Ideal Laboratory Conditions

Rescue teams take to Puerto Rico streets in darkness amid warnings that power could be out for months following devastating hit from Hurricane Maria [More]

It was nice while it lasted.

Now maybe we'll see a real-world experimental model to show the effects of "may (not) issue" and an EMP attack.

[Via Jess]

You Can't Stop the Signal

Homebuilt Hardware Store Bolt Action .357 Mag [More]

Seems if presented with the right feigned outraged disbelief, this could be exploited to stir up some fun-to-watch hoplohysteria...

[Via Len Savage]

Up Close and Personal

An Anti-Violence Activist Shares Her Reason For Buying A Gun [More]

So is she still gonna vote for gun-grabbers?

Media Continues Perpetuating VPC Machine Gun Deception

In a way, gun owner rights advocates should take heart from this, as it further demonstrates that the monopoly of violence lobby wants our guns so badly it’s willing to resort to such contemptible tactics to swindle them away. That gives us an opportunity – if we’ll only take it – to correct the record to those who have not pursued the issue beyond what they take in from the “mainstream media.” [More]

All they have are lies.

The Company They Keep

[More]

Now imagine if this were instead Donald Trump with an arrested violent "white nationalist."

And imagine the "outrage" from "the left" if he did not immediately own up to it. Tell me it wouldn't be turned into headlines.

Hmmm...

UPDATE: Henry raises a good question in comments, and looking a bit deeper we find an answer to what the Berkeley PD considers a "banned weapon":

The large sign carried by Sarah Roark is about 5 feet by 3 and a half feet wide and made of cardboard and paper.

Ridiculous, meaning "progressive."

I still maintain the enemy camp would have made great hay over this had this involved an alt-rightie and Trump.

Opposite Day 'Progressive' Professional Conduct

Watch MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell’s Unhinged Outtakes [More]

Oh, him.

The great egalitarian. Funny how the vaunted principles always seem to take a back seat to personal privilege.

If I'd gone on a foul-mouthed tirade in front of employees on any job I've ever held, I'd have been justifiably canned. I never put up with abusive language, either.

As I told feral sons Uday and Qusay when they embarked on their careers, no job is worth your dignity.  Speak your mind when appropriate. Don't brown-nose. Tolerate no bullying.

The worst they can do to you is fire you. On a scale of 1 to 10 compared to a real life challenge, that barely registers.

A Deep and Authentic Faith

What, not in The Great Spirit...? [More]

[Via Michael G]

Love is Love

[More]

I've been saying for some time that give it a few years and anyone opposed will be villified as a hater.

And what's with the specist exclusion?

Wonder how the Caliphate would react to a crescent instead of a cross.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Unidentified Enough

Some Virginia State Police troopers concealed their uniform name strips at Confederate rally, leading to questions [More]

That's because they'd have probably looked silly in Frankenstein masks...

[Via Mack H]

Find the 'Assault Rifle'

High school ‘shooter’ showed off assault rifle on social media [More]

Give up?

[Via William T]

Where Dreams Come True

One Of The Vista Shooting Suspects Remained Free Despite Probation Violation Prior To The Shootout [More]

Knowing that I will never have rap record label executives vouch for me on a "gun violence" charge, I'm wondering if there's a privilege inequity here...

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Punished Enough

A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper will spend 10 days in jail for his role in the drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man. In addition to the “shock time” in the Morgan County jail, Judge Roger Prokes sentenced Trooper Anthony Piercy to two years of supervised probation and ordered him to complete 50 hours of community service. Piercy will serve time in jail in five, two-day increments with his first stint scheduled to begin Friday. [More]

Dang, that means unless they have a TV with ESPNU there, he'll miss Mizzou vs. Auburn on Saturday...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Inflammatory Enough

I'd submit that ownership of the night is something that could change overnight if enough are riled. [More]

At least temporary ownership.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Reunited After All These Years Enough

Former Chicago police Sgt. Eddie C. Hicks was arrested in Detroit Tuesday morning, nearly 15 years after he fled on the eve of trial on federal drug conspiracy charges. [More]

The Prodigal Thug returns.

