I mean, face it: Who wouldn't rather be killed with a knife or a truck? [More]
And patience.
You ain't seen nothin' yet.
Monday, June 05, 2017
Good Thing the London Terrorists Didn't Have Guns!
I mean, face it: Who wouldn't rather be killed with a knife or a truck? [More]
And patience.
You ain't seen nothin' yet.
New Prescriptions Being Filled
- The Thought Police vs. Our Traditions and Our Youth
- Guns the Right Way: Introducing Kids to Firearms Safety and Shooting
- Perspectives from a Rape Survivor: Lack of Access to Mental Health Care is the Real Gun Problem
- New Public Database Reveals Bias of Gun-Control Researchers
- A Day to Remember
- Garen Wintemute, MD Creates Victims
Find and read them at Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership.
Nice to see they're taking on my old pal, "The Hero of Medicine."
Nice to see they're taking on my old pal, "The Hero of Medicine."
Come to Think of It, 40 Winks Wouldn't be Bad
Seventy-seven days into his administration, President Donald J. Trump delivered on his most important campaign promise to gun owners: nominating a Supreme Court justice who respects the Second Amendment. [More]I sure hope you're right Mr. Cox, but unless you've made some kind of backroom deal based on information the rest of us aren't privy to, you can't possibly know that.
Still, I see he's using one of my favorite Fairfaxisms:
And Second Amendment advocates in particular can sleep soundly...Are you sleeping, bourgeoisie?
Now is not the time for sleeping. Isn't that what got "us" into this mess? Now is the time to heed Patrick Henry's warning to men who would be free.
What must the motives be of anyone who would advise otherwise? Leave the driving to us? And pay for the ride we're taking you on?
There's another Fairfaxism they use all the time to bolster that point:
Rest assured...Take it away, Kaax.
All It Needs is a Spark
LA mayor: Immigration arrests could cause a 'tinderbox' [More]Yeah, well, who piled up the kindling?
Speaking of Pieces of $h!+
Looks like Reza considered public reaction to Kathy Griffin:
That's OK, some of us captured it when it was still there:
If he embraces it so much, and expects us to, why did his family flee Tehran?
CNN offers weasel words, but it looks like they're keeping the affiliation. They need an unbiased reporter to eat those human brains, which is what watching and believing CNN does to you.
America's Got Talent
Parents 'horrified' after man performs surprise drag show at Manhattan school talent event [More]Why?
Are they idiots?
Look who they elect. To the school boards, to public office...
Don't they want to be "progressive" parents?
They'd better, if they know what's good for them.
Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You
'Enough is enough' PM May says after London attackers kill seven [More]It will never be "enough" until the clearly stated goal of total "submission" is attained.
If it were "enough," we'd see the same unity, resolve and sacrifice exhibited around 80 years ago. This time, the threat is greater.
Sunday, June 04, 2017
Oath-Breaking FOP Leadership Widens ‘Us vs. Them’ Divide with Opposition to Ohio Gun Bills
And perhaps nothing displays the “Only Ones / us vs. them / we’ve got ours” mentality better than the naked hypocrisy of supporting nationwide carry for cops and retirees, but opposing it for “ordinary” citizens. FOP even wants special recognition status at NFL games, as if their main justification, “anger and, now that they must disarm, concern for their personal safety while attending football games,” does not apply to all gun owners who believe they have a right to keep and bear arms. [More]It's past time for the supposedly "pro-gun rank and file" to get their "leaders" in check.
Saturday, June 03, 2017
Juncker Warning on Climate Treaty Recalls Meddling on U.S. Guns and Sovereignty
After all, we’ve already seen what he and his fellow Eurocrats think about the right of the people to keep and bear arms (they have it over there– it's just not recognized as such by their rulers). [More]Just ask yourself which you would rather have: U.S. sovereignty or the approval of some drunken Luxembourgian with delusions of global governance?
Friday, June 02, 2017
Pelosi says Trump ‘Dishonoring’ God
“So wrong, so uninformed, so irresponsible to future generations, she said. [More]For "progressives," every day is Opposite Day.
Exclusive: Terms Of Surrender
Still, as the antis often ask us about guns, how many so-called “assault weapon” bans does “the Golden State” need? [More]As many as it takes, apparently.
