This is a Problem

As More Retailers Ban Paper Money, It's Making Things Awkward For Customers Without Plastic

I don't want to live in a cashless society. I use my debit card most of the time but I want the option not to. Some dipshits will say, "well if you've got nothing to hide..." Not the point. It's my business how I spend my money and why. It's legal tender for a reason. A business that doesn't give me the option of cash doesn't get my business. Yes, I'm old and grumpy damn it.

Some Democrats' Ignorance is so Blatant...

...it's misleading to call them liars. For example...

Baltimore Mayor Fund-Raises Off Lie That NRA Supports Ownership Of Rocket Launchers

One Little Piggie

This Should Surprise No One

Gun Owners Don't Seem Eager to Comply With New Jersey's New Magazine Ban

Neither should the contents of the second half of the article in which New Jersey Law Enforcement officials bitch that the magazine restrictions apply to them as well and place their officer at risk. No problem. The NJ Legislature is gonna fix it for them 'cuz they're special and can be trusted with an extra five bullets unlike the rest of New Jersey.

Recently Read

Firefly: Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove

I'm a big fan of Whedon's Firefly if not Whedon himself. It's hard to comprehend how someone can produce such freedom centered product and be such a hateful progressive dick. That aside, the book gets the feel of the characters right. It picks up after the last episode of the series. We learn a little more about Book and Mal's background. Hopefully as the novels progress the questions raised in the series and not answered in the movie will be answered. We can but hope. If you are a Firefly fan you will like the book. If not, you'll be lost. Watch the series and movie first. Enjoy.

We're Living in Heinlein's Crazy Years

Mizzou official: Asking a smaller woman on a date violates Title IX

Okay, maybe not "the crazy years", but definitely the stupid years.

[UPDATE] Not all is as reported.

Neat

The most profound 36 seconds of your day. You will not regret watching this. 2nd Amendment+USA 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/X9mtrCkG6e

— X Strategies (@XStrategiesDC) December 24, 2018

I'm not sure what the intended message might be. I say the message can be what you want it to be.

Ya Don't Say?

California’s Background Check Law Had No Impact on Gun Deaths, Johns Hopkins Study Finds

Nor has, I'd wager, any other gun control law they've passed.

Climate Change

I'm Pretty Sure There was a Finger Involved...

...here.

A cop was handling a personal weapon at a party when he shot himself in the hand and a fellow officer in the leg.

Prince George’s Co. police officers released from suspension after party shooting

The story says the gun discharged. I doubt it did it by itself. These things generally involved a finger on the trigger of a loaded weapon. Looks like all four of the Colonel's rules were broken and then some.

[UPDATED]

Merry Christmas

My mom [right] and her sister some Christmas past. Have a Merry Christmas.

Not. One. Bit.

Two LSU football players meet some dude to sell him a piece of electronics. The dude pulled a gun on them to rob them. He dies when one of the players shot him in self-defense. The dude was eighteen years old. THAT's the story I read based on the facts presented. An eighteen year old thug dies while committing a robbery. The stories I've read tend to emphasize the part about the football players shooting the dude while de-emphasizing the fact that it appears to be a clear case of self-defense. One radio news outlet even called the dude a victim. He isn't a victim of anydamnthing. He a criminal shot in the commission of a crime. He a criminal shot in the commission of a violent felony. I'm sorry for the football player who had to shoot him. I'm even sorry for the criminal's family and their loss. I'm not sorry for the criminal who pulled a gun on the wrong person.

LSU football players threatened in robbery shoot and kill 18-year-old suspect

Damn right they should...

...but the Court seems to be doing it's best to let the lower courts ignore Heller and McDonald.

Supreme Court Should Clarify Second Amendment Test

Time to get off the pot Chief Justice Roberts.

Good Advice in the Christmas Season

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— Jane Lynch (@janemarielynch) December 20, 2018

Karma is a cast iron...

Hamas tunnel engineer “working on a tunnel underneath his home when it collapsed and killed him”