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Mea culpa
Attorney General resignation follows Court setback for DOJ.
On June 28th, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on a bipartisan basis to hold the Attorney General in contempt of Congress for refusing to produce Operation Fast and Furious documents subpoenaed the previous year. The parallel civil contempt case is currently before a federal judge.
Judicial Watch announced that on September 23, 2014, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that by October 22, the Department of Justice (DOJ) must submit a “Vaughn index” listing Fast and Furious materials Judicial Watch sought in its June 2012 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and subsequent September 2012 FOIA lawsuit (Judicial Watch v. Department of Justice (No. 1:12-cv-01510)). A Vaughn index must: (1) identify each document withheld; (2) state the statutory exemption claimed; and (3) explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.
Perhaps now we will be able to get to the whole truth behind the illegal gun-running operation that facilitated the murder of U.S. Border Patrolman Brian Terry; the one known as "Operation Fast and Furious."
The AG's ouster is yet another reminder that trying to manipulate the justice system will end in defeat for the person who tries it — as well it should if the system is sound.
REMINDER: "Social engineering", such as that attempted in the landmark Zimmerman "trial" and addressed in the clip below, has no place in our justice system.
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Personal Defense
Who knows?
Does infringing upon, or denying, the inalienable right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms, for personal protection, create an attractive atmosphere for random violence and/or tyranny? How many times must history provide THE answer to that question?
Firearm laws in Australia are enforced at a Federal and State level. Gun ownership is accessible to the civilian population, and those people must comply with 'genuine reasons' to obtain a 'Permit to Acquire' from their State government. 'Genuine Reasons' focus on either hunting and/or sport/target shooting (for Rifles), and do not include 'personal protection.'
Is it any wonder that a medieval terrorist organization would select a place like Rebecca Peters' home turf as a venue for their media circus?
In his Daily Briefing on Friday, Albert Mohler reminded us that we cannot know the heart of men. We can, at best, be prepared to deal with the manifestation of evil.
Any American citizen old enough to have grown up before television will probably remember this fantasy drama:
But of course, there is someone real who knows...
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Law & Order: Home Invasion
New York City is the 'center of the universe' — all other places behave!
Example: Occasionally I see "advice" that is so wretched that it demands hostile critique. A lot of this lame opinion comes from New York City, the headquarters of the so-called "alphabet media", NBC in this case.
First, we need to remember that all people residing in New York City since 1911 are subjects of the authoritarian "Sullivan Act."
Second, the crime of home invasion is not only a 'forceable felony', but it is arguably the most heinous crime on the books. A horrendous and life altering act.
Here is what the smiley faces at NBC have to say about home invasion in New York City. I suppose that "urban legends" get their name from their source. Wasp Spray? I guess that sounds like a valid solution to the warm and fuzzy crowd.
In the real world (in most of the USA), citizen's have a gun handy for this kind of problem. Home invaders are not "treat[ed] like royalty", nor should they be.
I have seen first hand how home invader's wreck lives, and I would go so far as to say that a home occupant is duty bound to shoot any outlaw caught in the act of invading their home. That's right, we should do our duty, to our neighbor and our society, by physically removing that form of incarnate evil from the face of the earth.
I can remember when a family could leave their doors unlocked without having to worry about someone coming into their home uninvited. No more.
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Law & Order
Deadly Home Invasion
An elderly couple who were brutally beaten inside their home have died from their injuries almost exactly a week after they were attacked.
George and Ann died peacefully and we are blessed that they left this Earth together. They were married more than 40 years, and loved each other dearly," the statement said. "They lived life fully, and while many might say they were old, they were healthy, vibrant, independent and extremely active in the community - a community they loved and gave back to generously.
The only way to deal with evil like this is to kill it before it kills you. Are you prepared?
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Justice
Seized!
Another former member of Michael Bloomberg's 'Illegal Mayors Against Guns'[sic] has been officially seized.
In February, Nagin was convicted on 20 counts including bribery, conspiracy and money laundering stemming from his two terms as mayor, including the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
Remember this?
Alas, there IS some occasional justice...
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Beretta
Groundbreaking on Friendly Ground
I would say that this company knows their business. The Beretta company was established in 1526, and has been owned by the same family for some five hundred years; they are the oldest active firearms manufacturer in the world.
Welcome to Tennessee!
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Due process
Fla. prosecutor's 'crackhead' insults get murder conviction tossed
Comments from the prosecution [and other things] led an appeal panel to overturn a murder conviction.
You can almost see him in that little fleabag hotel in that filthy little shower. I mean, they started a fire with the three hits that they gave him. The three little bites of his favorite thing in the world. The thing that he bought every day, two and three times a day, for six years. They started a little fire and you can see his little beady crackhead eyes glowing in that shower...
