Things are moving in the podcast world pertaining to Vicious Circle’s last episode.
The big question I’m having is how does somebody running Windows 7 record an MP3 off of a Skype call.
Bonus points if this software can be used to edit audio files. Alan did all of VC on a Mac, and I vowed back in the 90s that I’d never venture down that dark path ever again, and old grudges die hard.
Who has what I need?
You still see vestiges of the old Gun Culture of America. We have laws that talk about only allowing “Sporting” firearms, or restricting guns because they have “No Sporting Purpose”, or people saying “Why do you need [Gun X]? You can’t hunt with it!”
We still have sport and hunting guns (and we always will, because as long as the 2nd Amendment exists in its original intent we will always allow hunting and sport shooting) but the new gun culture is about defensive guns.
Wisconsin residents have overwhelmed the state Justice Department with so many concealed weapon permit applications agency officials say they probably won’t meet deadlines for issuing approvals this month despite pulling dozens of employees from other tasks to help.
These people aren’t buying guns to shoot ducks, deer, or pieces of paper (Tho they may do one or all of those activities in the currently or in the near future) they’re getting guns to carry defensively. Not only is OWNING guns part of American Culture, but CARRYING guns is too. KEEP AND BEAR Arms, just like the Amendment says.
The Anti-rights cultists are simply anti-American, and if they don’t like it, they can leave.
As for those of you new to carrying, you might find this article interesting! Carry your guns, you never know when you might need them!
Beware, Hybrid Australian Sharks!
Scientists have discovered the world’s first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, with multiple generations of the new creature found along the nation’s east coast.
Scientists say the discovery of interbred sharks could signal the presence of new “tropical” sharks in waters as far south as Sydney, The Australian reported….The new shark is a hybrid of the genetically distinct Australian blacktip, whose range extends north from Brisbane, and the larger common blacktip found in southeastern coastal waters.
The scientists say interbreeding between the two shark species is a sign the animals are adapting to climate change and they also warn that hybridization could make the sharks stronger.
Now comes a very tricky biology question, are the two “Species” of sharks actual separate species or are they subspecies of the same species.
Really the line between close species is VERY blurry. Still if this species is successful and can thrive in the full range, this will be THE new Tropical shark species…or if its not successful it’ll just be something that pops up in odd occations or exists in a very narrow habitat, like Coydogs, or other hybrids.
Still a neat story.
Baldr Odinson of Cease Fire Oregon had a hard time updating his blog more than once a month with half-assed anti-rights talking points. Even his twitter feed doesn’t see much action. But he’s decided to add to his efforts with a new anti-rights blog “Kid Shootings”.
Overall he’s just aggregating stories where kids get shot with guns. Essentially the reverse of the “Gun Death?” Files, only Baldr wants the blog to be the “Kids getting shot Blog” and I made a point to limit the number of ‘Gun Death?” stories I publish every day so my blog simply isn’t the “Gun death?” blog (but I have that above link, and the tab in the side bar to the right that will allow you to just view this category). We’re not exactly playing on the same field as I publish one “Gun Death?” story per day except for major holidays and days of remembrance where I think the time is better used, and any incidentals that come up in the usual blog-fodder. Baldr is just posting whenever.
Also in “Gun Death?” I attempt to explain why I’m using this story, and why its significant. My big points are:
– “Gun Death” is a made-up metric, and really shouldn’t be relevant to anybody who’s concerns include public safety. ie: If “Gun Death” went down by 40%, but murder went up by 80% any rational person would see that as a decline in public safety…while people who focus on that metric would actually declare more murder as “Better”.
– People kill people, not tools. A variation on the bumper-sticker slogan “Guns don’t kill people, people do”, where you can see murder and violence at the hands of people who DON’T have guns. This also shows exactly what would happen if guns never existed or magically disappeared.
– When everybody is disarmed the strong prey on the weak. I like to point out that if the victim had been armed, quite possibly the bad events could have been avoided.
Baldr’s new blog doesn’t make many comments, just spreads blood on the dance floor. Of course he does supply “Resources” that all stay within his Joyce Foundation family.
Thirty-three percent of U.S. households contain a gun (Pew 2009), and half of gun-owning households don’t lock up their guns, including 40 percent of households with kids under age 18 (Johnson, p. 175).
Take away: Lots of households own guns (and I suspect Dr. Johnson’s results were LOWER than actual) yet underage unintentional “Gun Death” is a VERY small number.
A gun is 22 times more likely to be used in a completed or attempted suicide, criminal assault or homicide, or unintentional shooting death or injury than to be used in a self-defense shooting (Kellermann, p. 263).
Yep, Arthur Kellerman the “Researcher” known for cooking his numbers to make the report add up in the way his grant writers want…and when those numbers suck, simply making them up.
In 2007, 138 children and teens ages 0-19 were killed in unintentional shootings
First up 18 and 19 aren’t “Children”, and second even with the skewed numbers 138 in one year is statistical noise. I guess all those unsecured guns aren’t a problem.
