From Lincoln Brown at PJMedia:
“MindGeek doesn’t care about free speech. Porn is big money, and MindGeek and its associates want as much of that money as they can get, no matter what the human damage may be.”
All very noble and moral etc. Now let’s just substitute a few words:
“The federal government doesn’t care about free speech. Taxation is big money, and the government and its associates want as much of that money as they can get, no matter what the human damage may be.”
Works, dunnit?
Oh, this is jolly:
In an unprecedented move, twenty armed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agents carried out a raid on a gun store in Great Falls, Montana, seizing all Form 4473 – documents that record buyer’s information during firearms transactions.
“We have now confirmed that both the IRS and the ATF were at Highwood Creek Outfitters in Great Falls around 7 am this morning. Both the IRS and ATF would not say why they were there,” KMON Radio reported.
“A spokeswoman for the IRS would only say they were there on official IRS business. The ATF says it was providing assistance to the IRS. We attempted to enter the store today and were stopped by agents at the door who would only say that the gun store is closed and will reopen tomorrow,” the news outlet added.
Considering that this raid was conducted under the auspices of the fine folks at the IRS, one would question whether the agents needed to confiscate the 4473 forms — which, lest we forget, contain absolutely no financial information.
However, ’tis an ill wind that blows absolutely no good, and there’s this little snippet:
Highwood Creek Outfitters is America’s largest online firearms and accessories mall, according to its website. The store is known for selling what Van Hoose calls “fun guns,” including AR-15’s and AK-47s.
And they did all that despite my never having heard of them before. Sadly, I’m not in a position to give them any business at the moment, but if any of you are thinking of making an online purchase of a gunny nature, you might want to give HSO a look.
As for the Gummint thugs… [taking the Fifth here, Boss]
I’ve always maintained that it’s an injustice for someone to lose their Second Amendment rights because of a criminal record imposed by the commission of a non-violent crime. By all means, deny the Second to recently-paroled armed robbers and the like — but for non-violent offenses like forgery or tax evasion? No.
Seems as though some judges are coming to the same conclusion.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held this week in Range v. Garland that the government cannot disarm people convicted of minor, nonviolent offenses.
Unless I miss my guess, this is headed straight for the Supremes — and they’d better get it right.
Just FYI, remember these guns?
These of course were always referred to as “assault rifles”, “weapons of mass destruction”, “evil black rifles”, “military-only weapons”, etc., etc.
No longer. According to our very own Gummint, these guns — which have been issued en masse to IRS agents, USPS inspectors, Fish & Wildlife agents, Dept. of Education bureaucrats and pretty much the entire sub-strata of the Deep State — have been classified as…
Personal Defense Weapons (PDW)
Now I know that one’s first thought would be “Defense against whom?” because as far as I’m aware, these government thugs agents are not being mugged or attacked in the streets of Baltimore, Oakland or even Chicago, nor are they being ambushed in the deep woods (unless by bears, in which case they’d need something a little more effective than an AR-15) or in post offices (unless by their own coworkers), or in similar situations.
Clearly, these weapons are to be used in “self-defense” against… us. Against We The People.
Oh, and they’re not being issued with semi-auto AR-15s, but with full-auto M4-style battle rifles (once again: “battle against whom?” but I think we all know where this is going).
I don’t think I have to say any more on the topic because we’re all intelligent people, and can draw our own conclusions from the above.
Also just FYI:
(via Ammoseek)
…and the above rifles are two examples of Bushmaster’s M4 “Patrolman’s” line. Apparently, they are reportedly head and shoulders above the older Bushmaster models, which were always a hit-or-miss proposition [sic], quality-wise.
Click on either pic for the link.
Finally, if you’re ever reproached by some gun-fearing wussy (GFW) about your “assault rifle”, you may correct him with the proper term, as defined by our own Gummint.
It is worth noting that almost every instance of an ordinary citizen going crazy and killing government agents has come as a direct assault on his property rights. In some cases it’s been linked to eminent domain seizures — e.g. that farmer in Missouri who gunned down two local government surveyors (and then shot himself immediately after) over a “right of way” infringement on his land. (I can’t find a link to the incident, but it happened at least ten years ago and I still remember the salient details.) Here’s a more recent situation of Gummint getting too big for its britches (although as yet, there’s been no gunplay because Amish).
Anyway, all that’s unimportant to this post, because enter Fuckface Kerry:
John Kerry claimed that US farm confiscations are not off the table, as he stated that small farms contribute significant greenhouse gasses.
And no doubt he got his loony idea here:
Recently, the governing body of the European Union officially endorsed measures to compel farmers to vacate their lands as part of the EU’s Natura 2000 scheme, which categorizes farms as significant emitters of nitrogen. Under the plan, farmers would be offered 120 percent of their farm’s value through a “buyout” program. However, those who decline this offer would face the risk of being forcibly removed from their land without any financial compensation.
Farmers in Holland are undergoing the most radical regulations that are causing the culling of herds and destroying crops.
Because the Dutch farmers are unarmed, of course they have to resort to peaceful protests by blocking highways with their tractors.
Our American farmers (and their many supporters) are not similarly disadvantaged, and I think that anything that Fuckface starts is going to make the Cliven Bundy episode look like a Sunday church picnic.
Pass the popcorn, Simon.
One of my favorite cartoon strips of all time was the late (and much-missed) Johnny Hart’s B.C. series. The single cartoon which tickled me most when I first read it, maybe forty years ago, was this exchange:
“Oh Great Guru, what is the definition of contempt?”
“Winning the Husband Of The Year Award, and sending your mistress to give your acceptance speech.”
I have a new definition of contempt, and there’s nothing funny about it. Try this one:
A key lawmaker reacted in disbelief Tuesday when a Biden cabinet official said the climate change agenda took priority over the livelihoods of blue collar workers because “there’s a lot of jobs.”
You have to read the entire exchange to get the full flavor of the contempt that senior government employees people (like this watermelon Deb Haaland) have for the working class.
And we know that they despise the working class even more because they support someone like Donald Trump, who actually does care about blue-collar jobs. So the Greens get a double win: ecology “protection” and punishing Trump voters.
How nice for them.