Nice summation! But, while It may be OK to insinuate that the defendant is a racist, you don't dare call them a "crackhead!"
Yet another outlaw headed back to the street for the law-abiding citizens to cope with. Are you ready?
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"Peace for our time"
Groups, academics, ministers urge alternatives to U.S. military action in Iraq
Those who live in denial never have to concern themselves with things like just war theory. In the 1960's and 1970's, we called them "pacifists" and "peaceniks." Some even went so far as to wear rose-colored glasses.
An emerging ecumenical paradigm called “justpeace” offers a fresh way to view and analyze conflicts. This gives rise to the realization of a broader set of smart, effective nonviolent practices to engage hostile conflicts. See [link] for a recent example of this approach initiated by the ecumenical Faith Forum for Middle East Policy.
In his Daily Briefing Wednesday, Albert Mohler commented on the foolishness of this "justpeace" theory.
How many beheadings does it take for some people to recognize evil?
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"Gun control"
"Gun Control" doesn't work!
Guess who's admitting the truth now? Would you believe Harvard?
The Harvard study attempts to answer the question of whether or not banning firearms would reduce murders and suicides. Researchers looked at crime data from several European countries and found that countries with HIGHER gun ownership often had LOWER murder rates.
The study found no evidence to suggest that the availability of guns contributes to higher murder rates anywhere in the world. “Of course, it may be speculated that murder rates around the world would be higher if guns were more available. But there is simply no evidence to support this.”
Ask any cop on the street why this is true and you will get an educated answer; you don't need a gun to commit murder. You do, however, often need a gun to PREVENT murder.
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Post-trauma Therapy
Hope is often Man’s Best Friend
...the power of unconditional love can eventually penetrate the dark shadow world of a PTSD victim, whether military or civilian. The reason is that conscious unconditional love begets conscious unconditional love and frozen hearts and maimed souls are often melted in the process.
As photographer Shelley Castle points out:
...most veterans are not in uniform...everyday clothes disguise the soldiers underneath. Also hidden beneath the layers of clothes might be a veteran struggling with health issues and needing a service dog.
Sadly, 30 percent of the 834,463 Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans treated at the Veterans Administration (VA) suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD also affects 10% of Gulf War Veterans and 30% of Vietnam Veterans...
...the VA chooses to continue treating veterans with pen strokes on a prescription pad... veterans find their cabinets overflowing with pill bottles that are often dangerous mixes of pricey addictive and mood-altering drugs.
Studies have proven that many suffering from PTSD greatly benefit from a service dog to help not only with the actual task oriented assistance, but also help a veteran cope with some of the emotional and biological effects of PTSD. Results have also shown that once many veterans started using service dogs, they were able to significantly reduce or eliminate a number of medications previously needed.
One needs, however, to consider the source of this, and all, unconditional love to truly enjoy it — for eternity! (Yes, I'm referring to John 3:16)
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Self Defense
When can you legally use a gun against an unarmed person?
The notion that a defender may use a firearm in self-defense only if they themselves are faced with a firearm is entertainingly naive, but has no basis in actual law, nor in common sense.
Here is some educated thought regarding disparity and proportionality of force.
Another wag of the tail to Andrew Branca.
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Skill levels
Texting while driving, woman impaled through buttocks
ELIZABETH, Colo. — [Christina Jahnz] says she was texting and driving when she hit a pole that went through her car, piercing her thigh and buttocks....
..."I did a voice text. I looked down to make sure it was all right. The next thing I knew, I was looking up, there was white powder from the air bags deployed"...
...Jahnz says even though she was going 20 mph and looked down for only a split second, she has learned a lesson she will never forget.
I have no doubt that Christina Jahnz will remember her "lesson."
While this event is being used to tout the general warning against texting and driving, there is something else that should be acknowledged. That something else is personal skill level.
At "20 mph", a vehicle travels less than 30 feet per second; it would travel less than 30 in a "split second." What kind of driving skill or situational awareness does a person have when they cannot take their eye off the road for a second while driving at 20 mph?
Consider that when we meet another vehicle on a two-lane highway, while traveling at highway speeds, we are less than 30 feet from instant death when we pass one another (two vehicles meeting head-on at 55 mph have a relative speed of 110 mph, and are closing at a rate of over 160 feet per second.)
Having worked in a profession that required multi-tasking while driving at speeds over 100 mph, I know that it can be done safely — but it takes skill and practice.
We encounter people every day who are pre-occupied, and/or operating at such a low skill level, that we are their potential "pole." Telephones, like guns, are merely incidental to the real problem.
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