[Via Jess]

And the Murder Weapon Was Licensed and Registered

Good Samaritan killed in robbery at North Las Vegas convenience store [More]

Think before intervening. Are you equipped and prepared if things get hinky? Is it worth it?

When they find this animal slob -- and they will, because surveillance cams caught her and her car -- my money says there'll be a similar political profile to Poopergirl.

[Via Jess]

What Voter Fraud?

Gee, why would Gov. Add-Felons-to-the-Rolls McAwful veto that?

[Via William T]

Survey SAYS...

In case you were wondering how they figure 94% of everybody and 92% of gun owners want "background checks"... [More]

Vindicated

Years ago, probably around '83 or '84, I went to a sci-fi convention in San Diego, and they had a Star Trek panel that was taking audience questions.

I stood up and told them I'd caught a still in the ending credits that showed a pink-skinned bald alien and that I did not remember the character or that shot from any episode. I asked what that was about.

Not only did no one know what I was talking about, including no chiming in from an audience of hundreds of assorted fans, but my kid brother was mortified that making my delusion public embarrassed him by association. That response was understandable in no small part due to looks of disapproval from some nearby nerds whose IQs were probably at least half their body weight -- which if you think about it is impressive.

I got a call and then an apology text from my brother last night -- he was rewatching "The Immunity Syndrome" episode and saw the still for himself, and the memory came flooding back to him.

I wasn't crazy, at least not about that. So I'll ask again -- anybody know what this is about? Because what I was thinking at the time was "lost episode," or at least parts of one that never made it through production. If it could be reconstructed, it would have some $eriou$ value to a crowd that I personally witnessed bid a pair of Mr. Spock's foam rubber ear tips -- certified worn by Leonard Nimoy -- up over a thousand bucks.

Anybody know?

And as long as I'm talking money, The LA Times included a package of promotional microwave popcorn as an insert in its Sunday paper at the time Star Trek Voyager was premiering. Recalling the ear tips, I figured most people would eat theirs and put mine away:

Cellophane wrap aside, I'm sure it would be rancid. Regardless, I wonder how many are still around and what collectors would bid this up to.

UPDATE:

Ah look!

Dear Dianne

Urge your Senators to support the Paul proposal -- an amendment that will gut the anti-gun aspects of ObamaCare. [More]

And if my Senators are named Feinstein or Schumer or...? Aside from giving them a good laugh when they see how solidly entrenched they are, what does the effort produce?

Time and again I've seen gun owners in "blue states" just shine these alerts on because they've concluded -- in their case -- they're a waste of time.

There ought to be a way to more productively direct such appeals. Since what the Congress does affects us all, why shouldn't I be able to make my views -- and potential $upport or opposition -- known to those who are persuadable, and who "represent" other districts and states?

I'd use this as a starting point, and not waste my time on any politician with less than a "C" rating.  Be nice if there were a utility to help with that.

You'll Put Your Eye Out, Kid

The case report details three unrelated cases within three months... [More]

Dang, a whole spate!

How many Nerf guns are out there again...?

Something must be done!  For the children!

Y'know, if we were all in straitjackets and padded cells, stuff like this would never happen.

[Via Steven S]

Focus on Chicago Gangs and ‘Assault Weapons’ Reanimates Old Gun Ban Tactic

But expect the public to be primed, and expect the old standby “weapons of choice” deception to play a part to a new audience. And understand that the term means whatever those using it want it to mean... [More]

An old gun-grabber deception of choice is being dusted off and reintroduced to a new generation.

Unmasked

Three Virginia Commonwealth University students and one former student charged with covering their faces while protesting a pro-Confederate rally are facing a maximum of five years in prison under a 1952 law aimed at unmasking the Ku Klux Klan in Virginia. [More]

Hoist on their own petard?

Still, Col. Cooper questioned reserving that "privilege" for "Only Ones."

[Via LB]

The Bottom Line

I hope this beast is publicly identified, because I have a feeling she'll prove to be full of sh!+ about a lot of things. [More]

A Divisive Mentality

“They keep talking about a wall. But the enemy is this divisive mentality. It’s on this side of the wall… The white nationalists are walking towards your future. What you gonna do?” [More]

With "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. The true threat divisive mentality is the one that seeks to Balkanize.