In 2009, 3,588 children and teens ages 0-19 were treated in emergency rooms for unintentional gunshot wounds
again 18-19 are not children. Also I wonder if gang activity is screened out by these numbers.
For the time being the comment section is open. I dropped a few valid points for Baldr to look at. Maybe you have something to add.
This is the best they can do.
NORTON, Mass. – The husband of a Massachusetts woman shot by an off-duty state trooper hunting deer after dark is questioning the trooper’s target identification.
If you’re confusing a woman, or even a dog for a deer, you don’t have a clear shot and SHOULD NOT MAKE ONE. Of course being a cop, the “Only One” mentality is in full-gear.
Authorities say the shooting was accidental. A state police spokesman says Bergeron was properly licensed and faces no criminal charges. The investigation continues.
Ummm you shot a woman thinking she was a deer. If I mistake a loaded gun from an unloaded one and shoot somebody do you think no charges will be filed?
Nope I don’t have a badge so I’ll lose my rights. Really I’d deserve it, there isn’t much margin for error when shooting, that goes double for hunting which is sport. The cop isn’t going hungry because he didn’t fill his freezer that day. No he was shooting a deer for the sport of it and shot a woman walking her dogs.
Nope you don’t get a pass for that, buddy, and neither should I.
Yep the Jew-Bashers are still around, what else would they do?
Some “Occupy” demonstrators who’ve clashed with police in New York City have migrated south as the new year begins, joining their colleagues in the nation’s capital where authorities continue to allow protest camps at two locations.
They’re running out of ground to protest in as even the most Marxist Mayors have kicked the legions of losers to the curb (often with violent riots). The money quote on this was this:
“I think (the movement’s) most important stage right now is to inform the American people, before we can give any kind of particular answer or one message,” he said.
“This is still, relatively, in my opinion, a young movement, and I don’t think it’s so much that it’s anybody having the same answers but everybody asking the same questions right now,” he told CNN, speaking on camera with most of his face concealed by a heavy winter scarf.
This movement has NO leadership, and NO central message. The person complaining about the bank bailouts is speaking with the same authority as the person speaking out against the wars, as the person who thinks the Jews are responsible and should be killed.
The bottom line is these people are listless losers, criminals, degenerates, and the mentally ill. They are unhappy because they will ALWAYS be unhappy, and that leads to their violent and anti-social behavior.
Still if they want a place to be, DC is the place for them.
National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson told CNN the protesters in McPherson Square do not require a permit because their group contains fewer than 500 people and is considered a 24-hour vigil. Police in the area have said their enforcement so far has been to keep city streets clear of protesters, and to respond to petty crime that may take place around the camps.
But I wonder if they mind protesting in a place where its legal for them to do so?
Wow the truth is strong with this one, Calm Gun, talking here.
If morality could be legislated New York and Chicago would be “Safe Heavens.”
We know the “Progressive” Politicians are very suitable to criminal acts and blatant hypocrisy.
If they COULD legislate Morality, they’d at LEAST have an immunity clause written in.
From the Comments over at ENDO
Reminds me of DJO, and it appears they have a political re-dub up too!
Yeahhh!
A baby boy was found abandoned in a trash can in suburban Illinois on Sunday was the first such case of the new year in a state that prides itself on its Save Haven laws.
The baby’s 13-year-old mother wrapped the newborn in bloody jeans before leaving it in an outdoor trash can in a town called Country club Hills, south of Chicago.
More on the Safe Haven laws here. We’ve seen this before.
“Progressives” think that passing laws will stop behavior, and that you can legislate morality. Nope, laws just impede flow and give an avenue for defining and punishing crime.
Of course with gun control most of the proposed laws are fully redundant…yet their proponents somehow think that will STOP crime. This is the same mechanic that results in people getting shot in Chicago.
We have more sense than that.
Ok this is a story that’s as bizarre as it is brutal.
Delaware police arrested a man wanted for the murder of a Wilmington woman who was allegedly abducted while walking her dog in the Brandywine Hills neighborhood around 9 Monday morning….Wilmington Police arrested 24-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Dwight Smith and charged him Tuesday with first-degree murder and kidnapping.
Smith allegedly wanted to kill someone when he hit 65-year-old Marsha Lee near her Wilmington home, according to court papers….Smith reportedly offered to take Lee to the hospital after hurting her in the crash, according to court papers.
But instead of getting her help, Smith allegedly took Lee to a DelDOT rail yard near I-95, smashed the woman’s head against a rail and dumped her naked body, court papers said.
Scary story, and of course one that didn’t need a gun to be brutal. Carry your guns all the time, because even a quick walk of the dog could end in a fight for your life.
Also the man arrested is a Soldier, a member of the group that conversely should be the Only ones to be armed…and NEVER armed because they can have mental issues.
Maybe we should worry less about the tools…
h/t Mike W.
