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    The FBI published transcripts of Omar Mateen's calls to 911 during his deadly attack on Orlando gay club Pulse, but "omitted" some references of him pledging loyalty to the Islamic State. The FBI later in the day unredacted and re-released the transcripts.

  • Donald Trump has dumped campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, which seems to be getting about as much press as the Orlando attack transcripts.
  • The Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that courts don't necessarily have to throw out evidence of crimes that police obtain during illegal searches. There are going to be some very terrible consequences for this decision.
  • The Supreme Court also declined to hear a challenge to Connecticut's law banning some semi-automatic weapons and large capacity magazines.
  • Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly considering retirement.
  • Three members of the New York Police Department and a fund-raiser for Mayor Bill de Blasio were busted for corruption charges and bribery.

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  1. Donald Trump has dumped campaign manager Corey Lewandowski…

    Has anyone made the “you’re fired!” joke yet?

    1. Tonio

      You just did!

      1. Firzizzle.

    2. Rufus The Monocled

      Hello.

      “Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly considering retirement.”

      Come to think of it, maybe it’s time for ole Rufus to retire.

      1. Wait until after the election; you want to see which Presidential nominee will be appointing your successor, don’t you?

      2. Hyperion

        There’s two free spots for Hillary to stack with more far left ideologues. Obama will be one of them. Happy days are ahead, happy days.

        1. She should appoint Biden to the Supreme Court, too.

      3. Raven Nation

        No!

  2. Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly considering retirement.

    Making this the most important election of your lifetime!

    1. PBR Streetgang

      again

      1. This one just might be, given how the court was divided in 3 cases:

        Citizens United v FEC
        Heller v DC
        MacDonald v Chicago

        1. John

          Hey that is just the first two amendments in the BOR. What is the big deal. Its not like we are talking about something important like porn or trannies being able to use the wrong bathroom.

          1. Jickerson

            Well, porn would be a first amendment issue.

    2. colorblindkid

      His wife came out and rebutted the rumor as soon as it came out.

      1. Bobarian (Would Chip Her)

        That mother-fucker ain’t sitting around here, tellin me what to do?

        1. Rasilio

          Shouldn’t that be….

          “That motherfucker ain’t sitting around here putting pubes on my soda cans”

          1. C. Anacreon

            I believe you Mrs. Thomas

            1. She better be fixing him nothing but healthy food and getting him to the gym, we can’t afford to lose him now.

              I’m a reverse Julianne Malveaux.

              1. Broswater

                The funny part that by wishing him to eat lots of eggs and butter, it might have made him live longer than he would.

  3. Citizen X

    Three members of the New York Police Department and a fund-raiser for Mayor Bill de Blasio were busted for corruption charges and bribery.

    PREEEEEEEEEEEEEET

    1. Preet’s on a roll. He’s making way too many enemies though.

      I hope he doesn’t have a thing for young brunette prostitutes like his predecessor Elliott “John” Spitzer.

      1. Citizen X

        Preet’s got fools to subpoena! He ain’t have time for bitches!

      2. Tonio

        Yeah, he’s ambitious all right. I wonder how many people’s lives he’ll ruin on his way to the top?

    2. I’d like to think that Preet, being roundly pee-pee schwacked for the Woodchipper Incident, saw the light and made a conversion from humorless statist-fellating douchebag to fearless corruption destroyer.

      I’d like to think that, but I’m gonna side with Ken on this one and say that I’m rooting for nobody in this instance.

      1. Rufus The Monocled

        Or he can be preparing for an epic launch on us.

        Thus sparking the Great Civil Rewar and the fight for INDEPENDENCE DAY!

        /crumbles cookie into mouth.

  4. The FBI later in the day unredacted and re-released the transcripts.

    How long until it comes out the FBI was working him?

    1. Tonio

      I think we all know the answer to that.

    2. Hyperion

      How long will it be before we see Obama scolding the FBI and the justice dept doing something…

      1. Bobarian (Would Chip Her)

        About somebody’s e-mail server?

        1. Hyperion

          Hah, you made a funny.

    3. if they were, the only way to get that story out of the headlines would be to indict Hillary.