The question should be "Why?"

We're the Only Ones Insecure Enough

A thief made off with a San Francisco sheriff deputy’s service pistol from a parked car, after the deputy failed to secure the firearm in violation of department policy, Sheriff Vicki Hennessy said Monday. [More]

At least he's probably not another illegal alien taking advantage of sanctuary. I mean, what would the odds be...?

[Via TheFakePundit]

We're the Only Ones Underreporting Enough

This year, the FBI appears to for the first time have overlooked a reporting obligation established by the US Attorney General’s office, and in doing so, the bureau appears to have greatly lowballed the total number of times it authorized confidential informants to engage in criminal activity last year. [More]

Hey, since when have laws applied to us...?

[Via TheFakePundit]

Dusting Off Old Lies

"Local historian" David Winship presumes to teach. [More]

He doesn't even belong in the class without some prerequisites.

[Via TheFakePundit]

Not 'Completely' Devastated

Ryan Phillippe has refuted the domestic violence accusations brought on against him by an ex-girlfriend, allegations he is said to be 'completely devastated' by. [More]

Better hope you win. Otherwise, those "common sense gun laws" you say you're for are gonna get personal.

Although they don't seemed to have slowed your executive producer Pokey Poke down...

We Have a Winner!

The winning design includes three security options. First, the gun owner’s fingerprints must match before the weapon can be removed from the holster. If that doesn’t happen a key card like sensor worn on the owner’s lapel can release the weapon. Finally, a voice recognition device can also be used to match the authorized owner and free the gun. [More]

I guess that's a million dollars that won't be used on any effective attack...

They call this tripling down on stupid a "brainchild." With "progressives," every day is Opposite Day.

Iron Fist Smashes AutoGlove

We still are still a bit shocked to understand how one can attach a sliding stock or modify a trigger to achieve simulated full automatic rates of fire but a stand-alone glove worn on the shooters hand is somehow considered modifying a firearm.   [More]

Oh, it's simple: If you have the power to force people to obey you, the rules are what you say they are.

They don't have to make sense to the people being threatened.  "Do what we say or we'll kill you" is generally enough, at least as long as the balance of power is maintained.

[Via Len Savage]

What I Took Away From the White Privilege Quiz

Sociology professor and chronically indignant virtue-oozer Dae Elliot can't spell "buy." [More]

Or does noticing that somehow "prove" her point?

We're the Only Ones Variable Enough

 Blink. Just like that, your moment-ago legal rate of travel has become illegal “speeding” — and not only are you subject to a ticket you are more likely to get a ticket because — as far as you know — you aren’t “speeding” and so why worry about that cop up ahead pointing his radar gun at you? [More]

Hey, it's not like they don't already own us or anything...

[Via Neil W]

Not All Agree

OFCC's position, which I mostly agree with.

Buckeye Firearms Association's...

And You Have Not Corrected By Sterilization. You Have Made THREE Errors...

The message said the event was not open to the public. [More]

So it will be held on private property?

Wait a minute-- I thought commies didn't believe in private property...

Now you guys have done it:

I'm in Trouble Now

Intimidation: Governments suing those who request public records [More]

Uh-oh...

[Via Jess]

Lords of the Flies

Father of the Constitution Blacklisted in Dallas on Eve of Constitution Day [More]

From the people responsible for molding young minds...

I'd like to see a real study done on the relationship between years of official bullying under a "progressive" curriculum of cognitive dissonance, and the driving of an increasing subset of the indoctinated to act out in frustration and violence.

[Via Michael G]

A Shot Across the Bow

I find the more a movie is hyped, the higher my expectations and the bigger my sense of letdown when it doesn't fully meet them. [More]

I also have found that while players are interchageable, no real change to the overall power and influence paradigm occurs, no matter the scandal.

Wake me when there's a direct hit.

Maybe going into this with lowered expectations means I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[Via Jess]

We're the Only Ones Working Stiffs Enough

In more ways than one... [More]

[Via Jess]

Models of Civility

Ban social media trolls from voting, election watchdog suggests ... A BBC survey has found that 87% of MPs say they experienced abuse during the 2017 general election campaign.  [More]

That's all?