My latest GUNS Magazine "Rights Watch" column is now posted.
Scam and Company
From WarOnGuns Correspondent Matthew L via email:
But don't hold your breath for Fairfax to acknowledge how a legislator votes on immigration will ultimately determine legislative and judicial actions on the right to keep and bear arms. No one deliberately ignoring that will answer my challenge, because they can't.
Hey David, I listened to when he talked to J. Christian Adams at the 1:40 mark, he talks about the issue of illegal voting, but never gets to a solution...like say a wall, deportation, etc so this problem doesn't keep happening.I'm surprised NRA media wandered from the "single issue."
But don't hold your breath for Fairfax to acknowledge how a legislator votes on immigration will ultimately determine legislative and judicial actions on the right to keep and bear arms. No one deliberately ignoring that will answer my challenge, because they can't.
The Immunity Syndrome
The first and, by far, the greatest reason is this: They do not believe that America is engaged in a civil war, with the survival of America as we know it at stake. [More]Why does the Vulcan crew of the Intrepid come to mind...?
[Via Mack H]
Let's at Least Be Consistent
There’s no good reason not to let states work this one out on their own. [More]Ditto for the First Amendment?
National Review...
It's founder was an idiot on RKBA, too.
[Via Mack H]
UPDATE -- Must'a hit a nerve:
Leaving the issue of the Faustian bargain of "permits" aside, make straw man arguments much...?
- Ridiculous. Defamation is an abuse of rights. No one is suggesting abuses of the right to keep and bear arms should not have criminal and civil repercussions.
- He was not proposing ways to address specifics where competing rights and needs collide. He was justifying the restrictions everywhere within a state's borders, all the time. So I repeat: Ditto for the First Amendment?
Any way you slice it, his position mirrors that of the gungrabbers, hardly surprising for "conservative" NRO. And, returning to the title of this post, Buckley and Bork (see links above) were on board with the feds being the ones doing the prior restraints and outright denials.
Come to think of it, since the outcome is prohibitions no matter who is doing it, maybe this is being consistent...
Another One Bites the Dust
Three, actually:
[Via Rough and Ready]
Kathy has female-lawyered up and is doing a press conference (9 a.m. PT, to be live streamed on TMZ) to tell us how she was really the victim here and thus justified. I'm sure we'll learn all kinds of startling new things she did not see fit to mention in her initial "I'm a mocker" pushback and her later damage control attempt.
[Via Rough and Ready]
UPDATE: Fail. Like Trump is leading a government witch hunt, instead of this was spontaneous originating with the grassroots. If she and her lawyer really believe that, they'll be in for as big a shock as Hillary and the media were on election night.
Nothing like standing up as a proud representative of womyn and then turning on the waterworks, either:
Nothing like standing up as a proud representative of womyn and then turning on the waterworks, either:
An Expert Opinion
For the Children
Age verification tests carried out on migrants who claim to be children have found that 76% of them are actually aged 18 or over. [More]Kind of like what the people who welcome them due to their cultural terraforming potential, which they believe in their hubris they can still stay on top of, do with "child gun death" numbers...?
[Via William T]
Do You Have Prince Albert in a Can?
Disgraced Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s (D-Fla.) office allegedly called the law firm that is suing her and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) – for allegedly committing fraud – and in the process made a series of mistakes. Someone from her office pretended to be someone else by using a voice changer and pried the office for information regarding the case and in doing so forgot to disable to their Caller ID. [More]That sounds criminal. Like felony criminal, considering the circumstances.
Lawyers, help me out here?
[Via Michael G]
I Have a Dream!
Movie star and comedian Jim Carrey publicly defended Kathy Griffin’s photo in which she is shown holding a mock head of a decapitated President Trump, saying he has dreamed about battering the president with a golf club. [More]The ability to wreak violence unopposed is pretty much the dream of every citizen disarmament-supporting mentality.
And what a mentality.
Today's the Day to #WEARORANGE
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TODAY IS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAYSHOW US HOW YOU #WEARORANGE - Tell us why you wear orange, then tag your photo with #wearorange or upload your own below! [More]Huh. For some reason the site won't let me upload a photo, so I guess I'll just have to put this out on social media. It did make me "register" first, so I guess "Pol Pot" has swollen their claimed "supporter" ranks to 3,000,001.
