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.

...

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

[jim nj]

Finished reading military advice. Outstanding.

Reminded about a Marine Corps adage about helicopters,

"twist and turn,
crash and burn"

[MissMarple2]

https://cbs4indy.com/2019/02/21/confederate-monument-vandalism-in-garfield-park-results-in-probation/

This happened at the park which is about a mile north of my house. The guy was arrested 10 blocks north of me.

This is ridiculous. If you look at the video, you can see that this isn't a statue. It's simply a stone base with names on a plaque topped by a pillar with a ball on top. To even know it is about Confederate soldiers you have to get right up to it and read the thing.

Of course, the guy looks as nutty as a fruitcake, so I guess that is the explanation.

[hoyden]

jim nj, that military advice link is a keeper.

[MissMarple2]

AccuWeather
‏Verified account @breakingweather
6m6 minutes ago

BREAKING: A magnitude 7.7 #earthquake has occurred near the Peru-Ecuador border in South America, according to the USGS: http://ow.ly/vuh330nNkTr

[hoyden]

MM, I wonder if Democrats seek out the crazy to do their dirty work knowing the perpetrator will get off with a slap, or it won't matter to them otherwise.

[henry]

The crazy seek out the Democrats. They want to fit in.

[MissMarple2]

hoyden,

Nothing would surprise me. I still think Smollett was ginning up publicity for Harris and Booker.

[jim nj]

MM,

Yes, that was the largest Pick 6 prize in NJ in 15 years. She bought the ticket and won before the furlough. The furlough didn't mean crap to her as she already knew she was rich.

Best advice you can get from a lawyer in NJ. Spend some time thinking about this before you go public. Second best advice you can get from a NJ lawyer, move to Florida.

Cause NJ will only get two months worth of taxes out of you, and the savings will buy you a nice house in Florida.

In the odd event that I should win a lottery I already have my speech ready. I'll appear in Groucho eyeglasses, nose and mustache.

"Thank you, thank you, It's more than I need, but not as much as I wanted. I'd like to thank NJ for suggesting that I leave the state and for buying me a mansion in Florida. I will no longer buy anything in NJ except for a plane ticket. And for those of you who might need my help financially I will ignore all of your requests. I am perfectly capable of engaging worthy charities on my own."

Sound good?

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breakingviews.com/considered-view/kraft-heinz-is-desperate-for-a-fresh-variety/

Kraft-Heinz seems to be in trouble.

[MissMarple2]

jim nj,

Sounds like a plan to me!

Maybe I will buy a lottery ticket this weekend.
Just a couple of million would do me.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-ding-yi-feng-holdings-stock-rises-8500-and-no-one-knows-why-2019-2

This is a rather strange story.

[jim nj]

MM,

A million net would be enough for each of us considering our advanced years. Twenty years at 50K per or ten at at 100K per year.

I'd like to do more, but...

I saw the Kraft-Heinz thing. Companies can still make mis-steps in a booming economy. The usual response is to raise prices. That doesn't work too well anymore.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2019/02/21/nick-cafardo-lost-great-teammate-with-great-heart/2SyEqNAXuaZGO0Cxavr76O/story.html

The baseball writer for the Boston Globe died unexpectedly.

[MissMarple2]

The Epoch Times has put together a graphic explanation of the Uranium 1 scandal. When you look at it, it's easy to see whay a lot of Americans don't really understand it.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2018/02/09/EPOCH_TIMES_URANIUM_ONE_FINAL.jpg

[MissMarple2]

https://www.lifenews.com/2019/02/18/after-legalizing-abortions-up-to-birth-new-york-wants-to-shut-down-christian-adoption-agency/#.XG808w6Qj5o.twitter

[MissMarple2]

This is not good news. A lot of kids have been brainwashed.

https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1098413545182629888

Lots of statistics and charts here.

Sample:

"By far the most supportive of speech restrictions are--wait for it--white liberals and democrats in the 18-29 age category."

[MissMarple2]

https://www.wthr.com/article/video-puppy-whimpers-during-sad-lion-king-scene

The pup really does seem to get upset.

[MissMarple2]

A comment from yesterday. I don't pay attention to her much, but this is just a string of smart-sounding phrases strung together.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
‏Verified account @AOC

If we cared half as much about the wealth we could generate by investing in human capital as much as we cared about real estate speculation, we’d have tuition-free college by now.

[MissMarple2]

MUST WATCH: Charles Barkley savagely roasts Jussie Smollett all night long on @NBAonTNT... and they tried to cut away from it, but he wouldn't let it go. Shaq couldn't stop laughing. 😂

"Do not commit crimes with checks... GET CASH MAN!" pic.twitter.com/jO7t9z1JM3

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 22, 2019

Video at link.

[MissMarple2]

AND Charles Barkley kept roasting Jussie Smollett... and @NBAonTNT even made a fake $3500 check to pay "Muggers" for "Mugging supplies" pic.twitter.com/nTYg8oKgXl

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 22, 2019

Video at link.

[James D.]

Thank you again everyone. Your prayers and wishes mean so much to me. I’m really grateful for everyone here.

[MissMarple2]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/february_2019/most_see_crime_in_justice_fbi_coup_against_trump_want_special_prosecutor

According to Rasmussen, it looks like the democrats are losing the Russia scandal line.

[James D.]

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

The FBI
churches
political parties
women's clubs

Totally. But it’s infinitely worse because all,the other examples there are voluntary organizations. And if they become too insular, outside pressures will force them to do better, or eventually go out of business.

But the FBI (and other gov’t) agencies have the power to destroy lives, and we can’t “opt out” of their power over us, and there are no market forces that can make them behave better.

[James D.]

I truly believe the globalists plan was to take manufacturing jobs away from US totally. The purpose was to destroy our middle class.

Absolutely. They want the US neutered and weakened and impoverished. And they want all people, except,for themselves, to be serfs with a subsistence standard of living, freezing in the dark, living and dying at the whims of the sharply-creased Davos crowd, and grateful for whatever scraps they occasionally choose to throw us.

[Another Bob]

“the democrats are losing the Russia scandal line”

Maybe. Local ABC radio dupes are still on “Mueller indicted 37 of Trump’s closest allies” and “investigated Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election”.

Never even a breath that none of the indictments had anything to do with Trump, and the Russian “interference” was vanishingly small and couldn’t possibly have affected the outcome.

[MissMarple2]

Got to get some stuff done here. Back later.

[Captain Hate]

According to Rasmussen, it looks like the democrats are losing the Russia scandal line.

McCabe trying to profit by writing a book describing his role in a coup has to be the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Just how insulated and protected he and Reverend Queasy seem to feel is disgusting to a majority of citizens, as is the MFM transparently encouraging it.

Maybe it will take a Reagan sized blowout in 2020 to get it through their thick skulls, including the RINOs.

[Another Bob]

So, who gets hurt on the new Epstein story and how badly?

One would imagine if he were going to get Arkancided it would have happened by now?

[Another Bob]

It will also take some serious prison terms CH, and that ain’t happening.

Thanks Sleepy Jeff.

[Captain Hate]

Having Barkley and Shaq cracking up uncontrollably during a halftime segment means your dumbass scheme just got destroyed. There could be a gif of Kabbalah tossing Willie's salad and it wouldn't do as much damage to her political upgrade dreams as this has.

[Captain Hate]

It will also take some serious prison terms CH, and that ain’t happening.

Thanks Sleepy Jeff.

I'm still holding out hope, AB, but history is on your side.

[Threadkiller]

Catching up on the threads. My condolences, James.

[Another Bob]

Harris isn’t a good candidate, and the increased visibility of a national campaign won’t help her. But I just don’t see Jussie hurting her.

Media has completely disregarded and candidates have survived far worse.

[henry]

Dems as such losers in life:

Jay Weber @JayWeber3
9h

I'm still marveling over how Tony Evers could have taken a political win and signed a tax cut about a month into office, and got talked out of it by the 'smart people' around him.
Voters would have given-him-credit. Not GOP.
Now he's ensured he won't keep the campaign promise.

Rohn W. Bishop
@RohnWBishop
Replying to @JayWeber3

It was a brilliant strategy by Speaker @repvos . Vos pushed for a conservative win while calling Evers' bluff. Vos even called it the "Evers Tax Cut" but Evers is so liberal he just couldn't do it, and vetoed his own popular campaign promise, b/c it didn't screw Wis. farmers.

[Narciso79]

Were both from Jersey, I left quite some years ago, I left quite some years ago.

[Narciso79]

I pointed out the meh aspects of that coast guardsmen story re a commenter on althouse.

[Jim Eagle]

For daddy when he checks in:

Corp of Engineers issue Draft Enviromental Impact Statement on Pebble Mine in Alaska. Positive result.

https://www.enr.com/articles/46397-corps-issues-draft-eis-for-controversial-alaskan-copper-mine?ajs_uid=7999F9421378J3B&oly_enc_id=7999F9421378J3B&ajs_trait_oebid=3782E0258467B1M

[Narciso79]

I didnt know about Dutch pirates like jantzoon. Although they had to have happened I saw a few seasons of that Michael bay pirate series about the settling of the Bahamas, black sails.

[Narciso79]

New providence seem to be like mos eisley without the landspeeders.

[Buckeye]

A million net would be enough for each of us considering our advanced years. Twenty years at 50K per or ten at at 100K per year.

I'd like to do more, but...

Not if you would like a Porsche 911 GT3 in the garage.

Trust me, I've done the math:)

This is the curse of living in a 1st World World. Even if you are sitting on a $100 million, not enough.

"Yes the Citation X is nice, but I'd really rather have a Gulfstream 550".

[Buckeye]

JamesD

Just caught up with the news.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

I must say your description of your mom's last moments was uplifting.

[henry]

This explains so much...

PolishPatriot™️
@PolishPatriotTM

California Senate Leader: Half of my family would be eligible for deportation under the executive order, because they got a false social security card, they got a false identification, they got a false driver’s license prior to us passing AB 60, they got a false green card
(2017)

https://twitter.com/PolishPatriotTM/status/1098923506040012800

[Jim Eagle]

Henry,

I thought at first it was a rehearsal for a SNL opening sketch. This is modern day California and America where you can just admit to criminal activity and dare the authorities to do anything. Unbelievable.

[Buckeye]

Narciso

Mrs. Buckeye's genealogy pursuits has made the history of the last 500 years much more interesting.

Every once in a while you stumble across a really interesting character to whom you are related.

Many, like Jan Janszoon, you would like to disown, but you know the old saying, "you can't pick your parents":)

[henry]

JiB, and I'm sure 100% of his family voted him into office as head of the CA Senate. Perhaps ICE should follow up his hint.

[Account Deleted]

Who is Reverend Queasy?

[Jim Eagle]

Comey, Janet!

[Account Deleted]

Thanks, JiB. I was gonna share the comment on FB but I gotta fill in real names for the nicknames.

[Manuel Transmission]

Not if you would like a Porsche 911 GT3 in the garage.

A few weeks ago I was killing time in the Porsche showroom waiting for a kid in back to print me out some schematics (which proved to be worthless to actually solve a problem). Of course, I wandered around checking out the toys. There was some new version of a 911 with a sticker price of $238K PLUS a hand written note that added $50K presumably due to Trump’s negotiations with EU tariffs.

Stunned at the absolute absurdity of what I was witnessing, it dawned on me that these were no longer cars, they were the equivalent of the $50K Rolexes that I’ve witnessed Chinese engineers buying for their bosses when they were let out of the shitholes back in China.

So, I’m back working on my nearly 40 yr old Bum-W to get its DME computer fixed or replaced by a new MegaSquirt box.

====================

James D, seems like this time of year is always primed for those sad departures. Glad there was a ray of sunshine to light the way.

[lurkersusie]

I hope this isn’t true.

Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸
@JackPosobiec
CNN was incorrect

Mueller isn’t done next week

He’s preparing an interim report for Barr who is coming fully on-board

[Jim Eagle]

Another one bites the dust.

A Catholic that is, nominated to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. I hope Parscale is keeping a list of the Democrat's flaunting their bias.

http://thefederalist.com/2019/02/22/democrats-take-another-judicial-nominee-simply-hes-christian/?utm_campaign=ACTENGAGE

[Extraneus]

Harris isn’t a good candidate, and the increased visibility of a national campaign won’t help her.

Continetti agrees, AB.

https://freebeacon.com/columns/clumsy-kamala/

[Buckeye]

MT

Yep, it is absurd.

And like all bubbles, this one too will burst.

[Jim Eagle]

MT,

Saw your comment on stem cell therapy of Mrs. MT's knee. Hope it goes better than my injections. After the 3rd of 4, I developed "septic arthritis" which required 3 drainings, and 6 weeks in a rehabilitation center as a resident. Had to wait another year for the knee replacement to make sure the infection was on the knee and not in it.

Prayers and luck that the new variety of stem cell treatment works for the MRS.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
‏Verified account @AOC
" ... we’d have tuition-free college by now"

For you CA natives, didn't California have free or extremely cheap college back before Dems got in charge?

[lurkersusie]

Here we go

Jussie Smollett's lawyers blast authorities, say actor was 'betrayed by a system that wants to skip due process' | Fox News

In a statement obtained by Fox News, the 36-year-old Smollett's legal counsel said the nation "witnessed an organized law enforcement spectacle that has no place in the American legal system.

Will Smollett be ordered to pay back Chicago police for the monetary resources used to investigate his case?

Will Smollett be ordered to pay back Chicago police for the monetary resources used to investigate his case?

"The presumption of innocence, a bedrock in the search for justice, was trampled upon at the expense of Mr. Smollett and notably, on the eve of a Mayoral election," his team continued.

"Mr. Smollett is a young man of impeccable character and integrity who fiercely and solemnly maintains his innocence betrayed by a system that apparently wants to skip due process and proceed directly to sentencing.”

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jussie-smolletts-legal-team-says-actor-maintains-innocence-criticizes-chicago-police

[henry]

hey legal team, your guy wrote a check to his partners in the fraud. (See Charles Barkley for a hint).

[henry]

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
21s

Highly respected Senator Richard Burr, head of Senate Intelligence, said, after interviewing over 200 witnesses and studying over 2 million pages of documents, “WE HAVE FOUND NO COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA.” The Witch Hunt, so bad for our Country, must end!

[Jim Eagle]

Hillary was recorded having an introspective conversation with herself:

"I'm still trying to figure out how I lost the election. I thought we had the damn thing bought and paid for with full FBI support!

Was it the Russian Uranium Deal?

Was it Wikileaks?

Was it Podesta?

Was it Comey?

Was it having a sexual predator as a husband?

Was it Huma Abedinïs sexual predator husband Anthony Weiner?

Was it because the Clinton Foundation ripped off Haiti ?

Was it subpoena violations?

Was it the congressional testimony lies?

Was it the corrupt Clinton Foundation?

Was it the Benghazi fiasco?

Was it pay for play?

Was it being recorded laughing when I got a child rapist off when I was an attorney?

Was it the Travel Gate scandal?

Was it the Whitewater scandal?

Was it the Cattle Gate scandal?

Was it the Trooper-Gate scandal?

OR Was it the $15 million for Chelsea 's apartment bought with foundation money?

Or my husband's interference with Loretta Lynch & the investigation?

Or when I happily accepted the stolen debate questions given to me by CNN?

Or my own secret server in my house and my disdain for classified information?

Or deleting 30,000 emails after I was told not to?

Or having my cell phones and computers destroyed with hammers and Bleach-it?

Was it the Seth Rich murder?

Was it the Vince Foster murder?

Was it the Gennifer Flowers assault & settlement?

Was it the $800,000 Paula Jones settlement?

Was it calling half the United States deplorable?

Was it my underhanded treatment of Bernie Sanders?

Was it Bill's impeachment?

Was it the lie I told about being under sniper fire in Bosnia ?

Was it the $10 million I received for the pardon of Marc Rich?

Or the $6 BILLION lost while I was in charge of the State Dept.?

Or was it because I’m perceived as a hateful, lying, power-hungry, overly ambitious, greedy, nasty person?

