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“My next step is contacting my local TX AG regional office…” [More] Really? Especially when he has the option to block? Seems to me if you’re a group official, legitimate member contact goes with the territory. As they used to say in a union shop I was foreman in, if you can’t do the job, … Continue reading "Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You?"

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USPS: I just came back from checking my PO Box and took this photo. This sign is no longer universal and a clarification is in order or else you will be deliberately posting bad information to the public. What are your plans for modifying the “No Guns” signage to clarify and comply with Judge O’Connor’s … Continue reading "A Question for the USPS"

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Virginia’s Democratic attorney general nominee dodged possible jail time for driving 116 mph by logging 1,000 hours of community service — half with his own political action committee and the rest with the NAACP — after repeated court delays, according to documents obtained by Fox News Digital. [More] So… basically he was ordered to campaign … Continue reading "Vajayjay for Virginia"

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10/2/25 BBC:

 10/9/24 CU Boulder Today:

After the Civil War, laws mandated racial segregation in public facilities across many U.S. cities, requiring separate bathrooms, schools and waiting rooms for people of color and white people. While the last of this legislation, known as the Jim Crow laws, was overturned in the 1960s, the built environment continues to impose boundaries that make certain races feel unwelcome, said Shawhin Roudbari, an associate professor in CU Boulder’s Program in Environmental Design.

Roudbari has been studying how design elements can perpetuate racial inequality in the U.S., hoping to shed light on systemic issues. 

Currently, he is piloting a study exploring how the space and buildings at U.S. college campuses reinforce racial inequality.

“I first became interested in this area because college campuses are a place where young people come during an identity-forming time in their lives,” Roudbari said. “It’s important to learn how they perceive the space around them in a place they have to live for multiple years.”

CU Boulder Today sat down with Roudbari to discuss his research on campus design, racial inequity in architecture and what inclusive design looks like. 

Many don’t think about that when considering architecture. They might think of accessibility issues, like the presence of ramps for people with disabilities, but not about race. 

But architectural design often reflects social hierarchies, and those hierarchies are frequently tied to the history of Western colonization and racism. 

For example, certain classroom setups, like the auditorium-style lecture hall where students surround a professor, portray the teacher as the center of power standing in the middle of the room. This way of learning was made mainstream by Western colonization, which eliminated enslaved or otherwise colonized Indigenous communities as part of attempts to extract wealth or advance supremacist projects like Manifest Destiny (a belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America). In other non-Western traditions, learning tends to be more communal and decentralized, where people sit around in a circle and share their expertise.

Do the following phrases mean anything to this idiot: "Indian chief", "Chinese emperor", "caliph"?

In your recent study, you interviewed 20 CU Boulder community members, including white people and people of color, about how they perceived the campus. What did you find? 

One issue that came up a lot is visibility. The campus has a lot of big, open spaces, which is great for some. But others pointed out that on a campus with a predominantly white demographic, people of color stand out more in open spaces.   

Many people of color expressed that they felt a sense of being noticed and watched on this campus, because the environment provided little refuge for them to be less visible or even hide in this predominantly white space.

The big lawn in front of the Norlin Library is one example. Students there enjoy playing games or sun tanning. When most people there are white, and my skin color is a bit different, the contrast becomes enough to make people uncomfortable.   

This would be a problem in classrooms, too, maybe even more so.  Solution is simple: do not attend colleges with white people! Clearly, we left that behind with Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

Green spaces like this are common across college campuses in the US. Can you elaborate more on how this landscape can be problematic? 

Manicured lawns on U.S. college campuses have roots in our imagination of what elite schools in Europe look like. We want to build a campus that looks like Oxford University or Cambridge University to convey a superior status. So, even though they seem like neutral design elements, they can make non-white students feel alienated because these spaces weren’t designed for them. The architecture of a campus can send subtle messages about who belongs there and who doesn’t.

Excuse me while I laugh.  I thought it was about creating a peaceful environment.  Does any non-white student walk onto campus and say, "This place looks like Oxford.  They do not want me here."

When I first went to university, I was a lower socioeconomic status white person.  (The people that ran universities then could not imagine that concept.)  Was it different?  Yes.  I was grateful for the opportunity to get an education on my way to becoming a research chemist.  Do black freshmen show up on campus and say, "This place does not want me here."  They may not feel like they fit in.  My first year at USC, I felt the same way.  But I did not let that stop me.  They wanted me there or they would not have admitted me and provided a modest scholarship to make up the difference between the scholarship provided by California and USC's hefty tuition.  (I could have attended UCLA.  But the gap between what California would pay and UCLA's much more modest tuition meant that USC was the cheap alternative.)

If you want to see how deep the rot is in our institutions of higher education, look at what  "architecture racism" finds in news.google.com.

 9/30/25 Campus Reform:

A Fort Hays State University (FHSU) employee is facing backlash after she labeled White men the “most dangerous animals on the planet” and called Charlie Kirk’s assassination “karma.” 

Nuchelle Chance, an assistant psychology professor at FHSU in Hays, Kansas, posted the controversial statements on social media after Kirk’s death. 

“Me thinks the word ‘karma’ is appropriate. Sad all the way around,” she posted on Facebook under the name “NuNu LA Chance.”

Chance doubled down on her comments in a video she posted to TikTok Sept. 29, stating, “It’s always ironic that the shooters, the perpetrators of these mass incidents, they always tend to fit a certain demographic…White American men…they’re the perpetrators of these crimes…the average person sees that and understands that.”

If she misses "mass shooters" a popular claim in Progressiveland, this Statista report answers that:

Number of mass shootings in the United States between 1982 and August 2025, by shooter's race or ethnicity 

Race of mass shooters reflects the U.S. population

Broadly speaking, the racial distribution of mass shootings mirrors the racial distribution of the U.S. population as a whole. While a superficial comparison of the statistics seems to suggest African American shooters are over-represented and Latino shooters underrepresented, the fact that the shooter’s race is unclear in around nine percent of cases, along with the different time frames over which these statistics are calculated, means no such conclusions should be drawn. Conversely, looking at the mass shootings in the United States by gender clearly demonstrates that the majority of mass shootings are carried out by men.

