A Convenient Excuse

A Speaker opposed to pro-rights legislation tells a tale of something that never quite happened: an attempted “intimidation,” by omitting key facts and warping the rest. And uses that to rationalize killing the legislation. [More]

And that way, everyone can be punished for an act that may even have been done with that in mind.  What kind of political fraud would do that?

Think race hoax and sex hoax. Plus, by allowing certain comments, you can be tarred with a provocateur's brush.

As for those who leave comments advocating criminal violence, Blogger does not give users the ability to do detailed tracking, but the way I've figured it in the past, if it rises to a level of credible threat, the authorities can do their thing if so inclined.

That's Entertainment

Entertainment television shows are no less one-sided. [More]

Thank your lucky stars.

[Via Michael G]

Pioneering Efforts

Criminologists thought it was impossible to get DNA off of shell casings, but a technique pioneered in the Netherlands is having notable results [More]

So is a technique pioneered before that.

Bravo!

Candace Owens is magnificent here, defending herself and dressing down those despicable, lying traitors Nadler and Lieu. [More]

[Via Mack H]

Unreasonable

Koch-Funded Reason Magazine Promotes Julian Castro’s Plan to Make Illegal Immigration a Civil Infraction [More]

The challenge stands.

[Via Mack H]

Making the Grade

Another decidedly pro-gun GOP congressman, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, was downgraded from an A to a B, seemingly because he got cross-wise with the NRA from the right. Last year, Massie vocally opposed the Fix NICS Act, which offered incentives to states to increase data submissions to the federal background check system. [More]

They've long punished politicians for being too "pro-gun."

The Bloombergians have done us a service here. This business of hiding ratings allows Fairfax to feed members all kinds of BS and then makes it easy to cover their tracks when a grade blows up in their faces.

[Via Mack H]

Finding the Right Motivator

The funny part is that gender-critical British feminists have been protesting this stuff for a while, and their lamentations have fallen on deaf ears. Moreover, they’ve been badgered, brought up on charges, called bigots and TERFs, been doxxed, harassed, and fired from their posts, all for saying that perhaps the LGBT+ agenda is moving too fast through the social and educational system, and could be harming children instead of helping them. But now that an ethnic, religiously practicing minority takes issue with the program, it’s been put on pause. Why? [More]

When was the last time you heard of a British feminist sawing someone's head off?

[Via Mack H]

Griddle Me This

New details have emerged from a shooting early Sunday morning that left one man dead inside of the Newberry Road Waffle House. [More]

A change in corporate "no guns" policy...?

[Via William T]

The Purge

“Furthermore, due to ‘no tolerance’ policies concerning the display of images of firearms in schools, the traditional Minuteman logo could not be displayed due to inclusion of an 18th-century flintlock rifle,”... [More]

Can't have dangerous ideas out there, especially as they relate to American heritage...

UPDATE:

The rebranding is the result of a congressional mandate, according to Lt. Col. Wes Parmer, a spokesman for the Army Guard director. But it is not a sign that the Minuteman is on the out. “The Minuteman logo is still being used,” he said. “It’s the National Guard seal.” Instead, Parmer said the new logo being replaced is an older recruiting logo that features “National Guard” in red letters with a stylized American flag.

When Seconds Count

Claps like a Mom

In this case, they moved the motion first, then asked for a second, which didn’t come and the council president found that as terms for denial of the resolution that no one had been allowed to speak to! [More]

I was part of a similar council-persuading effort in California where they pulled procedural stalling tricks to avoid being told what dicks they were, but in our case, our presence "persuaded" them to abandon an anti-gun resolution.

The Poster Boy for Bail Reform

More like the "Wanted poster" boy, it would seem... [More]

[Via bondmen]

Pablo, We Hardly Knew Ye

“I have mixed emotions learning of Pablo’s death...." [More]

Glad that he is and rage at those engineering the presence of foreign criminals here for political and economic ends...?

[Via bondmen]

Conditioned Response

The reaction from inside the restaurant was interesting. [More]

I'll say. From outside, too. And revealing, in several ways.

[Via bondmen]

We're the Only Ones with the Need, the Need for Speed Enough

"My office’s determination that Deputy Montesi did not commit any crime in connection with this matter does not minimize the tragedy of Josiah Pinner’s death," Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren said in a statement. "Although the evidence establishes that Deputy Montesi was driving above the speed limit at the time of the accident, Florida law holds that speed alone is insufficient to establish vehicular homicide." [More]

God forbid we charge an "Only One" with "willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons." And anybody see anything in this story about a breathalyzer test being administered?

No, pointing out what would happen if a citizen ran over a cop is not relevant due to the equivalent value of lives.  Besides, the poor guy already got a five-day suspension and the sheriff's "heart pours out to this family." What more do these people want?

[Via bondmen]

Stay for Bump Stock Plaintiffs Dissolves Wednesday

Not a bad feather in the cap for “the most enthusiastic supporter of the Second Amendment to occupy the Oval Office in our lifetimes.” With his new-found love for “red flag laws” and disregard for due process, Donald Trump is shaping up to be every bit the “true champion of the Second Amendment” NRA told us Harry Reid was. [More]

This oughtta bring the TDS (Trump Deification Syndrome) sufferers out of the woodwork.

Today in Low-Hanging Fruit Part II

"This was no distant dream for this young man. This was a well planned out, well developed, imminent plan, and if it was not for the involvement and hard work of federal and state law enforcement officers, this could have been a much, much worse result.” [More]

What clued authorities in?

Authorities learned of the plan when Azizi-Yarand began corresponding with an FBI informant.

You gotta wonder how much "encouragement" he got for the plan and his capabilities.

[Via @pamnsc]

Arrest All Quadriplegics!

It's the only way to be sure... [More]

Firearms Friday Redux

My conversation with Michael Dukes is now archived for sharing and listening at leisure. I'm doing it right now as I work.

We're the Only Ones Breaking Bad Enough

Bakersfield Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Conspiring With 2 Officers to Sell Meth and Weed [More]

Naturally, he got more time than the "Only Ones."

[Via jumpinjonnydee]

Unplanned

The wife and I saw it Sunday.

I think it's a worthwhile film.  It's always tough to "do agenda" without coming across as heavy-handed, but this one does a pretty good job, certainly much better than another agenda film, the more slickly produced "Miss Sloane."

Speaking of which, while that was heavily stumped for in the media and "Unplanned" has been ruthlessly ridiculed and even suppressed, it's gratifying to see box office results since March 29 are approaching four times what the gun-grab flick has done since 2016. Curious we never did learn what the production costs were for that flop, but see that the pro-life film has essentially doubled its money so far.

The other message that comes through loud and clear for me: The approach behind "Unplanned" is not to coerce, but to supportively persuade women to choose life.  Miss Sloane was the one demanding no choice at all.

No surprise there.

And as long as I'm on both subjects, do you think Harvey will ever get back in the game and make us wish we weren't alive?