Tuesday, August 07, 2018

Nothing Less Than Total Control

“Unfortunately, common sense is just not common. We have to regulate every aspect of people’s lives.” [More]
There are literally those who believe you don't have the judgment to be trusted with straws. We call them totalitarians.

Their supporters are called useful idiots, and that there are enough of them to elect such tyrants to power proves their point: Common sense is just not common.

[Via Mack H]

Define 'Lawful.' Define 'Crime.'

Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes [More]
Gomer?

I'll bet if you drilled down further and checked out of the "lawful" ones that do, most of their "crimes" would be more along the lines of infractions/violations.

I missed this when it came out two years back. Here's why.

[Via CDT]

Is a Puzzlement

Bob Dole puzzles Kansas conservatives prior to primary [More]
Why would anyone be puzzled?

Even Yul can't answer that one.

[Via Mack H]

Top Bottom 10 Redux

TOP 10 BLACK RACISTS [More]
A more "exclusive" version of what we covered yesterday...

Hey, I know one of those guys. He sure is set in his own ways.

Talk about all the obnoxious example one needs to see why that "national conversation" (that is, being lectured and insulted by fools) they're always demanding is a complete waste of time.

[Via Mack H]

The Silence of the Lairds

Mike Lee and Rand Paul Shun The NRA, Block Gun ControlThe NRA refused to fight back. [More]
More and more people are catching on and Fairfax has only itself to blame.

[Via Felix B]

And There was War in Heaven

Hardline U.S. 'gundamentalists' pressure NRA from within [More]
Cutesy terms are dismissive, and triviliazing the seriousness and extent of deterrent commitment will result in serious overreach and catastrophe by those too oblivious to know who it is they're backing into a corner.

Me, I'm still waiting for one of these "hardliners" to strap 'em on and take the challenge.

[Via William T]

Nothing is Impossible

Is It *Really* Impossible To Get A Gun License in NYC? (Part X — Federal Lawsuit Filed) [More]
No, not at all.

[Via Felix B]

Nightmare on Belmeade

A 15-year-old Kansas City girl charged in the fatal shootings of her parents allegedly had searched for “Scary movies where kids kill parents.” [More]
Would it be fair to assume she's probably more closely politically aligned with the Parkland kids than with NRA members?

[Via bondmen]

The Obvious Solution

National Night Out Against Crime events in several communities [More]
Well if a handful of  useful idiots with nothing better to do sitting at picnic tables won't solve things, I don't know what will...

[Via bondmen]

Where Credit is Due

They sure make it sound like a lot more than is due though. [More]

Guess they gotta justify the costs and keep that "public/private partnership" economic fascism going.

Any numbers on how much LEO agencies have spent on ShotSpotter and how many cases owe their resolution entirely to responders being led to a perp in action?

Hey, they're "doing something." And lazy "journalists" get something to file without having to do much more than reword the talking points.

A question for the breathless reporterette on the video: We're calling them "high-capacity firearms" now?

[Via bondmen]

The Definition of Insanity

“If we knew what to do today or this week (to reduce the gun violence), we would have been doing it last week or yesterday,” James said. “How do you control indiscriminate acts of violence in places where you don’t know they’re going to happen?” [More]
Not so Sly, eh? You admit you don't know what the hell you're doing but you're still bent on abridging the rights of the people who aren't causing the problems?

What is it they say about doing something that doesn't work over and over again?

Oh, and point of order -- based on results, some of us do know what to do.

[Via bondmen]

The Big Red Schoolhouse

The impetus for the shift towards an increasingly liberal platform appears to be related to the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME. In what was ultimately a win for the First Amendment, the court decided that public employees cannot be required by states to pay “agency fees” to unions. Prior to the ruling, public employees not belonging to unions could still be forced to pay for union services in 22 states. [More]
Once the "fundamental transformation" is complete, that'll change.

And boy, will those apostates pay.

[Via Michael G]

White Rose Killer

Mandatory identity verification... [More]
If you're not doing anything deemed disloyal you'll have nothing to worry about.

I say "deemed" because positions "change."

Monday, August 06, 2018

Texas Tech Police Confirm Campus Carry Keeps School Safer


Advocates for gun owner rights as well as experience from truly forward-thinking colleges that do not ban possessing the means of defense could have told them that. Still, it’s nice to see such admissions coming from the campus cops, especially with all the anti-gun hysteria and artificially ginned-up ridicule against the idea of a “good guy with a gun.” [More]
Now what are those who demand "Only Ones" exclusivity going to argue?