Those Brits'll put up with anything. As the confidence to make such a proposal demonstrates.

[Via Steve T] 

It Depends Upon What the Meaning of the Word 'No" Is

The U.S. Constitution states that “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” [More]

The Marxist hag does the same thing with "shall not be infringed."

With "progressives," every day is Opposite Day.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DI...

Uh... this just in:

[More]

Don't worry, we'll find something else to pers...uh...prosecute you over.

What did Stalin's Himmler say?

Substitute Legislation an ‘About-Face’ on OH Gun Notification Bill

Add to this various Ohio police incidents that have shown either ignorance of or contempt for the very firearms laws being enforced, with accounts of police in years past illegally harassing, bullying, drawing guns on and endangering the lives of citizens who weren’t breaking any laws. That includes officers contemptuously “joking” on social media about “double tapping” citizens openly carrying firearms. [More]

Notify a cop you’re carrying concealed, have him scream at you like a ‘roid-raging lunatic, threaten to kill you, and then retire with a settlement.

Life Must Be Pretty Damn Good...

...if this is all Princess Contrived Grievances here has to bellyache about ... [More]

On the plus side, they're telling her on Facebook what a dolt she is.

[Via cydl]

We are the Champions, My Friends

Richmond officials pleased by handling of Saturday's protests, but 'not letting our guard down' [More]

We ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Via Mack H]

And Now a Word for Our Sponsors...

Joe’s program would broadcast throughout the nation, three-hours per day. Like other syndicated hosts, Joe will be responsible for bringing in sponsors for the program. For him to accept and meet costs, he must find sponsors for the show.  [More]

If you would like to see this happen and have contacts at any potential sponsors, let 'em know.

Gunkapos

Figure's Bloomberg's The Trace would be promoting these Fifth Columnists. [More]

Squish the Magic RINO

[More]

AZ Does It

2018 is an election year.  The primary is on August 28 and the general election will be on November 6, 2018.  Candidates for political office in Arizona need to gather over 500 signatures to get on the ballot.  You can help your favorite candidates get there without having to leave home. [More]

Or you could just, you know, throw water on the idea and complain.

You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you. I'm talking about not limiting available immediate self-defense options here.

Well SOMEONE Had to Say It

Joe Biden compares supporters of due process to ‘Nazis’ who marched in Charlottesville [More]

They all deserve to be blasted with a shotgun. Off the balcony or through the door.

[Via Michael G]

Seems a Little Light

For every 1,000 residents in Mississippi, there are 6.8 guns. That's 20,389 registered firearms dispersed among 2,991,207 people. [More]

Really?

And "registered"?

And this was a product of collaboration betweeen media giants with global resources? What else does CBS and AFP tell us about guns we might want to double-check?

[Via Wynn A]

Meanwhile, Across the Pond in Piers Morgan Paradise

RSPCA called to rescue 'lizard' which turns out to be a dirty sock [More]

The whole damned island is turning into one giant Monty Python skit.

Including Monty Python.

[Via Steve T] 

Finally, Progress on Priorities

President Donald J. Trump Signs S.J.Res. 49 into Law [More]

Nazis are bad, mmkay?

Everything else supporters actually turned out to vote for, sorry, but the timing just isn't right.

[Via Keith B]

The Rest of the Story

The OUTRAGEOUS Extra Footage Behind the Viral Nurse Video People NEED to SEE! [Watch]

It's systemic.

[Via Jeet]

We're the Only Ones Aiding and Abetting Enough

In a jaw-dropping case involving an illegal alien wanted for deportation, a police officer’s weapon, and local law enforcement not only ignoring an ICE request to block his release but removing an ICE monitoring device, a young San Francisco man has been murdered during a robbery. [More]

Who but a racist gun nut could object?

[Via Michael G]

A Mess of Pottage

Half of millennials would give up their rights to get out of debt [More]

Does determining who has authority to offer such a deal factor into anything?

[Via Michael G]

A Supporter of the Second Amendment

[Click to enlarge]

92% of gun owners and 94% of voters, eh?

Sure can't prove it by real world Question 1 results:

...the heavily-funded Question 1 passed by less than one percent of the vote and failed in every Nevada County except Clark...

