Good.
And surprisingly, the Republicans acted quickly to achieve something. Now if they could do that with other vitally important issues facing the nation, we might be getting somewhere. If we could just find a link between anonymous homosexual behavior and illegal immigration our worries would be over.
According to the UN's IAEA, Iran is making progress, producing less nuclear fuel potentially easing suspicions of any WMD program.
In other news, the UN was found to have WMD in the New York City Headquarters.
via Instapundit.
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The WaPo delves into the public restroom stall phenomena:
"From what I've heard, foot-tapping. Online [dating and chats] is another blatant way. As far as the other ways, if you are walking through the mall, someone might make eye contact. If you walk down the street and you see someone you are interested in, you lock eye contact."I think the Craig thing has gone far enough. It's pretty bad.
Then you apply the three-second rule.
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[UPDATE: Report now public. Scroll for more updates]
It's late Wednesday night, and the report on the VA Tech shooting is due out tomorrow, but in typical fashion several mainstream news outlets got their hands on it.
The New York Times has a story on it.
The Washington Post.
Both Reuters and the AP as well.
I went through all of them, and the only one with something on gun policy was this from the NYT:
What a bunch of stinking bullshit! "Deep divisions" over "rapid fire and high-capacity magazines"? Were you guys really considering even the slightest effort to ban or increase regulation of such firearms? Out of your scope is damn right. But that's not what I'm upset about. It is the implication (assuming the NYT article accurately sums up the report) that VA Tech did not already have a weapons policy (regulation of guns on campus) by insisting that the state of Virginia establish a right for colleges to regulate firearms.The report largely sidesteps the Second Amendment debate about access to guns in the state and the nation. It cites “deep divisions in American society regarding the ready availability of rapid-fire weapons and high-capacity magazines,” stating that this debate was beyond its scope.
The report commends Mr. Kaine for having closed the loophole that allowed people like Mr. Cho, who had been mandated to receive outpatient mental health treatment, to buy guns. But it says a change is still needed in the state legal code to address the problem, and it calls for state legislation to establish “the right of every institution of higher education in the commonwealth to regulate the possession of firearms on campus if it so desires.”
The report said Mr. Cho’s purchase of two guns violated federal law because he had been judged to be a danger to himself and ordered to undergo outpatient mental health treatment.
“There is confusion on the part of universities as to what their rights are for setting policy regarding guns on campus,” it said, recommending that Virginia require background checks for all firearms sales, including those at gun shows. [emphasis added]
2.2 Prohibition of WeaponsVA Tech sure took it upon themselves to enjoy this "right" which has yet to be "established" by the authority of Virginia. And disarmed everyone who cares about being arrested. If that doesn't spell out a regulation of firearms from an "institution of higher education" imposed upon their students on campus then by God, I don't know what does.
The university’s employees, students, and volunteers, or any visitor or other third party attending a sporting, entertainment, or educational event, or visiting an academic or administrative office building or residence hall, are further prohibited from carrying, maintaining, or storing a firearm or weapon on any university facility, even if the owner has a valid permit, when it is not required by the individual’s job, or in accordance with the relevant University Student Life Policies.
Any such individual who is reported or discovered to possess a firearm or weapon on university property will be asked to remove it immediately. Failure to comply may result in a student judicial referral and/or arrest, or an employee disciplinary action and/or arrest.
Virginia Tech has one of the tougher policy constraints of possessing guns on campus among schools in Virginia. However, there are no searches of bags or use of magnetometers on campus like there are in government offices or airports. Cho carried his weapons in violation of university rules, and probably knew that it was extremely unlikely that anyone would stop him to check his bag.No one to stop him to check his bag? Or do you mean no one to stop him? And I jest you not, in the immediately following paragraph:
Virginia universities and colleges do not seem to be adequately versed in what they can do about banning guns on campus under existing interpretations of state laws.I can see where this is going. Ok, I was right, this is ridiculous:
The guns-on-campus advocates cited statistics that overall there are fewer killings in environments where people can carry weapons for self-defense. Of course if numerous people had been rushing around with handguns outside Norris Hall on the morning of April 16, the possibility of accidental or mistaken shootings would have increased significantly.Did Hinker write that? 33 dead must be quite acceptable.
...the numbers of shootings on campuses are relatively few—about 16 a year at approximately 4,000 colleges and universities, according to the U.S. Department of Education Campus Crime Statistics for 2002–2004. It could be argued that if more people carried weapons with permits, the few cases of shootings on campus might be reduced further.A bad case of completely missing the point. VA Tech's gun ban did not stop Cho, rather made it much easier for him.
On the other hand, some students said in their remarks to the panel that they would be uncomfortable going to class with armed students sitting near them or with the professor having a gun. People may get angry even if they are sane...
