Yale history professor Timothy Snyder told Insider he fears American democracy may not survive another Trump campaign [More]
The Founders intended a democracy? And his position is the only way we can ensure one is to vote for candidates he supports? And we're getting a glut of similar media sentiments just when it looks like popular support for Democrats could crater in the midterms?
Curious that they use the phrase "big lie" seven times in this piece. Guess who coined it and why.
Statement by President Biden on the Hostage Situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas [More]
I guess this means they couldn't do this.
Beto and Shannon think that's "debatable." They were so looking forward to an "assault weapons" blood dance. Funny, how it took armed men to stop him.
It's also curious how long authoritah knew who the lunatic was and would only tell us he was a "British national." After much delay and no doubt "strategerizing," we learned it wasn't Nigel Incubator-Jones but Malik Faisal Akram.
Anti-gun males like Waldman know that their smears and lies and attempts at wit aren’t working, and in fact, are starting to backfire on them. Not being anywhere near as clever as they presume themselves to be, they don’t know how to do anything else but double down. Meanwhile, more and more Americans are comparing reality with what media hacks are telling them, meaning his influence and tired, old themes are waning even further. [More]
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[Y]ou are quoted as saying you would sign a constitutional carry bill. Unfortunately, those words are meaningless unless an open carry bill lands on your desk. It’s time to take a cue from Governor Kemp and use your leadership position to pressure Republican leadership to follow the platform. [More]
Yep. He has the bully pulpit. Use the damn thing.
What the hell is wrong with Florida Republican "leadership"?
And nope: Our Braveheart up here in Ohio is still hiding under the desk.
[Via Jim S]
The House is expected to take up an amendment in the coming days related to NASA leasing “underutilized” property to private groups. Democratic leaders are referring to this as the "shell bill." It will then strip that legislation of its existing language and replace it with the text for the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The House would then pass the updated bill and send it to the Senate as a "message." Then, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will file a motion to concur with the House amendment. [More]
Oh, so it's all completely above-board then...?
Kinda makes you wonder why Oath Keepers are in jail and oath-breakers continue "to harass our people and eat out their substance"...
[Via Michael G]
NEA hid votes on 'white fragility,' Black Lives Matter, reparations amid new scrutiny - The nation's largest teachers union even scrubbed from its website its 2019 vote against 'renewed emphasis on quality education.' [More]
I can't help but remember who perfected that technique...
[Via Michael G]
Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby federally indicted on perjury, false mortgage application charges [More]
Not "absolutely" anti-gun Marilyn!
I'm surprised she didn't just go to George for a loan...
[Via bondmen]
Biden plans executive action on police reform to revive stalled issue [More]
Just like the Founders intended!
I wonder if he'll order them to go for leg shots?
[Via bondmen]
Professor Ehud Qimron: “Ministry of Health, it’s time to admit failure” [More]
WHO?
So it's not just tinfoil hat anti-vaxxers challenging Twitter's and Facebook's Mumbai boiler-room "fact-checkers"?
[Via bondmen]
UPDATE: Who are you gonna believe? The clean-up crew or your own lying ears?Cruz: Biden Administration Needs to ‘Fess Up’ About Using Law Enforcement to Target Enemies [More]
I wonder why he's laying it on so thick?
[Via bondmen]
But something fundamentally changed in the last five years. [More]
I'd say it's been a lot longer than that.
[Via bondmen]
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger and House Sergeant at Arms William Walker are working to identify and root out police officers who might pose “insider threats,” they told lawmakers on Tuesday. [More]
We can't have people who put their oaths first and might question the lawfulness of orders.
[Via bondmen]
The other driver eventually went back inside his car to wait for law enforcement officers but Kuczwanski is believed to have then rammed his BMW into the driver’s door. He also allegedly pushed the car sideways in the parking lot. After hitting the white Prius with the driver inside, Kuczwanski shot at the car, the report said. The other driver also brought out a gun and fired back into the BMW’s windshield, hitting Kuczwanski. [More]
And it was his second "road rage" while armed incident?
