Category Archives: Politics

Quote of the day—Joe Biden

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Because I’m the only one who ever got it done nationally. I beat the N.R.A. Twice. I got assault weapons banned. I got magazines that could not hold more than 10 rounds in them. I got them eliminated. Except we had a thing called an election with hanging chads in Florida and it was not reauthorized.

In addition to that, I passed the Brady Bill with waiting periods. I led that fight. But my friend to my right and others have, in fact, also given the gun manufacturers absolute immunity. Imagine if I stood here and said we would give immunity to drug companies. We would give immunity to tobacco companies.

That has caused carnage on our streets. 150 million people have been killed since 2007 when Bernie voted to exempt the gun manufacturers from liability. More than all the wars, including Vietnam, from that point on. Carnage on our streets.

And I want to tell you, if I’m elected: N.R.A., I’m coming for you, and gun manufacturers, I’m going to take you on, and I’m going to beat you. I’m the only one who has done it.

Joe Biden
February 25, 2020
Bernie Sanders, Confronted on Immunity for Gun Manufacturers, Says That Was a ‘Bad Vote’
[Is, “I got magazines that could not hold more than 10 rounds in them. I got them eliminated” a big enough lie? Maybe not.

How about “…given the gun manufacturers absolute immunity”? Is that a big enough lie? Probably. But Biden can do better.

Biden takes a another swing at the biggest lie with, “150 million people have been killed since 2007”.

Hitler and Goebbels would be proud.—Joe]

We are living in revolutionary times

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Via email from Karl B.:

Seattle City Council mulls law that could result in dismissal of many misdemeanor crimes

The Seattle City Council is considering new legislation that would create a legal loophole that would make substance addiction, mental illness or poverty a valid legal defense for nearly all misdemeanor crimes committed in the city.

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The legislation was proposed by Seattle City Councilwoman Lisa Herbold last Wednesday.

The proposal would allow for the dismissal of crimes of poverty and it would do so by revising the definition of duress as a defense against prosecution.

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If approved, the ordinance would excuse and dismiss — essentially legalizing — almost all misdemeanor crimes committed in Seattle by offenders who could show either:

  • Symptoms of addiction without being required to provide a medical diagnosis;
  • Symptoms of a mental disorder; or
  • Poverty and the crime was committed to meet an “immediate and basic need.” For example, if a defendant argued they stole merchandise to sell for cash in order to purchase food, clothes or was trying to scrape together enough money for rent. The accused could not be convicted.

It’s like during the Russian revolution. The criminals were considered allies of the revolutionaries because they stole from people with private property.

Who would attempt to have a shop in Seattle with a law like this? Or even have a home in Seattle?

One has to conclude the City Council members who vote for this are deliberately trying to destroy the city and/or are out of touch with reality.

Quote of the day—Glenn Greenwald

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American media is gripped in a polarized culture war that is forcing journalism to conform to tribal, groupthink narratives that are often divorced from the truth and cater to perspectives that are not reflective of the broader public but instead a minority of hyper-partisan elites. The need to conform to highly restrictive, artificial cultural narratives and partisan identities has created a repressive and illiberal environment in which vast swaths of news and reporting either do not happen or are presented through the most skewed and reality-detached lens.

With nearly all major media institutions captured to some degree by this dynamic, a deep need exists for media that is untethered and free to transgress the boundaries of this polarized culture war and address a demand from a public that is starved for media that doesn’t play for a side but instead pursues lines of reporting, thought, and inquiry wherever they lead, without fear of violating cultural pieties or elite orthodoxies.

Glenn Greenwald
October 29, 2020
My Resignation From The Intercept
[We are in the midst of a mass delusion about the political reality of our country. When those suffering from this delusion are confronted with the evidence their delusion they attempt to suppress that evidence and those that present it.

Greenwald is taking a courageous but difficult path. Correctly perceiving reality is an extremely tough problem yet it appears Greenwald knows the path to the truth. He is going down that path even though those suffering from the mass delusion are putting formidable obstacles in his way.

Even though the path is difficult we should remember that no matter how many people insist on the validity of a falsehood, reality always triumphs in the end.—Joe]

2nd Amendment First Responder

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Last night I attended a Zoom meeting with the “2nd Amendment First Responders” group from SAF.

The main message was to get all 2nd Amendment supporting people to vote. And it’s not just about the Presidential election. It’s the representatives in the House. It’s Senators. It’s the governors. It the state legislatures. It’s all important.

Use your social media contacts. Use your phone contacts list. Use your email contacts. Do your best to encourage and enable those eligible to vote and is likely to support candidates friendly to gun owners.

