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Shannon’s Tuesday Birthday Open Thread
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Who is that Chinese baby in my chair?
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I grew arms by age two.
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😀 Happy Birthday Shannon!
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FOXNEWS reports that 11 kids rescued from the cave in Thailand. This leaves the coach, 1 or 2 kids and some rescue personnel. Miraculous results by any measure.
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Happy Birthday Shannon!
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Happy Birthday Shannon, you old Fart!
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Well, never Trumpers, how about that Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court?
I’d say that he may very well be the most qualified pick but I did want Amy Barrett picked for the simple reason that it would make all the hairy legged, Feminazi’s heads Asplode. She is EVERYTHING that they abhor; an attractive, accomplished, smart lady that has 7 kids and manages to raise them and still have a career, she is NOT a victim, but most of all she is a,….wait for it,…..a Catholic! 😉 -
My #7 I did hear some of the talking heads saying that she is in the Bullpen, waiting for Ginsburg to step down. That said; Some of them actually said something about replacing a female with a female?! WHUT?!
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I spotted the Bambi Twins and their mom just before daylight here at the Rocket Ranch. I took several pictures but, using my cheap throw-down camera that I keep in my truck, they didn’t come out very good. I went back out about 7 and got a couple of pictures of the twins but the mom was a few feet away so she is not in the picture.
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Happy Birthday Shannon!
I’m running on about 3 hours’ sleep. I have a meeting this morning and a mixer I wanted to attend tonight….yeah, right…
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I didn’t know until yesterday that 2 of Amy Coney Barrett’s 7 children were adopted from Haiti.
I’m still amazed she accomplished all that she has, had 5 children and adopted 2 more.
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Happy b day Shannon.
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I didn’t know until yesterday that 2 of Amy Coney Barrett’s 7 children were adopted from Haiti.
And she has done more for the Haitian people than the Clintons and their foundation ever thought of doing.
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I suspect there was a sigh of relief in the Barrett household in Indiana at the news they don’t have to uproot 7 kids and move to the Washington DC area. It was going to be complicated too because her husband is the Asst. Attorney General for the Northern District of Indiana.
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I really hope that the DOJ appeals this ruling.
HEADLINE: Judge rejects Justice Department’s effort to change catch-and-release ruling
A federal judge tossed the Trump administration’s attempt to allow the government to hold illegal immigrant families for longer than 20 days in detention, ruling Monday that the government failed to make a serious case.
Judge Dolly M. Gee, who in 2015 set the 20-day standard for children who tried to sneak into the U.S. with their parents, said she saw no reason to alter that ruling.
Her decision is a major blow to President Trump, who had specifically requested she update the ruling, known as the Flores settlement, in his family separations executive order last month.
The government argues that Judge Gee’s ruling created a “loophole” in the law, giving illegal immigrant families more lenient treatment. That, they said, created the surge of families that began to stream across the border in recent years.
Judge Gee refused the blame.
“Any number of other factors could have caused the increase in illegal border crossings, including civil strife, economic degradation, and fear of death in the migrants’ home countries,” she wrote in an order Monday evening.
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Libertarian lawprof Ilya Somin on Brett Kavanaugh:
I am a fan of his criticism of Chevron deference (for much the same reasons as in the case of Justice Gorsuch’s views on the subject), his support of a broad view of freedom of speech, and his opinions on freedom of religion and Second Amendment rights. On the other hand, I am concerned about his opinions advocating a broad view of executive power over national security (broad judicial deference in this area is highly problematic), and his championing of the theory of the “unitary executive,” which holds that nearly all executive power should be concentrated in the hands of the president. For reasons I summarized here, I think this approach is inappropriate when it comes to situations where the executive wields power far beyond that granted to the federal government under the original meaning of the Constitution. However, it’s hard for me to criticize Kavanaugh too much for holding a view on this issue similar to the one I myself held until just a few years ago.
Some conservative and libertarian critics have focused on Kavanaugh’s opinions in two prominent Obamacare cases, Seven-Sky v. Holder, and Sissel v. Department of Health and Human Services. While I have reservations about both rulings, on balance I don’t find them all that problematic.
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USC gets popped for blatant abuse of a male student under title IX.
HEADLINE: University Ordered To Pay Accused Student $100,000 After Calling Him ‘Motherf—er’
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“The hostile attitude and unfair treatment by Title IX personnel are familiar to most accused students.”
