Better Gun Law Enforcement, And Better Fact-Checking

Inspired by the recent Aurora IL shooting the NY Times takes a fair and balanced look at the recurring problem that our existing gun laws are not enforced. We learn that safety is neither safe nor cheap:

Still, only eight states have laws that provide an explicit mechanism so that people suspected of having guns in violation of those prohibitions are actually required to give them up. And some of those states merely allow — but do not require — the police to seek a court order to confiscate such guns.

That was the case in Illinois, where the authorities knew for more than four years that Gary Martin was a violent felon but apparently did nothing to ensure that he surrendered the laser-sighted Smith & Wesson handgun that he used to kill five co-workers in Aurora, Ill., on Friday.

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Unlike Illinois, most states do not have an explicit process allowing the police a way to confiscate guns from people suspected of being prohibited owners. But even in those states that do, two factors explain why many police and sheriff’s departments use these laws so infrequently: time and danger.

“That’s a challenging situation for law enforcement to knock on a door and say, ‘Hey, we’re here to take your guns, Mr. Dangerous Criminal,’” said Adam Skaggs, chief counsel of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which advocates tighter gun laws.

Well, yes, police work can be dangerous. Showing up after a shooting is not so threatening physically, but then again, showing up with a shooting is also dangerous - six officers were injured in the Aurora shoot-out, so danger deferred is not always danger denied.

As to budgets:

But when Illinois lawmakers sought to tighten state law so that the police would be mandated to confiscate guns owned by people barred from possessing them, or at least verify that the guns had been transferred to legal owners, concerns about manpower helped doom the proposal.

“Law enforcement didn’t object to the essence of the law,” but said they would need far more money to carry it out, said State Representative Kathleen Willis, a Democrat from suburban Chicago who is pushing to toughen the law.

Freedom isn't free and safety isn't cheap.

And, on to a fact-check. This one becomes Blue-on-Blue. The Times quotes a Brady spokesperson:

One in five gun purchases is estimated to occur with no background check, such as through sales over the internet or at gun shows, said Kris Brown, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. That attracts buyers who would fail a check.

“You’d have to assume that if you are a prohibited purchaser, you are aware of that loophole, and that’s how you’re going to get a gun,” Ms. Brown said.

Do note the word "purchases", which ought to be "transfers". Here is the 2017 study, but Politifact has already tackled this:

The fact checks, and experts we contacted, instead cited a study authored by researchers from Northeastern and Harvard universities that was published in January 2017. They did an online survey, in 2015, of 1,613 adult gun owners.

Among gun owners who said they obtained their most recent gun within the two previous years:

• • 22 percent overall said they obtained the guns without a background check. But that includes guns that were purchased or received in another way, such as through a gift or an inheritance.

• • 13 percent who purchased firearms -- for example, from a friend or online -- said they had done so without a background check.

The lower figure applies here, given that Bullock’s claim is about gun sales.

Blue-on-blue. And let's note that the unchecked purchases includes family, friends and acquaintances as well as gun shows and online. In fact, a quick glance at the relevant table tells me that family, friends and acquaintance transfers outnumber the online and gun show transfers. Of course, thugs and nut jobs have friends and family too.

As to the infamous gun show loophole, per this survey, 4% of transfers in the past two years were at gun shows, with no one claiming to gave avoided a background check. Not exactly the point the Brady person made.

 

Comments

[The Infamous Ignatz]

--So what do you guys think is the worst part of the Jussie Smollett Hoax?--

The effin Chicago Po-lice chief whining that lil Jussie made all real victims of hate crimes feel poorly.
How bout all the deplorable people the little prick actually smeared with his bullshit lies?

[DrJ]

JamesD, heartfelt condolences.

[MissMarple2]

Iggy,

When I was discussing this Smollett thing with my dem friend today, she agreed it was horrible and a tragedy, etc. etc.

Then she brought up how hate crimes were on the increase, because she had seen that bogus story on TV.

[The Infamous Ignatz]

James,
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 2;
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die...

It was your mom's time and her struggles are over. God bless.