Have you sent in your photo?
Thursday, June 01, 2017
Finishing Katie's Job for Her
The editing simply dramatizes the sophistry of the VCDL members. [More]Not that Gibney is beholden to any ideologies or anything...
[Via George Pace]
Just Because You Have a Gun...
We're the Only Ones Backed Enough
The bill would create new federal crimes, impose federal police over the will of local officials and voters and shield police officers from virtually any civil liability, even in cases of egregious misconduct. [More]Brought to you by the Stool Sample wing of the Republican Party.
What could go wrong?
[Via PitchforksAtTheGate]
You Don't Say
Many newcomers to Canada and Europe are demanding laws similar to those from which they claim to be seeking refuge. [More]Kind'a like Californication on steroids.
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue"!
Right, just about every one of you self-styled "gun bloggers," who daily get away with ignoring the threat yet CAN'T answer my oft-repeated challenge?
[Via Michael G]
Let Me Guess: Republicans?
Study: More Than 7,400 Illegal Votes Cast in Virginia Since 2011 [More]Don't assume the"study" caught it all.
Virginia, eh? Right under the noses of the Lairds of Fairfax.
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
Right, Sir Grover? Sir Wayne?
Sir Michael?
[Via Mack H]
#STUPIDPARTY
Where is the special prosecutor for Hillary and Barack? [More]I wonder if stupidity is really the explanation -- just like I questioned the "Not evil just wrong" presumption.
I'm more inclined to believe in a combination of Quigley's maxim backed up with compelling incentives courtesy of Dolly the Love Ewe.
Or as old pal Steiger once noted:
We've been conned. Bare-ass naked in the town square conned.
Those are Some 'Safety Tips'
The spokeswoman said Uber has safety tips for drivers and riders, developed with the assistance of law enforcement agencies. She also said that drivers are encouraged to contact local authorities if they ever feel unsafe, and that the app has a two-way feedback system that is monitored around the clock by a team that investigates any problems that are reported. [More]I wonder if the idiot "spokeswoman" has ever tried any of that while being slashed, stabbed and hacked to death.
Based on results, Uber's multillionaire owners would rather its drivers of modest means be butchered alive than armed.
[Via William T]
Good for the Goose
Do what the left does. [More]
I have been. For years. That's a component of the VLLA SELLA philosophy.
I found and passed along contacts.
I even found one that is eminently pre$$urable because of its foot in the gun camp.
If nobody does anything with them, then nothing will be done. It's just that simple.
And sure, of course there are more important efforts and bigger fish to fry. That's why this will only take a few seconds.
[Via Matt Bracken]
I have been. For years. That's a component of the VLLA SELLA philosophy.
I found and passed along contacts.
I even found one that is eminently pre$$urable because of its foot in the gun camp.
If nobody does anything with them, then nothing will be done. It's just that simple.
And sure, of course there are more important efforts and bigger fish to fry. That's why this will only take a few seconds.
[Via Matt Bracken]
SCOTUS Picks a Side. Guess Whose.
But under modern jurisprudence, when the police barge in you’re likely to carried by six and then judged wanting by one: You’ll die in the face of overwhelming firepower, and your estate’s case will be tossed right out of court by a judge.[More]Especially considering all those "Fauxnly Ones" examples I've compiled here without even trying.
[Via Michael G]
Opposite Day 'Progressive' Southern Poverty
Brian Halligan, Chief Executive of software company HubSpot and an avid Deadhead purchased the guitar at a Guernsey's auction benefiting the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) at New York's Brooklyn Bowl. Halligan's bid was also matched with a $1.6 million donation, raising $3.2 million total for the SPLC. [More]All I can figure is he's on acid.
[Via Rough and Ready]
Fluid Dynamics
Currently, we do not have any plans to cancel the show although the situation is still quite fluid and will continue to be evaluated as the date approaches. [More]Here's something to be on guard against that came to mind when one of the other venues, that did cancel, said they'd received threats. What with all the documented cases of false accusations, virtually all of them coming from Opposite Day "progressives," don't be surprised if some leftist fanatic calls in a bomb threat or something similar and tries to make it look like Trump supporters are terrorists.
