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.

Gun-Free Zones

During the 2017 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits, lawfully carried firearms will be permitted in the Georgia World Congress Center and the Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center in accordance with Georgia law.  However, firearms are not allowed in the remainder of the CNN Center, including the food court and shops.  When carrying your firearm, remember to follow all federal, state and local laws. [More]

Yeah, I'll be sure to do that.

On the plus side, they won't be headlining Obama supporter Toby Keith -- this year.

So Much for Being "Owned by the Gun Manufacturers"

Even CNN admits  the money comes from the grassroots, making this a good link to have the next time you run across a Prozi troll spreading lies. [More]

That said, the bit about the computer programmer from Texas tithing to Fairfax, the subject of another CNN piece, elicited a response from WarOnGuns Correspondent Laocoön. I don't see where his comment was allowed, so I need to post it here rather than link to it: :

What a sucker.

1. The NRA raises $400 MILLION dollars a year, most of it wasted and stuffed into the pockets of greedy staff, sweetheart vendors, corrupt directors, phony "pro gun" politicians, and other parasites who don't give crap one about 2A or are actually working passive-aggressively to destroy 2A and the USA itself.

2. Wayne LaPierre's "package", the disclosed part of it anyway, is over $2 million; Pepe LaPew's pay alone is about the size of the entire budget of Gun Owners of America. 

3. There is no such thing as a pro-gun Democrat politician. ALL Democrats are working for gun control and the destruction of the USA. Every last one. There is no such thing as a Dem who never supports openly anti-gun Dems for other offices (e.g., President), never votes to confirm anti-gun nominations for judiciary and enforcement positions (e.g., Sotomayor, Kagan, Holder), never votes for gun grabbers for leadership positions (e.g., Pelosi Galore, The Harry Reid), never votes for the cultural terraforming and takeover of the USA through over-immigration, invasion, occupation, de facto amnesty and de jure amnesty. 

4. The NRA passive-aggressively works for the permanent destruction of the Republican party, 2A and the USA in countless ways. For example, the NRA donates millions of dollars, alongside Michael Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch, to defeat true conservatives in the primaries and re-elect corrupt RINOs. For example, NRA donated hundreds of thousands defeating Chris McDaniel in Mississippi & re-electing corrupt RINO Thad Cochran, and trying to defeat Dave Brat & re-elect Cantor in Virginia. 

5. Bloomberg collaborator, Islamophile, open-immigration/amnesty subversive, Left-"Libertarian" phony tax reformer Grover Norquist is the darling of the NRA board of directors. 

6. The suicidal immigration policies passive-aggressive supported by the NRA and actively supported by Norquisling are in the process of causing irreversible cultural and political terraforming of the USA. Within 20 years the Dems will have permanent supermajority control of the federal government and a supermajority of the states. Enough to win every key legislative battle, nomination battle, judicial battle and enforcement battle. Enough to control all arms of government including executive, legislative, judiciary, police, "security", spy, and military. Enough to legally change the Constitution at will. So say goodbye to your guns, liberty, country, quality of life, culture, property, standard of living, etc.

"Unpublished" Examiner Article

This is what has been removed from the Examiner.com site. I am posting it here to keep the information from being suppressed. I'm also going to continue tracking down why it was torpedoed in the first place.

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Embattled Hastert was no friend to gun owners despite ‘A’ rating

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has been indicted on “one count each of structuring currency transactions to evade currency transaction reports and making a false statement to the FBI,” NBC News reported Friday. Further reports citing “two federal law enforcement officials” suggest the politician-turned lobbyist has been paying hush money to cover up sexual abuse accusations dating back to when he was a high school teacher and wrestling coach.

That the charges come now, when Hillary Clinton’s star is rising amidst allegations of her past improprieties, is perhaps to be expected as a politically smart way to take such focus off the presumptive Democrat front-runner. In any case, it illustrates that the greatest danger to Republicans comes not from principled conservatives criticizing betrayals by party elites, but from those elites’ own actions. It also makes it fair to wonder if anyone else in the leadership is similarly vulnerable and compromised – a theory some have suggested as a potential explanation for a succession of seeming surrenders following last November's political polarity shift.

In any case, gun owners with long memories will shed no tears over Hastert being in the hot seat. Many of us still remember May, 1999, when, per CNN, “House Speaker Dennis Hastert entered the fierce debate on gun control ... saying he favored raising the minimum age for owning a handgun to 21 and requiring background checks for all sales at gun shows.”

It was especially “puzzling” at the time, as “[a]n aide from [then-Senate Majority Leader Trent] Lott's office told CNN that ... the gun control issue is not slated to come up in the House of Representatives anytime soon.”

