I am pessimistic about what will be come of this.  The public doesn't give a damn.  Here is a link to an article in The Atlantic (Monthly) discussing the appalling indifference we have towards the Kermit Gosnell case.  If the American public is not outraged about Gosnell, it seems unlikely that we will give a damn about something like the screw up at Benghazi or the ensuing coverup and lies.

The folks at ATF are going to have a conniption.  Perhaps they will send some 3-D printers and some software to Mexico.

Why is it that I cannot buy a commode that will flush down anything because it is not good for the environment, but why in the world do my tax dollars go to subsidize the ton of junk mail that comes to my mail box every year?

Keith beat me to a recommendation for Stratfor, but this is a link to one of the free articles from this week that appears relevant:

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/beyond-post-cold-war-world

I am nearly 60 years old.  I have not watched much television since I was in the 8th grade. 

My take is that television lost something when color television became wide spread.  Once we had color tv, more emphasis was put on flash and less on substance.  Of course it could be that the advent of color tv coincided with the liberal revolution of the mid-1960s. 

If I had to pick a favorite sitcom, it would probably be The Beverly Hillbillies. Some of my fondness may be more a function of my appreciation of the conservative Buddy Ebsen and Max Baer. 

Anyway in the early going, The Beverly Hillbillies made great fun of the emerging liberal morons of the early and mid-1960s.  Eventually (about the time color tv became widespread) it jumped the shark and became irrelevant.

This is off subject, but my take on the best tv show of all time is Rawhide.  Eric Flemming taught Clint Eastwood how to act.  Watch old Rawhide shows and you will see Dirty Harry and a lot of Eastwood characters on a horse.

I am a lawyer.  In all stressful cases I tell women to avoid crying on the stand at all costs.  Sometimes the woman cries anyway, but when that happens it is a good bet that the tears are genuine and that the judge or the jury recognize that fact.

Similarly, boys should be told at an early age, "Do not cry."  It may happen from time to time, but it will be rare and the tears will be genuine and understandable. 

About 90% of the time that I see anyone over 12 cry, my first reaction is disdain.  About 99% that I see a man cry my reaction is disdain.  Perhaps if the practice was rarer, it would garner more respect.

If one needs some release, take Mark Twain's advice:

"Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer."

It beats the hell out of crying.

There is a much darker side of this that has not been addressed (as far as I have seen).  When the administration treats enemy combatants as criminals, he blurs an important line between the two.  That blurring has the potential to limit procedural protections of U.S. citizens in the USA.  If we start with the proposition that enemy combatants are entitled to due process, it is a sure bet that the limits of due process are going to shrink rapidly both for enemy combatants and for us. 

If anyone has this young lady's address, pass this along to her.  It is the world's best fried chicken:

http://www.tastebook.com/recipes/225602-Southern-Fried-Chicken

Delegate, Delegate, Delegate.

Maybe I should say nothing here since I own guns, but my take is that any EO Obama issues is likely to be a nullity. It will be void because he lacks authority to do much via such an order. No court is going to fine us or lock us up because we owned or possessed or sold something when congress has passes no law making such action or status a crime.

It is always perilous to disagree with Mr. Yoo, particularly with respect to legal issues, but I am feeling particularly reckless this morning.

The Supremes will uphold California's ban on gay marriage, but it will strike down the Defense of Marriage Act on the ground that the states have the exclusive right to define marriage. 

I am 58 years old.  From about 10 or 12 until I was about 20, I hitchhiked often.  I grew up in a very rural part of eastern North Carolina.  Most folks who were driving knew me and were happy to pick me up on the way to school or to visit a friend.  The school system folks would not allow me to hitchhike back home since they were responsible for my travel home.  My parents did not mind my going to school via a thumb. 

In high school I made longer trips (up to a couple of hundred miles). 

My freshman year in college, we were not allowed to have cars, so I hitchhiked from Chapel Hill, NC to Swan Quarter, NC (about 180 miles each way).

I do not pick up hitchhikers when my wife or daughters are with me.  I nearly always pick them up when I am by myself or with my 25 year old son.  Sadly, the hitchhikers I pick up now are almost always derelicts, or somewhat off balance, or coming home from jail or prison or some such place.

Unless they are mentally unstable, every law abiding adult should have at least two guns:

One should be of sufficient caliber to knock down what needs to be knocked down. The other should be a .22 so that you can practice and train without feeling like you are going broke every time you pull the trigger. 

.40, .38, .45, .357, .380, 9 mm etc bullets are very expensive.  The financial bite of buying those things will lessen your incentive to practice and train.  Of course you should shoot the larger caliber guns from time to time, but if you also have a .22 you will be much more inclined to practice more.  

I am married.

I got married at 25.

We have been married for 33 years.

We have 3 kids aged:

29;

27 (who is also married); and,

25.

The whole global warming crap brings to mind Richard Feynman.  C. 1964 Feynman gave a lecture.  Part of what he said was:
"In general we look for a new law by the following process. First we guess it. Then we compute the consequences of the guess to see what would be implied if this law that we guessed is right. Then we compare the result of the computation to nature, with experiment or experience, compare it directly with observation, to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment it is wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It does not make any difference how beautiful your guess is. It does not make any difference how smart you are, who made the guess, or what his name is – if it disagrees with experiment it is wrong. That is all there is to it."
The man made carbon dioxide crowd started right, they guessed it.  They half-assed the second step, they calculated what the results of their guess would be.  After that they did nothing and broadcasted their guess and their guess at the results of their guess as if they had actually examined data. 

For women who tend to have smaller hands than guys, try a Beretta Nano 9mm.  For guys who tend to have larger hands, a Springfield Armory 0.40 caliber.

For both sexes who want to learn to shoot, get a good 0.22 or 0.22 LR Pistol.  Shooting anything bigger than a 0.22 is very expensive.  0.22 shells cost enough, but bigger shells are awful. 

You can but a very good 0.22 LR pistol to practice with and buy a bigger handgun to use as you wish and save a bunch of money.