On the Wrong Track

Durkan’s office also said on Tuesday that “concurrently with KPMG’s review” they’d learned the new streetcars, ordered in the fall for the expanded system, are bigger than the city’s current streetcars, raising questions about how they would fit with existing tracks and maintenance garages. [More]
Fortunately, it's not their money.

"Progressive" urban government. Is it any wonder we love it so?

Hatemonger

... the Oath Keepers, a white supremacist organization ... [More]
Demonstrably a lie. Not only can he produce no statements from the organization supporting that absurd and hateful libel, all one needs do is consult the longstanding Bylaws to see:
Section 8.02. Restrictions on Membership:
(b) No person who advocates, or has been or is a member, or associated with, any organization, formal or informal, that advocates discrimination, violence, or hatred toward any person based upon their race, nationality, creed, or color, shall be entitled to be a member or associate member.
Since this smears everyone involved with OK as a "white supremacist" and feeds a subversive meme perpetuated by SPLC, I wouldn't mind seeing a libel lawsuit over this -- not so much for a monetary settlement as for a court-ordered public apology that could be used in perpetuity whenever such baseless charges are made again.

Planned Obsolescence

CA Bullet-Microstamping Law Upheld By 9th Circuit, Even Though Technology Doesn't Exist [More]
By denying firearms developed after the exclusionary "roster" was imposed, the People are effectively being denied "ordinary military equipment" suitable for "common defense" that is in "common use."

[Via Greg K]

The Shape of Things to Come?

Thomas Perez, chairman of the Democrat National Committee, proudly proclaimed young Ocasio-Cortez as the “future of our party.” [More]
Obviously everyone who tried it before just didn't do it right.

Right?

[Via Mack H]

A Cry for Help

A new report detailing the Feb. 14 shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School reveals the 19-year-old killer asked officials for help months prior to the attack — but the school district denied him the assistance he requested. [More]
I'm wondering why there are redactions in the report. Isn't it fair to wonder why, and who that benefits and/or protects?

Assuming the goal is to determine truth and rational correective actions, as opposed to come up with ways to exploit a situation enabled by bad policy in order to enact more controls...

[Via Jess]

'Rally in Tally'

After Action Report of Tallahassee Gun Rally and the Anti-Gun Rally too. [More]
I got stuck on the first photo-- first, it reminded me of Mike, and then I flashed on a Sascha Baron Cohen-style setup video where Hogg let someone with a thick accent leaving heavy-handed clues about his citizenship ineligibility register to vote anyway.

[Via Florida Guy]   

We're the Only Ones Defacing Enough

The shocking moment an off-duty NYPD sergeant, 40, shoots a 21-year-old love-rival in the FACE during an argument and then 'tries to plant a knife on him' is captured on security cameras [More]
More trustworthy than you...

Ah, justice is served:
Blake has been stripped of his gun and badge and is currently being investigated.
More privileged, too.

In fairness, the guy lifted more than a finger, at least with Sweetie-Pie.

Now there's gotta be a way we can pin this on racists and the NRA to advance a "progressive" narrative...

[Via Roger J]

A 'Progressive' Mobocracy

Anarchy Breaks Out in Portland, With the Mayor’s Blessing [More]
Anyone surprised by any of this hasn't been paying attention.

[Via Jeet]

Redux

COURT DOCS: SPLC Co-Founder Accused of Trying to Molest Step-Daughter With Sex Toy [More]
I'm wondering why the resurgence now. This stuff has been out there for years available to challenge SPLC credibility and the DSM has been silent.

[Via Jess]

The Coup Wave

Peter Fonda Encourages Voter Fraud So Democrats Can Win [More]
So doesn't that morally entitle those defrauded to forcefully resist usurpers who would wield illegitimate power against them?

[Via Jess]

VIP Treatment


[More]

Fit Type


"Men" or "Women"? [More]

[Via Wirecutter]

Forget It Jake, It's Chi-Town

10 killed, 53 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings [More]
Someting must be done! They ought to get David Hogg and Snuffy to help take over the freeways or something...

The Top Bottom Ten

The 10 Most Destructive Americans of My 8 Decades [More]
These things are always incomplete and subjective, but I would not have left out FDR.

[Via Wynn A

There are No Socialists in the Bush.


