RANT: Who pays?

Sunday, May 7, 2023

California Reparations Panel Approves Payments Up To $1.2 Million Per Black Resident https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/05/california-reparations-panel-approves-payments-up-to-1-2-million-per-black-resident/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=california-reparations-panel-approves-payments-up-to-1-2-million-per-black-resident

Just curious but is going to pay for this?

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POLITICAL: Bernie Sanders is the communist that should be sent “home”; never to be heard from again

Sunday, May 7, 2023

FROM FREEREPUBLIC

Bernie Sanders: government should confiscate all wealth over $999 million

5/1/2023, 9:44:06 AM · by SeekAndFind · 60 replies

American Thinker ^ | 05/01/2023 | Thomas Lifson

No billionaires at all! Not American ones, at least. That’s the newly proclaimed policy of Bernie Sanders, who most definitely is not challenging the Democrats to nominate him for president in 2024, as he did in 2020. Nope, Bernie is perfectly comfortable with the policies being followed by President Biden’s handlers. Presumably, in exchange for not rocking the boat as he did in 2020, forcing the party’s controllers to pick an already senescent Joe Biden just because he was easy to control with all these bribes that could be exposed when needed (cough! Stay tuned as Biden’s desire for re-election…

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Once a commie; always a commie.

One could make a case that Crony Capitalists should be scorned; but some billionaires do it the “oldfashionway, they earned it”.  Despite all the Gooferment taxes, regulations, and inflation.

I’m so tired of parasites like Sanders who has never help a real job pontificating on social policy.

Just go away.  He has nothing to add to the national discourse.

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VOCABULARY: Fiat currency created by computers in the Cnetral Bank = “mouse-click money”

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Matt Piepenburg calls mouse-click money

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Von Greyerz: Forecasting The Gold Price Is A Mug’s Game
by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, May 02, 2023 – 07:20 AM
Authored by Egon von Greyerz via GoldSwitzerland.com,

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Most investors are totally ignorant of the purpose of gold or its historical significance. 

After all, Gold is the only money that has survived in history but virtually nobody is aware of this vital information. 

*** and ***

The Everything Bubble is likely to turn into the “Everything Collapse” (link below) with all the bubble assets declining between 75% and 95% in real terms. 

After all; assets inflated by fake money must clearly be fake. 

The biggest collapse will obviously be the $300 trillion debt market. But before this debt collapse, Western governments and central banks will have drowned financial markets in what my colleague Matt Piepenburg calls mouse-click money.

And they will wear out many batteries and mice before this is finished.

We saw during the Ides of March (Shakespeare), which is an ominous time in mid March when Julius Caesar was murdered. This Ides of March this year contained the death of 4 banks; one Swiss, and three US within a matter of days. 

*** end quote ***

Very nice summation.

Back in history, the ruling elite always pretended that money contained valuable gold or silver.

The Romans debased their currency.  

https://reinkefaceslife.com/2007/10/10/money-leaders-to-the-guillotine/

So did the French.

https://reinkefaceslife.com/2021/08/09/goldbug-what-if-all-the-gold-in-fort-know-has-long-since-left-the-country/

What makes us think that it will result in a different outcome?

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RANT: “Share the road”?

Friday, May 5, 2023

FROM REDDIT

AAA: Helpful safety tips for bikers and drivers for May

5/1/2023, 10:16:03 AM · by BraveMan · 13 replies

CNY Central ^ | Mon, May 1st 2023, 6:04 AM CDT | Christopher Malone

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and AAA Western and Central New York is reminding drivers and bikers of safety tips as biking season is upon us — as soon as the weather permits. The latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that fatal motorcycle crashes are on the rise: 5,932 motorcyclists were killed in crashes in 2021, the highest number since 1975 Motorcycle fatalities increased 9 percent in 2021 compared to 2020 (5,579 fatalities in 2020) Fatal motorcycle crashes accounted for 14 percent of all crashes in 2021 According to the Insurance Institute for Highway…

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Reflecting back to my recent travels where I saw a motorcycle, I saw speeding, weaving, riding the line passing MOVING TRAFFIC, and other “bad behaviors”.  Let me know when motorcyclist with “share the road” with me.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Isn’t an “unfunded mandate” the same as a “takings” under the Fifth Amendment?