Call the people who pay most of the taxes in the U.S. (or who are married to them), “most dangerous animals on the planet.”  That's a winning strategy.  Now if anyone pointed out which sexual and racial group commits the highest per capita murder rate, that would be racism.

Yes, keep demonstrating what taxpayers are funding, and ask why DEI is regarded as just another excuse for ignorant racism.

Sen. Dick Durbin says he’s ‘overwhelmed’ after Pope Leo defended him from abortion-related criticism – After Durbin withdrew from accepting an award from Chicago’s cardinal, the pope said that “it’s important to look at the overall work that a senator has done.” [More] We have. Why does Ephesians 6:12 come to mind with this news?

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GOP Chances of Winning Virginia Governor Election Get Major Boost: Poll [More] What better time than give it everything we’ve got? And no time to go cheap. Strike while the iron is hot. Keep putting it off and it will soon be too late.

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At Least Two Dead, Four Injured in Attack on Synagogue in Manchester UK on Yom Kippur [More] And, of course they couldn’t defend themselves… Maybe ADL can blame white Christian nationalists… [Via Michael G]

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Patel cuts ties Comey’s FBI made with ADL as organization faces backlash for TPUSA criticism [More] It’s fair to wonder how much of the “greatest threat” smear was instigated by them. It doesn’t strike any Democrats as odd that ADL’s whole shtick is defaming people? [Via Michael G]

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‘It Was a Fatal Right-Wing Terrorist Incident’: AI Chatbot Giants Claim Charlie Kirk’s Killer Was Right-Wing but Say Left-Wing Violence Is ‘Exceptionally Rare’ [More] You can’t trust chatbots? Who knew? Then again, who and what can you trust when released information is curated by “authorities,” and conspiracy theories abound? As I responded to a tip … Continue reading "As Far as You Can Throw Them"

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Professor calls White men ‘dangerous animals,’ says Kirk’s murder was ‘karma’ [More] That means yours and mine would be, too. And dehumanizing us as “animals” is the first step to greater possibilities. Good thing it’s impossible for black people to be racist. So, what does Nuchelle want us to do? [Via Michael G]

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[More] What, no Google Doodle…? [Via Sweet Babboo]

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Which one is the appetizer? “I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.” — Timothy Treadwell, setting up his video camera inches from a grizzly bear.“Grunt. Snort. Crunch. Snap. Munch. Gulp.” — Grizzly, loosely translated as, “I love you, too.” I don’t care how much of “pro” you are. Neither do … Continue reading "The Bear Necessities"

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[Timmah! The Ultimate Fudd] Governor Walz, DFL Leaders Release Proposal for Special Session on Guns, School Safety [More] Here’s what they’re going for this time: a. Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines ban b. Binary trigger ban c. Eliminate the ghost gun loophole d. Strengthen Extreme Risk Protection Orders, including increased funding for public outreach and … Continue reading "Communists Who’d Rather See You Dead Than Armed are At It Again"

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The FBI describes the suspect as wearing light-colored pants and a black sweatshirt with a white and black hat and glasses. [More] Nothing else, description-wise? I know that credit union. Feral sons Uday and Qusay have had accounts there. And I have a source who was there, passed the perp in the doorway, and reports … Continue reading "Laughing All the Way from the Bank"

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Obama Library Funds Are Secretly Flowing to Dark Money Networks [More] I guess that why they haven’t put the required amount of money into the endowment. That’s what Democrat parasites milk tax cows for…

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DLOs are sworn police officers, though they act in the role of a liaison and “cannot get involved in enforcement action,” according to the release. [More] Auda Abu Tayi has a question.

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A @SecretService Uniformed Division officer allegedly fell asleep on the job — in full public view — while providing security at the United Nations General Assembly… The same officer, an overweight African American man, also has been accused of leaving his semi-automatic rifle (what appears to be a SR16) unattended while taking a bathroom break … Continue reading "We’re the Only Ones Diverse, and Included Enough"

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Ah, a “public/private partnership“… Who do these guys think they are? Glock…? Ruger…? The Rose Garden recreants…? Everybody knows Alberta’s showing grit and holding out, right? [Via WiscoDave]

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This local news segment is funny because Sheriff Luna ADMITS they have been making people wait too long, while in their official PR statements, they are denying that. [More] I’d be seeing how it disavows what they’re telling the court and show that to the judge. [Via WiscoDave]

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[Professor of American History and African American Studies Vincent] Brown introduced Dixon. “Many of you are aware of the ongoing vigorous debate over whether it’s OK to punch a Nazi. I personally happen to believe that the ethical question was settled by WWII and Raiders of the Lost Ark,” he said in his introduction. [More] … Continue reading "My Fussin’ Vinnie"

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 Vivian and Gabriel's modest home in Billings, Montana

The ongoing federal case against Gabriel Metcalf in Billings Montana, under the federal Gun Free School Zone act of 1990, (GFSZ), has been resolved in Metcalf's favor. In a split decision the three judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ordered the case remanded to the district court, and has ordered the case to be dismissed. From the Summary by Judge VanDyke (purchased on PACER account):

The panel reversed the district court’s order denying Gabriel Cowan Metcalf’s motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with possessing firearms within 1,000 feet of a school in violation of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A), and remanded with direction to dismiss the indictment.

The three judge panel, in a split decision, found the District Court in Billings Montana erred by taking the case. The indictment should never have been issued. The panel did not find the Gun Free School Zone law  of 1990 to be unconstitutional. They found Gabriel Metcalf had a plausible belief he fell under an exception to the law. The belief should have been taken into consideration and the case dismissed at the beginning.  Once Gabriel Metcalf had been told he would be violating the GFSZ act by a federal officer, he did not violate the law. More from the opinion summary:

Metcalf argued that he holds a license to possess a firearm within a school zone pursuant to Montana Code section 45-8-360, which qualifies him for the state or local license exception in § 922(q)(2)(B)(ii) of the Gun-Free School Zones Act.