[The Infamous Ignatz]

Maybe she meant hateful little POC progs making up hates crimes, MM. :)

[Narciso79]

Are all reviewers supremely stupid or almost all:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-classicist-who-sees-donald-trump-as-a-tragic-hero

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

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[daddy]

This is the first time I actually read what Smollett told Robin Roberts of Good Morning America:

... “I turned around and I see the attacker masked and he said: ‘This Maga country [bleep]’ and punched me right in the face so I punched his ass right back. We started tussling and it was very icy, we ended up tussling by the stairs, fighting, fighting, fighting.”

A second attacker, Smollett said, started kicking him in the back. “Then it just stopped and they ran off. I saw where they ran off … Then I looked down and I see there was a rope around my neck. I noticed the rope around my neck and I started screaming. There’s a [bleep] rope around my neck!”

What a brave, brave man he is.

He added: “It feels like if I had said it was a Muslim or a Mexican or someone black, I feel like the doubters would have supported me a lot more. That says a lot about the place that we are in our country right now.”

Very brave.

[MissMarple2]

daddy,

ChiTown suggested to me yesterday that this sounded like a Ben Rhodes script.

[daddy]

Fuck the Pentagon; it's long past time to bust some of those pricks down to size.

One word in praise of the Pentagon if it's still true, is that many if not most of the Active Duty Military hated being assigned to the Pentagon---definitely so in my Dad's day and also of the guys I knew when I was active. I hope that hasn't changed. "Orders to the Pentagon? Ugh!"

[henry]

Daddy, through it all the sandwich was unharmed.

[Narciso79]

Perhaps bill Ayers, since he was all about chaos, van Jones hes also from oakland?

[Jane]

I am really sick of typepad. I have to sign in every time I post. And often it takes 3 tries. When/if I do get in, it always takes me back to the first page. Is TM sending me a message?

[henry]

Oh not only was the sand which unharmed... he was on his phone the whole time... it too was not dropped or harmed in this epic exchange of punches. There was Jussie, sandwich in on hand, phone in the other hand, and puchning back with the other er gripping hand (yeah, that’s the ticket). Jussie is either a Motie or an economist.

[daddy]

Daddy, through it all the sandwich was unharmed.

And the telephone he was holding in his other hand as well, Henry.

A very brave man, indeed.

[MissMarple2]

Jane,

It always does that when you sign in.

You can get around having to go through every page by posting something on the first page and then hitting the "post another" thing that comes up after you post.

I log in through my Twitter account which is quicker than having to fill bout all the information (name, email, etc.) but it still does that.

Also, I can never predict when I will be logged off, although every time there is a new thread I can count on it.

[Narciso79]

Anyways getting back to the ostensible subject, the designated apparatchik from the Giffords foundation came from the brennan center and has no expertise with firearms then again he didnt have any with free speech, the answer in both was hulk smash!!

[Account Deleted]

((The loony tunes at the top of the FBI didn't happen overnight and surely can't be blamed solely on the Bathhouse Rat.))

Protecting 'their empires' is just a human trait in every institution.

The FBI
churches
political parties
women's clubs

It is their turf & they are the experts. How dare anyone from the outside judge them or tell them what to do.

They've lost sight of who they work for &/or why they exist at all. They become insular & they rot.

[daddy]

The only good thing is that Jussie must not have been wearing Nike's, 'cause what with all that "tussling, tussling, tussling," and "fighting, fighting, fighting," if he had been wearing Nike's he might have exploded right thru his sneakers, and who knows how much more punishment he would have received if he was on the ground like Zion Williamson and unable to punch their asses back, even if his attackers had been Mexican's, Muslim's, or Blacks.

[Narciso79]

Indeed it fits michels iron law or oligarchy, their self preservation is their only goal.

[Narciso79]

Since 1990 when McCabe graduate from college, the bureau found a way to botch the first and second etc bombings,

[joan]

Condolences to you, James D. You were a blessing to your mother and a fine example of how a son should treat his loved ones.

[Jane]

Thanks MM. I just don’t know how long I can deal with it.

[Narciso79]

The first they lost contact with their informant inside sheikh Rahman cell the second they deepsixed the William's memo,
not moving it into the pdb, hence the main leads were not pursued and these officials were promoted one became a judge another is a security consultant of some kind.

[joan]

I read the Variety article about Smollett and Fox's dilemma they're facing in 'what do do' about him. They knew what to do about Roseanne.

Glancing at the comments, I found this remark, which should get an Emmy :)

"1.2 million a year just isn’t enough to get by. I better stage a lynching” -said no sane person ever."