Thursday, May 4, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/04/30/co-op-owners-rebel-against-massive-nyc-climate-law-costing-millions/

 NYC co-op owners, covering over 800K apartments, rebel against massive climate law costing millions
By Carl Campanile
April 30, 2023 8:05pm 

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While supporting the goal of the Climate Change law, co-ops and condo owners said they need assistance to meet the new cleaner energy standards in what they called the “largest unfunded mandate in New York City history.”

*** end quote ***

I don’t support  — no surprise  — any type of “climate change” action until they can forecast accurately next month’s weather.  Chaos Theory seems to say that’s impossible.  And, on their way, they need to get China, India, and Pakistan to buy into this foolishness.

As an “on the ground” tactic, every such action should be opposed as a “taking” under the Fifth Amendment.

Argh!

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RANT: Shouldn’t someone be demanding mandatory autopsies for all sudden surprise deaths?

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12041989/Tori-Bowie-track-field-athlete-dies-aged-32.html

US track and field star Tori Bowie – who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and two world titles in her sprinting career – dies aged 32

  •     According to her management company, sprinter Tori Bowie has died 
  •     Bowie had won multiple world titles and Olympic gold in the 4X100m relay
  •     DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news

By Jake Fenner and Kate Mcgreavy For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:33 EDT, 3 May 2023 | Updated: 09:58 EDT, 3 May 2023

*** begin quote ***

American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie has died at the age of 32.

*** end quote ***

Doesn’t anyone think that all these sudden deaths of people is some way related to the Covid “vaccinations”?

I can not EVER remember more than one or two in ALL my decades on this earth.  Len from Maryland was the only one that stands out and he was found to have a congenital heart defect.

It can be a coincidence.  And, some politicians, bureaucrats, and Big Pharma execs should be on trial for murder!

Argh!

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SECURITY: Email is NOT secure; password resets by email is just stupid!

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

https://www.ghacks.net/2023/04/28/protect-your-money-att-email-accounts-under-attack-by-hackers/

Protect your money: AT&T email accounts under attack by hackers
Onur Demirkol
Apr 28, 2023

*** begin quote ***

A recent report says that hackers have been breaking into email addresses provided by AT&T and stealing huge amounts of cryptocurrency.

According to a report from Tech Crunch, unknown hackers have been hacking email addresses provided by AT&T to steal cryptocurrency from users. The report says that the attacks started at the beginning of April by a gang of cybercriminals. They found a way to hack into email addresses and steal people’s money on crypto.

The hackers have gained access to a section of AT&T’s internal network, allowing them to generate mail keys for any user. Mail keys are used by AT&T users to log into their accounts with third-party apps like Outlook without using their passwords. In other words, they are a kind of “secure measure” that allows log-ins from third-party apps.

*** and ***

If you own an email account provided by AT&T, you might want to improve your security measures or the different precautions. The affected email addresses include att.net, sbcglobal.net, bellsouth.net, and other AT&T email addresses.

*** end quote ***

As a former Wall Street InfoSec guy, I never allowed my enterprises passwords to be reset by email.

Guess I was a little ahead of my time and a lot of good it did me.

Argh!

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Apple Savings accounts almost reached $1 Billion in four days

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Apple recently announced its new Savings Account feature , and it reached the $1 billion milestone in only four days. The company partnered with Goldman Sachs to offer a new Savings account feature only for US users with Apple Cards. According to the latest report, the American people have shown serious interest. Forbes says that the amount has reached $990 million in four days and is very close

Source: Apple Savings accounts almost reached $1 Billion in four days

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How come Apple can be a bank, but WalMart can not?

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POLITICAL: Afghanistan repeats the lessons od Viet Nam

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

https://www.judgenap.com/fighting-putin-for-empire/

Fighting Putin for Empire
Posted on April 27, 2023
Andrew P. Napolitano

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The lesson of Afghanistan is a warning that Biden has ignored. Like Bush, he doesn’t care about spilling blood and wasting assets. He wants to build empire to get reelected. So did Bush, and his reputation is in the dustbin of history. Old Joe is aiming to join him.

*** end quote ***

Sorry, but the Taxpayer MUST get the politicians and bureaucrats who love the welfare / warfare state under control.

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Cleveland, Texas shooting: Suspect in massacre had been deported 4 times after entering US illegally, ICE source says | CNN

Monday, May 1, 2023

The man wanted by law enforcement for the killings of five Texas neighbors — including a 9-year-old boy — had entered the US illegally and been deported by immigration officials at least four times, a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement source said.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/us/cleveland-texas-neighbor-shooting-monday/index.html

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Guess there is no jail time for the 2nd, 3rd deportation. How about the FOURTH time???!!!

