I’m Starting to Think Franco May Have Been On to Something…

The Spanish police have opened fire on crowds in Ceuta tonight. They are shooting rubber bullets. They are shooting at Spaniards protesting against illegal migration. They didn’t fire rubber bullets at the 70 000 illegal migrants when they stormed Ceuta in July. [More]

Makes me think of a different way of running things:

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Only one problem

[Via bondmen]

We’re the Only Ones Ass-inine Enough

Follow-up to “We’re the Only Ones Busting Ass Enough“…

“The officer”…

Talk about desperate CYA weasel-wording… what’s the coward’s name?

We’re the Only Ones Narcissistic and Entitled Enough

Because only the police are trained and qualified enough to bear arms…

Any bets on how soon she files a lawsuit?

Policewoman

[Via WiscoDave]

We’re the Only Ones Letting Sleeping Dogs Lie Enough

Officer gets 15 days in jail for starving his two K-9s, killing one of them [More]

And if you or I had killed a police dog…? I remember when they arrested a mere citizen for animal cruelty after he SHOUTED at a police dog.

Maybe that’s why those with all that superior professional training evidently feel so unrestrained…

[Via WiscoDave]

The Fifth Column

Talaricogiffords

“I am so thankful that you asked this question, and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and white supremacy and capitalism in our country,” Talarico said. “And I think only ending the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together, are we going to be able to begin the process of dismantling them.” [More]

That endorsement is looking more and more like treason, especially if you dig a bit deeper. Anybody who thinks our guns are all they want is a criminally negligent citizenship malpractitioner.

What’s the word…? “Submit“…?

[Via Sweet Babboo]

Shameless Plug

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Sacrificial Lambs

“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival,” Nessel told attendees. [More]

So… does that mean she’s calling for Palestinian State?

And deleting “Never” but leaving “Again”…?

Whatever, Dana. You and your useful idiot followers reenacting Masada is your choice.

Just leave the rest of us out of it.

[Via Michael G]

And Yet Once Again Unto the Breach

Update to this.

“Investigation targets”…?

While we’re told it’s “a standalone system,” that last bit makes me wonder if I was far off on my speculation on terror watchlists, and specifically that finding they’re on one may be the tip-off that they’ve been made and to get out of Dodge…

[Via Len Savage]

Big Bonta is Watching You

Bigbonta

Ninth Circuit Leaves California’s 24/7 Gun-Store Surveillance Law in Place [More]

If they’re not afraid to violate the Second Amendment, why would tyrants worry about ignoring the First, Fourth, and Fifth?

On a High Note…

Hemani did not rule out Section 922(g)(3) charges when the government presents additional evidence that a defendant poses a danger to public safety. But prior to Hemani, prosecutors typically did not do that. The question now is how federal courts should deal with such prior convictions: Should they simply be vacated, or should the government get another chance to offer evidence that would meet Hemani’s new requirements? [More]

I’m all for punishing the hell out of people who make the choice to misoperate a firearm, or car, or anything while intoxicated and then threaten and/or harm the innocent. But how stoned do you have to be to believe abridging a fundamental right and imposing a permanent prior restraint because someone MIGHT temporarily do something bad is consistent with Founding intent?

[Via Lane]

My Kind of Razzmatazz

Ammo

Chicago has a higher homicide rate than comparably large cities. Of the 11 most populous U.S. cities (over 1 million people), Chicago consistently has the highest homicide rate. [More]

Forget it, Jake

Related UPDATE

Chicago police face staffing crisis amid surge in weekend violence [More]

Now that’s environmental justice“!

Take it away, Chuck: