Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach April 8, 2018 – 9:44 am

Patriotic Pinup Baron Von Lind

Happy Sunday! A gorgeous day in America, after a bit of spring snow, with a shining sun, birds birding, and squirrels making tracks on the pollen that’s already on my car. This pinup is by Baron Von Lind, with a wee bit of help.

What’s happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Not A Lot Of People Know That notes that The Pause has returned
  2. A View From The Beach notes Millennial beliefs on the Earth’s structure
  3. Blazing Cat Fur wonders why the Left gets a pass on anti-Semitism
  4. Chicks On The Right covers “white privilege” performance art on college campuses
  5. Creeping Sharia notes what the Islamists in Belgium are telling us
  6. DaTechGuy discusses the wacko YouTube bomber
  7. Geller Report covers UK authorities still failing to investigate Muslim gang rapes
  8. Legal Insurrection wonders if it will be a big blue wave or big blue bust
  9. Moonbattery covers nutting media people not knowing the sound of a can of soda
  10. MOTUS AD discusses trampling the Constitution one amendment at a time
  11. neo-neocon covers people learning life lessons the wrong way
  12. Pacific Pundit discusses Facebook deeming Diamond and Silk “unsafe”
  13. Powerline wonders what the FBI is hiding
  14. Raised On Hoecakes notes that we are the majority
  15. And last, but not least, The Daley Gator covers the Left declaring war on biology, science, gender…..

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list.

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Hot Take: We Haven’t Solved “Gun Violence” 50 Years After MLK Jr’s Death

By William Teach April 8, 2018 – 8:29 am

Well, I guess it’s at least good that The Rt. Rev. Mark Beckwith, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark and co-convenor of Bishops United Against Gun Violence, didn’t rush to use an event to push his agenda, but it does show that the gun grabbers will latch on to anything to push their agenda

50 years after MLK was gunned down, we still haven’t solved gun violence | Opinion

Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was murderedwith a high-powered rifle. The gun was purchased under a false name at a Birmingham, Alabama gun shop by a petty criminal who was known for his racist rants, and who had been stalking King for weeks.

In other words, the gun was purchased illegally. A criminal act. The rifle used, a Remington Gamemaster 760 .30-06, is not on any of the lists that the gun banners trot out to ban, and is actually the exact type they say are there for our “hunting rights.” James Earl Ray was a virulent anti-black racist, which is what Democrats mostly were at the time, too.

King was no stranger to violence. And for a short while, he had some relationship with guns. After his Montgomery, Alabama home was firebombed in February 1956, King applied for a gun permit, which was denied by the sheriff’s office. He eventually secured a gun, but after his pilgrimage to India in 1959, he renounced guns and embraced non-violence as a way of life and as a strategy for the Civil Rights movement.

Huh. So the government had denied him his 2nd Amendment Rights?

King said that he was much more afraid in Montgomery when he had a gun in his house, so when he decided that he could no longer keep a gun he felt that he could walk into the crucible of violence with more faith and courage. “Our oppressors have used rifles and guns,” he preached. “I’m not going to stoop down to their level.”

And we’re into strawman territory

While we can only speculate what King might say today as the epidemic of gun violence continues to sweep across our country, his 9-year-old granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, echoed her grandfather’s passion and commitment at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington D.C., when she said, “I have a dream — that enough is enough.”

Gun rights supporters have challenged the rhetoric from the nearly 800 marches held across the country on March 24 (including nearly a dozen in New Jersey), but the data is hard to ignore. There are more than 300 million guns in America today, which nearly matches the population — and which is double the number of guns Americans owned in 1968. In 1968, gun violence resulted in about 23,000 deaths per year; in 2016 that number had mushroomed to more than 35,000 (each year includes homicides and suicides by guns). The math is clear — more guns produce more deaths.

If our guns were the problem, you’d know it. If we were the ones committing the gun violence, you’d know it. It is primarily those with illegal firearms, and the math is clear that, per capita, the rate of shootings has gone down. And occurs primarily in Democratic Party run cities, especially those populated by Blacks, kept down on the plantation by the Democrats. Also, since the Rev is discussing the legally owned firearms, seems as if he is coming after those.

Guns rights supporters, egged on by the NRA, continue to bark about how this is a Second Amendment issue. It isn’t. This is a public health crisis, and until we re-frame the conversation and enact stricter gun laws, which our young people are insisting upon, these senseless tragedies will no doubt continue.

