LTE: Heller decision

It should be interesting to see the ‘but, but…’ letters to come in the coming days; you can read the decision for yourself at

Cornell Heller decision

One of my friends wished us all a happy Memorial Day. Memorial Day is not a ‘happy’ holiday, it is a day for honoring those who have died serving our country.

The best way to honor them is to resolve to not send another generation to the other side of the world to fight stupid, useless, endless wars that only plant the seeds for the  next war.

Continue reading “Not a “Happy” holiday” →

Tennessee Star article

The private operator has been blamed by Michigan authorities for the collapse of two dams that resulted in widespread destruction of property.

But it turns out that the owners recognized the hazard and had begun lowering the water levels to prevent the  collapse. Then, Michigan’s Attorney General sued the operator to compel them to return the water levels to normal because lowering the levels was killing fresh water mussels.

Once again, wacko Democrat environmentalists put a dubious environmental agenda (the mussels, and everything else in the lakes are dead anyway) ahead of human lives and property.

Nic Lewis at Climate, etc.

Nic Lewis’s math is usually pretty solid. I hope he’s right.

The gist is that the current models that say we need 60-80% infection to reach herd immunity assume that we are all alike and in a homogeneous society, but we aren’t.

We aren’t all equally susceptible nor are we socially integrated. The same people who attend raves do not go to NASCAR races.

So, he predicts herd immunity will kick in at under 25%.

Pilot: Northam and masks

Northam has hinted that he will issue an order Tuesday requiring the wearing of masks in public places.

It disgusts me that he is probably right.

Continue reading “Northam hints at requiring masks” →

Veto of SB 861, Association Health care plans

One of the reasons for the difficulty people have finding affordable health care insurance is that small employers such as dental offices, HVAC companies, realtors and photography studios can’t offer their employees insurance plans competitive with major corporations. Continue reading “Northam sabotages private sector health care” →

Staunton and Wayneboro flip GOP

Democrats came out in unusually high numbers for a May election, but 2nd Amendment voters came out in Fall election numbers, sweeping 2 cities that haven’t gone GOP in decades.

November should be interesting.

Breitbart article

Would it not be interesting to see Eric Holder, former President Obama and Hillary Clinton extradited for trial in Mexico?

In my Libertarian reluctance to assert authority, I have allowed this forum to get out of hand. That stops on publication of this post.

This forum has a handful of regular posters, but about 40 people who read it on a daily basis. I have received emails from readers who were leaving the forum because it had become so toxic it was no longer enjoyable. That defeats the purpose of the blog.

Effective immediately, posts that are uncivil will be reverted to draft status for revision. Republished without correction, they will be deleted and the poster placed on moderation.

Uncivil comments will be deleted.

I do not want to be arbitrary, so I will list some causes for rejection, subject to change with experience.

Titles will describe the subject of the post. If I can’t tell what a post is about from the title, it will be unpublished without reading.

Allegations of racism or lying must be supported in the post or comment. Guilt by association will not be accepted. Any insulting characterization of anyone must be supported with fact or reason.

A lie will be defined as knowingly making a false statement. An opinion can be debated, but it cannot be a lie. A statement that proves to be incorrect is not necessarily a lie unless it can be established that the statement was known to be untrue by the person making the statement at the time it was made.

Public officials must be addressed by title in the first use, and by either title or last name thereafter, derogatory nicknames (Ex “Obummer”) will not be tolerated.

Ad hominem arguments and topic hijacking will also cause a post or comment to disappear.

Mr Roberts and Mr Rothman also have administrator authority,  so they can apply these standards to me.

So, be civil and make your points.

The Federalist: Obama Jan 5 meeting

So, it wasn’t a few rouge FBI agents acting on their own, but a directed effort to sabotage the incoming administration at the direct orders of outgoing President Obama.