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On March 22, Doe was informed that, rather than looking into his claims of harassment against the female student, USC would be investigating him for sexual assault. When Doe met with the school’s Title IX investigator, Patrick Noonan, he was not given any details about the accusation against him.Noonan interviewed the female accuser and 18 student witnesses she identified, but did not investigate Doe’s complaint of stalking. While Doe provided 1,000 text messages and 252 pages of Facebook messages between himself and his accuser (which showed her alternating between threats of a sexual assault accusation and asking him to take her back), he was not provided the evidence against him. Noonan said that was USC policy, according to the lawsuit.
Doe’s attorney, Mark Hathaway, attended the meeting but was not allowed to speak or take notes. Noonan’s report contained his summaries of interviews, instead of verbatim transcripts. Based on this limited evidence, Noonan provided a USC panel his investigative report and conclusion that there was “sufficient evidence that Respondent knew or reasonably should have known that Complainant did not consent to the sexual penetration on October 14, 2015.”
as the man said RTWDT.
Title IX abuses are the norm and white, hetero, males are the target to such a degree that it is almost impossible for them to win, let alone receive any semblance of fair treatment.
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Libertarian author and journalist Jacob Sullum on Brett Kavanaugh:
SCOTUS Contender Brett Kavanaugh on Gun Rights, Search and Seizure, and Mens Rea
Although Heller suggested that various “longstanding” gun restrictions would pass constitutional muster, Kavanaugh said, D.C.’s gun registration system does not qualify. “Because the vast majority of states have not traditionally required and even now do not require registration of lawfully possessed guns,” he wrote, “D.C.’s registration law—which is the strictest in the Nation and mandates registration of all guns—does not satisfy the history- and tradition-based test set forth in Heller.”
and this interesting case,
In another 2012 case involving an unsympathetic defendant, Kavanaugh dissented from a decision upholding an armed robber’s conviction for carrying a machine gun in the course of a violent crime. Kavanaugh argued that the offense—which triggers a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years, compared to 10 years for a violent criminal who carries a semi-automatic firearm—requires knowledge that the gun is capable of automatic fire.
“The majority opinion holds that a person who committed a robbery while carrying an automatic gun—but who genuinely thought the gun was semi-automatic—is still subject to the 30-year mandatory minimum sentence,” he wrote. “The majority opinion thus gives an extra 20 years of mandatory imprisonment to a criminal defendant based on a fact the defendant did not know. In my view, that extraordinary result contravenes the traditional presumption of mens rea long applied by the Supreme Court.”
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Happy birthday, Shannon! Hope you have plans for a big celebration.
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Morning in the Rockies again. Cool temps are pleasant. Can’t tell for sure if Kavanaugh is a swamp creature or not, but there are some signs that he may be. Good enough pick for me though. We’re off to see the Black Canyon or something like that today. Happy birthday Shannon. You all have a great one.
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MANY HAPPY Returns Brother!!!!!
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Happy B-day unca Shanny.
Will feasting on some Buc-ee’s Beaver Nuggets be part of your b-day celebration?
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Last sentence in the article in #15 link.
“The Justice Department continues to review the ruling,” Mr. O’Malley said.
Translated it means Rip Van Sessions will sleep on it and get back to ya.
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I guess no judge has ever read this.
US Code 1182.–Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by president. Whenever the president finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, the president may, by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or non-immigrants or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.
Am I missing something?
The Hell?
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Everybody is safe over in Thailand. They got the last boy and the coach out.
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I don’t remember who, but I heard a commentator explain why the Democrats are rapidly descending into mass insanity. For over a decade they’ve been steadily losing elections at the local, state, and federal levels. Their legislative power has been greatly diminished. The only place they’ve been able to win is in liberal courts. They’re now seeing even that slip away.
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The marketing campaign, set to launch in September, was designed to increase enrollment and attract new out-of-state students, but according to The Laramie Boomerang, the UW Committee on Women and People of Color wrote a letter to university officials demanding that they “shelve” the slogan in favor of a new one that “represents the diversity of the people and cultures” at UW.
“The criticism of the slogan as being sexist, racist, and offensive simply does not hold water in the context of the overall campaign.” Tweet This
“I am not the only person for whom the word ‘cowboy’ invokes a white, macho, male, able-bodied, heterosexual, U.S.-born person,” associate professor of kinesiology and health Christine Porter told the Boomerang.
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How long before the first Cave Boys moobie? I give it two months.
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Thanks, gang.
Just FYI:
Protesters Are Trying to Make Green Day’s “American Idiot” No. 1 in the U.K. Just in Time for Trump’s Visit
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I am so disgusted by all this hypersensitivity and SJW garbage it makes me want to be particularly non-PC just so that I can tweak the left.
