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Gun Control. Hit Your Target.

You can count Robert J. O’Neill out of any future March For Our Lives.

The former Navy SEAL, whose more than 400 missions included putting the fatal shot in the head of terrorist Osama bin Laden, addressed the topic of gun control this week–criticizing student activists who advocate restricting firearm ownership in the wake of last month’s school shooting in Florida.

It’s really entertaining to listen to kids who know nothing about guns tell sensible gun-owners how many rounds they need to protect their families.

— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) March 26, 2018

  Oddly, there has never been an NRA member involved in any mass shooting. Why not abolish the YMCA? They're both private organizations, after all, and YMCA has had drownings in their pools. The NRA doesn't sell firearms; they sell memberships to millions of people in the USA. That membership, by the way, is growing thanks to kids like Hogg and company.

The legendary Navy SEAL responded to a Twitter user who said he shouldn’t criticize Parkland survivors because he has never been “what they went through.”

Yeah, I’ve never been shot at…. https://t.co/A1RTHIm4av

— Robert J. O'Neill (@mchooyah) March 27, 2018

A few weeks ago, Congress was mulling legislation to prevent teens from eating Tide Pods. Now, teens believe they should set firearms policy - and the Democratics are all over it.

 

Once They Get In, It's Like A Water-Slide

A newly discovered network of fluid-filled channels in the human body may be a previously-unknown organ, and it seems to help transport cancer cells around the body.

Theise reckons that every tissue in the body may be surrounded by a network of these channels, which essentially form an organ. The team estimate that the organ contains around a fifth of the total fluid volume of the human body. “We think they act as shock absorbers,” says Theise.

This organ was likely never seen before because standard approaches for processing and visualising human tissue causes the channels to drain, and the collagen fibres that give the network its structure to collapse in on themselves. This would have made the channels appear like a hard wall of dense protective tissue, instead of a fluid-filled cushion.

But as well as protecting organs, the network may also aid the spread of cancer.

That's because once cancer cells get into the network, they can travel anywhere in the body. Metastasis has never been well understood, but this discovery may well have revealed how the cancerous cells travel.

It's like a Highway to Hell.

 

Former Oregon Cowboy Governor And His First Squeeze's Troubles Aren't Over

The state’s largest newspaper has placed a six-figure lien against the Bend home of Cylvia Hayes, the fiancée of former Gov. John Kitzhaber, who resigned in February 2015 over allegations that Hayes used her position as first lady to lobby for clients of her consulting firm.

The Oregonian, based in Portland, filed the lien with the Deschutes County Clerk on Jan. 11. It places a lien on Hayes’ home in southeast Bend in an attempt to recoup a $124,837 judgment against Hayes.

After she lost in court, she swore that The Oregonian was never going to get a dime of her money. Looks like she was wrong again; now she won't be able to sell or refinance her place until the lien is cleared.

Hayes also faces $110,000 in possible fines by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission for violations of state law.

And for a while there, ol' Kitz thought he might skate, but that turned out not to be the case:

Former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty to settle 10 violations of state ethics law, signaling a close to the years-long scandal that forced him to resign.

The 131-page investigative report, released Feb. 14, alleged Kitzhaber violated conflict-of-interest laws seven times, violated a law prohibiting the use of public office for private gain three times, and violated a law limiting gifts to public officials to $50 one time.

He claims that he may have made a few mistakes, but did nothing wrong. On the other hand, he's a Democratic, and his girlfriend's a professional grifter, so what would one expect?

 

Shocking

A Bay Area obstetrician-gynecologist and former member of a legendary punk band proved he retains his DIY sensibility at a recent medical malpractice trial, where he saved a prospective juror's life. The judge declared a mistrial, fearing the doc's heroics would sway the jury.

"No good deed goes unpunished," Dr. James Lilja, a San Jose and Fremont-based physician and founding drummer of The Offspring, told Law360. Lilja left The Offspring in the late 1980s to deliver offspring.

Trial proceedings didn't get very far this week after one of more than 35 prospective jurors collapsed, hit his head and lost consciousness, Law360 reports. Lilja and his nurse assistant rushed from the courtroom to the juror's side and found him without a pulse and not breathing.

