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As always, Thomas Sowell says everything better than everyone else. Preview Open

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Our country is now being governed, not by laws, but by fear*. Most of us seem to be afraid to stand up to the bullies being presented in the news, and with good reason. We can all be found via the Internet (damn you, Gore!). Our homes, our workplaces, where our children go to school; […]

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No, this isn’t about abortion. In a recent conversation with a friend, the subject of epigenetics came up. Realizing I didn’t know all that much about it, I did what clever, educated persons always do these days; I googled. (If you’ve never heard the term, epigenetics is the study of the influences of external factors […]

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“Clown Lives Matter” is a thing that’s about to happen. According to Fox 43, clown fears have tarnished the business of Pennsylvania’s Snuggles the Clown. The performer said he was having a hard time trying to convince kids he’s not trying to hurt them. Preview Open

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A thought experiment that is probably supposed to be beyond the pale, but since I’m a white male of late middle age I am told that everything I do and think is racist anyway, so here goes: Imagine a white person who has little if any contact with black people. Essentially all of this white […]

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William S. Lind has been an important thinker in developing the concept of 4th generation warfare in that he has contributed to developing and popularizing the concept that the nature of warfare is changing into something unfamiliar. His warnings have been dire, so I’ve tried to keep up with his speaking and writing over the […]

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Stillframe from the Youtube of the presidents’ remarks earlier this week.

According to President Obama, it is unhelpful, paranoid, and (he implies) stupid for Americans to believe we are being deliberately targeted by persons motivated by a radical version of Islam. It is, however, perfectly rational for black Americans to believe that they are being deliberately targeted for wholesale persecution and execution by racist American police officers. Here’s the president speaking a few days after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson:

Contributor Post Created with Sketch. The Issues That Matter to Gun Owners, Part Two

 

shutterstock_160407359Part one of this series, if you haven’t read it already, is over here. Picking up from there, here are four more issues that matter to American gun owners.

Liability Laws: This is the pet issue for one of the currently unindicted Democratic candidates for President. She is pushing the idea that gun companies are somehow completely free from the product liability laws which cover improperly made or dangerous products, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Gun companies can be sued for guns that are dangerous or are poorly built, which is right in line with every other manufacturer in America. What the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act covers is frivolous, inane lawsuits against firearms companies which are designed to put them out of business because of the fact they are gun companies. A prime example of this was the nuisance lawsuit brought by the parents of one of the victims of the Aurora theater shooting against the online ammo retailer Lucky Gunner, because they sold the ammunition used in that horrific event (Disclaimer: I know the people at Lucky Gunner pretty well, and consider them to be terrific people). The suit was thrown out of court and the family was ordered to pay the court costs of Lucky Gunner because it was patently obvious that Lucky Gunner had no idea that the products they sold would be used in such a manner.

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This is a short film documenting the protests that occurred at UIC earlier in March. It was featured on Hannity last evening. It’s worth seven minutes as a reminder of what the real opposition is. “I think the important thing to take away is that, you know, you can look back, even take a glance […]

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Many here are likely following the prosecution of the Hammond family in Eastern Oregon, and the subsequent occupation of the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) by out-of-state militia members. There’s plenty of background on the legal and other proceedings available, from one side or the other. What I couldn’t find is a map to give some context to the events that have ensnared the Hammonds. So I set out to find one, and the results shed some light on the Western Federal lands issue.

Here are the current boundaries of the southern portion of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon:MalheurNWS-960x468

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I have a Facebook friend who is quite vocal on politics and really does not like what is happening in our government. She never suggests violence or anything close, she is just vehement. For about a year both she and her husband have been complaining that some of their Facebook posts are disappearing – completely […]

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Black Lives Matter (BLM) started as an online platform in 2013 by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. They are well educated, well spoken black women who have chosen social activism as a career (like Obama). For many of us, our experiences and beliefs are insufficient resources to easily understand these founder’s vision. So using […]

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Most Americans claim to support the rule of law, especially over the rule of man. There is a good reason for this position: it is a foundational part of the ethos of our nation, one that is voiced (or at least given lip service) by most Americans. There is a long history of its practical benefits for society. While the nation has not always lived up to this precept, it has, by a long shot, been the norm more often than not. Those of us who believe in “playing by the rules” and supporting the rule of law do so under the belief and expectation that:

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I’ve tried to catch up on this story over the weekend First, let me say that I regard Cliven Bundy, and the collection of militia men who traveled there to side with him as essentially a right-wing version of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The other parallels that come to mind for me here are […]

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