[Via Rough and Ready]
Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You
Feeling Unappreciated
[S]tudent activists complain they’re being vilified by conservative media. [More]Awww, poor babies. Seems to me you raging moral and intellectual defects are doing that all to yourselves...
But She Was So Well-Suited for the Job
Squatty Potty flushes Kathy Griffin. [More]
So does Route 66 Casino, which I did not see on the upcoming tour dates list.
Meanwhile, Tyler Shields evidently wants to suffer for his "art."
Funny. I wonder why his current Leica Gallery exhibition notice has been taken down and is only available via Google cache...?
I suppose I could ask Leica what the deal is. You could, too. Especially since they're big on hunting optics and their "press center" page gives all kinds of contact/social media info.
"Celebrities" may be too stupidly insulated from the real world to not act that way, but the money men who enable them don't want any trouble -- they just want to make a buck.
We're the Only Ones Despairing Enough
The Chicago Police Department has recorded suicide rates 60 percent higher than the national average. [More]Isn't that one of the reasons the antis want the authorities to disarm us? And by admitting "no solution, just yet," doesn't that mean the department knows it is sending forth ticking time bombs?
Just one more example of the "Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town" dysfunctionality that ensures breakdowns at all critical pressure points are the norm. And the decision-makers keep heaping on the statism, as if that'll lead to anything but catastrophic failure.
The defintion of insanity and all that ... which is what the cops are deployed to deal with, when in fact, the mess the masters make cannot be cleaned up, and is looking more and more like a design feature. No wonder some snap.
As an aside, "reporter" Fernando Hurtado certainly lives up to his "progressive journalist" credentials with idiotic statements like "A FOID card is what gives officers the right to carry a gun."
Unclear on the Concept
I’m a pro gun democrat. I have no problems with guns…I do have a problem with republican polution of our fields and streams. I’ve never heard a democrat suggest taking away our hunting rifles, fishing poles, or shotguns…even if they want to keep war weapons only in the hands of the military. Fact is, I can hunt with a bow if it comes down to it…but PRO pollution destroys the environment I LOVE to hunt in. [More]LeBouef, eh?
Any relation?
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Schuyler Barbeau Gun Case Pits Principle Against Precedents
There are plenty of smears against Barbeau, notably by those who make a lucrative living off ad hominem insinuations like the Southern Poverty Law Center. There’s also no shortage of gun owners ostensibly “on our side” who will argue this isn’t the right case to back, and they’ll cite Barbeau’s own words and actions, being exploited by SPLC and others, to throw him under the bus. [More]All the noise about the wrong guy and the wrong case aside, what this really boils down to is this: Is it a right or not? As long as people in power can enforce infringements, what do you think?
Meet the New Neighbors
Why not take a dessert platter over and say "Howdy"? [More]
For some reason 1960s TV comedies exploiting the stereotyped hilarity of cultural misplacement come to mind, with shows like "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Green Acres."
They, of course, wouldn't dare submit a pilot these days for "Jihadi Junction"...
[Via Matt F]
The Most Dangerous Time
The Oregon Legislature has announced that “sine die” is “imminent.” [More]Oregon gun owners: You know what that means and why it's important to know, right?
No?
Well I put links in these things for a reason.
Beck and Feuer Exemplify Gun-Grabbing Oath Breakers
In true Opposite Day fashion, Feuer’s and Beck’s “progressive” stance is actually one desperately clinging to the past to maintain L.A.s “may issue” permit system. That generally means “may not” as far as commoners are concerned, ensuring the only non-law enforcement citizens allowed to “legally” carry are well-connected political elites and celebrities. [More]Funny how they use the word "dictate" to describe laws that would impede their tyrannical infringements.
The Voice of Reason
Sarah Silverman Mocks Jesus, GOP in Netflix Promo [More]Gee, I wonder why she won't mock Mohammed...
I guess being a dysfunctional bedwetter and serial passaround doesn't make her totally crazy.
Fault Lines
In a blog post on the Oath Keepers website, David Codrea weighed in on the heated politics of the incident, and addressed the idea that the attack in Portland was “Donald Trump’s fault.” [More]Thanks for the cite and the link.
