- Oleg Volk observes that psychopathic bullies prefer to kick kittens rather than wolverines (and draws a lesson from this).
- And on a perhaps related note …
- We noted in a recent links section that a third state (Oregon; home of BHM) had started legal cannabis sales “and nobody cared.” Well, somebody did. Oregon’s first week of sales beat Colorado and Washington combined.
- We live in a world where “experts” say that executing a 12-year-old playing alone in a park with a toy gun is “reasonable.”
- The eight best war cries of all time. In somebody or another’s opinion. Hm. I dunno. While I wouldn’t have wanted to hear it coming at me armed and dangerous, the only one of those cries still available to living ears isn’t all that impressive.
- A “second Snowden” — or is it a “third Manning”? — has emerged. This time revealing the official record on drone-war horrors.
- And here for your Friday and weekend listening pleasure are the seven best libertarian songs you never heard of.
When I found that last link over at Wendy and Brad’s place, I got a pleasant shock to see #4, which I hadn’t heard in years and never expected to turn up on such a list. So, smiling away, here it is again, courtesy of Velojym (who created the video):
The Rebel Yell sounds a little more convincing when there are more people doing it, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mGAesLYlF8 One friend has said it sounded to him like wild turkeys, and that since they were turkey hunters, they adopted this. Obviously it proved effective.
In the book Attack and Die (the main thrust of which was that Confederates remained enamored with the charge and continued that tactic after it was no longer effective) the authors quoted comments of the Romans regarding the Gauls, the English regarding the Scots, and the Yankees regarding the Confederates. They were almost identical.
Shel — I agree; much more harrowing when presented like that. Whether it sounds like turkeys or wild dogs, I don’t know. But it hurts to hear it, even in the comfort of a recliner chair. Can’t imagine what it must have felt like to Yankee soldiers!
I can’t listen to it from work, but if it’s the same rebel yell recording I’ve heard before, it sounds almost identical to a panther’s scream. Since wild panthers used to be a common danger in the south, it may have been scarier by association at the time.
Probably any war cry sounds less impressive when yelled by very old men. LOL.
My new(ish) favorite libertarian song: Follow your Arrow
Yeah, I had a good time making that one. I’ve considered learning a bit more and updating it someday.
Have a few thousand of those guys (fifty years younger), coming straight at you at a full run with fixed bayonets and it’ll sound much scarier i’m sure.
To add another “libertarian song”…
It’s raw. It’s NSFW (language). It’s not really my style of music. And it’s technically a Christmas song.
Don’t care. I still loves me some Neema V. Go Feens!
The police unions and others in the prison industrial complex might think they are putting one over on us for the shooting of Tamir Rice. We will see how that plays out shortly. They may be saving two corrupt and evil cops, but they can ill afford the damage to their perceived need in the eyes of others. At some point people are going to pay those bastards back, and when it gets to that stage the revenge is usually not very carefully directed. And why should it be? Their excusing of any and all outrages is what will condemn them.
I believe “Fire at their Balls,” will make it’s way to my signature block.
My completely out-of-context response to that Rebel yell is more along the lines of, “If I shoot them, will they shut up?”
Then there’s Billy Idol’s take on the subject.
And, on a libertarian bent: Gitsum, by Hogjaw.
My song nomination is “Pretty Little One,” Steve Martin. Narrowly focused, but libertarian to the last chord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lFMK3UIa74
The “drone-war horrors” link didn’t work for me. Was it this? https://theintercept.com/drone-papers
Sorry, Shel.
This was the intended link: http://www.wired.com/2015/10/a-second-snowden-leaks-a-mother-lode-of-drone-docs/
You’ve got the original of the story, though. So even better.
OT: Another note on the Confederate flag. Now we’ll see if they enforce it. http://www.ijreview.com/2015/10/448628-virginia-ordered-drivers-to-turn-in-their-confederate-flag-license-plates-heres-what-happened/?_ga=1.122890827.1125890589.1431654747
Volk’s point was well made – I shared it with my pro-gun friends, suggesting the question about which you would rather kick be shared with any ‘on the fence’ friends.
The gun rights graph is wonderful news, but not at all intuitive. I suggested on the site that they re-title it to something like Gun Rights Restrictions.
Oregon is closer to CA than either WA or CO, so maybe that has something to do with it? And just BTW everyone – if you buy pot legally in a state where you need to have an ID card – that info can end up in fedgov databases also, and you would run a risk of being a ‘prohibited’ firearms owner under fedgov rules. Probably not a big deal if you always buy your weapons privately as you should, but it could prevent you from passing a background check. But even if not, an ID card and a gun might get you into a LOT of inconvenience if you ever leave your home pot state with a gun in the car. Just, you know, saying. We all know how some LEOs and most of fedgov likes to mess with citizens – especially those with an untamed attitude
Too bad there are no recordings of other war cries. The first several Confederate survivors were scary – their cry sounded to me reminiscent of a fox or bobcat scream – not too scary once you recognize it for what it is, but very much so when the first time you hear it is at 0300 hours, miles deep into a national forest. I awoke thinking a woman was being butchered live nearby.
The scariest part of of the drone docs is that fedgov is spying on US citizens and residents with drones already. How long until they start making mistakes like that here? And how long will we stand for being potential collateral damage to a hit on an administration dissenter or a mistaken identity ‘whack’ against an alleged ISIS sympathize or drug dealer?
The libertarian songs were cool. Thanks. I downloaded a few.
“Oregon is closer to CA than either WA or CO, so maybe that has something to do with it?”
That was my first thought, too. But I dunno. The top 1/3 of California is very lightly populated, and it’s populated with people who are infamous for their own large-scale pot grows. Could be that all those DIY potheads rushed up to celebrate legal weed, but … why?
Stats on where the purchases were made would tell us. If stores in the tiny, rural borderland of Josephine County outshone stores in Portland, I’d say you’re right.