Quote of the day—Keith Olbermann

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The task is two-fold: the terrorist Trump must be defeated, must be destroyed, must be devoured at the ballot box, and then he, and his enablers, and his supporters, and his collaborators, and the Mike Lees and the William Barrs, and Sean Hannitys, and the Mike Pences, and the Rudy Gullianis and the Kyle Rittenhouses and the Amy Coney Barretts must be prosecuted and convicted and removed from our society while we try to rebuild it and to rebuild the world Trump has destroyed by turning it over to a virus.

Keith Olbermann
October 8, 2020
KEITH OLBERMANN: TRUMP SUPPORTERS ‘MUST BE PROSECUTED AND CONVICTED AND REMOVED FROM OUR SOCIETY
[Ahhh, yes, the party of tolerance and unity.

And the lies and projection are awesome! We have leftist terrorists burning and looting and this guy calls Trump the terrorist. It’s straight out of the book.

See also, Too many Democrats are creepily suggesting Trump voters should be jailed.

These aren’t just random trolls or Russian bots*. These are mainstream media prime-time hosts and writers.

We live in interesting times. Prepare appropriately.—Joe]

.* Well, at least that is technically true even if a good case could be made for it.

Liberal tears*

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Louder With Crowder has the TOP 5 LIBERAL MELTDOWNS OVER AMY CONEY BARRETT’S CONFIRMATION TO THE SUPREME COURT

I particularly like this one:

When I see liberals breaking down over their fear of being more free I have two reactions.

  1. I’m reminded of a story my Grandmother, born in 1895, would sometime tell. Someone she knew owned slaves. After the Civil War he could no longer keep the slaves. Many of the slaves, now free people, didn’t know how to take care of themselves and begged to remain slaves. He, of course, didn’t have any choice in the matter and, while sympathetic, could no longer keep them.
  2. I oil my guns with their tears.

Liberals Tears is now also available as bacon scented gun oil, hand sanitizer and coffee.

* If you don’t care for this technically incorrect use of the word ‘liberal’ please replace it with ‘progressive’, ‘socialist’, ‘communist’, or other more accurate word describing these pathetic people.

Quote of the day—David Hardy

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I believe it is a whole new ball game….

David Hardy
October 27, 2020
Thinking Justice Barrett over….
[Yup.

And it’s GAME ON!—Joe]

Quote of the day—Francis Wilkinson

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The asymmetry of the two major parties is driven in part by information asymmetries that feed extremism. The decades-long project of Fox News and the conservative movement to destroy shared truth has paved the way. Regular imbibers of Fox News, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, occupy a climate more extreme than other Republicans, who tend to have more varied and less dishonest information sources.

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the assault must be made. Breaking the hold of this collective delusion is a national imperative. If there is one thing America has learned in 2020, it is that defeating a virus — whether biological or informational — requires an honest and engaged president.

Francis Wilkinson
October 22, 2020
Biden’s First War Would Have to Be Against Propaganda
[Via email from Chet.

I “love’ the guy’s referenced expert, “the Public Religion Research Institute”. Who has heard of this organization before? And why a religion research institute? Why didn’t he link to the survey? And why can’t I find the survey on their website?

This looks like a combination of projection, delusion and lying.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Frank J.

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Isn’t originalism just the Rule of Law? The law means the same thing yesterday as it does today and as it will tomorrow.

It’s originalism or judges just make stuff up whenever they feel like. I’m not really sure what the middle position is.

Frank J.
October 21, 2020
Random Thoughts: Feminism and Court Packing
[I have nothing to add.—Joe]

Quote of the day—Dean Weingarten

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Purchasing or legally making a firearms silencer is one of the most effective steps a Second Amendment support can take to undermine the National Firearms Act and incrementally restore Second Amendment rights. Second Amendment supporters are well on the way to removing the NFA through an unusual tool: Overwhelming compliance.

Dean Weingarten
October 16, 2020
80% Silencers, the Political Ramifications
[Make silencers “in common use” then SAF and SCOTUS will do the rest.—Joe]

Bellevue warming up

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From the City of Bellevue 7:10 PM:

Bellevue Mayor Lynne Robinson has declared a civil emergency in the city and signed an emergency order prohibiting weapons in the downtown area where demonstrations from multiple, opposing groups were reported. The Mayor is authorized to “proclaim the existence of a civil emergency whenever a riot, unlawful assembly, or other hostile action, or the imminent threat thereof, occurs in the city and results in or threatens to result in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of or damage to property to such extent as to require, in the judgment of the Mayor, extraordinary measures to protect the public peace, safety and welfare.”