Gee, I just can't seem to put my finger on it!"

[pagar]

IMO, no one hates decent Americans more than Adam Schiff. IMO, the Washington Post is pure garbage.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/adam-schiff-an-open-letter-to-my-republican-colleagues/2019/02/21

How sad that this hater is in a position to make laws over decent Americans.

[pagar]

https://www.weaselzippers.us/411660-illegal-alien-who-fired-on-deputy-had-four-different-ice-detainers-criminal-history/

And American haters want to abolish ICE. Insanity!

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Libs be losers.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/nbcs-stephanie-ruhle-hawked-under-armour-shoes-on-air-without-disclosing-relationship-with-ceo/

[anonamom]

McCabe trying to profit by writing a book describing his role in a coup has to be the dumbest thing I've ever seen.

This book stuff by Comey and McCabe definitely has to make one wonder if MM isn't correct, that it's just a cover to make huge money transfers to these people.

Or a way to influence a jury???

Just as the Jussie Smollett and Covington coverage let's us see media for the bigots they are, the softball interviews of these known liars on the book circuit that offer them a platform to spread their version of reality without questioning it confirms everything we ever say about the media being mouthpieces of the Leftists.

[Porchlight]

That Barkley clip is hilarious.

Shaq is awesome too. I loved his comments on Trump back in 2015:

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/4zchan/shaquille_oneal_donald_trump_is_a_straight_up_guy/

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

pagar's 9:23 has an embedded video that is not for the faint of heart.
But be of good heart, happy ending. The deputy empties her weapon into the shooter.

[Extraneus]

Woman accosts man wearing MAGA hat in Mexican restaurant

[Extraneus]

(She told the cops she only had three mojitos.)

[Extraneus]

Large portion of money Trump wants to use for the wall has already been spent elsewhere

Trump wants as much as $6.7 billion taken from other programs in order to pay for the wall, which includes $2.5 billion in Pentagon counterdrug money.

Problem is, most of that counterdrug money has been spent already. All but $85 million of it, according to a House Appropriations spokesman.

So, the Pentagon will have to get approval from Congress to take more than $2 billion from somewhere else, then put it into the counterdrug fund, then have it repurposed for the border wall.

"The Department would need to reprogram additional funding into the account to reach the up to $2.5 billion that may be required for border security support," Said DoD spokesman Christopher Sherwood said, according to Roll Call.

[Porchlight]

Okay so Trump's down to 5 billion from 6.7. Whatever.

[Porchlight]

He can get some more from California: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/22/trump-to-use-nuclear-option-to-recover-2-5-billion-more-from-californias-failed-high-speed-rail-project-private-sector/

[MissMarple2]

Jane,

Once again I step away for a couple of hours, and even though I left the page logged on, I come back to find I am logged off!

[MissMarple2]

Getting that 2.5 billion from California is about the same as making Mexico pay for it.

[Extraneus]

Sounds like cookie problems. When you come back to JOM, Typepad looks for the cookie that says whether you're logged in, and if it's not there forces you to log on again.

What browsers are we talking about and are cookies enabled? (Search for cookies in settings.)

If that's not it, it might be worth turning off an ad blocker, or just whitelisting Typepad or JOM.

[MissMarple2]

Fake News is so bad for our Country! https://t.co/ZwA8E0URer

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 22, 2019

Link goes to tweet and cartoon.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.oann.com/truck-drivers-protest-in-ind-over-government-regulations-they-claim-hurt-profits/

This happened yesterday, and had I-465 tired up for a couple of hours. The drivers calling in to the radio station were pretty persuasive.

[Extraneus]

Kim Jong Ale, Rocket man T-shirts and Trump-themed haircuts: Vietnam embraces landmark summit

Pics at the link, too big to post here.

[jimmyk]

Jane, I only get logged off maybe once every week or two. I'm not sure what triggers it, but it's not much of a problem. I use Firefox, and rarely close the tab that JOM is open on. When it does happen, logging in takes me to the 1st page of the thread, which is annoying, but as I say, it's not very often.