[joan]

sheesh, 'what to do.' :)

[Dave (in MA)]

Protecting 'their empires' is just a human trait in every institution.

The FBI
churches
political parties
women's clubs

Patterico, LGF...

[anonamom]

Yes, it's human nature, and the profound desire for power, perceived or real.

Which is why Comey and McCabe and now this Fry guy from the IRS must be charged and tried for their crimes. Letting them walk sets a horrendous precedent. No more Lois Lerners! The only hope for minimizing abuse of these bureaucracies is the threat of individual cupability for lawbreaking.

[clarice]

Sundance thinks there's more on the Fry story. (He has a point--this is the second IRS employee leaking confidential stuff--the first was re Manafort BTW. Maybe they just are Lois Lerner wannabes.)https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/02/21/irs-intelligence-analyst-john-fry-charged-with-leaking-cohen-financial-records-to-creepy-porn-lawyer/

[daddy]

I suppose the positive thing about this IRS Leaker that nobody can find a picture of, John Fry, is we can be confident that he never previously ever leaked anything to any unauthorized personel, just like that Senate Custodian of Top Secret stuff who got the hand slap for only leaking stuff that one time to that 25 year old NYTimes reporter he was banging.

[Captain Hate]

No more Lois Lerners!

I think the GOP's refusal to penalize her was a major reason we got DJT.

[Pinandpuller]

7 Mexican Nationals Arrested in big Atlanta meth bust

https://youtu.be/HYpcoH1V2HY

[daddy]

I'm waiting for Harvard to give Smollett a visiting Fellowship so he can lecture on Race Relations in America, alongside former US Army Private and Ft Leavenworth inmate, Chelsea Manning, who I think was hired to teach a course on how to be being a traitor and a transvestite in Trump's Amerika.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Stevie Wonder and Tiger Woods meet at a fundraiser.

Woods turns to Wonder and says: "How is the singing career going?"

Stevie Wonder replies: "Not too bad! How's the golf?"

Woods replies: "Not too bad, I've had some problems with my swing, but I think I've got that right now."

Stevie Wonder says: "I always find that when my swing goes wrong, I need to stop playing for a while and not think about it. Then, the next time I play, it seems to be alright."

Tiger Woods says: "You play golf?"

Stevie Wonder says: "Oh, yes, I've been playing for years."

Woods says: "But, you're blind. How can you play golf if you're blind?"

Wonder replies: "I get my caddy to stand in the middle of the fairway and call to me. I listen for the sound of his voice and play the ball towards him. Then, when I get to where the ball lands, the caddy moves to the green or farther down the fairway and again I play the ball towards his voice."

"But, how do you putt?", asks Woods.

"Well," says Stevie, "I get my caddy to lean down in front of the hole and call to me with his head on the ground and I just play the ball towards his voice."

Woods asks: "What's your handicap?"

Stevie says, "Well, I'm a scratch golfer."

Woods, incredulous, says to Stevie: "We've got to play a round sometime."

Wonder replies: "Well, people don't take me seriously, so I only play for money, and never play for less than $10,000 a hole."

Woods thinks about it and says, "OK, I'm game for that, when would you like to play?"

Stevie says, "Your choice, you pick the night."

[anonamom]

Is Mexican Nationals what we are now to call illegal aliens? Asking for a friend.

[Narciso79]

Interesting this coast guardsman was flagged by gwu, conveniently he had 1,000 rounds of ammo gasp, its hired not one but two fmr al queda operatives bhuiya and al hurrani, it's also where miss nurga witte went to graduate school

[Narciso79]

The first effendi bhuiya seems to be present at many scenes of slaughter, but tyet gave him a pass and I suppose a security clearance.

[MissMarple2]

https://twitter.com/STUinSD/status/1098724790913757185

Thread: In Search of the Next German Economic Miracle

[Captain Hate]

Was there ever any MFM coverage of the apprehension of the Manafort IRS leaker? Because that's kind of a big deal.

[Captain Hate]

Camelbert has on Annette Benning, who looks like a cross between Jane Hathaway of the Beverly Hillbillies and Squaw Warren, and Ana Navarro who looks really fat.

[MissMarple2]

Captain Hate,

I don't remember it being covered, but there is so much stuff going on I could have just missed it.

I agree it's a big deal.

