It looks like Germany is cracking down on hate speech, that is, anything that might offend or insult someone. Especially politicians. Insty covers it here. And CBS 60 minutes highlights it here.
Watching the 60 Minutes segment was chilling. The German prosecutors say that a large portion of the German pubic has quit engaging online because of hate speech. More likely, a large portion of the populace has quit engaging because they don't want the police banging on their door in the early morning.
Hate speech is free speech. It may be deplorable or detestable, but it is free speech. The only antidote is universal condemnation, not pre-dawn police raids. Germany has tried that once. They called it Kristallnacht, followed by The Night of the Long Knives.
Germans should know that history often rhymes. They should be very careful about criminalizing speech.
I've posted this each President's Day for ten years but have found no reason to adjust the rankings.
It's not a real President's birthday (Lincoln's was the 12th, Washington's is the 22nd), but everyone wants a day off, so sorry Abe and George, but we're taking it today. But in the spirit intended for the holiday, let me offer up Borepatch's bestest and worstest lists for Presidents.So happy President's Day.
* I am currently reading A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland (recommended). I had not known that the very first First Lady to have Jackie Kennedy style glamor was his wife Frances, whom he wed in the White House itself. Here she is in her salad days (courtesy of Wikipedia):
60 Mins is just fully a scam [More] Obvious then and obvious now.
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A couple of questions about the post below, where I'm tumbling brass in a concrete mixer. Juvat asks:
Just a bit of a question, what is walnut media?
Walnut media is a fine abrasive made from ground walnut shells. I get it at Harbor Freight. It's great for cleaning and polishing brass.
Rob asks:
4,000 rounds? How long will it take you to reload all 4,000? Heck, how long will they last when the shooting starts? I'm just curious...
That's just what I'm cleaning today. I already have 6000 cleaned. This is specialty ammunition used in Cowboy Fast Draw. CFDA rules require that at sanctioned shoots, all competitors use the same ammunition. One rule of thumb is that the host provide 100 rounds for each competitor. All this ammunition will be shot in three days at the Texas State Championship to be held in Richmond, TX on the second weekend of March. Through an inter-club agreement, we are supplying the loaded ammo and they will replace the wax bullets and primers. Then, we will clean all the brass again and reload it for Louisiana State, which will be held in Pineville, LA over Memorial Day weekend.
We're having a club meeting tomorrow night to load ammo. We'll be done in about three hours, then we'll eat gumbo and potato salad.
Everything you might want to know about Cowboy Fast Draw is in the video below.
The sport is a lot of fun. If you are interested, go to Cowboy Fast Draw for more information.
A US Customs and Border Protection officer accused of smuggling illegal aliens across the Texas border was allegedly moonlighting as a member of the La Linea drug cartel. [More] I don’t supposing hanging him from a bridge is an option? [Via Michael G]
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“This case is a perfect example of the carnage that guns are causing in our community”, said O’Malley… [More] Talk about a seasoned grasp of cause and effect… [Via JG]
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Chilling surveillance footage showed one of the club’s security guards – who appeared to be wearing body armor – calmly raising his weapon as he steps in front of cowering clubgoers diving to the ground below. [More] “Commonsense gun safety advocates” would rather he and the sheep he protected had been slaughtered. [Via bondmen]
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US special forces landing in Mexico to train marine infantry [More] Will any of the cartels be stupid enough to attack them? I have a tangentially related AmmoLand piece in the hopper. [Via bondmen]
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The Sheriff’s Office said video footage reviewed on Friday revealed Lomax had been armed with an edged dagger as he assaulted multiple individuals. He confronted a vehicle that attempted to leave and tried to assault the driver as he stabbed the vehicle multiple times.
