“H‑E‑B has done more for Texas than our own government leadership for the past year.
I literally trust a southern grocery store chain more than the people whose job is to be there for us when we need them.” — Miles Luna #BLM (@TheMilesLuna) February 18, 2021
Not going to argue with that. Our Central Market (owned by H-E-B) was Johnny-on-the-spot when the SHTF two weeks back.
Reader Mike S says that Floridians feel the same about Publix. Anyone else on their local chains?
I’m exercising my editorial prerogative on this one to include “clubbing” with “shooting”, as Our Hero used a shotgun to send a choirboy to his justified end:
An 82-year-old Vietnam War veteran beat an armed home invader to death with the butt end of a shotgun to protect his 79-year-old wife after the invader attacked her in their home in South Carolina on Monday.
…and we’re talking ten (10!) butt-strokes.
of course, we get the prerequisite “you shouldn’t do that” warning from the fuzz:
Captain Eric Abdullah, a spokesman for the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office, advised all residents to immediately contact law enforcement if they believe their home is being broken into. “Of course, folks have the right to defend themselves if their lives are in danger, but the best thing to do is to call for help.”
Call for help in carting the scumbag’s corpus delicti away, would be my advice.
If this story doesn’t put a smile on your face and bring out an “Attaboy!”, I don’t want to talk to you.
Top 20 quotes from Rush Limbaugh. My favorite:
“Morality is not defined and cannot be defined by individual choice.”
Unlike what the Left believes.
I am SO going to miss that man.
As Longtime Readers know, I am not a fan [understatement alert] of the “music” of the Rolling Stones, whom I consider to be the world’s greatest garage band.
However, you may recall that when talking about three-piece rock bands a while back, I made passing mention of said garage band’s Bill Wyman, who is not a garage band’s bassist.
The night before last, I watched The Quiet One on Hulu — it being a retrospective of Wyman — and it is so good, I watched it again last night.
Thankfully, it’s not about the Rolling Stones, nor their music: it’s about Bill Wyman the person, and his music. And if you want to know my philosophy of bass playing, it’s identical to his.
Run, don’t walk to watch it, because it may be the best video biography of all time — and that mostly because all the material comes from his own personal archives, never before seen. My only quibble is that it should have run twice as long.
You can thank me later.
Here’s an interesting situation:
Former congressional candidate Laura Loomer revealed that she was banned from owning a firearm. Loomer has gained notoriety for being subject to some of the most brazen forms of Big Tech censorship over the past two years.
Her firm nationalist views have made her an easy target for Silicon Valley censors. She has been banned from social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. In addition, her ability to do business has been greatly stymied after she was banned from GoFundMe, PayPal, and Venmo. Chase shut down her ability to do online banking. To make matters worse, Comcast prevented her campaign from sending texts and emails to voters, while the company donated to her opponent, Lois Frankel in Florida’s 21st congressional district.
This is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the private sector crusade against Loomer goes. The conservative activist was kicked off Uber and Lyft, on top of being prohibited from using UberEats.
But here’s the fun part:
Despite having no felony or domestic violence convictions and never been declared to be mentally unfit by a judge, Loomer’s name has allegedly been placed in a secret Federal “no buy” list that the FBI keeps. This list is part of the federal government’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Of course, that doesn’t mean she can’t own a gun — just that she can’t buy a gun through “regular” channels that require the NICS check before she can take possession.
Here in Texas, by the way, any Concealed Handgun License (CHL) holder can buy a gun through said channels without going through the NICS check, because the state of Texas has already run all the background checks necessary and as far as they’re concerned, that’s that. If the feds have a beef with the individual that isn’t part of the standard background check, it’s up to them to inform the state. I don’t know if Floriduh has a similar setup — they should — but my FL Readers will no doubt tell me.
It’s one of the main reasons I got my CHL when I moved to Texas. I know all the arguments against having a “permit” to enjoy one of my principal Constitutional freedoms, but the way I saw it back then, if it kept the fucking Feddle Gummint out of the process, it was worth it. And subsequent events have proved me right.
In any event, Miss Loomer doesn’t seem to be a criminal; her greatest “crime” seems to have been uncovering malfeasance through Project Veritas, and as there’s no actual legal reason not to possess a gun — criminal record, mental incapacitation, etc. — there’s no reason why some friendly citizen of Florida can’t sell or give her a gun for her own protection.
Just sayin’.
Via Insty:
Oh, really?
Ask yourself this: if both states were to secede and become independent nations, which one would have the greater chance of success?