Notes from the Resistance
The multinational software company Oracle is cutting ties with the Global Disinformation Index, a State Department-funded group that the Washington Examiner revealed has been secretly blacklisting conservative media outlets. [More]
That DOJ hasn’t slapped this down hard from the outset is all I need to see to know what we’re dealing with.
[Via Michael G]
Have a contemplative Patriots’ Day!
I got the above certificate along with a U.S. flag that had been flown over the Capitol back when I was still living in CA. It’s a constituent service that members of Congress provide for a nominal fee (20 bucks and up these days, depending on size and material). My dedication message read:
“In tribute to the Citizen Patriots of Lexington and Concord who resisted confiscation of their armaments on this date in 1775, and in continued defiance of all who would infringe on the Right of the People to keep and bear arms.”*
I did it because my “representative” was a big gun-grabber and refusing a pro-RKBA commemoration would have been a First Amendment violation.
With that in mind, there are plenty of other dedications antithetical to “woke” orthodoxy that could be submitted. To find out how to order one, go to your rep’s website and find the “Sevices” link.
* [And yes, I see the typo in the graphic. Think of it as my deference to Allah 😀 ]
“That is not a political issue. But it becomes one when Kentucky Republicans would rather ban books and pronouns and then make Kentucky a sanctuary state for weapons” [More]
Of course, it’s a political issue if you think you can vote on rights. And it’s not a question of banning books, it’s a question of not exposing children to sexual exploitation by deviants.
Speaking of banning books…
Have you ever met a gun-grabbing Democrat (but I repeat myself) who wasn’t a chronic and habitual liar?
[Via bondmen]
Independent journalist Steve Baker says he was recently warned that his aggressive reporting and commentary about Jan. 6 have created growing ire at the U.S. Department of Justice that could lead to his prosecution for being at the Capitol on that fateful Wednesday in 2021. [More]
Well, if he’s an “independent,” he’s not an “Authorized Journalist” then, is he?
And scary official threats of retaliation for reporting the truth… where have we seen that before?
[Via bondmen]
It also adopted a new test for Second Amendment cases. Gun laws today must be consistent with the laws that existed when the Second Amendment was adopted in the late 17 hundreds. This means that gun regulations will be assessed according to their conformity with laws that were in place during the 18th and 19th centuries. [More]
The 19th Century is not ” the late 17 hundreds.” I’ve been telling you these people were liars. These “kinder, gentler” citizen disarmament Astroturfers want us to believe “equal protection” means we’re now all subject to post-Civil War Black Codes introduced by Democrats a century after the Founders ratified the Bill of Rights.
“Our side” participating lends them underserved “credibility.”
Tangentially related, WarOnGuns Correspondent Jess shares a video on a First Amendment case raising similar points.
Massachusetts Bill Establishes Islam as Favored Religion [More]
As long as the goal is for government to promote minority religions, I’ve found one on which leaders in both parties can agree.
[Via Michael G]
Seven members of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office who raided Joseph Foreman’s home last year are now suing him claiming, among other things, that he invaded their privacy. Four deputies, two sergeants and a detective are claiming Foreman (a.k.a. “Afroman”) took footage of their faces obtained during the raid and used it in music videos and social media posts without their consent… They’re also suing on civil grounds, saying Foreman’s use of their faces (i.e. personas) in the videos and social media posts resulted in their “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.” [More]
After they invaded his privacy.
To paraphrase Rhett Butler, they should be humiliated, and often. And by someone who knows how. But they’re trying to hide from that:
Ladies and gentlemen, the hysterical musical stylings of Afroman!
Streisand effect, anyone…?
[Via WiscoDave]
Whatever the ultimate outcome of that case, Congress can take steps to discourage censorship by proxy. Shellenberger argues that it should stop funding groups like the ISO and “mandate instant reporting of all communications between government officials and contractors with social media executives relating to content moderation.” [More]
True, but don’t expect criminals who routinely ignore “the supreme Law of the Land” with impunity to obey it, or not develop workarounds, such as making public statements where they can be confident their cues will be picked up.
