Friday, December 30, 2016

Fantasy vs Reality on Background Checks

You have to love the gift that keeps on giving. W/ numbers straight out of Pravda, the Brady's send out another email begging for money and wagging the dog from the Nevada debacle:
Now they are looking to turn back the clock by targeting those lawmakers who are supporting the 93% of Americans who want to put an end to the 90 gun deaths every day.
It's '93%' now? It just keeps creeping up higher and higher.

The numbers in real life?

Two years ago WA passed a measure 60% to 40%, and that's w/ Bloomberg and other rich elites dumping $12 million, about 10x what the SAF and NRA did, into it.   So far only one person has been charged for non-compliance and they can't find him.

In NV, Bloomberg dumped $20 million to the NRA's $6.6 million and won 50.5% - 49.5%.  It is now declared unenforceable.

In ME, Bloomberg dropped $6 million to the NRA's $1 million.  It failed 52-48.

According to the article:
A survey conducted by Yale researchers in January 2016 found that 77 percent of Americans favored universal background checks, while 53 percent favored stricter gun laws. 
So the polls and surveys, once again, are wrong. And the Brady's are just living in La La Land. It always begs the question. If their case is so strong, why do they need to lie?


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Ancient Dread: The Dwarven Tyrant



The undead are held back by the fields.  We decide, with the help of the dragon gods,  that Rod will turn the dead and we will attempt to keep them away and make our way to the hot marble doors.  It is a difficult walk w/ all the corpses.  The zombies are not present in as many numbers as we expected.  Five large doors, ten feet in height, are there w/ huge brass rings, all intricately carved. A serpent eating its own tail.

We open the doors.  An orange glow covers us and a wave of heat nearly overwhelms us.  Inside is an ancient forge system. Overhead is the sky, the opening of the volcano.  The levels above have balconies and walkways.  Grabbing a few helmets, (Ackdor finding one truly fancy).  Rod calls out that the main chamber has turned freezing cold.  In the distance, Strongbow sees some sort of spectral image.  Evil.  Magical.  It flees from us.  Echo and Strongbow follow, almost getting trapped in one of the cages.  A strike by Melina doesn’t effect it.  Moving forward we find the zombies, waiting at the entrance to a mine.   Rod’s connection to the gods clears our way. 



Moving in, we eventually come to a split.  Two to the right, One to the left, and an alcove.  Feeling the history of the place, I ‘read’ the alcove. 

“I see hordes of slaves, armed w/ whatever they could, flooding through the mines.  Their rage directed at a circle of Dwarves surrounding their evil king with his armor and sceptor.  I find myself compelled to join them, one of them, even more hatred toward the dwarven oppressors than I normally feel.   The dwarves near me are going to die.  “

Stongbow turns and faces Ackdor screaming in ancient Dwarven “Die Dwarf Oppressor” and strikes at him.  Echo calls on Ahn Semh to help, beg Melina to break through  to him.  Power flows through Echo from Ahn Semh and catches Strongbow’s eye, causing him to turn his blade at the last second before impaling the Goblin .  Ackdor and Strongbow struggle, pulling the net from Ackdor.  A bolt from Rod misses.  King entraps him w/ a bola and Ackdor pins Strongbow to the ground.  Ahn-Sem’s power through Echo eventually coming to his senses. 

“The slaves are gone.  The dwarf on my back is gone, instead there is Ackdor who offers me a drink.  “
We move towards the circle. It appears to be a circle of graves.  In the center is malice. The king from Strongbows vision, standing, undead w/ the scepter.  A zombie grabs the arrow Strongbow shoots at the king.  Rod sinks into the earth as the rock turns to mud.  Strongbow uses all his mental abilities and the king collapses in a scream.  The ground freezes up around Rod, entrapping her.  The zombie guard falls to dust. 

Rod shifts her form and wiggles out of the hole.  She’s a Changling. We accept it for the nonce.  Echo senses magic. The Scepter and one of the grave registers.  Rod senses evil and again it is the scepter. 
  It speaks to us.   A Rune device.  We decide to dispose of it in the volcano.   Digging up the grave, we find the Rune stone that was the object of our quest.   Echo rummages through the king’s body and finds many ancient artifacts.


Finding our way out of the tunnels, we throw the scepter into the volcano.  The trap door is open.  On the way out we gather the jems, jewelry and weapons that we had marked for collection later.  King takes enough weapons for his tribe.  Several rings and a tiara, registering as magical, join the collection. 

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Thursday, December 22, 2016

The Gun Control Laundering Scam


We hear from time to time “Wayne La’pierre makes a million kajillion dollars off of the death machine gun manufacturers”.  Of course it’s a fact that the NRA receives less than 15% of its hundreds of millions in resources from ‘gun manufacturers’ and those manufacturers themselves are supported by firearm owners throughout the nation.  The NRA also has 4-5 million dues paying members.  LaPierre makes a bit under $1m.
Now let’s take a look at some of the anti-gun group’s compensation packages.  Note that most of these are shoe-box operations run out of tiny offices the size of my den or PO boxes. Most are  heavily, if not primarily, funded by Bloomberg, the Joyce Foundation, and/or Soros.