A teenager from Los Angeles County has been handed a four-year prison sentence after admitting to orchestrating over 375 “swatting calls” across the United States. [More] Enjoy the terror, kid. You earned it. [Via bondmen]
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Ken Paxton: George Soros Controls 70% of Texas Through Elected DAs [Watch] Maybe that explains the lack of real estate redlining prosecutions… [Via bondmen]
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FBI officials, past and present, have marshaled significant evidence via whistleblower complaints and testimony indicating that several terminated leaders routinely used their offices for partisan purposes. [More] Will they still enjoy LEOSA benefits? Be nice if somebody told the administration to make sure losing them was part of the deal… [Via bondmen]
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Restrictions, Restrictions: Virginia Dems Send Numerous Gun Controls to Gov. Youngkin’s Desk [More] So will we see Veto, Veto? That Jennifer Boysko sure is an @$$hole. [Via bondmen]
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"This inversion comes seven years after the legal cannabis market opened. While it’s not clear exactly when the threshold was crossed, because the state does not release historical licensing information, California’s legal market has been struggling for years, with thousands of companies going out of business."
The core issue is that taxing it made the illegal growers competitive on price and California has shown little enthusiasm for going after the unlicensed growers. I am reminded of how the American Association Against the Prohibition Amendment sold repeal on the dramatic revenue that taxing alcohol again would raise, based on the illegal price.
Racist Judge Jack McConnell, Who Halted President Trump’s Temporary Spending Freeze, Received Over $100 Million in Government Funding for His NGO [More] Sic ‘im! [Via Len Savage]
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Cities just started using AI GUN CONTROL… [Watch] Big Brother was an amateur. [Via Jess]
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Gun rights activists sue Walz, Ellison, over binary trigger ban contained in jumbo omnibus bill [More] We should have figured with tampons in boys’ rooms ol’ Tim’d be non-binary… [Via Jess]
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Trump’s FBI Reforms Need To Include Ending Its Data Distortions On Crime [More] Because what they’ve been doing doesn’t add up. [Via Michael G]
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A lawsuit alleges Glock makes and sells guns that are easily turned into illegal machine guns, the state of Maryland and the city of Baltimore announced Wednesday morning. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and local law firms announced the lawsuit, alleging the handgun manufacturer facilitates the proliferation of illegal machine guns. … Continue reading "‘On Behalf of Our Criminal Constituents…’"
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Ba-by shark, doo-doo-doo-doodoodoodoo… [Via Jess]
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Munich-Crashing Colorado Democrat Fancies Himself as the ‘Voice of America’ [More] So charge him with a Logan Act violation. As an aside, look at the smug “male” identifying as a Demeaning Mom. There’s always one… [Via Michael G]
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Trans migrant charged with raping 14-year-old boy in NYC bathroom [More] Adding new meaning to “feel the vibrancy”… I’m pretty sure the Founders never intended their grand experiment to become the world’s dumping ground for diseased misfits, perverts, criminals, mental and moral defectives… [Via Michael G]
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It's Monday, which is traditionally the day to do laundry, and I've done two loads. Belle and I agreed years ago that we married each other for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. The vows included nothing about laundry. She does heres, I do mine. It works out well for us.
It's also Presidents Day, a day that is a federal holiday, a day to reflect on a purely made-up holiday that allows government workers to take the day off. It's always on a Monday, which led my father to declare it George Birthington's Washday.
The dog and I are out in the shop now, and I'm tumbling brass. I have just over 4000 pieces of .45LC brass to clean for a shoot next month. We've found that the best way to clean large batches of brass is with a concrete mixer. 2000 pieces of brass, 25 lbs of walnut media and two hours. They come out clean and shiny.
Yep, that is a trick I learned five or six years ago.
It’s gonna be wild when Jack Smith winds up being the one going to jail. [More] On the bright side, his investigation resulted in evidence of corruption at the highest levels of government… [Via Michael G]
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Conservatives are raising concerns over liberal Judge Susan Crawford’s campaign for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, pointing to a flood of dark money backing her, including contributions from groups tied to billionaire George Soros. With the election fast approaching, several prominent conservatives and media outlets have sounded the alarm about what they see as an effort … Continue reading "Meanwhile, Over at the Party of the Workin’ Man"
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Despite severe risks and without a crime committed, a Minnesota judge authorized doctors to forcibly administer electroconvulsive therapy—while barring key witnesses from the hearing. [More] Fry the brain first, due process later… [Via Michael G]
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Creating Chaos In Elections Is The Left’s Goal. You Should Wonder Why [More] It’s not just elections, they bring chaos to everything, and I think I have a pretty good idea why. [Via Michael G]
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'Since Donald Trump took office, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has fired thousands of federal workers in a push to reduce spending.