The panel held that Metcalf’s indictment must be dismissed. The Gun-Free School Zones Act excepts from its broad prohibition individuals who hold a license by their state, if “before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license.” The parties did not dispute that Metcalf holds a license pursuant to section 45-8-360. Instead, they disputed whether Montana’s procedure for issuing this license complied with the requirements set out in § 922(q)(2)(B)(ii). Applying the traditional tools of statutory interpretation, the panel concluded that Metcalf offered at least a plausible reading of the exception in § 922(q)(2)(B)(ii), such that when factoring in the canon of constitutional avoidance and the rule of lenity, Metcalf lacked the appropriate notice to be convicted of violating the Gun-Free School Zones Act. The district court therefore erred by declining to dismiss the indictment. Affirming Metcalf’s conviction would be inconsistent with the principles of fair notice and of not punishing innocent conduct, which underly the presumption in favor of scienter that the Supreme Court addressed in Rehaif v. United States, 588 U.S. 225 (2019). 

In the opinion, the Court repeatedly indicates they are required to resolve the case without resorting to constitutional issues if they can do so. Using the decision in Rehaif to require dismissal of the case allows the Ninth Circuit to avoid making a direct decision on the constitutionality of the GFSZ act of 1990. Because the panel concluded that Metcalf’s appeal is resolved by virtue of the absence of fair notice, the panel did not address Metcalf’s argument his conviction violates his Second Amendment rights. From the conclusion of the opinion:

 We do not purport to provide an authoritative exposition on the scope or limits of the license exception in the Gun-Free School Zones Act. We simply hold that the license exception includes at least some ambiguity given the unique facts of this case, requiring that we consider the rule of lenity and the presumption in favor of scienter as articulated in Rehaif. Here, the rule of lenity, the presumption in favor of scienter, and the principles articulated in Rehaif coalesce around one central point: fair notice.8 And Metcalf did not have that fair notice. We therefore conclude that the district court erred by declining to dismiss Metcalf’s indictment.

Accordingly, the district court’s order denying the dismissal of Metcalf’s indictment is REVERSED, and we REMAND this case with direction to dismiss the indictment.

Judge Schroeder dissented. Unfortunately, she makes some mistakes. She says Metcalf was openly carrying a rifle, when he was carrying a single shot shotgun. She attempts to limit the case to the facts put forward by the plea agreement, which ignores Rehaif. She believes the majority reached an "unjust result", and that now, Metcalf will be free to "frighten the neighbors". Montana has laws against frightening the neighbors. The local police never attempted to enforce those laws because there wasn't any case for such enforcement.

The prosecution has the option of asking for a rehearing of the case en banc.  They could ask the Supreme court to hear the case. It appears they have 45 days to do so.

Analysis: It is unlikely the prosecution will ask for a rehearing. They have been able to prevent a ruling on the constitutionality of the GFSZ act of 1990, under the Second Amendment. The Trump administration might ask for the Supreme Court to hear the case. If so, the issue would be on the application of Rhaif, since the Ninth Circuit Court did not rule on the Second Amendment issues. This makes such an attempt very unlikely.

A more likely possibility is for a civil suit to be filed under the claim Metcalf's rights were violated. He has suffered serious harms. One reason he has suffered is the existence of the Gun Free School Zone act, which is blatantly unconstitutional. Attorneys who specialize in such lawsuits may consider if this case is a good one to bring before the federal civil courts.

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On October 2, 1535, French explorer Jacques Cartier first visited the Iroquois settlement of Hochelaga. It was later named Montreal. — On October 2, 1835 the ‘Come & Take It’ Texas Revolution began. — On October 2, 1866, J. Osterhoudt patented a tin can with a key opener. — And on October 2, 1889, in Colorado, Nicholas Creede struck it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West. — I just heard of the passing of Jane Goodall, at age 91. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog …

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I think this is an important topic, and I’ve been struggling with it.  Who is my friend and who is my enemy, and why is it important to designate people as such?  Should I?  On the face of it, it’s about my safety and that of my family.  If I can identify friend or foe, I can more easily identify threats and make plans to mitigate them.  Maybe not easily, but at least I would know at some level what I’m dealing with.  I realize that my experiences are far different than those living in the suburbs or in a …

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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column: Some more threats in cyberspace. (Pictured is a data center in Prineville, Oregon.) UK to Require Digital ID for All Adults Over at the UK Metro: Every adult …

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“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Via email: Dear Defender, This is it—the final hours to save Ammoland’s independent coverage.We’re still $3,000.00 short of our urgent goal. Without your help today, critical reporting will vanish, and the anti-gun media wins.Take, for example, the tireless work of David Codrea, who has been holding the ATF and DOJ accountable through FOIA requests. His latest report exposes … Continue reading "FINAL NOTICE: We’re still short of our goal"

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The Day of Atonement is a day for reflection.  This is good for all of us, Tribe or not. 

To our Jewish readers, Shanna tovah. 

Today I did some bullet casting. The temp was around 70F so I was able to do so out in my shop without sweating like a pig.

The Minie mould is a little challenging to cast with. I think it would work better if Lee had used larger blocks to retain the heat better once it's up to temp.

The Lee round ball mould works fine, although I wish it was a 6 cavity instead of the 2 cavity mould I have. In my experience, the 6 bangers maintain temp better and you can cast a large quantity of bullets in a relatively short time.

Yesterday I shot my Euroarms Remington 1863 "Zouave" rifle with replicas of the Williams cleaner bullet and some Lyman 575213 Minie balls.

My rifle was made in 1986 and I traded into it two years ago.

The original nipple took musket caps as you'd expect on a military rifle, but I found that as a left handed shooter, my right forearm and hand got peppered with debris. That was extremely unpleasant. I put a nipple that takes No.11 caps on it, which still gives reliable ignition but without the annoying spray on my arm.

