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Over Sunday lunch, I heard a rumor that truck drivers and others are planning a diesel strike for October 1st. What?? That don't make sense.
Yeah, I know. Fuel prices are high. But the idea that truckers are going to turn off the engine to protest high prices sounds a bit odd. Doing a little Google-fu tells me that the idea seems to have gotten the best legs on the Book of Face. That particular social media page has a world-wide reputation for accurate information (/sarc). So there you have that.
More pressing concerns is what's for lunch? I have a good tomato, a loaf of fresh bread and a pound of bacon. I believe it's time for a good ol' bacon and 'mater sammich.. I'm going to preheat the oven and slide that bacon in there for 30 minutes or so.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A man was shot multiple times at a home in Escambia County on Saturday.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting took place on Tippin Avenue around 2 a.m. involving a woman and appears to be a case of self-defense.
Cheers!
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MILAN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Italy is preparing to ban face coverings in schools and to cap the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday as she played up her right-wing credentials at a youth event organised by her party..."If there is only one child in a class who doesn't understand Italian, that child will likely be able to learn the language and integrate quickly with the help of classmates and teachers. However, if the number of children who don't understand the language becomes large - or even the majority - that is no longer integration; it is neglect," she added.
Officials say that during the assault, Simmons also struck their mother and the brother’s daughter who were caught in the middle of the altercation.
During the attack, the brother got his handgun and gave multiple warnings to Simmons to stop, including firing a “warning” shot into the floor, according to deputies.
Simmons continued to hit his brother who finally shot a round into Simmons’ leg.
Yesterday was recoil therapy with Big Country. He brought a collection of Enfields and a Springfield 1878 trap door in 40-70 which was great fun. Another guy had a "Quigley" rifle = a Sharps 1874 in 45-120 (!). That one kills on one end and maims on the other.
Many thanks to BC for participating in an experiment to see if going to the shooting range is effective in treating cancer. Probably not, but I feel better already.
There are plenty of weapon-mounted lights on the market. So when another one shows up claiming 1,000-plus lumens, that specification alone doesn’t necessarily get my attention anymore. The Olight PL X GL is different. Yes, we’re talking about a compact weapon light capable of producing up to 1,200 lumens. But after getting my hands on […]
The post Olight PL X GL Review: Flood, Spot AND a Green Laser? first appeared on Day At The Range.Memorandum Opinion by U.S. Attorney-General:
Application of 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) to Young Adults Section 922(b)(1) and (c)(1) of title 18, U.S. Code, is unconstitutional as applied to young adults between eighteen and twenty who seek to purchase handguns. The provision prevents young adults, who are members of “the people” to whom the Second Amendment applies, from owning “arms” in common use for self-defense. This places the burden on the government to show that the restrictions are consistent with the Nation’s tradition of firearm regulation, which it cannot do.
They cite me at pp. 43-44:
Pistols, though less common than other firearms, existed at the Founding and were a familiar article of early American commerce. See Clayton E. Cramer & Joseph Edward Olson, Pistols, Crime, and Public: Safety in Early America, 44 Willamette L. Rev. 699, 706–11 (2008) (outlining the prevalence of pistols at the time of the Founding).
How important are such opinions? Apparently, pretty important. To quote from an Obama-era memo "MEMORANDUM FOR ATTORNEYS OF THE OFFICE Re: Best Practices for OLC Legal Advice and Written Opinions "
As noted above, OLC's central function is to provide, pursuant to the Attorney General's delegation, controlling legal advice to Executive Branch officials in furtherance of the President's constitutional duties to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, and to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."
Elite Precision Customs v. BATF (5th Cir. 2026):
Plaintiffs unsuccessfully sought a permanent injunction against several provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922 that collectively prohibit the buying and selling of handguns across state lines. The only issue is whether those provisions are constitutional under the Second Amendment. They are not: Under Bruen, they implicate the Second Amendment’s plain text, making them presumptively unconstitutional, and the government has failed to meet its burden to justify the provisions as consistent with the nation’s tradition of firearms regulation. We reverse and render judgment for plaintiffs.
The GCA68 provision that prohibited sale of handguns to persons not a resident of state of sale had a certain logic: in 1968, there was no national database (what's a database?) that allowed for a nationwide check to see if you were a prohibited person in some state. Some states had provisions for this, or at least pretended that they did. Even quite recently, some states considered mental hospital records as so private that they could not check for involuntary commitments.
We now have the NICS database that allows dealers to check if a buyer is disqualified from purchase. This may well expand sales at gun shows of handguns.
Climate change - This is the first summer that I can remember when we have ot had a hurricane in the Atlantic basin. I've lived here through 72 summers and can't remember a summer like this one. NOAA bacs me up on this, and I am not complaining.
The hummingbirds are passing through and my feeders are totally engaged. I'm going through sugar water at an enhanced rate.
Human migration - After watching Nick's video yesterday and thinking abut the lessons we can glean from it, I am wondering what the Atakapa people might think about it. Or the Huron or Chippewa or Arisaka? The worst part is that the folks who defend illegal migration is that they probably don't know who the Chippewa or Atakapa people are. We can learn from history. How did hat work out for the Cherokee?
The AI Kerfuffle - Has anyone but me noticed that the AI democrats are making the same arguments that they used when trying to quell covid? Trust the science... Flatten the curve... It's going to kill us all... My strongest argument is that Bernie Sanders hasn't been right about anything yet. If Bernie says that it is an existential threat, we should probably ignore him. He ain't been right about anything yet.
This is Saturday and I have things to accomplish, so if you will excuse me.
A preliminary investigation found two men were attacking another with a knfie and a pole Thursday morning in the area of Decatur Avenue and Tennessee Street. A fourth man then stepped in to help the victim and shot one of the alleged attackers.
That person died. Police haven’t identified them yet.
The victim drove away and crashed nearby on a motorcycle. First responders took them to the hospital in stable condition to treat his stab wounds.
