The key to running a police state in which, under the best case scenario, the police are still exponentially outnumbered by non-compliant citizens playing the civil disobedience role, is to make improvements on your ability to round up and transport large numbers of protesters — criminalizing them in order to take away some of their rights and, in more extreme cases, their votes. It ain’t black helicopters that are coming
December 27, 2012
Aww, how sweet! Jerry Rubin is after toy guns again [Darleen Click]
Part Deux Activist Jerry Rubin’s “Alliance for Survival” peace group is encouraging children and families to say “no” to guns with a “No Toy Guns Merit Award Project” in response to the Newton, Conn. shooting which left 20 children and six adults dead, the Santa Monica Mirror reported. The group will offer a personalized, frameable certificate to children and families that send the alliance a letter explaining “Why I will
December 27, 2012
“Sacramento resident kills would-be robber; 3 wounded in gunfight”
I wonder if the family protected themselves — and the other children over for a sleepover — with a musket? Wouldn’t want to have the capability of having more than 10 cartridges at your disposal against 3 or 4 armed intruders who collectively likely had at a minimum 30 rounds, right? I mean, who needs that?
December 27, 2012
Don’t worry. They aren’t coming for your guns, wingnuts. Until they are.
This is what a police state looks like: “Sen. Feinstein Posts Proposed ‘Assault Weapons’ Legislation — and It Includes Provisions on Handguns and ‘Grandfathered’ Weapons”: Last week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein promised to on the first day of new the Congress introduce legislation that would ban so-called assault weapons and certain types of ammunition. Now, the Californian senator has posted a summary of this legislation that would be introduced in 2013,
December 27, 2012
“EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson resigns”
What they tell you: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson says she’s stepping down after nearly four years on the job. Jackson announced her departure in a statement Thursday. She gave no particular reason for leaving but said she was ready for new challenges, time with her family and new opportunities to make a difference. Jackson’s tenure was marked by high-profile brawls with industry and congressional Republicans over such issues
December 27, 2012
Will Boehner’s speakership survive?
American’s for Limited Government’s President Bill Wilson, appearing on FOX News:
December 27, 2012
“‘Jobless Workers’ Getting More Taxpayer Money to Pay Their Health Insurance Premiums”
For the fairness. And because skin in the game: The U.S. Labor Department has rustled up more taxpayer money to help “jobless workers” pay their health insurance premiums. “It is difficult enough to find new employment, let alone do so without health insurance for you or your family,” Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said in a news release dated Dec. 26. “This funding will help eligible workers avoid that prospect by
December 27, 2012
“President Obama, the sequel”
An off-line piece from Clayton Cramer, provided by geoff B, that advocates for conservatives to take a different approach to politics than merely dumping money into GOP coffers: Going into the election, I thought that it was going to be a pretty tight race, not the blowout or even landslide victory for Romney that some conservative commentators expected. But I did not expect to see Obama not just win, but
December 26, 2012
“Social Security Ran $47.8B Deficit in FY 2012; Disabled Workers Hit New Record in December: 8,827,795”
Solution: raise taxes on “the rich” that, as a practical matter, will fund the government for less than half the time of Obama’s latest tax payer-funded $4 million Hawaiian vacation; continue spending and larding up the government dole by killing private sector industry; then pat yourselves on the back for reaching a compromise that you’ll pretend is balanced, when no spending is actually cut, and all you’ve succeeded in doing