Category Archives: Current Affairs

In The #MeToo Era, Men Are Avoiding Women At Work, Which Is Punishing Women And Misogynistic

So, let’s see. We have a movement especially led by women from Hollywood who protected sexual predators and misogynists for decades, who ramped the #MeToo movement up to 11. They blame every single man, do not care who they harm and even if a man is blameless, and want them all punished. They make accusations […]

Say, How Often Are Background Checks, Red Flags, And Assault Rifles Involved In Mass Shootings?

Good on John Woolfolk of the Mercury News to do actual research Mass shootings: How often were background checks, assault weapons and red flags a factor? In the wake of three deadly shootings in Gilroy, Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, Congress is being pressured to consider a trio of gun laws — already used […]

Yet Another Court Rules That Obama’s “Waters Of The U.S.” Rule Is Unlawful

The Waters Of The Unites States is one of the worst rules to come from the Obama administration, and that’s saying quite a bit (Legal Insurrection) Back in 2015, we covered the Obama administration’s far-reaching Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule and the pushback it received at the time.  States’ suits are making their way through the courts, […]

Hot New Idea: Shadow Zones In Classrooms To Protect From Mass Shooters

What’s the cost differential between building these shadow zones and the teacher having a firearm and proper training? Classrooms in this new school will have a ‘shadow zone’ so a gunman cannot see cowering students Engineers in World War I dug through the earth to build serpentine trenches borne from horrifically clear logic. If enemy […]

Surprise: 145,000 People Not Included Into Background Check System In North Carolina

A system is only as good as the data put into it SBI: Local law enforcement behind gaps in gun background check system Seventy-eight people have been blocked from buying guns in recent months because old criminal convictions in North Carolina were finally uploaded into the federal background check system, officials said Tuesday. In announcing a […]

Washington Post Has Ideas On Solving Mass Shootings Or Something

They end up missing the mark on what’s going on and how to solve it by a tiny bit a mile Mass shootings are becoming routine. It doesn’t have to be this way. THE TIME of mourning for the victims of mass shootings in America, including those a week ago in El Paso and Dayton, […]

Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, Mitch McConnell All Hot To Pass Red Flag Laws

On the surface, red flag laws seem to make sense. Someone is making threats, acting in a crazy manner, and so forth, and a family member or LEO can make a petition which will have their firearms taken away for a period of time, and a judge must rule on this. Much like when a […]

Hot Take: Washington Post Suddenly Says There’s No Such Thing As Lone Wolves

Yes, yes, I haven’t blogged anything on the two shootings, one in El Paso and one in Dayton, Ohio, as there’s too much information, too much Narrative, and too much coming out. And too little time in my day. But, this one written by Juliette Kayyem, who is a “former assistant secretary at the Department […]

On Day Three, Media Still Throwing Out “Racist”, But Not Investigating Baltimore

This is the NY Times from the NY Times front page (Internet), both opinion and “straight” news A Racist Stuck In The Past The Trump Strain In American History Trump Vs Baltimore: The Stinging Word Democrats Know Trump’s Playbook On Race. They’re Not Sure How To Respond The Rot You Smell Is A Racist POTUS […]

Baltimore Sun: Trump’s Comments On Rats And Filth Are Mean. Also Baltimore Sun: City Is Full Of Rats And Filth

By now you’ve surely heard about Trump taking a shot at Rep Elijah Cummings, noting that his portion of district in Baltimore is pretty bad. Rather than addressing the actual substance of the tweet (which, let’s be honest, is meant to drive Liberals insane), the Usual Characters went with claiming raaaaacism. Which is interesting, since […]

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