Yup

Bernie Wrightson has...

...passed.

Damn it.

Bernie Wrightson mostly drew horror comics and co-created Swamp Thing. He did great work.

Giffords and Kelly create yet ANOTHER gun control group

Gabby Giffords, Mark Kelly Target Arizona with New Gun Control Group

Yawn.

Quote of the Day

My scholarship (past and forthcoming) argues that administrative power undermines equal voting rights by shifting much lawmaking power out of Congress into the hands of unelected administrators. My work shows, moreover, that this shift occurred when the knowledge class regretted the boisterous sort of politics that came with equal voting rights. Woodrow Wilson candidly explained that “the reformer is bewildered” by the need to persuade “a voting majority of several million heads”—especially when the reformer needed to influence “the mind, not of Americans of the older stocks only, but also of Irishmen, of Germans, of Negroes.” One could go on at length with such quotes, and certainly administrative power has been dominated by whites of a certain class, but the point is not narrowly about racism. Instead, it is about how a class that expected deference to its knowledge was disappointed with the results of equal suffrage in a diverse society. It therefore welcomed a transfer of lawmaking power out of the elected legislature and into the hands of the right sort of people.

The argument, in other words, is not against an elite, but against the administrative dilution of representative government and equal voting rights. There will always be elites, and this is part of the valuable differentiation that can occur within a free society. Rather than oppose such differentiation, my scholarship suggests that all Americans, even elites, should confine themselves to working through the Constitution’s representative framework of government.

H/T to Sebastian.

So I guess, if ten or more white people get together...

...in this new progressive, "anti-rascist", "anti-fascist" reality, it's a "white pride" rally?

St. Patrick's day encourages and perpetuates the idea of whiteness and white culture. It otherizes non-whites and promotes nationalism. pic.twitter.com/AL2QQRJCk7

— End St.Patrick's Day (@endstpats) February 4, 2017

Seriously?

Oh, and Happy St. Patrick's Day.

[UPDATE] Maybe it's a joke. Maybe not. It's easy to believe people are that stupid.

...and lies.

Southern Poverty Law Center Spreads Hate.

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Field of Dishonor by David Weber

This is fourth in Weber's Honor Harrington series. This may be the third time I've read it. Again, it's Weber. It's good.

Remeber that Netflix special where Amy Schumer...

,,,was going to put us gun owners in our place? Sounds like it's pretty much a flop.

‘Horribly Unfunny’: Amy Schumer’s Netflix Special Gets Trashed With One-Star Reviews

Another Win for the Good Guys?

I looks like gun owners may soon be able to exercise their Second Amendment rights on Corps of Engineer lands the same way they are in the National Parks. That means if you can legally own a firearm and your carry complies with the laws of the Host State you're good. It not settled yet the fact that the Corps seems willing to work out a deal bodes well. What a difference a change in Administrations makes.

Second Amendment may be restored on Army Corps of Engineers land

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The Short Victorious War by David Weber

It's another book reread. It's Weber. It's good.

Seriously?

Nancy Pelosi: ‘We Have a Right to Know What’s in Health Care Bill Before It Passes’

Hypocrite.

Constitutional Carry passes in South Dakota...

...and it's off tot he Governor's desk. I have no idea how supportive their governor is or isn't. The NRA suggests south Dakotans give him a call and ask him to sign. By my count that'll be fourteen. Opinions differ.

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The Honor of the Queen by David Weber

It seems as if I've read this recently, but I got a new copy with "more content" in a recent Baen bundle and so read it again. Couldn't notice a difference. Best scene was Nimitz and Honor wading into a crew of bad guys trying to assassinate the Protector and his family. Best thing about the Honor Harrington books is Nimitz, the treecat. Highly Recommended.

By the way the original version of the novel is in Baen's Free Library.