Aborting the Exhibit

Shvarts will not be allowed to install her project unless she admits she did not try to inseminate herself and induce miscarriages and promises that no human blood will be displayed in her exhibit...

“That said, Yale does not encourage or condone projects that would involve unknown health risks to the student,” Storr said.

Wonder where they got that idea?

Well, we're making progress with the "Lux" part, but I think we still have a ways to go with "Veritas." Right now it's tough telling where the most repellent effluvia is discharging from--the administration or the monster they helped create.

We're the Only Ones Diplomatic Enough

At his residence at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, Zalmay Khalilzad displays a banged-up AK-47 assault rifle from Saddam Hussein's arsenal: a souvenir from a war Khalilzad supported and a regime he helped topple.

It doesn't say if it has been rendered inoperable. If not, we might ask he why can he have one and Wayne Fincher cannot. Not that I'd expect the craven opportunists at BATFU to go after anyone with actual power.

And no, this is not a case of diplomatic immunity, where we give foreigners special "Only Ones" powers and ability far beyond those of mortal sovereign citizens.

This guy works for "The Vote Freedom First President."

[Via KABA Newslinks]

Rational Thinking

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World

Well then, we'd better all disarm. Some wacko might try to hoard when things get really tight.

A Conservative Estimate

Clinton met with the Tribune-Review's editorial board, including Scaife, last month. Afterward, Scaife wrote an editorial titled "Hillary, Reassessed," declaring how impressed he had been by the former first lady.

"Her meeting and her remarks during it changed my mind about her," Scaife wrote.

Yeah, just like "conservative" Faux News' owner Rupert Murdoch.

Anybody else tired of these frauds playing them for suckers?

A Case Study in Pictures

The "professionals" have made it clear that police are "the Only Ones" who should be armed on college campuses.

Let's explore that with a school shooting from not so long ago, at a university that agrees with that policy, Case Western Reserve. [Really? You can't even have kitchen utensils?]

Understand that it took the police seven hours from the initial sound of gunfire to gain control of the situation.

Understand that the initial armed responders fled the scene, allowing the assailant to take control of the building:

Then you can see campus police arriving on the scene. They throw themselves at the wall, scrambling for cover as Halder starts shooting at them

Halder was firing so aggressively, according to Sergeant Daniel Stein, that he and his partner retreated outside behind some parked cars to check each other for bullet wounds.

You can see what happened for yourself. Go here and click "Launch."

Let's begin our little photo essay joining "Dateline NBC," already in progress:

What would you do--hide or run? Pick up a phone to call for help or stay as quiet as possible?

Note the assumptions. Defending yourself isn't even considered worth mentioning.

So let's see what the people who do have guns are doing while the unarmed people who depend on them--the ones hiding and running and calling for help and staying as quiet as possible are doing just that--for hour, after hour, after hour...But before we do, let's get a bit of media bias out of the way:

Note the voice-over for the scary gun picture 2 minutes and 50 seconds into the video: "...a volley of automatic gunfire..."

The killer was reported to be armed with a 9mm Cobray semiautomatic pistol.

OK, on to our montage. Can you spot what all these pictures have in common?



In fairness, not all the cops stayed protected. According to MSNBC, these guys arrived 20 minutes after the shooting started and entered the building "under the gaze of an entire city":



Meanwhile, those inside had to wait another six-and-a-half HOURS for the situation to end.

Because what did we see when the "Only Ones" did initially encounter the armed lunatic? Look quickly--it's at 12 minutes and 19 seconds into the 12 minute and 25 second video, and only lasts a few seconds:


Really? That's what they teach when you have a clear shot and vice-versa, to immediately TURN YOUR BACK on your assailant and run?

Well, it worked. They were safe. Anybody want to trust that it will also work for you?

What's amazing is how far this country has strayed from its founding principles to where we are even having this debate.

Educating Joedy

Police response was faulted, not school policy which is designed to prevent such occurrences.

Yeah, that design worked great.

I guess some minds are just unopenable.

In the Spirit of Bipartisanship

From Sherrod Brown:

Thank you for expressing support for an amendment to S.2483, the National Forests, Parks, Public Land, and Reclamation Projects Authorization Act, that would allow loaded firearms in United Stated National Parks.

Passing legislation that allows states to override federal jurisdiction over carrying firearms in federal parks sets a precedent that implies it may be appropriate for the federal government to override state jurisdiction over other gun carrying laws. I do not think it is appropriate for Congress to override the separate jurisdictions of state and federal government. As I consider the implications of promoting state jurisdiction over gun carrying laws in federal parks, I will keep the views expressed in your letter in mind.

