Cursing Their Luck

Many thought the shutdown of gambling halls would never happen. Casinos are now allowed only in designated, far-flung zones, leaving gamblers and workers cursing their luck. [More]

They ought to be cursing "Pootie-Poot."

Still, there is hope:

For other games, many believed, there would be illegal gambling dens kept running with bribes to crooked authorities.

Yep, just wait until the criminal underworld starts running everything. You guy's ain't seen nothin' yet. Makes me wonder how much they gave ol' Pootie to get him to pull this off for them.

Hey--maybe we can exploit the spike in "gun violence" that always comes with increased gangland activity to further calls for international gun controls!

Franken Senate Victory No Joke for Gun Owners

312 votes. And now this bad political joke will be played out on the rest of us. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at a Senate development that is no laughing matter.

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This Day in History: July 1

All the recruits of our regimt that have not yet gone forward are on the point of marching except a few sick & some stragglers which it has not been in my power to collect. [More]

I, Fascist

I thought some here would enjoy the comment by "Fascist Alarm Tingling." [More]

Starve the Beast

We go on a consumption strike until and unless our demands are met. [More]

I wish I could be optimistic that enough people would care to do this that it would make a difference. I'm afraid people are going to need to be brought to their knees for it to sink in.

Meanwhile, they will preoccupy themselves with the pH Factor: Hanna Montana, Twilight, Jon & Kate Plus Eight, Dancing with the Stars, the Bachelorette, The freakin' Cougar fer cryin' out loud...

They'll go in droves to Transformers 2, to reward the slut du jour who wishes many in their families dead.

Sorry to sound so pessimistic. It's a good idea. I'm doing much of it already.

It's just that I'm doing much of a lot of things that most of those around me seem oblivious to.

[Via Tom R]

UPDATE: I rest my case.

A True of False Quiz

It's easy. What's amazing is how many people fail it. [More]

Crabby Shack Remodeling?

Ol' Joe has a long shot chance at landing a media/PR gig with a local firm that reps some of the big players in the boomstick market. [More]

And he'd like our help to make it happen.

OK, but I'll do more than give a testimonial--I'll prove what I claim.

So when I say Joe's Crabby Shack has been a resource that readers here have found value in for years, I'm not just saying it to be nice or to do someone a favor.

Click on this link, King and Queen of Poo-bahs, and see for yourself.

Go over to the title link and leave a comment if you're so inclined, and want to help turn a shack into Stately Crabby Manor. But in the interests of full disclosure, when he finally makes it huge, I've got dibs on the poolside bartender job.

We're the Only Ones "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" Enough

A Maryland Transit Administration police officer has been charged with raping a 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her way home on the light rail, according to charging documents. [More]

Again with my never answered question...

I'm certainly relieved to find this "Only Ones" story being reported from Maryland, as opposed to New Jersey, where at least their cops are trustworthy enough to buy more guns than the rest of us...

[Via Rick P]

We're the Only Ones Entrepreneurial Enough

A Saint Landry Parish Sheriff's Deputy has been arrested for allegedly smuggling drugs and other illegal contraband into the St. Landry Parish Jail. [More]

My favorite quote:

"If they can bring in drugs, then they can bring in a weapon, and we can't have that"

No, of course not. That's why "Only Ones" are exempt from gun edicts meant for the rest of us.


[Via retrotruckman]

Will N.J. 'One Gun a Month' Bill Stop the Violence?

So when this latest assault on the people who are not responsible for the violence doesn't work, the "solution" will be to drag even more people who aren't guilty into the net. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner looks at the State of New Jersey's latest hate crime against peaceable armed citizens.

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This Day in History: June 30

On June 30, 1777, Maj. General John Burgoyne's right wing put ashore on the western shore of Lake Champlain to the north of Fort Ticonderoga, while his left wing under Maj. General Friedrich von Riedesel put ashore on the eastern shore. [More]

Meanwhile, Over in Boss Daley Paradise

Six Men Shot Dead In 24 Hours In Chicago
Several Others Shot Or Stabbed And Wounded [More]

The mayor was never in any danger. He has taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards.

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.

We're the Only Ones Opening Doors Enough

Via Dan S who notes "Spoof video that might be a little more funny if there wasn't some truth behind it." [More]

When Assault Cheetos are Outlawed...

...only outlaws will have assault Cheetos. [More]

I understand what they mean now by "Dangerously cheesy."

[Via Ed M]

Slowing Down?

Arms Makers Fall Back From Obama Surge [More]

Not that this experience hasn't been valuable, but perhaps we'll see gun and ammo availability and price improvements soon.

[Via Ed M]

Remorseless Killer Executed

The chain saw severed branch after branch with a buzz and a crack and a bang. Dust and sap and heat seeped out. [More]

And notice what the car did, all by its own self.

Where have we run across this mentality before?

[Via Ed M]

We're the Only Ones Parroting Enough

Pirone and his attorney say he was parroting an epithet that Grant first hurled at him... [More]

He badmouthed an "Only One"? Well hell, then, the guy obviously got what was coming to him. Even if the recording doesn't back up that claim.

[Via Andre]

No Borders

Kent McManigal challenges "borderists."

It's his 100th column and he'd like to see it widely read.

I have said I disagree with him. But continuing that debate here is not something I can focus on right now.

Go read what he has to say, and if you have comments, share them with him.

Click here to do that.

South Africa Gun Owners Get Reprieve

Fortunately, some of their citizens recognize madness when they see it. The challenge to the FCA, and the interim reprieve granted by the court, are hopeful indicators. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes a legal stay of execution.

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This Day in History: June 29

I this moment received an express from Capt Bouker of Otter Creek by way of Coll Hammond, informing that Ticonderoga is besieged and the communication is cut off by eleven hundred men this side the lake. You are therefor requiered if possible to raise one quarter part of your militia and send forward without loss of time otherwise that Importan[t] Place will be lost [More]