The Williams cleaner bullets I have came from Gimcrack & Bunkum, a one man shop located in Pennsylvania. They are replicas of those issued during the Civil War. Unlike the Minie balls, they have a disc on a post that's attached to the base of the bullet. The disc expands into the rifling and scrapes out the fouling. These are 487 grains and .574" in diameter. I found them to shoot to about the same point of impact as the Lyman 575213 Minies, which weigh 510 grains, when both were fired over 60 grains of 2Fg Goex. I got the Minies from Track of the Wolf.

Some of my shots showed that the base separated from the body of the bullet and impacted elsewhere on the target. At 50 yards they broke the paper but not the plastic target backer.

When I bought the Williams bullets I chose to get them pre-lubed. The gap between the bottom disc and the base of the bullet has to be lube-free for it to work properly. The Minie was lubed by me a couple years ago with something, I forget what.

Offhand accuracy with this rifle is challenging due to a heavy trigger, probably around 10 lbs. I've considered taking the Zouave out for Pennsylvania's early antlerless-only season in October. I'll be hunting from a blind and will be able to shoot from a rest. But I'll probably use just a .54 caliber Investarm Bridger Hawken which has a nice trigger and is easier to shoot well.

Aside from the conicals I brought some .562" round balls, which shoot well in the rifle. However, I forgot my short starter so I stuck with the Williams and Minie bullets.

 10/1/25 AP:

A vote to end the government shutdown hours after it began failed Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to provide....

Health care demands: Democrats want the health care subsidies extended now, for Republicans to reverse the Medicaid cuts that were enacted over the summer, and for the White House to promise not to rescind congressional spending. Republicans say there’s still time to negotiate on health care this year, but stopgap funding for the government is the priority. Republican claims that Democrats want to provide free health care to immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally are false.

If you click through the "are false" link you get a 10/1/25 AP news story that almost says that. 

But immigrants in the U.S. illegally are not eligible for any federal health care programs, including insurance provided through the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.

Hospitals do receive Medicaid reimbursements — which would be reduced under Trump’s mega-bill — for emergency care that they are obligated to provide to people who meet other Medicaid eligibility requirements, but do not have an eligible immigration status, according to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research polling and news organization. This spending accounted for less than 1% of total Medicaid spending between fiscal years 2017 and 2023.

So, not direct aid but hospitals treat illegals knowing they will get reimbursed.  The requirement that all hospitals that have ever received national government assistance must provide emergency medical care is a humane requirement.  At the same time, knowing that you will receive such care has to act as an encouragement to stay here.  That the amount of spending is small really means somewhere below $8.8 billion.  In the larger scheme of things this is not huge.  But we are running a huge deficit.  Americans are fairly sympathetic to those in need.  That includes those in need who have a right to be here.

 The new definition, from 9/25/25 BizPacReview:

A former nonprofit executive who’s been credibly accused of embezzling money to fund her personal expenses is now suing the same nonprofit for allegedly not properly compensating her for her supposed work.

Kyra Worthy, the former executive director of San Francisco SAFE, filed a $26,000 suit against the nonprofit and its last board chair, Dan Lawson, in court last Friday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The nonprofit San Francisco SAFE, or SF Safe, was considered the nonprofit arm of the local San Francisco Police Department.

In January of last year, SF SAFE fired Worthy after an investigation by the city found that she’d “misused public money on luxury gift boxes, valet parking at an exclusive club, and limo services during a Lake Tahoe trip,” according to The San Francisco Standard.

This led to her termination, as well as the bombshell announcement by SF SAFE that its bank account was devoid of any money, which in turn led to the nonprofit being shut down “for the time being.”

 After her termination, Worthy immediately began demanding her final paycheck from the “very beginning,” according to Lawson.

Her former underlings are appalled at the fact that she’s filed suit. One of them told the Chronicle that they too never received their final paycheck, nor were they ever paid out for unused sick and vacation time.

But the underlings aren’t appalled at the nonprofit — they’re appalled by Worthy, the woman pretty much responsible for bankrupting SF SAFE with her selfish actions, now demanding the nonprofit pay her.

Speaking of her selfish actions, Worthy is also facing dozens of felonies for stealing from SF SAFE and misusing public funds. She was formally arrested on July 30, 2024.

 A couple years old when progressive insanity was peaking.  11/1/22 Reduxx: Feminist News & Opinion:

A man in Norway is sparking outrage on social media after he was sympathetically interviewed about his decision to begin identifying as a disabled woman.

On October 28, Good Morning Norway (God Morgen Norge, GMN) aired an interview with Jørund Viktoria Alme, 53, an able-bodied male who now identifies as a disabled woman. In the interview, Alme stated that he had always wished he had been born a woman who was paralyzed from the waist down.

 Will some progressive please explain why this is not sick?  Not intersectionality but madness?

Alme, a senior credit analyst for Handelsbanken in Oslo, has received positive coverage in Norwegian media since he first announced his trans-disability publicly on Facebook in 2020. He has given several interviews, often alongside his wife, Agnes Mjålseth.

Despite having no physical handicaps, Alme currently utilizes a wheelchair “almost all the time.”

In addition to gender dysphoria, Alme claims to have a Body Integrity Disorder (BID), citing a “dissonance” between how he perceives himself and how his body functions. “I have struggled with this every day my whole life,” Alme told Vi, a Norwegian outlet, earlier this year.

“It is a cognitive dissonance: in the same way that I experience being a woman in a man’s body, I experience that I should have been paralyzed from the waist down. This is not a desire to be a burden on society. It is about the wheelchair being an aid for me to function in everyday life, both privately and at work,” Alme stated.

 9/23/25 BBC:

By Dave Workman A federal judge in Vermont has dismissed a lawsuit against Century Arms which attempted to hold the company liable for a 2019 mass shooting in California, committed by a man who purchased the gun in Nevada and illegally brought it into the Golden State. The decision, in a case known as Towner […]

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 I awaken this morning to see that the federal govt is shut down. Whatever that means.  I checked my account and see that my DFAS deposit hit the bank.  That's good, I can pay the light bill this month.