So, they got his heart restarted with a defibrillator and did the CPR breathing thing until EMT crews arrived and hauled the guy off to a hospital. He was still unconscious, but he at least had a pulse and was breathing.

You wonder why medical bills are so high? The answer's right up top here. Medical malpractice lawsuits.

The brief act of gallantry led the plaintiffs' attorney, Robert G. Schock, to ask Judge Ronni MacLaren for a mistrial. How could the potential jurors not be biased after witnessing the defendant's bold action, Schock argued.

Interesting; the plaintiffs are being represented by Schock - and the doctor administered a shock to restart the potential juror's heart. Irony is everywhere.

 

Safari Adventure!

A group in the Serengeti watched from the comfort of their SUV as three cheetahs were on the hunt.

Then one of the animals leaped onto the hood of the vehicle. And while everyone's attention was focused on looking through the windscreen, a second cat found an open window in the back, and invited himself in.

The brief video is interesting; these are obviously young and dumb critters. As are the safari folks themselves.

 

But...Colorado's So Scenic!

He must be sick of the prison footlongs.

Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle has issued another desperate plea for his release — this time calling on President Trump for help.

The 40-year-old is currently serving more than 15 years for distributing child pornography and traveling to have paid sex with a minor after pleading guilty in 2015.

He's doing his time in federal facilities in Englewood, Colorado, and he doesn't seem to care for the accommodations. He's only been in there for a couple of years, but then, Steve Nigg, now 61, was on the welcoming committee. In January 2016, Nigg delivered a beat-down to Fogle in the prison yard. Since then, Steve's been getting a lot of fan mail; Fogle, not so much.

It seems unlikely that The Donald would be moved to assist the pedophile.

Nigg got sent to the hole for the attack, and was later moved to a facility in Oklahoma, but has no regrets. He's doing 15 years for being a felon in possession of a gun, so he's hardly a choir-boy himself, but he's still getting fan mail and donations.

Fogle, on the other hand, really, really wants out, for some reason.

 

Insane Posse Clown

California attorney general Xavier Becerra threatened to arrest Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchins for doing her job by upholding federal immigration laws.

Specifically, the sheriff’s department said it will publish a list of inmate release dates, in defiance of California’s sanctuary state law that discourages local law enforcement from helping federal immigration authorities.

California Attorney General Javier Becerra responded by suggesting he will arrest the Orange County sheriff for enforcing longstanding federal immigration laws.

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchins said Becerra doesn’t seem to understand the law, which she’s required to do in order to protect residents of her county.

State law does not supersede federal law, the wishes of liberals notwithstanding.

Interesting that a state that mans checkpoints at the Oregon border to confiscate Hood River apples has no problem with allowing illegal aliens to set up shop there. No wonder there are growing movements to split the state into smaller units.

 

Just What We Need - Another Clown In D.C.

Steve Lough, who has worked for Ringling Bros. circus, is running for the Democratic nomination in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District.

At least he used to be a professional clown, unlike the ones we currently have in Congress.

So he has some experience.

 

Uber Fail

(Bloomberg) -- Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona last week, according to the auto-parts maker that supplied the vehicle’s radar and camera.

“We don’t want people to be confused or think it was a failure of the technology that we supply for Volvo, because that’s not the case,” Zach Peterson, a spokesman for Aptiv Plc, said by phone. The Volvo XC90’s standard advanced driver-assistance system “has nothing to do” with the Uber test vehicle’s autonomous driving system, he said.

Uber’s system failed to slow the vehicle as 49-year-old victim Elaine Herzberg crossed the street pushing a bicycle.

On the other hand, Elaine wasn't in a crosswalk in a well-lit area; worse yet, she was dressed in dark clothing. Still, the active radar that Uber disengaged likely would have picked her up in time to slow or halt the vehicle.

Uber: not ready for prime-time.

 

 

Murder, They Wrote

(CNN)Two designers of a massive waterslide in Kansas on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated face second-degree murder charges in connection with the child's death, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

This brings the number of defendants in the grisly water-slide case to five. And the guy who designed the ride has no "technical or engineering credentials". He just thought it'd be cool to build the tallest such ride on the planet. He wanted to build one at another park in Texas, but regulations there are stricter than in Kansas.