Well, now. That’s pointed, isn’t it? Or is it? With the Rove group having been so thoroughly excoriated for its presumptuousness, and the GOP establishment comically looking to promote Jeb Bush or Chris Christie while keeping Rubio close as a VP candidate who can woo Hispanics and carry FL, perhaps the trick here is to join Paul and Rubio, in whatever configuration, and carry both the right and the moderates

I posted about this story over the weekend, and there seemed to be something of a split among commenters on the issue. The larger point of my post then — because all the specifics of the incident itself hadn’t yet been made available — was that the kinds of laws that prosecute those defending their property, whether they seem on some level to be a good idea or not, condition

“Imperial presidency” — with the requisite villainous henchman / side kick — concretized.

We’ve discussed this before — Ernst and I had an exchange in the comments recently, and my SF buddy was dubious about some hidden agenda as well, concluding as I and others had that such ammo purchases are in fact routine, if perhaps profligate (using hollow point ammo for plinking and certification practice seems excessively expensive, but then, this is the federal government we’re talking about) — and yet Andrew

And the mainstream press yawns. Because really, what difference does it make? (h/t geoff B)

Something to add into the thought experiment introduced in the previous post. CNS News: So far this calendar year, the Federal Reserve has bought up more U.S. government debt than the U.S. Treasury has issued. On Dec. 31, the total debt of the U.S. government was $16.4327 trillion and then-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced that the government had hit what was then the legal debt limit. Last week, however, Congress

…and it appears to extrapolate out from Cloward-Piven (what gives it its plausibility, from my perspective, is the section on “cyber-warriors for Obama,” which seems to play into some of our own experiences here; having said that, I’m aware that confirmation bias is one way to grab people and get them invested in the conspiracy theory, so that portion of the article is also what makes me most suspicious of

Among the cynical, backdoor gun ban provisions?  An “Assault Weapons responsibility act” that would make licensed dealers and firearms manufacturers liable for any crime committed with a firearm they sold or made — which is no more than an effort to dissuade people from dealing in firearms.  Couple that with a tax for “enhanced background checks” and the dissolution of doctor / patient confidentiality regarding mental health matters, and it’s