go through a lot of it, so I'll just note this piece of crap:
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous admits that “a grave mistake was made” right under his nose when advertising inserts were placed only in White newspapers on the eve of the organization’s annual image awards, which aired March 4. Danny Bakewell, chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation of more than 200 Black-owned newspapers, is demanding justice.
“If the NAACP desires to advertise with the White press, they need to understand and experience the repercussions of going outside of their ‘house’ (The Black Press). The NAACP needs to know that by ignoring the Black Press they are ‘cutting off their nose to spite their face,’” Bakewell said in a March 7 letter to NNPA publishers, obtained by the Trice Edney News Wire. “We have marched side by side with them and been their voice in the African American community. It is truly disheartening to be on the battlefield with someone and not be able to share in the spoils.”
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“This year’s NAACP annual Image Awards television show was a great success,” he wrote in the statement. “However, on the eve of the show, a grave mistake was made: circulars that were supposed to appear in both the mainstream press and Black community newspapers only appeared in the mainstream press.”
So the NYEffin'Times is officially 'White Press'. And all the other mainstream press, too. Isn't that just lovely?
Oh, and you'll notice it's Black press, not African-American press; is A-A now one of those "You whites better use it, or else!" things?
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
And so, at the orders of President HopeyChangeyPants we're attacking Libya
More than 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles struck over 20 targets inside Libya today in the opening phase of an international military operation the Pentagon said was aimed at stopping attacks led by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and enforcing a U.N.-backed no-fly zone.
President Obama, speaking from Brazil shortly after he authorized the missile attacks, said they were part of a "limited military action" to protect the Libyan people.
"I want the American people to know that the use of force is not our first choice and it's not a choice I make lightly," Obama said. "But we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy."
Boy, has his opinion changed...
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. --December 20, 2007
Now let me be clear: I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. The world, and the Iraqi people would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. --March 27, 2007
So now we've got the Navy launching missile strikes; wonder what else our military is going to wind up being ordered to do?
For that matter, I've got a pretty good idea how a lot of the progressives see this; I'm just wondering how they'll spin it that it's all the evil Republicans' fault.
President Obama, speaking from Brazil shortly after he authorized the missile attacks, said they were part of a "limited military action" to protect the Libyan people.
"I want the American people to know that the use of force is not our first choice and it's not a choice I make lightly," Obama said. "But we cannot stand idly by when a tyrant tells his people that there will be no mercy."
Boy, has his opinion changed...
The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. --December 20, 2007
Now let me be clear: I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. The world, and the Iraqi people would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States, and that in concert with the international community he can be contained until, in the way of all petty dictators, he falls away into the dustbin of history. --March 27, 2007
So now we've got the Navy launching missile strikes; wonder what else our military is going to wind up being ordered to do?
For that matter, I've got a pretty good idea how a lot of the progressives see this; I'm just wondering how they'll spin it that it's all the evil Republicans' fault.
Have you ever noticed that while the PC feminists
are worrying about 'acceptable' ways for a womyn to defend herself- IF she's to be allowed to- us nasty supposed woman-hating gunny types are arguing about what might be the better/best boomstick for her to ventilate the goblin with?
Hmmm. Bleep.
Police have seized two containers loaded with equipment parts believed used to make weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear warheads, from a vessel in Port Klang two weeks ago.
The Sun daily reported today that the contraband, comprising dismantled parts listed under controlled or restricted sale by the United Nations Security Council, was found in the containers on board a Malaysian-registered ship bound for the Middle-East.
The free daily said police were tipped off about the illegal shipment when the vessel arrived at Northport from China.
Isn't THAT a nice thing to read about?
Found at Rodger's place
The Sun daily reported today that the contraband, comprising dismantled parts listed under controlled or restricted sale by the United Nations Security Council, was found in the containers on board a Malaysian-registered ship bound for the Middle-East.
The free daily said police were tipped off about the illegal shipment when the vessel arrived at Northport from China.
Isn't THAT a nice thing to read about?
Found at Rodger's place
No matter what state, something this stupid
could only come from a Democrat or first-class RINO:
A bill in Louisiana would require sportsmen to show the serial number on their firearms before purchasing ammunition.
House Bill 8, introduced by Representative Juan LaFonta (D- New Orleans), requires any person selling ammunition to verify that the serial number of the gun for which the ammunition will be used has not been altered or destroyed. Only antique and war relic firearms would be exempt from this new requirement if they are rendered inoperable or if ammunition for these firearms is not available in the U.S. and not otherwise readily available through other means.
Let's see, how many problems...
I wonder if the stores know they won't be able to object to someone open-carrying their firearms into the store? Neither can the police, no matter how much they don't like it; how many lawsuits against cops who cause problems over it and how fast...
Has LaFonta considered the problems should some store decide they need to keep a record of the serial numbers?
Not even worth asking, but does this idiot know that a lot of firearms- .22 rifles in particular- before 1968 didn't even have to have serial numbers?
And so on. But, other than being devoid of common sense, constitutionally offensive and an incitement to civil war it is a great idea.
A bill in Louisiana would require sportsmen to show the serial number on their firearms before purchasing ammunition.
House Bill 8, introduced by Representative Juan LaFonta (D- New Orleans), requires any person selling ammunition to verify that the serial number of the gun for which the ammunition will be used has not been altered or destroyed. Only antique and war relic firearms would be exempt from this new requirement if they are rendered inoperable or if ammunition for these firearms is not available in the U.S. and not otherwise readily available through other means.
Let's see, how many problems...
I wonder if the stores know they won't be able to object to someone open-carrying their firearms into the store? Neither can the police, no matter how much they don't like it; how many lawsuits against cops who cause problems over it and how fast...
Has LaFonta considered the problems should some store decide they need to keep a record of the serial numbers?
Not even worth asking, but does this idiot know that a lot of firearms- .22 rifles in particular- before 1968 didn't even have to have serial numbers?
And so on. But, other than being devoid of common sense, constitutionally offensive and an incitement to civil war it is a great idea.
Insty pointed to this "Let's deal with the illegal alien concerns"
piece; go take a look.
Done? I'm going to borrow three sections to give my opinion:
In December, Gov. Deval Patrick indicated that Massachusetts would enroll in Secure Communities. The immigrant community, here and across America, has responded with fear and rage — fear that “law-abiding” illegal aliens would be swept up and deported, and rage that their supposed friends in progressive administrations had betrayed them.
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Oddly, photographs and video were expressly forbidden at this public hearing and the feds had not been invited to help explain this federal program. Of course, neither cameras nor ICE agents are especially conducive to bringing out a crowd of illegal aliens, so perhaps that’s not so odd after all.
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The illegal immigrant lobby was unmoved. Attendees countered with testimony of unscrupulous bosses docking pay without justification, of deported parents being forced to leave kids behind and of illegal immigrants being forced to come to America because U.S. corporations had destroyed all the Latin American economies.
To all those illegal aliens all upset about this: Fuck you. You are breaking the law in being here, and one reason we're sick of your bullshit is that so many of you
Don't even pretend to like this country,
Don't want to be bothered to learn/use English,
Think you should be above the law
And we're sick to death of you bitching and whining and threatening us about it.
You don't like us enforcing the law? Fuck you, go home. And stop blaming the Evil Nasty US for all your damned problems; you people fucked up your own countries and now want to fuck ours up. You don't like our laws? Ok, we'll copy the laws Mexico uses to deal with illegal aliens, you should love that.
Done? I'm going to borrow three sections to give my opinion:
In December, Gov. Deval Patrick indicated that Massachusetts would enroll in Secure Communities. The immigrant community, here and across America, has responded with fear and rage — fear that “law-abiding” illegal aliens would be swept up and deported, and rage that their supposed friends in progressive administrations had betrayed them.
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Oddly, photographs and video were expressly forbidden at this public hearing and the feds had not been invited to help explain this federal program. Of course, neither cameras nor ICE agents are especially conducive to bringing out a crowd of illegal aliens, so perhaps that’s not so odd after all.
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The illegal immigrant lobby was unmoved. Attendees countered with testimony of unscrupulous bosses docking pay without justification, of deported parents being forced to leave kids behind and of illegal immigrants being forced to come to America because U.S. corporations had destroyed all the Latin American economies.
To all those illegal aliens all upset about this: Fuck you. You are breaking the law in being here, and one reason we're sick of your bullshit is that so many of you
Don't even pretend to like this country,
Don't want to be bothered to learn/use English,
Think you should be above the law
And we're sick to death of you bitching and whining and threatening us about it.
You don't like us enforcing the law? Fuck you, go home. And stop blaming the Evil Nasty US for all your damned problems; you people fucked up your own countries and now want to fuck ours up. You don't like our laws? Ok, we'll copy the laws Mexico uses to deal with illegal aliens, you should love that.
Friday, March 18, 2011
I'm going to have to move to bad language again
Damn ever miserable fucking moron associated with this bullshit.
The commission says it wants the military to resemble the ethnic makeup of America. It is urging the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force to “validate” the standards — such as education, test scores, criminal records and drug use — that disqualify large numbers of blacks and Hispanics.
“Racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to meet eligibility requirements than are non-Hispanic whites, and that gap is widening,” the report says.
The commission said women should be allowed into male-only land combat units to “create a level playing field” in promotions “for all service members who meet the qualifications.”
Translation: "We don't care about skill, intelligence, ability; we only care about things being properly diverse- by OUR definition- and we don't care what it does to the combat-readiness of the military."
To borrow from Tam:This is ridiculous. The purpose of the armed forces is to kill people and break their stuff. This isn't the frickin' Peace Corps we're running here, it is a warfighting machine. Much like the Los Angeles Lakers, it doesn't get its score at the end of the game graded on a curve based on how well it reflects "the racial, ethnic and gender mix" of America.
These bastards don't want to actually improve schools into places where kids learn, they don't want kids to be taught some self-discipline and HOW to learn, oh no, they want the standards lowered so unqualified people can get into places they shouldn't be. And the miserable shits don't care how many people die because of it.
The commission says it wants the military to resemble the ethnic makeup of America. It is urging the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force to “validate” the standards — such as education, test scores, criminal records and drug use — that disqualify large numbers of blacks and Hispanics.
“Racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to meet eligibility requirements than are non-Hispanic whites, and that gap is widening,” the report says.
The commission said women should be allowed into male-only land combat units to “create a level playing field” in promotions “for all service members who meet the qualifications.”
Translation: "We don't care about skill, intelligence, ability; we only care about things being properly diverse- by OUR definition- and we don't care what it does to the combat-readiness of the military."
To borrow from Tam:This is ridiculous. The purpose of the armed forces is to kill people and break their stuff. This isn't the frickin' Peace Corps we're running here, it is a warfighting machine. Much like the Los Angeles Lakers, it doesn't get its score at the end of the game graded on a curve based on how well it reflects "the racial, ethnic and gender mix" of America.
These bastards don't want to actually improve schools into places where kids learn, they don't want kids to be taught some self-discipline and HOW to learn, oh no, they want the standards lowered so unqualified people can get into places they shouldn't be. And the miserable shits don't care how many people die because of it.
The New York City PD has some really slimy bastards working in it
The New York City Police Department’s License Division is sending letters to handgun license renewal applicants telling them that they may be in violation of New York State’s ban on “large capacity ammunition feeding devices” without telling them that pre-ban magazines are legal to possess.
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Also from New effing York we have McCarthy's latest attempt to gut the 2nd Amendment:
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The letter misstates the law because it omits the crucial language in Penal Law § 265.00(23) that defines a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” as “a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device manufactured after September thirteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-four…” that holds more than ten rounds. In other words, a pre-ban magazine is legal in New York State regardless of its ammunition capacity as it is not considered a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” under the law.
Read most charitably, NYPD’s letter potentially contains only a vague allusion to the distinction between the possession of a pre-ban and a post-ban magazine in option number three, which allows the applicant to “supply a detailed letter setting forth reasons that exempt you from this provision of the Penal Law.” Even that option does not fully make sense since possession of a pre-ban magazine is not an “exemption” from the ban, such as police officers have. A pre-ban magazine is simply beyond the scope of the ban.
One is left to wonder just how much detail is necessary in the response letter. If NYPD is dealing fairly with its licensees, all that should be necessary is a simple statement that the applicant is not in possession of any “large capacity ammunition feeding device,” or — to be more “detailed” — any magazine of over ten-round capacity that was manufactured after September 13, 1994.
Word from one gun shop on Long Island is that New York City licensees are rushing to dispose of their pre-ban magazines, either unaware that their possession is lawful, or simply fearful of dealing with NYPD in light of its warnings of felony charges and non-renewal of licenses.
So either NYPD doesn't know the law or- more likely- wants to scare people into surrendering any 'high-capacity' magazines with no legal authority to do so. And because NYEffin'C is such a hellhole for gun owners and NYPD has such a history of screwing license holders over, they figure they can do this and get away with it. Especially with Nanny Bloomberg as mayor.Also from New effing York we have McCarthy's latest attempt to gut the 2nd Amendment:
- It threatens funding that help states put cops on the street. This is like a doctor prescribing amputation for a patient cut his leg and is bleeding.