Herschel does a walkabout in God's country. [More]

Good stuff with photos, insights and advice.

Go see for yourself.

An Enemy of the People

NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo on claim he may put NRA out of business: “I would like to believe it’s true” [More]
It's not "the NRA," but what (who) the group represents.

Hypocrite and a tyrant Cuomo wants his enforcers to put YOU "out of business" if you don't obey him and disarm.

[Via Michael G]

Invasion by Infraction

Instead, Nowrasteh suggests abolishing criminal prosecutions of unauthorized border crossing, instead treating such an act as an infraction on par with something like a parking ticket.  [More]
And what does Nowrasteh -- and Reason, which is deliberately perpetuating a logical fallacy by extrapolating for the whole from isolated and heart-tugging exceptional anecdotes -- suggest we do about this...?


As Often Happens

As often happens, news reports misunderstand what "stand your ground" laws mean. [More]
That's because... well here, I'll let Mr. Thompson explain.

[Via Michael G]

UPDATE: WFTV did OK on this one, something sure to irk the gun-grabbers. But it doesn't help when the "Only Ones" refer to the perp as a "victim."

[Via Roger J]

We're the Only Ones with Convictions Enough

Why would Wyandotte County police officials oppose a conviction integrity unit? [More]
And they say there are no stupid questions.

[Via bondmen]

And They Say There are No Stupid Questions

Could Kansas City have a weekend without a homicide?  [More]
What do you think?  At least it's not "trendy."

That's quite some influence, KC Star.

More blood on NRA's hands, no doubt.

[Via bondmen]

It's Not About Guns

Here is our stand alone interview with Cody Wilson from DefenseDistributed. It sheds some light on the war we're fighting for information. This is not just a fight about the 2nd Amendment, but the 1st as well. [More]
Michael Dukes interviews the man at the center of the storm.

My People are Destroyed for Lack of Knowledge

Survey Shows Shocking Percentage of Americans Are Unable to Name a Single First Amendment Right [More]
I'm not shocked, are you?

These are the same people "surveys" say would define your rights as articulated in the Second Amendment.

Please Don't Throw Me in That Briar Patch

Pro-Islamic State media outlet calls for BIOLOGICAL ATTACKS in the West, posters depict San Francisco [More]
Mr. Benny?

Friday, August 03, 2018

For the Win


From current gun contests... [More]

Best of Show

Best Survival Guns for Preppers: Handguns, Shotguns and Rifles [More]
I have a feeling that the places where they'll be needed most are the places where it'll be too late to get one.

A Knife at the Gunfight

Doug Ritter's Knife Rights say the Second Amendment applies to knives as well as guns [More]
It applies to the right of the people to keep and bear ARMS.

Anyone who would infringe on that is an enemy of freedom.

[Via Mack H]

A Negative Personality

Taking the negative will be Paul Helmke, former president and CEO of the Brady Center/Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. [More]
He's the right guy for it.

[Via Felix B]

About that 'Single Issue'

Malkin: Border security ‘is not just a single issue,’ it affects ‘every issue’ [More]
Yep.

Not that Fairfax will admit it.

[Via Mack H]

A Run for the Money

The NRA Says It’s in Deep Financial Trouble, May Be ‘Unable to Exist’ [More]
Does this mean my Wine Club shipments could be affected? That said, I won't be surprised to find the tale of woe overstated for effect -- by both sides.

Still, assuming there are serious continued cash flow concerns, here are a few suggestions: Get back to core Bylaws Purposes and Objectives, stop with the phony grades, recognize the main threat, stop promoting citizen disarmament and you may win some of the disaffected back -- if you can convince them you're sincere.

In any case, I'm sure Wayne and Chris have a luxury lifeboat ready to launch if they drive the ship up on the rocks.

Not that Rolling Stone has room to talk.

[Via Matthew L]


Animaladjusted

Popular pig roast canceled amid complaints about cooking a pig [More]
Would they rather it be eaten raw?

And nobody thought to tell the protestors to go sit on a spit and rotate over coals?

I undertand the desire to avoid trouble, but when you start letting anti-humans dictate what you are allowed to eat (and allowed to say and allowed to own), you are ceding to them the title of "Master," or perhaps more appropriately, "Napoleon."

[Via Jess]

Underdeveloped Nation

"It's really unfortunate," said Sgt. Jake Becchina of KCPD. "We want people to end conflicts peacefully and not use guns or other violence. They need to use words. That's what we want." [More]
Isn't that what you say to pre-schoolers?