"In the wake of those layoffs, droves of former federal employees have packed up their bags and put their homes on the market, causing the average listing price to sink, The Kobeissi Letter (TKL) reported.
"In November, the median home in the nation's capital was worth $699,000, according to Redfin.
"By February, the median home value dropped 20 percent, bringing the price down to $560,000."
I had a backup mortgage of $720K while getting my old house sold, so I know that making house payments of this size without at least one extraordinary paycheck (and likely two) would really hurt. Still, how well are these people paid to make a $4000/month mortgage payment?
Perhaps more interesting:
"There has also been a surge in new listings of homes over $1 million. According to TKL, there are 525 listings worth $1 million and 44 listings worth $5 million, suggesting DOGE layoffs could affect people in high-profile jobs."
Who are these people? Government employees or NGO employees who realize the game is over?
State Police trooper banned from Target after allegedly shoplifting over a dozen times [More] Think of it as an independent Fund the Police initiative. [Via Edmund M]
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“David Hogg – talk about living up to your name. A trough of DNC dollars all for him and he doesn’t seem to give an oink,” a top Democrat said. [More] This is good news. He’s taken himself out. I don’t see how he can ever recover from this. And it can be used to … Continue reading "What’s in an Aptronym?"
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Mother With Baby on Hip Gets in Shootout With Alleged Intruders [More] Reasons why Moms Demand Action bleaters would rather she had been unarmed and killed: Oh well, maybe someone can salvage something out of this and make a case for child endangerment… [Via Lane]
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Muslim activists are establishing islamic city in Dallas County, Texas. Called Epic City it is touted as a Muslim-only community. [More] And, of course: Realizing that many responsible citizens of other countries might be interested in our properties, our offering is open to any person we approve within the property and investment laws of the … Continue reading "Coming Soon to a Caliphate Near You"
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Like something out of the Gremlins movies, Senate Bill 25-003 was amended well past midnight to transform from a near all-encompassing semi-automatic ban into a permit-to-purchase scheme reminiscent of Illinois’ FOID cards. [More] From a Rocky Mountain Gun Owners email: Without any public testimony or stakeholders, radical anti-gun Senators changed SB-003 from an “Assault Weapons” … Continue reading "CO Democrats Dictate Terms of Surrender"
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We’ve been DOGE-ing in Oklahoma before it was cool. Our department of mental health just sent an agency wide memo banning pronouns in email signatures. Five employees resigned on the spot— sayonara! [More] You’ve also been dodging your responsibility to the Constitution and to your citizens. And then you hedged your bet. And news flash: … Continue reading "The Artful DOGEr"
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Given the Democrat’s policies it’s hard to believe they have the slightest interest in protecting children from abuse, but what is most concerning is what this bill might become. It could easily transform into a vehicle for amendments that will serve no purpose except promoting Evan’s dream of ending civilian firearms ownership. That committee has … Continue reading "Rock Meets Hard Place"
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The new Colt 633 Department of Energy clone from PSA/H&R was really quite a lot of fun to shoot, so I decided to take it to a PCSL match. This was basically a USPSA pistol [...]
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As we near the half-way point of the 2025 New Mexico Legislative Session, here is a recap of last week and what to expect this week. [More] Unfortunately, it’s a year-round job for gun owners to protect their rights. If you’re a New Mexico gun owner, check the link to see what to expect in … Continue reading "NMSSA Legislative Update"
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"At least I have a clean conscience, Randall. I did what I did to save my life. You're a man; you can use a gun. I'm a woman."I was like "That's not how that works, lady! I've read probably thousands of instruction manuals for guns and not one of them contained a sentence that began 'Using the penis...'."