I understand that the federal parks are closed, but I didn't plan on visiting one anyway. Other than that, I'm not really sure how a federal shutdown affects much of anything.

With Pete changing the name to the War Department, I wonder if the Defense Finance and Accounting Service is going to change its name?

As much as I enjoy smoking cigars on the beach or a seaside porch when visiting the Outer Banks of North Carolina, it can sometimes be a challenge. Wind, blowing sand, and the occasional rain shower — especially common in the early fall when we usually visit — often put a damper on the smoking time.

That’s why I was especially glad to discover the OBX Cigar Lounge this year. Tucked inside Tap That OBX, which is also home to Shut the Barn Door Coffee (open mornings only), the lounge opened after our last visit in 2022. I’d been eager to check it out, and during this trip I managed to stop by twice.

On my first visit, I found the staff relaxing with cigars on the porch out front. After several days of outdoor smoking, I was ready for a more “civilized” setting. Mark, a knowledgeable and welcoming guide, walked me through the well-stocked humidor, where I picked a cigar to enjoy on the spot along with a few extras to take home.

The Tap That OBX bar in the front of the building wasn’t open yet — the three businesses keep different but slightly overlapping hours — but the cigar lounge staff are able to serve simple pours of beer or bourbon before the bar officially opens. I went with a local craft beer, Jimmy Buffett Ruined My Life from Swells’a Brewing to accompany a tasty Micallef Black cigar.

The lounge itself is intimate, with seven plush leather chairs. Despite the small footprint, the space feels bright and comfortable. White walls help open it up, and the air-handling system is impressive: a Rabbit Air purifier on the wall, a large air cleaning unit overhead, and a small but powerful air conditioner. Even later that day, when six of us were smoking at once, the air remained surprisingly clear.

The company was just as enjoyable as the atmosphere. That first afternoon I found myself chatting with visitors from Pennsylvania and Virginia, one of the lounge’s owners, and Mark, who stayed busy helping walk-in customers. The conversations were lively, friendly, and welcoming.

On a rainy afternoon later in the week, I returned for another visit and was greeted in the humidor by Rocco. I settled in with a small pour of 1792 Small Batch Bourbon with a Padrón 1964. The afternoon was spent swapping stories with fellow patrons, including another of the owners, Phil, who shared some fascinating insights about cigars and people in the industry.

Billed — accurately — as “the only cigar lounge on the Outer Banks,” OBX Cigar Lounge turned out to be exactly the kind of oasis every cigar smoker hopes to discover: inviting seating, friendly company, a well-curated humidor, and the option to pair it all with a good pour. I never need much convincing to plan a trip back to the Outer Banks, and the lounge has secured its place as a must-visit stop on every future visit.

Cheers!

In 2021, Katharina Krüsselmann finished her PhD research on a possible link between legal firearms ownership and violent deaths in Europe. The news article was published by the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. From the article:

 Firearms are the most deadly weapons in common use. So you would expect that the more there are, the more murders are committed with them. But Katharina Krüsselmann did not find such a link when she compared studies on firearm use in Europe. She says this is in part because the murder rate is extremely low in many European countries, which makes small differences difficult to measure. In Europe, there are 3,000 firearm deaths each year. And European countries have strict rules and public information campaigns about safe weapon possession.

So why not let anyone buy a firearm in the shops if the number of murders won’t rise anyway? That would be jumping to the wrong conclusion, says Krüsselmann. ‘I didn’t find that higher firearm availability is associated with fewer homicides. So we cannot say that more firearms make a country safer.’

Krüsselmann found, in some countries, legal firearm ownership was associated with an increase in female homicide victims.  The number of female victims appears to be very small, too small to have a statistical effect. The result is surprising, as the research was done as part of Project Target, whose focus is shaped by the propaganda term "gun violence". Katharina Krüsselmann emphasizes that European firearms ownership is already highly regulated. Some of the studies claim non-firearm homicide rates did not change when firearm homicide rates declined. Other studies, across more countries, dispute this conclusion.

Analysis: The study does not consider positive uses of firearms.  Krüsselmann honestly writes the poor quality and difficulty of research in this area. The effects are small enough that researchers opinions appear to bias the results. From my reading of the papers involved in the United States, the predominant philosophical basis for restricting firearms from the public is the hypothesis of: more guns mean more crime, especially more homicides. Krüsselmann's paper diminishes the hypothesis, at least in Europe.  These are very small effects. When you have to use statistical methods to find small effects, it is difficult to make sure the effects are positive or negative.

Notice the totalitarian impulse: More firearms in legal hands do not increase violent deaths, nor did the study show they decreased violent deaths. They were neutral as far as homicides were concerned. So what is the response? It is not to maximize liberty. It is to keep control, even though it does not show a benefit in decreasing homicides. The analysis ignores the costs of restricting ownership. The costs to police and the bureaucracy involved is high. Resources are always limited. If the bureaucratic cost to prevent one firearm homicide is five million dollars, wouldn't the money be better spent on health care? There are always tradeoffs. Similarly, increasing the cost of legal ownership is still an added cost imposed by the bureaucracy.

The paper confirms that in Europe, the thesis that widespread ownership of firearms is a threat to state security is admitted to be an important motivator. In the United States, the exact opposite view resulted in the Second Amendment. Widespread ownership of firearms, as seen by the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution, acts as an enhancement of state security.

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She told police Robinson was making "unwanted sexual advances towards her." She told police she tried to get away from Robinson, but he followed her and started to sexually assault her. The woman told police she managed to get her gun and shot Robinson once. 

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When first responders arrived, they said they found the victim, who was later identified as a bouncer at the bar. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. 

While still at the scene, the Raytown Police Department advised that a shooting victim found in its jurisdiction may have been connected to the incident. The second victim was identified as Cushon.

Through the investigation, it was found that Cushon got into an argument with the bouncer before he was handed a firearm and shot him in the chest. All of this unfolded in front of the victim’s mother.