Huh. So he is coming after those legally owned firearms by law abiding citizens. And this is why 2nd Amendment supporters are unwilling to give an inch even on smart solutions, because we know they are just first steps towards more and more restrictions on us, while the gun banners offer virtually nothing to go after the criminals who use firearms.

Fifty years after his death King continues to be a prophet for our time. He gave his life trying to bring people together, and to rally them to the cause of justice. He was cut down by a gun. Guns are machines designed for separation — life from death. We can honor King’s legacy by continuing to challenge the availability and capacity of guns — which in some quarters have become the golden calf of our day. We can do better. Our kids demand it.

The kids are kids. And 50% also believe that protecting Free Speech isn’t important. And they eat Tide pods and get unhinged over words. Regardless, let’s also consider that 50 years after MLK Jr’s murder we haven’t solved murder, even though it is illegal. It’s also illegal to stab people. To steal. To commit arson. Carjack people. Run red lights and stop signs. Speed. Commit fraud. Rape has been against the law in Western societies since the time of the Roman Empire. It (sadly) still occurs. Perhaps the good Rev should worry more about the violence, theft, rape, assault, and murder in his town of Newark, NJ. Which, interestingly, has seen its crime rate go down thanks to gentrification over the past 10 years. And, despite the high level of gun control laws on the books in NJ (it’s actually worse than California for law abiding gun owners), NJ still has a high level of shootings.

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Bummer II: Fuel Economy Rollback Could Mean Bigger Cars And Less Progress On Hotcoldwetdry

By William Teach April 7, 2018 – 4:44 pm

Say, I’m wondering when the LA Times will stop using fossil fuels to gather and distribute the news

Rolling back fuel economy standards could mean bigger cars — and less progress on climate change

Gas prices have been so low in recent years that more Americans are choosing to buy bigger vehicles, a trend that has stymied efforts to cut auto emissions.

One thing reining in consumer appetite for trucks and SUVs has been tough fuel economy standards adopted several years ago by California and the Obama administration. Those rules are forcing automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and put cleaner, more efficient gas, hybrid and electric vehicles in showrooms, whether customers want them or not.

Whoops. There’s an unintentional slip of the Progressive (nice fascist) tongue.

But this week, the Trump administration declared that those standards are too onerous for the auto industry and should be weakened — a move that would undermine the single biggest action the federal government has taken to slow climate change while threatening California’s ability to adopt its own, stricter rules for tailpipe emissions.

Negotiations between the federal and California officials are ongoing. But if nationwide gas-mileage standards are indeed rolled back, the country could lose an important bulwark in keeping the popularity of gas-guzzling vehicles from driving emissions up again.

In other words, the Progressives are upset that Other People might be given a choice. Seriously, is a newspaper residing in an area that uses an incredible amount of fossil fuels, what with all the regular cars, limos, air flights, heck, how much does Hollywood use, the best platform for complaining about Other People using fossil fuels?

Rules to force emissions reductions are crucial for the transportation sector because it’s the biggest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The industry is also more reliant on technology-forcing regulations to spur pollution reductions, according to experts. Unlike the energy sector, where economics are shifting power plants away from coal to lower-polluting natural gas, when it comes to cars and trucks, gas prices and consumer preferences are pushing in the opposite direction, toward higher-polluting vehicles.

“That means a strong regulatory effort is necessary to really push us, ultimately, toward zero-emission vehicles,” Carlson said.

In other words part II, screw your choice as a consumer. You will Comply with your political masters. Who, yes, here it comes, refuse to voluntarily make changes in their own lives. On minute they’re saying you have to be forced to drive a tiny electric car which doesn’t go very far, in the next they’re jumping in a gas guzzling limo for a trip to an airport to snag a trip on a fossil fueled private jet.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 7, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Creeping Sharia, with a post on Islamist groups using lawfare against companies.

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Bummer: More Than Half Of Americans Don’t Think Hotcoldwetdry Will Affect Them

By William Teach April 7, 2018 – 10:54 am

And the less than half think that the more than half should be forced to give up their fossil fueled cars, pay carbon taxes and fees, and give up their freedom, you know

(WFTV) The majority of Americans do not believe global warming will pose a serious threat within their lifetime, a new opinion poll has revealed.

