There’s a Lot of it……..Just not from the Russians:

Google, Apple, Comcast, Facebook and Amazon all set records for money spent on “lobbying”.

Anyone really think that they don’t influence elections (and legislators)? That they didn’t “Collude” with elected officials to influence elections? To change the message presented to voters?

If you do, I have this neat bridge to sell you.

Small bills only, please,  and all that…..

Ursula K. Le Guin, the immensely popular author who brought literary depth and a tough-minded feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy with books like “The Left Hand of Darkness” and the Earthsea series, died on Monday at her home in Portland, Ore. She was 88.

Is John Moses Browning’s birthday.

Nearly every semi-automatic pistol sold today owes him for the operating mechanism it uses.

One wonders what he could do today in design with modern materials and metal manufacturing techniques….back then his designs were limited to “Start with a hunk of good quality steel (which wasn’t that great by today’s standards) and carve away everything that doesn’t look like a gun part”.

With today’s steels, metals, manufacturing techniques, and modern polymers? What might he create?

You should read it.

HERE

It would seem that there is no place for Wayne LaPierre in the NRA bylaws.

Found via Uncle

Seems that there is a movement by Black Americans to help (or at least convince) other black people to move from the US to Somewhere Else because “Reasons”. (The reason given is “In response to the recent rise in racism and the 2016 election, Blaxit has returned. We have built their civilization thanklessly, now it’s time to build our own”)

On the one hand, I would think that the standard of living in Angola could be pretty high if you have any reasonable amount of saving in US dollars…..But I doubt that it is a great place to live, when one looks at the crime stats and such. There may be opportunities for skilled workers in those countries, but there are just as many opportunities of you have skills here in the US.

And, despite what they claim, there are still better protections here in the us than anywhere else.

I hear they are accepting donations too, if that interests you….

(http://www.officialblaxit.org)

So it is 2140 local.

“I think I’m gonna stop drinking coffee”

She looks up in alarm “Do you REALLY think that’s a good idea? Someone might die.”

“I mean for the evening”

Visibly relaxing “Oh, good”. 

If it is a WHITE girl going with a Black man, then they seem to be OK with it.
So why not this way?  Malia is a Big Girl, she gets to make her own decisions.

(Hint: I really don’t see the issue either way, if she’s happy with her boyfriend, then what’s the big deal????)

Seems that Racism is raising it’s ugly head….only it isn’t WHITE racists.

Read the comments in the article

It seems that the NSA had a court order to preserve the data.

And didn’t do it.

“NSA senior management is fully aware of this failure, and the Agency is committed to taking swift action to respond to the loss of this data.”

It was a mistake…and oversight.

I don’t care.

Every person involved, every single one, should get jail time. Starting at Michael S Rodgers, and every deputy of his, manager, employee and any other person who was involved in the decision to cull the data. Each and every one gets criminal felony penalties for destruction of evidence and conspiracy to hide or destroy evidence. Loss of pension and position. Be barred from ever working for the Federal Government again, or holding a position where they might handle sensitive data. But jail time, and not in “Club Fed”.

If I were doing the sentencing, I’d add in a good horsewhippin’ as well. 

How did the Illegal Immigrant movement somehow gain such power over the Democratic Party that they are, in effect, saying”Fuck YOU” to the rest of their constituents over illegal immigration?

What hold do these folks have? They can’t vote (yet, anyway, at least not legally)….so why does the DNC pander to their wishes? It is, really a significant part of why Trump got to the position he did. He was the only one who called it on Illegals.

So why does the DNC-type folks cling to this as their cause? Why do they say “fuck you” to to their rest of their constituents?

Inquiring minds and all that….