Hmmm:

...implies it may be appropriate for the federal government to override state jurisdiction over other gun carrying laws...

Well, let's see:

...the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Now consider William Rawle, whose "View of the Constitution" was the constitutional law text used at Harvard and Dartmouth until the mid-19th century. George Washington wanted Rawle to be the first Attorney General.

His take on the 2nd Amendment:

No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give the Congress a power to disarm the people. Such a flagitious attempt could only be made under a general pretence by a state legislature. But if in any pursuit of an inordinate power either should attempt it, this amendment may be appealed to as a restraint on both.

So yeah, no sh**, Sherrod.

But don't be too hard on him. In the spirit of "bipartisanship," democrat Brown is simply supporting the position of our republican "Vote Freedom First President."

I wonder if "this administration" feels the same way about the rest of the Bill of Rights?

And they say there are no stupid questions.

Shameless Plug: The Root of the Problem

“Boston anti-gun group leader [is a] disgraced police director,” reads the Boston NOW headline, announcing the opening of the first satellite office for the Washington DC-based Reaching Out to Others Together (ROOT).

“The group says it doesn’t expect its local leader’s past, which included a stint in federal prison, to be a distraction.”

What? An anti-gun group headed by a felon?

"The Root of the Problem" is my Rights Watch column for the June 2008 issue of GUNS Magazine, on sale now at firmly-rooted newsstands throughout the Republic.

We're the Only Ones Tearful Enough

Orange County Court Judge Robert Freehill said he was torn about what punishment best fit Heatherine Tomlinson's crimes yesterday, but in the end, he heeded her tearful plea for mercy.

Freehill sentenced the former county correction officer to five years' probation for the felonies that got her fired: Identity theft, possession of stolen property and five counts of forgery, all arising from Tomlinson's December 2006 booze-buying spree with someone else's credit card. She found the card at an ATM.

Thanks, Judge Bob. I'm sure you'll have plenty of mercy left over if any non-"Only One" comes before you charged with the heinous crime of possessing the means of unlicensed self defense. Just let us know how hard you want them to cry.

[Via Declan]

We're the Only Ones Buddy-Buddy Enough

A Tulsa police officer is now suspended with pay. He's the subject of a criminal investigation.

Police Chief Ron Palmer says Officer Buddy Visser was relieved of duty Tuesday afternoon. Visser is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.

...In 2000, Visser and his wife, Officer Lori Visser were fired after being accused of pulling over a car while off-duty and in personal cars, and pointing guns at the people inside.

In 2001, an arbitrator declared the Visser's were wrongfully terminated and ordered them back to work.

What? You're not supposed to use "the Buddy system"? You mean the perks of being an "Only One" don't include a little extra money-making on the side?

[Via Jeffersonian]

This Day in History: April 21

That hearing of an insurrection in a neighboring county, he had removed the powder from the magazine, where he did not think it secure, to a place of perfect security; and that upon his word and honour, whenever it was wanted in any insurrection, it should be delivered in half an hour; that he had removed it in the night time to prevent an alarm, and that Captain Collins had his express commands for the part he had acted; he was surprised to hear the people were under arms on this occasion, and that he should not think it prudent to put powder into their hands in such a situation.

We're the Only Ones Going Swimmingly Enough

An off-duty New York City police detective's gun accidentally went off yesterday inside Peekskill Middle School and the bullet shattered, with a tiny piece striking a woman by the pool.

That's why Wayne says cops should be "The Only Ones" at schools with guns.

Me, I think he's all wet. I'd hand him a towel, but the unidentified officer's gun might fall out and discharge again.

Let's look at that: They offer up flimsy mitigating circumstance excuses to make it appear this was not gross negligence. First off, I'm not sure I believe it, because so much else about this story screams "cover-up" and "lie."

Assuming his finger did not press the trigger, he's carrying around a service piece that discharges when jolted? Do these people not maintain their weapons? They don't think that endangers the public?

And leaving it wadded up in his clothes unsecured on a bench where children are playing is not negligent? Oh, but his wife was sitting with them, so that's OK. It's not like your or my wife would be charged with illegal possession.

And we can't know his name, obviously because he's "undercover." Just blew that one, didn't you, genius?

And finally, of course, "the detective was not charged in the matter."

No, of course not. Just like what would happen if one of us had endangered everyone at a middle school and injured a fellow citizen with a bullet fragment, that is, shot her.

Fits has more.