If that's true, it sounds like FAAFO applies...
[Via Steve T]
'You should be ashamed of yourself, I'd give you jail time if I could': Judge BERATES 72-year-old man with lymph node cancer for not keeping his lawn tidy because his treatment left him too weak [More]
It's not like he beat a toddler to death and deserved to get off.
[Via Michael G]
“This forces America, or at least the United States of America, toward an undeniable path of implosion, because truth can be ignored, reality denied all the way to the point that both of those things result in the utter devastation of the fantasy. [More]
That's the plan.
In the comments, GOA and GOF wrote, “The federal government possesses only the few and limited powers set out in the U.S. Constitution. None of those powers give the federal government a general police power to order mandatory vaccines. The federal government has no other source of authority, such as the commerce power, to command health decisions by Americans.” The comments continued to argue that, “if the OSHA vaccine mandate regulations were to be upheld, it could readily open the door to the federal government infringing the rights of Americans in many other areas of their lives, including their right to keep and bear arms, which is why GOA and GOF have a particular interest in these proposed regulations.” [More]
Vaccines and guns? But...but...but "single issue"...
Now do one for "immigration." And score the votes. And let us know why. Like Larry promised (@45:00 into the conversation):
“Well the answer you're going to get from us at Gun Owners of America is ‘Absolutely should be part of the scoring,' and it's something that we plan on including in our rating of Congress this and next year, because, as we've already discussed, if we don't block this amnesty move — now — before we get 5 … 8 million previously illegal aliens now voting, 85% of whom are, they tell pollsters, gonna vote for anti-gun Democrats, that's the ball game. That's it. We lose our Second Amendment, doesn't matter whether it's still in the Constitution in writing or not, the National Archives can't protect it from this kind of assault. Seems pretty unequivocal. Seems pretty correct.”
Left-wing group secured $158 million taxpayer-funded contract to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation [More]
Funny. I don't see who at HHS authorized this. It's almost like by diluting responsibility no one can be held accountable.
I think I'm on the wrong side:
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
Chicago’s “Race-Neutral” Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers the Most [More]
The thought occurs that Chicago murderers disproportionately target minorities as well.
What could the explanation for these disparities possibly be, aside from "Forget it, Jake, it's Chi-Town"?
[Via Michael G]
EXCLUSIVE: Stewart Rhodes Arrested While On Phone With Lawyer Who Subpoenaed Him ... While the indictment will reportedly be unsealed later today, the Washington Post and New York Times have reported that he is charged with “seditious conspiracy.” [More]
I'm trying to find a DOJ announcement on this.
[Via An Hour of Wolves]
UPDATE -- here we go:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, January 13, 2022Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol BreachEight Others Facing Charges in Two Related Cases
Ghost Gunner Launches the 0% Gun Receiver, Metal to be Banned Next [More]
Stranger things have happened...
[Via DDS]
“Hannah relied upon and trusted that defendants would only supply dummy prop ammunition or blanks, and no live rounds were ever to be on set.” [More]
Who put live rounds in the day before to go target shooting? She can't say she didn't know there were live rounds. Who brought that ammunition in? Are there invoices?
Hannah sounds like a desperate to escape her own portion of culpability idiot. Kind of like the star/producer who hired her on the cheap.
[Via bondmen]
Taliban vows to overrun D.C. with 2,000 suicide bombers, Biden admin silent as the grave [More]
That would certainly put a new wrinkle on who the biggest terror threat is* and how rigorous government controls are.
[Via bondmen]
* Take the test to find out if they're right.Former Border Commissioner: "We Have Lost Control Of The Southwest Border" [More]
That's due to overt treason by criminals in government who level that charge against citizens who object.