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By Dave Workman When deep-voiced Massad Ayoob talks, people listen, and in Salt Lake City during the Gun Rights Policy Conference, they did so intently as he took the audience back 50 years to the mid-1970s. “We’ve come a long way. If you think we’re in a bad situation now, you weren’t around 50 years […]

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Today is the 90th birthday of singer and actress Julie Andrews. She was born on October 1st, 1935. Her name will always be remembered for The Sound of Music. — On October 1, 1942, the Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, the first US jet, made its maiden flight. — The final day! Our big inventory reduction sale at Elk Creek Company — with nearly all of our guns, knives, bayonets, magazines, et cetera deeply discounted — ends at midnight tonight, Eastern Time. Get your order in today! — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest: Round 121 Begins Today, we present the first entry for …

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We’ve announced the winners of Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. Note to the top three prize winners: Please contact me and let me know your UPS and USPS address(es), for your prizes. Thanks. – JWR The top three prize winners will each receive some great prize packages. The winners for Round 120 are… First Prize Winner: First Prize goes to AppComms, for Memoirs of a Disaster Survivor. (See: Part 1 and Part 2.) It was posted August 1-2, 2025. He will receive as prizes: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any …

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Until my retirement in the summer of 2021, I had never grown anything but weeds, which evidently, I’m pretty good at. However, growing anything else was hit and miss, mostly miss. During my working life my wife and I spent a lot of time in Asia. One of the commonly used vegetables often sliced thin, breaded, and deep fried on tempura platters is kabocha squash, also called Japanese pumpkin. Kabocha is a winter squash with a creamy texture. It’s used in many Asian cuisines. We could not bring home seeds but here we found that we could purchase them online …

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Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Wayne in Canada sent this from the leftist/statist National Post: Noah Schwartz: Liberals’ botched gun buyback program may create a dangerous ‘grey market’. Wayne’s Comment:  “Power-grabs/gun-grabs like this will no doubt amplify calls for secession of the western provinces!” Here is related news with some details: Buyback program for banned firearms to begin …

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“When a place gets crowded enough to require IDs, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.” – Sci-Fi Novelist Robert A. Heinlein

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US DoJ's Civil Rights Division filed suit today. Yes, elections have consequences, but this is just staggering!

 9/30/25 U.S. Department of Justice:

The Civil Rights Division today filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department due to their pattern or practice of infringing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens seeking concealed carry weapons (CCW) permits. This lawsuit is the first affirmative lawsuit in support of gun owners filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. On March 27, 2025, the Division initiated the first-of-its-kind Second Amendment investigation due to numerous complaints of unreasonable delays in CCW permitting decisions by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. After analysis of data and documents spanning over 8,000 CCW permit applications, the Division today filed suit seeking relief on behalf of law-abiding applicants.

“The Second Amendment protects the fundamental constitutional right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “Los Angeles County may not like that right, but the Constitution does not allow them to infringe upon it. This Department of Justice will continue to fight for the Second Amendment.”

“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “This lawsuit seeks to stop Los Angeles County’s egregious pattern and practice of delaying law-abiding citizens from exercising their right to bear arms.”

“Citizens living in high-crime areas cannot afford to wait to protect themselves with firearms while Los Angeles County dithers,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California. “The right to bear arms is among the founding principles of our nation. It can and must be upheld.”

If your progressive friends ask why the national government is sticking its nose in to this, ask them theis hypothetical.  It is 1957.  The Supreme Court has just ruled that racial segregation of public schools violates the civil rights of black kids.  Should DOJ file suit against discriminating public school districts?  Of course, the right to an equal education is important but not as immediately critical as self-defense. 

 9/30/25 Variety:

SAG-AFTRA has issued a statement condemning Tilly Norwood, the AI “actress” who has become a contentious subject in Hollywood after her creator, Eline Van der Velden, recently claimed that multiple talent agents were interested in signing the AI creation. The acting guild believes “creativity is, and should remain, human-centered” and “is opposed to the replacement of human performers by synthetics.”

“To be clear, ‘Tilly Norwood’ is not an actor, it’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers — without permission or compensation,” SAG-AFTRA wrote in a statement. “It has no life experience to draw from, no emotion and, from what we’ve seen, audiences aren’t interested in watching computer-generated content untethered from the human experience. It doesn’t solve any ‘problem’ — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing performer livelihoods and devaluing human artistry.”

Hey, I understand.  If AI can replace humans why hire temperamental actors.   Especially ones that you cannot pull a Weinstein on?  I am a bit perplexed by the "no life experience to draw from" complaint.  Do 5-year-olds have the same life experience upon which to draw as Sean Connery?  I thought the skill of an actor was their ability to simulate emotions like a real person?

By Dave Workman Appearing for the first time at the Gun Rights Policy Conference, Ava Flanell, recently elected as a state representative in Colorado’s District 14, and founder and co-host of the Ava Flanell Show, gave the Gun Rights Policy Conference audience an inspiring recount of her personal journey to becoming a Second Amendment activist. […]

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By Dave Workman The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for what it calls the “systematic obstruction of constitutional rights” by forcing permit applicants to wait “wait an average of 281 days—over nine months—just to begin processing their applications.” The nine-page complaint, filed in U.S. […]

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Tuna sends in another one.  It looks like he's doing all my blogging now:

I was rejected for a job at the sunscreen factory. They said to just reapply every 4 hours.

 9/29/25 Spiked:

It only took me a day after his death to start seeing the left-wing conspiracy theories on my social-media feed, with people sharing posts that claimed that MAGA activist Charlie Kirk was killed by someone on his own side. 

According to a recent survey carried out by YouGov, 33 per cent of Democrats say that Kirk’s killer was motivated by right-wing beliefs. Only 10 per cent of Democrats appear to accept what is thus far the most likely scenario: that the suspect saw Kirk as a political opponent.

