- This has been making its way around the gunblogs. I wasn’t going to link it because I’ve never had reason to care what the head of Interpol thinks about anything. But reader L.A. tipped the balance. And really, it’s quite something when the honcho of a global police agency comes out in favor of a well-armed citizenry — and recognizes that the only alternative is making us all “safe” via a lock-down security state.
- 2016: Looking back on Obamacare.
- Seattle is using eminent domain to seize a valuable property from a 103-year-old lady. It’s currently a privately owned parking lot. The city feels they have a much better use for it: a government owned parking lot.
- Yep, in any other era, this would have had to be satire.
- Speaking of the Great(est) Obama Fiasco … the other day in comments blogfriend MJR, citizen of the Great Frozen North, compared Obamacare with the much-despised, horrendously over-costly, and now thoroughly defunct Canadian gun registry. What I didn’t realize was the same freakin’ company was the lead contractor for … guess what? Wow.
- Entertaining the NSA. (H/T Jim B. in comments)
- Yes, much, much better to lose privacy altogether than to sully your Pure Progressive Soul by joining forces with libertarians. Even standing beside them at a rally might give you cooties. J.D. Tuccille delivers a well-deserved takedown.
- Dogs. Shaking themselves. More entertaining than you’d imagine. (And here’s the book. Any dog lovers on your Christmas list?)
[comes out in favor of a well-armed citizenry — and recognizes that the only alternative is making us all “safe” via a lock-down security state. ]
I’m not sure those are really alternatives. If the state actually hired enough guards to protect all the “soft targets” and armed them, that would pretty much be an armed citizenry.
Wait…..are you saying libertarians DON’T have cooties..?
Sadly, I believe the Looking Back on Obamacare article is an accurate prediction. We don’t really have death panels now; actually too much money is being spent at end of life times. The problem, I think, is the hospitals aren’t going to turn down profit from the ICU’s and also end of life discussions are understandably very difficult, so it’s much easier for the doctor and family to ignore the subject. It’s not unusual for patients simply to have prolonged suffering – in some cases near torture – as a result. But the beginnings of acclimating children to the existence of such panels has already started. http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/whoa-check-your-kids-school-assignments/
I love Heather! Now I have another great writer to visit each day. 🙂
The important thing to remember about Obummercare, or any of the rest of it… It will stop when compliance dips below a certain level, no matter what they do. It’s really neat when they make compliance almost impossible!
Claire,
As a fellow dog lover I thought I’d let you know about this project in case you’d like to lend your support in some fashion:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1850434439/puppycide-the-documentary
In celebration of International Llama Day: http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F
DRAT!
…I will be back home to fix things tmrw.
Attempt #3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUPCB9533Y
Oooookaaaaaay. That was weeeeeeeeeiiird …
International Llama Day, eh? Who knew?
Well then, in honor of that, here’s a less bloody tribute from world’s best word-mangler Ogden Nash:
The one-L lama, he’s a priest.
The two-L llama, he’s a beast.
And I will bet a silk pajama
There isn’t any three-L lllama.
(Come to think of it the two-L llama in your YouTube clip really was a beast.)
When a friend showed it to me, I was reminded of the documentary you posted informing us of where santas come from.
Silk pajama/lllama. Nice.