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
[Via bondmen]
Social movements such as the promotion of critical race theory, the “defund the police” movement, and wokeism, as well as stealth tactics such as intellectual property theft and drug trafficking, are used in unrestricted hybrid warfare by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to weaken the United States, BlackOps Partners CEO Casey Fleming says. [More]
The only way that works is through rope-selling capitalists and embedded assets in government, essentially the same traitors smearing patriots as domestic extremists.
[Via bondmen]
California assault weapon owners face deadline to register their firearms [More]
I can only tell you what I did when confronted with that choice.
[Via Sweet Babboo]
In other words, conservative users of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram marinate in a state of paranoia, groundlessly convinced that their posts face restrictions, if not outright suppression. [More]
What else would we expect from USA Today?
Hey, if we admitted we were gaslighting you it wouldn't be gaslighting.
[Via Michael G]
Attorney: Bill would let unqualified 'sneak up on others with a concealed handgun' [More]
I'm going to turn this one over to Arnold.
Takes me back to the "Dodge City blood in the streets over fender benders" days to scare us out of permits... That it didn't happen then and isn't happening in states that have passed permitless carry laws isn't something the grabbers want to talk about as they conflate the predations of those who by all rights should be in custodial care with the conduct of those who have not disqualified themselves from full enfranchisement of rights.
And ask any "Back the Blue" kneejerkers you know when we can expect some reciprocation.
I notice we're still waiting on the Brady's "principled statesman" to work up the guts to make a decision.
[Via Steve T]
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), more than 104 pounds of bushmeat were seized during the final week of 2021 at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (MSP). The term bushmeat refers to meat that is raw and minimally processed — such as smoked, dried, or salted — and comes from animals such as bats, nonhuman primates, antelope and cane rats, which are also known as grasscutters. [More]
Let me guess: Tip of the iceberg.
So unhealthy politics isn't the only "benefit" such populations bring? Whose idea was it that importing them here would help "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity"?
Or wasn't that the reason?
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
[Via Steve T]
The committee voted to continue the ban on the use of suppressors. What is interesting and frustrating is the mindset behind the decision. Only 8 states ban ownership of suppressors (CA, DE, HI, IL, MA, NJ, NY, RI). Only 19.3% of NRA members live in these states. Rather than recognize the rights of over 80% of NRA members in the 42 states that recognize our rights, the committee was more concerned that a competitor bringing a suppressor into a restricted state would reflect negatively on the NRA and the sport. [More]
MSNBC hack Joy Reid took a break from race baiting Thursday night to once again call for any one who remains unvaccinated to be denied medical care and for them to be made into an underclass. [More]
What is it about national socialists and Untermenschen?
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UPDATE: And it looks like this will be today's tangentially-related Covid story aggregator. I'll start with a term from the new South Park "made for TV movie":
"The COVID Delta Plus Rewards Program variant..."
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UPDATE:
Canada says vaccine mandates work as Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' leads to spike in first-dose appointments [More]
Nothing quite says "success" like coercing your subjects into submission.
[Via Steve T]
USA Today Tries to Destigmatize Pedophilia, Fails Miserably [More]
The perverted minds behind this will be back. Give it some time and anyone against it will be a "hater."
The idea that the attraction prompting that most strongest of innate biological urges, to spawn, can be successfully suppressed without manifesting itself in other destructive impulses is pure fantasy, so naturally, it is being couched in "scientific" terms. I do find it interesting they're trying for a default "pedophilia may originate in the womb, meaning pedophiles have no control over their attraction" hypothesis.
Say it is. Guess who would scream the loudest if parents decided to use screening for that as the basis for terminating a pregnancy.
[Via Michael G]
Texas sheriff under investigation for routinely seizing cash from undocumented immigrants [More]
Looks like they've learned to work the system and he was wrong thinking they wouldn't report it. And I guess you have to be a bit higher on the food chain to Always Think Forfeiture.
[Via Michael G]
California's overflowing coffers hand Newsom 'every politician's dream' [More]
So naturally, he and his cronies demand more.