It should be blatantly obvious to anyone who can fog a mirror that the left will never be satisfied; the list of demands grows with every cave in. It is way past time to stop listening to the left and let’s get some prosperity going. Stop letting the left be the kill joy of our great culture. You know, that culture that has lifted untold millions around the world out of poverty, famine and pestilence. -
Will feasting on some Buc-ee’s Beaver Nuggets be part of your b-day celebration?
Checking the old lunch pail, it looks like day 721 of jalepeno string cheese, chicken salad, water crackers, green salad, and jello.
🙂
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Confirmation Votes
2005 John Roberts 78-22 (with 22 Democrats voting aye)
2006 Samuel Alito 58-42 (with 4 Democrats voting aye)
2009 Sonia Sotomayor 68-31 (with 9 Republicans voting aye)
2010 Elana Kagan 63-37 (with 5 Republicans voting aye)
2017 Neil Gorsuch 54-45 (with 3 Democrats voting aye)
The only Democratic senator now indicating he might vote for Kavanaugh is the guy who won the race against Roy Moore in Alabama.
Kavanaugh was confirmed for the DC Circuit in 2006 with a 57-36 vote.
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Y’all can get me one of these…
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#34 – WOW that is an awesome idea!!!!!!
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THIS IS WHAT BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT LOOKS LIKE.
Imagine if only 10% of those parasites in DC had this kind of heart. . . . . .
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HEADLINE: Senate Democrats Demand Supreme Court Nominee Not Be Unduly Influenced By U.S. Constitution
Good humor and just a touch of satire from the Babylon Bee
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Now they’re bringing back Magnum PI. Nothing new under the sun.
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They should go back and make the silent movies talk.
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Now they’re bringing back Magnum PI. Nothing new under the sun.
Not necessarily nothing new under the sun
In the new Magnum he won’t be an ex Navy man he’ll be an ex community organizer.
He won’t be able to ogle hot looking babe’s buttocks in bikinis for fear of being shamed and pecked to death on Tw(e)itter.He’ll drive a hybrid Prius c instead of a Ferrari 308 GTS.
Rick will be a junkie strung out on medical marijuana.
TC will be a member of BLM and hate Magnum because of his white privilege and Higgins will be transgendered and change his name to Caitlyn Higgins.
Higgins will also be secretly attracted to Magnum and then seek a safe space when Magnum rejects his sexual advances.
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40 phil
I’m hurting I’m laughing so hard.
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By Jove, unca phil has the knack, Jack! His high concept for the New Magnum PI beats most of what I see in little promos for the Fall Season on NBC. -
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Michelle “Mengele” Wolf is at it again:
Some people say abortion is ‘killing a baby.’ It’s not! It’s stopping a baby from happening. It’s like Back to the Future and the abortion is the DeLorean. And everyone loves DeLoreans!
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Abortion shouldn’t be a luxury…it should be on the Dollar Menu at McDonald’s!
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God bless abortions and God bless America!A special place in Hell awaits this ghoul.
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Even this hint of outgoing Justice Kennedy having any say in his replacement makes me more mistrustful of Kavanaugh.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-anthony-kennedy-brett-kavanaugh-corrupt-secret-deal-13fd59473ecf/
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I wouldn’t believe anything coming out of thinkprogress.
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That wasn’t the original place I saw it, but google showed me that while I was looking for more info. Here’s another:
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/07/10/nbc-hear-single-source-kennedy-negotiated-retirement-get-kavanaugh -
#45 M42: Kennedy provided a list and The Federalist society also provided a list, Kavanaugh was on both lists, this is according to the article. Trump may or may not have had conversations with Kennedy about the replacement. Either way, Trump could just as easily state that he has changed his mind with respect to whomever they may have allegedly discussed after the retirement announcement and what would happen after that . . . .nothing; it is Trump’s pick. Getting concerned about this little tidbit seems to me to be a waste of time and energy.
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OH NO. HE’S A BUSH PLANT!!!
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#44 – Well allow me to retort!
Go Frasier GO!!
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Magnum P.I.?
I was watching an old rerun of Hawaii 5-0 yesterday and the bad guys pulled out a big revolver and shot a poor bastard in a phone booth. You could only see the end of the barrel but you could clearly see “Python” stamped on it. Now days you wouldn’t use a Python because they way to expensive. Since they stopped making them several years ago they go for upwards of $2500 bucks. -
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This is a disgusting tactic to embarrass a retiring justice and undermine the integrity of an incoming SCOTUS appointee.