- It expands the class of prohibited persons to include people who have not been formally adjudicated as mentally ill.
- It expands the class of prohibited person to include people who have drug arrests, but not convictions, within the past five years. It also expands it to anyone who failed a drug test.
- It ends private transfers entirely.
Two quotes that stand out: Holder in November
saying "The department is currently reviewing existing gun laws to determine how best to combat gun violence and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and others prohibited from possessing them."
And, in April (Obama had) "not backed off at all from my belief that the assault weapons ban makes sense."
Again, in April: "Not backed off."
In November: "The department is currently reviewing existing gun laws."
My sources tell me that at some point along this time, William "Gunwalker Bill" Newell's 2008 Tucson "pilot project" of walking guns within the US came to the attention of Holder and then Emanuel.
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Reviewing policy: November 2009.
Recruitment of the FFL holder to begin active Gunwalker operations: 17 December 2009.
Remember one of my sources' analysis previously reported:
My sources indicate that between March and December of 2009, there were a number of meetings, including Eric Holder, Rahm Emanuel and various subordinates. And the bloody-minded policy developed at those meetings proceeded along very nicely, thank you, until the death of Brian Terry, and would have after that, except for some brave ATF whistleblowers.
And, in April (Obama had) "not backed off at all from my belief that the assault weapons ban makes sense."
Again, in April: "Not backed off."
In November: "The department is currently reviewing existing gun laws."
My sources tell me that at some point along this time, William "Gunwalker Bill" Newell's 2008 Tucson "pilot project" of walking guns within the US came to the attention of Holder and then Emanuel.
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Reviewing policy: November 2009.
Recruitment of the FFL holder to begin active Gunwalker operations: 17 December 2009.
Remember one of my sources' analysis previously reported:
Let me tell you what this was, and where it came from, based on a conversation I had with a long-time, well-informed veteran of American government intelligence operations the other day....
"Do you think," he asked me, "that this happened accidentally in a vacuum?" Meaning that one day "Gunwalker Bill" Newell, Phoenix SAC, just got a wild hair and decided to invent his own foreign policy. "Things like this happen because of meetings. People sit in meetings and they decide what they want to happen. And then they take decisions, make policy and implement that policy to achieve those ends." He added, "That's why State is so nervous. They signed off on this. In a meeting."
My sources indicate that between March and December of 2009, there were a number of meetings, including Eric Holder, Rahm Emanuel and various subordinates. And the bloody-minded policy developed at those meetings proceeded along very nicely, thank you, until the death of Brian Terry, and would have after that, except for some brave ATF whistleblowers.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
First: Sen. Al Franken(NSD) is a frakkin' moron
or a lying bastard. Quite likely both.
"I came here to warn you, the party may be over," Franken said. "They're coming after the Internet hoping to destroy the very thing that makes it such an important [medium] for independent artists and entrepreneurs: its openness and freedom.” Net neutrality, he added, is "the First Amendment issue of our time."
Yeah, but not in the way you want it to be: the real action for free speech is stopping bigoted assholes like you from taking it over in the name of government censorship.
Here's more of that 'civil discourse' the left insisted on.
WE WILL FUCK YOU UP. We will throw our baseballs in your lawn, you cranky oldpieces of shit, and then we will come get them back. What are you gonna do? Shootus? Get Wausau Tea Patriots to form an ad hoc militia on your front lawn? That wouldbe fucking HILAROUS to us. You could get to know the assholes on your side in realfucking life instead of sponging off the civil society we provide for you every single dayyou draw breath.Pay your dues or action will be taken. The action will be legal, peaceful, and nonviolent(on our end anyway – if you want to do it the other way fine with us. Meade is a toughguy on LGM or whatever but he's a chickenshit IRL. We dare you buddy. Double dogdare you.) but it will also be swift, decisive, direct, personal and effective.
As to the 'nonviolent' bit,
If you have not acceded to our demands within a week, it is ON LIKE DONKEY KONG. WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. EVER. WE LIVE HERE 100% OF THEFUCKING TIME. YOU CAN'T BAN MADISON FROM LIVING IN MADISON, BUT WECAN SURE AS SHIT BAN YOU. WHO ARE YOU GONNA CALL? COPS FORLABOR? THE CHICKENSHIT TEA ASSWIPES WHO ARE SCARED SHITLESS OF THETEAMSTERS TRUCKS? THE NATIONAL GUARD? SCOTT WALKER? NO ONE ISGOING TO COME AND CRACK DOWN ON US FOR YOU. THERE IS NO CAVALRY.ITS US VS YOU ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY GOING AS FAR AS IT HAS TO GOUNTIL A) WE WIN OR B) DOOMSDAY.
You'll notice the vile little troll has a problem with the concepts of private property, trespassing, and the fact that credible threats to do violence to someone are kind of illegal. Of course, VLT is apparently counting on the union cops to do what they've already done a few times: stand and ignore lawbreaking by union members and associates. I don't think he can keep counting on that; I'd imagine the various threats and refusals to do their sworn duty are causing some upset with the morons in charge of the various LE involved. And if someone gets hurt or their home damaged, etc., while they stood around doing nothing? I don't think they'll like the blowup that would cause.
I will further note- aw, hell with it. He/she is a miserable little shit socialist who's probably using the family internet connection from the basement where he still lives.
Current Gunwalker news, when a senior agent at ATF writes a letter like this to the Judiciary Committee... This part ought to be causing some real heartburn to Feinstein and Boxer:
We reported, predicted and identified specific violations of law, policy and ethical mandates by senior managers within ATF. I am going to attempt to attach a letter sent and signed by 25 Senior and retired ATF Agents and Supervisors we sent to the Judiciary, Senator Feinstein and Barbara Boxer almost 2 yrs ago. Nothing happened.
Further along,
The following are examples of practices which have now divided this Bureau and are the motivation for this direct action:
Multiple findings of discrimination against senior ATF managers which have gone completely undisciplined or disciplined in a manner not consistent with the standards applied to the line agents and employees.
False documents and testimony submitted by or ignored/supported by ATF Chief Counsel’s office to include falsification of evidence and perjury. Failing to comply with Open Records Act and lawful court ordered demands for documents and testimony. The refusal by ATF Chief Counsel’s office to provide truthful and factual counsel to the Executive staff continues to create costly litigation for the employees and wasteful litigation and costly settlements for the Bureau. The consistent failure of ATF counsel to report significant violations of policy and law by ATF managers to appropriate authorities i.e. OPSRO and the OIG, allows the patterns and practices to continue.
That's a letter that took some writing. Publicly and to the Committee flatly accusing ATF brass of violations of law, civil rights, etc. And the Gunwalker mess following on. Maybe, just maybe, this'll help get something done.
Rachel Stewart and editor Roy Pilott are a couple of prize wankers. And liars. Who like the idea of having 'privileges' granted them by the State. Screw both of 'em(metaphorically, of course).
So you CAN take your pitchfork along; now we need a roofing trailer of tar sitting upwind of the building.
U.N. Security Council Resolution passes 10–0. Live feed from Benghazi on Al Jazeera English. The Resolution authorizes “all necessary measures” except military occupation of Libya. By my reading, the authorization includes destruction of Gaddafi’s anti-aircraft defenses, and of his air force and its mercenary pilots. As President Reagan once said, “We begin bombing in five minutes.” I hope.
Yeah. the UN has spoken and miracles will happen. Of course, now that the UN has given permission to do something Obama MAY actually do something other than talk; but I'm not holding my breath.
And I'm done for the night.
"I came here to warn you, the party may be over," Franken said. "They're coming after the Internet hoping to destroy the very thing that makes it such an important [medium] for independent artists and entrepreneurs: its openness and freedom.” Net neutrality, he added, is "the First Amendment issue of our time."
Yeah, but not in the way you want it to be: the real action for free speech is stopping bigoted assholes like you from taking it over in the name of government censorship.
Here's more of that 'civil discourse' the left insisted on.
WE WILL FUCK YOU UP. We will throw our baseballs in your lawn, you cranky oldpieces of shit, and then we will come get them back. What are you gonna do? Shootus? Get Wausau Tea Patriots to form an ad hoc militia on your front lawn? That wouldbe fucking HILAROUS to us. You could get to know the assholes on your side in realfucking life instead of sponging off the civil society we provide for you every single dayyou draw breath.Pay your dues or action will be taken. The action will be legal, peaceful, and nonviolent(on our end anyway – if you want to do it the other way fine with us. Meade is a toughguy on LGM or whatever but he's a chickenshit IRL. We dare you buddy. Double dogdare you.) but it will also be swift, decisive, direct, personal and effective.
As to the 'nonviolent' bit,
If you have not acceded to our demands within a week, it is ON LIKE DONKEY KONG. WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. EVER. WE LIVE HERE 100% OF THEFUCKING TIME. YOU CAN'T BAN MADISON FROM LIVING IN MADISON, BUT WECAN SURE AS SHIT BAN YOU. WHO ARE YOU GONNA CALL? COPS FORLABOR? THE CHICKENSHIT TEA ASSWIPES WHO ARE SCARED SHITLESS OF THETEAMSTERS TRUCKS? THE NATIONAL GUARD? SCOTT WALKER? NO ONE ISGOING TO COME AND CRACK DOWN ON US FOR YOU. THERE IS NO CAVALRY.ITS US VS YOU ON THE STREETS OF THE CITY GOING AS FAR AS IT HAS TO GOUNTIL A) WE WIN OR B) DOOMSDAY.
You'll notice the vile little troll has a problem with the concepts of private property, trespassing, and the fact that credible threats to do violence to someone are kind of illegal. Of course, VLT is apparently counting on the union cops to do what they've already done a few times: stand and ignore lawbreaking by union members and associates. I don't think he can keep counting on that; I'd imagine the various threats and refusals to do their sworn duty are causing some upset with the morons in charge of the various LE involved. And if someone gets hurt or their home damaged, etc., while they stood around doing nothing? I don't think they'll like the blowup that would cause.
I will further note- aw, hell with it. He/she is a miserable little shit socialist who's probably using the family internet connection from the basement where he still lives.
Current Gunwalker news, when a senior agent at ATF writes a letter like this to the Judiciary Committee... This part ought to be causing some real heartburn to Feinstein and Boxer:
We reported, predicted and identified specific violations of law, policy and ethical mandates by senior managers within ATF. I am going to attempt to attach a letter sent and signed by 25 Senior and retired ATF Agents and Supervisors we sent to the Judiciary, Senator Feinstein and Barbara Boxer almost 2 yrs ago. Nothing happened.
Further along,
The following are examples of practices which have now divided this Bureau and are the motivation for this direct action:
Multiple findings of discrimination against senior ATF managers which have gone completely undisciplined or disciplined in a manner not consistent with the standards applied to the line agents and employees.
False documents and testimony submitted by or ignored/supported by ATF Chief Counsel’s office to include falsification of evidence and perjury. Failing to comply with Open Records Act and lawful court ordered demands for documents and testimony. The refusal by ATF Chief Counsel’s office to provide truthful and factual counsel to the Executive staff continues to create costly litigation for the employees and wasteful litigation and costly settlements for the Bureau. The consistent failure of ATF counsel to report significant violations of policy and law by ATF managers to appropriate authorities i.e. OPSRO and the OIG, allows the patterns and practices to continue.
That's a letter that took some writing. Publicly and to the Committee flatly accusing ATF brass of violations of law, civil rights, etc. And the Gunwalker mess following on. Maybe, just maybe, this'll help get something done.
Rachel Stewart and editor Roy Pilott are a couple of prize wankers. And liars. Who like the idea of having 'privileges' granted them by the State. Screw both of 'em(metaphorically, of course).
So you CAN take your pitchfork along; now we need a roofing trailer of tar sitting upwind of the building.
U.N. Security Council Resolution passes 10–0. Live feed from Benghazi on Al Jazeera English. The Resolution authorizes “all necessary measures” except military occupation of Libya. By my reading, the authorization includes destruction of Gaddafi’s anti-aircraft defenses, and of his air force and its mercenary pilots. As President Reagan once said, “We begin bombing in five minutes.” I hope.
Yeah. the UN has spoken and miracles will happen. Of course, now that the UN has given permission to do something Obama MAY actually do something other than talk; but I'm not holding my breath.
And I'm done for the night.
Another bit on LEDs
Had to go to Wally World the other day(it's frikkin' amazing that there are some things they carry that other places don't) and noticed something: solar-charged LED yard lights. Nothing new about that of itself, but these were small 1-lamp units, spike included, for the grand total of $1. Picked up one to try(hey, it's a gadget!) and not bad at all; even on a mostly-cloudy day charges up, and late as I've been up provided a nice white light. For a buck.
To borrow a phrase, "Why are so many leftists
so violents and such haters of Jews?"