A Chi-Town Spate

Four people were shot to death in Chicago in less than four hours in an unusually violent start to the weekend -- and at least 15 more were wounded.

The warm weather Friday evening and Saturday morning may have contributed to the violence, authorities said...

So I don't get it--what's to blame: guns or global warming? Perhaps we need to mandate lower carbon-emitting firearms...?

Y'know, I read once that rapes increase during spikes in ice cream sales...

Always glad to see the ubiquitous reference to the "AK-47 assault-style weapon." No "Authorized Journalist" hysterics would be complete without it.

That Boss Daley gun control sure is working out for them, isn't it? And I'd say it's time for Snuffy Pfleger to mount another crusade against the people who didn't do it, wouldn't you?

One thing does confuse me, though: I thought a spate was three...

UPDATE: It looks even worse. Fine weather for a blood dance we're havin'...

A Petty Offense

Finally, House Bill 2630, also introduced by State Representative Russell Pearce (R-18), would reduce the penalty for carrying a concealed “weapon” without a concealed carry permit to a petty offense.

Mixed feelings here--but unless there are hidden, as opposed to the obvious implications, I'd have to admit these are improvements, and not insignificant ones. But defining exercising a right as a "petty offense"? I find that offensive in a major way.

NRA-ILA urges support for three bills. It rankles me that they are even issues, but they are, and unless someone can wave a magic wand, these appear to improve the lot of people who believe in keeping quiet and taking their chances.

[Via Zachary G]

Taking a Hike With Your Glock

I just got word from one of my distributors that Glock magazines will be increasing 40% by May 1st.

As with all other essential commodities, I hope everyone is taking steps to make sure you have what you need for when the time comes that you'll need it. If you have feedback from others in the industry, please share in "comments," below.

Mock Training

Ohio State University's ROTC cadets have ended the decades-long practice of combat training with mock rifles on the main campus because of public edginess in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, officials said.

And just to even things out, the enemies these young people will likely face have agreed to cease practicing with mock IEDs. The blue plastic mock suicide vests were scaring all the young jihadists at the training camps anyway.

All this and appeasing the environmentalcases, too.

Good grief. Talk about mockery.

It's just plain nuts. Why don't we just cut to the chase and require troops to wear straightjackets?

Fat White Man has more.

A Speedy Dispatch

I don't know why, but I suddenly feel an urge to go varmint hunting.

This deformed monstrosity sure is creepy looking, isn't it? I can't imagine it giving a young child anything but nightmares. What is it, some kind of mutated pederast woodchuck?

I also don't get how it's supposed to be "a positive role model for young black men." If this thing is supposed to be a representation, it's as patently racist as anything on exhibit at the Jim Crow Museum.

UPDATE: Apparently the gender-confused Tasmanian Devil with the lazy eye isn't Speedy--the character here is.

So what the hell is with the freak steroidal chipmunk, and why was it the illustration chosen for this story?

This Day in History: April 20

The New York Provincial Congress (1775-1777) was an organization formed by rebels in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a replacement for the Province of New York Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred.

The first meeting was convened in New York City on April 20, 1775 with Philip Livingston as its chairman.

Wonder what these rebels would think of the likes of Bloomberg, Schumer, McCarthy, Clinton...

I'm Late, I'm Late...

In a big hurry this morning, so everything will be included in this post.

SB 184 Passes Senate
Thanks to all who helped.

Mike Vanderboegh's latest brilliant essay,"JUDENDIENSTORDNUNG," is available at Mindful Musings and Western Rifle Shooters. He gives us an historical perspective to illuminate what the subversives at AHSA are really about.

Go and read "A Proclamation," posted about half-way down the page the link takes you to. Good stuff. Pass it on.

Reader "Bob" sent me this tip, where BATFU wants today's Hitlerjugend to send them theirs. How do you say "Be cool--don't let guns rule" in German? And will the anonymous stoolies be paid off in dollars or Reichmarks? Let's hope there will be a civil lawsuit against individuals promoting this by the parents of any young, impulsive, dollar-driven snitch found beaten to death, because we all know how circumspect children are when they suddenly have $500. Can you say "knew or should have known"?

WorldNetDaily updated their article on the Yale "artist," and included new quotes from yours truly.

It looks like comments are back open at the NYT/V Tech panel. Go there and have your say with them--and use their megaphone to spread our message.

No time for any more this morning. Off to stack some logs, then spread some fertilizer (as if linking to crap like recruiting student snitches isn't enough), and get it all done in time to be 40 miles away at 1:00.

This Day in History: April 19

Citizens respond to "gun free zone" enforcement.