long-term conclusions from short-term trends, which is a matter of perspective, and things are still unfolding. There are those still living for whom European genocide is a personal memory. And there are those living now who may be alive in the future after a comparable span of time. Whether they’re living free has yet to be determined. [More]
What, you mean bubbles can burst...?

What's More Important?

The directed cultural terraforming of the Republic or securing the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity? [More]

This guy's looking pretty good.

It's past time to Cantor Ryan.

[Via Mack H]

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

More deaths blamed on 'Fast and Furious' amid new guns found [Watch]
How many people died in Watergate again...?

[Via Matt F]

We're the Only Ones Serious Enough

Runnels said, “I don’t play games.” [More]
We'll see if the court does.

Why am I reminded of this...?

[Via bondmen]

Meanwhile, Back at the Salt Mines

Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio applauded the appeals court's decision on what he called "a common-sense regulation that will help New Yorkers make better decisions and lead healthier lives."  [More]
He's got a point: If they were capable of making better decisions on their own, they wouldn't keep electing control freak overseers.

All Kinds of Possibilities

The Drone Defender looks like a bazooka, but it doesn’t shoot the drone, rather it disables the link between the drone and the pilot. [More]
So "theoretically," such a device could disable the link between a bracelet and a "smart gun"...

[Via Florida Guy]   

BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP TO OPEN BOOKS ON FAST AND FURIOUS!!!


  • Breitbart: Family of Slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry: Trump’s ‘Going to Give Us Answers’
  • Hannity: Only One Candidate For President Met With The Family Of Slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry

Thursday, May 26, 2016

FFL Compliance Firm Notes ATF Hearing Assurances Still Need to be Proven

He acknowledged the decision to remove the word “informal” from the regulatory text regarding hearings was a quiet victory. “They would lure people into coming to the hearing and saying ‘Hey, we’re all friends here,’ when that was far from the case. [More]
You mean the word intentionally missing from "We're from the government and we're here to help" is "ourselves"...?

The Thing That Wouldn't Die

The antibiotic-resistant strain was found last month in the urine of a 49-year-old Pennsylvania woman. [More]
One question: Has she always been from Pennsylvania?

Listing to the Left

“We’re concerned about this,” said Karen Sheley, the director of the Police Practices Project of the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. “There’s a database of citizens built on unknown factors, and there’s no way for people to challenge being on the list. How do you get on the list in the first place? We think it’s dangerous to single out somebody based on secret police information.” [More]
No, of course the Opposite Day "progressive" isn't objecting to the "No Guns" list.

[Via FL]

The Cantara Loophole

I am informed that an untold story behind the #7 top environmental disaster for California is that "the crew had cleared the tracks enough to have the nearly upside-down tanker car rigged up and ready to remove while it was still two-thirds full, but were told to wait as then-Congresswoman Boxer was soon to arrive. After she had arrived and completed her photo opportunity, the crew pulled the car from the river. By then there was little if any metam sodium left in the tanker."

We're the Only Ones Unencumbered Enough

Mother who 'shot herself' dead in sheriff deputy boyfriend's house was actually MURDERED and suffered broken jaw before the gun was fired, bombshell autopsy reveals [More]
It seems there ought to be a Facebook category to update your relationship status to that's a bit more descriptive than just "single."

[Via Jess]

I Wondered Who That Self-Entitled Loudmouth Was

...Kayla Johnson, the daughter of Juanita Johnson, who serves as the Chicago Police Department’s Director of Administration... [More]
I wish The Man would stop keeping her down.

[Via Michael G]

A Power Unto Themselves

D.C. Attorney General Ignores Court Order, Refuses Gun Permits [More]
I'm looking for a seven-letter words, starts with a "t," describing a government that compels obedience based on coercive force instead of law...

[Via Michael G]

Montana Political Prisoner

Campaign to get Jake Ryan out of prison. Federal insanity refuses to grant bail to youth who went to Burns, Oregon to see if he could help. [More]
Well how else do you expect the Keepers to cow the rest of us into submission if you don't make an example out of wrong thinkers?

