Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Worth 3,000 Words

A spate of Vanderpix... [More]

Oath Keepers providing security in mine dispute with BLM

“This is NOT a standoff with BLM,” the group insists. “We are NOT promoting any confrontation with BLM. This is a security operation for the protection of Constitutional Rights..." [More]
Today's Gun Rights Examiner report notes sometimes, what is needed, is men with resolve keeping the peace by giving those who would violate it pause.

Distancing Themselves

The families of 11 people killed in the Newtown shooting rampage in 2012 are making it known that they have no association with a gun control group behind a Tim McGraw concert this summer. [More]
Plus I see his opening act pulled out.

Good. Maybe it'll be a bust, along with his career from now on.

And speaking of busts...

Seal the Gates

I agree. Keep everyone out. Shut the whole damn place down. [More]

And deport that Verdugo invader.
 
[Via Florida Guy]   

Out with the Old

Well, I don't know-- anyone who can't personally navigate through 74,000 pages of tax laws is pretty suspect in my book. [More]

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Marathon

[L]egions of gun owners are expected to descend on the Oregon state capitol to oppose a controversial gun control measure, disguised as a “universal background check” bill that one Republican state senator has said flatly will not accomplish a thing. [More]
It's Hump Day.

Because Nothing Quite Says "Freedom"...

...like "establishment Republican"... [More]

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We're the Only Ones Camera Shy Enough

What a thug. [More]

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Beware of Legal Adversary

If a DGU ever were necessary, and understanding that jurors are picked because of lawyer perceptions of persuadability, would prosecutors or civil lawsuit attorneys be able to make something out of this beyond mere humor? [More]

[Via Thaddeus F]

Allies Allied in Pride

And remember, with "progressives," every day is Opposite Day. [More]

These people must really hate themselves to lash out at everyone else this way.

[Via bondmen]

The Labyrinthine World

The National Rifle Association and its two arms for lobbying and campaign contributions may have systemically violated political spending law, a new report claims. [More]
We'll have to see how this one plays out. I do find it interesting it has not yet resulted in a categorical denial and an accusation that it's "bull****."

That said, there are undoubtedly enemies who will pull every arcane trick in the book, so suspending any conclusions until this one plays out more seems in order...

[Via JFC]

So Much for Shock and Awe

You'd better believe the embedded domestic enemies behind this know full well the danger of enemies losing respect and fear and replacing it with ridicule and contempt. [More]

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Bureaucratese in Pictures

You know, securing the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity themselves... [More]

Heck, it's the whole reason we have government in the first place, and besides, we all know how centrally-planned and controlled agriculture helped make the old Soviet Union everything it was...

Now where were we?  Oh yes, STAND AND DELIVER!

"Bold"

Really, Breitbart? [More]

Like Peas and Carrots

Don't feel so bad, Ben. Guess who else is descended from slave owners. [More]

This Day in History: April 22

We have received no intelligence from abroad which deserves to be noted, since your departure. The interval between the preliminary and definitive Treaties, has produced several nice and interesting questions. One is whether laws prohibiting commerce with British Ports during the war, have expired with the cessation of Hostilities. A similar one is whether the soldiers enlisted for the war are entitled to a discharge. At least half of the army under Genl. Washington are under this description and are urgent for such a construction of their engagements. [More]