Dog Bites Man

Evidently you CAN be too rude to Sarah Palin on a “Progressive” “News” Station:

They’re calling it a resignation to let him save face but Politico heard through the grapevine yesterday that he’d been suspended for what he said about Palin. Essentially he gambled that, on the left’s cable news network of choice, you simply can’t go too far in insulting the right generally and Sarah Palin in particular. Turns out he was wrong — fantasizing on-air about sh*tting in people’s mouths is the red line, it seems. But be fair: Based on MSNBC’s track record, the odds were with him, no?

In a barrel full of rotten apples, he really was the worst….This is a guy who took Mormon-themed digs at Mitt Romney; brought on a shrink to analyze the allegedly violent, possibly psychotic tendencies of tea partiers; accused Republicans of treating the word “IRS” as a racist dog-whistle against Obama; and wondered if Rick Santorum wasn’t some sort of theocratic second coming of Stalin. When Steve Jobs died two years ago, he turned his on-air eulogy into an excuse to — ta da — bash Sarah Palin again. All of this is par for the course on MSNBC so imagine Bashir’s surprise, after all of that, upon finding out that introducing a little actual rhetorical scat into the figurative scat-flinging at righties was an unpardonable sin worthy of suspension. I’ll bet he’s mystified even now.

Of course with the recent talk of Piers Morgan’s days being numbered, it might just be an excuse for a shuffle on the low-ratings network. Still I never thought these swine had any limits when it came to bashing Conservatives!

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“Gun Death” Home Invasion

No murder weapon given, but I suspect it was not a “Gun Death”

Pennsylvania State Police say a 97-year-old woman was killed in what appears to be a random home invasion robbery on Thanksgiving night in Luzerne County….Police say Price last spoke to her family around 10:20 p.m. Thursday and neighbors noticed that her house lights were on around 11 p.m. that night. Neighbors told police it was highly unusual for Price to be up that late so investigators suspect the crime happened late Thanksgiving night. Investigators suspect the assailant entered the home through a basement window.

Of course those who constantly trumpet the metric of “Gun Death” seem to think if guns were eliminated from society we would all be safer. Still in this case there were NO guns used. Would the world be more or less dangerous if the old woman had shot her attacker before he killed her?

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One More Song

From Steve Perry of Cherry Poppin Daddies Fame, but this is from his side-project White Hot Odyssey:

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Warning Shot Woman Free on Bail

I have mixed feelings about this:

Marissa Alexander, a Florida woman awaiting a new trial in a “stand your ground” case, was released from jail Wednesday night on a bond totaling $200,009 for three separate charges….In 2012, she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing what she says was a warning shot to scare off her allegedly abusive husband during a dispute. No one was hurt.

Alexander tried to use Florida’s “stand your ground” law, but the judge threw out her self-defense claim.

On one hand, its hard to claim “Self Defense” when you admit to firing a warning shot. Guns are deadly force implements, and discharging a weapon is a dangerous and potentially deadly act. Further you lose a LOT of credibility in a claim of immediate threat of serious bodily harm if you intentionally fire a gun not at your alleged attacker.

Still on the other hand I don’t think anything presented in this case expressly shows she was NOT in immediate danger when she fired.

What are your thoughts?

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**UPDATE** Since this case is so old I’d forgotten many of the details listed by readers, also there were some details I wasn’t aware of. Read the links in the comments, this sounds like straight-up assault on Behalf of Ms. Alexander. Bad Justice tag added.

Thanks to all who refreshed me on the details.

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Evening Tune: Glitch Mob

LONG day in the lab, greeted at home by a cranky baby.

Time for a well-needed beer and some chill-out music. Enjoy!

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Libertarian Primer

Speaking about libertarian philosophy is a minefield because of the diversity and lack of Libertarian Party in the United States. Still I think Julie knocks this one out of the park!

Personally I’m a disenfranchised Republican who doesn’t have a set religious base who wants gobs of individual liberty returned to the people and smaller government. Frankly I think the best thing for libertarianism in the United States is to elect somebody like Rand Paul as President, and supporting the more liberty-minded platforms of the Tea Party, and shunning their love of military action, and Social Security and Medicade.

I will certainly say the heavy hand of the “Progressives” who have taken over the Democrat party, and the general lack of support for Big Government Republicans like George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney has really put a shine on the people presently pushing for liberty and libertarianism in this country.

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Science of Placebos

The mind can both heal you and hurt you!

Also the double-blind study is VERY important for ANY scientific study, because most scientists design a study because they predict a certain result, and that simply prediction might push them to interpret ambiguous data, or noisy data in the favor of their initial hypothesis.

You will notice that in all anti-gun studies there are NO Blinds in place. The researcher is paid to produce an outcome, and AMAZINGLY that outcome is the end result. Thankfully for those studies the methods are often so skewed you can see how only one outcome is possible!

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New Products from Dragon Leatherworks

So we KNOW he makes great holsters, and belts too! (BTW check out the cool buckles he offers for the belts! LOVE that Steam Punk one!) He also has a gun shop where he sells guns!

Of course many of you have heard that Dennis recent underwent Bypass Surgery, and he’s doing fine, but there have been delays to holster production.

But Dragon Leatherworks doesn’t just make leather stuff! They have T-shirts and Mugs now!

Now I’m one of those guys who has too many t-shirts. I’m constantly retiring worn shirts that probably could be worn for another year or two to the endless supply of soon-to-be bore patches. Still that Mug looks really nice! May have to buy myself a Christmas Present!

Also if you click through these links, or the link to your left on the sidebar I get….NOTHING! Dennis is a good friend and has hooked me up with more gear than I deserve, and he owes me NOTHING!

Feel better soon, buddy!

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“Gun Death” Bat Beating

Why would anybody have a BAT?

A northeastern Arizona man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fatally beating a victim with a baseball bat….Woody admitted that he entered a home on the Navajo Nation on April 5 and beat the victim in the head and body with an aluminum baseball bat.

The victim died the following day from injuries sustained in the beating.

We live in a world where children can simply walk into any sporting goods store and buy an aluminum murder bat, no questions asked! We NEED common sense reform!

…Or at least that’s what they WOULD be saying if they cared about people who didn’t die a “Gun Death”.

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Krazy Klown Gun

Looks pretty silly! Neat little experiment!

I would have thought the 10mm would have gotten more velocity out of the long barrel. Of course that’s weaksauce factory ammo. Hotter loads you get a LOT more.

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