'Only Ones' Take Note

Disarmament of South African Police Service [More]
You think there aren't those here that have similar plans and more? Just because Polyphemus said he's going to eat you last doesn't mean he's not going to eat you.

Thing is, I'm having a real hard time getting worked up over the prospect, and don't think I'm alone.

Unclear on the Concept

A woman wearing a “Stop Domestic Violence” t-shirt was arrested on domestic violence charges after firing a gun during an argument with her husband inside the couple’s Maine home, police report. [More]
What I want to know is why he didn't just take it away from her, which is what "common sense gun safety law advocates" say would happen.

[Via Jeet]

Speaking of Bernie...

[Source]
Now that's funny.

Smartest Woman in the World Outsmarted

Trump and Sanders agree to debate before California primary [More]
If Hillary decides she now wants in, they both ought to tell her she had her chance and rejected it, and that she'll just have to wait 'til next time.

[Via Keith B]

Medicines of War

Prescription pain killers: far riskier than gun ownership [More]
Gosh, if only there were some way to register and track them. Maybe we need to add waiting periods, or limit purchases to one pill a month...

[Via Rich S]

An Opposite Day 'Progressive' Higher Education

More than 1,300 students at the Midwestern liberal arts college have now signed a petition asking that the college get rid of any grade below a C for the semester, and some students are requesting alternatives to the standard written midterm examination, such as a conversation with a professor in lieu of an essay. The students say that between their activism work and their heavy course load, finding success within the usual grading parameters is increasingly difficult. [More]
Mein kampf!

Oberlin again. Where basic annual costs, not including expenses, are 10 grand a year more than the median annual household income.

Noting the present influence of 60s national socialists, just imagine what life will be like when these Spezielle Schneeflocken take the reins of power. Alternatively, if the current con doesn't last that long, the ones who don't end up in burqas would make a wonderful supply of cannibal food.

Close, But Not Quite

kakistocracy ‎(plural kakistocracies)
Government under the control of a nation's worst or least-qualified citizens. [More]
Replace the "i" with an "a" and I think we're just about there.

[Via Mean Betsy]

That'll Show 'er!

The NRA called the edits "outrageous" and "unbelievable" and tweeted that Couric should explain the editing. [More]
That's some real hardball right there.

UPDATE: If there's a petition for those who want to see something with a bit more teeth in it.

Win-Win-Win!

It's a big club and you ain't in it.
Memos on Alleged Saudi-Affiliated Support of the 9/11 Attacks [More]
Minus 28 "classified" pages, of course.

WarOnGuns Correspondent Laocoön responds:
Disgusting, worse because it's not surprising. FBI had an informant living with two of the terrorists. Of course, like Sergeant Schultz in Hogan's Heroes, he supposedly knew nothing, and he was unavailable for interview. The Jihadis were well hooked up with the Saudi government, princes, diplomats, etc. To the extent the Saudi govt & ruling class wasn't directly responsible, it's still responsible for creating the conditions for Saudis to organize the attack, spreading and funding anti-Western and anti-Jewish hate, madrasas and so forth.
Even now, few people ask why so many millions of Muslims are here in the first place, when there were virtually none before 1960. The neo"con" game is to literally treat the "war on terror" like a game with a handicap: Keeping Muslims out in the first place would be too easy. No challenge, no fun, no material for idiot shows like "24", and most importantly: no excuse for preemptive quagmires, foreign adventures, "nation-building" scams, or a massive "security" state that tracks and spies and gropes American citizens and treats us all as potential terror suspects. So the game is, flood the USA with millions of Muslims, then try to nip the inevitable attacks in the bud. With millions of immigrants belonging to an inherently violent, intolerant, aggressive, oppressive religion, a large percentage of whom therefore support Sharia and Jihad (even many "moderates" sympathize with terrorists - and breed them), it's impossible to stop all the attacks. But the few attacks that slip through keep Americans on our toes, eagerly bent over for more "security", preemptive quagmires, foreign adventures, corrupt "nation-building" scams, and a bigger Military Industrial Complex. Doctor's Orders! And the neo"cons" can say we need to bring in even more Muslims to help us "fight" the "war on terror" and foil "homegrown" attacks by the Muslims they already brought in. Finally the icing on the caca, Republicans get "cheap labor", PC-whipped neo"con" prostitutes like David Petraeus can sell their souls, Democrats get future votes and accelerated, irreversible "multicultural" terraforming. Win-win-win!
What do you think, "conservatives"?  Grover?