The classic ‘Violence Policy Center’, Josh Sugarmann and Kristen Rand: $300k/year

Ceasefire PA, Shira Goodman :$$100,575
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV): Josh Horwitz: $125,000

Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, Colleen Daley: $110,750

MomsRising Education Fund
Kristin Roowe-Finkbeiner (president) $154,000
Julie Hanamura (treasurer): $115,000

Brady Campaign:
Dan Gross; $400,000
The 8 other execs rake in nearly $950,000 combined, not including what Sarah Brady was getting (another $100k+)

Now in comparison, let’s take a look at a couple of pro-rights groups:
Illinois State Rifle Assoc: Richard Pearson ; $87,000 (an organization w/ 15-20,000 actual members and multiple facilities.)
Virginia Citizens Defense League, Phillip Van Cleave ; $61,800
Second Amendment Foundation (funds similar to Brady Campaign)
Joe Tartaro; $28,471
Alan Gottlieb; $43, 602

The anti-groups spend on average roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of their income on Exec salaries alone.  What a racket.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Brady Campaign: Failure Followed By Libel?

Danny boy's getting really unhinged in this holiday season.
Wayne’s World is filled to the brim with armed vigilantes and every person - no matter how dangerous - has access to a gun. In Wayne's world, even kids can be sent off to school with a full lunchbox and a loaded Glock. And because of the NRA's youth-focused marketing, they'll already know how to use it.
As we keep asking, if their case is so strong.... why lie?

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Brady Campaign: Celebrating Failure

So the latest Brady email begging for money.  This one from the 'Million Mom March' representative, you remember, that group that was a one hit wonder over 16 years ago and then folded into the Brady bunch while under investigation for tax fraud.
This year alone, Brady Campaign advocates created monumental change and action at a time when Americans needed it most. You put in more than 150,000 calls to Congress. That spurred Senator Chris Murphy's history-making filibuster in the Senate to support expanding Brady background checks to all gun sales and Congressman John Lewis's historic sit-in in the House. We supported the first Presidential candidate in history to run on a gun violence prevention platform. And, just last month, the Brady Center capped off a successful year with a historic settlement in a case against an irresponsible gun dealer. This is all because of you!
Let's break this down, shall we?

 You put in more than 150,000 calls to Congress. That spurred Senator Chris Murphy's history-making filibuster in the Senate to support expanding Brady background checks to all gun sales

Which failed

Congressman John Lewis's historic sit-in in the House

Which turned into a laughing stock as it was revealed they were offered pillows, blankets, catered meals, and took shifts while lamenting how hard they had it.

We supported the first Presidential candidate in history to run on a gun violence prevention platform

Who lost. To a Cheeto.

the Brady Center capped off a successful year with a historic settlement in a case against an irresponsible gun dealer.

No mention of that whole 'Lucky Gunner' case where they left the (Brady Campaign employed) litigants holding the bag for $200K in legal fees.  One 'victory' out of the whole 'successful' year.

Yeah.

Celebrating failure.

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Saturday, December 17, 2016

Star Wars: Rogue One Review : No Spoilers

If you took a group playing a Star Wars RPG w/ a really good GM and another group playing SW: X-Wing minisw/ a nice collection, this is what you'ld get in visual form.

No scrolling. Straight into the film.
CGI of Ep IV characters was really well done.
70's haircuts and tech. Nice touch.
Lots of combat
Lots of cool vehicles, ships, guns, and uniforms.
Relate-able characters. The droid was the best.
What is it w/ little Chinese girls standing in the streets crying during battles?

All the media hype about the movie being anti-Trump blah blah blah.....?  Throw all that crap out the window.  Just another made up issue to try and generate clicks and controversy. 

It's not going to do as well this weekend as hoped but not because of nonsense or boycotts, it's the weather.  We were one of only about 2 doz people in the theater at a prime time.  Ice everywhere. The entire complex was practically empty.

I and the spawnlings enjoyed it immensely. It will be added to the collection.


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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Winning

Heard on the radio this morning.
Lake Land College offers Concealed Carry ClassesPosted on December 14, 2016Lake Land College is offering two-day Introduction to Concealed Carry classes at Accuracy Firearms in Effingham, Ill.Four weekend classes are available: Saturday, Jan. 21 and Sunday, Jan. 22; Saturday, Jan. 28  and Sunday Jan. 29; Saturday, Feb. 4  and Sunday, Feb. 5; and Saturday, March 4 and Sunday March 5.  All classes will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Instructor Dwayne Beccue has designed this class to educate the student about handguns best suited for personal defense, how to carry them safely and how to deploy and use them efficiently in the context of a Dynamic Critical Incident.  The class will also cover the laws pertaining to the appropriate and lawful use of carrying handguns in public.The cost is $150 for the two-day class.  To register, go to www.lakelandcollege.edu/learn, choose the class date and enroll.  Students can also call Admissions & Records at 217-234-5434.  Drop date for a refund is five business days prior to the class.  For more information, contact Vivian Bales at 217-234-5087 or email vbales@lakelandcollege.edu.


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Miss Sloane *Spoiler Alert*

Lots of reviews have talked about the inane 'surprise ending' but of course haven't mentioned what it is. IMDB and Wiki haven't put it up the full plot on their sites yet.

Not that that's going to stop anyone.

Want to know what the 'shocking ending' is?  Read below the ads.


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Sloane sacrifices her career to take down the 'gun lobby' along with their evil supporters in Congress and get background checks passed because she's suddenly grown a conscience and guns 'r bad m'kay. 

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Cook County's Xmas Gift To Criminals

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office has a new policy concerning retail thefts.
Felony Review will not be approving felony charges unless the property in question is valued over $1000.

However, if felony charges are based upon the offender's prior criminal history, then charges will not be approved unless the offender has ten or more prior felony convictions.
Go ahead and walk out of the store w/ a couple of 4K tv's.  It's only a misdemeanor now (and probably pled down to double secret probation).

I'm sure this is going to work out just wonderfully.

H/T to SCC

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