Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You

3.35 Million and Growing! [More]

I talked about our Hometown Boy with younger feral son Qusay last night and he says a co-worker used to live across the street from the guy. It's bugging me that I seem to recall seeing someone who looked like him at a place I do a weekly run -- I wonder if the investigation will show he's a Sam's Club member...

Either/Or

When the shooting broke out, shoppers had two choices: Flee for their lives or hide.  [More]

Really? Just two?

Innocents Abroad

The US state that bans sparklers but not guns By Owen Amos BBC News, Delaware [More]

There's enough information right there to where you really don't even need to click on the "More" link.

Premature Burial

Twitter Buried #DNCLeak, #PodestaEmails Tweets In Last Two Months Of Campaign [More]

The new gatekeepers...

It's Not Easy Being Green

Or white, apparently... [More]

I'll break the news to WP...

WARNING: Totalitarians May Be Hazardous to Your Health

The plan is modeled after the surgeon general’s warning required on cigarettes. [More]

Yeah, after all those years and all that unconstitutional interference, does anybody have a handle on how many lives have been saved because people were persuaded to change their behavior by a label?

And this is setting the stage for discrimination lawsuits because the warnings did not also come in Spanish, Arabic, Somali...

Here's a challenge for Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.* It's something I like to ask all self-appointed "experts" who have zero experience-based knowledge:

You're in your office and you suddenly hear a series of loud bangs, possibly followed by terrified screaming and sounds of panicked people trying to escape. Then you hear more bangs, closer this time, and maybe some hysterical pleading or moans of agony. Whatever it is, it's coming your way, approaching your position. It will be upon you in a matter of several seconds.

What are you personally prepared to do about it?

[Via Bluesgal]

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* Curiously, Ms. Hyphenated-Name and those like her perfectly fit the term "apodictator," which I just coined this morning after receiving a forward of Merriam-Webster's "Word for the Day" email featuring the term "apodictic." The definition made me think of the utter certainty with which control freak collectivists mandate their prescriptions to force their "fixes" on everyone. (Confession: Actually, my first thought was that old Little Rascals joke.)

Hometown Boy Makes Good

Ex-Stow, Falls man accused of killing 8 in NYC ‘cowardly act of terror’ [More]

Right down the road from me...

Special Dispensation

Federal Firearms License Of Josh Sugarmann & Violence Policy Center [More]

We've talked about this in years past. Greg Camp fills in some missing pieces.

There's Something About Being on the Front Lines

Rising Crime In Asian Community Has Sacramento-Area Residents Arming Themselves [More]

What, no pussy hat marches or candlelight vigils?

This is a perfect opportunity to go in, make some friends, offer some professional training, and prove to them who their political enemies are. Because as things stand now, the Meadowview, Fruitridge, and Pocket neighborhoods are solid blue.

[Via Matthew L]

We're the Only Ones Unresponsive Enough

Calling the Cops in Europe? Don't Bother [More]

So who better to reserve bearing arms for?

[Via Michael G]

Speaking of 'a Soft-Boiled Clitoris'

Dustin Hoffman Sexually Harassed Me When I Was 17  [More]

Not Little Big Mouth...

An Apt Analogy

All that's missing is a green light for preemptive surrender from the National Truck Association. [More]

[Via Felix B]

You Can Come Down and End it Now, Lord

I don't suppose I can unlearn the word "teledildonics"...? [More]

What the hell is wrong with people? How are there enough deviant freaks where there's even a market for this?

And what's good for the vibrating butt plug is good for the "smart gun."

[Via Jess]

Consider the Source

‘This is sick’! NYT columnist HAMMERED after spinning NYC attack as win for gun control [More]

It's what he does.

Even though his premise requires an admission that "gun control" doesn't work.

[Via Michael G]

Lone Survivor

Today we investigate the incredible case of a US federal agent who survived a brutal attack by Mexican drug cartel thugs. It shows how violent cartels are wreaking havoc south of the border. But it also says a lot about serious shortfalls inside the US government which is still stonewalling on unanswered questions -- six long years later. [More]

Tell me about it.

[Via Wynn A]

43 and Counting

Paul Ryan Ignoring National Reciprocity for 43rd Consecutive Week [More]

Hey, the timing's not right.

But some day, if we're patient, there will be time enough at last.

[Via Keith B]

Survey SAYS...

58% Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share [More]

And of the 42% who aren't, chances are their breakdown mirrors the same percentage of the "popular vote" that went to Hillary, and the remainder is by no means unified.

Case in point: Think "Cato Liberty" will ever take on my challenge?

Absolutist Incrementalism

The "slippery slope" goal is the same: Control.

In the mean time, every incremental step is couched as common sense reform. And opposition is couched as extremism and worse.

Good thing this has nothing to do with that "single issue."

Role Reversal

Senator, you're one of us:

But...but...but...

If you raised money on false pretenses or reneged on a financed commitment in the private sector, you'd be jailed for fraud.

More Blood on Our Hands, Damn Us

Bloodbath in downtown NYC after driver shoots pedestrians from his truck [More]

Let me guess: A Trump-supporting Republican NRA member with a concealed carry permit?

UPDATE: Back from some chores.Well the story sure has changed in the past couple of hours since this posted. At the start, de Blasio and Shepard Smith were both tripping all over themselves to assure us this was not an act of terrorism. Then we find out the guns weren't real firearms and the assault weapon was a licensed and registered truck, the driver of which was overheard yelling "Allahu Akbar!" Then the mayor, police commissioner and governor gave an "our thoughts and prayers" platitude/bromide-laden "press conference" to assure us all New Yorkers are tough and there is no wider plot, even though ISIS evidently put out a call for Halloween attacks.

Still to be determined at this writing: Whether I can use the word "rigorous."

UPDATE 2: Yes I can!

Sayfullo, we hardly knew ye.