[Narciso79]

It happened in June 2017, she went to trial in October of thr following year and then girnisch

[daddy]

Is Mexican Nationals what we are now to call illegal aliens? Asking for a friend.

If "Nationals" is the new euphemism for "Criminals" then DC's Baseball Team could not be better named.

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

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[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

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[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

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[Catsmeat]

I'm so sorry about your mom, James D.

matt, God bless your daughter.

Ig, a c--- and a b--- story comes from Sterne's Tristram Shandy, as I know you know, and thus has a very distinguished lineage as, among other things, a good dirty joke at the end of a novel that begins with a different good dirty joke. Steph would like it.

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

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[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Two hillbillies walk into a restaurant. While having a bite to eat, they talk about their moonshine operation.. Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table, who is eating a sandwich, begins to cough. And, after a minute or so, it becomes apparent that she is in real distress. One of the hillbillies looks at her and says, 'Kin ya swallar?' The woman shakes her head no. Then he asks, 'Kin ya breathe?' The woman begins to turn blue and shakes her head no. The hillbilly walks over to the woman, lifts up her dress, yanks down her drawers and quickly gives her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue. The woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm and the obstruction flies out of her mouth. As she begins to breathe again, the Hillbilly walks slowly back to his table. His partner says, 'Ya know, I'd heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver' but I ain't niver seed nobody do it!'

[DrJ]

'Hind Lick Maneuver'

Obviously not a German hillbilly. Then again, his maneuver was not particularly secret.

[Jim,SunnyvaleCA,USA]

That scrunched image says
BREAKING: Jussie Smollett could face up to 3 book deals or life in Dem politics.

Probably about right, actually ...

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Ha DrJ!

I thought the medically inclined would appreciate it. ;)

[lurkersusie]

The Hill
New Jersey playing games

@thehill
New Jersey Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns (link: http://hill.cm/D2r7bqS) hill.c

@RonNehring
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This won’t work. It amounts to a state adding its own qualifications for president. US Term Limits v Thornton established the Constitution alone determines qualifications for federal offices. States cannot use ballot access to impose additional qualifications.

[DrJ]

I'll post a final piece before I retire for the night. You may know (or not!) that I enjoy Busoni's transcriptions of Bach's work.

Here is another one of the Chaconne, BWV 1004, by Michelangeli -- a live performance from Warsaw in 1955:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnIRFT477G8&index=19&list=RDtNIurA7m5bw

Typical light Italian virtuoso piano style, but there is the right amount of gravity to it. It is worth hearing.

Good night!

[Narciso79]

Ron nehring that was the head of the erstwhile California GOP they've switched out at least one senator sans actual election.

[Gentlejim]

Condolences to JamesD and family.

[jimmyk]

My condolences to James D.

[Momto2]

James D. - So sorry to sign on tonight and see the news of your mother's passing. I hope the memory of her smiling into the sunlight is a comfort to you along with the truth that this is but a temporary separation. 1 Thess. 4:13

[lurkersusie]

Funny video

mad-liberals on Twitter: "Peshwa Warrior Trump #DonaldTrump #MAGA https://t.co/s9JOb5e7DR" / Twitter

[clarice]

Nytol

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Art, yes.

[Ralph L]

@JussieSmollett - what about MAGA
Several local news left MAGA out of his hoax.

Bennett College is in Greensboro, NC, as is the Woolworth's (not Walgreens) lunch counter where those 4 black men protested in 1960. That museum went bust and Bennett is about to.

[Ralph L]

Will the real narciso please stand up:
Althouse narciso said...
But it was Randi credico far lefty who was represented by kunstler and Ratner's ex wives who had the contacts. The former defended the Pchicago 7 and the blind sheikh the che loving latter had a boutique practice for twrrorists

[joan]

Well, Jussie continues maintaining his innocence.

"Lawyers for “Empire” star Jussie Smollett accused Chicago police of carrying out an “organized law enforcement spectacle” against Smollett hours after the police superintendent claimed the actor staged a hate crime to boost his career.

"In a statement to WGN News and ABC 6, Smollett’s attorneys said their client was an innocent victim who was being targeted by city officials with unwarranted legal action."

