No post for you folks, go read the folks on the side bar. Power supposed to be back on in 2 to 3 hours, but I’m going to bed because it’s cold.
In the Sandy Hook parents v. Remington…
Two different articles, two different approaches to the coverage…
Of note, this case never went to court, so effectively there was no actual case presented. It was simply settled for money and rights to release documentation for a company that no longer exists.
According to the Associated Press, the settlement agreement also allows the families to publicly release many of the documents their attorneys obtained during the discovery process, though its unclear whether the company or its insurers admitted any liability in the settlement.
The lawsuit filed against the gun maker claimed that Remington (which has since been sold to new owners) had negligently marketed its modern sporting rifles by “extolling the militaristic qualities of the rifle“, which they argued violated a Connecticut law regulating deceptive marketing practices.
Full article, HERE from Bearing Arms.
And more in depth with the NSSF release included.
The decision to settle in the Soto v. Bushmaster case was not made by a member of the firearms industry. The settlement was reached between the plaintiffs and the various insurance carriers that held policies with Remington Outdoor Company (ROC), which effectively no longer exists.
As part of bankruptcy court proceedings, the assets of ROC were sold at auction in September of 2020. Remington Outdoor Company, which owned the Bushmaster brand, effectively ceased to exist as a going concern. The lawsuit, however, continued against the estate of the Remington Outdoor Company, essentially ROC’s insurers and their insurance policies in effect at the time.
Full article, HERE at Bearing Arms.
Welp, Trudeau pulled the gloves off…
OTTAWA, Feb 14 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some U.S. border crossings and paralyzed parts of the capital.
Full article, HERE from Reuters.
And another article, also from Reuters, HERE, on the Ottawa police chief’s resignation.
If I were a Canadian trucker, I’d get with my buddies, go home, and park the trucks. When the food isn’t getting delivered, or parts delivered to manufacturers, or anything moving in any quantities by trucks, THAT will make John and Jane Q. Public sit up and take notice.
And as far as I can tell, even with the ’emergency powers’ that Trudeau put into effect, there wouldn’t be a damned thing Trudeau could do about it!
YMMV, IANAL, etc…
Frankly, I cannot believe the stupidity. All that the administration up there had to do was negotiate in good faith with the truckers. What happened? Trudeau ran like a scared rabbit, then tried to manufacture hatred/violence against him/the .gov, neither of which is true. Then going after money from various organizations after they buffaloed GFM (which showed their true colors), and GiveSendGo taking up the fundraising and laughing at Trudeau (yay for them). Trudeau has backed himself and the .gov into a corner than I’m not sure they know how to get out of…
And in other countries, including the US, truckers are watching this and going, “Hmmm… might work here (insert country here). Especially with the US supposedly closing the southern border (or at least the legal crossings) 22 Feb to non-vaccinated truckers (not mentioning the multitude of illegals flooding across the border then getting sent all over the US).
I really don’t want to do interesting times again… sigh
Good Samaritans with guns counter the narrative…
Peaceful Valley, WA – The sheriff released more details about what led up to the shooting of two Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) deputies on Thursday and thanked the armed good Samaritans who came to the wounded heroes’ aid and kept them safe until backup arrived.
Full article, HERE.
And another…
A “good Samaritan” with a gun killed an active shooter who may have been gearing up for a deadly rampage at a Texas sports bar Wednesday night, police said.
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“I think it’s to be applauded,” he said. “Not everybody in the world ought to own a gun. Not everybody in the world ought to carry a gun. Not everyone in the world ought to engage an armed criminal where innocent people could be potentially injured.”
“But this good Samaritan obviously had the ability to do what he did,” Kapelsohn added. “Who knows how many people would be dead if he had not acted?”
Full article, HERE. From NBC Arlington, TX.
And another-
Several armed bystanders successfully stopped a shooting spree that left three dead, including the suspect, in a New Orleans suburb.
Full article, HERE from the Epoch Times.
Now the left/MSM will never admit that things like this happen… Their counter is that good guys with guns is a myth, propagated by the NRA and the ebil far right gun groups.
Their other counter is that we’re just out there looking for someone to shoot… Every time a state passes a law freeing citizens to carry, the cry is always, “There will be blood in the streets! It will be the old west! OMG, eleventy!!!” And that hasn’t happened in any case. What HAS happened is Crimes Against Persons (CAP) have in fact gone down in each of those states.