Besides, the biggest violators would be the ones voting on it.
“I wish more people had shown up,” Trump supporter Philippe Lejeune told the outlet. [More]
Well of course MAGA was outnumbered. It’s New York. And some of us have learned to avoid crowds. Especially after we see what happened the last time and worry that low-hanging fruit morons in buffalo hats with no sense of effective personal conduct are going to give the feds all the cover they needed to provoke, entrap, and record us for pickup and prosecution 6 months later while the guy whose words galvanized us into action is fully occupied with taking care of Number One.
We also see the Antifa types get away with a whole lot more and realize it’s all part of the controlled media plan.
And there’s another reality I’ve never been able to crack.
Five security guards, threats of discipline required to protect free speech talk at DU law school [More]
And just think how many Marxist future attorneys, prosecutors, and judges at all levels are being churned out by the subversion mills.
Tangentially-Related UPDATE
Angry brainwashed “students” who are ostensibly there to learn presume themselves qualified to lecture.
Al Capp sure had it nailed:
[Via Michael G]
Biden DOJ Crusade to Jail Young Man for Anti-Hillary Memes Just Got Much Uglier [More]
If this is not First Amendment protected then nothing is.
Domestic extremism bill would criminalize free speech, create ‘Ministry of Truth,’ advocacy group warns [More]
Yeah, well, why should a tyrant wannabe who routinely violates the Second Amendment with impunity fear violating the First?
FTC Seeks Names of All Journalists With Whom Musk Shared Twitter Documents [More]
Why?
Seems kind of un-American to me…
[Via Michael G]
“DEI, is a deity, diversity, equity and inclusion is God,” she concluded. [More]
So much for “no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
See what other amendments can fall when you can infringe on the Second with impunity?
China province forces people of faith to register on ‘Smart Religion’ app for worship [More]
Another benefit of background checks and registration!
These people are getting more and more like American universities every day.
“Friend was violating no law by standing on the sidewalk and displaying his sign, and [Police Sgt. Richard] Gasparino had no lawful reason to order him to desist from that conduct,” the appeals court ruled. [More]
If he wanted to engage in police-approved speech in Stamford, he should have become a paid gunsnitch.
That said, it’s probably unfair for me to judge Sgt. Gasparino until I’ve goose-stepped a mile in his jackboots.
Kinda helps explain why Connecticut is so hot for unending citizen disarmament schemes…
Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state [More]
Assuming this isn’t a total distortion of what’s being proposed, the only question for Republican Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur is “Are you insane?”
Female Faculty More Likely to Support Speech Restrictions, Campus Investigations, Deplatforming [More]
They’re also more likely to be red-shirted cows, ignorant of what can happen when those they’re enabling decide it’s time to take off the mask.
[Via Michael G]
More than half of college professors bite their tongues over cancel culture fears [More]
Based on what their politics have enabled, good.
[Via Michael G]
“Under Washington state law, residents will now be classified as domestic terrorists if they protest school board meetings, Drag Queen Story Hour Events, and the outcome of elections… These include being anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-critical race theory, questioning election results, and calling the LGBTQ community “groomers.” [More]
I’m not getting Minority Report analogy from this so much as a Keepers vibe…
[Via Michael G]
The ruling is major for many reasons, including that the government tried to claim that charter boat fishing is a “closely-regulated industry” to which the Fourth Amendment does not apply. [More]
Ah, the Scarborough Doctrine of authorized free speech exercisers…
And don’t forget Hogg’s Resurrected Postulate…
[Via Michael G]
Too bad people who are not journalists think ‘the First Amendment applies to them’ [More]
“Authorized journalists”…? Who ever heard of such a thing?
What can I say but “Joe Scarborough“?
