Lying Anti-Trump Ad No Surprise When You See Who’s Behind It

Any reporter with another 10 seconds to spare would have then been able to document it’s a multi-million-dollar effort to run anti-Trump ads “led” by (one-time “conservative”) David Brock, of Media Matters notoriety. [More]

They don't even try to hide their lies any more, even after they get caught. What must that say about their goos...uh...lockstep supporters?

Home for the Holidays Still in Effect

Originally posted on Dec. 20. I'm putting it back on top to reiterate it.

Because I'm starting to fall behind on needed work and because of family priorities, I'm going to be limiting my output to writing articles and slowing the blog down quite a bit to announcements promoting them and big stuff I can't ignore. That means I won't be as attentive to tips and emails- - sorry, but there is only one of me and I need to put the brakes on all but the essentials for the next week-and-a-half.

Bloomberg’s Dangerous Use of Prison Labor Another Example of ‘Grassroots’ Lie

What’s clear is that the Bloomberg campaign is targeting people it believes to be voters who support the candidate’s positions on “gun control.” That it was using prisoners to do it makes it fair to ask how that equates with the fraudulent and impossible promise of “commonsense safety.” [More]

Don't think of it as a political solicitation. Think of it as a way to get to know prospective cellmates once your guns are declared illegal. And who wouldn't want to give inmates credit card numbers and assure them that being "gun-free" is the only way to live?

Merry Christmas, 2019

I thank all of you who have given me the gift of your time and wisdom, whether it has been by sending me stories to help illustrate the preciousness of rights endowed by our Creator, to sending a word of encouragement, to educating and helping me grow (either by confirming or correcting my assumptions), or to sharing my links, encouraging me to continue the work.

My Christmas wish for you is that you have as much love in your life as I have been fortunate to find in mine. It surely beats all the riches in the world.

Now: What in the world are you doing here?

It's Christmas. And if you don't celebrate it, indulge those of us who do.

Go be with the ones you love. If there is no one you love, go fix that. Go do something loving for someone.

Merry Christmas.

Chicago Pre-Christmas Rush to Kill Tells Us All We Need to Know about ‘Gun Control’

Speaking of which, let’s consider the moral defectives committing the pejoratively designated “gun violence.” How many of the murderers do you suppose submitted to a prior restraint “universal background” check? How many have Illinois-required prior restraint FOID cards? How many have been issued prior restraint carry permits? [More]

Not all Grinches have changes of heart and return what they take.

Sheriff Unilaterally Closing NC Gun Range Undermined Gun Safety

If lower levels of government can essentially renege on such decisions without public input or consideration, what must that say about what higher levels of government could impose? And with the sheriff's plan to reserve the center exclusively for law enforcement, what must that say about “Only Ones” elitism? [More]

Because nothing says "gun safety" like discouraging practice and training...

Raising Smoking Age Also Raises Concerns More Dangerous than Tobacco

So, am I saying young people ought to smoke when we know the likely terrible health and economic consequences in advance? No. I’m saying if a citizen is old enough to die fighting for his country, he’s old enough to make life decisions. I’m saying power-motivated rule unbound by restraints has always been the greatest author of human misery and death. Always. I'm saying every loosening of Constitutional chains moves our government closer to the tyranny foreseen by the Framers when they ratified the Second Amendment. [More]

Can there be anything more insidious than "For the children"? If we continue to allow the government to put restraints on us rather than accept the ones the Constitution puts on it, recognition of our rights will go up in smoke.

Swalwell ‘Guilty’ Charge Unintentionally Exposes Absurdity of Red Flag Laws

Still, concluding someone is guilty before they have been proven so beyond a reasonable doubt is the shaky foundation upon which the whole “red flag law” house of cards has been erected. And President Trump himself should be having a “hoist on his own petard” moment when his own words about that are thrown back at him... [More]

Let's hope our president comes to appreciate that “Take the guns first, go through due process second” is every bit as absurdly offensive and un-American as "Sentence first — verdict afterwards."

J'Accuse...!

Washington Rep. Matt Shea engaged in domestic terrorism against U.S., says state House report [More]

So it's not a law enforcement investigation, but one conducted by a private security firm with clients to make happy?

Tell me more...

[Via Mack H]

A Capital Idea!

