STAND YOUR GROUND: Another nut in Florida is trying to invoke the Stand Your Ground law after he shot another man in St. Petersburg. Randall White got upset at the long wait time for his order at a Little Caesars store at 3463 Fourth Street N, and another man in the line, Michael Jock, admonished him for his verbal outburst. The police said a shoving match ensued and when … [Read more...] about Michael Jock Invokes “Stand Your Ground” After Shooting Man at FL Pizza Joint
Gift-Wrapping the Same Old Nothing in DC
A week before Christmas and days after Newtown, Washington’s familiar faces are back with the old fiscal cliff reality show, along with a side-tent flim-flam over gun control. Both ooze the sincerity of carnival pitchmen marking down prices of their elixirs before the suckers head home for the holidays. Boehner is touting a Plan B on tax rates while the President offers … [Read more...] about Gift-Wrapping the Same Old Nothing in DC
Democrats Dismiss Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ in Fiscal Cliff Talks
Democrats dismiss Boehner's 'Plan B' in fiscal cliff talks (via AFP) US House Speaker John Boehner unveiled his "Plan B" on Tuesday as Republican lawmakers wrangled with Democratic President Barack Obama over how to steer the economy past the so-called fiscal cliff. Boehner, whose party holds a majority in the lower house, said he was now prepared to countenance a … [Read more...] about Democrats Dismiss Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ in Fiscal Cliff Talks
A Cartoonist Looks at NRA (Guest Cartoonist)
The NRA by Mike Peters AND: OF RELATED INTEREST: NRA Breaks Silence on Newtown Shooting Whom Does the NRA Really Speak For? NRA had been silent after shootings but may now be regrouping After Newtown, beating the NRA at its own game Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation's most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as both a political and … [Read more...] about A Cartoonist Looks at NRA (Guest Cartoonist)
On Guns, Take Action Now
WASHINGTON -- We are not helpless to stop the massacre of innocent children. We must begin -- today, right now, this minute -- taking guns out of the hands of madmen, and the first step should be a ban on military-style assault weapons such as the rifle used to turn a Connecticut school into a slaughterhouse. That won't be enough to end all the carnage, but it will … [Read more...] about On Guns, Take Action Now
The Burial of Innocence: A Newtown Postscript
The burials have already begun, up there in Connecticut. Cheeky young football fan Jack Pinto and rambunctious, bright-eyed Noah Pozner both went to their graves under a leaden December sky, a week before Christmas Eve, that most magical of nights. They were six years old, both of them -- absurdly, maddeningly young to be laid out in caskets like their ancestors and lowered … [Read more...] about The Burial of Innocence: A Newtown Postscript
‘Has Technology Rendered the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution Obsolete?’
Who asks this question? The Huffington Post? The New York Times? Let us read a little further. The question is posed somewhat differently: "That is, has the application of modern military design to civilian firearms produced a class of weapons too dangerous to be in general circulation?" The answer by what must be a very liberal publication is, “We say: … [Read more...] about ‘Has Technology Rendered the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution Obsolete?’
