And the ones Big Brother gives you
will let him control all... [More]
[Via Florida Guy]
Notes from the Resistance...
“We definitely appreciate you taking the time to contact Senator Grassley,” the staffer replied. “If you can give us your email or mailing address, the Senator will be able to send you a more detailed message regarding your comments. Thank you.” [More]Begin holding your breath for anything actually relevant and unequivocal ... NOW!
"...[T]hey must be able to speak Danish.” [More]That's for Syrians and Somalis coming here.
Bury’s ruling is not likely to lessen skepticism on the part of those who believe the system is rigged, and that for reasons yet unknown, wagons for both parties have been circled. [More]"Bury."
So much for phony polls with loaded questions designed to produce predetermined propaganda campaign results. So much for social media, where the Bloomberg-funded and promoted hashtag #groceriesnotguns has only been used about a dozen times so far this month. Maybe having “snot” in their message wasn’t the best tactic. [More]Corporate extortion victims take note -- profits come from the grassroots, not from the AstroTurfers.
Guns are part of American recreation and culture, and many people want them for home defense. My grandfather, of blessed memory, grew up in Pennsylvania and was part of that culture. He hunted regularly and belonged to the National Rifle Association. He told me he canceled his membership when the NRA insisted on the right to own assault weapons. He explained to me, "If you shoot an assault weapon in home defense, you'll take out a wall of your house. If you shoot a deer with it, there will be nothing left of the deer to bring home. It just doesn't make any sense." [More]He forgot the part about heat seeking ammunition cooking them from the inside...
Conservatives warn Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest was terrorist ‘setup’ to make Islamophobia seem racist [More]That's not what I warned at all, Travis Gettys, but you know that.
People who behave responsibly don’t suddenly undergo a Jekyll-Hyde personality change by crossing an invisible property line. Someone who can be trusted to carry a gun across the street from a Florida university won’t suddenly morph into an agent of destruction simply by entering a campus. [More]You'd think even an academic would be smart enough to figure out defenselessness gives predators an advantage. You'd think.
A federal appeals court has struck down as unconstitutional some of the District’s handgun registration laws, including requirements that gun owners re-register firearms every three years and are limited to registering only one pistol per month. [More]But:
The court did uphold other parts of the law, including the requirement that gun owners be fingerprinted and photographed.Because those obviously aren't infringements. Right?