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Memories of Tru… O.J.

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Yeah, a “typographical error”… somebody accidentally hit the wrong keys five times.

I was living in L.A. at the time of the whole $h!+show and had my weekend plans delayed by the Bronco chase.

It was a Friday night, and done with work we had a 200 mile drive to get up to a mountain cabin up the road from Kernville for the weekend. My wife and I had the van packed and were getting ready to load the cubs and head out when the phone rang– it was my older brother in Ohio who told me to turn on the TV.

There it was, heading up and blocking the 405, the freeway we had to take to head north. There was nothing to do but watch events unfold and wait for things to clear out.

When we finally did we could see the helicopters circling in the sky above his Brentwood digs as we headed up the freeway with four hours still to go…

Ideological Cleansing

Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State [More]

Jackboot George acts like he played no part in its tarnishing.

Blind Pig Finds Acorn

Now, even Californians who have submitted to extensive background checks and participated in hours of training can’t legally carry their firearms without running afoul of the list of banned places — which, let’s be honest, are just about everywhere. [More]

So…Kismet: How do you vote?

And lest you think hell has frozen over and the LA Times has done an about-face on guns, read the last pararaph.

[Via Lawrence P]

We’re the Only Ones Forbidden Enough

Who You Gonna Call (When the Cops Aren’t Allowed to Help You)? [More]

Life imitates art.

[Via bondmen]

Another Slogan for Orwell in the Making

LA Times: White supremacy is a rainbow coalition [More]

So they’re to be condemned for their diversity, equity, and inclusion?

Brian Griffin has a question for them.

And remember: If you didn’t vote for Joe Biden, you ain’t black!

[Via Michael G]

In Other Words, Freedom is Slavery

[C]onstitutional thinking has evolved since 1787. Today, most new constitutions include far more enumerated rights than ours, notes David Law. The right to education, for instance, and to privacy, food, healthcare and housing. [More]

You know, the right to enslave and force others to provide.

I just got done talking about government “giving” rights…

Or as Marx advocated…

Funny how that keeps ending up…

What can I say but The Los Angeles Times…?

[Via Michael G]

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