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ConspiracyTheories: 9/11 the new pearl harbor

Monday, May 1, 2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX6hMtrLBZ8

9/11 the new pearl harbor

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The “official story” of BOTH Pearl Harbor and 9/11 stinks.

Listening to a recent podcast  — 

https://tomluongo.me/2023/04/19/podcast-episode-139-dave-collum-night-long-tweets/

Podcast Episode #139 – Dave Collum and the Night of the Long Tweets

*** begin quote ***

Cornell Professor and all around gadfly Dave Collum returns to the show for a one on one about a whole lot more than we thought we were going to talk about when it started. Riffing off theories of the Pentagon Papers and going into the weeds of tri-body collision theory and 9/11 as only two veteran chemists ever could.

*** end quote ***

Sent me back down the “rabbit hole” of 9/11.

Most cogent of their arguments were: (1) no videos of whatever hit the Pentagon; (2) the immaculate collapse of building 7; and (3) the sheer bullshit “official story” to blame Sadam Hussain.

I don’t know why there isn’t a continued uproar about all the Conspiracy Theories that become true  — from Pearl Harbor, to JFK’s assassination, to 9/11, to the Covid “plandemic”, to the J6 “insurrection”. 

Over and over, the parasitic politicians and bureaucrats get away with murder and nothing ever happens.

Argh!

It’s taken a while to watch and listen to the whole documentary but it really saddens me that we haven’t punished the traitors inside the Gooferment.

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RANT: Norfolk Southern should be ashamed if not penalized for this inexcusible behavior

Sunday, April 30, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12018269/Shocking-video-shows-kids-crawling-Norfolk-Southern-freight-train-starts-moving.html

Shocking video shows kids crawling under a Norfolk Southern freight train as carriages continually block their route to school – and start moving WITHOUT warning

  •     Norfolk Southern trains have frequently blocked crossings in Hammond, Indiana, for hours 
  •     Schoolchildren are often late to class and have to crawl over and under stopped trains to get to school 
  •     Indiana is in the top five states with the most complaints about blocked rail crossing. Texas tops the list, followed by Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee 

By Alyssa Guzman For Dailymail.Com
Published: 22:30 EDT, 26 April 2023 | Updated: 07:28 EDT, 27 April 2023 

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Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.  And, if I was on the jury, I’d make sure that an “eye watering” judgement would get everyone’s attention.

I read recently in Japan that the Railway Company there put “turtle conduits” under their tracks so that turtles could migrate safely.  I bet Norfolk Southern would not survive in Japan with their careless lack of regard for human life. 

I can’t believe that the political parasite class can’t get this “fixed”!  Why else do we tolerate them?

I’m going to put on my citizen journalist hat on and ask Norfolk Southern for comment.  Any wager about response time?

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BITCOIN: Bulgaria’s Golden Ticket = Seized Bitcoin

Saturday, April 29, 2023

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-future-for-bulgaria-seized-bitcoin?utm_source=Bitcoin%20Magazine&utm_campaign=67e3e40384-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_24_09_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f7d45fbb67-67e3e40384-357073741&mc_cid=67e3e40384

A Seized Bitcoin Stack Could Be Bulgaria’s Golden Ticket

  • After seizing 213,000 bitcoin in 2017, Bulgaria now has an opportunity to become one of the wealthiest countries on earth.

Ahmed Botan  —  Apr 24, 2023

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The reason for this is its possession of 213,000 bitcoin, which its authorities seized from a group they labeled as criminals in 2017. According to the South East European Law Enforcement Center (SELC), the group hacked the Bulgarian customs agency’s computers and made changes to the system so that their partner companies could import goods while avoiding paying taxes on them.

Immediately following the crackdown, the bitcoin seized was worth about $500,000, however, it would now be worth closer to $6 billion dollars, as of April 2023. While the details around the BTC seizure are unclear, and it is not totally clear whether the country still holds that bitcoin or what it plans to do with the stack if it does, the potential of a nation like Bulgaria holding this much BTC is worth exploring.

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Well, one can only hope they held on to it.  That’s a neat nest egg for the people and Taxpayers of Bulgaria.

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VOCABULARY: The gravestone emoji is used for zombies IRL

Friday, April 28, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/04/26/getting-zombied-is-new-dating-trend-worse-than-ghosting/

Getting ‘zombied’ is the new dating trend — and it’s worse than ‘ghosting’
By Brooke Steinberg 
April 26, 2023 11:41am 

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“Girl, you’re being ghosted? I’m being zombied,” she shared with her 255,900 followers on the platform.