"After two recalls for software updates, the car's range is now permanently restricted to 80 percent of what it was new. And along with owners of over 2,700 2019 I-Paces, I'm waiting for Jaguar to buy the car back. That's because the company has decided that purchasing the cars is cheaper—and likely easier—than identifying and replacing defective battery packs. It's a frustrating situation to be in, and not just because I can no longer drive a car I have grown to like."
This guy remains an EVhead.
2/13/25 San Francisco Chronicle:
A sprawling web of violence across America, which has left at least six dead, has been linked to a fringe group of radical Berkeley pseudo-intellectuals known as the Zizians. Investigators across the country are piecing together connections between the double homicide of a wealthy married couple in Pennsylvania, a deadly shootout in Vermont and two brutal knife attacks on a landlord in Vallejo. Four people who are allegedly Zizian cult members are in custody facing homicide charges, despite multiple escape attempts. Three members of the fringe group are missing and wanted, including the leader, Jack “Ziz” LaSota, who faked their death in the San Francisco Bay.
Around a dozen individuals appear to have in-person links to Ziz, some of whom worked at NASA and Google before the arrests began. Many of them advocate for veganism and identify as transgender. Some met through the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, a Berkeley nonprofit buoyed by Peter Thiel and Sam Bankman-Fried and associated with the rationalist movement; MIRI warns about the dangers of AI and studies the “mathematical underpinnings of intelligent behavior.”
I guess they are only psedo because they murder people individually instead of using a government. Of course, the article uses their preferred pronouns.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government is the website although it is labeled Fox News:
The panel is touting its work, saying its oversight has "had a real effect in expanding the First Amendment."
"In a Supreme Court dissent, three justices noted how the Select Subcommittee’s investigation revealed that ‘valuable speech was suppressed,’" the report states.
And in a letter to the subcommittee, Facebook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the Biden-Harris administration "pressured" Facebook to censor Americans. ...
The committee also celebrated a "big win" in October after it prevented the creation of a new "GARM," an advertising association that engaged in censorship and boycotts of conservative media companies. The committee revealed, before it was disbanded, that GARM had been discussing ways to ensure conservative news outlets and platforms could not receive advertising dollars and were engaged in boycotts of conservative voices and Twitter once it became "X" under the ownership of Elon Musk.
Meanwhile, the subcommittee also investigated the alleged weaponization of federal law enforcement resources.
In speaking with a number of whistleblowers, the subcommittee learned of waste, fraud and abuse at the FBI.
"When these whistleblowers came forward, the bureau brutally retaliated against many of them for breaking ranks—suspending them without pay, preventing them from seeking outside employment, and even purging suspected disloyal employees," the report states, noting that the subcommittee revealed that the FBI "abused its security clearance adjudication process to target whistleblowers."
The report references the FBI’s response, in which the bureau admitted its "error" and reinstated the security clearance of one decorated FBI employee.
They kept yelling "fascist" and "Hitler" while standing in front of a mirror and thought it was a window.
"The bill has been proposed by State Representatives Anita Somani and Tristan Rader, who wrote it to point out what they see as the absurdity of rules that control women's bodies but do not control men's. It has not been formally introduced to the House Floor yet.
"Per Somani and Rader, men would face a $1,000 first offense, $5,000 second offense, and $10,000 subsequent offense fine to "discharge semen or genetic material without intent to fertilize an embryo.""
Unless Democrats think semen are capable of birth, the analogy to abortion is insane. How will they enforce this? Cameras in every room?
Democrats are just insane.
"The surge in recruitment comes after two consecutive years of missing recruitment targets."
I am pretty sure that this was because young people respect what Trump ran on with respect to strength and not getting into unnecessary wars.
Witnesses say they were all inside the business when a person approached and tried to rob two people.
The suspect demanded their belongings when the teen, who had been at the register, noticed and was then shot.
After reviewing surveillance, police say the victim’s brother shot at the robber, who then fired back, injuring the teen.
The suspect ran from the business and was last seen running eastbound on Sharpe Avenue.
Today we are looking at the entire scope of Aimpoint’s firearms development division…which is actually just this one firearm. Aimpoint was founded in 1975 as a partnership between Arne Ekstrand (a Swedish inventor with an [...]