The McGill administration is currently investigating Haaris Khan, a McGill student who, using Twitter, threatened to shoot a roomful of other students last week at a campus film screening.
Khan made the threats at a screening of "Indoctrinate U," a documentary, on March 8 hosted by Conservative McGill and Libertarian McGill. "I want to shoot everyone in this room," he tweeted at one point during the film, adding, "I should have brought an M16."
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Though Khan has since deactivated his Twitter account, Conservative McGill members, at the suggestion of the Montreal Police Department, took screenshots of his tweets for evidence. Over the span of about an hour and half, during the screening Khan railed against Jews and Zionists in 10 separate tweets.
"I've infiltrated a Zionist meeting," Khan wrote in his first tweet, at 6:04 p.m., shortly after the event began. "I feel like I'm at a Satanist ritual."
"Oh man, a Muslim girl just appeared," he wrote in his next post. "I thought, like me, she's a freedom fighter. Unfortunately, she's a co-conspirator. Traitor."(make that haters of Jews and Muslims who don't want to kill unbelievers)
About half an hour into the screening, Khan's tweets turned violent.
"My blood is boiling," he wrote at 6:38 p.m. "I want to shoot everyone in this room. I'm frightened, alarmed, and downright pissed. Never been this angry."
"This experience has hardened me into a soldier for freedom and truth," Khan wrote about an hour later. He posted his last tweet, about bringing an M16, minutes later.
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But at 1:14 p.m. the next day, Khan tweeted, "The jihad begins today."
He insists this was all 'taken out of context', of course, "I don't have a problem with Jews," etc.
Easy pickings, but I'll still ask: can you imagine what the school and the authorities would be doing/saying if someone of conservative bent had said anything similar?
The McGill administration is currently investigating Haaris Khan, a McGill student who, using Twitter, threatened to shoot a roomful of other students last week at a campus film screening.
Khan made the threats at a screening of "Indoctrinate U," a documentary, on March 8 hosted by Conservative McGill and Libertarian McGill. "I want to shoot everyone in this room," he tweeted at one point during the film, adding, "I should have brought an M16."
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Though Khan has since deactivated his Twitter account, Conservative McGill members, at the suggestion of the Montreal Police Department, took screenshots of his tweets for evidence. Over the span of about an hour and half, during the screening Khan railed against Jews and Zionists in 10 separate tweets.
"I've infiltrated a Zionist meeting," Khan wrote in his first tweet, at 6:04 p.m., shortly after the event began. "I feel like I'm at a Satanist ritual."
"Oh man, a Muslim girl just appeared," he wrote in his next post. "I thought, like me, she's a freedom fighter. Unfortunately, she's a co-conspirator. Traitor."(make that haters of Jews and Muslims who don't want to kill unbelievers)
About half an hour into the screening, Khan's tweets turned violent.
"My blood is boiling," he wrote at 6:38 p.m. "I want to shoot everyone in this room. I'm frightened, alarmed, and downright pissed. Never been this angry."
"This experience has hardened me into a soldier for freedom and truth," Khan wrote about an hour later. He posted his last tweet, about bringing an M16, minutes later.
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But at 1:14 p.m. the next day, Khan tweeted, "The jihad begins today."
He insists this was all 'taken out of context', of course, "I don't have a problem with Jews," etc.
Easy pickings, but I'll still ask: can you imagine what the school and the authorities would be doing/saying if someone of conservative bent had said anything similar?
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
"We must observe and control the childrens' thoughts
for the good of the revolution."
The letter says federal officials have reinterpreted the civil-rights laws that require school principals to curb physical bullying, as well as racist and sexist speech, that take place within school boundaries. Under the new interpretation, principals and their schools are legally liable if they fail to curb “harassment” of students, even if it takes place outside the school, on Facebook or in private conversation among a few youths.
“Harassing conduct may take many forms, including verbal acts and name-calling; graphic and written statements, which may include use of cell phones or the Internet… it does not have to include intent to harm, be directed at a specific target, or involve repeated incidents [but] creates a hostile environment … [which can] limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by a school,” according to the far-reaching letter, which was completed Oct. 26 by Russlynn Ali, who heads the agency’s civil rights office.
Pissed off yet? If not, this should do it:
Following the discovery of “harassment,” officials may have to require mandatory training of students and their families, according to the Ali letter. “The school may need to provide training or other interventions not only for the perpetrators, but also for the larger school community, to ensure that all students, their families, and school staff can recognize harassment if it recurs and know how to respond… [and] provide additional services to the student who was harassed in order to address the effects of the harassment,” said the letter.
Translation: "If you do not think and speak in the approved manner, we will reeducate you so that you do."
Lamppost, rope, bureaucrats & politicians...
The letter says federal officials have reinterpreted the civil-rights laws that require school principals to curb physical bullying, as well as racist and sexist speech, that take place within school boundaries. Under the new interpretation, principals and their schools are legally liable if they fail to curb “harassment” of students, even if it takes place outside the school, on Facebook or in private conversation among a few youths.
“Harassing conduct may take many forms, including verbal acts and name-calling; graphic and written statements, which may include use of cell phones or the Internet… it does not have to include intent to harm, be directed at a specific target, or involve repeated incidents [but] creates a hostile environment … [which can] limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by a school,” according to the far-reaching letter, which was completed Oct. 26 by Russlynn Ali, who heads the agency’s civil rights office.
Pissed off yet? If not, this should do it:
Following the discovery of “harassment,” officials may have to require mandatory training of students and their families, according to the Ali letter. “The school may need to provide training or other interventions not only for the perpetrators, but also for the larger school community, to ensure that all students, their families, and school staff can recognize harassment if it recurs and know how to respond… [and] provide additional services to the student who was harassed in order to address the effects of the harassment,” said the letter.
Translation: "If you do not think and speak in the approved manner, we will reeducate you so that you do."
Lamppost, rope, bureaucrats & politicians...
Insty pointed to a post by Pournelle(sounds kind of nifty, hey?)
on the subject of radiation and the current Japan situation; good information.
A bunch of 'law' officers in WI
need to be fired. Possibly prosecuted.
The policemen who were there, and who were standing in close proximity to these events as they unfolded, did nothing to assist those collecting the petitions as they were being destroyed, despite such an action being a Felony under Wisconsin law. Police also did nothing to clear the walk way for citizens that wanted to sign the petitions. Recall Committee members received many phone calls the following day from Merill area citizens who stated that they showed up to sign the petition, but were too afraid to get out of their vehicles and approach the recall table.
Union cops: they'll protect you IF they decide it's in their contract. And you haven't ticked-off the union.
The policemen who were there, and who were standing in close proximity to these events as they unfolded, did nothing to assist those collecting the petitions as they were being destroyed, despite such an action being a Felony under Wisconsin law. Police also did nothing to clear the walk way for citizens that wanted to sign the petitions. Recall Committee members received many phone calls the following day from Merill area citizens who stated that they showed up to sign the petition, but were too afraid to get out of their vehicles and approach the recall table.
Union cops: they'll protect you IF they decide it's in their contract. And you haven't ticked-off the union.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
My first thought is "This is when we start running over
the bastards."
The TSA has also indicated that it wants to move the perimeter of aviation security screening beyond the airport, to checkpoints on the road, according to Chris Calabrese, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. If these roving searches are tolerated within the terminal and are allowed to jump to the street, there's no telling what might come next. Conceivably, in the near future the TSA could set up roadblocks to randomly screen automobiles anywhere it pleases.
If so, it could prompt further outcries from the traveling public and more comparisons to a police state, say Calabrese and other privacy advocates.
Really? No shit? Yes, it would. Along with a rash of TSA personnel becoming road pizza.
I also have to point out this part:
I put the police-state question to an expert on repressive regimes. "It's absurd to liken the annoyances brought on by airport security to life under a police state," Washington, D.C.-based human rights activist Mariam Memarsadeghi said. "A police state is defined by perpetual fear — fear of a state apparatus that is incessantly watching over the actions of people for the sole purpose of maintaining its power over them."
And that differs from fear of "You will be groped or irradiated or else. And no, we won't let you leave, either" how?
The TSA has also indicated that it wants to move the perimeter of aviation security screening beyond the airport, to checkpoints on the road, according to Chris Calabrese, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union. If these roving searches are tolerated within the terminal and are allowed to jump to the street, there's no telling what might come next. Conceivably, in the near future the TSA could set up roadblocks to randomly screen automobiles anywhere it pleases.
If so, it could prompt further outcries from the traveling public and more comparisons to a police state, say Calabrese and other privacy advocates.
Really? No shit? Yes, it would. Along with a rash of TSA personnel becoming road pizza.
I also have to point out this part:
I put the police-state question to an expert on repressive regimes. "It's absurd to liken the annoyances brought on by airport security to life under a police state," Washington, D.C.-based human rights activist Mariam Memarsadeghi said. "A police state is defined by perpetual fear — fear of a state apparatus that is incessantly watching over the actions of people for the sole purpose of maintaining its power over them."
And that differs from fear of "You will be groped or irradiated or else. And no, we won't let you leave, either" how?
With all the disaster prep posts out there, (updated)
it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to link to this over at Fr. Frog's Pad. This was written during/aftermath of Katrina; some very good do/do not/don't forget stuff.
Added: should have done this in the first place, it began at Bayou Renaissance Man, a good blog in other ways as well. For instance, he found this:
Added: should have done this in the first place, it began at Bayou Renaissance Man, a good blog in other ways as well. For instance, he found this:
I just can't add to this
But surgically enhanced Israeli model Orit Fox got more than she bargained for when the massive boa constrictor took objection to her over familiarity and reacted by biting into her breast.
However, it was the snake who came off worse because, while Ms Fox need a tetanus shot in hospital, the reptile later died from silicone poisoning.
However, it was the snake who came off worse because, while Ms Fox need a tetanus shot in hospital, the reptile later died from silicone poisoning.
On the subject of LED lights,
back around Christmas a friend gave me new leashes for the dogs. Each has a removable LED flashlight on it; three AAA batteries and a strong, white light.
Remember a few years back when most LED lights were still blue-tinted? And ones with good light output were a bit expensive?
Remember a few years back when most LED lights were still blue-tinted? And ones with good light output were a bit expensive?
Two union things to start off this morning
First, threats of boycott. Including against places that didn't allow any political advertising on the property or didn't endorse ANYONE. But when you've got a good threat going, what's the problem with threatening- and vandalizing- the wrong people?
Leaders of seven unions representing police, firefighters, teachers, and law enforcement signed a letter sent to M &I Bank.
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The groups are giving M&I Bank until March 17th to publicly oppose Walker’s efforts. If it does, the unions will publicly celebrate the partnership to preserve rights. If the bank hasn’t responded by March 17th, the groups will publicly and formally boycott the company.
"Nice business you got here; shame if anything should happen to it, huh?"
Owner of Sendik’s Grocery Store in Shorewood, Anne Finch-Nehring, doesn’t understand why people would choose to boycott her store, because of what she may or may not believe. She says, “I have no political signage at our store, and we can’t. I wouldn’t do that, because I wouldn’t want to offend or tread on other customers rights to support who ever they want to support.”
Because you're a convenient target, and they want to damage anyone who doesn't bow down.
The other is on dirtbag union (excuses for)teachers:
Aren't you forgetting a thing or 2? You've got them chanting "Hey hey, ho ho, Scott Walker has got to go" — but what do they know about Scott Walker? That he's done something the teachers don't like. So, maybe some day, when you do something they don't like, some kid might start "Hey hey, ho ho, [TEACHER'S NAME] has got to go." Today, you're pleased to teach them "The children, united, will never be divided." I'm picturing them repurposing that chant back in the classroom.
Yeah, that's great. Use school time to teach the kids union chants and then use more school time to display the kids as props. That's REALLY going to get the parents on your side, isn't it?
Unions: is there anyone they won't screw over for the unions benefit?
I can understand someone not agreeing with Palin on things, I can understand someone thinking she has the wrong view on something; this kind of bullshit I do not:
“But if you close your eyes and listen to Palin and her most irate supporters constantly squawk or bellyache or tweet about how unfair a ride she gets from evil mustache-twirling elites and RINO saboteurs, she sounds like a professional victimologist, the flip side of any lefty grievance group leader. She’s becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition. The only difference being, she wears naughty-librarian glasses instead of a James Brown ‘do.”
Reminds me of the people who, after the Tucson shooting, were blaming her for it and then, when she dared respond, screeched "SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE THIS ABOUT HER! Isn't she DISGUSTING?"
And 'naught-librarian glasses'? Screw you LaBash, you sound like a clown trying to make sure you're invited to the 'right' parties.
The Prevaricator in Chief is still talking about the wonders of 'change' in the mid-East & north Africa, but doing squat except talking. And talking. And pretending to be doing something.
The NRA has announced it won't take part in Obama's "Let's have some new ways to screw with the 2nd Amendment" talks; a view that they're doing it because 'the fix is in'. From his post the other day:
The GOP leadership is loathe to push the Project Gunwalker scandal hearings. Said one congresscritter to someone he thought was sympathetic, "We don't want to be enemies with the ATF." Issa and Smith are both said to be disinterested.
