Category Archives: Social Commentary

Education, Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

Gun Clubs At Schools

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What happened to them?

As Glenn notes, this is about oikophobia, even though it’s as, or more, important for kids to learn about the proper use and handling of guns as it is for them to learn to drive, particularly considering that the former is a fundamental constitutional right. As Glenn notes, this insane “gun-free zone” and “zero tolerance” policies have been a horrific failure.

I wonder if drum and bugle corps still carry the wooden rifles, as they did when I was in high school? Or is that too “terroristic“? More and more, it seems like sending your kids to a public school constitutes parental malpractice.

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Why are anti-gun activists so violent? as Glenn says, maybe the people we need to keep guns away from are elected Democrats.

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Related: the loving, tolerant Left:

Over the last few years, I’ve heard the left talk about how hateful conservatives can be. Being a libertarian, there have been plenty of occasions where I disagreed with conservatives in discussions on social issues, but I’ve never at any moment gotten to the point where they were berating me or wishing harm upon me.

Needless to say, I’m strongly considering sending this one to the police since the e-mail address, which I’ve left off the post, is from a legitimate account.

They don’t want us to have guns because they project and think that we’re as violent and deranged as they are.

Popular Culture, Science And Society, Social Commentary

Save The Crab Lice

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OK, I decided that I had to take action to prevent this environmental holocaust. So head on over and sign my petition. I know they’re microfauna, not mega, and not all that charismatic, but they’re all God’s creatures. Let’s see if we can break a hundred thousand.

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A comment over at Free Republic: “Just another case of Brazilian deforestation causing another extinction of a species.”

[Afternoon update]

An email from Jim Bennett: “If you declared Sandra Fluke’s nether parts to be a navigable waterway they would come under the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers, who would then have the power to forbid the clear-cutting of habitat.”

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

The Latest Shooting Victim

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The Constitution. Even the gun grabber’s own ignorant words tell the tale of how stupid their hoped-for prohibition is: they call them “military-style” weapons. In other words, it has nothing to do with function, but is about fashion. And such a ban is unconstitutional, because as many have pointed out, it was exactly militarily useful weapons that the Founders wanted to protect.

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When only the police are armed, or they outgun the citizenry, it’s called a “police state.” Which is what leftist regimes always turn into, because it’s their goal.

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Here’s another casualty of the war on guns: the truth. The kind of CDC “research” that Obama wants to see is almost invariably fraudulent anti-gun propaganda. Guns are not a disease.

Business, Economics, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

Post-Bankruptcy San Bernardino

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It’s not a pretty picture:

…as part of a plan to reduce the state prison population, nearly 4,000 criminals who would once have been sent to state prison have been put in the custody of San Bernardino County law enforcement authorities. Some have been released, putting more low-level criminals back on the streets of San Bernardino, Chief Hardy said, and adding to the challenges already faced by the police.

“All of our crime is up, and the city has a very high crime rate per capita anyway,” Chief Handy said. “I can’t police the city with much less than this. We’re dangerously close as it is.”

As lawyers wrangle in court over San Bernardino’s plan to cut $26 million from its budget and defer some of its pension payments, city officials say there is little more they can do to turn back the rising tide of violence.

No, but there is something that Sacramento could do, but won’t. It could roll back California’s draconian gun laws that have made places like San Berdoo (and Watts and Willowbrook, and other places) into the Wild West, except that no one is armed except the criminals.

Culinary, Health, Media Criticism, Social Commentary

More Nutrition Quackery

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OK, so a weight-loss surgeon says that Chipotle is the healthiest fast food?

Weiner said that he eats at the Chipotle if he must have fast food. He cited the chain’s vegetable ingredients and vegetarian and vegan options.

Two questions: 1) what does vegetarian, and particularly vegan food have to do with weight loss and 2) Why would we expect someone who makes a living reducing weight via surgery to have any idea of what good nutrition for weight loss is?

On a related topic, the search “Dr. Oz quack” yields a couple hundred thousand results. A theory that is reinforced by the large amount of email spam I get featuring his name in the subject.