Here's the problem.

Not that anyone seems interested in a more protective response. Especially when we can just scream about the NRA having blood on its hands.

[Via Steve T

Flight of Fantasy

Suspect thought flying would be easy...Zemarcuis Devon Scott, 18, allegedly told Texarkana, Ark., police that he didn't believe there was much more to the task than pushing buttons and pulling levers... [More]
Not having a clue, yet having an opinion of certitude strong enough to demand lives be put at risk...

Who does that remind me of...?

[Via Florida Guy]   

This Could Be the Start of Something Big

Portland fears planned rightwing rally could be 'another Charlottesville' [More]
It could be a lot worse than that and not limited to the weekend or to Portland.

Sing it, Steverino!


[Via Bluesgal]

We're the Only Ones Dogged Enough

... K-9 police officer dead ... [More]
So when they kill our dogs, do they call them "K-9 citizens"?

[Via bondmen]

Nous sommes les Seuls Connectés Assez

They also revealed that while working at the presidential palace, Benalla received a permit for a Glock pistol on his fourth try. The permit was approved after a new request, on new grounds, was transmitted to police by Macron's office director, Patrick Strzoda. [More]
It's good to be the king!

Oh, pissboy...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Respected Enough

But even someone like a woman named Tammy in Belton, who expressed deep support for police and wants peace officers to be respected, had to wonder over her stop a few years back while delivering her son to elementary school. She didn’t want to use her last name because she still lives in Belton and was worried about retribution from police. [More]
So if they know who she is they're going to come after her? 

Isn't that  a form of terrorism?

And she deeply supports that?

Isn't that a form of Stockholm Syndrome?

Inigo thinks there's a difference between fear and respect.

I'll bet Tammy in Belton believes in "commonsense gun safety laws."

[Via bondmen]

Ignorance is Strength

Religion prof argues that Christians should support abortion [More]
Well He did say something about "Suffer little children," right?

In other Opposite Day "progressive" developments, the ACLU says gun owners should support "gun control."

[Via Michael G]

An Unremarkable Development

Feinstein’s office would not comment on the story ... The FBI declined to comment on the story. [More]
Yeah, it's not like it's any of the American people's business, despite DiFi's longstanding clo$e relation$hip with the Chicom$.

And can you imagine what Mueller would do if he had the level of foreign influence evidence on Trump that has long been known about and deliberately ignored for Clinton?

[Via Keith B]


Opposition to 3D Guns Shows the Agenda is Knowledge Control


This has nothing to do with “commonsense gun safety” and everything to do with control. It’s not just guns those who would rule all would restrict; it’s the very idea of guns. [More]
They demand to be the "Only Ones," and not just with guns. What the would-be Philosopher Kings are really saying is “We don’t trust you with knowledge. Best leave that to us."

Or else.

A Significant but Nonetheless Small Step

Man Suspected of Murdering Brian Terry Extradited From Mexico to U.S. [More]
Meanwhile, the ones who made it all possible continue to have reason to be confident of their own untouchability.

[Via jumpinjonnydee]

They Blow Up So Fast These Days


Enabling mothers -- is there anything we can't learn from them? [More]

'We Have to Work Harder to Change the Culture'


Why, so more of us can end up like this? [More]

That's suicidal.

Oh...

Thursday, August 02, 2018

Florida Gun Grab Betrayal Demands Examining ‘Perfect is Enemy of Good’ Excuse


Who represents the greater danger to gun owner rights, Scott or Nelson? And is that the right question to ask? [More]
What’s more dangerous, the enemy at the gate or an opportunistic traitor inside?

We're the Only Ones Sedated Enough

Ohio police chief suffers fatal overdose on drugs taken from his own evidence room, investigators say [More]
I wonder how he felt about guns.

Meanwhile, Over in the Real World


[More]
They'll be giving a briefing in a few minutes.  I'll see if I can find a link.

Here we go...

She Should Fit Right In

The New York Times’ newest editorial hire has a history of racist tweets against white people. [More]
Hey, it's not like canons of journalism apply or anything.

See? They justified it:

They're now undeniably apologists for racism.  Hey, they've rationalized worse.

The day is coming when it will dawn on such useful idiots that they've been deemed expendable useless eaters by the more "forward thinking."

We're the Only Ones Staking Our Claim Enough

Instead, officials from Orange County asked Volusia law officers to stay away. [More]
Gotta make sure they get all the credit and justify keeping that trough filled.

