Random Shots for Friday, 22 November 2019

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   Tom Souther — the LP’s 2016 VP nominee for one — Mr Bill the Original Weldist. He not only accommodates the victim disarmers and hoplophobes, he signed their sorts of policies into Massachusetts “law” back in 1993.

   And then there’s Lincoln Chafee, former Republican Governor and Democrat U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, who conveniently changed his residency to Wyoming in January after joining the LP.

   In Chafee’s case, the hoplophobia runs in the family — his father (John Chafee) was the Republican U.S. Senator from Rhode Island who in the early 1990s sponsored a bill to require confiscation of civilian-owned handguns.

2. Posted to Facebook —

   There’s plenty of biological / chronological “adults” who expect government to entertain themselves as well as their kids. I cite the taxpayer-subsidized sports arenas and teams, movies and TV shows, stage theaters, art galleries, as examples.

3. Posted to Facebook —

   “With Eddy, maybe the Republicans will grow some spine here in New Mexico.”

   They’ll grow just enough backbone to stick their knives in his back, then reabsorb those vertebrae once the task is complete.

   In my opinion, of course.

4. Posted to Facebook —

   What’s disgusting is that the final line of most if not all capital outlay bills (even the ones sponsored by “fiscal conservative” type Republicans) goes like this —

   “EMERGENCY.–It is necessary for the public peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.”

   On the Wiktionary page for the word “emergency,” the first defintion reads as:

   “A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.”

   Last time I checked, whether or not some community center gets its kitchen renovated doesn’t meet the above definition.

   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emergency

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Midnight’s Edge — Kathleen Kennedy disses George Lucas, demonstrates zero knowledge of Star Wars [YouTube]
2. Overlord DVD by “Dicktor Van Doomcock” — Rise of Skywalker Leak | It’s Worse Than We Thought (Spoilers!) [YouTube]
3. Nerdrotic by Gary Buechler — Disney Star Wars’ Failure Belongs to Kathleen Kennedy | The Kennedy Saga is Coming to an End [YouTube]
4. Trek Central — STAR TREK 4 Film Coming Soon? New Director In Talks! – Star Trek News [YouTube]
5. Project Veritas — WALL OF SHAME RETRACTION #304 [YouTube]
6. The Washington Post — Founding Fervor – KrisAnne Hall barnstorms an angry nation, blasting federal overreach of the Constitution by Kevin Sullivan
7. Colion Noir — GRAND POWER STRIBOG SP9A1 | THE FIRST MAG [YouTube
8. What Da Math by Anton Petrov — This Could Be Why So Many Black Hole Collisions Are Seen Weekly [YouTube]
9. Forgotten Weapons by Ian McCollum — FG-42 vs BAR in the 2 Gun Action Challenge Match [YouTube]
10. Disturbed —
    1. Believe
    2. Ten Thousand Fists
11. The Commonwealth: The Void Trilogy, Book 3 — The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
12. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
    1. Star Trek
    2. Star Trek: The Next Generation
    3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
13. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News —
    1. Gun and Alcohol Case Could Put Citizens at Risk in Their Own Homes by David Codrea
    2. A Bad News Week for Socialists in the US by Rob Morse
14. Second Amendment Daily News — Gun Purchased in Buyback Program Found Near Body of Dead Gang Member in Chicago Shootout