Gov. Chris Christie’s “bizarre behavior’’ in refusing to say he’ll support a possible GOP challenger to Gov. Cuomo next year could derail his chances to become president, state and national GOP insiders have told The Post. . .
Cox has been virtually alone among the state’s Republican leaders in criticizing Cuomo and in trying to outline a platform for a race against him next year.
Lies and Hypocrisy Are Essential Components of Liberalism
Progressivism is not a coherent ideology so much as a purpose – to control every aspect of our lives. It is about consolidating progressive power. Nothing else matters. That includes the truth.
The Jarrett File -- What we know about Obama’s secretive adviser.
Jarrett’s critics have no dearth of examples. She has been variously described by her critics within the Obama administration as the “Night Stalker,” on account of her general ruthlessness, as well as her tendency to follow the president into the White House residence after hours; “She Who Must Not Be Challenged”; and Obama’s “Rasputin.” Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, who clashed often with Jarrett, likened her and senior aide Peter Rouse to Saddam Hussein’s maniacal sons, Uday and Qusay. Over the past several years, a clearer picture of Jarrett’s role has emerged thanks to the plethora of books and articles published about the inner workings of the Obama White House. She is equal parts fangirl and enforcer, inspiring fear and envy in her (many) detractors, a true believer who was in on the ground floor of the Obama Cult and will be the last to leave.
Judge rules Colorado sheriffs can't sue over state gun laws
"The two laws are still subject to being challenged on constitutional grounds," Westfall said.
Evie Hudak resigns: Colorado state senator avoids recall election.
She praised the gun laws Democrats passed in the 2013 session that sparked recall efforts against her and two fellow senators, Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo. Several Democratic lawmakers conceded that a recall election would have served as a distraction during the 2014 session for them and for Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is up for re-election. And if voters in Hudak's district had voted to oust her and replaced her with a Republican, the GOP would have gained control of the Senate by one seat. Democrats now have only an 18-17 majority over Republicans, thanks to the successful recalls of Morse and Giron, who were replaced by Republicans.
On the rare occasions I get back to Ohio, I always stop in at The Village Bookshop in Linworth north of Columbus. This year on the way out of town headed back to Alabama with my Mom's Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket, I picked up the following:
Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans by T.R. Fehrenbach. Fehrenbach's history of the Korean War, This Kind of War, is one of my top twenty favorite books so I can't wait to delve into Lone Star. I also looked for Fehrenbach's Comanches: The History of a People, but they didn't have it. One of my favorite quotes from This Kind of War:
"Americans in 1950 rediscovered something that since Hiroshima they had forgotten: you may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life — but if you desire to defend it, protect it and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men in the mud.”
The other titles I got for myself:
The Night of the Long Knives: Forty-Eight Hours That Changed the History of the World by Paul R. Maracin.
1938: Hitler's Gamble by Giles MacDonogh.
And Masters of Death: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust by Richard Rhodes.
In no case did I pay more than six bucks each for any of them. THAT'S what I love about The Village Bookshop.
Of course we know that being a cartoon, no one every really has his head irretrievably blown off. . . If it is a cartoon. Or, to quote Foghorn T. Leghorn:
"Foh-tu-nutly, Ah keep mah feathahs numbered for just such an e-merg-ency."
This is why the residents left here are taking matters into their own hands. Some patrol the area brandishing steel tubes for self-defense. “We’ve banded together and placed barricades,” said Zaldy Villanobos, one of the volunteers. They will likely continue their rounds until Christmas Eve.
And on a similar note: "Mexican State Seeks to Regularize Local Militias."
Lawmakers in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero approved a measure to incorporate the various community self-defense groups that have popped up in the Pacific coastal region into a new force under authorities’ control.
“The rural police groups created in Guerrero communities will operate subordinate to the relevant authorities and institutions,” the state legislature said in a statement.
You mean the corrupt bastards that the militias were formed to fight because they didn't protect the people from the cartels and their own under-color-of-law depredations?
NY SAFE Act still generates firestorm.
In the meantime, Barrett’s still has a waiting list for some kinds of ammunition and ammunition magazines. But Barrett said overall gun sales in the location might be down, because there’s certain items — including handguns — the business can’t sell anymore.
That includes anything qualifying as an “assault weapon” under state statutes, along with certain kinds of handguns, such as high-capacity semi-automatics, or those with threaded barrels.
“Very strong,” he said of the ammunition sales. “Very strong. We’re getting people we’ve never seen before. All they’re doing is looking for ammo to feed their guns — especially now with hunting season, because there are so many calibers out there.
“We do our damnedest here to try to keep the shelves full, and it’s almost a full-time job. We’re getting people from all over the place looking for ammo. Sometimes we have ammo and it doesn’t even last 10 minutes and it’s gone. It’s still strong.”
Of course there are folks who have smuggled magazines into New York (and other tyrannical states) and will continue to do so. Look for more of this calculated defiance of unconstitutional laws as time passes.
As far as ammunition shortages, the only thing that I have noticed that remains a chronic problem is .22 Long Rifle. Down here in Alabama it continues to be "unobtanium" as Peter White says. I went to Ohio to visit my mother over Thanksgiving with Rosey, my oldest daughter Hannah, and her boyfriend Brandon. A Cabela's ad in the local paper directed my attention to a deal on Winchester .22 Long Rifle -- 300 rounds in a wooden box for $16. So, on Friday morning I broke a previous oath of mine never to shop on Black Friday and Brandon and I motored down to see if we could score some. We got there a half hour after opening at 0530 Eastern and raced to the pallet where they had the .22s. They were on the next to last level of their fifth and last pallet. Limited one per customer, some guys had been in line for two hours waiting to get in and buy just one box.
I must say that Cabela's did an excellent job maintaining a flowing line to the registers, and I only spent about forty minutes in line. Everyone was orderly and in good humor. Thus did I spend my last carefully hoarded "emergency fifty" on two boxes but it is the first .22 Long Rifle I have been able to find at a reasonable price in a year. The souvenir boxes are kind of nifty, too, but I repackage most of my bulk .22 LR in 100 round plastic boxes that I scrounge out of trash cans at the range. It is more convenient and less messy.
"How the US gave guns to Mexican cartels."
I received a pre-pub copy of John's book in the mail just as I went out of town on Wednesday. I am half-way through it and will review it when finished. It is inscribed on the title page, "Mike, Thank you -- for everything. John Dodson." David Codrea received a similar copy.
The Houston Chronicle reports that the poor little ATF is "underfunded and under the gun" with the comment "It is not a secret that the agency has drawn plenty of enemies as it has gone up against street gangs, militia members and outlaw bikers."
"Militia members?" Really?
Larry Karson, an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Houston-Downtown, said the ATF has drawn plenty of controversy and taken plenty of heat but also sends agents into undercover missions that other agencies shy away from.
"Few other organizations will take the time, trouble and expense to deal with the dangers of going undercover against bikers or radical militia organizations," said Karson, a retired Customs Service agent.