That's why they're called totalitarians.
People behave more sadistically when they’re bored [More]
My experience has been that not all sadists are bored and people who are are boring. We have access to more diversions than at any other time in history, so this suggests most of those pursuits are trivial or bad for you, and thus ultimately unfulfilling.
I'm guessing this is just a manifestation of shallow, lazy, dull, and self-loathing people without the imagination, drive, and motivation to be interested in something other than themselves taking their self-imposed misery out on others.
Those I call friends are busy, interested, interesting, and kind.
“I was just charged with 18 different counts, that was dropped to 10, that was dropped to one. When I shouldn’t be out right now. I disrupted somebody’s life. I traumatized somebody because of how I felt in a situation,” Trent said. “Personally, yes, I want to be out but, principally, no I shouldn’t be out because I could have done a lot more damage than I did. I was expecting to get time; people who were in that situation, they should expect to get time.” [More]
That innate sense of right and wrong makes him salvageable with the right kind of custodial care that includes reflection, penitence, and restitution. That they're not providing it pretty much means they're washing their hands of him and leaving his community to deal with him -- and vice versa.
Hunter Biden's Ex-Wife Kathleen Buhle Breaks Silence About His 'Addiction' & 'Infidelity' During Their Marriage In Explosive Tell-All [More]
An Oklahoma State Senator filed three bills designed to increase the power wielded by Oklahoma sheriffs, including a bill that empowers sheriffs to arrest federal officers who attempt to confiscate guns. [More]
I like the basic idea, but why limit the power to "Only Ones"?
Lula would get 45% of the votes against 23% for the country's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro if the election were held today, according to the Banco Genial/Quaest Pesquisas survey. [More]
ATF Caught Red-Handed Fabricating a BS Reason for New Gun Rule [More]
So who s going to do what about it?
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi to run in new Senate District 15 [More]
So...um...what was it about America that made her family consider this a superior place to live...?
[Via Mack H]
Consequently, I argue, legitimacy may require a similarly authoritarian approach [More]
How many divisions does Ross have?
[Via Michael G]
A federal agency now interprets the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018 as effectively penalizing states for racial differences in the crime rate, by making it harder for them to get federal grants for their juvenile justice systems if they have “racial” or “ethnic disparities” in rates of contact with their juvenile justice system. [More]
Kinda makes you want to turn Francisco and Josue here loose on some bureaucrats...
[Via Michael G]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger puts to rest all doubts about ‘Ray,’ says he apparently broke no laws so was let off [More]
I'm glad a voice we can trust has cleared things up for us.
[Via Michael G]
Ivermectin 'Works Throughout All Phases' Of COVID According To Leaked Military Documents [More]
Just ridicule "horse paste" and most will be intimidated into shutting up. The rest we can "cancel" and ignore, or better yet, laugh if they die.
[Via bondmen]
Tangentially-related UPDATE:A former DARPA official claimed in a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense last summer that “a synthetic spike protein chimera” was created at the Wuhan Institute of Virology to inoculate bats in caves, but it escaped from the lab before it was ready, causing the COVID-19 pandemic instead...In Senate testimony, Dr. Fauci has repeatedly denied under oath that the NIH and NAIAD were involved with EcoHealth Alliance’s gain-of-function research. [More]
Now that people are beginning to more deeply feel the foreseeable evil consequences of ruling class responses to a novel virus, that ruling class is pulling what propaganda experts call a “limited hangout.” [More]
The suspect told police he not only shot in self-defense but also shot King’s leg first, which he claimed only made King angrier. [More]
Doesn't Biden ever get tired of being wrong?
[Via bondmen]
New Evidence of FBI Involvement in the 1/6 Protest [Watch]
Yeah, but I'm sure they acted more in an "advisory" capacity...
Best keep that under wraps, though...