      1. Anomalous

        They shouldn’t have any difficulty with that. There’s more evidence against her than any ham sandwich in history.

        1. Has Hillary tried to pin the blame on a ham sandwich yet?

          1. You kidding? With Huma handling her meals, she probably hasn’t seen a ham sandwich in years. Not halal, you know.

  5. BiMonSciFiCon

    Donald Trump has dumped campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, which seems to be getting about as much press as the Orlando attack transcripts.

    Free to grab women on his own behalf now.

    1. Romney has binders full of women for Corey to look through.

      1. John

        + the internet.

    2. Red Rocks Okey-Dokein

      Maybe there’s some truth to the theory that Trump was doing this as a lark, and never expected to actually be nominated but loved the media attention. I can’t think of any other reason he’d dump a campaign manager that helped lead him to the presumptive nomination of one of the two biggest parties in the US.

      What makes this even more of a farce is that Hillary’s campaign tactics are so ham-fisted and obsolete that she’s acting as if Trump paid her to throw the election herself.

      1. +10,000,000 to the Clinton Foundation

      2. Pan Zagloba

        My theory of The Producers election is becoming more plausible every day!

        1. John

          Hillary is running because the threat of her being President is the only thing keeping her and her crooked son in law out of jail.

          1. I don’t know how I missed this but I just read about Mezvinsky yesterday. No doubt a presidential pardon is coming for her son-in-law’s father once she is elected.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mezvinsky

            1. lap83

              He looks like the “face that makes you hate him automatically” guy from Dilbert
              http://dilbert.com/search_resu…..pinch+face

              1. Whahappan?

                backpfeifengesicht

        2. Bobarian (Would Chip Her)

          Springtime for Donald…and Hillary!

          Winter for everyone else!

      3. John

        I think he did do it as a lark and was surprised how well he did. Why he fired this guy? Who knows. Maybe his daughter pushed him out. Maybe he has decided to run a more conventional campaign.

        Hillary seems to have no new ideas. She is spending millions on ad campaigns when it is clear that those don’t work anymore.

        1. BigT

          She has a vomit-inducing ad extolling her feelings ‘for the children’ and her work ‘for the children’ throughout her career.

          1. John

            That is when she wasn’t calling them “tards” or laughing about how she got a rapist off by humiliating his 12 year old victim. Someone needs to put that tape of her laughing about destroying the 12 year old rape victim into an ad.

            1. Lee G

              At this point, the global economic forecast is so frikkin’ terrible it may be better for Clinton to win. Trump isn’t going to save us from the financial disaster that is looming, so if Clinton wins, she owns it along with Barry.

              1. John

                I think Obama knows that. I also think he wants to make sure his successor gets the blame. So, the question, does he hate Hillary enough to stick her with the blame or will he let DOJ indict her at the last minute and stick Trump with the blame leaving him in charge of the Democratic party? I could see it going either way.

        2. Why he fired this guy? Who knows. Maybe his daughter pushed him out. Maybe he has decided to run a more conventional campaign.

          His kids convinced him to let the professional, inside DC guy he hired to run everything. It makes sense. He has to try to win.

          1. John

            Of course, maybe the conventional DC guy isn’t the way to do that. Time will tell. This guys seemed like an ass clown. So, I can’t believe he is worse off without him.

            1. This is only a big deal because that douchebag was known. I believe he has already been demoted twice.

  6. Corey LewandowskiFox NewsThe FBI published transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to 911 during his deadly attack on Orlando gay club Pulse, but “omitted” some references of him pledging loyalty to the Islamic State. The FBI later in the day unredacted and re-released the transcripts.

    The problem is not Islamic terrorism. It’s YOU, and your pig-headed insistence on freedom.

  7. “The FBI later in the day unredacted and re-released the transcripts.”

    Thus having the opposite of the intended effect.

    TOP. MEN.

    1. It’s like the FBI discovered a redaction version of the Streisand Effect.

    2. Also, I’d like to think that the Salon parody twitter account played a role in this.

      1. Bobarian (Would Chip Her)

        I think that twitter account should be classified as satire, rather than parody, because it’s too hard to tell if it’s really Salon or not.