Gallup’s annual poll analyzing American views on climate change showed that overall concern is not much different from last year. Approximately 54 percent of Americans do not believe global warming will cause major problems within their lifetimes.

Still, 43 percent of Americans said they worry about global warming a “great deal” and 20 percent said they worry a “fair amount.”

When looking at political divides, the difference in the level of concern is striking. Among Democrats, 73 percent believe the effects of global warming have already begun and 87 percent believe global warming is caused by human activities. Republicans are far more skeptical, with only 41 percent believing the effects have started and 40 percent saying humans have caused global warming.

In other words, the Hillary voters are nutso, but still aren’t willing to sacrifice their own 1st World lifestyle for their Beliefs.

While Americans’ concern for climate change may be divided along political lines, the vast majority of scientists are concerned about the threat. A major 2013 peer-reviewed study showed that more than 97 percent of climate scientists agree on global warming. Additionally, the study showed that more than 97 percent of scientific articles find that global warming is real and largely caused by humans.

And now we’ve gone further into politics, leaving actual science way behind. The minute this garbage comes up you know they have a bridge to sell you.

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Trump Signs Memo Ending “Catch And Release” For Illegal Aliens

By William Teach April 7, 2018 – 7:55 am

The policy really should be “catch, detain, and deport”

(Daily Caller) A memorandum signed by President Trump on Friday could be the beginning of the end for America’s longstanding “catch and release” policy at the border.

The memo gives the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies 45 days to detail “all measures that their respective departments have pursued or are pursuing to expeditiously end ‘catch and release’ practices,” according to The Hill.

In addition to other measures, the departments are also supposed to provide “a detailed list of all existing facilities, including military facilities, that could be used, modified, or repurposed to detain aliens for violations of immigration law at or near the borders of the United States.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Attorney General Jeff Sessions have also been directed to identify additional means “that may be needed to expeditiously end ‘catch and release’ practices.”

Catch and release has mostly ended up being “catch, release, and see them fail to show up for their hearing, having disappeared into America.”

From The Hill article, we see this from press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders

“The safety and security of the American people is the President’s highest priority, and he will keep his promise to protect our country and to ensure that our laws are respected,” she said in a statement.

“At the same time, the President continues to call on congressional Democrats to cease their staunch opposition to border security and to stop blocking measures that are vital to the safety and security of the United States,” she added.

Democrats do not care about the safety and security of the U.S.: they simply want to expand their voting base and the number of people who are beholden to the government.

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Oregon Looks To Enact Gun Measures That Primarily Affect Law Abiding Citizens

By William Teach April 7, 2018 – 7:46 am

Once again, Liberals are showing that their debate on gun control is dishonest (shocking, right?). They tell us that they want to lower shootings, and that they do not want to take guns from law abiding citizens, but then they keep pushing laws, rules, and regulations that go after the law abiding citizens, rather than the criminals. Now Oregon is giving what Vermont just did a whirl

Gun measures could come to Oregon with or without gun owners’ input

While much hand-wringing was going on following the filing of an initiative to ban the sale of assault weapons in Oregon, a second gun measure, Initiative Petition 44, was filed Monday, April 2, just 11 days later.

The newest measure, submitted by the group called Oregonians for Safe Gun Storage, would require gun owners to use safety devices in storing and transferring firearms and report stolen or lost guns within 24 hours. Owners who fail to comply and have their gun used to injure or kill someone within five years could face liability for the harm.

The initiative faces the same high hurdles as the first. More than 88,000 signatures must be collected by July to be certified by the Secretary of State before the general election in November.

Both measures likely face appeals to the Oregon Supreme Court by either in- or out-of-state opponents, which means it could take months for a ruling. And by law, petitioners can’t gather signatures while the court case is being reviewed.

Which means it’s unlikely either measure will be on this November’s ballot.

Whether or not they make it on the ballot, the groups will keep pushing. More importantly, we see what the gun grabbers are attempting to do: turn law abiding citizens into criminals, along with making it harder to defend themselves. What’s the point of having a handgun or rifle for home defense if you must keep a safety device on it by law? Interestingly, I’ve ran across a few articles which make the claim, at least regarding the Vermont law, that carrying the weapon, both open and concealed, could be considered “transferring”, and would require safety devices, such as a trigger lock, when carrying for protection. Which would make them useless.

Now, the above is an editorial from the Statesman Journal, so

These two attempts in Oregon’s two initiative attempts should be a wake-up call for responsible gun owners in Oregon.

