Official thuggery, bad prosecutions, and bad law – Page 36

Thursday links

Published September 22, 2016 5:09 am by Claire

Nine smartphone apps to help with emergencies.

I post this solely to commemorate the day when Piers Morgan actually said something that made sense.

And while we’re on that track, this may be the first time the SPLC has done something other than raise money by lying. Of course, they are just one of 100 groups signing on to what is a blessedly good idea: getting cops out of schools.

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Midweek links

Published September 21, 2016 1:45 am by Claire

One failing college turns its football field into a farm — and teaches students something about real life and real markets.

Funny how the MSM relentlessly identified this guy as an “off-duty cop.” ‘Cause otherwise, as a highly trained armed citizen he’d upset their tidy little profile.

Always expected. Now it’s happened. Hackers can remotely control Teslas.

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Monday links

Published September 19, 2016 7:42 am by Claire

Yes, just another one of those disgruntled Mennonites, I’m sure.

In case you didn’t already know what a narcissist he is, Obama tells blacks that failure to v*te would be a personal insult to him. (H/T MJR)

Some black Americans may have a different view.

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Midweek links

Published September 13, 2016 2:26 pm by Claire

Unidentified tourists (or identified journalists and politicians speaking for non-existent tourists) get so upset by a “black guns matter” sign that they cry, “Whaaaaa whaaaa!” and flee the town.

We the deplorables. (Yeah, not v*ing for Trump, but the identification of who Hillary and nearly every other politician really finds deplorable is spot on.)

Two via Kit Perez: More evidence that the unaware and innocent are more likely to be harmed by omni-surveillance

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Monday links

Published September 12, 2016 1:01 am by Claire

Hey, look. An electric Elio.

Some things, the NRA is good at. Like this total takedown of the latest rising-from-the-dead ammo “fingerprinting” scheme.

Raspberry Pi, 10 million sold.

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Friday links

Published September 9, 2016 9:56 am by Claire

Now this is something. Cracked, which is normally entertaining as all get out but relentlessly anti-gun, points out the five biggest reasons “gun control” in the U.S. is a lost cause. Decent points they make, too.

Looks as if last Friday’s attempt to dump those FBI/Hillary documents invisibly before a holiday weekend is backfiring, reflecting even more on the fibbies than on Hillary. It’s clear that FBI agents were ordered to go incredibly easy on the crook. And Comey’s once sterling (though never deserved) reputation for being an honorable man has gone off the cliff it edged toward when he first announced (I paraphrase), “She’s guilty as sin but she’s a Clinton so she gets a pass.”

Is it a sign of progress that the media now reports on an LP candidate’s gaffe with speculation about whether it will sink his obscure candidacy? It has certainly led to some great laughs in major media Gaffeland

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Friday links

Published September 2, 2016 5:27 am by Claire

Football coach unilaterally repeals the 2A for his players. Tyrants come in all sizes.

Tyrants also come in the standard ATF size (and get scorned behind their backs like tyrants everywhere).

And it seems that courts, at least, have not come so far from the days of reefer madness. (Via Codrea)

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Sunday links

Published August 28, 2016 9:24 am by Claire

The Survival Mom reflects on 12 reasons otherwise prepared people may fail to survive. (Derived in part from Alexandra Ripley’s provocative book, The Unthinkable: Who survives when disaster strikes — and why.)

Yes, it worked so well without government … let’s regulate it!. (H/T Shel from comments)

Sweet, sweet, sweet revenge: Sen. Pat Toomey (he of the Manchin-Toomey-SCHUMER-Gottlieb anti-gun bill) discovers something about the loyalty of those victim-disarmers whose noisome backsides he smooched.

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A Friday ramble

Published August 26, 2016 7:21 am by Claire

First, thanks for all the advice on hosting sites yesterday. I still haven’t decided, but your recommendations have helped (and are helping) me refine wants and needs for the new site. Right now it’s between HostGator and Hawk Host (recommended by Tom Knapp and Brad R, respectively) and HostWinds (not recommended by anybody but coming up to the top on a lot of my criteria). —– Attended an event yesterday at which the Republocrats and the Democans had competing back-to-back booths. Nice high wall between them to avoid riots among competing factions of statists, but still amusing placement. It was…

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