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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights~ Napoleon That quote is very true if only when you consider that we must pick our battles (our interests) because there is only so much time to pursue relatively inconsequential battles, and with that, I hope it can apply to the gun control movement--i.e., will those who support the 2nd Amendment put their concerns on the back burner because their interests--the lives of their children--far exceed their wish to fire various guns? I think there is resolute evidence for that; just note that there were indeed massive teenager protests but for every one there, there were parents giving their permission. For those adults without children to worry about, they can worry about they themselves being killed at a movie or a concert. On a Margaret Brennen show (FTN), Emma Gonzalez said that the Parkland group preferred to focus on the issues rather than the candidates. I don't know what her thinking is but if the NRA can give ...

Quick! note on previous post. I don't have any objections to how much the U.S. Government decides to pay its employees in salary and even retirement benefits; however allowing them to retire at age 50 at sizable fractions of their regular salary is nothing short of freewheeling on the part of Uncle Sam. The FBI, according to the present director, only accepts 5% of applicants. The draw may be service to country or sweet compensation. One is noble and the other self-serving but neither should merit the right to retire with partial salary unless disabled on the job. It just borders on the reason many revolutions are fought. They are ought against the privileged. If I have and you have, there is no reason to fight other than greed. If bureaucrats (including defense and law enforcement) want to ride "high on the hog," they and we should ask that it be Federal law that whatever benefit is granted to the Federally-employed, also be granted to the rest of us. Not to level th...

At first I thought McCabe was being targeted unfairly; then, I learned that he was retiring at age 50 with a $55,000 yearly pension. Then I learned that the man had a net worth of 11 million dollars. Over the course of 15 years--the time between his retirement at age 50 and the time the rest of us schmucks are allowed to retire--he would increase his wealth by $825,000. Why do we tolerate this largess for our public officials? These sobs at the top of the FBI are incapable of differentiating between the Mafia and inside traders and counterfeiters--and people like those of Ruby Ridge or Waco. They were powerful enough to erase the latter from existence; the former are still with us. Have they kept us safe from foreign actors and from our own country? I bring your attention to 911 and the Parkland Shooter and I ask them to answer for why they should be able to retire at 50; BTW, only to keep on making money in the private sector which they invariably will do. I see them all the time on...

Protests   A message that Teenagers may prevail in exerting their right be safe. We spend billions on protecting our shores from oft nebulous bogeymen; yet the very real domestic killer is allowed to riddle us with bullets with absurd absolute abandon sanctioned by those who swore to uphold our Constitution while leaving out "...establish Justice...," and "...ensure domestic Tranquility..." Is it a just society when we allow the mowing down of our children. Have they done anything other than maintain for us troubled and anxious lives? Anti-kudos to Sayreville, New Jersey for threatening to expel any student that leaves in order to take part in gun protests. One girl had the courage to resist that authoritarianism that is so prevalent in New Jersey's schools. I'm guessing they'd be more tolerant if New Jersey were to find itself another statistic? That scenario is unlikely being that, post Columbine, N.J. was one of the first state...

            This photo NASA calls a dramatic view of Dione, a Saturnine moon. Was it photo shopped? Where are the stars, if not? POTUS Mr. Trump pulled another one of his fast ones by reneging on his proposal to raise the age of purchasing a gun to 21. What this tells me is that Mr. Trump, in his second bid, will either be in need of a few extra bucks or or in need of votes from NRA members and assorted supporters. The first, I don't believe--even the Koch brothers benefited from the tax plan to the tune of a billion and, certainly, they alone could provide all the funds the President needs to run again. The second is also incredulous because whom would they vote for instead of Mr. Trump--a Democrat? So what caused the turnaround? Either the President is a moron as Tillerson has said, or the NRA has something on the President and is threatening to use it against him. Looks like the teenagers have their work cut out fo...

North Korean Tic-Tac-Toe I could  blame Mr. Trump for backtracking on the North Korea invitation but it's really our State Department and Congress that's to blame. These bureaucrats and career politicians only know one game, Tic-Tac-Toe, and we know that once you learn that game, you'll soon see that whosoever goes firts will either win or result in a draw if the opponent also knows the game well. Naturally, our State Department wants to go first. Never mind that their meddling has brought us to the brink of nuclear war. We had detente with the North Koreans until W. Bush listened to his state department and backtracked. As Americans, we need to remind ourselves of the constant wars and the failure to protect our ambassadors perpetrated by the State Department. It sickens me that the MSM is now suggesting that Korea has more to gain than the U.S. Really? We are willing to risk mayhem here in the states and on the Korean peninsula? The jingoists here are quick to tell yo...