And I don't suppose there's any way to determine if survey respondents actually have informed opinions, and if so, by whom...

Ol' Tim sure has all the talking points down.

Main rival Colón stinks, too.

[Via Wynn A]

The Way We Were

When I was in high school, every one of those rigs in the high school parking lot had a gun in the gun rack. Why? We went huntin’ on the way home. None of those guns ever walked into a school. None of those guns ever shot anybody. What’s the difference? Did the gun change? Or did you, as a society, change? [More]

Well we certainly are a lot more "progressive"...

[Via Jess]

Democratic Principles

Voting machines can be hacked without evidence, commission is told [More]

Only minority-disenfranchising "haters" would have a problem with that.

[Via Jess]

A Binary Choice

Non-binary Georgia Tech student, 21, is shot dead by campus police after 'refusing to stop approaching officers while carrying small knife' [More]

Of course "the student's mother has said she and her husband are looking at legal options."

I didn't assign an"Only Ones" title because of this.

[Via Michael G]

So Come on Down to Wacky FEMA's for a Deal that Can't Be Beat!

The federal government auctioned off disaster-response trailers at fire-sale prices just before Harvey devastated southeast Texas, reducing an already diminished supply of mobile homes ahead of what could become the nation’s largest-ever housing mission. [More]

Where the savings are just INSANE!!!

[Via William T]

Some Kind of Wonderful

LITHGOW: "But most of all I have to thank Winston Churchill. In these crazy times, his life even as an old man reminded us what courage and leadership in government really looks like. I thank Winston Churchill. I thank the academy and I thank all of you. This is just super wonderful." [More]

Yay! Good one!  Applause, Applause!

And if Trump had said half this stuff?

Could these f...ing self-righteous stage props be more ignorant?

Munitions Monday

As noted on my "Firearms Friday" interview with Michael Dukes, streaming was down. He's since posted it to SoundCloud:

Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You

Yahyah Farroukh, a 21-year-old refugee and former foster child, is registered as living at the address in Stanwell where police today conducted a search. His arrest comes after an 18-year-old was arrested at 7.50am in Dover port on Saturday morning as he attempted to board a ferry. The 18-year-old was fostered by Ron and Penny Jones in Sunbury-on-Thames before his arrest, as was Farroukh - though he has since left their home. [More]

It seems the moral equivalent of rescuing predators and then turning them loose.

Thank goodness we're not only rigorous here, but that this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

Zazzle-Dazzle

[More]

That's quite a category they have there.

Oh, and look: They have partnered with Hallmark and Disney, and got seed money from Google investors!

No Problemo

Dealing with Democrats? Protecting 'Dreamers'? Here in Arizona that's just fine with these Trump supporters [More]

Just trot out a couple "moderates" and presto, you've got yourself a narrative.

In Your Face!

The 41-year-old attacker used a cleaning substance containing hydrochloric acid that she is thought to have picked up from a local DIY store. [More]

There's something missing from this account.

But what?

Whose Agenda?

“The National Security Council, I think, has served the president well in bringing him multiple options. There were some who tried to operate outside of that process for their own narrow agendas. And that didn’t serve the president well,” McMaster told “Fox News Sunday,” in response to questions about his policy clashes with Bannon. [More]

Yeah, screw Americans who voted for an agenda that impedes the broad globalist one...

California Hate Crime Gun Bill another Incremental Disarmament Tactic

So the disarmament bar moves from felony conviction to misdemeanor to accusation, and you’re supposed to roll over and take it. And if you do put up a squawk, why, that must make you a hater, meaning you need to be disarmed. [More]

The "ideological cleansing" continues.

No Comment

I don't know what happened, but many comments from the past couple weeks have been lost.  I tried to reconstruct what I could from undeleted emails, but I didn't have that many to salvage from.

Blogger has a backup/restore function but you need to go through a theme download that can erase gadgets. I'm out of my depth with that and don't want to go blundering in and make things worse.

I'm sorry if something of your is gone. If it's important to you, all I can offer is posting it again.

Thank you to those who understand no one is more upset by this than I am.

