Category: Politics

Trying not to start the public floggings

Worms Turning

Mocking Furriners, Resistance

…in Strylia?  Why, it looks as though even the Perpetually Supine (Covid Class) seem to have taken offense at the latest attempt to turn them (i.e. non-Aboriginals) into second-class citizens in their own country — to the dismay of their Betters:

Australia has overwhelmingly rejected Labor’s proposal for an ‘Indigenous Voice to Parliament’. Had the referendum been successful, it would have given the government a mandate to amend the constitution and create a body exclusively for Aboriginal Australians to advise parliament. After a long and divisive campaign, 60 per cent of Australians voted No to the initiative.

And you have to follow the link to see the response from The Usual Suspects (Down Under Division).

Sixty percent?  At last, some sanity.

Now all they have to do is stop cheating at cricket, and they might even become normal people.

Gentle Reminder

Resistance

In case anyone here has been asleep for the past couple of decades, and just in case I haven’t been clear enough in the past (pictures say it best): 

Any questions?

Oh, and by the way:  for the past week, I’ve been wearing a kippah every time I leave the house.  Pity the fool.

Unexpectedly

Anti-Gun Nannies, Resistance, The Gun Thing

Yeah, nobody saw this one coming:

Illinois’ new “assault weapon” and magazine ban is in effect, and on October 1, that state opened its registry for grandfathered weapons and magazines so that owners who already have legally purchased weapons can register them with the state. Illinois gun owners, of course, rushed to register their weapons and magazines in compliance with the new law.

Just kidding. Almost nobody has registered anything.

As part of the Protect Illinois Communities Act that was enacted earlier this year, the registration portal for firearms owners in Illinois that own certain semi-automatic firearms, accessories and ammunition opened Oct. 1. While the law bans more than 170 semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns, it also bans handgun magazines over 15 rounds and rifle magazines over 10 rounds. Magazines do not have to be registered. 

Illinois State Police published the first round of statistics Tuesday, and of more than 2.4 million Firearm Owner ID card holders, 1,050 individuals have registered a total of 3,202 firearms, .50 caliber ammunition and accessories. 

“You’re at 0.0004%. That’s a rounding error,” gun rights advocate Todd Vandermyde told The Center Square.

To be fair, as Glenn Reynolds would say, that’s about half the number of Connecticut gun owners who rushed to register their AR-15s etc. after a similar law was passed there.

ILGov Fatboi Pritzker must be shitting in his capacious pants.

No Power?

RINO/GOPe

One of the many things I detest about X/Twatter is that the response is posted above the initial Twat, so it requires eyeball gymnastics / Hebraic reading discipline to figure out what the hell everyone is talking about.

Here’s one stream, which I’ve edited so as to make it readable for people of reasonable intelligence:

…which brings me to my main point:

Adam Kinzinger is a total fuckhead.

And Ron DeSantis isn’t.

But you all knew that.

Permanent Stance: Bent Over

Politics, RINO/GOPe

Here’s some (un)surprising news:

Republicans Are About to Get Caught With Their Pants Down in Virginia’s Elections

Ummm I hate to break it to you, but the Stupid Party’s pants are in a perpetual state of “down”, which is why the Socialists find it so easy to bend them over the desk, time after time.

Still, the details are awful, but in fact pretty predictable:

Virginia is one of the few states that holds its state-wide elections on off years, and the balance of its General Assembly there hangs in the balance. Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been working non-stop to secure a majority, both to deliver tangible conservative wins and to redefine the narrative surrounding more recent GOP losses.

Unfortunately, according to a new report, the Republican National Committee doesn’t seem to be interested in helping with that cause.

…because that might hinder the Stupid Party’s efforts to help the Socialists, you see.

And if you smell “Romney” all over this one, you would be correct.

The Republican Party is the NRA of conservatism.