“It’s like ghosting, but he comes back from the dead after a couple months and hits you up,” she explained in the video with 1.5 million views and 151,100 likes.

*** and ***

“I saw someone say she puts gravestone emojis on their name in contacts so she knows not to deal with them anymore,” a user wrote.

*** end quote ***

I really like this “productivity suggestion”.  

Use the 🪦 to remind yourself to ignore people, places, phone numbers, and email addresses.

I guess it’s polite to send the emoji to let folks know that they are dead to me.

Laugh!

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DISCOURAGING: The roads would be a disgrace in Mogadishu.

Thursday, April 27, 2023

FROM FACEBOOK

Bill Whittle

*** begin quote ***

Crime levels are soaring. The roads would be a disgrace in Mogadishu. Drug overdoses are killing thousands. The tax base is fleeing the state in record numbers. But thank God, California has managed to address the one really critical issue plaguing the state; namely, can you own your own gas heater in Berkeley? Scott Ott goes where no man had gone before. 

Help keep speech free while you still can by becoming a Citizen Producer right here: billwhittle.com/register/

*** end quote ***

Yes, the roads are a mess and the taxes keep going up.  I saw that Arnold was filling potholes.  What happened to Dominos fixing roads?

Sigh!

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RANT: Why aren’t contributions limited to a politician’s district?

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

IDK but why are contributions allowed from external sources?

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BITCOIN: What is really fake money?

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

FROM BITCOIN MAGAZINE

Fakemoney

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Many a true word is said in a joke.

Here we have an interesting meme about what really is fake money!

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MONEY: Remember penny candy?

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/20/uncle-sam-loses-money-making-money-producing-penni/

No money to spare: Uncle Sam pays more than face value to mint pennies, nickels
By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times – Thursday, April 20, 2023

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Inflation may make a penny worth less — but it also makes that penny cost more.

The rising prices of raw materials have sent the costs of manufacturing coins soaring over the past two years, adding nearly a full cent to the cost of producing each penny. It now costs more than 2.5 cents to mint and distribute each penny coin, the federal government said in a report to Congress.

Making a nickel now costs more than 10 cents.

*** and ***

“It’s absolute non-cents that American taxpayers spend 10 cents to make just one nickel,” said Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa Republican. “Only Washington could lose money making money.”

*** end quote ***

Anyone realize that the FED’s inflation and the “spend and borrow” Congress has made money worth less?

Penny candy, Nickel Newspapers, Dime comic books are all casualties of the parasitic class extracting more and more of the Taxpayers’ Wealth.

Get out the pitchforks and light up the torches, it’s time change the discussion.

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CONSPIRACYTHEORY: John Lennon’s murder may not completely understood — Category 4. Plausible?

Monday, April 24, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11995191/The-man-jailed-John-Lennons-murder-INNOCENT-claims-bombsehll-documentary.html

Could the man jailed for John Lennon’s murder be INNOCENT? Bombshell new documentary poses serious questions about whether Mark David Chapman fired the fatal bullet

  •     EXCLUSIVE: Research throws doubt on the murder of John Lennon in New York
  •     British author David Whelan has examined fatal shooting on December 8, 1980
  •     He has unearthed many documents that suggest cops misunderstood murder 

By Nick Craven
Published: 08:32 EDT, 22 April 2023 | Updated: 08:37 EDT, 22 April 2023

*** begin quote ***

A three-year investigation into the murder of John Lennon has unearthed a series of extraordinary inconsistencies – including the suggestion that detectives may have fundamentally misunderstood how the shooting happened.

British author and TV producer David Whelan has exhaustively examined Lennon’s fatal shooting on December 8, 1980, as he and his wife Yoko Ono returned to their home in the Dakota Building overlooking New York’s Central Park.

Whelan has unearthed a trove of documents relating to the killing, including gunman Mark Chapman’s ‘hit list’ – published for the first time here – which as well as the former Beatle also featured Marlon Brando and former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis.

*** end quote ***

This is interesting.  Without going down this particular rabbit hole, it’s hard to believe.

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POLITICAL: Is Bill Maher an undercover libertairan?

