So I will let her say it instead:


The real threats to our freedoms and liberties, at least since 1815, have never come from a foreign power. They have always been internal threats from the very people charged with defending our security.


Read, as they say, the whole damned thing.  The best part is the comic though

in the Apple vs FBI debacle is that Apple is saying:

“You can’t ever trust your Government”

AND

“The Federal Government WILL misuse the power we give them”

Sad, but true.

Valpo Gunshow today and tomorrow.

Guess where I will be?

If they aren’t burying Justice Scalia until tomorrow(Saturday) then why the rush to move him, declare his cause of death with no autopsy, and embalm him for the trip home?

Why wasn’t there time for a proper investigation?

I mean, if there was some reason he had to be buried in a short period of time or something, then (maybe) I could understand.

That does not appear to be the case here.

So, why the rush?

an Apple product (despite the inherent hardware issues)

Apple defies order to create backdoor software to unlock any IPhone.

On the one hand, the owner of the IPhone is dead….and a Terrorist. (besides, THEY assured us he and his wife acted alone snicker, so what is the big deal?)

On the other hand, this is a tool that WILL be misused. You know it, and I know it.

Kudos to Apple.

Via JOE:

“We should NOT confirm any Bush nominee to the supreme court except in extreme circumstances”

“Ideologues”.

Now, the positions are reversed.

If you are so inclined, say a prayer for Judge Scalia and especially for his family.

And very, very ODD.

“There will be no autopsy performed, a source familiar with the case confirmed to CNN. The decision for no autopsy was made both by the family and the Texas Justice of the Peace, the source said.”  (’bout a third of the way down)


Ruled a heart attack over the phone….No autopsy…then quickly embalmed (in order to have his remains transported out of state, embalming is required by law)

Perhaps he was “Fostered”. One would have thought that such an important figure would have an autopsy. I mean, it’s not like he was some street guy who influenced or mattered to no one……He was, after all, a Supreme Court Justice.

Sure makes ya wonder. The conspiracy folks will go apeshit over this.

Justice Scalia found dead at Texas Ranch. 

Now, the dude was old, I admit….But….Vince Foster. Or not. I dunno

But still…..One wonders. RIP Justice Scalia.

Barry’s pick oughta be….interesting….and we know that Congress will do what he asks, so…..Before the election?

ETA: Until the Clintons, no one would have thought that. About Scalia being “Fostered”, I mean.
I find that sad.