How do his attorneys think he can beat this? Guess they're going to blame the brothers. :)

[daddy]

Before I forget, I think it worth mentioning that at least one if not both of the Nigerian Brothers were also employed over there at FOX on that "Empire" Show. Jussie is apparently back there tonight reading his latest script. I wonder if the 2 Nigerian Brothers will be treated more harshly by the Network than they treat Jussie?

[Narciso79]

Yes that just slays me so to speak, you can force a department to spend tens of thousands of dollars hundreds of detectives on a hoax then you go back to work, shirley.

[Narciso79]

Some questions to consider:

https://www.thenewneo.com/2019/02/21/white-nationalist-arrested-on-weapons-charges/#comments

[Porchlight]

Thanks for your prayers re: my colleague's daughter. I don't have a real update yet, but it hasn't made the local news, which I'm sure it would have if she hadn't been found, so I take that as a good sign. Hopefully I can find out more tomorrow.

[jim nj]

Buckeye,

No, I hadn't heard of Jan Janszoon. Looked him up. Fascinating story.

I don't think it was unusual for the Barbary Pirates or the Ottoman Turks to enlist admirals from Europe.

I seem to remember one that worked for the Ottoman Empire, but can't find his name.

[jim nj]

Brad Parscale
‏Verified account @parscale
1h1 hour ago

Maybe it is time for @Nike to bring factories back to the US where quality manufacturing will protect our athletes. @realDonaldTrump

Posted by: MissMarple2 | February 21, 2019 at 06:27 PM
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I said something similar last night. Nike is evil for trying to cripple young black men.

[Ralph L]

John Paul Jones worked for Catherine the Great against the Ottomans, IIRC.

[jim nj]

I see some news outfits are trying to switch the focus from Jussie Smollett to the the WHITE Coast Guardsman who was arrested on gun charges and allegations of planned terrorist attacks.

I'm not gonna link to such stupidity.

[Porchlight]

Yep Jim, CBS especially for some reason. Sounds like another fakeout anyway.

[jim nj]

Ralph L,

Wikipedia agrees with you. Didn't know that. Says he died in France, was buried there and exhumed over a hundred years later, returned to the US with a naval escort, and his body now resides in the Naval Chapel at Annapolis.

Humph.

[daddy]

Catsmeat,

Apparently a takeoff on it has been made into a cult movie: A Cock and Bull Story

[Porchlight]

daddy, I never saw it but I loved the book of course. Steve Coogan is nutty but very talented.

[jim nj]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/us-china-haggle-over-toughest-issues-in-trade-war-talks-idUSKCN1QA2NH

I think this is headed for overtime. China will offer to buy more stuff from us. I don't see them agreeing to fundamentally rebuild their economy by no longer stealing technology.

[daddy]

Porch,

I've never read Tristram Shandy which I suppose I should be severely embarrassed about but oh well:(

On the other hand, I did read Giles Milton's White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves and found it wonderfully interesting, and I believe the primary subject, Thomas Pellew, a young Brit boy captured at age 11 and held for 23 years before freedom, is the grandfather of a famous Brit Admiral. That may possibly be who Narciso is thinking about.

I also just Wiki'd Jan Janszoon--- another fascinating character. I knew Iceland had been raided by Islamic Pirates, but I did not know it was by Janszoon and other Europeans who had converted to Islam. Another interesting piece of the puzzle. And years back Frau suggested I needed to read "Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean," another book I've got in the garage but haven't got to yet. I miss our Frau:(

[jim nj]

Dem candidates have raised the "reparation" argument again.

This is shameless and divisive. No matter how many times this idea gets shot down as being unfair it rises again. U-235 seemingly has a shorter "half-life."

[jim nj]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/watch-malcolm-brogdon-slips-out-of-his-nike-shoes-during-game/ar-BBTVh5S?li=BBnba9I
Shades of Zion.

[Pinandpuller]

Several people are saying that one of the brothers was Jussie's drug dealer.

[Pinandpuller]

This has to be a mista-

[hoyden]

From MM2's link to German government getting involved with industry,

"Wait! The US gov’t got deeply involved in the medical industry and public education. How are those two doing these days? Or the 2008 bank bailouts (at the cost of trillions to taxpayers). Or green energy (sic) “investments” made by Obama? How much was wasted there? Etc., etc."

The market beats central planning every damn time! Let’s see which industry sectors German government intervention will begin to (or further) ruin. Once gov’t gets its hooks in, they never back off until forced to. That will happen in Germany, too.

