Leftist obsession with vilifying the National Rifle Association and passing pointless laws banning law-abiding citizens from owning firearms has reached a new level.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to declare that the NRA is a “domestic terrorist organization.”
This is yet another example of why the place is often referred to as "Granola City" - those who aren't fruits or flakes are nuts.
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International man of mystery and all-around dirtbag, Jeffrey Epstein, died just over two weeks ago at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a high-security federal detention center that rivals Guantanamo Bay in its unpleasantness. The institution that safely housed infamous criminals like El Chapo and various members of al-Qaeda barely held on to Jeffrey Epstein for a month.
Epstein was the most notorious prisoner in federal custody. No one has committed suicide at MCC since 1998.
My, what a coincidence.
Apparently, there were a whole series of them.
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Between July 2016 and July 2017, nearly half a million people bailed out of New York, Illinois, and California for places like North Carolina, Florida, and Texas. They left high-tax, high-regulatory states for states with lower taxes and fewer regulations. The former are all so-called "blue" states, while the latter are referred to in the media as "red" states.
California's governor Newsom had an especially interesting take: he blamed Texas not only for the outflow of productive individuals and companies, but also for the burgeoning "homeless" populations overrunning his own state.
During an interview on “Axios on HBO” back in June, Newsom claimed that many of the homeless in San Francisco during his tenure as mayor were not from the state, but “we took responsibility” for them. He then strangely placed the blame on Texas.
“The vast majority also come in from — and we know this — from Texas. Just interesting fact,” he said.
Even PolitiFact gave Newsom's claim the designation of not merely a lie, but a "Pants On Fire" lie:
Newsom’s statement is contradicted by San Francisco’s own point in time homeless counts. Those reports are conducted every two years. They consistently show a large majority of people surveyed said they lived in San Francisco prior to becoming homeless. A smaller share said they lived in another California county. Often the smallest percentage said they lived out of state before becoming homeless in San Francisco.
It must be duly noted that the guv adheres to Democrat standards: enact stupid things, and when the policies fail, blame the failures on somebody else. It's how they roll.
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As Portland, Oregon braces for dueling protests between Antifa and far-right activists, Mayor Ted Wheeler says law enforcement is ready to respond. of course, as it was in the past, he will see to it that only ANTIFA is supported by police and all others can be attacked at will.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler claims his city is “very prepared” for dueling protests planned for this weekend between right-wing groups and so-called anti-fascists.
The Oregon Democrat warned that law enforcement will “be ready” for the looming demonstrations planned for this weekend and promised swift action against anyone committing any acts of violence. But in an interview with Fox News, he stopped short of denouncing Antifa groups directly.
Bill Hemmer asked the mayor about Antifa’s record, especially in light of the violence that broke out in June when conservative journalist Andy Ngo was brutally attacked while covering a rally in Portland and said he sustained a brain injury during the assault.
Wheeler, who came under heavy fire for his hands-off approach to the violent leftists, avoided Hemmer’s direct question while seeming to take on a new tougher tone.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called for “legal action” against Wheeler following the attack on Ngo in June.
“To federal law enforcement: investigate & bring legal action against a Mayor who has, for political reasons, ordered his police officers to let citizens be attacked by domestic terrorists,” Cruz tweeted.
This idiot is not only running for re-election; the East-Coasters who've moved to Portland will doubtless ensure that he wins.
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“[Mitch McConnell] has done a whole bunch of unpatriotic things, has really been a force of polarization in this nation. History will not be kind to him,” Holder declared Monday on MSNBC.
Mitch didn't run "Operation Fast and Furious", Eric.
During the Obama-era Fast and Furious scandal, he became the only sitting Cabinet official in American history to ever be held in contempt of Congress. Why? Because of the efforts he made to obstruct justice by purposefully hiding information from congressional investigators.
In a fair and just world, Eric would be doing his interviews from behind bars.
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The California "Bullet Train" has become such a colossal waste of time, money, and other resources that an increasing number of residents are calling for the plug to be pulled on the whole thing.
Eight years ago, the California High-Speed Rail Authority estimated it would cost $332 million to acquire properties for the route spanning the Central Valley’s orchards, vineyards, dairies and cities. The process, however, has proven far more legally tedious, politically painful and expensive than initially thought. The 1,900 property takes in the Central Valley are now budgeted at $1.5 billion. Such complications are part of the reason the project is 13 years behind schedule and at $44 billion over budget.
The land acquisition cases alone are moving so slowly that the judge hearing the cases is now referring to it as a lifetime job.
Kings County is the epicenter of the disputes, where the drama plays out in Ross’ courtroom for just two days each month.
The underlying stories are lengthy and convoluted. Even worse when one considers that the trains will carry no cargo (if they're ever built). And each passenger fare is anticipated to run around $1000, leading to the question of who would want to drop that kind of cash when they can fly from LA to SF nonstop for far less?
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An Austrian woman's conviction for calling the Prophet Muhammad a pedophile did not violate her freedom of speech, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday. The woman in 2009 held two seminars entitled "Basic Information on Islam," during which she likened Muhammad's marriage to a six-year-old girl, Aisha, to pedophilia.
The marriage according to Islamic tradition was consummated when Aisha was nine and Muhammad was around 50. An Austrian court later convicted the woman of disparaging religion and fined her €480 ($546). Other domestic courts upheld the decision before the case was brought before the ECHR.
Well, it seems incontrovertible that Muhammad, at 56, having sex with a nine year-old qualifies as pedophilia. What else do you call it? But oh! That would offend the peaceful religion. Can't have that!
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If built, the new light rail route will run down the middle of Barbur Boulevard for miles.
Oh, they'll build it, all right; they always do. Even when one of their proposals is voted down, they come up with a way to cram another multi-billion-dollar set of rail lines down our throats. This one, they claim, will "only" cost $3 billion (until, of course, it costs a lot more).
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Democrat-run cities and states have promised public employee unions generous pensions for years, and now the proverbial chickens are coming home to roost. The unfunded liabilities in places from New Jersey and New York to Illinois and the three west coast states, the pension hole is approximately $5 trillion - about the size of the economy of Japan.
This is not a recoverable situation, and it's hard to see how so many people could have failed to see this day coming.
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(CNN)Officials with the Los Padres National Forest announced this week the largest wildfire in California's modern history is officially out, more than six months after it started.
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