“Where the hell is it within the Constitutional powers of the federal government to enact any kind of gun control legislation at all?” I asked in an angry open letter response to Hastert. “Where the hell do you get off endorsing a handgun ban for a segment of our population that is old enough to vote, to marry, to parent and to go to war and die protecting your sorry politically opportunistic @$$?”

Adding insult to injury, the following month, Hastert refused to use his position of influence “to ‘whip’ members into a unified party line” on guns, The Los Angeles Times noted. “Hastert has spoken favorably of new gun safety measures since the Littleton, Colo., high school massacre.”

Curiously, even after those betrayals, NRA still gave Hastert an “A” rating. Evidently giving them some of what they wanted, including access to his office, was enough to induce Fairfax to overlook the infringements he favored imposing. In any case, with the triumphant attacks on Republicans that are certain to come (and the “progressive” braying has already predictably started), principled “no compromise” gun owners can at least prove a substantial level of separation from the inevitable guilt-by-association conflation.

UPDATE: Indications are the allegations concern sexual misconduct with a student.

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Despite bad CNN reporting, NICS to still operate during government shutdown

Fueling the fire of disinformation are the “Authorized Journalists” / “real reporters” / “legitimate news media” at CNN, which told its viewers and website visitors “If you want a gun permit … that won't happen anytime soon.” [More]

This afternoon’s Gun Rights Examiner report notes that the lines remain open –in spite of what “the most trusted name in news” would have us believe.

CNN ‘imprecise’ and worse in criticism of Romney Fast and Furious response

The reason such obviously agenda-driven apologia is particularly inexcusable in this story, aside from being generally indecent on a human level and professionally a violation of basic canons of journalism, is that breaking the Fast and Furious story into the “mainstream media” could have been CNN’s scoop, and they blew it through arrogance. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes sometimes it's more satisfying to go through the damned gatekeepers instead of around them.

And the Walter Duranty Award Goes To...

...this disgusting wretch.

Claire has infinitely more patience than I have.

Thinking about this, it's actually not such a bad thing--because it is firing people up and they're holding CNN, which has been derelict on reporting F&F, accountable.

Good.

I almost hung up on an arrogant CNN producer weeks before ever speaking to CBS--he came in all self-important like the pros have arrived, and if we gave him our sources he'd decide if there was a story they wanted to cover.  So let them instead keep company with the likes of this Granderson thing and deal with the consequences.

[Via Michael W. Dean]

'Pro-gun Pastor' Defends Requirement for Unloaded Firearms

CNN's John Roberts quoted a Gun Rights Examiner column in his "American Morning" interview with Pastor Kenneth Pagano...[More]

I typically don't do two GRE posts in one day, but then again, it's not every day I find out CNN quoted me in an interview. The other thing I like about this is it's the first time national televised media has broached the "Only Ones" concept.

So far, I haven't seen if they posted the video, as opposed to the transcript. If anyone finds out, please let me know. I'm curious to find out if he pronounced my name right.

And please share this with a friend or two...

CNN Goes Straight to the Source on Right Wing Terror

Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups, agreed that Obama's election may have boosted membership in such groups...[More]

Ah, yes, the SPLC.

You know, the ones who provided all those talking points for that discredited MIAC report...

CNN: The most trusted name in "Authorized Journalism."

[Via Ed M]

The CNN Vigilante

I would reiterate that CNN's characterization of Citizens United as one of the "fringe militia" groups is a metaphor and is permissible and protected speech under the First Amendment.

And I would reiterate that my characterization of you as an establishment tool selling out your countrymen is a metaphor and is permissible and protected speech under the First Amendment, David Vigilante.

[Via Paul W. Davis]

GunTalk TV

It's not really a surprise that CNN chose to not air the Tom Gresham/Clint Smith question--anyone who watched the "debates" saw they did present two RKBA-related questions, one where the person had to be corrected not to throw guns, the other where the questioner--and Rudy--repeated the oblivious assumption that 2A is a granted right.

Tom didn't figure they'd select his question, but was nice enough not to discourage me from urging gun owners to request CNN do just that. He's been busy bypassing a media that too often ignores gun owners by producing his own videos at GunTalkTV, and tells me:

A bunch are free. Some require a (cheap) subscription...It's been fun, and it's going to grow like crazy. We kicked it off with 100 videos, but I plan to have 500 on it within a year. All are original (I shoot 'em) videos. We'll be adding some with Jerry Miculek next week. The safety videos are all free. Folks do need to sign up to see them...