NBC these days is at least as untrustworthy as Think Progress, if not worse.
What a bunch of stupid crap. Only idiots will believe this.
The Hotair article linked in #47 totally refutes the rumor you linked in #45.
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I’ve been a long time critic of Justice Kennedy, but I don’t, for one minute, believe he would ever engage in a quid pro quo deal for his replacement.
It’s just ridiculous.
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The blithering NBC reporter has now deleted that tweet.
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I saw this yesterday and meant to post here about it.
A shocking study has revealed 90 per cent of the world’s plastic waste comes from just 10 rivers in Asia and Africa.
As governments around the world rush to address the global problem of plastic pollution in the oceans, researchers have now pinpointed the river systems that carry the majority of it out to sea.
About five trillion pounds is floating in the sea, and targeting the major sources – such as the Yangtze and the Ganges – could almost halve it, scientists claim.
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No more peanuts. Now, if all airlines will ban dogs and cats…
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Good late afternoon Hamsters. We have lots of shade and 86 in the front yard with a lazy breeze ruffling the banners on he front porch. Unfortunately it’s premature to start the countdown to the first day of Fall, much as we desire it to hurry up and get here.
Happy Birthday Shannon. Many more to come.
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It would appear that the lefty loons will be braying 24/7 at the selection of Brett Kavanaugh to become the newest Justice of the Supreme Court and will stoop to any depth of insanity to attempt to sway public opinion against him. This of course would be in vain hope of having said public raise the hue and cry to their respective Senators to reject confirming him.
Such madness will only disgust more and more normal Americans and only result in it backfiring bigtime in ways they can’t imagine.
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#56 – or muzzies.
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We toured the north rim of Black Canyon by auto then returned via a cross country gravel road reaching up into the “high” country this morning. The view of the canyon is spectacular, and I was leaning opposite the edge as we drove along to keep the car from tipping over and dropping 2000′. We topped out around 11,000 feet cross country before getting back down to a level that does not require supplemental oxygen to survive. Black Canyon is called that because it is narrow and deep, thus much of it is deprived of sunshine except for brief periods each day. Quite a view. I didn’t bring a camera, and these photo do not do it justice.
https://www.colorado.com/articles/explore-black-canyon-gunnison-national-park-what-you-need-know -
I think someone may have already pointed this out, but if you need concrete evidence that Kavanaugh is most likely a Deep Swamp denizen, you need search no further than this.
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I traveled a number of times to the Middle East and North Africa and never saw a woman wearing a full burka.
So around 2002, I was coming back to Texas from Washington DC and landed one night at Hobby. I went down to baggage claim to get my luggage and ran smack into two young guys with a girl in a full burka with only a slit for her eyes. She was tiny – maybe 4′ 10″ and just a wisp of a thing.
I had to restrain myself from staring because it was such a shock to see that in Houston.
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Heidi Heitkamp is the Democratic senator from North Dakota up for reelection this fall. Trump won the state by 30 points and she is in deep trouble. The Cook Report has North Dakota leaning Republican for her seat this week. Word is she will vote for confirmation as will Doug Jones of Alabama.
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I seriously doubt there is any candidate alive today who would be satisfactory for El Gordo on SCOTUS.
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I heard an audio clip of Shoofly Pie-Hole Schoomer concerning the new judge.
Sounded like he was mayo staining all over himself and anyone within 20 feet of the podium.
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Well, Business Insider is off my list of sites to read. They jumped the shark.
Business Insider pulled an opinion piece by a conservative writer after members of the staff objected. The piece, which is now available only on the Internet Archive was a reaction to the controversy over the casting of actress Scarlett Johansson as a transgender man for a forthcoming film. The article by Daniella Greenbaum argued that Johansson is an actress whose job is to make believe…
and,
It seems pretty clear that “expertise” in this case means agreeing with the left. In fact, CNN published a news article (in the entertainment section, but still) on the same topic titled “These trans actors could have been cast instead of Scarlett Johansson in her new movie.” Is the author of the CNN piece trans? I have no idea, nor should it matter. Special expertise is not needed to offer an opinion about the casting of a film unless you disagree with the left.
I don’t care about the movie or its subject, but watching the Left twist itself into suicidal knots is getting bizarre.
SNL’s Jon Lovitz was trying the other day to educate all the little SJWs on how a movie gets made in a free market economy. It was a losing battle on Twitter.