[MissMarple2]

I get a kick out of Kurt Schlichter. Someonoe put a "caption this" post up with a goofy picture of Jussie Smollett.

Kurt's caption:

"Every one who takes on Trump ends up broken and smoldering."

[Narciso79]

You can sometimes tell the slant by the ghost they used for example Jose Rodriguez used bill harlow hence he stpped short of pointing out the saboteurs against goss, except in general terms

[clarice]

A MUST READ--Conrad Black:https://www.nysun.com/national/real-scandal-of-trump-term-starts-to-unravel/90585/

[Threadkiller]

When it does happen, logging in takes me to the 1st page of the thread, which is annoying, but as I say, it's not very often.

When I log back in I "open in new tab" on the login button. After I'm logged in on the new tab I hit refresh on the tab with the still open current page and don't lose my spot.

[Extraneus]

'Arguments erupt' on Empire set after Jussie Smollett's arrest as 'furious' cast members call for him to be FIRED and Gabby Sidibe deletes supportive Instagram post while others stand by him and insist he is innocent

[Neo]

[Charles] Barkley couldn’t get enough of Smollett’s alleged inability to pull off a good hoax.

“America, let me just tell you something: Do not commit crimes with checks. If you’re going to break the law, do not write a check … get cash man,” Barkley told his TNT audience Thursday night as he tried his hardest to fight back laughs.

[henry]

Breaking News Feed @pzf
1m

JUST IN: Producers of "Empire" say Jussie Smollett's character will be removed from the final two episodes of this season.

[Extraneus]

1 Dead, 15 Injured As Venezuelan Soldiers Open Fire On Civilians Near Brazil Border: WaPo

ZH link.

[MissMarple2]

clarice,

That Conrad Black piece was exceptional. I could almost hear the fire and brimstone!

[Narciso79]

Well he was crushed underfoot by fitz his empire dismantled by an apparatchik much like Rosenstein, steyn has the details.

[Account Deleted]

Will the TV talking heads be making jokes & chuckling about Smollett "liking" prison?
Tapper?....Gergen?...hello.

Is Jussie a "dandy"?

[MissMarple2]

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/cowboys-for-trump-riding-horseback-from-cumberland-to-the-white-house

To ride in the weather we have had, these guys must REALLY support the President and be tougher than nails.

[henry]

John Doe
‏ @JohnDoe78359022

BREAKING: Jussie Smollett has been cut from the final two episodes of Empire still in production, due to his arrest for felony disorderly conduct

https://twitter.com/johndoe78359022/status/1098966197192835073?s=12

[MissMarple2]

Now Harris has joined the reparations bandwagon with Warren.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-warren-embrace-reparations-for-black-americans

[MissMarple2]

Steph Retweeted
KPIX 5
‏Verified account @KPIXtv
18h18 hours ago

The man who was shot dead by a Napa County sheriff’s deputy after he fired at her point blank during a traffic stop was a Mexican national in the country illegally after being deported multiple times, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs...

[Jane]

Pagar,

Adam Schiff is my mosted hated person in Congress. And I want to see him jailed for his role in Russian collusion.

Aren't I open-minded?

[Extraneus]

They should come out with a bill so McConnell can fast-track it like the GND.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-border-emergency-edict-challenged-by-house-dems-setting-up-possible-veto-showdown

[Extraneus]

He looks like he might like it, Jane.

[clarice]

test

[Jane]

Jimmy,

I use Firefox too. I have a worse problem on my Ipad than I have on my laptop. I'll have to check for adblocker.

[Jane]

Send him to Gitmo Ext. He'll love that I'm sure.

[MissMarple2]

Patrick Madrid is a Catholic commenter on EWTN, as well as a columnist:

Patrick Madrid
✌🏼
‏Verified account @patrickmadrid
19h19 hours ago

I'm reading #InTheCloset so you won't have to. Plenty here to disgust & discourage faithful Catholics. Martel's major thesis is that pretty much everyone in the Vatican of any importance is gay & you'd better get used to it because they control everything & are firmly entrenched.

A reply by a priest I follow:

Fr. Jay Finelli
‏ @iPadre

If true, they can have the buildings, we will keep the faith.