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January 5, 2019
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GLENN’S WONDERFUL REVIEW OF COCKTAILS FROM HELL: Just in case you missed it. But don’t miss the book.
BUFF SUNRISE: The sun rises behind a B-52H Stratofortress at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., December 12, 2018. How many of you recall the old Cold War phrase regarding the day the sun rises twice?
THE BREAKING OF THE NEVER TRUMP MIND:
The Never Trumpers say they don’t recognize a Republican Party where the core tenets are neither free trade nor foreign democracy promotion. But maybe they just didn’t know their voters by sight, because the only party that has truly departed recognition is Never Trump.
Each week brings this movement a new and bizarre position: Opposing tax cuts, supporting Obamacare; wishing North Korean talks ill, wishing Democratic investigators well; dreaming of European political meddling, pining for American political comeuppance.
Rick Santorum, the Catholic working-class firebrand rarely seen among Washington’s polite classes, had long commented that a party such as the GOP, with a donor class so out of line with its base, could not possibly continue to function.
There could not be such a massive realignment without something somewhere snapping, but despite the Never Trump hysteria, it doesn’t appear to be the party. Though the president’s House was defeated in the first post-Trump national elections and his two-year approval among Democrats lies at historic lows, his approval with his own voters—those who the Never Trumpers courted not long ago—is second only to George W. Bush after 9/11.
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“WE WILL NOT COMPLY:” ‘Gun-toting hippies’ greet Boulder ‘assault weapons’ ban with mass noncompliance.
Boulder’s newly enacted “assault weapons” ban is meeting with stiff resistance from its “gun-toting hippies,” staunch liberals who also happen to be devoted firearms owners.
Only 342 “assault weapons,” or semiautomatic rifles, were certified by Boulder police before the Dec. 31 deadline, meaning there could be thousands of residents in the scenic university town of 107,000 in violation of the sweeping gun-control ordinance.
“I would say the majority of people I’ve talked to just aren’t complying because most people see this as a registry,” said Lesley Hollywood, executive director of the Colorado Second Amendment group Rally for Our Rights. “Boulder actually has a very strong firearms community.”
The ordinance, approved by the city council unanimously, banned the possession and sale of “assault weapons,” defined as semiautomatic rifles with a pistol grip, folding stock, or ability to accept a detachable magazine. Semiautomatic pistols and shotguns are also included.
Current owners were given until the end of the year to choose one of two options: Get rid of their semiautomatics by moving them out of town, disabling them, or turning them over to police — or apply for a certificate with the Boulder Police Department, a process that includes a firearm inspection, background check and $20 fee.
Judging by the numbers, however, most Boulder firearms owners have chosen to do none of the above, albeit quietly.
“The firearms community in Boulder — they may be Democrats but they love their firearms,” said Ms. Hollywood, herself a former Boulder resident.
One longtime Boulderite who has openly refused to comply is Jon Caldara, president of the free-market Independence Institute, who writes a column for the Denver Post and hosts the public-affairs show “Devil’s Advocate” on Colorado Public Television.
“The question was, do I do this publicly or do it privately, and I’ve chosen to do it publicly because somebody has to,” Mr. Caldara said. “There will be thousands of people in Boulder living in the shadows, worried about somebody turning them in.”
I thought Democrats didn’t want people “living in the shadows.”
NEW SOCIALIST “IT GIRL” CONTINUES TO PAY DIVIDENDS: Ocasio-Cortez Wants Tax Rate Of 70% To Pay For Her Green Plan.
SHE’S REALLY ESCALATED FROM JUST DRINKING BEER ON TWITTER, APPARENTLY: Elizabeth Warren on Drugs.
REASON TV: LEAVE THE STRAND ALONE! Iconic Bookstore Owner Pleads With NYC: Don’t Landmark My Property — Nancy Bass Wyden says historic designation would compromise her ownership rights and mean dealing with bureaucrats who “do not know how to run a bookstore.”
NEW DEM LINE: ONLY WOMEN CANDIDATES ARE ASKED IF THEY’RE “LIKABLE.” James Taranto: Oh, really?
DEPENDS. WILL NEWS OF THE NEW HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOLLOW ME? This Man Lived Alone For Nearly 30 Years In The Mountains of Alaska In a Log Cabin Which He Built With His Own Hands.
AND THIS IS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC: Boulder Gun Owners Defiant Of Assault Weapon Ban.
WELL, THE ME TOO CHICKENS APPARENTLY ALSO ROOST: #Don’tBelieveTehWamyn!
IT’S GOING TO BE… NO. IT ALREADY IS A DUMPSTER FIRE: Dems debut their clown show strategy for the 216th Congress.
OH DEAR, DEAR, DEAR LORD: Hank Johnson brings ‘Trump is Hitler’ into the House of Representatives.
OH, DEAR LORD FOR THE THIRD TIME. I FEEL LIKE I’D BE A LOT HAPPIER HERE AND NOW IF I FOUND FOOLS MORE AMUSING: Green Weenie of the Week: Nuclear War Will Save Us!
YOU KNOW, PROTECTING THE BORDERS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING: Can Trump Build the Wall?
OH, GOOD LORD AGAIN! Muslim Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib Uses Thomas Jefferson’s Quran As A Prop.
HE’S DISLIKED BY ALL THE CORRECT (WELL, SHE AIN’T RIGHT) PEOPLE: Rashida Tlaib Unapologetically Curses Out President Trump.
THEY WERE OUT OF HAM SANDWICHES TO ARREST: Russians Arrest American on Espionage Charges.