It isn’t hard to see where this wanton ignorance is coming from. Indeed, ever since Kirk’s death there has been a concerted effort by prominent left-wing and mainstream media figures to obscure the political leanings of the suspect, Tyler Robinson.

Take Keith Edwards, a former Democratic spin doctor who has over 800,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel. On 12 September, two days after the shooting, Edwards made the following claim in a video that has more than 800,000 views:

‘It is looking more and more like this is someone who is far right, very online… Maybe what is called a Groyper… Groypers are a group of alt-right white nationalists and Christian-nationalist activists.’

 Edwards even claimed that some of the etchings on the suspect’s weapon were ‘symbols of far-right ideology’.

The Daily Beast, a prominent liberal outlet, also published a disturbingly dishonest piece on the same day, with a headline blaring: ‘Charlie Kirk’s suspect’s grandma says family all MAGA.’ The piece quoted Utah governor Spencer Cox as saying Robinson had ‘become more political in recent years’, leaving the reader to imply that his politics were conservative.

Had the reporter bothered to contact Cox, she would have discovered the opposite to be the case. Indeed, Cox was quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the day after the Daily Beast article was published, saying that he believed Robinson was ‘deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology’.

 Progressives are so deeply trapped in their bubble that they are completely unaware of what even the left of center legacy media are reporting.

 9/30/25 KIMA:

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Dozens of Americans who were either involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots or refused to comply with COVID-19 mask mandates amid the pandemic were placed on watch lists and no-fly lists, which are reserved for suspected terrorists, by the Transportation Security Administration under the Biden administration.

An internal investigation by the Transparent Security Administration and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, reported by Fox News Digital, revealed the Biden administration's efforts to target Americans "who posed no aviation security risk under the banner of political differences," according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Noem accused Biden and the TSA Administrator of "wildly" abusing their authority, and has referred the internal investigation to the Department of Justice and Congress.

"Biden’s TSA Administrator [David] Pekoske and his cronies abused their authority and weaponized the federal government against the very people they were charged with protecting," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X. "President Trump promised to end the weaponization of government against the American people, and we are making good on that promise."

Deeper in the article, it gets worse:

A total of 19 Americans were placed on watchlists, with more than half of them added to the no-fly list as a result of "Operation Freedom to Breathe." At least eleven of the individuals remained on watchlists under the national mask mandate ended in April 2022.  ...

However, there are at least two individuals who were placed on the watchlist who weren't even present during the January 6 riots. Internal emails revealed that TSA relied on the George Washington University Program of Extremism academic database and social media instead of the FBI and police in determining who to put on watchlists. A federal air marshal's wife, who wasn't present at the Capitol that day, was added to a watch list, and a National Guardsman deployed to the Capitol for Biden's inauguration, also not present at the Capitol on Jan. 6, was placed on a no-fly list.

 PJMedia points to this 9/30/25 Western Journal news story:

Federal authorities said four people were taken into custody after a laser pointer was aimed at a Department of Homeland Security helicopter in Portland — all illegal aliens.

The FBI Portland Division said the incident happened on Saturday evening.

Agents said a Customs and Border Protection helicopter was conducting law enforcement operations when it was struck by the laser.

Federal agents searched a residence associated with the alleged perpetrator.

The FBI said the person accused of pointing the laser and three others were inside the home.

“Agents made contact with the subject, as well as three other inhabitants who were at the residence. All four suspects are in the U.S. illegally, and were placed into the custody of @EROSeattle personnel,” the FBI Portland Division said.

The four were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.

Read the PJMedia wrapping story as well.  It has an amusing anecdote.

9/29/25 Volokh Conspiracy cites a recent decision that:

In October 2020, University of Maryland student Jane Roe … alleged that John Doe …, the plaintiff here, and another student had sexually assaulted her in separate incidents on the same morning. Following an investigation, the University concluded that Doe was not responsible for any wrongdoing. Nevertheless, Roe and others embarked on a months-long public campaign to brand Doe a rapist and to exclude him from campus activities. Doe now asserts that the University's failure to address this hostile, sex-based campaign violated Title IX….

[T]he persistent pattern of publicly identifying [Doe] as Roe's "rapist" which led to his removal from Club Lacrosse, constitutes harassment directed at his sex. "Sexual harassment" includes "sex-specific language that is aimed to humiliate, ridicule, or intimidate." Plainly, a reasonable juror could conclude that persistent public pronouncements that Doe is a "rapist," a "sexual predator" and "dangerous to girls on campus," is language aimed at his sex and his sexual conduct.

This will doubtless be a surprise to feminists but falsely accusing someone of being a rapist is a serious attack.

1. There are very serious Christian college men who would find this offensive because it accuses them of not remaining clean of improper premarital sexual behavior.

2.  Even those not so constrained would regard this as an accusation that they lack adequate salesmanship/begging skills.

I have posted in the past about false rape accusations destroying the career possibilities of young men, usually black young men, who seem to lack sufficient points in the current hierarchy of victimhood.  

If the university had no basis for holding an opinion about whether the accusation had merit, this would be a simple question of slander by other students.  But the University had investigated and found the accusation meritless.  Its failure (does the University have preferred pronouns?) to deal with what it knew to be false accusations seems to be part of the continuing war on men.  This doubtless plays a role in the increasingly absurd sex imbalance on college campuses.

 

The Donald Trump administration Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed an amicus brief defending rights protected by the Second Amendment in the consolidated case to be heard in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The case is ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUBS, INC., et al., v.  ATTORNEY GENERAL NEW JERSEY, et al.

This case is one of the best candidates for courts to make clear: bans on semi-automatic rifles and on magazines which hold over ten rounds are not allowed by the Second Amendment.  

The Trump DOJ was not asked to submit this amicus brief. The Trump DOJ took the initiative to defend rights protected by the second Amendment.  From the Brief:

The United States is permitted to file amicus briefs without the consent of the parties or leave from the Court.

