Seems that the fainting flowers at CBS are afraid to use the word that President TheDonald used to describe some third world countries from which many immigrants are coming…..In particular African countries, El Salvador and Hati. “Shithole”…which adequately and somewhat accurately describes  portions of some of those countries….The thing that gets me is that that is exactly what they mean when they say “Third World” but when they can bias their coverage and (breathlessly) NOT say the word in order to twist what he said….

Note: he was asking WHY we should protect immigration numbers from these countries and not promote immigration from places like Norway….Which to their minds, means “White”, rather than “First World”.

And why shouldn’t we promote immigration from places where people are literate, clean, disease free, skilled and whose values closely approximate those of the US? Why should we “protect” immigration from places where the population hates OUR culture, where diseases are rampant, where there are few (or no) skills, where the immigrants fail to assimilate and dislike and do not want to learn the culture of the US?

The bias of the media becomes ever more plain. 

(and the DNC).

I no longer have the same Doctor.

My health insurance cost has gone up by a factor of five:
Yet…..
My deductible has gone from $500 per year to 5 times that.
I no longer have vision insurance.
I have less access to care than I did before your wonderful “Affordable Health Care Act”.

I know of NO ONE who is better off now than they were then. No one. Not even the “Poor” people. Even they have lost out in this.

So, from the Heart of my Bottom, I would like to say Thanks, you assholes.

So when, exactly, are laws upheld?

So if your actions are illegal, but “correct” in the political hysteria climate….and fits the prejudices of the DA…..One can get away with breaking the law.

Durham DA will not pursue Felony charges in toppling of statue

Does this mean that I can start trashing statues of MLK? (No, I wouldn’t, even if I could)

(One wonders if RACE had a role to play here? 

That Oprah’s embracing of the “#MeeToo/TimesUp movement will prevent her from being elected President. Not because she is necessarily anti male, but because of what the #Movement will morph into.

Ultimately, it will become a monster from which nearly every woman (except the man hating Feminists) will distance herself. But by then, it will be too late for Oprah.

We shall see. 

Where was she then?

President Oprah: another hypocrite

When will there be charges posted against the Federal Prosecutors in the Bundy Trial? Why are they not currently disbarred? (or in proceedings for such?)

How about those FBI who willfully chose to lie under oath? Why aren’t they charged? Under suspension as well?

Any supervisors of those agents and prosecutors should have all their Emails subpoenaed to determine if they were aware of the malfeasance….and if they were involved. Did they condone or order the behavior? How about their bosses?

We should be working our way up the chain of management to root out this rot….Gut them if we need to. Ultimately, the agencies need cleansing….That this behavior happened at all, for any reason, shows that.

So much for oaths. So much for “Sworn” officers. So much for the “Fidelity”, “Integrity” parts of the FBI motto.
So now we have 2 instances of the FBI lying and subverting investigations. Manufacturing and/or withholding evidence…..failing their oaths.

I have known a fair number of FBI agents. They may have been foolish, uneducated, idiotic, shortsighted and just plain dumb sometimes….But the ones I knew were honest, at least. The New FBI? I cannot say….I do know that whatever they say I will not believe without corroborating evidence. 

All you assholes who think a tax cut for nearly everyone is a Bad Idea:

Fuck you. If you want more money in the treasury, feel free to write a check.

Feel free to reduce your lifestyle and level of living to the subsistence level.

Then write a check for the difference between your needs and your income.

Make it out to “US Treasury”.

Until you do that, shut up.

So I had the occasion to talk about the “SWAT” shooting (that I posted about here) with an ex cop.

His take: “Dude didn’t obey orders, so the shooting is justified”.

I pointed out that dude had no idea what was going on, and WAS ON HIS FRONT PORCH….. that some folks he couldn’t identify (maybe) shouted at him from across the street….that he was at least 30 yards (more like 60) away from the cops that had cover.

His take: If a cop tells you to do something, you’d better do it so you don’t get shot”.

I pointed out that it wasn’t like a cop was, you know, on the porch…in uniform, giving the orders.

His response: “I don’t know, I haven’t seen the video”.

I then asked, if he hadn’t seen the video, how could he judge?

“Doesn’t matter, it just matters what the cop on the scene thought. If he thought the dude was a threat, then the shooting was justified.”

I pretty much pulled back from the conversation at that point, ’cause it wasn’t gonna go anywhere…..

His parting shot? “If you see a cop at 2 am in your bedroom, you’d better do what he says or you could get shot….and that is justified too.”

I refrained from pointing out that ANYONE in my bedroom uninvited at 2 AM is probably also gonna get shot…I also refrained from asking him who he, or any cop, was that they thought they were justified in giving me orders?

But if cops really think this way, or even a significant fraction (by “significant”, I mean like more than 2%)  of them do, how can we be safe around them? If all they need to be “justified” (at least in their minds) to use deadly force is that they think anyone is a threat, then how can we let them interact with the rest of us? I, as a concealed carry holder have much more stringent rules than that for using deadly force, shouldn’t the “trained professionals” have at least as stringent rules of engagement?

More importantly, should we allow officers with that mindset to, you know, police the rest of us?

How there are lots of articles lately trying to whitewash the past actions of the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (and explosives now too)) and how now they are unable to do their (self defined) job because they are terribly underfunded and all?

Someone who wasn’t paying attention might think that the ATF has some pull with some folks in the Media and is trying to keep the agency from disappearing altogether or something…or at least gain funding.

Cliven Bundy walks free as federal judge dismisses Bundy Ranch standoff case

I never did see what they though he had done wrong, except defy the Feds.

Now, when will we see charges against the Federal lawyers for Malfeasance and Prosecutorial Misconduct?

(And then those Federal officers who threatened all those protesters with firearms?)