  8. The Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that courts don’t necessarily have to throw out evidence of crimes that police obtain during illegal searches.

    See? You don’t need a Scalia for the Court to shit out some very illiberal, cop-fellating decisions.

    1. Breyer joined the orgy too. Wow.

    2. Tonio

      We are so fucked.

  9. The Supreme Court is really fucking up lately.

    And by lately I mean the last 100 years.

    1. Rich

      This.

      Maybe Thomas is resigning in protest.

      1. Juvenile Bluster

        Thomas is behind a bunch of the idiocy. Prime authority-fellater on the Court when it comes to criminal justice issues.

        1. Rich

          Note to self: Use less-subtle sarcasm.

          1. Juvenile Bluster

            I think the problem is that I’m dumb.

            1. That’s an asset if you want to run for office.

              1. Juvenile Bluster

                I’m not *that* dumb.

  10. BiMonSciFiCon

    Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly considering retirement.

    Just 9 more years, please?

    1. BigT

      At least 1 more year – if the Donald gets elected.

      1. Dan Bongard

        There’s no rational reason to think Trump will appoint good justices. Any conservative justice worried about his replacement is looking at a minimum of 5 years, and that’s only if Hillary wins. If Trump wins, it’ll be 9+ — five years of Trump and then at least four of a Democrat after him.

        1. Bobarian (Would Chip Her)

          it’ll be 2000+ — five years of Trump and then at least four of a Democrat after him two millennia for civilization to rebuild.

          *Probably still better than Hillary

          1. Clich? Bandit

            Hari Seldon says it can be done in 1000 years…If we build the Foundations…I volunteer for the 1st. Cause I like light saber bread slicers.

            1. Clich? Bandit

              Also, because I believe the 2nd would consume itself in a fiery death once they tried to mind read SugarFree. Hopefully the 1st can invent the technology fast enough to prevent The Great Warty migration.

            2. The Last American Hero

              Fuck Asimov and his love of Top Men.

              1. Clich? Bandit

                I don’t know. I have given it a lot of thought and if you read it from a different approach you can see that perhaps he was decrying the technocrats and the top men of the 2nd. Remember one individual put the whole shebang in the shitter. An expression of the power of individualism perhaps. Granted this is a generous reading but hey, I am feeling generous.

                1. Heedless

                  I read them twice. Once in middle school and one in college. The first time I was young enough to miss most of the “Gee Whizz!” physics, but the second go it was hard to ignore how little math Asimov knew.

  11. Red Rocks Okey-Dokein

    The FBI published transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to 911 during his deadly attack on Orlando gay club Pulse, but “omitted” some references of him pledging loyalty to the Islamic State. The FBI later in the day unredacted and re-released the transcripts.

    Wonder if Comey told Loretta Lynch to go pound sand since Obama has already undermined their investigation of Hillary by endorsing her for President.

  12. “Three members of the New York Police Department and a fund-raiser for Mayor Bill de Blasio were busted for corruption charges and bribery.”

    Three? That’s some serious house cleaning!

  13. …which seems to be getting about as much press as the Orlando attack transcripts.

    They’re still working up the courage to redact the Donald.

  14. Go fuck [omitted]!

    1. MILFs?

    2. Citizen X

      Hitler?

    3. Preet? Allah?

      1. bacon-magic

        *This comment has been flagged for later prosecution. Thank you, come again. /Preet.

        1. Clich? Bandit

          Thank you, come again. /Preet.

          wow…not sure how I feel about this but …wow

          1. bacon-magic

            My bad, I will stop with the racist masturbation euphemisms.

    4. Rich

      Argo?

      1. waffles

        Don’t fuck my dog.

    5. yourself, Jeep Cherokee!

    6. Rasilio

      a woodchipper?

  15. Three members of the New York Police Department and a fund-raiser for Mayor Bill de Blasio were busted for corruption charges and bribery.

    Should have stuck to beating and shooting minorities.

  16. Wingnuts are all pissed off about the translation of “Allah” into “god” by the State Dept.

    Holy Camel-Fucker! What will they whine about next?

    1. Red Rocks Okey-Dokein

      At least most of those wingnuts know how to pay on bets they lost.

    2. Tonio

      Because they changed his words, idiot.