How could that be, you ask, when Smith just sent that demand letter to ATF? Remember he only did it because the NRA was calling for hearings. And why did the NRA call for hearings?
From two sources on or near the NRA board:
"The NRA is doing this just to say that they did. The same goes for Lamar Smith and Issa. After the CBS stories they had to do SOMETHING. LaPierre tried to stay out of it, but he felt the push from below by board members and regular membership, especially some of our law enforcement members."
And from Tam on all the "oh Noes, NUCLEAR!" screaming,
Jesus wept! How about a sense of proportion here? Potentially ten thousand or more dead in an instant from a tidal wave and everybody's worried about a bump in thyroid cancers down the road? (And I'll point out that those '60s-vintage GE reactors compare to the current state of the art in the safety features department like a '60s-vintage Chevy does to the current product.)
Leaders of seven unions representing police, firefighters, teachers, and law enforcement signed a letter sent to M &I Bank.
...
The groups are giving M&I Bank until March 17th to publicly oppose Walker’s efforts. If it does, the unions will publicly celebrate the partnership to preserve rights. If the bank hasn’t responded by March 17th, the groups will publicly and formally boycott the company.
"Nice business you got here; shame if anything should happen to it, huh?"
Owner of Sendik’s Grocery Store in Shorewood, Anne Finch-Nehring, doesn’t understand why people would choose to boycott her store, because of what she may or may not believe. She says, “I have no political signage at our store, and we can’t. I wouldn’t do that, because I wouldn’t want to offend or tread on other customers rights to support who ever they want to support.”
Because you're a convenient target, and they want to damage anyone who doesn't bow down.
The other is on dirtbag union (excuses for)teachers:
Aren't you forgetting a thing or 2? You've got them chanting "Hey hey, ho ho, Scott Walker has got to go" — but what do they know about Scott Walker? That he's done something the teachers don't like. So, maybe some day, when you do something they don't like, some kid might start "Hey hey, ho ho, [TEACHER'S NAME] has got to go." Today, you're pleased to teach them "The children, united, will never be divided." I'm picturing them repurposing that chant back in the classroom.
Yeah, that's great. Use school time to teach the kids union chants and then use more school time to display the kids as props. That's REALLY going to get the parents on your side, isn't it?
Unions: is there anyone they won't screw over for the unions benefit?
I can understand someone not agreeing with Palin on things, I can understand someone thinking she has the wrong view on something; this kind of bullshit I do not:
“But if you close your eyes and listen to Palin and her most irate supporters constantly squawk or bellyache or tweet about how unfair a ride she gets from evil mustache-twirling elites and RINO saboteurs, she sounds like a professional victimologist, the flip side of any lefty grievance group leader. She’s becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition. The only difference being, she wears naughty-librarian glasses instead of a James Brown ‘do.”
Reminds me of the people who, after the Tucson shooting, were blaming her for it and then, when she dared respond, screeched "SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE THIS ABOUT HER! Isn't she DISGUSTING?"
And 'naught-librarian glasses'? Screw you LaBash, you sound like a clown trying to make sure you're invited to the 'right' parties.
The Prevaricator in Chief is still talking about the wonders of 'change' in the mid-East & north Africa, but doing squat except talking. And talking. And pretending to be doing something.
The NRA has announced it won't take part in Obama's "Let's have some new ways to screw with the 2nd Amendment" talks; a view that they're doing it because 'the fix is in'. From his post the other day:
The GOP leadership is loathe to push the Project Gunwalker scandal hearings. Said one congresscritter to someone he thought was sympathetic, "We don't want to be enemies with the ATF." Issa and Smith are both said to be disinterested.
How could that be, you ask, when Smith just sent that demand letter to ATF? Remember he only did it because the NRA was calling for hearings. And why did the NRA call for hearings?
From two sources on or near the NRA board:
"The NRA is doing this just to say that they did. The same goes for Lamar Smith and Issa. After the CBS stories they had to do SOMETHING. LaPierre tried to stay out of it, but he felt the push from below by board members and regular membership, especially some of our law enforcement members."
And from Tam on all the "oh Noes, NUCLEAR!" screaming,
Jesus wept! How about a sense of proportion here? Potentially ten thousand or more dead in an instant from a tidal wave and everybody's worried about a bump in thyroid cancers down the road? (And I'll point out that those '60s-vintage GE reactors compare to the current state of the art in the safety features department like a '60s-vintage Chevy does to the current product.)
Monday, March 14, 2011
Well, isn't that nice? Oregon State Police
playing games? and more of a Gunwalker mess than there already is?
We are also receiving an increase in complaints about unjustified delays for gun purchases and a lack of response by the OSP when buyers use their "Challenge Line" in an effort to resolve delays. This was a common problem in the past and had largely gone away.
This all comes at a time when the OSP has requested significant increases in their fees.
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We have also received multiple, credible reports that Oregon dealers are being pressured by ATF to make highly irregular and suspicious gun sales. It would appear to be Oregon's very own "Gunwalker" scandal.
The Oregon State Police are aware of these operations and have chosen to take a "hands off" approach.
We are also receiving an increase in complaints about unjustified delays for gun purchases and a lack of response by the OSP when buyers use their "Challenge Line" in an effort to resolve delays. This was a common problem in the past and had largely gone away.
This all comes at a time when the OSP has requested significant increases in their fees.
...
We have also received multiple, credible reports that Oregon dealers are being pressured by ATF to make highly irregular and suspicious gun sales. It would appear to be Oregon's very own "Gunwalker" scandal.
The Oregon State Police are aware of these operations and have chosen to take a "hands off" approach.
So, when did ICE and DHS have their job description changed
to fucking copyright enforcement?
Again, if they've got the free money and people to do this, they need their budget cut. And the question stands, what the HELL are they doing in such an investigation anyway?
Again, if they've got the free money and people to do this, they need their budget cut. And the question stands, what the HELL are they doing in such an investigation anyway?
Two Brit snipers,
75 kills in 40 days. Longest 1430 meters(1564 yards), shortest 196 meters. And the latter was two guys on a motorcycle and took both out.
Article says they were using suppressors, which gave them a real advantage. Glad our guys new rifle has one issued as standard with it.
Article says they were using suppressors, which gave them a real advantage. Glad our guys new rifle has one issued as standard with it.
About Obama's statement about gun control
Two takedowns, from Sondra
and from Codrea:
Now, like the majority of Americans, I believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. And the courts have settled that as the law of the land.
Buuuut …?
In this country, we have a strong tradition of gun ownership that’s handed from generation to generation. Hunting and shooting are part of our national heritage.
Only good shooting, though, right?
Wait … where’s the militia part? You know, where arms are a right, because they are needed to defend life and liberty?
And, in fact, my administration has not curtailed the rights of gun owners – it has expanded them, including allowing people to carry their guns in national parks and wildlife refuges.
You mean you didn’t veto that, because you were concentrating on your larger agenda, and it could wait until now?
Besides, that didn’t “expand rights,” it reduced unconstitutional Federal restrictions on our rights.
and from Codrea:
If by that he means take people who have been adjudicated menaces to society and segregating them from those they would harm, not many would argue.
But that’s not what he means.
He wants to end private transfers.
He wants to require everyone in the country, regardless of state laws, to go through the federal system. As in mandate. As in force. As in "or else."
How this squares with “What works in Chicago may not work in Cheyenne” is left unsaid. Maybe they’re still trying to figure out what works in Chicago.
“Most gun owners know that the word ‘commonsense’ isn't a code word for ‘confiscation’," he declares, withholding the fact that the system, with its requisite forms, sets up a capability to do just that.
And here’s the thing:
If we're serious about keeping guns away from someone who's made up his mind to kill, then we can't allow a situation where a responsible seller denies him a weapon at one store, but he effortlessly buys the same gun someplace else.
How about a situation where responsible sellers reported suspicious sales but were instructed by the administration’s enforcers to allow them to proceed anyway? Are we serious about that?
Because guess who else passed those mandatory background checks the president is stumping for here?
I haven't said anything about the reactor problems
in Japan because there's been too much noise and not enough information. This morning found this, which points to this, which includes
Yes, this is one of those cases where’ll I’ll bet my life against any asset you care to risk.
Where are you reading this? Home, office, pretentious coffee bar? Whatever. Just imagine that the radiation level has increased a thousandfold! OMG!! How much danger are you in?!
You are in incalculable danger.
It’s incalculable because radiation is still damaging your body less quickly than it heals. We’ve addressed that here before.
If I measured the dose rate where you’re sitting, I’d see about five micro-rem per hour, give or take a micro-rem. (rem= Roentgen Equivalent Man).
One thousand times that would be five milli-rem per hour, which just happens to be the threshold where the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and DOE (Department of Energy) must establish a Radiation Area.
This is serious business. To enter it you must be an adult, have training, have a TLD (Thermoluminescent Dosimeter), have been briefed on an RWP (Radiological Work Permit), and be signed in on that RWP, which means you’ll have an EPD (electronic personal dosimeter) for real-time awareness of how much radiation you’re picking up. And an RCT (radiological control technician {me!}) will be with you, or at least keeping tabs.
And apart from acronym poisoning, you’ll be fine. The danger is incalculable.
Well worth reading.
Yes, this is one of those cases where’ll I’ll bet my life against any asset you care to risk.
Where are you reading this? Home, office, pretentious coffee bar? Whatever. Just imagine that the radiation level has increased a thousandfold! OMG!! How much danger are you in?!
You are in incalculable danger.
It’s incalculable because radiation is still damaging your body less quickly than it heals. We’ve addressed that here before.
If I measured the dose rate where you’re sitting, I’d see about five micro-rem per hour, give or take a micro-rem. (rem= Roentgen Equivalent Man).
One thousand times that would be five milli-rem per hour, which just happens to be the threshold where the NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and DOE (Department of Energy) must establish a Radiation Area.
This is serious business. To enter it you must be an adult, have training, have a TLD (Thermoluminescent Dosimeter), have been briefed on an RWP (Radiological Work Permit), and be signed in on that RWP, which means you’ll have an EPD (electronic personal dosimeter) for real-time awareness of how much radiation you’re picking up. And an RCT (radiological control technician {me!}) will be with you, or at least keeping tabs.
And apart from acronym poisoning, you’ll be fine. The danger is incalculable.
Well worth reading.
Pictures from the murder of the Fogel family
Need to find out how to do a 'below the fold'; for now I'll just give links:
Here
Here
These people were stabbed to death, the throat of the baby was cut; the pictures are bad, be warned.
You know, if the Israelis were half as nasty as the palistinians accuse them of being, after some of these terror attacks there wouldn't be a palistinian problem anymore because there wouldn't be any palistinians.
Here
Here
These people were stabbed to death, the throat of the baby was cut; the pictures are bad, be warned.
You know, if the Israelis were half as nasty as the palistinians accuse them of being, after some of these terror attacks there wouldn't be a palistinian problem anymore because there wouldn't be any palistinians.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Michael Mann: your ass is grass
I haven't posted on the Globular Warmening people for a while, then tonight I ran across this at WUWT. Which refers to this post, which basically ties a noose around Mann's neck and that of the clowns at Penn State who covered for him.
Sources confirm that a federal inspector has questioned Eugene Wahl and Wahl has confirmed that Mannasked [forwarded] him [a request] to delete emails. Wahl has also informed the inspector that he did delete emails as the result of this request.
and
In 2010, in an effort to clear Mann of any wrong doing, a committee of inquiry was set up at Penn State. We now know that committee failed miserably. They failed for many reasons, but the Wahl admission is the starkest example.
Too much to excerpt any more and get the full picture; go read it.
Sources confirm that a federal inspector has questioned Eugene Wahl and Wahl has confirmed that Mann
and
In 2010, in an effort to clear Mann of any wrong doing, a committee of inquiry was set up at Penn State. We now know that committee failed miserably. They failed for many reasons, but the Wahl admission is the starkest example.
Too much to excerpt any more and get the full picture; go read it.
That comment I deleted just keep pissing me off
Let's just say it covered 'the evil Israeli standing orders are finish off palistinian wounded' and similar levels of crap. Would have dropped it, till I read this:
Item: the murder of the Fogel family came just days after a West Bank Palestinian youth center announced a soccer tournament named after Wafa Idris. And who is Wafa Idris? Why, she’s the first female Palestinian suicide bomber. She killed an 81-year-old man and injured more than 150 other Israelis in 2002. Hadn’t heard about her? Neither had I until Melanie Phillips linked to the story. The Palestinian Authority, another story reports, “has repeatedly presented Wafa Idris as a hero and role model, naming places and events after her, including a summer camp for youth funded by UNICEF, a Fatah women’s military unit, a university students group for Fatah members, a Fatah course, and more. There have been public demonstrations and songs on PA TV to honor her.”
