MAYBE SHE CAN GET ONE OF THOSE WISCONSIN DOCTORS TO WRITE HER A FAKE NOTE: Where’s Hillary’s Medical Report? “We’re told she collapsed and hit her head and got a concussion, and that’s why she can’t testify about Benghazi this week. And we’re supposed to just take her word for it.”

FACTS DON’T MATTER, JUST DO WHAT I WANT! CNN Anchor Don Lemon: “It doesn’t matter if gun violence is down.”

Meanwhile, seen on Facebook:

The part about the F-16s is true, by the way. You’d think they might want to hold off on that.

BILL QUICK PULLS NO PUNCHES: “The NYT is not ‘perpetuating myths,’ it is consciously and knowlingly lying with malice aforethought in an effort to push through various gun ban and confiscation laws which it greatly desires. To pretend that they are making error in good conscience is the myth that needs to be destroyed here. None of the facts Carney so painstakingly lays out here – and this is only the ten thousandth, or ten millionth, time these facts have been carefully and publicly, pointed out – are hard to come by. In fact, if you are honest, they are impossible to avoid. The NYT is not honest.” They’ve certainly had plenty of time to learn the truth, if they cared to.

And if this bothers you, you might want to call your Senators and Congressmember and tell them you’re opposed to any new laws restricting your rights, and not to give in to media bullying. And you might pay special attention to Moe Lane’s list of vulnerable Senate Democrats in 2014.

FROM THE CNN SANDY HOOK TIMELINE: “Police and other first responders arrived on scene about 20 minutes after the first calls.” When seconds count, the police are only minutes a third of an hour away.

You can see why police chiefs are calling for arming school personnel.

PRESIDENT DRONEKILLER WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: ‘Did We Just Kill A Kid?’ — Six Words That Ended A US Drone Pilot’s Career.

UPDATE: Some discussion here.

ELIMINATIONIST RHETORIC: Rhode Island prof demands NRA chief’s “head on a stick” — Then declares himself a Twitter martyr because people quoted what he said. Then he softened his stance to say that imprisonment for life would be enough. All for the crime of political disagreement.

The anti-NRA syllogism seems to work this way: (1) Something bad happened; (2) I hate you; so (3) It’s your fault. This sort of reasoning has played out in all sorts of places over the past century, with poor results. One would expect a history professor to know better.

SEEN ON FACEBOOK:

It’s only bad when ordinary Americans get guns. Mexican narco-terrorists, Syrian and Libyan Jihadis, etc. are different.

UPDATE: “Despite his calls for greater gun control, including a new assault weapons ban that extends to handguns, President Obama’s administration has turned away from enforcing gun laws, cutting weapons prosecutions some 40 percent since a high of about 11,000 under former President Bush.”

Too busy raiding marijuana clinics, I suppose.

I GUESS HILLARY CLINTON WILL HAVE HEMORRHOID SURGERY OR SOMETHING AND BE UNABLE TO TESTIFY ABOUT THIS, TOO: U.S. Policy is Making Syria into an Anti-Western, Antisemitic Islamist State. “Even if one rationalizes the Islamist takeover in Egypt as due to internal events, this one is U.S.-made.”

READER MARK JONES EMAILS:

I’ve been hearing cries for “compromise” from the usual gun control proponents. Funny, but in a real compromise, both sides give something up. What CURRENT gun control laws are they prepared to repeal in return any new laws they’d like to enact? None, of course. Which is why the call for compromise is a cynical lie.

“Compromise,” in Washington-speak, means “give me what I want.”

SHIKHA DALMIA: Right-to-Work Laws Are, Indeed, Libertarian.

ONLY ONE WAS IN AMERICA: List: The Top 5 Worst Gun Massacres by an Individual.

PORTRAIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AS A YOUNG MILITANT. “The Daily Caller contacted the Justice Department before running the story about Holder and the takeover. DOJ’s spokesperson spokeswoman has not responded to the question of whether Holder himself was armed, and if so, with what sort of weapon.”

FISCAL CLIFF: Bob Woodward: “There’s A Civil War In The Democratic Party.”

A CURIOUS OMISSION: Mark Levin: “How Come Obama Did Not Mention Fort Hood?”

REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS WRONG TO QUESTION PEOPLE’S PATRIOTISM? MSNBC’s Alter: ‘Assault’ NRA for ‘Lack of Patriotism.’

Hey, and remember when dissent was the highest form of patriotism? Now, apparently, submission is.

PRIVACY: You’re not anonymous. I know your name, email, and company.

LARRY PRATT IN USA TODAY: Save Lives: Abolish “Gun Free” Zones.

(Via Jeff Goldstein, who urges taking the offensive here).

WHY DRIVERS HATE CYCLISTS. But if the world of driving has become “moral anarchy,” let me suggest that it’s in part because traffic enforcement is so clearly all about revenue rather than safety, thus draining the enterprise of any moral component. There are broader lessons here. . . .

THIS IS SAD: Way Too Many Married Couples Kiss Less Than Once A Week.

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY: Press Giving Hillary Free Ride On Benghazi. “Clinton claims she can’t testify for Congress on Thursday because she fell down over the weekend and got a concussion. Maybe so, but thus far no one’s seen a medical report. What’s more, it’s the second time Clinton has put off crucial congressional testimony about the murder of a U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. officials by Islamist terrorists in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11. The previous time, she had more pressing business, tasting wine in Australia and checking up on East Timor. It looks like avoidance of responsibility to preserve her own political viability.”

ADVICE FOR FREELANCERS: How To Interview People. This bit sounds obvious, but isn’t: “Shut up and listen.”

UPDATE: Reader Bruce Parker emails: “Somebody tell Bill O’Reilly.” Heh. Yeah, I was on his show years ago — in 2000, before I had the blog — and barely got a word in edgewise.

TRANSPARENCY: EPA inspector general audits agency’s use of secret email accounts. “The use of these [hidden] accounts could seriously impair records collection, preservation, and access, therefore compromising transparency and oversight.” I’m pretty sure that’s the point. . . .

JAMES TARANTO: “If hypocrisy were an intoxicating spirit, Andrew Rosenthal would be a master distiller.”

AT AMAZON: Gone with the Wind (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Edition) $5.99.

LIKE MUCH OF THE REPORTING ON THE SUBJECT: Viral Morgan Freeman Quote About Sandy Hook Tragedy Is a Tacky Hoax.