Those of you who haven't read it yet will see I addressed more than that.
We're the Only Ones Available to Start Immediately Enough
Officer Loehmann was instead fired for lying on his employment application in 2013 ... Before joining the Cleveland police force, Officer Loehmann worked for a smaller police department, in Independence, Ohio, where supervisors recommended his termination, citing instances of insubordination, lying and an “inability to emotionally function.” [More]I hear Frank Rizzo's looking for talent.
Progress, Opposite Day 'Progressive' Style
49 shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend — and that's a sign of progress [More]I told you more feet on the street would make a difference!
Forget it Jake...
Oath Breakers Gonna Break Oaths
We're the Only Ones Decommissioning Enough
St. Louis decommissioned its Thompson submachine guns about 60 years ago. [More]Lemme know when you guys want to sell one that works.
That said, it's preferable to see them "giving back to the community" instead of scrapping them, like totalitarian vandals destroying public property with impunity do.
[Via bondmen]
Think Again
For the five hundred or so Americans who die from unintentional gunshot wounds, the product safety model might make some sense. [More]Bull. If the product is defective, there are remedies.
To go beyond that is to cede an opening for this:
There you have it, their true goal, laid out in black and white. The only acceptable guns are those which can be handled in complete safety by fools. Forget responsibility and accountability. Forget training and judgment. Forget the fact that life is fraught with risks and benefits and tradeoffs. Forget individual freedom and inalienable rights. Unless a drooling moron can hold the gun in his toes and gnaw on the barrel and yank back on the trigger with his (presumably opposable) thumbs in utter and oblivious tranquillity, it must be banned.[Via Matt F]
Deep in the Heart of Texas
No Argument from Me
'I ain't fit to live': Police say Mississippi gunman kills 8 [More]Looks like he couldn't be trusted without a custodian.
Funny how that works out.
Cue the Moms.
[Via Steve T]
Jumping Bail
In Texas, Judges Waive Bail for the Indigent, Distorting the Constitution [More]It's not like he's opening a cage and letting out a maneater. In this case, it's apparently for driving without a license, for which an arrestee "would otherwise be released"?
I guess my main problem with this is how would it be equal protection to make me pay? That and requiring a license in the first place and taking people hostage who don't comply, which is a whole 'nother set of arguments.
[Via Michael G]
Wouldn't Surprise Me One Bit
California Christians Must Now Register Bibles As Assault Weapons [More]Sure, it's tongue-in-cheek. But it's not like some of us haven't thought the same thing.
[Via Matthew L]
Help is On the Way
Kansas City’s deadly weekend highlights need for urgent action on crime prevention [More]Not to worry. Sly James will be hiring a bureaucrat to give him an added layer of insulation. Between that and his partnership with Bloomberg, what could go wrong?
[Via bondmen]
I Just Dropped in to See what Condition His Condition Was In
T.L. Davis relects while going through the needed steps to heal, and reveals he's one of the few strangers who can stare down feral sons Uday and Qusay when they're not on the leash (albeit they had just been fed). [More]
I'm Sure It's Just an Oversight
Kathy Griffin's upcoming tour dates page suddenly won't display. How else are we to thank those commercial venues in advance for standing bold in the face of controversy?
Fortunately, Google cache comes to the rescue!
Here's how you can thank each and every one:
- Veterans Memorial Auditorium / @centforthearts / FB
- Uptown Theatre / @TheUptownNapa / FB
- Sunset Center / @SunsetCenter / FB
- Community Arts Center / @CAClive / FB
- St. George Theatre / @StGeorgeTheatre / FB
- State Theatre / @StateTheatreNJ / FB
- Bergen PAC / @BergenPAC / FB
Glad to help!
UPDATE: One down. Six to go.
Domestic Enemy?
John Brennan sure looks like one. [More]
The question mark is in the title because we are supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty. That said, why is there no official investigation?
The question mark is in the title because we are supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty. That said, why is there no official investigation?
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Ask the Candidate
Rob Quist responded to my AmmoLand piece and seems genuinely surprised "Vote for Fudd" was not a winning slogan. [More]
Feel free to engage.