The panel recommends that guns be banned on campus grounds and in buildings unless mandated by law.Just like the ban that stopped the last one. But with increased emphasis this time:
Universities and colleges should make clear in their literature what their policy is regarding weapons on campus.The VA Tech Report Panel, holding no one accountable and advocating defenselessness. We should all remember that the one thing that stopped Cho was a bullet.
In this piece, Laura Washington, a columnist for the Sun-Times exhibits jealousy, fear, and finishes with vengeance:
They [the gun control advocates] are consistently cowed and overmatched. Gun violence is out of control, yet the gun lovers are ascendant. [...]Hey Laura, read this.
You think we've got problems now? Just listen to Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential aspirant. At a recent Conservative Political Action Conference, he bragged, "I'm not a newcomer to the NRA," the New York Times reported on its political blog. "I was the first governor to have a conceal-carry permit, so don't mess with me." [...]
Do you want to be standing in line for gas, popcorn or a gallon of milk and find yourself next to someone who's packing heat? [...]
Let's get organized and shove tougher gun policies right down their throats.
This is something to keep an eye on, considering Musharraf is practically a dictator friendly to the U.S., while a great many of his citizens are assuredly not.
The uniform is coming off, or at least Musharraf says so, according to the AP:
Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has agreed to step down as army chief, exiled Prime Minister Benazhir Bhutto said Wednesday, a move that would be a key step toward a power-sharing deal aimed at rescuing the U.S. ally's bid for another presidential term.I suspect this power sharing arrangement, while seemingly good for democracy in Pakistan, will result in a less American-friendly Pakistan. Hopefully not.
Bhutto, who is expected to return to her homeland and contest parliamentary elections due by January, also said corruption charges would be dropped against her and dozens of other politicians as part of ongoing negotiations to restore civilian rule.
Musharraf and Bhutto have been in talks for months about a pact that would protect the general's re-election bid from legal challenges and public disenchantment with military rule.
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Tom Gresham and Clint Smith.
Think CNN will play it?
Via David at the War on Guns who requests CNN to do so on their contact form.
“The real question for Republicans in Washington is how low can you go, because we are approaching a level of ridiculousness...” “You can’t make this stuff up. And the impact this is having on the grass-roots around the country is devastating. Republicans think the governing class in Washington are a bunch of buffoons who have total disregard for the principles of the party, the law of the land and the future of the country.”
Marks an infamous day that will long be remembered for serious shortcomings in government efficiency and personal responsibility. The hurricane is long gone, but there's another mess that has yet to be cleaned up: the local government's.
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The seemingly lower middle class guy who works at the post office, who managed to donate tens of thousands of dollars for Hillary, is not so seemingly innocent now:
For the last 15 years, California authorities have been trying to figure out what happened to a businessman named Norman Hsu, who pleaded no contest to grand theft, agreed to serve up to three years in prison and then seemed to vanish.Via Hot Air.
"He is a fugitive," Ronald Smetana, who handled the case for the state attorney general, said in an interview. "Do you know where he is?"
Hsu, it seems, has been hiding in plain sight, at least for the last three years.
Since 2004, one Norman Hsu has been carving out a prominent place of honor among Democratic fundraisers. He has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions into party coffers, much of it earmarked for presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.
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A testament to freedom. What other country trusts its citizens with guns, this much?
It must baffle the anti-gun crowd why we don't have a million homicides a year since inanimate objects are so dangerous and law-abiding citizens can't be trusted.
On a related note, today's the day to buy ammo in response to Reverend Jesse Jackson and the Brady Campaign's national gun protest.
Update: I got mine:
80 rounds for my old reliable Remington 30-06. Those four in front are 220 grain, never shot those before.
UPDATE: Oh come on Senator, just resign and get this out of our way quickly. Here's video of the presser.
Craig will give a statement this afternoon concerning his arrest at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time in downtown Boise, a spokesman said. Craig's staff said he would not take questions.Via Hot Air's headlines.
As rumors swirl through the Beltway that Craig, who has voted against gay marriage and opposes extending special protections to gay and lesbian crime victims, might step down, some of his longtime allies have denounced his behavior and called for his resignation.
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We can't blame Bush for a decrease in poverty, but we can blame him for an increase of the uninsured. (link subscription only)
The nation's poverty rate declined for the first time this decade, but the number of Americans without health insurance rose to a record high of 47 million in 2006...We can't blame Bush for a rise in median income, but we can blame him for a lack of rise in wages:
While median household income rose for the second consecutive year in 2006, the increase appeared to be driven by a jump in the number of people in each household taking on full-time jobs, rather than a rise in wages.And the money quote:
Government programs are not taking up the slack. According to the Census, the percentage of people covered by government health programs fell from 27.3 percent in 2005 to 27 percent in 2006.Why is government always the answer? Is it me or is there something ironic about calls for the government to stay out of your personal life, while it's incumbent upon them to provide you a colonoscopy?