The Second Amendment does not guarantee “unregulated” access to guns. So while some are bleating that they would welcome IP 43, because a vote would bring out the redness in the state like never before seen, it might also bring out a deeper shade of blue.

Yes, it should be a wake-up call, but not how the editorial board means, especially as we see the very next paragraph. It’s a wake-up call that Democrats are duplicitous wankers, hell bent on eroding our 2nd Amendment Rights, while caring not a whit about the actual criminals. There’s no honesty in this debate from the gun grabbers: these same people have conniption fits if the police perform a raid that goes after criminals and ends up scooping up lots of guns. They’ll yammer on about law enforcement terrorizing a community. Usually, Democrats are fine with high crime which involves gun play, because that happens in the neighborhoods far from where the Democrats live. And usually Black ones, and the Democrats only care about Blacks as a voting block.

BTW, here’s an idea: gun owners should push for ballot initiatives in these Democrat run areas which would require all the armed security for the elected lawmakers to have trigger locks on their firearms at all times. The resulting hypocritical freakout would be educational.

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If All You See…

By William Teach April 6, 2018 – 1:00 pm

…is wine which will be grown in the Arctic due to Other People’s use of fossil fueled vehicles, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Victory Girls Blog, with a post on the Democrats midterm playbook wishes.

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Search Engines Are Making Us More Raaaaacist Or Something

By William Teach April 6, 2018 – 10:30 am

These people. Sigh

How search engines are making us more racist

photo 2fafda1b-e5d9-4d86-bf11-619941b220d4_zpsmsibb8cb.jpgAre search engines making us more racist?

According to Safiya Umoja Noble, a professor of communication at the University of Southern California, the answer is almost certainly yes.

Noble’s new book, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, challenges the idea that search engines like Google provide a level playing field for all ideas, values, and identities. She says they’re inherently discriminatory and favor the groups that designed them, as well as the companies that fund them.

This is totally not trivial, either

This isn’t a trivial topic, especially in a world where people get more information from search engines than they do from teachers or libraries. For Noble, Google is not just telling people what they want to know but also determining what’s worth knowing in the first place.

Of course, what Google wants you to know is the Progressive POV. Really, though, this just goes to show how so many leftists see everything in terms of race, because they’re pretty much racists.

PS: If everything looked funny before, the update WordPress app does some funky things when cutting and pasting.

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Deerfield Sued For “Assault Weapons” And Magazine Ban Ban

By William Teach April 6, 2018 – 7:14 am

Well, it didn’t take very long for the lawsuit to happen

(Washington Times) Gun-rights advocates on Thursday sued an Illinois village over its new ban on military-style semiautomatic “assault” rifles and high capacity ammunition magazines, saying the ordinance not only stops purchases but could lead to confiscations.

The ban passed by the Deerfield Village Board earlier this week “flies in the face of state law,” said Alan M. Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, which sued along with the Illinois State Rifle Association and a Deerfield resident.

John Boch, president of Illinois-based Guns Save Life, also vowed to file a lawsuit.

“We are going to fight this ordinance, which clearly violates our member’s constitutional rights, and with the help of the NRA, I believe we can secure a victory for law-abiding gun owners in and around Deerfield,” he said. (snip)

The new lawsuit Thursday says the village is breaking state law, which allows for amendments to previous ordinances. The lawsuit says the outright ban goes far beyond an amendment.

“While the village is trying to disguise this as an amendment to an existing ordinance, it is, in fact, a new law that entirely bans possession of legally owned semi-auto firearms, with no exception for guns previously owned, or any provision for self-defense,” Mr. Gottlieb said.

The question here is, does the city of Deerfield back down and repeal their new law, or will they fight? I guess that depends as to whether the deep-pocketed anti-gun groups like Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown (Mike is protected by people carrying firearms) gives them money.

Gun-rights groups pointed to Deerfield’s new language that specifically allows police to confiscate the banned weapons as particularly concerning.

“This certainly puts the lie to claims by anti-gunners that ‘nobody is coming to take your guns,’” Mr. Gottlieb said.

Of course they are. They usually try to dink and dunk their way towards their ultimate goal, no private ownership of firearms. Even if Deerfield backs down or loses this, it gives other cities an idea to try. One can see another city giving it a shot, but leaving out the confiscation language.

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