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Bringing the hate facts:
When Francisco Hernández de Córdoba landed on what is now Cabo Catoche, March 1, 1517, he asked the Maya what they called that body of water, and they told him the Mayan name was "The Gulf of Mexico." And he respected their native beliefs. And so it is.
If you're stupid.
It's had a lot names. Various maps from 16th to 19th Century have it as Mare de Nort, Mar del Norte, Gulf of Florida, Golfo de Florida, Golfo de Cortés, Gulf of St. Michael, Sinus Michaelis, Golfo de Iucatan, Mare Iuchatanicum, Great Antillean Gulf, Sinus Magnus Antillarum, Cathayan Sea, Mare Cathaynum, Gulf of New Spain, Golfo de Nueva España, and probably a bunch more.
The US controls more coastline and area of the body of water than Mexico does, and both Mexico and the US are in the Americas. What is now both North and South America were considered one continent in US textbooks until the 1950s, and still are in much of the world.
So the name varies on where you are and your language. The US calling that large body of water off the Atlantic the Gulf of America doesn't stop the Mexicans from calling it the Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México). And I bet you never used the Spanish nomen for it, so what does it matter?
So let's talk about the non-existent Persian Gulf. There is no Persian Gulf, no matter what you call it.
(al-Khalīj al-ʻArabī; Arab Gulf or Arabian Gulf) لخليج العربي
If you get stationed at any military or State Dept facility in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Trucal Arab States, you will be warned up front there is an ARABIAN Gulf. They do not acknowledge the Persians. It would be like referring to "Russian Poland." Just as there is no "French Channel." If you refer to the "Persian Gulf," you will probably be given leeway by your hosts, but it will irritate them. Do it deliberately and there will be issues of some kind.
Over here, you probably call it the Persian Gulf, and that's fine. The Turks call it the "Gulf of Basra" (Basra Körfezi). In Iran it's the "Khlij Fars" (خلیج فارس). "Persian Gulf."
So the name varies on where you are and your language. The US calling that large body of water off the Atlantic the Gulf of America doesn't stop the Mexicans from calling it the Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México). And I bet you never used the Spanish nomen for it, so what does it matter?
This is despite some of the stupidest comments by allegedly educated liberals:
"We don't own it, so we have no right to rename it."
As noted above, we own more of it than Mexico does.
"It was the Gulf of Mexico before America existed. Learn history!"
America was named on April 25,1507. Ten years before colonizers named the Gulf in various forms in Spanish.
Next time we're at my wife's family's place, we'll be swimming and boating in "the Gulf."
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BTW, you DO comprehend that Trump doing this is largely distraction for idiots, right? While you're shrieking over this, you're not hassling him over his real work of dismantling the National Socialist police state.
Of course you don't, because you're ignorant and stupid.
Younger son sends this proto of a bunch of what appear to be Abrams tanks with tank manes. Anyone who folows WWII movies has probably seen the movie Fury, which focuses on one tank crew during the latter stages of the European theater. Tank names, traditionally, are based on the unit that the tank is assigned. Traditionally, tank companies are assigned to Company A, B, C, or D. Whereas cavalry troops are assigned to Troop E, F, G, or H. That tells me that the fictitious tank "Fury" was assigned to a cavalry unit and was in F troop.
I digress. The photo my son sent me is below.
It seems that these tanks are assigned to Company A and B of some unit, and someone has a sense of humor. The tank with the red arrow is "ASVAB WAIVER". That is funny.
My first tank, and M60A1 in 4/37th Armor was "Cap'n Crunch". Naming tanks fell out of favor in the '80s and I didn't see much of that. In my last unit, 1/156 LANG, we could name tanks, but I was in a staff position and didn't have a tank. However, on dark night during gunnery, our Batallón Commander stuck his tank in the pre-dawn hours and got off it to let the Master Gunner retrieve it. When it came out of the ditch sometime around dawn, it had been renamed "Ditch Witch". The old man laughed it off, he had a good sense of humor.
Naming tanks is a morale thing. Good commanders laugh it off.