Playground (Cartoon)
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New TMV Get a Life Club Members: Conservatives Think Hillary Clinton Faking Illness
We haven't ushered new members into our exclusive club in a while, but now is the time. Here is a group that is being admitted to TMV's elite Get a Life Club, a club that only admits people showing that they have too much time on their hands, or are fixated on creating crises where they aren't any, often in a cravenly partisan or ideological manner. And this group we're … [Read more...] about New TMV Get a Life Club Members: Conservatives Think Hillary Clinton Faking Illness
Global Reaction to Newtown Massacre Continues (Poland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Mexico and Brazil)
Continuing with our global coverage of the reaction to Newtown, we have six fresh translations on the subject from Poland's Rzeczpospolita, Italy's La Repubblica, France's Liberation, the gaming magazine Fokgames of The Netherlands, Mexico's El Universal, and Brazil's Folha. For Rzeczpospolita, in an article headlined No One Dares Deny Americans their Guns, columnist Bartosz … [Read more...] about Global Reaction to Newtown Massacre Continues (Poland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Mexico and Brazil)
Sandy Hook School Massacre: NRA’s Gun ‘Rights’ are a Fabrication of Modern Times (Guest Voice)
Sandy Hook school massacre: NRA's gun 'rights' are a fabrication of modern times (via The Christian Science Monitor) Remember that elementary-school exercise, “Opinion or True/False”? The point was to differentiate claims that were debatable from those that weren’t. So in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., let’s … [Read more...] about Sandy Hook School Massacre: NRA’s Gun ‘Rights’ are a Fabrication of Modern Times (Guest Voice)
Newtown Shooting (Cartoon)
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Daniel Inouye:Gentleman, Soldier, Statesman, and Hawaiian For the Ages
Few would argue that the terms legend and “end of an era” are widely overused but for Daniel Inouye, I think I could get unanimous consent that they fit him like a glove. Inouye, the most larger than life Hawaiian there ever was, a World War II hero who was among the most gentle, scrupulous souls ever to grace the floor of U.S. Senate, died last night at 88. He had served … [Read more...] about Daniel Inouye:Gentleman, Soldier, Statesman, and Hawaiian For the Ages
Shooting Fallout? Michigan Gov. Snyder Vetoes Concealed Gun Bill?
More fallout from the Sandy Hook shootings? Is this the beginning of a trend -- or something that will (as in the other cases of mass gun murders) vanish? The bill would have let concealed gun owners with additional permits carry their weapons in places where it was previously illegal to carry them such as places of worship, bars, schools, and stadiums. In his veto … [Read more...] about Shooting Fallout? Michigan Gov. Snyder Vetoes Concealed Gun Bill?
Obama Backs Bill to Ban Assault Weapons: White House
Obama backs bill to ban assault weapons: White House (via AFP) US President Barack Obama backs a new bill to revive an assault weapons ban and other new gun laws, the White House said Tuesday, fleshing out his nascent response to a shocking school massacre. Obama also called an ardently pro-gun senator who has shifted his position on firearms laws since … [Read more...] about Obama Backs Bill to Ban Assault Weapons: White House
A Military Christmas
Soldiers pray during a candlelight prayer service in Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, in celebration of Christmas 2010. Our military spend their holidays wherever their country needs them -- it could be among family at a comfortable 'stateside' base or post or it could be dodging bullets and IEDs at some remote outpost in some forsaken place anywhere in the world. One thing … [Read more...] about A Military Christmas
The Evil God Allows
The Evil God Allows by Doug Bursch Abel's offering was acceptable to God, it pleased God. Cain's offering was not acceptable, it did not please God. Abel gave God his best, Cain gave something less. God told Cain to do that which is acceptable, "Do good, for evil is crouching in the corner, ready to devour you." But Cain killed Abel, Abel with his … [Read more...] about The Evil God Allows
No Guns This Christmas
At our home, the lights of the Christmas tree sparkle in the family room. Presents have begun to gather beneath its branches. The scent of holiday candles fills the room. Outside where the lights are strung from the eaves and wrapped around the railing of the front porch, it has chosen to snow today. A neighbor and her children, ages 5 and 6, or so, have built a snowman. I … [Read more...] about No Guns This Christmas
NRA and Gun Debate (Cartoon)
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Poll: 69% Disapprove of GOP on Fiscal Cliff
You sometimes have to ask yourself: is the GOP on a political suicide mission, nudged along by conservative radio talk show hosts, Fox News and some conservative pundits. The latest poll sounds as if on the issue of the fiscal cliff that's precisely what's going on. To wit: Nearly seven in 10 Americans disapprove of how congressional Republicans are handling the fiscal … [Read more...] about Poll: 69% Disapprove of GOP on Fiscal Cliff