- Trump “may” include talk-radio hosts and bloggers in press briefings. ‘Bout time. This being the 21st century and all. Nothing “right-wing” about it. (H/T SC)
- Turns out Jerry Brown and the California legislature are just as effective as Obama at selling guns. And given the timing, clearly those guns will not be placidly turned in.
- But ugh. Trump promises “insurance for everybody.” And how’s he gonna achieve that? (Please tell me it’s going to be by getting government out and let the market make medical care inexpensive again. No? Yeah, I didn’t think so.)
- The “deadly sin” that can make life awesome.
- From Shel in comments: deep concealment (knives and sidearms) in unwelcoming places.
- On victim-disarming lies, Vin Suprynowicz notes, “The movie boys keep trying.” (Via TZP, which BTW has a new poll up on national reciprocity legislation.)
- An anonymous person drops $8,000 cash into an animal shelter’s donation box.
From a feature titled “Some dogs were just born to be models.”
Insurance for everybody?
That’s easy. All you have to do is pass a law requiring insurance companies to sell insurance (under a price-benefit structure defined within the law) to absolutely everybody whomsoever. Then, you pass a -second- law requiring absolutely everybody whomsoever to -purchase- said insurance, with penalties and fines for those who don’t comply. If someone objects to the fines, just rename them a “tax,” and if they object to the tax you can rename it a “fine” again. And of course prices will never rise nor services decline in quality or availabilty, Because Reasons.
See? Dead easy. I wonder why nobody’s thought of it before?
I liked the practical advice in that “deep concealment” article, except when the author reminded us of his job:
“Don’t carry a weapon in any place where you are prohibited by law from doing so. Use these techniques only in places where it is LEGAL, but against company policy, to carry a weapon.”
Right. Why should I allow the corporate policy of the state interfere with my RIGHT to defend my life? Oh. Yeah. Because if you discover me in violation of that policy, you’ll kidnap me and cage me like a wild animal.
Trump’s Insurance for everybody reminds me of something else;
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”
OT: An Italian Archbishop Emeritus “gets it” on immigration. http://www.breitbart.com/faith/2017/01/14/top-bishop-europe-will-soon-muslim-stupidity/
Claire, let us know when you get an invitation to be part of the press pool in DC… 🙂 Have to wonder what the criteria will be to get an invite… but this could get very interesting. Might be fun to watch once in a while.
And the photo of that dog is cute as a bug’s ear. LOL
I often wish that these creatures who foment about “high capacity” magazines would observe an IPSC or IDPA competition and pay attention to magazine changes during a course of fire.
Fire a shot, change mag, fire a shot: Elapsed time, one second. To learn how? A few hours.
On weapons, or things that kinda sorta look like them. Some cities have bans on ordinary pocketknives. Flashlights with more than four batteries may be considered “batons”. A coworker told me a tale involving one of those pocketknife-looking folding camper’s spoon-fork-knife combos. He had one in a open lunchbox..and a cop saw it (Philadelphia..look it up. The way the law is written, you can’t have a plastic cheese slicer on you). He didn’t get locked up, but thought he was. Musta been a slow day. At least it wasn’t a Skeery Looking knife..
Trumpcare? Obamacare kinda sorta maybe works for some people in a government sort of way..depends on income. There are a surprising number of “escape hatches” in Obamacare. You can avoid the fine/tax/penalty/tribute without too much trouble, but it’s more paperwork, and basic B.S. to shovel.
Re: how to sneak in weapons. As a short full figured female, yup, the only places I’ve ever actually been properly searched is airports. Though not overseas. Overseas if they’re going to do a pat-down they’re going to do a proper pat-down. At least every one I had was.
” Some cities have bans on ordinary pocketknives. ”
Have you seen the British “turn in your knife” campaigns? Good Lord, I thought they were satire when I first saw one!