The brief focuses on two invalid arguments which states refusing to follow Supreme Court guidance on the Second Amendment are using in an attempt to reverse the impact of the Supreme Court decisions. Some of the inferior Courts (all courts below the Supreme Court are "inferior courts") are saying "arms" are only arms which are commonly used for self defense. The other argument is to limit the definition of "common use" to commonly used in self defense. Both of these arguments are wrong.  From the brief:

This amicus brief addresses two principles of Second Amendment doctrine that have confused other courts. First, the Second Amendment does not secure the right to possess and carry arms only for self-defense or sporting-related purposes, but rather for all “traditionally lawful purposes.” Heller, 554 U.S. at 577. History and tradition confirm that these purposes include the common defense.

Second, the Second Amendment protects arms that are “in common use” among law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes. Id. at 624 (citation omitted). To be sure, some other courts have criticized this common-use test. But the Supreme Court’s cases clearly show that it is the governing test for courts determining which arms the Second Amendment protects. Not only that, but the common-use test has deep roots in both English and American law. The Second Amendment’s irreducible minimum guarantee incorporates both principles: Legislatures may not completely ban arms that are in common use among law-abiding citizens for lawful purposes without running afoul of the Constitution.

The attempt to invalidate the "common defense" purpose of the Second Amendment has been increasingly used since the 1940's. It is exactly opposite of the US v. Miller case, as poorly written as that decision was. The common defense use includes defense against tyranny in government. It strikes at the heart of Progressive ideology, and Leftist ideology altogether. Those ideologies deny the existence of natural rights as given by God. They insist government should not be limited. They see government as god on earth. De-legitimizing power in the hands of the population has been common throughout history. The United States has become the major exception because of the Second Amendment. Much of Western Civilization agreed with the beneficial effect of widespread ownership of arms until after WWI.

The Supreme Court clearly stated all arms which can be carried and used for offense and defense fall within the textual definition of arms in the Second Amendment. Common use means arms which are commonly used for any lawful purpose are protected by the Second Amendment. By clarifying that common defense is one of the lawful uses of arms, the brief makes clear rifles such as the AR15 type, are protected, because they are in common use. The argument applies, with even more force, to magazines which hold over 10 rounds. There are more of them, and they are obviously useful for the common defense.

Analysis: This is a powerful brief in a critical case. No other administration has pushed as hard to restore rights protected by the Second Amendment.  Is the Trump administration perfect? No. It is much better than any other.  Perfection is not an option.

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• What the hell is wrong with people?


• This idea that conservatives were forced to adopt cancel culture because the liberals doing it forced them to is just flat-out counterfactual. It's been a universally used bipartisan tool in the culture wars forever, dating back to the Red Scare. Just ask the Dixie... er, the Chicks. Heck, I'm old enough to remember the totally bogus Procter & Gamble allegations and the preacher telling us to boycott them.


• It's that time again...


• Wait, wait... They want your work logins? How is that even ethical?

The witness on the scene stated they saw Gartrell’s father running towards their home, asking to call 911, claiming his son shot him and his wife, as stated in the affidavit. Court documents report that additional gunshots were heard, and the witness saw Gartrell shoot at a Hideout Public Safety officer, who is identified as Jose Duran. 

A second witness discovered Gartrell’s mother hiding behind a rock on their property, and she was suffering from gunshot wounds to her shoulder and chest, PSP said. Troopers stated the witness encountered Gartrell, who ran towards them with a rifle; however, once the witness announced he was armed, Gartrell fled.

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They said the homeowner went outside and shot at the men.

One of them was shot and taken to the hospital in stable condition, while the other man was not hurt.

Both men were charged with burglary of a motor vehicle.

“The DA’s office did accept charges on the suspects that were breaking into the vehicle for BMV and then they declined charges on the homeowner as he was protecting his property,” said Lt. Kham with the Houston Police Department.

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By Dave Workman “Freedom takes work.” So said Arizona House Speaker Steve Montenegro, one of three panelists involved in the second annual “fireside chat” at the Gun Rights Policy Conference over the weekend in Salt Lake City. The half-hour discussion, hosted by radio personality Mark Walters, focused on what grassroots activists can do in their […]

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On September 30, 1791, the National Constituent Assembly in Paris was dissolved. Parisians hailed Maximilien Robespierre (pictured) and Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve as “Incorruptible patriots.” Three years later, at age 36, Robespierre was guillotined. Proscribed, pursued, and persecuted, Jérôme Pétion committed suicide that same year. — On this day in 1938, the Treaty of Munich was signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier, and Chamberlain. This treaty forced Czechoslovakia to cede territory to Germany. — Some sad news: Preacher Voddie Baucham Passes Away at 56 Following ‘Emergency Medical Incident’. — Just one day left! Our big inventory reduction sale at Elk Creek …

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After major interest rate turnarounds (bottoms), silver is usually the big winner. The reason is clearly explained here. What it comes down to is simply that interest rates reflect the value that the market places on money. When interest rates are high, the market places a high value on money. When interest rates are low, the market places a low value on money. Silver is the best form of money historically, so expect it to outperform during periods of high interest rates. Seeing that silver is the most undervalued due to the effects of the debt-based monetary system, it will …

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This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. In this week’s column, a glimpse at remote Idaho ranch life.  (See the Idaho section.) Idaho This remote ranch with gravity-fed spring water at SurvivalRealty.com caught my eye: Very Private Western Ranch. o  o  o It Gets Worse: What We Know About the Drunk Driver Who …

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“I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” – Thomas Jefferson

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This October 1st thru December 1st 2025 Hi-Lux Optics and Dayattherange is thrilled to offer up a chance to win a Vintage optic. Partner Spotlight: Hi-Lux Optics A Legacy in Optics — Bridging Vintage Tradition with Modern Precision When I was dreaming of the next challenge it was all about vintage. I wanted something special […]

By Dave Workman Like it or not, many lower federal courts are essentially defying the U.S. Supreme Court’s language in the 2022 landmark Bruen decision, and it may take another high court ruling to give them more direction. That was the analysis from attorney Joseph Greenlee, director of Office of Litigation Counsel at the National […]

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