So they still managed to "lose" a Glock, eh? That's the second "gun on the streets" an anti-(your) gun Demings "Only One" is responsible for.

[Via Michael G]

First They Came for the InfoWarriors


Niemöller's observations apply. [More]

[Via Kirk D]

Another Victim of Racist Xenophobes

Mexican national deported 5 times from U.S. sentenced to 9 months for 3rd DUI in Chesterfield, felony ID fraud [More]
And if you can believe it, the racist bastards separated him from his children (which we can reasonably infer are "birthright citizens" as opposed to DREAMers).  Meaning the smart money is on probabilities.

Speaking of money, I wonder what this guy's total drain on the economy has been-- and will continue to be. A rational sentence would require payback labor, with its duration being determined by when the score is settled.

Such stories always remind me of my former co-worker's daughter. Talk about being separated from your children...

[Via Mack H]

Full Court Press

To simply say, “let’s just appeal this decision” is to continue the tyranny. [More]
And as noted before on numerous occasions, all the Supreme Court has to do to let such Intolerable Acts stand is ... nothing.

[Via Mack H]

Threat Assessment

Homemade Guns Are a Much Bigger Threat Than 3D-Printed Firearms [More]
To whom? 

And define "much bigger." How many of these have been committed with DIY firepower?

Fact is, Slate doesn't much like the store-bought kind, either.

[Via Roger J]

A Rhetorical Question

So why can Mexico do it and it’s bad for us? [More]
Anyone who says it is is either evil or deluded.

Mexico ostensibly has good immigration policies, too, when they're not being deliberately ignored to faciliate an invasion north of the border.

Anybody see "progressives" accusing them of being racist xenophobes?

The First Rule of Fight Club


At least talking about it ought to scare Tom Steyer and his coveted seed money off. [More]

Deluding incompetent subversives into thinking an intro demonstration means they're ready to rumble can have a silver lining. And what are one of those "womyn" going to do after they get in that "one good body shot" and their target decides to go ahead and treat them as equals?

[Via Michael G]

Projection

Essentially, what they say against gun owners is what they fear in themselves. [More]
Yep.

But I was never so much interested in trying to treat and convert the delusional as I was in protecting myself from them.


Arizona Citizens Defense League Alert


Via email:
The AzCDL Newsletter for August 2018 is available for viewing and downloading at our website.The Arizona primary elections will be on August 28 and the General election is on November 6.  In this issue, you'll find how your Arizona State Senator and Representatives voted on key firearms legislation during the 2017 and 2018 legislative sessions.
To find your elected officials, go here.To find elections in your area, go here.

Wednesday, August 01, 2018

Exclusive: Freedom Is Slavery


Stanley’s trying to make the case that the right of the people to keep and bear arms is somehow responsible for violent abuses and for the resulting responses to try and secure against them. [More]
Leave it to the Opposite Day "progressives" at the ACLU to float the idea that the way to minimize police abuses is to ramp up demands for a police state.

Natural Born Democrats

Noncitizens across U.S. find it easy to register to vote, cast ballots [More]
What kind of racist would want to disenfranchise the most vulnerable among us?

Besides James Taylor...

Rough Ideas

Trudeau says he's looking abroad for ideas on curbing gun violence - Asked about a handgun ban, PM refused to rule it out [More]
Here are some countries for him...

We're the Only Ones Tossed Enough

Roswell cops fired after using coin flip to determine arrest  [More]
I understand the chief wet his finger and held it in the air to determine which way the wind was blowing before making his determination.

[Via Mack H]

We're the Only Ones Trumped Enough

If the allegations are true, "the officers acted with deliberate indifference to a known and obvious danger" and violated the Trump supporters' constitutional rights," said the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. [More]
So that trumps "no duty to protect"?

I've long wondered why deliberate indifference is not raised more often.

[Via Mack H]

Crafted with the NRA's Support!


Any questions? [More]

Besides "Why?"

[Via Keith B]

Mission Accomplished!

In the first hour of Rest in Power, Jay-Z and the Paramount Network betrayed their craft, inflamed the black community, and endangered an innocent man.  And there are still five parts left to go. [More]
Consider the source.

He has a hell of a lot more reach than any record-corrector does.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Off-Target Enough

Dramatic video shows LAPD officers fatally shooting a man and the woman he was holding hostage at knifepoint [More]
And "Last week, LAPD killed a bystander during a shootout at Trader Joe's."