Perfect Timing
CNN Guest Goes Nuts, Blames GOP for Breakdown in Civility, Implies They Support Violence [More]Realizing after her I was "merely mocking" non mea culpa didn't work, like a coward Griffin deleted related tweets, taking all the responses telling her how full of sh!+ people think she is.
And now she's recorded an excuse-making "apology," desperately hoping that will make it all better.
Forgive and forget, right? Just like the "tolerant" left?
What is it about them and decapitated Republican presidents?
Here's the thing-- the contempt isn't just for the man-- it's for everyone who shares core values with the man. In this case, it is for millions of Americans in all those "red" areas who gave Trump an electoral victory because they were counting him doing what he promised in the campaign.
If you're one of them, that decapitation was meant for you.
We know for a fact corporate advertisers are gutless. I wonder how many will be willing to stand up to double standard accusations if they don't drop sponsorship/hosting of Griffin for everything she does in the foreseeable future?
[Via Mack H]
With RINOs Like These...
A bill I drafted about the sale or transfer of firearms has received a great deal of attention. [More]Not so much the bill as you being an enemy inside the gates. And it looks like those replying are on to you.
I suggest letting @PAGOP know that any further support they provide Santora will be seen as aid and comfort.
There's a surplus of Republicans in the PA House, so tossing one seat if this lump runs again won't hurt them one bit-- meaning if you're a District 163 gun owner and you still help him stay in power, your disarmament is on you. And under no circumstances should he be considered acceptable for higher office.
The People Have Spoken
It's just that the politicians aren't going to listen unless there's an "or else" attached to things. [More]
I can't wait for the next jihadi-initiated slaughter so I can learn what a racist I am for harboring doubts and concerns I'd like to see alleviated before "we" proceeed any further.
Mirren Gidda, 'Authorized Journalist'
A member of the Oath Keepers militia ... members of Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters—which the Anti-Defamation League describes as “anti-government extremist movement[s]”... [More]I don't suppose it would do any good repeating what should be common knowledge to any "real reporter" interested in doing two minutes worth of actual seeing for themselves instead of just parroting leftist smears...
Nah. Consider the source.
If Newsweek were interested in the truth, they'd have been in the running for a shot at reporting it.
Not 'If' But 'When'
“This will happen at some point. Plate tectonics isn’t turning off,” Jones says. “When it happens, we’re not going to have water. It’s going to take six months to get water back in all of our houses. We could lose electricity for the whole western U.S. We’re going to have no transportation. City-wide fires have the potential to burn down the city.” [More]Enjoy all those "sanctuary" refugees when it does happen.
What? You're planning on the rest of us taking you all in?
If the resources are limited to where choices will need to be made, who should get priority?
Montana Gun Owners Dodge Bullet with Gianforte’s Defeat of Quist
Quist made fair a question that’s been asked before: Can there really be such a thing as a “pro-gun Democrat”? [More]How can you truly be "pro-gun" if you then turn around and support the likes of Obama and Hillary?
Unquestionably
While the “mainstream media” and the rest of the usual suspects continue to demonize individual gun owners and the NRA, you don’t have to be a rabid hoplophobe to question the NRA. [More]But if you do, prepare for blowback.
Star Wars
'Space Aggressors' Train US Forces for Extraterrestrial Conflict [More]If "they" have interstellar technology, resistance probably would be futile, and instead of a war, it would be an effortless wipeout. Sorry to sound defeatist for a change, but imagine the D-Day invasion against ancient Rome, or the conflict probably being even more one-sided.
I think it was Arthur C. Clarke who postulated on the mathematical improbability of interstellar war. It went something like imagine two side-by-side stacks of postage stamps 500 feet high, representing the beginning of life on the bottom stamp and the present day on the top, and everything in between representing gradual levels of advancement.
The only possible even-sided conflict would be assuming technological development started and advanced simultaneously in both stacks and that the antagonists meet when both are at the identical level -- a stamp above or below would be the difference between a Civil War army fighting a World War I army. Two stamps difference could be the latter vs. King George's Redcoats. You start getting three, four or five layers of difference and the technological advantage only widens.
Imagine intelligent beings with star drive hundreds of years ahead of us. Or a thousand. Or a million.
The odds against an even match are astronomical. A more likely outcome would be ants vs. you with a can of Raid.