We're the Wannabe Only Ones Draftworthy Enough

A white security officer told police he was shot by a black man. Turns out, he’d shot himself, police say. [More]

Sounds like this boy's ready for the majors.

[Via Keith B]

Talk About Cultural Appropriation

[More]

The cognitive dissonance, it burns.

The Elefante in the Room

Latinos in America are a done deal. Good idea, bad idea, disaster, or doesn’t much matter–it’s still done. [More]

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I mostly like Fred Reed. And as much as I don't want to admit it, he's probably right about illegal immigrants being here to stay, although he's kind of short on probabilities when two disparate cultures try to occupy the same turf. He appears to have the background to grok that.

But while ridiculing motives of amnesty opponents in this and other essays on the topic, reducing it to a cartoon combination of bigotry and South Park "'ey took our jobs!" resentment, I've never seen him address the main motivator, which has nothing to do with the simple prejudices he limits his arguments to lambasting.

There's an elefante in the room I've never seen him acknowledge, let alone address.

Maybe he can be the one to answer my longstanding challenge, because it's a cinch none of the cheap labor Republicans or the NRA want to touch it:

Audit all credible polls against real world experience in places like California and then produce credible data – not opinion, not anecdotes, not isolated examples, but something that can be independently validated – demonstrating that “amnesty” and a “pathway to citizenship” for MILLIONS of foreign nationals in this country illegally (and legally, with CURRENT culturally suicidal policies) WILL NOT overwhelmingly favor Democrats and anti-gunners.

Show your sources and methodologies for determining this WILL NOT result in supermajorities in state and federal legislatures that will then be able to pass all kinds of anti-gun edicts. Show how this WILL NOT result in nominations and confirmations of judges to the Supreme and federal courts who will uphold those edicts and reverse gains made to date.

What, we need to start to think about assimilation instead? It's a little late for that, but I could add "Show how assimilation will reverse this outcome-- be sure and provide verifiable numbers to show costs and percentages against a timeline, and the likelihood that enough factions can agree on a unified plan to make a bit of difference."

In the absence of any substantive response, the questions become" "Who will be assimilating whom and under what terms?" and what happens when a critical mass will "not go gentle into that good night"?

That terrible probability is why some of us, a handful, strive to warn, futilely, I fear.

But not going gentle means not giving up.

UPDATE:  Comments gone.

I don't know if this is a hack attack or if I accidentally deleted everything with a wrong check mark in a box, which seems a system flaw to allow that much to be lost by a simple keystroke withno "delete" confirmation dialog --I'm going to try to get back in and see if any reconstruction is possible -- in the mean time I'm putting in what I can recover from undeleted email notices under this and a few other posts, but it looks like it may be extensive and going to manyother posts.

My People are Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge

Americans Are Poorly Informed About Basic Constitutional Provisions [More]

And who benefits from that?

In addition to background checks, how about proof of competency?

Let's hear it for...what did GW always call it?... "our democracy"!

Coming Soon to an Estado Near You

California Poised to Become ‘Sanctuary State’ [More]

We're gonna need a bigger wall.

Thank goodness this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

Finishing the Work Mr. Reagan Started

And I guess Col. Cooper should have written "Except at exhibit booths"? [More]

A Lapse in Judgment

Das Eiden and several collaborators won an award to study whether violence exposure and substance use raise the odds of gun violence in high-risk adolescents. [More]

I'd like to do a study on whether tax-funded grants to "progressive" academic parasites raise the odds of agenda-"corroborating" bullsh!+...

Well if Paul Vaginas and Thomas Douche are Against It...

Sorry for the typos... [More]

Because Law-Abiding Citizens are Obviously the Cause of New Jersey 'Gun Crime'

Louis Cappelli Jr. is Camden County freeholder director. [More]

Sounds more like freedom holder-upper...

Maybe you shouldn't "prohibit [y]our own citizens," genius.

Opposite Day 'Progressive' Grass Roots in Action

Everytown, gun control group, turns on spigot in Virginia elections with $1 million [More]

And that's just seed money. More to come.

At least they didn't call them a "gun safety group."  I wonder if anyone has caught any grief over that.

Gone But Not Forgotten

[No More]

Gee, I wonder why.