Anyway, take a look. My goal is to make quality firearms training available to everyone.

By all means, take a look.

UPDATE: Faulty memory alert. There were three questions, actually--the third dealt with guns candidates own and if any require a stamp.

Tom Gresham Responds...

...to this.

Hi, David:

Thanks for the head's up, and the defense.

I've been using that line for at least three months on the radio show . . . maybe longer.

I shot that YouTube video just as a lark. A listener kept bugging me, saying that I keep telling people to ask the candidates this question, so . . . "Why don't you do it yourself, Tom?" He was right, and I was on site, with a camera, and with Clint, so we just did it. It's not great, but at least it's done.

Each of us goes about this gun rights battle differently, but at least we are in the battle. I try hard to not get caught up in the turf wars of the alphabet groups or discussions of who is more pure.

We all just need to keep working on whatever it is each of thinks is important, in whatever way we think is effective.

I'm not Gottlieb, or LaPierre, or Pratt, or anyone else. I'm glad they do what they do.

I'm glad that Stephen put up that video. He put more effort into it than I did, and it looks good. What if 100 others did the same thing? That would be pretty cool, too.

Please feel free to use this on your blog. And thanks, David, for pushing the video. I have no idea what it takes to get CNN to pay attention, but if all this does is create discussion and make people recalibrate how they approach the concept of what we want, it's worthwhile.

Best,Tom

So--you've seen the video, right? And written CNN?

A Missed Bulls-Eye, Indeed

In a YouTube video, a Michigan man brandished an automatic rifle, saying “This is my baby. Are you going to protect my baby?”

Here's the video in question:



"Authorized journalist" Steve Terrell did get one thing right--not about his panty-wringing hysterics, or his ignorance (or intentional deception) by referring to "an automatic rifle," but in his observation that Gov. Richardson missed a great opportunity.

He should have chastised the questioner for performing an agenda-driven stunt. He should have demanded the guy's background be looked into, to see if he was really a gun rights advocate or a mole from the other side trying to make gun owners look like lunatics. He should have also chastised CNN for allowing a question designed to push so many buttons through without also allowing for a rational question about the rights and responsibilities of gun ownership to be made--it's not like the network didn't sift through all submissions to pick and reject based on their own subjective criteria.

And what the hell does "purchased under the 1994 gun ban" mean? That was a restricting, not an authorizing edict.

Anybody from Michigan hunting, shooting or gun rights communities know this Jered Townsend character? If he is one of "ours," tell him he came off like a moron and did us immeasurable public relations harm. If, as I suspect, he's a plant with an agenda, we should know that, too.

Gee, I wonder if CNN will do the follow-up to find out? Holding your breath, anyone?

And isn't it pathetic that potential leaders of our Republic are little more than contestants in a combination of "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" and "America's Funniest Home Videos"?

50% Want Stronger Gun Laws

Many adults in the United States believe their country requires tougher firearm legislation, according to a poll by Opinion Research Corporation released by CNN.

CNN? Well then, it must be true.

And I'm sure the respondents are all well versed in the state of existing gun laws.

By definition, 50% of a given population will always be in the bottom half...

And Here We Go

CNN’s Lemon Blames Trump for Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis [More]

And by Trump he means those of us who supported the agenda he campaigned on.

[Via bondmen]

A Confederacy of Dunces

CNN puts teen climate activist Greta Thunberg on coronavirus panel with health experts — and observers are in mockery mode [More]

As they should be.

Who better to include than someone who garnered worldwide headlines claiming she had it without any validated proof?

Everyone involved, including "fans," to paraphrase Rhett Butler, should be mocked, and often, and by someone who knows how.

[Via Jess]

The Old Standby

“There were swastikas and Confederate flags and nooses and people with assault rifles,” Whitmer said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Some of the outrageousnesses of what happened at our capitol depicted some of the worst racism and awful parts of our history in this country.” [More]

Smear 'em as racists. That always works.

Especially when done by a privileged and powerful white person.

No?

[Via Michael G]

Stranger Things

Pastor Danny Jones about COVID-19 [More]

Dots are connected in a way that makes more sense than anything I'm seeing from CNN et al...

[Via Andrew S]

Toxic Non-Masculinity

'I crawled in bed and cried': CNN face has meltdown - 'Tears that had been waiting a month to escape' [More]

Whatever.

Food Riots and Looting in 3...2...1...

So why float the idea of closing off grocery stores to foot traffic? That's what CNN and its "experts" are doing. [More]

It's almost like some manipulators are trying to provoke widespread violence.

[Via Michael G]