Sunday, April 23, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12002059/Bill-Maher-unveils-Cojones-Awards-fought-against-cancel-culture-mobs.html

Bill Maher unveils his ‘Cojones Awards’ for those who fought against cancel culture mobs – and hands out prizes to Netflix for not canning Dave Chappelle over trans controversy and Ben Stiller for standing by Tropic Thunder

  •     Liberal comedian Bill Maher unveiled his new Cojones Awards on Friday’s edition of his HBO talk show
  •     The trophies honored ‘outstanding achievement in growing a pair’ in standing up to cancel culture
  •     Recipients included Netflix, Ben Stiller, Trader Joe’s and Cornell University  

By Paul Farrell For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:50 EDT, 22 April 2023 | Updated: 09:36 EDT, 22 April 2023

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Liberal comedian Bill Maher launched the Cojones Awards, a new trophy for those who stand up to cancel culture mobs, on Friday’s edition of his long running HBO talk show. The award honors ‘outstanding achievement in growing a pair.’

Maher, 67, handed out a gold trophy of dangling testicles to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos for his refusal to apologize over the controversy created by Dave Chappelle’s 2021 comedy special The Closer, which was criticized over jokes about the transgender community. 

The host congratulated Sarandos for standing firm as Netflix employees walked out of their jobs over the controversy. He joked that if staff didn’t like the content then maybe ‘Netflix may not be the best place for you.’ 

*** end quote ***

While I don’t agree with his liberal slant, but with these awards he seems to doing the right thing.

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Maher: Dems Have ‘to Answer’ for Education Failures and More Money Won’t Fix the Problem
4/22/2023, 10:44:32 AM · 15 of 17

Gary from Dayton to tomkat

“Is this guy beginning to pull his head out ?”

Maybe, but he can’t pull it out completely because he will lose his audience and gig.

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Maybe he’s is either a concealed libertarian or just a liberal coming to his senses.

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RANT: TV remote batteries are dangerous

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Kids toys have the battery cover screwed in. Why not TV remotes.

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GUNS: The Pepuls Republic of Washington has voted to disarm the People

Saturday, April 22, 2023

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/was-momentous-new-gun-laws-draw-a-line/

Editorials 
WA’s momentous new gun laws draw a line
April 20, 2023 at 3:06 pm 

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That pivot has been driven by the need to do something in response to massacres across this country that are plowing down children and other innocents every week. The vast majority involve legally purchased semi-automatic weapons.

On Wednesday, officials put their final touches on a law banning the sale, manufacture and distribution of assault rifles, a move that looked inconceivable just 15 years ago. The frenzy of last-minute dickering over the new law, SHB 1240, is a sign of its import.  

*** and ***

These laws cannot guarantee that all citizens will be safe from indiscriminate slaughter. But they do draw a line, indicating where the bulk of this state’s electorate — who put a gun-control majority into office — stands now. 

The Seattle Times editorial board members are editorial page editor Kate Riley, Frank A. Blethen, Alex Fryer, Claudia Rowe, Carlton Winfrey and William K. Blethen (emeritus).

*** end quote ***

This liberal State has just crossed a very interesting line.  

First, as usual and expected, it fails to realize that there is no such classification as an “assault rifle”.  Pushing that to the side, the “editorial” concedes the “vast majority involve legally purchased semi-automatic weapons”.  This law will do nothing to eliminate the “gun free zones” that crazy people, who are not stupid, seek out for their sick rampage.

Second, whenever a dictator takes over a country, the first thing that they do is disarm the people.  Ask the German Jews how well that worked out for them.  Then go to Russia, Communist China, Cambodia, and various places in Africa for further evidence.

Finally, these is that little objection about Constitutionality.  SCOTUS has made it very clear that the RKBA is a fundamental human right.  The current doctrine of “incorporation”, means the States are bound to observe the Second Amendment, And, no amount of wishing can wish it away.

So, the TL;DR summary is a piece of feel good ineffectual legislation will generate a ton of costs and legal fees for no effect. 

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DISCOURAGING: And still we have Holocaust deniers and Nazi worshipers

Friday, April 21, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11989107/Unseen-photos-published-mark-Warsaw-Ghetto-Uprisings-80th-anniversary-Nazis-brutality.html

Hitler’s revenge: Unseen photos published to mark Warsaw Ghetto Uprising’s 80th anniversary show the Nazis’ brutality as they crushed Jewish resistance fighters’ bid to stop families being taken to death camps

  •     The unseen images were taken by Polish engineer Rudolf Damec
  •     The Ghetto Uprising took place from April 19 until May 16, 1943 

By Ed Wight and Harry Howard, History Correspondent
Published: 04:40 EDT, 19 April 2023 | Updated: 04:44 EDT, 19 April 2023

*** begin quote ***

As plumes of smoke spew from behind the ghetto wall, well-dressed Germans watch on, willingly indifferent to the atrocities being carried out on the other side.