[Via bondmen]
Gun raffle to help fund Umatilla High School students causes controversy [More]
I should think so! Why only 300 tickets?
Notice all their quotes are from frightened, ignorant women? And for all its disavowal, the school hasn't said it will refuse the money?
[Via Steve T]
I'm told Oregon's Rep. Smith has heard gun voter concerns loud and clear and has promised to fix this posthaste.
Schools Must End Gun-Safety Censorship [More]
Agreed. What's the plan to wrest them from communist control?
A perfect storm in the Democratic Party is making a once-unfathomable scenario plausible: a political comeback for Hillary Clinton in 2024. [More]
There may be a faster way that seems more in character: Run for Congress, intimidate the way into the Speaker's chair and then give embedded Arkanciders the line of succession nod.
More than 47,000 migrants released into US by Biden admin in 2021 failed to report to ICE [More]
At what point are they called "invaders?
I know, they wouldn't have to hide if the country they took great risks to flee to wasn't so hateful.
Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."
Clearly, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) is concerned about his safety. Per his public Federal Election Commission filings, Sen. Warnock spent a remarkable $600,000 on security services during the past year alone. Your security, by contrast? Well, he doesn’t seem to think you deserve any. [More]
If they couldn't sink him on obstructing a child abuse investigation, what makes anyone think pointing out his hypocrisy to a readership who aren't his constituents will make an impression? Hell, what makes anyone think spelling it out for them would make a bit of difference?
Smash-and-grab robbers terrorize California jewelry store employees: 'Weren't sure if they were going to die' [More]
Neither was Lance Thomas. So he did what he could.
The fingerprint reader unlocks the gun in microseconds, but since it may not work when wet or in other adverse conditions, the PIN pad is there as a backup. [More]
That's all I need to know.
That and this stupid glove idea.
I'm thinking this should be an article but it'll take me a while with previous efforts already in development and with some serious contenders for my time that have been emerging from meatspace over the past couple of days.
[Via Steve T]
Because you don't know or you're not allowed? [More]
Will someone who can answer be called up, or is Ted just trying to score forgiveness points here without actually uncovering anything damning?
[Via Michael G]
In her 10 years serving in the state legislature, Pettersen said several issues have risen for her as critical: mental health, gun safety, education and opioid addiction. [More]
I guess the main question I have is "How stupid would you have to be to vote for this?"
I guess electing Ed Perlmutter already answered that for us.
[Via cydl]
Kevin McCarthy: Chamber of Commerce ‘Left’ Republican Party ‘A Long Time Ago,’ Not Welcome Back [More]
Some bourgeoisie you just wanna let sleep.
[Via Michael G]
That means that this bill, whatever it says now, can be completely rewritten into whatever the Democrats want, as long as it still relates to “firearms.” Just imagine the damage they can do. [More]
One wonders how that escaped seasoned politician Greg Smith's notice -- or if it did. Having to beg him to fix this makes the whole thing look suspect.
The penalties are up to 30 years imprisonment and a million dollar fine. Everyone who touched the offense — the LaPierres, Ackerman, the NRA personnel who worked out the deal and signed the check — are on hook for some serious consequences. If ever a postal inspector, other LEO, or the US Attorney for Virginia or Oklahoma or Texas alerts, everything will hit the fan. [More]
To the people who still ask why Wayne won't just resign, the simple truth is he can't.
[Via An Hour of Wolves]
A “realistic” guerrilla war will be fought across two dozen North Carolina counties in the coming weeks, with young soldiers battling seasoned “freedom fighters,” according to the U.S. Army. [More]
So, who do you think they're getting ready to fight?
One of my favorite films comes to mind. Figures Provincial Paulene didn't get it.
[Via bondmen]
Constitutional Carry on the Move in AL, GA, FL, NE, and OH [More]
I dunno-- in Ohio things seem kind of stuck.
[Via bondmen]
California Law Enforcement Continues To Fight Against Early Release For Violent Criminals [More]
You can't tell by who they support politically.