Capital-B ‘Black’ becomes standard usage at The Seattle Times... white (adj.): Belonging to people with light-colored skin, especially those of European descent. Unlike Black, it is lowercase... [More]

They have a bullshit rationale for that and everything.

[Via Mack H]

Red Flagged

My malicious reputation precedes me. Looks like Virginia county libraries don't want patrons wandering into my rooms of disrepute.

I'm calling shenanigans. I run both Webroot and Malwarebytes.

It turns out I'm blacklisted by McAfee.  Funny, no one else has a problem with me:

S'cuse me a minute:

I'll letcha know what they say.

My device is also coming up clean. McAfee came with a free trial on my new computer and I uninstalled it because I've had it before and wasn't impressed with the results, and am happy with what I already subscribe to. I'm wondering if doing that launched a "Jilted -- We'll red flag HIM" app.

I suspect this is only coming from locations that offer free public access from their own computers, and perhaps have security set to "Anal." I'd think of all the people who come here someone else would have said something, but that said, please let me know if you get any warnings.

[Via Mack H]

UPDATE: Might "false positives" be the problem? There's a NICS lesson in there somewhere...

You Won't be Needing That Choice

Incoming Va. House speaker says Democrats are considering a Capitol gun ban for 2020 session [More]

Because nothing says "Government of the people" like the politically powerful denying them their unalienable rights. under force of arms.

[Via Mack H]

Putting His Foot in It

I’m at a loss to figure out how exactly this focus on gun rights helps rural Virginians. [More]

That much is obvious. There's more than a little Pauline Kael action going on here.

If this cloistered character weren't such a sanctimonious ignoramus, he'd realize all these points he seems to be having an epiphany over have been thoroughly discredited for years -- more often than not by the words and actions of "his side."

News flash: "We" know "you." What's obvious is "you" don't have Clue One about "us."

That smug incompetence combined with political and enforcement powers makes things dangerous.

So I think I'll keep my guns.

[Via Mack H]

Just 'Pathetic'? I'd Add 'Disgusting' and 'Contemptible' and...

"As the survivor of a mass shooting I can tell you from first-hand experience that all of you protesting and taking days off from school insult the memory of those who were killed and abuse and insult me and every other lover of liberty by your every action," he continued. [More]

Marx for Our Lives? Never be afraid to call 'em what they are.  After all, could there be any lament more ludicrous than "Oh, no, the bedwetting useful idiot commie wannabes don't like me"?

[Via @pamnsc]

Joe Biden’s Immigration Plan

The destruction of the Republic, of course... [More]

[Via Mack H]

He Who Must Not Be Named

Until now, much of the electoral success of progressive prosecutors has come in major metropolitan areas. The Virginia wins marked a shift to the suburbs. [More]

I suppose you could tell voters a candidate is bankrolled by Soros, but then prepared to be smeared for blowing an anti-Semitic dog whistle.

[Via Mack H]

If at First You Don't Succeed...

Since Parkland Shooting, States Have Enacted 137 Measures to Restrict Gun Access and Reduce Gun Violence, Analysis Shows [More] 

Surely ONE of them worked...?

Full Court Press

Putting other policy-related issues to one side, absent such an accounting, the court ought to be put in the course of ultimate extinction, and soon. [More]

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of what happened to Robespierre...

[Via Michael G]

The Nose Knows

Some Fudds command our gratitude and respect.

I'm afraid some of the graphics they put on planes back then would draw the rage of today's bitter, militant cat harridans. Demotions and expulsions would follow. Heroic lives would be ruined. And those who are against everything America once stood for would bray that as a victory.

Not having seen it for decades, I had a chance to rewatch "Run Silent, Run Deep" the other evening. There was a calendar girl picture on the bulkhead that the men would pat on the rear when going into battle.

That certainly seems worth a harassment lawsuit for policy violation.

The type of man that could win a war is now being outcast as a toxic pariah, and we'd better believe that connection is intentional on the part of the string-pullers behind the useful idiots.

[Via Rough and Ready]

We're the Only Ones Slammed Enough

Sheriff’s deputy fired after video shows him slamming 11-year-old student to the ground [Video]

He's not been charged with at least assault and battery?  And after over a month, they still refuse to tell the public that pays them his name?

[Via Jess]