The Newark MS-13 Executions: What they didn't tell you!
100% Preventable! Illegal alien gang banger executes high school kids! Two year old stomped to death by illegal alien! Illegal alien pedophiles continue to swarm over our unprotected borders!
GBU: Elvira continues to threaten America from Mexico! Illinois Minutemen denied first amendment rights due to "conflicting viewpoints!"
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Michelle Malkin puts out a call for patriots to contact their state attorney general and demand an end to sanctuary cities...here.
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If you haven't heard, Idaho Republican Senator Larry Craig was arrested for and plead guilty to lewd conduct in an airport restroom.
There's a lot of justified disappointment to put it lightly, directed at congressional Republicans for not cleaning up their acts as we near the 2008 elections. Primarily coming from people like me with conservative blogs.
He should resign, and I expect he will. But I think the fear he did to the Republicans' chances for maintaining congressional seats next year is overblown.
This is one guy from Idaho, yes the solidly red state of Idaho. He was thinking about retiring on the completion of his current term which ends in time for the '08 election. It would be hard to believe Idaho Republicans were not prepared for his departure, but of course not in such a manner as this (or so I hope).
I'm not saying there won't be difficulty for the next Republican candidate to take his place, but they do have the advantage of playing ball in a crowd with no shortage of consistent Republican voters.
As far as Craig's impact on the rest of the GOP for 2008: I would say minimal. That is of course unless Craig exhibited similar behavior which was deliberately covered up by fellow Republican office holders (as appeared to be the case with former Congressman Mark Foley).
And who's to replace him?
The NYT article I linked earlier named former governor Jim Risch as the most likely replacement. Others include 2nd District Republican Rep. Mike Simpson, and Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez who happens to be a staunch anti-illegal immigration advocate.
Patrick Ruffini names more potential candidates.
I would brush it off, but it sounds very specific. Not only does Fred have a date of announcement, but has scheduled to debate, and make an appearance in a Republican leadership conference.
...Thompson will announce his campaign September 4th, and that he will participate in his first debate on September 27 at Morgan State University in Baltimore.I am still reluctant to show support for a specific candidate. Yet from what I've heard Fred say, I see a glimmer of hope that he's better than the top tier Republican candidates (I am liking Huckabee however, just doubt he's viable), but I'll hold judgment on Fred for awhile, at least until after his first debate.
Sylvester Stallone on the right to keep and bear arms:
"It has to be stopped, and someone really has to go on the line, a certain dauntless political figure, and say, ‘It’s ending, it’s over, all bets are off. It’s not 200 years ago, we don’t need this anymore, and the rest of the world doesn’t have it. Why should we?"The L.A. County Sheriff's Department, on Sylvester Stallone:
-on Access Hollywood, June 8, 1998
"The Sheriff's Department indicates that Mr. Stallone applied for a CCW permit on September 29, 2004. He was issued a permit on November 30, 2004."Beyond parody. Read the whole thing.
Yeah you read that right. Well, more accurately, soccer balls for us Americans.
According to the BBC, Afghans are up in arms so to speak, over the ignorance of the U.S. military for distributing soccer balls which sport various flags, including the Saudi flag which includes the text "Allah."
It's patently absurd. It's not like we replaced the big bold letters of "WILSON" with "ALLAH." What do they expect, the Military to censor the Saudi Arabian flag? Oh that's right, just take it off:
Saudi Arabia has complained to the World Cup's ruling body in the past about the use of its flag on footballs.I guess the idea of kicking around a Koranic verse is a no-no. So I suggest we give them America's trademark commercialized logo, a soccer ball covered in stars and stripes. They can have fun kicking that around.
But I'm sure without missing a beat, they'll ironically complain about that too.
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Good story at the WSJ:
With the U.S. gone from Iraq, emboldened jihadi forces shift to Afghanistan and turn it again into a bastion of Terror International. Syria reclaims Lebanon, which it has always labeled as a part of "Great Syria." Hezbollah and Hamas, both funded and equipped by Tehran, resume their war against Israel. Russia, extruded from the Middle East by adroit Kissingerian diplomacy in the 1970s, rebuilds its anti-Western alliances. In Iraq, the war escalates, unleashing even more torrents of refugees and provoking outside intervention, if not partition.That's just a taste of what would happen, of course.
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The ATF may go wireless, nationwide. The Justice Department’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has announced plans to field a nationwide wireless broadband telecommunications and Web portal. The agency said in a procurement notice issued last week that it seeks to award a contract by November for a wireless system based on technology from iPass.
As it pressures gun shops to fork out significant amounts of dough for certain record keeping software.
