As many have pointed out, the holdup for the socialist “progressive” legislation hasn’t been the Republicans.

Pass THIS legislation……. Seize private 401(k) accounts to give a “Guaranteed Retirement Account” to each and every citizen of the US…(wasn’t that what Social Security was all about?)

I wonder about the veracity of the source, and yet THIS exists too…And while it does not advocate the seizure of the 401(k) money, it does suggest that there is a plan afoot to provide a “guaranteed retirement” overseen by a “Federal Retirement Security Board”….

And, just to make sure the tinfoil hat fits just right, let us not forget that many union retirement plans are massively underfunded and will likely bankrupt the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation….requiring a bailout by the feds (and therefore you and I) yet again…..Obama and the democrats like Pelosi and Frank are no doubt is under pressure from their union contributors….

When is enough, enough?

Methinks that many folks might find this the spark that sets off the conflagration of revolution…

Or then again, perhaps we are all sheep.

Nancy Pelosi is confident….

I expect her to get steamrolled.

Like this:

Innit?

Stupid fuckers.

Sometimes I think there should be an intelligence test for voting.

Via Scotty I found THIS

Watch the whole thing. I think it is hilarious.

(again)….

Or something like that.

Seems that the CERN folks are gonna disrupt the world yet again…

Mad scientists will produce “negative strangelets” (WTF is a strangelet???and why are they negative?) that will somehow cause the end of the world (maybe?).

Or not. Whatever. Just thought you’d like to know so you can prepare…..have enough of your favorite beverage on hand to watch the fireworks if/when….Kiss your loved one(s) (and/or your ass) goodbye…..or whatever other preparations you may need to make.

Or, we could all get together and throw another “End of the world (and we really mean it this time!)so you’d better be there!” party.

YMMV.

They have the training, and the skills to use them. Cops are all our friends? Right? To “protect and to serve” and all that…..

And, of course, they are psychologically tested and all.

Right?

Sure. We can trust ’em.

The fact is that they are just people, like you and I. Some are good, some are bad, most are in between.

I would like to extend my appreciation to the officers in Lake County In, and in Will County, IL for their fine work in the incident. They had very few leads to go on, a half assed description of the perpetrator and the vehicle he used, and they made the most of them. Ballistics as well as good, old fashioned police work led to the quick apprehension of this whack job.

An excellent speech by a valedictorian.

And an indictment of the “educational system” which graduated her.

I too had several mentors who taught me to question. My father, and a teacher.

Dad: it was you who taught me to question things, not to merely accept what I was taught. It made life hard for me in school, but it made me a bit more intelligent, and I learned more that way.

My teacher, Jerry Boehner, reinforced that teaching from my Dad. Jerry: all I can say is “Thank you”. You too taught me to question, to learn, and above all to THINK. Would that all teachers were like you. Sadly, that is not the case. The system drives out those exceptional individuals, preferring those who would perpetuate the system of mediocrity.

The sad part is that this carries into our colleges and universities. The educational system is broken. Even some of it’s victims best graduates can see it. Now if only the leaders in academia could open their eyes.

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So on Tuesday, this whack job with a gun tries to off two guys at a construction site, then wanders over a state border and shoots some farmer in a rural area…..

While a tragedy, and I hope they catch the guy (unlikely, as there are few leads and a poor description of the perp and his vehicle) the reaction of the residents in the rural area towns was laughable…

A significant percentage of the people in the NW Indiana towns near the incident began openly carrying (or at least not well concealed) pistols…Of course, this was the next day…(Wednesday)…The dude had not been seen since something like 11:00 am on Tuesday, had apparently departed the area last seen heading north, and had not been seen nor heard from since. It was also amazing to see how many pickup trucks suddenly grew rifles in the racks behind the seat.

While I encourage the (legal) carriage of firearms, it was kind of amusing to see the number of people whose hips suddenly sprouted pistols in the face of a pecieved threat…. The sad fact is that by the end of the week, unless there is another reason for them to continue to carry, they will all fall back into “condition white” and return the firearms to the safe/desk drawer/nightstand from whence they came.

How many of those folks have practiced in the past 6 months? Will they take the time to toss a few rounds downrange just to keep current now that the need for a firearm for defense has been demonstrated to them?
(The best part was the comments made by one guy at the hardware store to me…….”You should be carrying a gun…you never know when he’ll be back!”….Little did he know that I was….(it’s called CONCEALED carry for a reason)…and I always am carrying.. I am seldom in “condition white” and I am NEVER without a firearm unless I am travelling to a state where such is illegal. It is for just this eventuality that I carry even while doing work in the yard….and I NEVER trust people who come up to me.

If there is a need to carry today, then there is also a need to carry tomorrow (and probably yesterday). You can’t be a sheepdog some of the time.

ETA: I think that the face in the sketch looks sorta like the mighty OG..If ya squint real real hard….Although IIRC, he has an alibi for that time frame…..