Waving a Red Flag

Nat Turner, the leader of a violent Virginia slave uprising, will be honored on a new emancipation statue in Richmond [More]

Just what we need for improved race relations...

Any guesses what would happen to a memorial for his butchered victims?

[Via Mack H]

What's in It for Them?

Facebook Silences Rohingya Reports of Ethnic Cleansing [More]

I'll bet that'd stop if the activists changed their tactics to demanding refugee status and helping facilitate the ideological cleansing here.

[Via William T]

Death Star

The head of Air Force Special Operations Command said the service plans to test an experimental type of laser destined for a gunship next year. [More]

I wrote about similar efforts back at the turn of the century for Guns and Ammo in "Things to Come" (no longer online), so what we're hearing about in the media is a tactical release that in no way reflects how advanced things really are -- or perhaps are not.

Noting that when I was a kid it took a roomful of computers to do calculations, and how things have scaled down to practically infinitely more compact packages that can do practically infinitely more, can hand phasers be that far away? And any guesses on whether they'll be available to We the People?

[Via Jess]

Ideal Laboratory Conditions

Rescue teams take to Puerto Rico streets in darkness amid warnings that power could be out for months following devastating hit from Hurricane Maria [More]

It was nice while it lasted.

Now maybe we'll see a real-world experimental model to show the effects of "may (not) issue" and an EMP attack.

[Via Jess]

You Can't Stop the Signal

Homebuilt Hardware Store Bolt Action .357 Mag [More]

Seems if presented with the right feigned outraged disbelief, this could be exploited to stir up some fun-to-watch hoplohysteria...

[Via Len Savage]

Up Close and Personal

An Anti-Violence Activist Shares Her Reason For Buying A Gun [More]

So is she still gonna vote for gun-grabbers?

Media Continues Perpetuating VPC Machine Gun Deception

In a way, gun owner rights advocates should take heart from this, as it further demonstrates that the monopoly of violence lobby wants our guns so badly it’s willing to resort to such contemptible tactics to swindle them away. That gives us an opportunity – if we’ll only take it – to correct the record to those who have not pursued the issue beyond what they take in from the “mainstream media.” [More]

All they have are lies.

The Company They Keep

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Now imagine if this were instead Donald Trump with an arrested violent "white nationalist."

And imagine the "outrage" from "the left" if he did not immediately own up to it. Tell me it wouldn't be turned into headlines.

Hmmm...

UPDATE: Henry raises a good question in comments, and looking a bit deeper we find an answer to what the Berkeley PD considers a "banned weapon":

The large sign carried by Sarah Roark is about 5 feet by 3 and a half feet wide and made of cardboard and paper.

Ridiculous, meaning "progressive."

I still maintain the enemy camp would have made great hay over this had this involved an alt-rightie and Trump.

Opposite Day 'Progressive' Professional Conduct

Watch MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell’s Unhinged Outtakes [More]

Oh, him.

The great egalitarian. Funny how the vaunted principles always seem to take a back seat to personal privilege.

If I'd gone on a foul-mouthed tirade in front of employees on any job I've ever held, I'd have been justifiably canned. I never put up with abusive language, either.

As I told feral sons Uday and Qusay when they embarked on their careers, no job is worth your dignity.  Speak your mind when appropriate. Don't brown-nose. Tolerate no bullying.

The worst they can do to you is fire you. On a scale of 1 to 10 compared to a real life challenge, that barely registers.

A Deep and Authentic Faith

What, not in The Great Spirit...? [More]

[Via Michael G]

Love is Love

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I've been saying for some time that give it a few years and anyone opposed will be villified as a hater.

And what's with the specist exclusion?

Wonder how the Caliphate would react to a crescent instead of a cross.

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Unidentified Enough

Some Virginia State Police troopers concealed their uniform name strips at Confederate rally, leading to questions [More]

That's because they'd have probably looked silly in Frankenstein masks...

[Via Mack H]

Find the 'Assault Rifle'

High school ‘shooter’ showed off assault rifle on social media [More]

Give up?

[Via William T]

Where Dreams Come True

One Of The Vista Shooting Suspects Remained Free Despite Probation Violation Prior To The Shootout [More]

Knowing that I will never have rap record label executives vouch for me on a "gun violence" charge, I'm wondering if there's a privilege inequity here...

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Punished Enough

A Missouri Highway Patrol trooper will spend 10 days in jail for his role in the drowning death of a handcuffed Iowa man. In addition to the “shock time” in the Morgan County jail, Judge Roger Prokes sentenced Trooper Anthony Piercy to two years of supervised probation and ordered him to complete 50 hours of community service. Piercy will serve time in jail in five, two-day increments with his first stint scheduled to begin Friday. [More]

Dang, that means unless they have a TV with ESPNU there, he'll miss Mizzou vs. Auburn on Saturday...

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Inflammatory Enough

I'd submit that ownership of the night is something that could change overnight if enough are riled. [More]

At least temporary ownership.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones Reunited After All These Years Enough

Former Chicago police Sgt. Eddie C. Hicks was arrested in Detroit Tuesday morning, nearly 15 years after he fled on the eve of trial on federal drug conspiracy charges. [More]

The Prodigal Thug returns.

[Via Jess]

And the Murder Weapon Was Licensed and Registered

Good Samaritan killed in robbery at North Las Vegas convenience store [More]

Think before intervening. Are you equipped and prepared if things get hinky? Is it worth it?

When they find this animal slob -- and they will, because surveillance cams caught her and her car -- my money says there'll be a similar political profile to Poopergirl.

[Via Jess]

What Voter Fraud?

Gee, why would Gov. Add-Felons-to-the-Rolls McAwful veto that?

[Via William T]

Survey SAYS...

In case you were wondering how they figure 94% of everybody and 92% of gun owners want "background checks"... [More]