Other murdering shits of the palistinians have had streets and soccer fields and such named after them; but the PA insists they 'condemn violence'. Right. I guess they condemn it like that bastard Arafat did: when speaking in English, but in the local language he praised and encouraged it.
So yes: I do say to hell with the 'palistinians'; especially the evil shits who teach their children that killing Jews makes Allah smile, and that all the unbelievers have to be converted, made dhimmi, or killed.
Item: the murder of the Fogel family came just days after a West Bank Palestinian youth center announced a soccer tournament named after Wafa Idris. And who is Wafa Idris? Why, she’s the first female Palestinian suicide bomber. She killed an 81-year-old man and injured more than 150 other Israelis in 2002. Hadn’t heard about her? Neither had I until Melanie Phillips linked to the story. The Palestinian Authority, another story reports, “has repeatedly presented Wafa Idris as a hero and role model, naming places and events after her, including a summer camp for youth funded by UNICEF, a Fatah women’s military unit, a university students group for Fatah members, a Fatah course, and more. There have been public demonstrations and songs on PA TV to honor her.”
Other murdering shits of the palistinians have had streets and soccer fields and such named after them; but the PA insists they 'condemn violence'. Right. I guess they condemn it like that bastard Arafat did: when speaking in English, but in the local language he praised and encouraged it.
So yes: I do say to hell with the 'palistinians'; especially the evil shits who teach their children that killing Jews makes Allah smile, and that all the unbelievers have to be converted, made dhimmi, or killed.
One bleeping big quake
The initial data suggests Friday's earthquake moved Japan's main island about 8 feet, according to Kenneth Hudnut of the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake also shifted Earth's figure axis by about 6 1/2 inches (17 centimeters), Gross added.
One of the videos I watched the other day... at first just looks like a fishing boat moving under a bridge. Then you realize that's a highway overpass, not a bridge. Damn.
Borrowed from Sondra,
One of the videos I watched the other day... at first just looks like a fishing boat moving under a bridge. Then you realize that's a highway overpass, not a bridge. Damn.
Borrowed from Sondra,
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As the man asks, what are the protocols?
because having a rifle handy isn't all that great if your ORDERS are to use the beanbags first, now is it?
This is the kind of lying by misdirection we've become used to from politicians and bureaucrats, and I hope someone in the hearings calls Napolitano on it. And demands a flat answer to the question.
This is the kind of lying by misdirection we've become used to from politicians and bureaucrats, and I hope someone in the hearings calls Napolitano on it. And demands a flat answer to the question.
In which AG Holder demonstrates he cares not a damn
for competence, only for skin color and results he likes:
Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which administers the test.
Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of the exam and a 72% on part two.
The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That’s the equivalent of an ‘F’ and a ‘D’.
You don't have enough minorities passing the test? Don't help people prep for it, don't deal with why they couldn't pass, oh no; order the city to accept people who couldn't pass it. That's a friggin' GREAT idea, isn't it?
The word from somebody with a brain and some integrity:
Williams said he understands what the Justice Department is trying to accomplish, but he thinks it’s the wrong method and it’s keeping him from achieving his dream.
“You can’t blame the city for the lack of diversity,” Williams said. “This isn’t your normal 9 to 5 job and you have to want it. I don’t want to be in a department where I was hired because of my skin color. I want it because I earned it.”
Damn right, Mr. Williams. I hope you get the job you're working for, from this you sound like the kind needed there: someone willing to work hard for it and wanting to do it right.
This reminds me of the idiocy some years back in which 'feminists' were demanding women be accepted as firefighters even though they could not meet the physical test standards; a lady firefighter in Seattle, I believe, got up in front of the city council who wanted to do this and told them if they did, she'd quit. Something along the lines of "Those standards are there for a reason, and if you start putting people who can't meet them in this job, I'll know there are unqualified people who can get me killed around me."
Dayton is in desperate need of officers to replace dozens of retirees. The hiring process was postponed for months because the D.O.J. rejected the original scores provided by the Dayton Civil Service Board, which administers the test.
Under the previous requirements, candidates had to get a 66% on part one of the exam and a 72% on part two.
The D.O.J. approved new scoring policy only requires potential police officers to get a 58% and a 63%. That’s the equivalent of an ‘F’ and a ‘D’.
You don't have enough minorities passing the test? Don't help people prep for it, don't deal with why they couldn't pass, oh no; order the city to accept people who couldn't pass it. That's a friggin' GREAT idea, isn't it?
The word from somebody with a brain and some integrity:
Williams said he understands what the Justice Department is trying to accomplish, but he thinks it’s the wrong method and it’s keeping him from achieving his dream.
“You can’t blame the city for the lack of diversity,” Williams said. “This isn’t your normal 9 to 5 job and you have to want it. I don’t want to be in a department where I was hired because of my skin color. I want it because I earned it.”
Damn right, Mr. Williams. I hope you get the job you're working for, from this you sound like the kind needed there: someone willing to work hard for it and wanting to do it right.
This reminds me of the idiocy some years back in which 'feminists' were demanding women be accepted as firefighters even though they could not meet the physical test standards; a lady firefighter in Seattle, I believe, got up in front of the city council who wanted to do this and told them if they did, she'd quit. Something along the lines of "Those standards are there for a reason, and if you start putting people who can't meet them in this job, I'll know there are unqualified people who can get me killed around me."
Deleted a comment in the post about the latest demonstration
of murder and celebration of it by the palistinians. I refuse to allow the crap in it to be pushed here. If that offends your sensibilities, go read someone else' blog.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
A couple of local politicians don't want to answer a question Updated again
The two in question are Charlie Swinton and Ed Shadid. The question: remembering that the Chief of Police and a couple of city councilmen said they liked the idea of forcing us peasants to register anything classed as an 'assault weapon', I wrote to both and asked
What is your opinion on this?
I've written twice; no answer from either of them either time.
So, the possibilities are
They're backed-up on questions and haven't see this e-mail(unlikely);
They don't think the question is worth answering(somewhat unlikely, and if this is it it pisses me off);
They figure whatever they answer they'll tick somebody off and don't have the guts to deal with that.
Update: came home from working on my heart health to find this reply from Swinton:
XXXX, I disagree with the police chief. Charlie
So I have a reply from one, good on him for answering.
Update 2: got a reply from Shadid this morning:
I apologize in the delay of response. I heard the comments by the Chief and Police and have been thinking a lot about it lately. We need to have a balance between public safety and the right to bear arms. Our constitution was designed to protect rights not take away from them. Let me know if I can ever be of service. Thanks for you questions.
Which says basically nothing, with a possible lean toward "Would registration be so bad?" So I just sent back 'Do you agree with the Police Chief?' We'll see what he says.
That kind of answer from a former governor is what started me in my ever-since low regard for politicians.
What is your opinion on this?
I've written twice; no answer from either of them either time.
So, the possibilities are
They're backed-up on questions and haven't see this e-mail(unlikely);
They don't think the question is worth answering(somewhat unlikely, and if this is it it pisses me off);
They figure whatever they answer they'll tick somebody off and don't have the guts to deal with that.
Update: came home from working on my heart health to find this reply from Swinton:
XXXX, I disagree with the police chief. Charlie
So I have a reply from one, good on him for answering.
Update 2: got a reply from Shadid this morning:
I apologize in the delay of response. I heard the comments by the Chief and Police and have been thinking a lot about it lately. We need to have a balance between public safety and the right to bear arms. Our constitution was designed to protect rights not take away from them. Let me know if I can ever be of service. Thanks for you questions.
Which says basically nothing, with a possible lean toward "Would registration be so bad?" So I just sent back 'Do you agree with the Police Chief?' We'll see what he says.
That kind of answer from a former governor is what started me in my ever-since low regard for politicians.
I wondered why it'd be such a problem to interdict
the Libyan air forces; looks like it was sort-of planned that way.
There are no American supercarriers in the Mediterranean. None. A helicopter carrier and a support ship from the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain were deployed there last week. An Aegis cruiser and a guided missile destroyer arrived in the Eastern Med around March 1.
The UK just retired its carriers because of budget austerity. So, unless our EU allies allow American planes to attack Libya from their territory, a no-fly zone or other action is not an option.
Nor is the Med (and the Suez Canal) the only strategic choke-point which the Obama Administration has uncovered...
There are no American supercarriers in the Mediterranean. None. A helicopter carrier and a support ship from the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain were deployed there last week. An Aegis cruiser and a guided missile destroyer arrived in the Eastern Med around March 1.
The UK just retired its carriers because of budget austerity. So, unless our EU allies allow American planes to attack Libya from their territory, a no-fly zone or other action is not an option.
Nor is the Med (and the Suez Canal) the only strategic choke-point which the Obama Administration has uncovered...
The good thing:
it's been a flat beautiful day. Light wind, cool in the morning and warm now, partly cloudy.
The bad:
It makes you want to plant things. Even though you KNOW there's going to be at least one more solid freeze(usually upper 20's) before it's over.
I also have to note that it's been kind of dry, and on windy days like yesterday all it takes is a spark or one idiot with something hot to burn a chunk of the state down.
Ah, Spring, thou art a heartless bitch(to paraphrase Sheldon).
The bad:
It makes you want to plant things. Even though you KNOW there's going to be at least one more solid freeze(usually upper 20's) before it's over.
I also have to note that it's been kind of dry, and on windy days like yesterday all it takes is a spark or one idiot with something hot to burn a chunk of the state down.
Ah, Spring, thou art a heartless bitch(to paraphrase Sheldon).
I may have to stop calling them Palisimians;
monkeys don't have this kind of evil mindset.
Five family members were found murdered in their residence in the West Bank Itamar settlement Friday overnight, after a suspected terrorist broke and entered the house and stabbed the five to death. Two children managed to escape and survived the attack, Army Radio reported.
A Magen David Adom team that arrived at the scene at 1:00 a.m. announced a couple, their 11-year old child, 3-year-old toddler, and a one-month baby girl dead from stabbing wounds.
Bad, right? Worse:
Gaza residents from the southern city of Rafah on Saturday poured out on the streets to celebrate the terror attack in West Bank settlement of Itamar, in which five family members were murdered in their sleep.
Residents handed out candy and sweets, one resident saying their joy "is a natural response to the harm settlers inflict on the Palestinian residents in the West Bank."
Just like they gave out candy and danced in the streets on 9/11.
God-damn these people. Both for what they do and what they teach their children to do.
Five family members were found murdered in their residence in the West Bank Itamar settlement Friday overnight, after a suspected terrorist broke and entered the house and stabbed the five to death. Two children managed to escape and survived the attack, Army Radio reported.
A Magen David Adom team that arrived at the scene at 1:00 a.m. announced a couple, their 11-year old child, 3-year-old toddler, and a one-month baby girl dead from stabbing wounds.
Bad, right? Worse:
Gaza residents from the southern city of Rafah on Saturday poured out on the streets to celebrate the terror attack in West Bank settlement of Itamar, in which five family members were murdered in their sleep.
Residents handed out candy and sweets, one resident saying their joy "is a natural response to the harm settlers inflict on the Palestinian residents in the West Bank."
Just like they gave out candy and danced in the streets on 9/11.
God-damn these people. Both for what they do and what they teach their children to do.
No wonder the bastards don't want to talk about the actual test
results on the machinery; and, as I recall, they've NEVER released the actual safety tests, have they?
The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation — 247 machines at 38 airports — after maintenance records on some of the devices showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected.
The TSA says that the records reflect math mistakes and that all the machines are safe. Indeed, even the highest readings listed on some of the records — the numbers that the TSA says were mistakes — appear to be many times less than what the agency says a person absorbs through one day of natural background radiation.
Even so, the TSA has ordered the new tests out of "an abundance of caution to reassure the public," spokesman Nicholas Kimball says. The tests will be finished by the end of the month, and the results will be released "as they are completed," the agency said on its website.
A: Why should we trust them?
B: I wonder how long it will take for them to be 'completed'? And how they'll be edited before release?
The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation — 247 machines at 38 airports — after maintenance records on some of the devices showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected.
The TSA says that the records reflect math mistakes and that all the machines are safe. Indeed, even the highest readings listed on some of the records — the numbers that the TSA says were mistakes — appear to be many times less than what the agency says a person absorbs through one day of natural background radiation.
Even so, the TSA has ordered the new tests out of "an abundance of caution to reassure the public," spokesman Nicholas Kimball says. The tests will be finished by the end of the month, and the results will be released "as they are completed," the agency said on its website.
A: Why should we trust them?
B: I wonder how long it will take for them to be 'completed'? And how they'll be edited before release?
Friday, March 11, 2011
That IS a good question for the FBI:
Second, red flags had to be going off in Clarksburg, WV where the FBI was processing all those NICS checks before allowing the sales to go through. The FBI has not been mentioned in connection with Operation Gunwalker previously but these sales could not have been processed without their assistance. This leads to the question of what the FBI knew about this investigation and were they ordered by higher-ups in the Justice Department to provide assistance to ATF's ongoing investigation. If so, who?