Ryan Horsely questions if they are creating a gun registry. And forcing not just computerized systems, but certain computerized systems on gun dealers would make that a lot easier, all in the name of efficiency.
Clayton Cramer asks:
...is it possible that some sort of corrupt deal has been made by some ATF bureaucrat to require a particular software vendor's system? If you don't buy a system from a particular vendor, you get extra special scrutiny, and then get closed down for trivial errors on paper forms?Via the War on Guns and Instapundit.
Attorney General Gonzales resigns.
He was treated unfairly by the Democrats about the whole firing of several Whitehouse prosecutors non-debacle debacle, that is, until he proved he was an incompetent crony, which is always a nice quality in an attorney general.
Earlier this month, at a news conference, Mr. Bush dismissed accusations that Mr. Gonzales had stonewalled or misled a congressional inquiry. “We’re watching a political exercise,” Mr. Bush said. “I mean, this is a man who has testified, he’s sent thousands of papers up there. There’s no proof of wrong.”
If I were a Fred Thompson hating liberal, I'd call this piece anti-climactic. If I were a staunch Fred supporter, I might call it an insult-laden compliment. A hit piece in disguise, or just a sloppy hit piece? In his book about Watergate, Mr. Thompson writes of questioning Mr. Dean about $4,850 that he had taken, though later repaid, from a White House slush fund to pay for his honeymoon. What Mr. Thompson does not say, but the tapes show, is that the president’s men had fed him the information, and that he had reported straight back to Mr. Buzhardt. “Thompson hinted that he had admitted it,” Alexander M. Haig, who had replaced Mr. Haldeman as chief of staff, told the president on June 18. Mr. Nixon was jubilant, and the honeymoon story was leaked to The New York Times. The two men also discussed Mr. Thompson’s account of Mr. Dean’s “rambling” and “not particularly effective performance.” 
Take it as you will; it's a moderately lengthy "news" story, that ends with a complimentary quote from a Clintonista.
But there's three pages not-so-flattering Fred reading to get there...
Such as when Thompson was brought in to help investigate the Watergate scandal, another Nixon quote:“You’d think this guy would be so totally dazzled to be in Washington that he’d be lost,” Mr. Nixon told his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman, in February 1973.
Of course the obligatory "dumb as hell" quote was tossed in, but not after the NYT made Thompson and Nixon best friends:“The White House saw him as an ally,” recalled Leonard Garment, Mr. Nixon’s former special counsel. “But he wasn’t sitting in our laps.”
There's more:
BONUS: Be sure to look for the earth-shattering revelation about Thompson's fornication, teen pregnancy and subsequent teen marriage. (Could that be the "colorful and wide-ranging" stuff Andrew Sullivan was sure we'd find out)?
Tehran first announced on Thursday that it was developing the long-range guided bomb, for possible delivery by its ageing US-made F4 and F5 jets. Yesterday Mostafa Muhammad Najjar, the Defence Minister, said on state television: “We will use these [bombs] against our enemies when the times comes.”And of course their nuclear process is full steam ahead, but that really depends on who you ask, naturally.
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Or a gun. Background here.
And you may consider stocking up, as ammunition prices may be on the rise.
Besides, big game season is under way, and I heard freshly hunted venison meat is one secret to longevity.
At least these particular highly-trained professionals in San Francisco. Watch as authority radiates from their polished badges, as they skillfully seize the menacing teens' havoc-wreaking skateboards.
Via David at the War on Guns, who says:
Time was, men were employed from their communities to act in the capacity of "peace officers." Now that the paradigm has shifted to "law enforcement," we see results that are exactly the opposite of the original intent--indeed, we see them introducing conflict and belligerence, rather than peace, into their encounters with citizens.
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Elvira Arellano busted! We look at her threatening statements from last week.
100% Preventable! The harvest of innocent Americans continues...
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Well, partly right.
Clinton, seeking the Democratic nomination for president, praised the work that soldiers have done in Iraq but described the government there as "on vacation," leaving American troops in the middle of a sectarian war.Now that she acknowledges the surge is showing signs of success, how do her ideas for U.S. military policy in Iraq adjust as the facts on the ground change? They don't.
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In this weeks episode...
Is the new 'enforcement push' the real deal? We take a look
100% Preventable! A bloody and horrible week!
Camera update and much more...
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You may have noticed a couple of glitches during the show this week. New camera, new problems! Should have it figured out by next week. I only had from Friday afternoon to get a handle on the new one, and it's pretty different from the old camera.
This has been the Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst. The Blogs For Borders Blogroll is dedicated to American sovereignty, border security and a sane immigration policy. If you'd like to join find out how right here.
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In this weeks "video" (inside joke, you'll understand when you watch) we report the attack by communists and socialists on...us!
Previous coverage here, here and here. Bleg here.
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