Prediction: If we ever do avoid killing ourselves off and reaching for the stars, as would have the "space invaders," we will have developed beyond the current popular notion of doing so through a Star Trek-style "space UN." That -- and motivation via coercion -- will seem as antiquated and unrealistic as "A Trip to the Moon."
Note how technology seems to advance more quickly in an environment of more relative freedom. Me, I'd rather continue the climb from where I am than from starting at the bottom again.
[Via Florida Guy]
Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You
Report: 23,000 jihadis living in Britain [More]You're not a jihadiphobe, are you?
Good thing none of this has anything at all to do with that "single issue."
Truth Bending
NRA TV says the Manchester bombing happened because of “gender bending” and gun control [More]No, that's not what they said.
But that Salon would make one aspect of a wider argument (and a true one) appear to be the central premise should not surprise anyone.
And as for the "artist" my friend Laocoön calls Areola Grande, it figures "progressives" would approve of an overprivileged "celebrity" who asserts "I hate America" while licking and spitting on donuts intended for sale to the public in a shop owned by people working their asses off.
Who doesn't Areola hate?
The people who kill her fans, apparently.
Just ask her fellow pop diva, Katy. You know, the one all for you being defenseless who employs a "hot" bodyguard.
[Via Matt F]
The Third Way
None of this is subtle, but Quist’s break with the Democratic Party platform hasn’t produced a peep from the activist left; the gun issue wasn’t even raised before MoveOn.org decided to endorse him. Are progressives knowingly practicing hard-headed electoral pragmatism? Or, as is more likely, are they ducking a divisive and frustrating issue for as long as possible, until another horrific mass shooting produces a fresh wave of outrage? [More]No, they're just being their usual devoid of principle lying sacks, saying and doing anything for political power.
[Via Mack H]
Plastic Fantastic
Models from the world's first agency for 'modified humans' have spent $3 MILLION between them on surgery to look like characters such as a Ken doll, Britney Spears and an ALIEN [More]Based on the pictures, I'd want my money back.
I guess it ain't right to judge pursuit of happiness, but jeez. Why does the death of the West come to mind?
I once had work done by a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
I was horsing around/wrestling with elder feral son Uday when he was about 10 or so, and decided he'd earned a tickle. Big mistake. The foot lashed out to my nose as a reflex and it sounded like chicken bones splintering -- the wife heard it clear on the other side of the house and came running.
She was crying, he was crying, everybody was crying but me, because I was busy holding him and consoling him and letting him know that it wasn't his fault and I wasn't mad at him.
Bottom line, the Beverly Hills guy is who the insurance sent me to for repair work. It was funny walking around in public with the bandages on and both eyes bruised black and green from internal bleeding -- funny because I got some looks that registered disapproval based on the presumption that I was someone who gets into fights, and the further presumption that I lose them.
At least that's what I presumed.
I was standing in front of the mirror inspecting the damage, concerned because the dressing under my nose pushed it up like a pug, and I was afraid I wouldn't recognize myself when the bandages came off.
"He better not have made me look like Meg Ryan!" I complained, and it took a second to understand why the wife thought that was funny.
[Via Steve T]
We're the Only Ones More Likely Enough
Despised by the Despicable
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There are all kinds of legitimate reasons for being Publius, as opposed to just being a demonstrable pussy.
We're the Only Ones Impressive Enough
Police arrested an off-duty city correction officer who pulled out his gun in a Hell’s Kitchen restaurant to impress two women — then accidentally shot himself in the finger and one of his companions in her right foot, officials said Wednesday. [More]Lord Vader would like to weigh in:
Bang! Bang! Eric's Silver Bike Lock Came Down Upon His Head
Since his arrest last Wednesday, Clanton has been sitting in an Oakland jail pending a $200,000 bail. According to East Bay Times, the courtroom was packed with members of the press and protesters, some of whom cried for his release. [More]
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery,
say he must go free
(Eric must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them so, o, o, o...
I'm sure if someone had the musical talents and the time they could come up with a pretty decent parody.
Seems Appropriate
A Portland, Ore. burrito shop shuttered a week after being featured in an article, amid accusations of cultural appropriation. [More]Take that argument to its logical conclusion and both sides of the transaction ought to be shut down.
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