Get one more and they'll have a spate.

So "no duty to protect" translates into "no duty not to kill"?

[Via Dave Licht]

$1,316,678,000

That's how much ATF gets. [More]
"Provided, [of course] That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms disabilities..."
None of our "staunch defenders of the Second Amendment" want to cross Chuck Schumer...

We're the Only Ones Unobliged Enough

I talked about this yesterday.

It turns out that "Homeowner, 73, accidentally killed by police had shot naked home intruder who was trying to drown his 11-year-old grandson in a bathtub."

This is what happens when there is an "Only Ones" mentality about who can have a gun in the presence of the enforcers. Garry McCarthy warned us:
"[W]hen somebody turns with a firearm in their hand the officer does not have an obligation to wait to get shot to return fire and we’re going to have tragedies as a result of that. I’m telling you right up front."
Now we see "The officer who shot the resident has been placed on administrative leave." Any bets against this being ruled tragic but unavoidable and in line with standard department protocols?

How about against him turning this into a long term PTSD disability claim?

[Via Dave Licht]

Polar Extremes

Cruise Line Condemned After Workers Kill Polar Bear in Self-Defense [More]
The animaladjusted environmentalcases would rather human beings had been killed.

Their "thought leaders" would rather most human beings were killed.

You are a plague.

And they are the cure.

After they neutralize your natural defenses...

[Via Michael G]

Ellison Demands on Amazon Show Guns aren’t Only Things Collectivists Would ‘Control’


Disregarding for a moment that censorship of literature and music that government officials want to see suppressed is the hallmark of a totalitarian, or that book-burning is something associated with real Nazis, we should also consider the source.  [More]
Keith and his comrades have some songs meant just for you and me. For now.

Plastic Fantastic

3D-print a fully-functional, plastic AR-15, and successfully demonstrate it. The first person to do so will win 10 rounds of equally functional, 100% plastic 3D-printed .223 Remington ammunition. [More]
You might want to bookmark this site first...

A Noted Authority

OMG, the AG of Massachusetts is now citing Alyssa Milano as a source. [More]
Alyssa Milano -- living proof that a child can do her job.

[Via Felix B]

Because Hate Tyranny Speech is Not Free Speech

GOOGLE IS PLANNING to launch a censored version of its search engine in China that will blacklist websites and search terms about human rights, democracy, religion, and peaceful protest, The Intercept can reveal. [More]
"Don't be evil," Opposite Day "progressive-style...

[Via Michael G]

An Idea Whose Time Has Come


Caliber control! [More]

Leave it to eggheads to conclude from a "study" that bigger holes can have more impact than smaller ones -- depending on placement, of course.

That still does nothing to challenge the requirement for a human agent.  Then again, cause and effect don't really matter when the goal is to rile up a mob.

[Via bondmen

A Numbers Game

The truth is, there is only one number that can help you understand gun violence. It is the number one. [More]
And pushing the narrative that this is a "gun violence" (that is, gun ownership) issue has bumped that up to over 35,000.

Leonard Pitts knows which numbers pay off.

[Via bondmen

We're the Only Ones Belting Out Enough

Why were three Overland Park police officers writing false seat belt tickets? [More]
Because they're criminals?

[Via bondmen]

Under the Influence

Here’s what Missouri Influencers have to say about gun control and gun rights [More]
Who is it this gaggle of self-important subversives is supposed to be influencing besides useful idiots unaware that the "common ground" to be found with those demanding disarmament is generally first dug up and then filled in.

That's what happens when rights are voided based on time and place.

I'm beginning to see the significance of "The Star."

[Via bondmen]

Look What Happened While I was Gone

New York Daily News to slash 50% of its newsroom [More]
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.

Here's to its continued demise.

The Family Jewels

THE SWEDISH Royal Family’s priceless crown jewels have been stolen from a cathedral with police currently chasing the subjects by boat. [More]
The Swedish Royal Family's...?

And if Carl XVI Gustaf had any, he would not have ceded the land of the ice and snow to invited invaders. Vallhalla, you are toast. Or naan.

So much for honor among thieves.

Besides, they've been guarding the wrong jewel, not that any people celebrating a "royal family" would understand.

[Via Michael G]

The C-Word

Forget Collusion. Conspiracy’s the Watchword in Mueller’s Filings [More]
Mueller qualifies for all three versions.