I’ve carried legally since 1986 in Florida, and thankfully have NEVER had to draw my weapon to defend myself or others, and I pray that I never do. But I will do what is necessary to protect myself or others if required.
YMMV…
To all the ladies and mothers out there, Happy Valentine’s Day!
Without you, we literally wouldn’t be here!
Go read the folks on the sidebar, they’re better writers than I am…
I’ll leave this here for discussion!
Anybody that thinks SpaceX isn’t making a difference is not tracking the actual cost/kg… Just sayin…
Military forms of address…
Granted I’m older than I lot of the kids, but back in the day the reply all and PSA were ‘slightly’ different…
And this was the comparison made back in the day off Lebanon… They were using Volkswagons as car bombs, and so was the USS New Jersey!
Sadly, the battleships are gone, due to costs issues with maintaining them, a set of dinosaurs that stretched back into history…
Behind the curtain of fact checking…
And the methods used to ‘fact check’ things, by Matt Taibbi.
The British Medical Journal Story That Exposed Politicized “Fact-Checking”
After going through both legal and peer review, but without contacting Ventavia — apparently, they feared an injunction — the BMJ published Thacker’s piece on November 2nd, 2021. The money passage read:
A regional director who was employed at the research organization Ventavia Research Group has told The BMJ that the company falsified data, unblinded patients, employed inadequately trained vaccinators, and was slow to follow up on adverse events reported in Pfizer’s pivotal phase III trial.
Beginning on November 10th, 2021, the editors began receiving complaints from readers, who said they were having difficulty sharing it. As editors Fiona Godlee and Kamran Abbassi later wrote in an open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg:
Full article, HERE.
And here is the full text of the letter from the BMJ editors to Zuckie…
Dear Mark Zuckerberg,
We are Fiona Godlee and Kamran Abbasi, editors of The BMJ, one of the world’s oldest and most influential general medical journals. We are writing to raise serious concerns about the “fact checking” being undertaken by third party providers on behalf of Facebook/Meta.
Full letter, HERE at BMJ.
Apparently Zuckie nor his company has bothered to answer the mail… What a surprise!
This is a good look at exactly how fact checkers work, obfuscation, misdirection, etc. even when the story IS true. And the famous ‘missing context’ statements… I’ve seen that on mine before. Missing context my ass!!!
Also, this is how you get ‘this’ response…
LOL, Cedar and Ian have another ‘coloring book’ out- The Ratel Saga
Right now, it’s only on Kindle due to ‘issues’ with Amazon (gee, what a surprise), but the print version is coming soon! And it’s got a #1 new release tag too!!! Yay!
As always, click on the cover for the Amazon link.
The blurb-
All they wanted was to dig a pit trap and get a pet. The local African wildlife didn’t agree to either part of this plan…
A riotously funny activity book, field guide to (some)African fauna, and a story of growing up.
We strongly recommend that you do NOT try any of these things at home. However, you should definitely read where you can laugh out loud, as you should color outside the lines.
From the team that brought you Taskforce Chiweenie: The Poultry Liberation Front, The Ratel Saga is a (mostly) true story illustrated by a certified natural history illustrator who wants you to know this is moderately child friendly, even if the events depicted were a little hard on the adults involved .
Parental Supervision Advised
Now for something a little different…
Upstream Reviews has a rather interesting post on the trials and tribulations of SFWA…
As the creep of leftist identity politics has spread throughout the organization, a startling erosion of quality came with it. This is perhaps most objectively apparent in their membership qualifications, which were changed in May of 2014. Until then, to be considered for “Active membership”, an applicant had to have sold three pieces of short fiction at a 8c per word or one book for $2,000 or more in a Qualifying Professional Market (in other words, a top-tier publisher like Tor or Del Ray).
You can go read the full article, HERE on the blog. It’s well worth your time if you’ve wondered how well some of those ‘big name’ science fiction authors are doing.
Larry Correia has a nice description (no actual numbers), of how royalties work for him. And it is a great discussion of the power of the backlist, HERE, from his Monster Hunter Nation blog.
And trying to stay out of trouble…
And I’ma leave this here and run away…