And were they working with anyone?

I know what some are thinking: It says "Airsoft."

Stranger things have happened.

[Via Steven S]

SHARE and Share Alike

Under the successful leadership of Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) and Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA), the SHARE Act now moves to the full U.S. House of Representatives. [More]

Somebody wake me when this changes:

I mean, it's not like the Republicans are in charge or anything.

A Long and Distinguished Career

Retiring Appeals Court Judge Admits That He Couldn’t Care Less About Constitution [More]

I could'a told you that.

POSner...

[Via Michael G]

No Accountability?

Several members who had their faces covered told the publication that they were afraid of their identities being revealed for fear of harassment. [More]

Besides, Mom might find out.

To paraphrase Rhett Butler, they should be harassed, and often, and by someone who knows how.

[Via William T]

A Legitimate Question

If they don't know who the suspects are, how do they know they're "teens" and not 20-somethings? [More]

[Via Keith B]

Mutual Admiration Society

Democratic Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.) has both given money to and received money from Seattle mayor Ed Murray, a fellow Democrat (no relation) who announced his resignation on Tuesday after a fifth allegation of child sex abuse. [More]

Mr. Youth Opportunity Initiative...

The important thing to note is the mutual support happened years after state officials deemed Murray unfit to be a foster parent, and victims had notified authorities.

Meet more of his enablers who had to know.

Not that some consider that important.

[Via Jess]

We All Clear?

Confused about antifa, protests and KC guns laws? [More]

Thanks, no, I'm good.

[Via bondmen]

Let the Games Begin

Former St. Louis officer Jason Stockley found not guilty in murder case [More]

And it looks like the weather is going to cooperate...

[Via bondmen]

Winging It

Customers at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Eastvale say an employee refused to let them hear the anthem before an NFL game Monday night – which happened to be the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. [More]

That's OK, a spokesman says it's not company policy.

This is.

At Least @Twitter is Consistent

[More]

You know, ourselves and our posterity.

Genocide.

Right after the execution of Trump and his family Twitter provides a promotional platform for.

Because they know and do nothing, it's safe to assume approval.

Thanks goodness none of this is "hate speech."

You'll Not See Nothing Like the Mighty Quinn

In her new "spiritual memoir" titled Finding Magic, veteran journalist Sally Quinn, founder of the website On Faith, describes her lifelong belief in the occult and worries that hexes she once put on three people may have worked. The widow of legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, Quinn describes the current environment in Washington more toxic and poisonous than ever before, and the investigations surrounding President Trump as worse than Watergate. [More]

What, you mean like that other story WaPo either wouldn't touch or spent the time it did providing cover?

Jeez, with power to kill like that, you'd think she oughtta have a background check or something.

That occult lunatics like this have a prominent establishment voice sure does lead to some curious corroboration. Now if you'll excuse her, she has a dinner to prepare for.

Stewards of the Public Trust

A former administrative assistant to an Arkansas county official has pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of a credit card after prosecutors accused her of using public money to buy personal items, including a tuxedo for her pet pug. [More]

I've talked before about a previous incarnation, where one of my job functions was to obtain permits from city governments, and about the abusive nature of some petty bureuacrats who enjoy lording their "power" over others. The corruption in government starts small.

And ends up big.

[Via Steve T] 

Coming Soon To a Caliphate Near You

LONDON TUBE TERRORParsons Green terror attack sparks manhunt after bucket bomb left 22 hospitalised when timer device exploded in rush hour [More]

Meanwhile, across the Channel...

Rigorous!

Stand Down Orders

VCDL standing down - Richmond not banning guns on Saturday [More]

Those in "authority" don't have quite enough power to change the law or to ignore it with impunity -- yet.

UPDATE: And they don't like it one bit.

Firearms Friday

I'll be joining Michael Dukes again this morning at 10:20 Eastern to talk about Mr. Ryan and other recent columns and 2A-related happenings we can squeeze in.

Plus I need to find out if he'll remember us, the little people, now that he's famous.

Assuming most of you live outside the broadcast range of Anchorage's KBYR 700 AM, you can click here to select "Listen Live."

UPDATE: Apparently the feed was down. I'll post a link once the archive is up.