I've read of people who bought five handguns at one time getting a visit from the feds to ask 'who and why'; but it sure didn't happen here.
I've read of people who bought five handguns at one time getting a visit from the feds to ask 'who and why'; but it sure didn't happen here.
Tam's words
and a modification. The original:
The Mexican government is all upset at US law enforcement agents standing by and allowing guns to be smuggled into Mexico, which is a change of pace from the usual American anger at Mexican law enforcement agents standing by and allowing drugs and illegal immigrants to be smuggled into the US.
The modified in comments:
The Mexican government is all upset at US law enforcement agents helping guns to be smuggled into Mexico, which is a change of pace from the usual American anger at Mexican law enforcement agents helping drugs and illegal immigrants to be smuggled into the US.
and Tam's close:
In the Mexican government's defense, at least their cops are on the take and not doing it as a matter of agency policy.
The Mexican government is all upset at US law enforcement agents standing by and allowing guns to be smuggled into Mexico, which is a change of pace from the usual American anger at Mexican law enforcement agents standing by and allowing drugs and illegal immigrants to be smuggled into the US.
The modified in comments:
The Mexican government is all upset at US law enforcement agents helping guns to be smuggled into Mexico, which is a change of pace from the usual American anger at Mexican law enforcement agents helping drugs and illegal immigrants to be smuggled into the US.
and Tam's close:
In the Mexican government's defense, at least their cops are on the take and not doing it as a matter of agency policy.
Oh, for God's sake
There's no excuse for this.
A stumbling Framingham SWAT officer accidentally fired his rifle and shot a beloved grandpa to death as he lay face-down on the floor of his own home, authorities admitted yesterday, sparking incredulous outrage by the 68-year-old retiree’s family.
Bad, right? Read:
“As he stepped to his left, (Duncan) lost his balance and began to fall over backwards,” the report states. “Officer Duncan realized that his right foot was off the floor and the tactical equipment that he was wearing was making his movements very awkward. While falling, Officer Duncan removed his left hand from his rifle, which was pointing down towards the ground and put his left arm out to try and catch himself. As he did so, he heard a shot.”
Yeah. 'Heard a shot' because he had the safety off and pulled the trigger. Either incompetence or stupidity or both.
This, to my mind, makes it even worse:
On Jan. 5, police were searching for Stamps’ stepson, Joseph Bushfan, when they served a warrant on Stamps’ home. Bushfan was arrested outside the home, allegedly carrying crack cocaine and money.
Officers then hit the home, throwing a stun grenade and ordering everyone inside to put their hands up and lie on the floor, the report states. Stamps, a grandfather of 12, had obeyed and was lying in the hallway when Duncan attempted to cuff and frisk him.
So they've already arrested the guy they were after; so I'm curious as to why they decided they still had to throw grenades and kick doors and all the other Special Ninja-Suit-Wearing Officer stuff? I'm hoping they actually HAD a damned reason other than "Because we can and wanted to."
No, I'm not much willing to give benefit of the doubt anymore on crap like this.
A stumbling Framingham SWAT officer accidentally fired his rifle and shot a beloved grandpa to death as he lay face-down on the floor of his own home, authorities admitted yesterday, sparking incredulous outrage by the 68-year-old retiree’s family.
Bad, right? Read:
“As he stepped to his left, (Duncan) lost his balance and began to fall over backwards,” the report states. “Officer Duncan realized that his right foot was off the floor and the tactical equipment that he was wearing was making his movements very awkward. While falling, Officer Duncan removed his left hand from his rifle, which was pointing down towards the ground and put his left arm out to try and catch himself. As he did so, he heard a shot.”
Yeah. 'Heard a shot' because he had the safety off and pulled the trigger. Either incompetence or stupidity or both.
This, to my mind, makes it even worse:
On Jan. 5, police were searching for Stamps’ stepson, Joseph Bushfan, when they served a warrant on Stamps’ home. Bushfan was arrested outside the home, allegedly carrying crack cocaine and money.
Officers then hit the home, throwing a stun grenade and ordering everyone inside to put their hands up and lie on the floor, the report states. Stamps, a grandfather of 12, had obeyed and was lying in the hallway when Duncan attempted to cuff and frisk him.
So they've already arrested the guy they were after; so I'm curious as to why they decided they still had to throw grenades and kick doors and all the other Special Ninja-Suit-Wearing Officer stuff? I'm hoping they actually HAD a damned reason other than "Because we can and wanted to."
No, I'm not much willing to give benefit of the doubt anymore on crap like this.
Important people died while the 'news' worries about
a drug-addled fool.
“Charlie Sheen is all over the news because he’s a celebrity drug addict,” it said, “while Andrew Wilfahrt 31, Brian Tabada 21, Rudolph Hizon 22, Chauncy Mays 25, are soldiers who gave their lives this week with no media mention. Please honor them by posting this as your status for a little while.”
“Charlie Sheen is all over the news because he’s a celebrity drug addict,” it said, “while Andrew Wilfahrt 31, Brian Tabada 21, Rudolph Hizon 22, Chauncy Mays 25, are soldiers who gave their lives this week with no media mention. Please honor them by posting this as your status for a little while.”
Well, well, TSA lied about the cost of private screening
vs. TSA molesters; I'd ask if anyone was really surprised, but I know the answer.
Five airports recently have applied to join the SPP but have been denied by TSA officials, Mr. Mica said.
In January, TSA Administrator John Pistole announced those applications were being refused and that no other airports would be allowed to participate in SPP unless they could demonstrate a “clear and substantial advantage” in doing so.
And TSA gets to decide what a “clear and substantial advantage” is, of course.
Plain citizen can't find some receipt, or takes bad advice from the IRS, their whole life is screwed; wonder if anybody at this agency will actually get in trouble over this?
A Texas man who helped the FBI defuse a plot to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention is suing the New York Times for libel for claiming he was part of the violent conspiracy.
Hope he's able to hang their ass on the wall.
Hmmm.
The author of a book on the Oklahoma City bombing says a homeless man arrested in Quincy on Wednesday is the same man identified by several witnesses to the bombing as having been with Timothy McVeigh on the day of the deadly attack.
Quincy Police on Thursday spoke with the author and notified the FBI of the arrest of Hussain Al-Hussaini for slashing a man’s face with a beer bottle.
...
Both Dougan and the author of the Oklahoma City book said the man arrested in Quincy also has a tattoo on his arm that matches the description of one on the arm of the man in the book.
“His age, his name, the picture, the mugshot, that’s him,” the author of “The Third Terrorist,” Jayna Davis, told The Patriot Ledger in a telephone interview.
Damn.
The dog handler was killed in a firefight with the Taliban - and his body returned to the UK on the same flight as the ashes of his devoted Army search dog Theo.
The springer spaniel suffered a seizure and died shortly after his master was killed last week.
So NPR lied- again- and they're nailed for it. I'm sure there'll be lots of excuses made why we shouldn't care.
But we do.
“I’d almost be willing to get a job in order to participate in A NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE.”
"No, dude, not that! Not at JOB!!"
On the current Gunwalker investigations,
Lawmakers in Mexico are demanding an investigation into a U.S. law enforcement operation that allowed hundreds of weapons to flow into the hands of Mexican drug cartels amid claims from a ranking legislator that at least 150 Mexicans have been killed or wounded by guns trafficked by smugglers under the watch of U.S. agents.
Let's note those are the guns DOJ and BATFE say 'never made it across the border'.
Mexican politicians have criticized the ATF program as a violation of Mexico's sovereignty and evidence of U.S. arrogance toward its southern neighbor.
More like certain officials thinking "What's a few more dead in Mexico if it helps us increase our budget and push laws we want?"
I flat fucking hate saying this, but I agree with Vanderboegh:
Backfired?
Backfired?!?
Bull.
Remember one thing -- apart from the fact that it was compromised by the ATF whistleblowers, "FAST AND FURIOUS" WORKED AS INTENDED. Hell, they're still trying to make it work, even now when the whole thing has been exposed as Fireman Friendly's secret life as a killer arsonist.
Right now BATFE and DOJ are trying to claim this was a wonderful idea that failed 'because you didn't give us more funding and authority'. I fear that he's absolutely right: they did this to pump up numbers and increase the carnage so they could use it to demand more gun laws and more restrictions and more power for them.
I still tend to think of LE as generally being good guys; when a piece of vicious idiocy like this shows people in control of powerful agencies are willing to do things like this to push political and personal ends and screw the damage done, I get a sick, disgusted feeling. Bad enough when some bastards fake-up stuff for warrants so they can put on ninja suits and kick doors, bad enough when a street officer demonstrates contempt for that Constitution he swore to uphold; enormously worse when the people in charge of whole agencies do things like this. And it again brings up "Why should I ever trust you again? You've given me reason for nothing but distrust."
Go over to Sipsey and start working down: lots more new stuff, and right now I don't really have the stomach to go through all of it here.
Five airports recently have applied to join the SPP but have been denied by TSA officials, Mr. Mica said.
In January, TSA Administrator John Pistole announced those applications were being refused and that no other airports would be allowed to participate in SPP unless they could demonstrate a “clear and substantial advantage” in doing so.
And TSA gets to decide what a “clear and substantial advantage” is, of course.
Plain citizen can't find some receipt, or takes bad advice from the IRS, their whole life is screwed; wonder if anybody at this agency will actually get in trouble over this?
A Texas man who helped the FBI defuse a plot to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention is suing the New York Times for libel for claiming he was part of the violent conspiracy.
Hope he's able to hang their ass on the wall.
Hmmm.
The author of a book on the Oklahoma City bombing says a homeless man arrested in Quincy on Wednesday is the same man identified by several witnesses to the bombing as having been with Timothy McVeigh on the day of the deadly attack.
Quincy Police on Thursday spoke with the author and notified the FBI of the arrest of Hussain Al-Hussaini for slashing a man’s face with a beer bottle.
...
Both Dougan and the author of the Oklahoma City book said the man arrested in Quincy also has a tattoo on his arm that matches the description of one on the arm of the man in the book.
“His age, his name, the picture, the mugshot, that’s him,” the author of “The Third Terrorist,” Jayna Davis, told The Patriot Ledger in a telephone interview.
Damn.
The dog handler was killed in a firefight with the Taliban - and his body returned to the UK on the same flight as the ashes of his devoted Army search dog Theo.
The springer spaniel suffered a seizure and died shortly after his master was killed last week.
So NPR lied- again- and they're nailed for it. I'm sure there'll be lots of excuses made why we shouldn't care.
But we do.
“I’d almost be willing to get a job in order to participate in A NATIONAL GENERAL STRIKE.”
"No, dude, not that! Not at JOB!!"
On the current Gunwalker investigations,
Lawmakers in Mexico are demanding an investigation into a U.S. law enforcement operation that allowed hundreds of weapons to flow into the hands of Mexican drug cartels amid claims from a ranking legislator that at least 150 Mexicans have been killed or wounded by guns trafficked by smugglers under the watch of U.S. agents.
Let's note those are the guns DOJ and BATFE say 'never made it across the border'.
Mexican politicians have criticized the ATF program as a violation of Mexico's sovereignty and evidence of U.S. arrogance toward its southern neighbor.
More like certain officials thinking "What's a few more dead in Mexico if it helps us increase our budget and push laws we want?"
I flat fucking hate saying this, but I agree with Vanderboegh:
Backfired?
Backfired?!?
Bull.
Remember one thing -- apart from the fact that it was compromised by the ATF whistleblowers, "FAST AND FURIOUS" WORKED AS INTENDED. Hell, they're still trying to make it work, even now when the whole thing has been exposed as Fireman Friendly's secret life as a killer arsonist.
Right now BATFE and DOJ are trying to claim this was a wonderful idea that failed 'because you didn't give us more funding and authority'. I fear that he's absolutely right: they did this to pump up numbers and increase the carnage so they could use it to demand more gun laws and more restrictions and more power for them.
I still tend to think of LE as generally being good guys; when a piece of vicious idiocy like this shows people in control of powerful agencies are willing to do things like this to push political and personal ends and screw the damage done, I get a sick, disgusted feeling. Bad enough when some bastards fake-up stuff for warrants so they can put on ninja suits and kick doors, bad enough when a street officer demonstrates contempt for that Constitution he swore to uphold; enormously worse when the people in charge of whole agencies do things like this. And it again brings up "Why should I ever trust you again? You've given me reason for nothing but distrust."
Go over to Sipsey and start working down: lots more new stuff, and right now I don't really have the stomach to go through all of it here.
That's one big damn quake
The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0.
Quake off the east coast of Japan; lots of damage there from the quake and tsunami, this report says more than 200 dead. And tsunami warnings all over the Pacific. A bunch of videos here, though when the site opens you have to listen to a Jag commercial before the first plays. And the commentator can't help making a idiot statement about 'places threatened by global warming' while talking about the whirlpool.
One thing strikes me: Japan, quake this size and all the aftermath, several hundred dead; quake this size hits a second- or(especially) third-world area you'd have thousands already. Advancing to better ways makes a big difference.