Jon Lovitz
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@realjonlovitzIt’s a business. The movie wouldn’t get financed, otherwise. Plus, the director has a vision of his film. I respectfully disagree with you. She didn’t take an opportunity away from anyone. She created an opportunity, a job, an acting career, since she’s 8 years old, for herself.
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#64 – Normally I’m up to speed, but on SCOTUS nominees I’m ignorant. I trust Trump to make good choices, and my mind is open on this one. But, there are signals out there, triggers if you will. That means it requires more investigation. I’m entirely happy to get a “most of the time” rather than one who evolves over time. I’m all for this one right now.
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This is huge and breaking now…
DOJ, SAF REACH SETTLEMENT IN DEFENSE DISTRIBUTED LAWSUIT
For Immediate Release Contact: Alan Gottlieb (425) 454-7012
BELLEVUE, WA – The Department of Justice and Second Amendment Foundation have reached a settlement in SAF’s lawsuit on behalf of Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed over free speech issues related to 3-D files and other information that may be used to manufacture lawful firearms.SAF and Defense Distributed had filed suit against the State Department under the Obama administration, challenging a May 2013 attempt to control public speech as an export under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), a Cold War-era law intended to control exports of military articles.
Under terms of the settlement, the government has agreed to waive its prior restraint against the plaintiffs, allowing them to freely publish the 3-D files and other information at issue. The government has also agreed to pay a significant portion of the plaintiffs’ attorney’s fees, and to return $10,000 in State Department registration dues paid by Defense Distributed as a result of the prior restraint.
Significantly, the government expressly acknowledges that non-automatic firearms up to .50-caliber – including modern semi-auto sporting rifles such as the popular AR-15 and similar firearms – are not inherently military.
“Not only is this a First Amendment victory for free speech, it also is a devastating blow to the gun prohibition lobby,” noted SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “For years, anti-gunners have contended that modern semi-automatic sport-utility rifles are so-called ‘weapons of war,’ and with this settlement, the government has acknowledged they are nothing of the sort.
Houston School of Law’s Josh Blackman has been co-counsel for Defense Distributed in this case, the Austin company that wanted to distribute digital plans for making all kinds of legal firearms until the Obama/Clinton State Department shut them down.
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I remain suspicious of Cavanaugh, but of course I fully support him as Trump’s nominee, and hope he easily gets confirmed.
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Here are concisely stated, legitimate problems with Brett Kavanaugh’s record and why they should be the subject of blunt questioning during confirmation by senators, hopefully, who actually know what they are talking about.
Daniel Horowitz at Conservative Review:
Obamacare regulation as a tax
Endless standing to rip God out of the public square*
Contraception as a “compelling government interest”
Immigration
*I brought this up the other and said I thought his opinion was dead wrong.
Maybe he’ll blow it in the hearings and not get confirmed. Then we could argue over Barrett, Willett, Kethledge and Thapar.
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70 Texpat
Maybe he’ll blow it in the hearings and not get confirmed. Then we could argue over Barrett, Willett, Kethledge and Thapar.
Not enough time before the election. I like the safe bet.
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What we really need is a judge like this.
Love it that he can’t sit still.
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Plus RBG is running on fumes. One of the others can take her place.
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A US film crew has already arrived at the foothills of the Tham Luang mountain cave system in Chiang Rai province as one of the world’s most daring rescue operations enters its third day. Divers are expected to today attempt to bring 25-year-old coach Ekkapol “Aek” Chantawong and the remaining four boys — aged 11 to 16 — to safety in a dangerous and highly complex operation.
One Navy SEAL has already died trying to save the team which became trapped in a dark, flooded chamber on June 23 and has been imprisoned for more than two weeks. Eight of the boys have been rescued over the past two days and are recovering in a nearby hospital.
Meanwhile, two American producers are already plotting a movie project about the Wild Boars youth soccer team and their coach in anticipation of global box office success.
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73 Hamous
This is from Salon.com, no less:
With the upcoming midterm elections inching closer, the Democrats’ odds of flipping the Senate are looking weaker and weaker, thereby increasing the pressure to secure the House in order to act as any sort of legislative check on President Donald Trump.
A new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll shows that the Democratic Party is poised to lose three seats to Republicans in the midterm elections: Republican Mike Braun has a 2-point lead on Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Rick Scott has a 3-point lead on Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida and Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer has a 5-point lead on Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota.
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There are also three seats currently held by Republicans where the Dem candidate is ahead by four points: AZ, NV, TN
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But it looks like the last TN poll on RCP was from April so Blackburn must be pulling away.
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Poles are for fishing.
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I hear they make good Catholics, too.
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