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

And Another One Bites the Dust

My articles continue to be removed from the Google News feed. Removed as in they were originally there and either an algorithm or a person decided to take them down.

The Monday story about the Third Circuit affirming the district court in the Watson machine gun case was posted in the news feed within moments of being published and remained there through yesterday.  Today it is gone.

This was the handicap we operated under all through Fast and Furious. If it doesn't come from the "Authorized Journalists," the system is rigged to keep original investigative reporting and analysis contained.

Just to reiterate, as the dilemma seemed to cause some confusion last post:  Yes, I know it still appears on Google.  I'm talking about the "News" category marked by a tab. That's the place stories recognized as newsworthy are aggregated, providing a distinct advantage in terms of being noticed and picked up by other outlets and people looking for media sources as opposed to sources that don't meet the content guideline and authorship criteria.

No Way to Treat a Lady

A fifth grade teacher at Gresham-Barlow school in Oregon who was born a female, but transgendered into a male, won a $60,000 pay-off from the district after complaining of being called a “lady” and referred to as “she” in a harassing manner by fellow educators. [More]
They're lucky they weren't in New York City -- it could have been several times that much just in "Human Rights Commission" fines.

Is ze (hir?) happy now?

As Good as It Gets

The Republican governor said in a veto message that the bill would place "redundant restrictions on firearms ownership while ignoring the larger problem of domestic violence." Current law requires officers to seize a person's weapons when there is probable cause to believe the person has committed domestic violence, said Christie, who vetoed a version of the bill last year. [More]
It would be nice if his veto message had mentioned rights, but I guess in New Jersey, certain realities are going to prevail for the foreseeable future.

A Matter of Responsibility

Parents of New Jersey 4-year-old boy who fatally shot 6-year-old boy ordered to pay nearly $600K [More]
There's not enough money in the world to pay for this, and nothing that can make things right. 

Some of us were able to raise kids just fine by exercising appropriate personal and parental responsibility, and without any "laws" to tell us what to do.

[Via Bluesgal]

I Surrender, Suckers

The White House waved the white flag Tuesday on federal gun control efforts for the remainder of Barack Obama’s presidency... [More]
Why do I suspect a war crime in the making...?

[Via Jess]

Willing to Kill

Poor woman sounds like she needs help. [More]

She also needs to be told she has the right to leave Starbucks and withdraw her son from Little League any time she pleases.

But that's not what she really wants, is it?

[Via Mack H]

Can't We All Get Along?

Black Iowa Student Starts Fight, Loses, Makes Up Hate Crime, Gets Caught [More]
Blaming others is always easier than facing what you would no longer be able to deny to yourself after an honest self-examination.

[Via Florida Guy

Stay Classy, Kerodin

'Pssst!? Hey, Red Mikey, can you still smell your taint on my 'stache from last night?' [More]
Sheltered me: I actually hadn't run across that word before and had to look it up. Juvenile and vulgar, which is about what I'd expect. And to do it while Mike is dying reveals all anyone should care to know about this creature Kerodin's character.

That's why I'm posting this. I've purposely stayed out of their public feuding and even though I'm Mike's friend have left Kerodin alone because I believe a man should fight his own battles (except for one time to point out that Kerodin telling Glenn Beck he would follow unconstitutional disarmament laws contradicted his blog posturing). Plus, I didn't see anything Mike couldn't handle. But he is no longer in any condition to expend precious remaining energy properly defending himself, so I will presume to speak for my friend this once.