Quake off the east coast of Japan; lots of damage there from the quake and tsunami, this report says more than 200 dead. And tsunami warnings all over the Pacific. A bunch of videos here, though when the site opens you have to listen to a Jag commercial before the first plays. And the commentator can't help making a idiot statement about 'places threatened by global warming' while talking about the whirlpool.
One thing strikes me: Japan, quake this size and all the aftermath, several hundred dead; quake this size hits a second- or(especially) third-world area you'd have thousands already. Advancing to better ways makes a big difference.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
For some reason this didn't catch me earlier:
The people who sent the long, detailed death threat to a bunch of WI senators signed it.
I wonder if the police will start acting like lawmen, or will diddle around until somebody dies?
And will, this time, there be any consequences for these dirtbags?
I wonder if the police will start acting like lawmen, or will diddle around until somebody dies?
And will, this time, there be any consequences for these dirtbags?
Multiple things getting very interesting
Possible use by nerve gas by the government in Yemen?
"The material in this gas makes people convulse for hours. It paralyses them. They couldn't move at all. We tried to give them oxygen but it didn't work," said Amaar Nujaim, a field doctor who works for Islamic Relief.
"We are seeing symptoms in the patient's nerves, not in their respiratory systems. I'm 90 per cent sure its nerve gas and not tear gas that was used," said Sami Zaid, a doctor at the Science and Technology Hospital in Sanaa.
If true, major escalation in use of force. And opens a very big can of carnivorous worms.
DOJ, BATFE and their apologists- hell, their enablers- in Congress are trying very hard to make Gunwalker disappear.
...but sources on the Hill say Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy won't allow it, refusing to call for an independent congressional investigation.
And the only reason for him to refuse is he's trying to help cover up this crap. Leahy sucks on so many levels they could probably put him in a room to test vacuum suits.
The North is believed to be nearing completion of an electromagnetic pulse bomb that, if exploded 25 miles above ground would cause irreversible damage to electrical and electronic devices such as mobile phones, computers, radio and radar, experts say.
A nut-level communist tyranny who sells things to terrorists with a EMP bomb... oh yeah, that's just freaking wonderful.
The 46-year-old lured his wife to the television studio where the couple worked on Feb. 12, 2009. He then attacked her with a pair of hunting knives, stabbed her 40 times, then severed her head.
...
The husband claimed as his defense that his wife was abusive toward him and that his actions were justified, claiming he suffered from battered spouse syndrome.
Uh, yeah. Right.
"The prosecution has never asked, who started it?" the killer said during his trial, WIVB 4 News in Buffalo reported. "They never asked the question, who started it? That is the core question that needs to be answered."
Not really, counselor. And 25-to-life, assuming they actually keep the bastard in, is about right(considering the state).
To the cops in Wisconsin who can't/won't be bothered to live up to their oath: Screw You. You're a disgrace to the badge you wear. And you're telling people that if they're not of an 'approved' class by you and your union, they can't expect you to protect them when called on; which means when the time comes and they have to protect themselves, any blood spilled is at least partly on your hands, you bastards.
Speaking of union thugs and Democrats(bit of an overlap there, we have this:
Legislators can get into the building, but Republicans are being blocked from getting to their offices and into the Assembly chamber. It's the Assembly that needs to vote on the bill that the Senate passed last night, leading to the renewed protests. Meade heard from a source that Democratic legislators unlocked at least one door that leads to the doors for a cluster of Republican legislative offices. That would appear to be part of a scheme to prevent the vote.
"This is what democracy looks like" — that's the chant we've heard for 3 weeks. How do you like this new democracy, that has a mob storming the Capitol and, with the aid of the minority party, blocking the access of the majority party into their offices and into the legislative chamber? It looks more like anarchy to me.
and this:
Among the threats the Justice Department is investigationg is one that was emailed to Republican Senators Wednesday night. Newsradio 620 WTMJ has obtained that email.
The following is the unedited email:
Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes
will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain
to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it
will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit
that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for
more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.
"We're going to kill you and your family, for the greater good of course." Go read the whole thing: bombs, mass-murder, etc. Fine progressive ideals. Time to arm up. And if the cop bitch about it, point out that their credibility as enforcers of the law has been trashed by their own actions.
"The material in this gas makes people convulse for hours. It paralyses them. They couldn't move at all. We tried to give them oxygen but it didn't work," said Amaar Nujaim, a field doctor who works for Islamic Relief.
"We are seeing symptoms in the patient's nerves, not in their respiratory systems. I'm 90 per cent sure its nerve gas and not tear gas that was used," said Sami Zaid, a doctor at the Science and Technology Hospital in Sanaa.
If true, major escalation in use of force. And opens a very big can of carnivorous worms.
DOJ, BATFE and their apologists- hell, their enablers- in Congress are trying very hard to make Gunwalker disappear.
...but sources on the Hill say Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy won't allow it, refusing to call for an independent congressional investigation.
And the only reason for him to refuse is he's trying to help cover up this crap. Leahy sucks on so many levels they could probably put him in a room to test vacuum suits.
The North is believed to be nearing completion of an electromagnetic pulse bomb that, if exploded 25 miles above ground would cause irreversible damage to electrical and electronic devices such as mobile phones, computers, radio and radar, experts say.
A nut-level communist tyranny who sells things to terrorists with a EMP bomb... oh yeah, that's just freaking wonderful.
The 46-year-old lured his wife to the television studio where the couple worked on Feb. 12, 2009. He then attacked her with a pair of hunting knives, stabbed her 40 times, then severed her head.
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The husband claimed as his defense that his wife was abusive toward him and that his actions were justified, claiming he suffered from battered spouse syndrome.
Uh, yeah. Right.
"The prosecution has never asked, who started it?" the killer said during his trial, WIVB 4 News in Buffalo reported. "They never asked the question, who started it? That is the core question that needs to be answered."
Not really, counselor. And 25-to-life, assuming they actually keep the bastard in, is about right(considering the state).
To the cops in Wisconsin who can't/won't be bothered to live up to their oath: Screw You. You're a disgrace to the badge you wear. And you're telling people that if they're not of an 'approved' class by you and your union, they can't expect you to protect them when called on; which means when the time comes and they have to protect themselves, any blood spilled is at least partly on your hands, you bastards.
Speaking of union thugs and Democrats(bit of an overlap there, we have this:
Legislators can get into the building, but Republicans are being blocked from getting to their offices and into the Assembly chamber. It's the Assembly that needs to vote on the bill that the Senate passed last night, leading to the renewed protests. Meade heard from a source that Democratic legislators unlocked at least one door that leads to the doors for a cluster of Republican legislative offices. That would appear to be part of a scheme to prevent the vote.
"This is what democracy looks like" — that's the chant we've heard for 3 weeks. How do you like this new democracy, that has a mob storming the Capitol and, with the aid of the minority party, blocking the access of the majority party into their offices and into the legislative chamber? It looks more like anarchy to me.
and this:
Among the threats the Justice Department is investigationg is one that was emailed to Republican Senators Wednesday night. Newsradio 620 WTMJ has obtained that email.
The following is the unedited email:
Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes
will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain
to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it
will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit
that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for
more information on possible scenarios in which you will die.
"We're going to kill you and your family, for the greater good of course." Go read the whole thing: bombs, mass-murder, etc. Fine progressive ideals. Time to arm up. And if the cop bitch about it, point out that their credibility as enforcers of the law has been trashed by their own actions.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
So, make your choice: is Napolitano
A: Lying
B: That lax about knowing what's going on in the organization she's in charge of
I'm going with A. I have a hard time believing she would NOT know she had even one person taking part in an operation like this. We also know about the orders to use beanbags first, so this:
Grassley also wanted to know if Terry's team was under standing orders to use non-lethal force even against bandits clearly armed with assault rifles.
"I have asked that question, and my information is absolutely not," Napolitano said.
is bullshit. Note the 'my information is' crap, so she can later say "The information I had then was incorrect." So I believe.
B: That lax about knowing what's going on in the organization she's in charge of
I'm going with A. I have a hard time believing she would NOT know she had even one person taking part in an operation like this. We also know about the orders to use beanbags first, so this:
Grassley also wanted to know if Terry's team was under standing orders to use non-lethal force even against bandits clearly armed with assault rifles.
"I have asked that question, and my information is absolutely not," Napolitano said.
is bullshit. Note the 'my information is' crap, so she can later say "The information I had then was incorrect." So I believe.
Think I'll pass on the Land Rover...
everything leaked, things broke easily, it often had electrical fires, the steering was as useful in guiding the thing down the road as divining, and the noise the straight gears made obviated the need for any kind of radio. I have had more pleseant driving experiences bungee corded to the top of a bus in the rain.
...
...The momentary pleasure you’ll have in pride of ownership will be eclipsed the first time it strands you along the road, which will be on the way home from the dealership.
I like working on things, but when it comes to my transportation, unless I have something specifically to screw around with, I want the damn thing to work. All the time. Regular maintenance is one thing, having to carry a full set of tools and a shop manual so as to make sure you get where you're going, well, that just flat sucks.
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...The momentary pleasure you’ll have in pride of ownership will be eclipsed the first time it strands you along the road, which will be on the way home from the dealership.
I like working on things, but when it comes to my transportation, unless I have something specifically to screw around with, I want the damn thing to work. All the time. Regular maintenance is one thing, having to carry a full set of tools and a shop manual so as to make sure you get where you're going, well, that just flat sucks.
The new TOW is nasty
Notice it detonates above the turret so it can strike down at the thinnest armor on the tank.
And they could do a live field test in Libya, just sneak some SpecOps people over the borders...
Found at Theo's
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
More than one Gunwalker?
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allegedly let gun runners walk off with weapons - thousands of them - to see if they'd end up in the hands of the cartels. The Justice Department and ATF have denied it ever happened.
Special Agent John Dodson works in ATF's Phoenix office and has blown the whistle on the controversial strategy, known as letting guns "walk."
Dodson believes there are other ATF operations going on that have done the same thing.
Multiple sources now tell CBS News the questionable tactics were used in more than one operation, and date back as far as 2008 in the Tucson area. One case was called "Wide Receiver."
Sources tell CBS News licensed gun dealers often wanted no part of selling to suspicious characters who could be supplying the cartels.
But, sources say, ATF enlisted the gun dealers as paid Confidential Informants and encouraged them to sell even more.
"ATF has asked me to assist in an official investigation," reads one agreement.
My, my, my, isn't this interesting? We have DOJ and BATFE flat lying about having done this(which never really goes over well with politicians asking questions, especially when people are dead) and now this.
And, along with the other idiocies listed here(why the hell would you send people to work in a country and not be sure to find/train people in the language? Unless you didn't care if they did or didn't want them to actually succeed...), we have this:
The brazen daylight shooting has raised new worries about Mexico's longstanding ban on U.S. agents carrying weapons in most circumstances.
"Ever since Jaime Zapata was killed, the game has changed. They're killing federal agents now," one agent said. "If we got $20 million tomorrow to fully staff every office in Mexico, guys would say, 'We're not going. You won't protect us. The Mexican government won't protect us, and the U.S. government won't let me protect myself.' "
I wonder if Obama even considered that his 'No armed US agents in Mexico' policy might cause this particular problem?
Special Agent John Dodson works in ATF's Phoenix office and has blown the whistle on the controversial strategy, known as letting guns "walk."
Dodson believes there are other ATF operations going on that have done the same thing.
Multiple sources now tell CBS News the questionable tactics were used in more than one operation, and date back as far as 2008 in the Tucson area. One case was called "Wide Receiver."
Sources tell CBS News licensed gun dealers often wanted no part of selling to suspicious characters who could be supplying the cartels.
But, sources say, ATF enlisted the gun dealers as paid Confidential Informants and encouraged them to sell even more.
"ATF has asked me to assist in an official investigation," reads one agreement.
My, my, my, isn't this interesting? We have DOJ and BATFE flat lying about having done this(which never really goes over well with politicians asking questions, especially when people are dead) and now this.
And, along with the other idiocies listed here(why the hell would you send people to work in a country and not be sure to find/train people in the language? Unless you didn't care if they did or didn't want them to actually succeed...), we have this:
The brazen daylight shooting has raised new worries about Mexico's longstanding ban on U.S. agents carrying weapons in most circumstances.
"Ever since Jaime Zapata was killed, the game has changed. They're killing federal agents now," one agent said. "If we got $20 million tomorrow to fully staff every office in Mexico, guys would say, 'We're not going. You won't protect us. The Mexican government won't protect us, and the U.S. government won't let me protect myself.' "
I wonder if Obama even considered that his 'No armed US agents in Mexico' policy might cause this particular problem?
I'd change it slightly
In the end, the difference between a mugger and a Nazi concentration camp commander or communist party commissar is the scale, not the mindset
People like Horwitz cannot be trusted
From Josh Horwitz, ED of the Coalition to Stop Gun Ownership (or more likely his trained puppet Ladd Everitt):
When this was refuted, CSGV employee 'Grits Jr.' opined:
So 'only' 75 people had their guns illegally confiscated (even though there were hundreds more not found) and the city was found in contempt of court for denying even that.
