Three tales of reactions to the election of Donald J. Trump from Leftists/Liberals:
The first is Gary Perl, a retired New York City teacher and aspiring writer who suggested that "Trump Nazis" would invade the homes of "people of color." His suggestion was for the various racial communities to "arm yourselves legally." His post was linked to in the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms ownership facebook page. His statement was noticed by John Comeau, who criticized reactions by gun owners, and posted those remarks on the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership Facebook page. The change of view which had Perl considering a firearm purchase, said Comeau, should have been welcomed instead of criticized.
Perl posted a comment on the JFPFO Facebook page which said: "Now that Adolph Hitler part 2 is our president and because he advocates violence and is supported by alt-right Nazis, I intend o take advantage of my second amendment rights for the first time in my life. Sorry assholes but if any Trumpenschtuppen darkens my door to do me or mine harm, there will be there blood before mine."
The comment can be seen as a definitive threat, but from a man living in a state which would likely bar his foray into firearms ownership. It is hard to embrace a change of heart about owning a gun when the individual changing calls members of a group "assholes."
What I read into the reaction was that the man was criticized for not knowing that he could not acquire a semiautomatic for self defense in New York state; such weapons are banned by New York state law.
There are other outlets for at least learning about firearms that I recommend to anyone in New York. But you simply can't own the firearms you want to know about without moving from New York state.
Even so, my best prediction is that Gidon Cherev would run him him off their training grounds the moment he started to shoot his mouth off.
But, it's just a guess.
The second is freelance gun writer and National Rifle Association (NRA) member Jorge Amselle, who revealed in an interview last May that he supported Hillary Clinton for president. His reasoning, according to the linked article, was that since the two terms of Barak Obama had not been too bad for gun rights, voting for Clinton would be the same as voting for Obama. Which is true, and has been stated very clearly by the Clinton campaign.
The writer of the article for The Truth About Guns, John Boch, commented that the numerous gun publications which have used his services in the past will likely cease now that Amselle's sympathies are so well known. Given the sensibilities of his supporters within the firearms trainer community, you gotta wonder.
"i said: would conservatives care as much abt the 2nd amendment if guns killed more white people? a question meant to expose double standard."
Another tweet he posted following the incident:
“I’m being labeled a threat and put in a psych hospital. Trump’s crackdown on free speech has absolutely begun.”
"Trumps crackdown on free speech" has not been very effective so far, it would appear.
Loads.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol ammunition were mixed. Prices for rifle ammunition were mostly lower.
Prices for used pistols were higher across the board. Prices for used rifles were mixed.
New Lows:
None.
Pistol Ammunition
.45 Caliber, 230 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .24 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (4 Weeks))
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 Grain, From Last Week: +.02 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ammo Mart, Buffalo Cartridge, RSFP, Brass Casing, Reloads, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: J&G Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
9mm Parabellum, 115 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Red River Reloading & Outdoors, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .16 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Outdoor Limited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel casing, .16 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks))
.357 Magnum, 158 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Red River Reloading & Outdoors, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: J&G Sales, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel casing, .25 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ourdoor Unlimited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .22 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))
.308 NATO 150 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .36 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Casing, .36 per round (From Last Week: -.24 Each (!))
7.62x39mm AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition deport, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, Steel Case, FMJ, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged)
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds (10 Box Limit): Ammo King, Federal, RNL, .06 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Outdoor Unlimited, Aguila, RNL, .07 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged)
#1
Dropped my Guns & Ammo subscription over nevertrumper dana loesch. She is featured in NRA publications too, but I won't resign my lifetime membership over that. Hopefully they realize she is not an asset.
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Stocking Stuffers. Mine came in Monday before the general election.
So now that these tyrants and petty womenmen (apologies to the ladies, no slight intended) effectively outlawed what they are needing to discourage what they perceive as a potential over-reaching government.
Here is my problem with Gay Perl. He knows as much about firearms as I know about skinny jeans. You want a firearm to defend yourself. God bless you, welcome to the America you all have been trying to destroy. If you have the moral fortitude to take 30 minutes of jabs and ridicule from your new instructors of an institution they spent their entire lives learning and you spent your entire life trying to destroy, admit you are wrong, know nothing about the topic, and responsibility the fuck up. Realize you know nothing about this, realize you probably don't know anything much about anything else than poking a keyboard and sipping whine.
[Kansas City Star] WASHINGTON Rep. Mike Pompeo of Kansas, just tapped to be Donald Trump’s new CIA director, has had a lot to say about torture, Muslims, terrorism, the Iranian nuclear deal and NSA spying. Here’s a sample:
Pompeo on the release of the 2014 Senate torture report:
"Our men and women who were tasked to keep us safe in the aftermath of 9/11 -- our military and our intelligence warriors -- are heroes, not pawns in some liberal game being played by the ACLU and Senator Feinstein," Pompeo said in a statement on Dec. 9, 2014. "These men and women are not torturers, they are patriots. The programs being used were within the law, within the constitution, and conducted with the full knowledge Senator Feinstein. If any individual did operate outside of the program’s legal framework, I would expect them to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
"It is hard to imagine a sound reason that Senator Feinstein would put American operators and their families at risk--by demanding the release of details that are not in any way related to the legality or appropriateness of the programs. The intelligence collection programs described in the report have been in the news and hot topics for discussion for years. The sad conclusion left open is that her release of the report is the result of a narcissistic self-cleansing that is quintessentially at odds with her duty to the country.
