Let’s Choose

Has Ukraine’s Army Been Reduced by Almost 50%?

Source: A Son of the New American Revolution.

More Information About Ukraine’s Military Deaths

Source: A Son of the New American Revolution.

Casualty numbers — like territorial gains and losses — don’t tell the full story about a war, but they do enlighten. Ukrainian casualties tell us that Ukraine is fighting a lost cause.

This reality should force the U.S. to reconsider our support. To save Ukraine on the battlefield would require a substantial escalation, whereas to continue our current support is to waste Ukrainian lives and our own resources.

Time to “do something” about mass shootings

In the Pilot and across the media, we are hearing the calls again to “do something ” about mass shootings, and Len has pointed out that ese shootings have a far greater effect on our lives than the number of victims would indicate. So, let’s do what the number show us would do the most good, within the limits of the Constitution and reality.

John Lott, statistics on mass shootings

First, most of these mass shootings are accomplished with ordinary handguns. Not ARs. And most of those in which ARs were used, could have been just as deadly with those handguns(with the exception of the Vegas shooting) So, AR bans are not the solution.

But there is one change in the law that exceeds all other possibilities that the Constitution allows to mitigate mass shootings.

Lott finds that 34% of mass shootings are ended by armed citizens. This differs from FBI statistics because of some rather odd classification methods. For example, if a shooter is driven away or forced to shelter by an armed citizen, and later arrested by police, the FBI does not count that as stopped by the citizen. Lotts classification methods are explained in the link. As year by year the number of people carrying concealed has increased, so has the number of shootings stopped. 

But the overwhelming difference is that when properly categorized, the overall share of shooting stopped was 34%, but in areas where citizens can be legally armed, the percentage stopped by citizens rose to 59%. 

So, the number one thing we can do to reduce the number of people killed in mass shootings is to eliminate gun-free zones. 

This time maybe we’ll succeed

Republican Tim Anderson seeks to end Defense of Marriage Amendment

At the request of the Tidewater Libertarian Party, Republican Delegate Tim Anderson has introduced a resolution to remove the odious Defense of Marriage Amendment from the VA Constitution.

In the past, attempts to repeal it have failed on party line votes Hopefully, by getting it introduced by a Republican we’ll have better luck this time.

Putin will ‘mobilize another 2 million including 300,000 women’ and ‘impose martial law in Moscow’ but may use crackdown to ‘bow out in favor of handpicked successor’

Seems as if Putin has interesting plans for Russia’s future. Drafting 2 million Russians and imposing martial law doesn’t sound like a great option, but if he plans on checking out anyway, he probably doesn’t care.

“‘He will most certainly leave before 2024. It is even possible he will announce his departure before the New Year, but this depends on his state of his health.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-11469401/Putin-plans-mobilize-2-million-including-300-000-women.html