So what would be a 'mass confiscation' in the mind of a gun control advocate? 100? 200? What would it take for them to consider it to be 'unreasonable'?
These people will lie to you, and then try to say their lie doesn't actually count 'because'.
" Following Hurricane Katrina, the NRA promoted a conspiracy theory about mass gun confiscations in Katrina..."
When this was refuted, CSGV employee 'Grits Jr.' opined:
The NRA had to hire private investigators and located only 75 New Orleans residents (in a city with a pre-Katrina population of 450,000) that would claim their guns were confiscated.
So 'only' 75 people had their guns illegally confiscated (even though there were hundreds more not found) and the city was found in contempt of court for denying even that.
So what would be a 'mass confiscation' in the mind of a gun control advocate? 100? 200? What would it take for them to consider it to be 'unreasonable'?
These people will lie to you, and then try to say their lie doesn't actually count 'because'.
Ammo recall
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I added an update to the 'Real Reason' post a couple of days ago
but I think it should be noted in a new post as well. On the possibility of corrupt agents being behind Gunwalker, no. Involved in, possibly, but not behind it. This was set up at high levels involving not just BATFE but DOJ and the State Department, looks like.
"Do you think," he asked me, "that this happened accidentally in a vacuum?" Meaning that one day "Gunwalker Bill" Newell, Phoenix SAC, just got a wild hair and decided to invent his own foreign policy. "Things like this happen because of meetings. People sit in meetings and they decide what they want to happen. And then they take decisions, make policy and implement that policy to achieve those ends." He added, "That's why State is so nervous. They signed off on this. In a meeting."
Gunrunner, I pointed out to him, predated the Obama administration. "Yes, but 'walking guns' didn't." I told him it seemed to me that given the dates on the documents that the meetings crafting this policy must have taken place sometime in mid-2009. "And who took power in January, 2009?" he replied.
I still think empire building by some people is a factor, but only one. Quite possibly the big one:
...Something that fit the meme of "we've got to tighten up on American gunowners, gun stores and gun shows because they are feeding the slaughter." Mexico was perfect. The ATF controlled the reporting of the statistics, the headlines were lurid and if the rest of us gunnies knew that you don't get automatic weapons, hand grenades and RPGs from gun shows and gun stores, most of the American people were too ignorant of the issue to care about the distinction. But the fact was, as the IG report and other sources concluded, the amount of weapons from those legitimate American sources did not meet the allegation. More importantly the statistics didn't meet the policy need. So, how to "fix" that? Project Gunwalker. If there weren't enough semi-auto "assault rifles" in Mexico, the ATF could fix that. And the murders would follow, justifying the policy change of cracking down on "assault rifles," gun shows and the like.
"So," I said, "you're saying that this was a deliberate attempt by policymakers at the highest levels of the Obama administration to subvert the Second Amendment and further diminish the free exercise of firearm rights of honest citizens?"
"You got it. Sucks, huh?" He laughed bitterly.
Unfortunately, entirely possible. Obama has a long history of hostility to the 2nd Amendment, so does Hillary Clinton. And the upper levels of the Democrat party and a lot of their supporters. Combine that with the past actions of a lot of BATFE brass and it's very believable.
"Do you think," he asked me, "that this happened accidentally in a vacuum?" Meaning that one day "Gunwalker Bill" Newell, Phoenix SAC, just got a wild hair and decided to invent his own foreign policy. "Things like this happen because of meetings. People sit in meetings and they decide what they want to happen. And then they take decisions, make policy and implement that policy to achieve those ends." He added, "That's why State is so nervous. They signed off on this. In a meeting."
Gunrunner, I pointed out to him, predated the Obama administration. "Yes, but 'walking guns' didn't." I told him it seemed to me that given the dates on the documents that the meetings crafting this policy must have taken place sometime in mid-2009. "And who took power in January, 2009?" he replied.
I still think empire building by some people is a factor, but only one. Quite possibly the big one:
...Something that fit the meme of "we've got to tighten up on American gunowners, gun stores and gun shows because they are feeding the slaughter." Mexico was perfect. The ATF controlled the reporting of the statistics, the headlines were lurid and if the rest of us gunnies knew that you don't get automatic weapons, hand grenades and RPGs from gun shows and gun stores, most of the American people were too ignorant of the issue to care about the distinction. But the fact was, as the IG report and other sources concluded, the amount of weapons from those legitimate American sources did not meet the allegation. More importantly the statistics didn't meet the policy need. So, how to "fix" that? Project Gunwalker. If there weren't enough semi-auto "assault rifles" in Mexico, the ATF could fix that. And the murders would follow, justifying the policy change of cracking down on "assault rifles," gun shows and the like.
"So," I said, "you're saying that this was a deliberate attempt by policymakers at the highest levels of the Obama administration to subvert the Second Amendment and further diminish the free exercise of firearm rights of honest citizens?"
"You got it. Sucks, huh?" He laughed bitterly.
Unfortunately, entirely possible. Obama has a long history of hostility to the 2nd Amendment, so does Hillary Clinton. And the upper levels of the Democrat party and a lot of their supporters. Combine that with the past actions of a lot of BATFE brass and it's very believable.
If Planned Parenthood has enough money for this,
they don't need any money taken from us in taxes. They do need to be told to go to hell.
The World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides hosted a no-adults-welcome panel at the United Nations this week where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a brochure entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot.” The event was part of the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which concludes this week.
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The brochure also tells students that national laws requiring HIV-positive people to reveal their status to their partner(s) “violate the rights of people living with HIV” and calls for advocacy to “change laws that violate your rights.” It explains, “There are many reasons that people do not share their HIV status. … They may worry that people will find out something else they have kept secret, like they are using injecting drugs, having sex outside of a marriage or having sex with people of the same gender.”
Yeah, because it's no bother for someone you want to screw to not know you have a disease, oh no. And notice the no-adults-welcome bit? It's like they don't want people like parents to know what they're teaching, isn't it?
The World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides hosted a no-adults-welcome panel at the United Nations this week where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a brochure entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot.” The event was part of the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which concludes this week.
...
The brochure also tells students that national laws requiring HIV-positive people to reveal their status to their partner(s) “violate the rights of people living with HIV” and calls for advocacy to “change laws that violate your rights.” It explains, “There are many reasons that people do not share their HIV status. … They may worry that people will find out something else they have kept secret, like they are using injecting drugs, having sex outside of a marriage or having sex with people of the same gender.”
Yeah, because it's no bother for someone you want to screw to not know you have a disease, oh no. And notice the no-adults-welcome bit? It's like they don't want people like parents to know what they're teaching, isn't it?
Ah, those wonderful people at NPR
Later in the lunch, Schiller explains that NPR would be better positioned free of federal funding. “Well frankly, it is clear that we would be better off in the long-run without federal funding,” he says. “The challenge right now is that if we lost it all together we would have a lot of stations go dark.”
When one of O’Keefe’s associates asked, “How confident are you, with all the donors that are available, if they should pull the funding right now that you would survive?,” Schiller answered this way: “Yes, NPR would definitely survive and most of the stations would survive.”
That is precisely the opposite answer Schiller’s boss, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation), gave at a press conference Monday in Washington. “We take [federal defunding] very, very seriously,” she said. “It would have a profound impact we believe on our ability – of public broadcasting’s ability – to deliver news and information.”
So, which one is lying? I'd bet on Schiller.
At the Café Milano lunch, Schiller said he’s “very proud of” how NPR fired Juan Williams. “What NPR stood for is non-racist, non-bigoted, straightforward telling of the news and our feeling is that if a person expresses his or her opinion, which anyone is entitled to do in a free society, they are compromised as a journalist,” he said. “They can no longer fairly report.”
Why doesn't that include Nina Totenberg?
With that, Schiller once again directly contradicted NPR’s public statements. At her Monday press conference, Vivian Schiller apologized for the way it handled the Williams matter. “We handled the situation badly,” she said. “We acted too hastily and we made some mistakes. I made some mistakes.”
Of course, when you consider what else was being said at this lunch...
On the tapes, Schiller wastes little time before attacking conservatives. The Republican Party, Schiller says, has been “hijacked by this group.” The man posing as Malik finishes the sentence by adding, “the radical, racist, Islamaphobic, Tea Party people.” Schiller agrees and intensifies the criticism, saying that the Tea Party people aren’t “just Islamaphobic, but really xenophobic, I mean basically they are, they believe in sort of white, middle-America gun-toting. I mean, it’s scary. They’re seriously racist, racist people.
So I guess all the blacks and latinos and everything else who come to the tea parties are also racists and bigots, huh?
And we're getting our pockets picked to pay these clowns.
When one of O’Keefe’s associates asked, “How confident are you, with all the donors that are available, if they should pull the funding right now that you would survive?,” Schiller answered this way: “Yes, NPR would definitely survive and most of the stations would survive.”
That is precisely the opposite answer Schiller’s boss, NPR CEO Vivian Schiller (no relation), gave at a press conference Monday in Washington. “We take [federal defunding] very, very seriously,” she said. “It would have a profound impact we believe on our ability – of public broadcasting’s ability – to deliver news and information.”
So, which one is lying? I'd bet on Schiller.
At the Café Milano lunch, Schiller said he’s “very proud of” how NPR fired Juan Williams. “What NPR stood for is non-racist, non-bigoted, straightforward telling of the news and our feeling is that if a person expresses his or her opinion, which anyone is entitled to do in a free society, they are compromised as a journalist,” he said. “They can no longer fairly report.”
Why doesn't that include Nina Totenberg?
With that, Schiller once again directly contradicted NPR’s public statements. At her Monday press conference, Vivian Schiller apologized for the way it handled the Williams matter. “We handled the situation badly,” she said. “We acted too hastily and we made some mistakes. I made some mistakes.”
Of course, when you consider what else was being said at this lunch...
On the tapes, Schiller wastes little time before attacking conservatives. The Republican Party, Schiller says, has been “hijacked by this group.” The man posing as Malik finishes the sentence by adding, “the radical, racist, Islamaphobic, Tea Party people.” Schiller agrees and intensifies the criticism, saying that the Tea Party people aren’t “just Islamaphobic, but really xenophobic, I mean basically they are, they believe in sort of white, middle-America gun-toting. I mean, it’s scary. They’re seriously racist, racist people.
So I guess all the blacks and latinos and everything else who come to the tea parties are also racists and bigots, huh?
And we're getting our pockets picked to pay these clowns.
Monday, March 07, 2011
'Cornholing the future'
Courtesy of the ethanol lobbyists and the Obama Administration:
Global Dashboard catches the Obama Administration selectively explaining the causes for increasing world food prices:
“The increase in February mostly reflected further gains in international maize prices, driven by strong demand amid tightening supplies, while prices rose marginally in the case of wheat and fell slightly in the case of rice.”
“In other words, this is mainly about corn. And who’s the biggest corn exporter in the world? The United States…And where is 40% of US corn production going this year? Ethanol, for use in US car engines.”
And let us not forget that the industry- with help from a bunch of clowns in the Administration- wants to up it from 10% to 15% ethanol in fuel; and screw all the engines it'll damage and so forth.
Global Dashboard catches the Obama Administration selectively explaining the causes for increasing world food prices:
“The increase in February mostly reflected further gains in international maize prices, driven by strong demand amid tightening supplies, while prices rose marginally in the case of wheat and fell slightly in the case of rice.”
“In other words, this is mainly about corn. And who’s the biggest corn exporter in the world? The United States…And where is 40% of US corn production going this year? Ethanol, for use in US car engines.”
And let us not forget that the industry- with help from a bunch of clowns in the Administration- wants to up it from 10% to 15% ethanol in fuel; and screw all the engines it'll damage and so forth.
One of the interesting things about OK is the toys
the National Severe Storm Lab gets.
Navy ships originally used AEGIS phased array radar (called SPY-1) technology to protect naval battle groups from missile threats. Researchers believe the same technology has great potential for increasing lead-time for tornado warnings.
In 2000, the U.S. Navy agreed to loan a phased array antenna to NSSL and provided the $10,000,000 in funding to help build the National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT).
Take a look at the imaging they can get with this setup; it'll look real nice on tv if you can ignore the weather weenie saying something like "Red alert, we're all gonna DIE if you don't get underground!"
Navy ships originally used AEGIS phased array radar (called SPY-1) technology to protect naval battle groups from missile threats. Researchers believe the same technology has great potential for increasing lead-time for tornado warnings.
In 2000, the U.S. Navy agreed to loan a phased array antenna to NSSL and provided the $10,000,000 in funding to help build the National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT).
Take a look at the imaging they can get with this setup; it'll look real nice on tv if you can ignore the weather weenie saying something like "Red alert, we're all gonna DIE if you don't get underground!"
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