What could go wrong? Demonstrating once again that you can vote the Socialists in but you will have to shoot your way out.

[hoyden]

In the comments, connecting one more dot,

I truly believe the globalists plan was to take manufacturing jobs away from US totally. The purpose was to destroy our middle class. It would have to happen to bring about NWO. Trump actually stopped this dead in its tracks.

[Pinandpuller]

People are losing their minds over Steve Coogan's 20 something year old girlfriend.

[jim nj]

Random thought. Maybe it's just me, but is it possible we're arrayed against a group of people who could never win a game of Monopoly in their youth?

[jim nj]

Hoyden,

I always thought that was the basis for the climate accord. Hollow out America so that others could steal our wealth and industries.

[hoyden]

Good morning, jim nj. Add "climate accord" to that list. Just like compiling the faux hoax list, there's a growing list of "We're from the government and we're here to help" debacles.

[daddy]

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[daddy]

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[jim nj]

Hoyden,

It's not just the countries that thought they were going to get a financial windfall from us that are annoyed.

Certain EU countries thought that they had out-negotiated us on that deal.

Trump is right that these multi-national deals suck. Every body gangs up on us and Obama was willing to go along with that.

[hoyden]

jim nj, we dodged more than a bullet, more like a neutron bomb, cuz Clinton would have been Obama-3 on steroids with a slathering of the smothering of Obama's bureaucratic corruption.

daddy, thanks for the morning smiles.

Model railroad signal update. I created an Arduino shield that can drive 20, 3 aspect signals. I have software that can display 10 indications from stop to clear. I can almost believe I can make this work. Now it's a simple matter of software ;-)

Now I'm off to wrok at my day job where I create more software for teeny-tiny computers.

[MissMarple2]

Good morning!

daddy, I love that phone cartoon!

[jim nj]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-pivot-insight/a-fed-pivot-born-of-volatility-missteps-and-new-economic-reality-idUSKCN1QB0IK

I feel more comfortable about this policy. Trump was correct to argue withe the FED governors. Raising interest rates and selling off portfolio assets had never been done before. Both tighten the money supply.

A wait and see approach is a better stance. Inflation isn't rampant. And while the economy is growing, unemployment is at historic lows, there are many who would still like to rejoin the economy.

We're also seeing some industries failing in the US. Employees impacted by that will need to find new jobs. Sears employees, Payless Shoe employees, laid-off media workers, etc.

While the economy is doing well, we're still going to see contractions in industries that have lost the ability to compete.

The unemployment rate has become detached from being a leading indicator of inflation.

The idiotic minimum wage levels will destroy more jobs than anything else and the FED will have to learn to consider that.

[MissMarple2]

The President tweeted a few things last night after I went to bed. This one, I think, means that Senator Cornyn is running for reelection:

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
14h14 hours ago

Senator John Cornyn has done an outstanding job for the people of Texas. He is strong on Crime, the Border, the Second Amendment and loves our Military and Vets. John has my complete and total endorsement. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

[peter]

The effin Chicago Po-lice chief whining that lil Jussie made all real victims of hate crimes feel poorly.
How bout all the deplorable people the little prick actually smeared with his bullshit lies?

Iggy @ 8:28 yesterday! Yes !

Daddy; your Nike-Smollett mashup is funny. Hopefully Zion is fully recovered by April.

[MissMarple2]

Retweeted by the President. Photos at link.

Wonderful evening at @WhiteHouse celebrating #AfricanAmericanHistoryMonth! pic.twitter.com/ZBJop8kxTY

— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) February 22, 2019

[MissMarple2]

https://apnews.com/145c88384ab247588761e871def0d48d?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

Filipino rebel commanders become officials under peace deal

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Some of the fiercest Muslim rebel commanders in the southern Philippines are in Manila to be sworn in Friday as administrators of a new Muslim autonomous region in a delicate milestone to settle one of Asia’s longest-raging rebellions.

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I knew almost nothing about this. It is a pretty big deal.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.wthr.com/article/park-ranger-furloughed-during-shutdown-wins-lottery-1

What this has to do with the shutdown, I don't know. She bought the ticket 6 days before the shutdown.

Anyway, she's from New Jersey, so no wonder she got financial and legal advice before claiming it.