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Anti-liberty leftists are missing the point entirely when complaining that the Greenwood good Samaritan violated their nonsensical gun free massacre zone rules.

Does anyone want to guess why the mass-murdering miscreant chose that place to make a name for himself? Could it be that like many other murderers, it chose a massacre zone, a place that deprives the innocent of their God-given right of self-defense?

For some strange reason, anti-liberty leftists think that silly little signs and codes of conduct that say "no weapons" are going to work, even though they've never worked before.

The latest revelation is that the good Samaritan "violated" the sacred massacre zone rules of the mall, entirely missing the point that the mass murderer also violated that rule. Given that a good guy with a gun stopped this crime in progress, does anyone want to guess how long this story is going to stick around? You can almost track the coverage in real time on sites like Memeorandum, "an auto-generated summary of the stories that US political commentators are discussing online right now." Had this been the proper kind of crisis, the coverage would be expanding to no end.

As it is, the system picked up the article on this story, posted here, along with a few others.

The nation's socialist media precisely calculate their coverage based on how much they can get political gain out of someone else's pain. You can bet they were thrilled that this occurred — especially with the sudden appearance of a new generic ban on weapons:

Across the Capitol: We broke the news on Friday that the House Judiciary Committee will be voting this week on Rep. David Cicilline's (D-R.I.) assault weapons ban. It's the first time the panel has taken up such a ban in decades. The bill is expected to pass in the committee and then move to the House floor before members leave for the August recess.

We're certainly not going to imply anything, but the liberty-grabber lobby sure lucked out on the timing on all this, what with everyone talking about the absolute failure of the government to protect everyone. We sure can see them making a case for turning in our guns so the government can protect us, right? When seconds count, 400 law enforcement officers are only 77 minutes away.

Alas, the same piece took great pains to knock down any assertions that the anti-liberty left's gun confiscation agenda would result in guns being taken away:

Also, before the rhetoric really starts to crank up — and it will — here's the Cicilline legislation. The bill does not take guns away from anyone.

“I know what awaits us. As soon as Vladimir Putin has done his work in Seversk, Bakhmut and Soledar, after reaching the second line Slaviansk-Kramatorsk-Avdeevka, he will come up with a proposal, then all hell will break loose,” he predicted, without providing any details onhe would-be initiative.

The Serbian president also offered the reminder that his nation maintains close relations with Russia and China, adding that pursuing such policies does not come easy for Belgrade right now.

Proposal????

An irate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to suggest on Thursday that the January 6 Capitol breach could have been an inside job and accused Capitol Police officers of conspiring with January 6th protesters.

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What is the best amount of change you should carry in your pocket & which coins?

President Biden is proposing a three-month federal gasoline tax holiday. He may want to appear to be doing something to address high inflation, which is both an economic concern and a growing political problem for his Administration. But suspending the gas tax is a terrible idea that, on the margin, will make inflation worse, not better.

The impact of a federal gas tax holiday would be extremely modest. On average, a driver in the US uses about 600 gallons of gasoline annually. Suspending the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal levy would save a typical driver less than $10-a-month. To put it another way, the federal tax represents about 3% of the cost of $5-a-gallon gasoline.

Biden also urged states to suspend their gas taxes. Because state levies often are much higher than the federal tax, the impact would be more significant and drive prices even higher. But since Biden has no ability to suspend state gas taxes, let’s stick with the federal tax.

While the effects would be small, almost everything about a gas tax holiday runs in the wrong direction. It would:

· Increase consumption at a time of low supply, thus driving up pre-tax prices and worsening climate change.

· Discourage consumers from purchasing more energy efficient vehicles.

· Provide a windfall to oil producers, the very companies Biden has been blasting for price gouging.

· Temporarily eliminate a key funding source for infrastructure improvements.

Let’s unpack a few of these issues:

Demand for gasoline. Gas prices skyrocketed in recent months because of a growing imbalance between oil supply and demand. Supply was constrained in part due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, demand increased sharply as the COVID-19 pandemic receded.

While a tax holiday will lower the after-tax price of gas, that lower price will boost demand, worsening those supply shortages, and, yes, raising the pre-tax price. Any net benefit for drivers would be very small.

It is hard to know exactly how much the tax cut would affect driver behavior. Economists have long estimated that consumers barely respond to short-term changes in gas prices. They don’t drive less, and they don’t buy more fuel-efficient vehicles.

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Dershowitz: 'Never Believe Anyone Who Is Not Cross-Examined'

Retired constitutional law professor Alan Dershowitz told Newsmax on Tuesday that to be credible, witnesses must always be cross-examined, and that none of the Jan. 6 committee hearing witnesses has been.

''As a professor of criminal law for many years, and as one of the most experienced litigators, never believe anyone who is not cross-examined,'' Dershowitz said on ''The Chris Salcedo Show.''

''And none of these [Jan. 6 committee] witnesses are cross-examined.''

'It's as if a basketball team was sent out on the court, and the other team is held back and not allowed to present its defense of the players,'' he continued. ''It's one-sided. Don't believe it.''

Dershowitz said that the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol building breach would have been much more credible had it accepted the Republicans initially selected to serve on the committee.

''They would have asked hard questions, they would have cross-examined, they would have presented contrary evidence and then the American public could make a decision,'' he said.

Instead, the hearings are being conducted in an entirely partisan way, Dershowitz said, much as the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings were.

He said that the goal of the Jan. 6 committee is to ensure that former President Donald Trump cannot run for president again.

''Although I voted against President Trump twice, I want to see a fair process,'' said Dershowitz, a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat. ''I want to see a fair election. I want to see no partisan misuse of House committees.''

Earlier in the show, Dershowitz said that when he watched the Jan. 6 committee hearings, the discussion revolved around threats that were made to people during the events of the day.

In light of the threats to conservative Supreme Court justices and their families over the potential overturning of the landmark 1973 abortion case Roe v. Wade, Dershowitz said that ''it’s so hypocritical.''

''Threats only seem to matter to Democrat politicians if they're directed against them, not if they're directed against people that they oppose,'' he said. ''We shouldn’t tolerate a double standard: A threat is a threat, violence is violence, no matter who it is directed against.''

(I think it's fake news but, I will double check).


Willy blogged about his arrest which was a legitimate case of drunk driving.

Now the court DROPPED the charges because the footage is missing?

What the hell, this is absurd. For years and years we never needed a camera footage to make charges legitimate.

HE WAS DRUNK. MF.

What a corrupt system we have.

I'm so mad.

Note the first 30 seconds of this video.