I'm sorry but "Peter Magyar" sounds like the one Hungarian kid at hogwarts. Not a real person. Sorry. Might as well vote for Janos Goulash. Laszlo Paprika. Jozsef Budapest. ...
Three (OK, four, but I'm deferring one for its own post) illusions that have been killed off for good by the disastrous Iran debacle, and musings on society as a gray market casino where cheating is encouraged because the bettors are only ripping one another off.
If you've been on the fence about subscribing, this is a good one to take the plunge on. It's all of $2, half the cost of a PBR. ...
Even if the strait reopened, which it hasn't, and the war ended, which it hasn't, there's a backlog of 1000+ ships waiting to get through Hormuz, major damage to oil and gas infrastructure, and a supply chain disruption (especially for fertilizer) that will take months to unravel in the best case scenario.
Today's big "market rally" was just hopium, poor reading comprehension, and shorts covering in a trench coat. It won't last the week. ...
We won’t really feel the satisfaction of a complete narrative arc until we see tomorrow morning’s inevitable story about a new Polymarket account called “whitepwr_wifeleftme69” who signed up at 4 PM today and made $6 million ...
Chat, what happens when the boy who cries wolf is also the wolf ...
Nan says:
One assumes Vitter keeps his weapon tucked safely in his diaper.
I'd like to see those flaming hypocrites also start taking piss tests for drugs as part of being able to hold on to their jobs. They want the rest of us to do it just to hold down a minimum wage job at Walmart, but won't pee in a cup themselves.
Mrs. Chili says:
Really? Is this even a question? We all KNOW that Congress is a "do as I say, not as I do" institution. They're all for term limits and salary caps and universal health care (and, as you point out, a completely irrational reading of the Second Amendment), as long as those things don't apply to them (well, except for the gold-standard health care thing…)
Flaming hypocrites, indeed.
jazzbumpa says:
That's right. I say, keep the guns in the C & W bars, where they belong.
Nick says:
Missing the point a bit, isn't it? The whole reason pro-gun people want to be allowed to carry on campus is because campuses are NOT secured facilities.
If it were feasible (or desirable) to put metal detectors and armed guards at the entrance to a college campus, then I'd be just fine with restrictions on concealed carry. Until then, however, I see no reason why someone who has passed a background check and concealed carry class, and is legally allowed to carry a firearm across the street from a college campus, should be a criminal if he/she carries one onto campus.
oldfatherwilliam says:
Nick misses the point. Campuses are not the issue. Buildings and classrooms are the issue. That's certainly feasible, and it can be imagined that discard and retrieve rooms could be placed at every entrance so that paranoics could scurry between them fully armed.
Prudence says:
I love the concept in abstract, but I'm a DC resident and frankly, the idea of Michele Batshit Bachmann with a gun fills me with horror. There are bats in her belfry, bats with rabies and plague.