My previous piece on the AR-15 left me wanting . There was something missing from my usual Second Amendment position. I have come up with three additional possibilities for the allure of the AR-15 not covered in my previous blogs. None of them, IMHO, have merit; nevertheless I do not condemn those who may harbor unreasonable and oft irrational fears. The first no leader can hope to assuage. I hypothesize that my fellow Americans may want the semi-automatic weapon because they fear that no authority can protect them from a race war. The reasons why they may fear a race war are complex and deserve a bigger treatment that what I could provide here. Nevertheless, bigotry is to be found around every nook and corner of the world and it rears its ugly head when we fail to analyze history in all its ramifications. Diversity* is good for any species including our own. Merely look at the success of England, a country invaded from three directions in its history and ended up benefiting from ...

https://couragetoresist.org/podcast-draft-registration/ This man knows firsthand the intelligence and pitbull tenacity of Robert Mueller. He was prosecuted by Mueller after Mueller returned home from his stint in Nam as a U.S. Marine. The draft was in effect and Mr. Hasbrouck had courageously said that he would not register to serve in that unjust war. Robert Mueller would have nothing to do with entertaining Mr. Hasbrouck's stand. He succeeded in his prosecution and put away several Bostonian draft resisters for months. Nationally, it was something of a Pyrrhic victory for all a draft resister really had to do was stay home--not even go to Canada--and the draft board would forget about you. What you couldn't do was be vocal about your resistance--in that case, they would still go after you. Fast forward to today and we are again playing out a chapter in Mr. Mueller's presecutorial carreer, and judging by his CV, some may think that deep in the recesses of Mr. Muel...

 Support the U.S. Military Industrial Congressional Complex. Under constant threat of annihilation by libertarian elements, they have struggled to compete in a world of $130 AR-15's. Intimidation of others; even friends, relatives, neighbors, spouse. However, not authorities--10 assault weapons to your one is foolhardy. Defending against an attack by Velociraptors. Making the statement that a micropenis is no longer an embarrassment.  Re-invigorating our present wars and ensuring that those down the pike have an ending. Prove Senator Rubio correct when he said that his constituents buy into his agenda. I only wish Rubio would tell us and Parkland H.S. what the advantages are of buying oneself an AR-15. Restoring our constitutional democracy to where it was before Antonin Scalia gave person status to corporations. The last one is a valid use but only in fantasies that take us back to 1776 when King George eschewed camouflage and hadn't yet conceived of drones in his...

Am Joy wore "leaves of five"¹ on Saturday's show. Legal beagle on her show wore her puzzle broach again--this time on her left and I caught the other guest eyeing it too. I'd freak if she ever came in with the puzzle solved and hanging from a necklace. Velshi expresses fears that he's prone to dementia on Saturday's show with his temporary Ruhle replacement from WAPO (Rampell?). Velshi, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but it is my considered opinion that people who talk loud and fast with or without vociferousness, tend to need brain stem cell replacement sooner rather than later. All kidding aside Velsh, think of what you're asking the brain to do for several hours a day. You've been warned! There was a nice lady on Witt that must have studied under Velshi U. She was so good that she could easily transit to reading the legal caveats at the end of car commercials. Does anyone know what the heck is going on with Erin? MSM has to be careful ...

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I was pro Second Amendment not because I was a hunter or a target shooter*. I viewed it as the people's final defense--a "militia--" against tyranny. The Parkland shooting got my brain to rewire. What I finally realized is that should our government ever turn despotic, public arms---they are calling the AR15, the Minuteman's weapon of today--can do nothing against the might of the U.S. military and the other law enforcement organizations. You would need to count on support from those same organizations (as in Egypt) and the odds of that happening are unlikely as the vast majority of us are entrenched within most fibers of our society. If you own an AR15 to be used as a militia type weapon, you are no different than a Linus with a security blanket. The only way, IMHO, is to outsmart the government WHEN and IF it should become despotic and abusive of our constitutional rights. Hopefully, no one is yet strategizing for an overthrow of our government--to date that gov...

Sung to "Oh Susanna:" ♫ Oh Mika Iguana¹ Oh don't you pine for me As I go to Alabama Seeking those who kiss with glee ¹ Iguana (cold-blooded💋). I know nothing about the personal lives of these two celebrities engaged to each other. But as much as Mika would like to be the consummate professional, levity often pervades the show when they are not forced into earnestness and what's wrong with a little affection among MSM adults? On second thought, just seeing Mika react to public displays of affection by MJ, might be a better sell.

It is with some trepidation that I tell my personal experience with the following three doctors and one PA Surender Rastogi, MD of dubious competence Kamalesh Shah, the Pretty Pussy Doctor Frederick W. Brandt the Nazi doctor Jessica the PA/ venipuncturist for Brandt All my issues stem from the fact that these doctors and perhaps others have been told to resist giving out test results hard copies to their patients. I can only surmise that this either insults their fragile egos or makes it easier for family members to investigate malpractice. S. Rastogi handed over test results without problems but in thinking about why a patient would want copies of his test results, two things may pop into his mind: one, is he looking to find fault with me, and, two (more likely), I spent 12 odd years learning this trade and this patient thinks he can do better, if so, I think I'll hold back and let's see how well he can interpret his results without my help. Here's the malpract...

So, Sex hits the WH again. I've used the term sociopath before but I'd like to start using the more euphemistic "narcissistic personality disorder" instead (NPD for short). Such persons do not have any qualms with sex--they are true Bonobos. It comes as no surprise that the President would enjoy talking of and engaging in sexual activities with abandon. Unlike the Bonobo who use sex to avoid conflict, the human NPD has not perfected the assuaging behavior; and, I got to say, it may be because puritanism is too prevalent in human society. Luckily for POTUS and the likes of Clinton, extenuating factors enter the picture such that Mr. Trump can "get away" with lockeroom talk and sex with prostitutes. There is a line to be crossed, however, and violence to women is still a no-no. It was curious to me why POTUS would defend Mr. Porter. My overactive mind came up with this, "She was engaging in fellatio when she bit my penis, Mr. President, I then punched ...