[Via bondmen]
The Supreme Court's mandate review may be the last chance to rein in agencies [More]
There seems to be some confusion over who is being given a last chance here.
What did Vanderboegh say about when the rule of law no longer protects...?
[Via bondmen]
The footage of Camallo's warrantless home entry might be an even bigger headache for the BRPD that the public strip-search. This was his third such search in under three years. He has since been demoted, but he's still with the department. [More]
That's enough to make you wonder what he has on them.
[Via Michael G]
Madison Cawthorn Mocks Maddow Producer Who 'Worried' He Would Want to Go on Show [More]
WarOnGuns has obtained exclusive MSNBC audio.
So all this bluster about having a "national conversation" is just that, and the only thing they really want is to control a forum where they can dictate the demand for our surrender and we don't get to talk back?
We've visited this money-maker before.
Anti-gun in real-life Liam Neeson plays an Arizona rancher/former Marine sniper intent on getting an "unaccompanied minor" illegal alien to his relatives of unknown legal status living in anti-gun Chicago.
Spoiler alerts aplenty follow.
Just to show how ignorant scriptwriters are about the laws Hollywood types are desperate to pile on, when stopped by a cop in pre-"constitutional carry"Texas and asked if he has any firearms, the Arizonan admits to a handgun under his seat and a rifle in the back of his truck. But he assures him they're both "registered."
Being pursued by cartels who came across the border -- legally, with visas -- he stops at a brick-and-mortar gun store in Oklahoma to buy more guns. Apparently being from out of state is no problem. The FFL tells him the system is down, so he has to come back the next day. He assures the FFL he needs them and is not a criminal, inducing the man who has his whole life tied up in his store that he isn't being played, which is all it takes to get the man to tell Neesom OK, he'll just "report them as stolen."
A bit later he figures he needs to teach the kid how to shoot and does so without eye and ear protection, and ends up handing the child a gun to keep on his person.
Once in Illinois, just south of Chicago, the FOIDless Neesom engages in the grand finale gun battle with the cartel and then drops the child off with said unknown-status relatives who, if any reality can be injected into things at this point, will no doubt raise him so that, once his "pathway to citizenship" has been bestowed, he will grow up to become a "gun sense" Democrat politician.
I haven't been this unimpressed with Hollywood's "knowledge" of gun laws since that crappy Death Wish remake where Bruce Willis buys a new machinegun from a Chi-Town gun store.
The stuff that dreams are made of, indeed...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a bid by a former ExpressJet Airlines Inc flight attendant, who is Muslim, to decide whether her lawsuit claiming she was fired for refusing to serve alcohol to passengers belongs in arbitration. [More]
So she wouldn't have served the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
Justin Bibb sworn in as Cleveland Mayor in inauguration ceremony [More]
Looks like he took the same oath that Action Jackson did.
Entitled, aren't they?Is this the "new normal" we face thanks to the woke Left?
— 👑 Danie (@1607Danie) January 11, 2022
Watch here👇 typical shopp(lift)ing in open daylight. pic.twitter.com/2ym4DuKqeW
It might be relevant to ask why such an obscure effort rates major national exposure in a premier, nationally-heeded newspaper, but anyone who has followed the symbiotic suckfest between oath-breaking politicians, the DSM, and the violence monopoly cultists sees this happen daily. Plus, we’ve all been exposed over the years to plenty of Astroturf presenting itself as popular grassroots demand. [More]
And the correct response to those who demand we obey insane totalitarians is...?
According to the plea agreement, undercover agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with the help of a confidential informant, purchased 14 firearms from Goldman’s vendor booth at a flea market... [More]
Who? Goddam weasel...
That said, I've seen vendors like this at flea markets and marveled that they were so apparently unconcerned with "the rules"...
Some day I need to find the time to get Wayback Machine links for my John Shipley articles.
[Via Remarks]