That picture was taken at the 2011 NRA Annual Meeting. I know, because my brother-in-law and I took Mike to Pittsburgh. Contrary to Kerodin's obscene insinuation of a relationship, this was a chance photo taken at an exhibitor booth.  I had no idea who the other person Kerodin accuses of being a "White Supremacist Employee of the State" was until I did a photo search.

That would be this gentleman here: Pretty impressive CV.  It turns out he was at the booth because he was "helping a buddy." It also turns out that he later became a Kerodin supporter who had "a blow up" with Mike over that.  And it turns out he later had a change of heart and said he "should not have believed Kerodin’s BS [and] Mike was gracious enough to accept my apology, and that was that."

That pretty much tracks with Wirecutter's experience. I guess hell hath no fury like a Kerodin scorned.

There's one other thing I'm going to point out: I'm continuing to get trolling comments reveling in "Red Mike's" cancer, wishing an agonizing death on him, and taunting that the only good commie is a dead commie. Most I don't allow. I have called attention to a few just to illustrate that only a sadistic coward with irreparable mental problems would obsess over doing that. And I can't help but note a main instigator of that sentiment, again having this permanently posted while Mike is preparing to pass:

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OK, I'm done, except to add a condition for commenting: Kerodin, you're not welcome here. You have the whole rest of the internet to tell the handful who still think you have leadership qualities about my taint smell or whatever, plus I have no interest in any of the poison you spew. That also applies to any of your idiot followers.

You don't like it, good.

That Championship Feeling

State Department sets new single-day record for Syrian refugee approvals [More]
Rigorous!

Ryan's and Ryan's Alone

BIPARTISAN VICTORY!!! [More]

You know, for the place that's not even a state and is dominated by the New Progressive Party and the Popular Democratic Party...

Dang, that's exciting news! Just the other day, I was agonizing over Puerto Rican debt restructuring, and wondering if he'd ever be able to keep that promise to Nancy Pelosi.

Great work on all our behalf, Mr. Speaker!

Brought to You By Government Policies

At today's panel, government health officials said they are concerned about local transmission of Zika if travelers spread the virus to mosquitoes in the U.S., which can then infect other people who have not traveled to countries with Zika epidemics. [More]
Rigorous!

Not that Opposite Day "progressives" will allow the right thing to be done. Never let a crisis go to waste, right? And if there is no crisis, do what you can to cultivate situations with potential to create desperate masses looking for someone to give control to.

Interesting way to describe the infected. I wonder how many were one-way "travelers," following the Democrat Voter/Cheap Labor Pathway in.

Another Low

Really, what possible relevance could being an enabler for a sexual predator have for a candidate's moral qualifications to wield power? [More]

Speaking of Just in Time for Summer...

'Roots' Reborn: How a Slave Saga Was Remade for the Black Lives Matter Era [More]
Stoke those grievances!  What's the worst that could happen?

I remember during the LA riots, MTV played a rock video where some white guy in what I recall as a white tux and top hat was whipping a black man in a barn.  Just the thing to gin up the racism and provoke at the time when things were already at a breaking point.

Anybody think there aren't people pulling strings who know exactly what they're doing?

Just note that most of the action is going to occur in "progressive"-occupied territory. That means if you can, avoid it. If you can't, don't be Reginald Denny.

The Shape of Things to Come

The mob, holding anti-Trump signs and Mexican flags, began throwing rocks and bottles at police on foot and horseback. [More]
Brought to you by the Pathway Vote/Cheap Labor Alliance. It's gonna be a long, hot summer.

Maybe enough Americans will be horrified and wake up.

We're the Only Ones Honest Enough

“As the motorist yielded, the driver sped past him, laughed, and flipped him the middle finger,” police wrote at the time. “The complainant observed this occur three other times with the same results.” [More]
It's nice to see a representative of ATF being so candid about the way they view us.