Another photo shows a group standing beside a playground in Nazi-occupied Warsaw as burning buildings from the Jewish ghetto are engulfed in flames and billowing smoke.

A third shows women and children being rounded up as soldiers stand by with rifles, ensuring they do not cause any trouble. 

*** end quote ***

I don’t understand.  Even the flat-earthers have at least an understandable belief system  — close up the horizon looks flat.  I don’t understand how the these befuddled fools can have any principle to stand on.  One can only hope that they get worse ridicule that the flat-earthers who are harmlessly just wrong; these other people are sick dangerous.

imho

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‘So many hot MILFs’: Inside RFK Jr’s White House bid launch

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Kennedy’s supporters and his wife were present for the launch of his long-shot bid to dethrone Biden
— Read on nypost.com/2023/04/20/so-many-hot-milfs-inside-rfk-jrs-white-house-bid-launch/

What is it in the Kennedy mystic that gets this reaction?

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What is it the Kennedy


DISCOURAGING: Huh, “obstruction of governmental administration”, how abput attempted murder?

Thursday, April 20, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/new-video-shows-man-hit-nypd-cop-with-bottle-in-broad-daylight-attack/

New video shows suspect with 11 prior arrests hit NYPD cop with bottle in broad daylight attack
By Amanda Woods  — April 18, 2023 10:06am 

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He then charges at her and swings at another cop standing next to her before he is taken to the ground by that officer and at least one other person, the footage shows. 

Garcia, of Kingsbridge Heights, was arrested and charged with assault, obstruction of governmental administration, resisting arrest, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, and harassment, police said. 

He has 11 previous arrests, law enforcement sources said.

*** end quote ***

Sorry, but NYC is officially out of control. 

I can somewhat see a low bail or ORO for a minor charge; second and subsequent arrests are REMAND!

Absurd to allow this lawlessness to go unpunished.

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POLITICAL: “Don’t demonize” is absurd; they should have all been arrested — it was riot with shootings and property damage

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11980145/Chicagos-new-mayor-condemns-takeover-chaos-says-not-constructive-demonize-teens.html

‘Don’t demonize them’: Chicago’s new mayor-elect says it’s ‘not constructive’ to vilify group of rowdy teens that torched cars in rampage organized on social media – but condemned the chaotic takeover

  •     Chicago’s mayor-elect says he does not condone violence carried out by teens Saturday night but that the city should not vilify the group
  •     Rowdy teens torched cars and got into fights before gunfire ended Saturday 
  •     Two teenage boys, 16 and 17, were reported shot but in stable condition  

By Hope Sloop and Vanessa Serna and James Gordon For Dailymail.com
Published: 01:33 EDT, 17 April 2023 | Updated: 08:04 EDT, 17 April 2023 

*** begin quote ***

Chicago’s mayor-elect says the city should not demonize the teens who organized a ‘Teen Takeover’ of the Loop over the weekend, even after the event turned violent with cars burnt cars and minors shot. Brandon Johnson, 47, said Sunday he does not ‘condone the destructive activity’ and that it’s ‘unacceptable and has no place’ in Chicago, but that it should not be used as a way to vilify the group. ‘However, it is not constructive to demonize youth who have otherwise been starved of opportunities in their own communities,’ said Johnson, a progressive Democrat. Shocking footage showed some teenagers jumping on top of a bus while others started a massive brawl after descending on Millennium Park and attempting to breach barricades. Gunshots rang out with some rounds striking two teenage boys aged 16 and 17. Cars were also left vandalized near East Washington Street in the Windy City, including a Tesla which is worth about $120,000. 

*** end quote ***

Sorry, but I disagree.  This is behavior that should be demonized and punished severely. 

These were criminals and thugs rioting.

“Law and Order” is a joke in these Democratic cities.

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UPDATE

https://nypost.com/2023/04/20/woman-who-saved-couple-from-chicagos-teen-takeover-slams-lori-lightfoot/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alert&utm_content=20230420?&utm_source=sailthru&lctg=6080ba40747925275a09dcd3&utm_term=NYP%20-%20News%20Alerts

But for a Good Samaritan, this couple could have been killed and the police obviously weren’t interested in helping.

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