The city has also requested further law enforcement support from surrounding jurisdictions to maintain safety and order for the groups demonstrating and the public. Residents and visitors are advised to avoid the area.

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Quote of the day—Jack Lewis

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How ’bout we just put ankle bracelet trackers on every attendee at Trump rallies?

Jack Lewis
October 20, 2020
Comment on Facebook
[Don’t forget the yellow Star of David or inverted red triangle badges!—Joe]

Quote of the day—Angelo Codevilla

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Race (and sex, etc.) is yet another set of excuses for transferring power to the ruling class. The oligarchy is no more concerned about race than it is about education, or environmentalism, or sex, or anything else. It is about yet more discretionary power in the hands of its members, for whom not all blacks (or women, or whatevers) are to be advantaged—only the ones who serve ruling class purposes. In education, employment, and personnel management, co-opting compatible, non-threatening colleagues is the objective. As Joseph Biden put it succinctly: if you don’t vote for him, “you ain’t black.” A ruling class of ever-decreasing quality is a result.

Angelo Codevilla
September 23, 2020
Revolution 2020
[Via Kevin.—Joe]

A sense of humor

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After investigating the domain https://donaldtrump.watch I wondered about https://joebiden.watch. Someone has a sense of humor.

You might not want to visit.* It redirects to https://www.nambla.org/ (North American Man/ Boy Love Association). The Infogalatica page for them is here.

* I didn’t actually visit the site. I used a tool which captured various types of information about the URL as well as a screen shot of the main web page.

Quote of the day—Sam Jacobs

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The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia was, in every meaningful sense, a Marxist revolution. A parallel state based on participatory workers’ organizations was led by a self-consciously revolutionary party to topple the existing state and erect a new one in its place. Indeed, Lenin acted on clear definitions from Marx about what constituted “the state”: “armed bodies of men,” that is to say, police, courts, prisons and the military. The Bolsheviks did not simply take the existing “armed bodies of men” and use them for their own purposes. Nor did the Communists of Eastern Europe. They destroyed existing institutions and replaced them with their own.

Sam Jacobs
October 2020
Cultural Marxism’s Origins: How the Disciples of an Obscure Italian Linguist Subverted America.
[“They destroyed existing institutions and replaced them with their own.”

Nazi Germany also developed their parallel “armed bodies of men”, the SS. The SS had several components:

The defunding of the police doesn’t look so incredibly stupid now, does it?

Respond appropriately.—Joe]

Microsoft Gun Club member and Boomershooter wrote a novel

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When I first met Sean Flynn he was a member of the Microsoft Gun Club. He has attended many Boomershoots and volunteered many hours to making Boomershoot a great event. I’ve traveled to Olympia with him to attend gun rights rallies. I’ve quoted him on this blog 16 times. He has commented on here many times as well.

Now he has given us a novel, Raether’s Enzyme (web site here):

Quote of the day—Greg Banks

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Even after we flush Trump, we have a difficult job to cleanse society of their diseased thinking.

Greg Banks
Island Country (Washington) prosecutor
Posted on Facebook September 30, 2020
[He has turned off his Facebook account, as he has several times in the past. At some time it probably will be turned back on.

More context is here.

Can you imagine being a Trump supporter in his county and your legally concealed firearm is briefly visible while reaching for an item on the top shelf at the grocery store and a Karen spots it?

I shudder to think about it. This is how we get reeducation camps and gulags.

And I was in his county for a few hours last Saturday.

Prepare appropriately.—Joe]

It’s a good start

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Via David Hardy we have this list of laws infringing upon a fundamental human right which Everytown For Gun Safety fears will will be overturned by SCOTUS.

I would like to think the list is severely in error. But even if they are correct at least it would be a good start.

Facebook banishment

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Last night I received a message from Barron:

Janelle and I just got permanently banned on FB. No possible appeal, no idea why.

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And I mean at the same time. It was working for both of us this morning and then the traffic of me being gone started on the side channel. Janelle went to look and she was logged out and they said her account was disabled.

This is weird. It’s not like Barron and Janelle had followings which could change election outcomes. Nor were they advocating terrorist activities (although they do have three small boys which might be considered terrorists if you were sleep deprived and they were being particularly active).

So, what could be the motivation for their simultaneous banishment? I have to think it was some sort of political issue. But without additional data it’s tough to test that hypothesis.

It’s happening to others too.

Quote of the day—Evil Eye Of Seth Rollins @ThePunk1019

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Gotta feeling history will repeat itself

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Evil Eye Of Seth Rollins @ThePunk1019
Tweeted on October 16, 2020
[If you replace “British” with one or more appropriate U.S. government organizations then it’s a plausible hypothesis.—Joe]