"Moreover, the release of this report makes our nation is less secure. Our friends and allies across the world, who have worked closely with us to crush the Islamic jihad that threatens every Kansan and every American, now know the United States government will not honor its commitments. Their willingness to work with us in the future is now greatly diminished."
Pompeo on American Muslims:
"It’s been just under two months since the attacks in Boston," said in a speech on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 11, 2013. "In those intervening weeks, the silence of Muslim leaders has been deafening. And that is sad, but most importantly, it is dangerous. When the most devastating terrorist attacks on America in the last 20 years come overwhelmingly from people of a single faith, and are performed in the name of that faith, a special obligation falls on those that are the leaders of that faith. Instead of responding, silence has made these Islamic leaders across America potentially complicit in these acts and more importantly still, in those that may well follow."
Con't.
[The Hill] Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) jabbed at Donald Trump and Mitt Romney over reports that the former governor was being considered for a Cabinet position, recalling Romney's 2012 remark about "binders full of women."
"Gov @MittRomney: when you're meeting with @realDonaldTrump, maybe you could bring your binders full of women with you?" Warren tweeted, along with a picture of Trump’s mostly male shortlist of Cabinet candidates.
The comment was referencing a remark the former Massachusetts governor made during the 2012 presidential campaign, when he said that he had consulted "binders full of women" when filling out his administration.
Trump and Romney are scheduled to meet on Saturday at the president-elect’s golf course in Bedminster, N.J. Romney is reportedly being considered for secretary of State.
#2
Faux may be flummoxed when DJT picks women for EPA, DoEd, and a couple other cabinet posts. Women who are attorneys specializing in break-ups and liquidations...
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
11/19/2016 9:14 Comments ||
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There's sometimes a price to pay for backing a loser.
#4
So you got TrumpHitler as the Prez and RomneyHitler in some cabinet position. Opinion is still out on whether Bannon is Hitler or Satan, but it pretty much looks like Hitlers all the way down. (note: see your physician if you experience ein shadenboner lasting more than 4 years)
Props to Fauxahontas for reminding us what partisan wankers the media were in the last election, too.
[Quartz] Former Arkansas governor, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee is president-elect Donald Trump’s likely pick to be ambassador to Israel, according to the Daily Mail. Old Jet pictured in the graphic.
However, things don’t appear to be set in stone. A source within Trump’s transition team refuted the rumor to the Independent Journal Review. IJR had initially confirmed the Daily Mail’s report, but has since updated their story with the denial. An earlier version of this story also reported on IJR’s confirmation.
The Mail adds that Huckabee intends to move the US embassy to Jerusalem from its current location in Tel Aviv. "That’s going to happen," the transition official told the Mail. "Governor Huckabee is going to see it through."
The Jerusalem Embassy Act, which first ordered the move in 1995, has been delayed by three successive US presidential administrations, citing security concerns.
The move is deeply symbolic for the incoming Trump administration, as is the naming of Mike Huckabee. It confirms the president-elect’s campaign promises to certain communities concerned over America’s relationship with Israel. Many conservative Christians are so-called "Christian Zionists," who support a Jewish state in Israel insofar as it aligns with certain biblical prophecies regarding the end of days.
Huckabee is a known proponent of Christian Zionism, though his welcome in Israel may not be so warm. Earlier this week the former Arkansas governor came under criticism for blaming some anti-Semitic graffiti at Northwestern University in Illinois on "Jewish liberals."
He has previously asserted that Evangelical Christians are "more supportive of Israel than the American Jewish community."
#4
I could see Huckabee as AMBO. He's been there many times. It's a twofer; Trump would satisfy a large part of his base (Evangelicals) as well as select a friend to Israel.
#5
Ole Huck is an affable enough chap but has proven himself to be a chutesmoocher extrordinare. Here's hoping Trump breaks with historical practice and appoints ambassadors on merit rather than those whose qualities excel in fundraising or penchant for sucking up.
#7
Depotguy: What fundraisers? Remember, almost if not all of those type of "Grifters" were Hillary supporters. Most of the money came from small-amount donations for his campaign I'm sure.
That leaves him rather open to the usual fundraiser-driven appointments.
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11/19/2016 16:11 Comments ||
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I don't know much about Huck's politics, but that tribute to Ole Jet has me on Team Huckabee. Damn I miss my dog.
