Thoughts & Musings
I’m Back!
Christmas plus work plus a trip to Vegas plus plus.... Nearly caught-up. Let's get going again!
Today the Obama admin came out with it's gun control plan: A working group led by Vice President Biden is seriously considering measures backed by key law enforcement leaders that would require universal background checks for firearm buyers, track the movement and...
Cat Busted Sneaking Saw, Drill Bits, Phone into Prison
A cat carrying a saw and a mobile phone was "detained" as it entered a prison gate in northeast Brazil, Brazilian media reported on Saturday. Prison guards were surprised when they saw a white cat crossing the main gate of the prison, its body wrapped with tape. A...
Illinois New Laws
There are a bunch. PDF summary is here.
Held by Pirates for Nearly Three Years
After almost three years in captivity, the crew of the Iceberg 1, a cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates, are home after finally being rescued. ... Its Dubai-based owner, who appears not to have been insured, refused to pay a ransom for it and simply went to ground,...
Guns vs. McDonald’s
There are more than 129,817 federally licensed firearms dealers in the United States, according to the latest Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives numbers as of Aug. 1. Of those, 51,438 are retail gun stores, 7,356 are pawn shops and 61,562 are...
Nero in the White House
Just discovered Mychal Massie (no, I don't know where I've been either.) As the stock markets were crashing, taking with them the remaining life saving of untold tens of thousands, Obama was hosting his own birthday celebration, which was an event of epicurean...
Ken McElroy – Dead, Killed, No Tragic Loss
In all, he was indicted 21 times, but escaped conviction each time, except for the last. In 1981, McElroy was convicted of shooting and seriously injuring the town's 70-year-old grocer, Ernest "Bo" Bowenkamp, the previous year. McElroy successfully appealed the...
Police Issue Warning; No Idea Who to Look For
From the overly politically correct Chicago Tribune: The group members enter a restaurant, and when spotting a diner's cell phone on the table they approach and present fliers claiming they are raising money for their basketball team, police said. The members place a...
Government Dependents Outnumber Private Sector Workers
In 11 of the 50 states in the US, residents dependent on the government outnumber private sector workers. “America is rapidly becoming a nation of takers,” economic blogger Michael Snyder writes. “An increasing number of Americans expect the government to take care of...
A Marine Writes Sen. Feinstein
Senator Dianne Feinstein, I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy...
Liberals Love Arab News Propaganda
Double-irony from Al Gore & Current TV: It all starts with a story from The Atlantic Wire (A fairly left-leaning group:) Every once in a while a tweet appears that's so silly, it must be a joke. Like this one from Glenn Beck: "Before Al-Jazeera bought Current TV,...
Mass Shooting: 3 Dead, 2 Wounded, in Switzerland
No assault weapon involved: A man armed with an old military rifle and a handgun shot and killed three women and wounded two men in a southern Swiss village, police said Thursday. Police shot and wounded the suspect after he threatened to also shoot officers who...
Shot vs. Shot & Killed – The Miracle of Modern Medicine
This post was originally drafted in April. Bare with me... very current story cited below. I've mentioned before that the shooting to death ratio appears very low to me. Crime stats over at Crime in Chicago suggest that in 2011 2,217 were shot, with 441 dead - 19.9%...
5 Found Shot in French Alps
NOTE: This is a story from 09/05/2012 that was stuck in the "draft" folder. Still as timely as ever. French authorities say five people, including a teenage girl, have been shot in a forest in the Alps. All five were initially reported to be dead. The teenage victim...
Obama Voters’ Gun Problem
Obama voters are killing each other Chicago’s murder numbers have hit that magic 500. Baltimore’s murder toll has passed 200. In Philly, it’s up to 324, the highest since 2007. In Detroit, it’s approaching 400, another record. In New Orleans, it’s almost at 200. New...
Run, Hide, Fight — Have an Active Shooter Plan
From the Alabama Dept. of Homeland Security. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ESNae7OoyM]
How Liberty Dies
People who wanted a little bit of security in lieu of liberty.
Propaganda Alert from The Associated Press
Shear propaganda as written by the White House in an attempt to create some news: President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government's authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. .... The...
Sea Turtle Meets A Scuba Diver
Very cool video: Sea turtles do the cutest things. In this video posted to Reddit, a friendly sea turtle pays a surprise visit to a scuba diver. At first, the diver pushes the curious animal away with a big shove to its belly. But the turtle persists. The diver...