Posted by: Regular joe ||
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From The Times of Israel, datelined today at 2:12 a.m.:
[Federalist] Remember how it was the height of bigotry for religious objectors to decline to participate in a gay wedding? But now it's brave to decline to sell Melania Trump a dress.
To the many things the Trump administration in waiting has made cool again, add private businesses refusing service to customers based on moral objections.
Friday, fashion designer Sophie Theallet, who has dressed the current first lady Michelle Obama, offered a preemptive refusal to hypothetically dress the next first lady, Melania Trump, should she ask for some of her clothes-- presumably not the ones available at The Gap. In her unsolicited letter, Theallet informed the world that a person who did not ask for any of her clothes would not be getting them.
"As one who celebrates and strives for diversity, individual freedom and respect for all lifestyles, I will not participate in dressing or associating in any way with the next First Lady," the letter reads. "The rhetoric of racism, sexism, and xenophobia unleashed by her husband’s presidential campaign are incompatible with the shared values we live by."
"I encourage my fellow designers to do the same," it goes on.
In refusing service to Trump, Theallet appealed to "individual freedom" and the idea of her art as an expression of the company’s "artistic and philosophical ideals." Her announcement was called "noble," "patriotic," and "admirable integrity."
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Friday, fashion designer Sophie Theallet, who has dressed the current first lady Michelle Obama, offered a preemptive refusal to hypothetically dress the next first lady, Melania Trump, should she ask for some of her clothes
Probably trying to get her name out there and pick up some much-needed business.
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Friday, fashion designer Sophie Theallet, who has dressed the current first lady Michelle Obama, offered a preemptive refusal to hypothetically dress the next first lady, Melania Trump, should she ask for some of her clothes-- presumably not the ones available at The Gap.
#11
I yield to neither man nor beast in my disrespect for the Obamas, but if some fashion hootchie had refused to make clothes for Mooch, I would have considered it a small-minded act.
#14
Actually, I think the "fashion press" was worked up about "toned" arms. I'm assuming they were not talking about hue. What they were talking about is not exactly obvious from the pictures...
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
11/19/2016 16:19 Comments ||
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Bonus round: Which pair of shoes look most like "stripper shoes?"
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
11/19/2016 16:22 Comments ||
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"Who? I don't recall the name, but I've been so busy with other things... Oh her? I'm afraid her designs wouldn't suit my body type. Oh no, the majority of my clothes come from American designers -- that's where the creativity is these days."
#17
That was it: 'Toned' arms. At the time I thought one might hear something like that at a FFA cattle judging at a state fair: "The Cow in question has a straight back and well-spaced bones for calfing...".
[CUSTOMWIRE.AP.ORG] Michael Flynn, the former Army lieutenant general Donald Trump has asked to be his national security adviser, rose through the ranks of military intelligence on the strength of his reputation as an astute professional and an unconventional thinker. After retiring in 2014, he quickly turned on the Obama administration and accused it of being soft on terrorism.
In recent public comments, including his fiery address at the Republican National Convention, Flynn has emphasized his view that Islamic State extremists pose an existential threat on a global scale, demanding a far more aggressive U.S. military campaign against the group, as well as his belief that Washington should work more closely with Moscow.
Flynn is a champion of other foreign policy themes Trump pushed during the campaign, including renegotiating a seven-country agreement with Iran aimed at curbing its nuclear program in exchange for a lifting of economic sanctions.
He has also stirred controversy with his dire warnings about the dangers of Islamist groups, complaining on CNN in June that the U.S. needs to "discredit" radical Islam, but that "we're not allowed to do that right now." He accused the Obama administration in July of failing to design a coherent strategy for opposing the Islamic State group. In August he spoke at an event in Dallas for the anti-Islamist group Act for America, saying that Islam "is a political ideology" and that it "definitely hides behind being a religion."
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Flynn is also an ardent intelligence systems guy and long-time supporter of Palantir SW.
#2
Flynn sounds like a conservative despite claiming to be a Democrat. Trump is going to have to sort out our relationships/policies with Russia, Turkey and Syria quickly. His pick for SoS is going to be crucial.
#3
Flynn is a DIA guy, and that's the one agency that hasn't fouled up repeatedly. Smart guy. Abrasive, and not a "people person". But in the role of NatSecAdv he doesn't have to be managerial so that aspect of his "style" is a moot point except to his staff. He just has to be knowledgeable and intelligent. He is both. He just needs to learn a bit about being a little less impolitic in his public statements, save that for private advice to avoid tipping his hand where the leftists can oppose or twist it before he gets a chance to implement.
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[The Hill] Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) jabbed at Donald Trump and Mitt Romney over reports that the former governor was being considered for a Cabinet position, recalling Romney's 2012 remark about "binders full of women."
[Quartz] Former Arkansas governor, two-time Republican presidential candidate, and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee is president-elect Donald Trump’s likely pick to be ambassador to Israel, according to the Daily Mail.
[Federalist] Remember how it was the height of bigotry for religious objectors to decline to participate in a gay wedding? But now it's brave to decline to sell Melania Trump a dress.