      1. Hyperion

        Sheekytard gets really upset when he’s not told how to think by his masters.

      2. His tirade was in Arabic. Of course they changed/translated the words into English – you ass sore.

        1. Hyperion

          Then release the original, with what was in Arabic unaltered, provide a translation, and an altered and watered down translation for tards like shreek.

          1. Tonio

            And in the legal industry, transcriptionists and translators are generally different people. Possible to be certified as both, but the transcriptionist (court reporter) works with the translator to ensure that the translation is accurate.

        2. Tonio

          Nope.

          Legal verbatim and true verbatim styles are the same thing. They are most often used in a legal setting where every nuance of what someone says is recorded, exactly as recorded.

    3. Hyperion

      I heard that you can get all of your news state edited before release over in the PRNK, shreek. You should get going.

    4. RRRRRRETARD.

    5. Rich

      Hmm. What’s the “correct” translation of “There is no god but Allah”?

      1. Hyperion

        What’s the “correct” translation of “There is no god but Allah”?

        The gun and Republicans made me do it?

        1. Rich

          I *think* that may be the translation of “God is great!”

          1. C. Anacreon

            You forgot “let us thank him for our food.”

      2. Tonio

        Generally, that’s rendered with two uses of the word “God.”

        1. Rich

          Like “A is A”?!

          Blasphemy!

      3. Juice

        “There is no god but god.”

        Makes sense, no?

  17. waffles

    Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared

    This deliciously bizarre web series has reached a conclusion. It was mostly crowd-funded after the first video became popular back in 2011. I really appreciate the subversive vibe and darkly humorous undertone. I had only seen the first video until recently, but I think I can recommend all of it.

    Green is not a creative colour.

    1. GILMORE?

      That;s funny, i just re-subscribed to that channel yesterday. I watched the originals, then forgot about them until one popped up in my feed.

    2. Aw, I never wanted that series to end. It reminded me of my childhood.

      1. waffles

        If you had shown this to a sesame street age appropriate version of myself it would have been nightmare fodder for a lifetime. Thank goodness I’m a normal and well-adjusted adult capable of dealing with existential dread every day and night.

  18. Turmp dumped Corey because Ivanka was mad that Corey was attempting to marginalize her husband.

    1. These are the stories on the day of our lives…

  19. BigT

    Floods in Paris show the influence of anthropogenic global warming! Worst ever!!

    Ooops….Photo from 1910 is a problem…

    1. Tonio

      See, global warming started earlier than we thought. /warmists

    2. RBS

      Wait, so it’s a 100 year flood? And it’s global warming’s fault?

      1. Bwana

        Well I don’t think a lot of people said that. There was some coverage in France about the imminence of this flood because Paris was not prepared enough. Nobody ever talked about global warming (as least in France).

        1. Something

          So they blamed the NRA instead.

  20. BigT

    California’s state religion.

    Although they target widely different issues, these pieces of legislation reflect a highly authoritarian and illiberal brand of progressivism evolving into something of a state religion. On one hand, California cannot tolerate the autonomy of religious institutions if they refuse to embrace the secularist ideology that dominates the state. Even religious clubs on California State University campuses can no longer restrict their leadership to those who actually are believers.

    Similarly, the emerging attack on anyone questioning climate change orthodoxy represents another kind of religion, one that gives officially sanctioned science something close to papal infallibility. Despite the fact that there remain widely divergent views on both the severity of climate change and how best to address it, one has to adhere to the accepted “science” ? or else.

    Perhaps most shocking of all, this new spirit of progressive intolerance is affecting other institutions, notably academia and the media. Long incubators for free thinking, the academy, as liberal legal scholars such as Alan Dershowitz note, now routinely violates due process.

    1. Hyperion

      a highly authoritarian and illiberal brand of progressivism

      Umm, that’s the only form of progressivism. Feature, not a bug.

    2. Red Rocks Okey-Dokein

      Long incubators for free thinking

      Let’s get the fuck out of here with this bullshit. Academia’s been an incubator for marxist ideology for about 80 years, not “free-thinking.”

    3. Religious clubs should rebrand themselves as safe spaces for the faithful.

  21. Juvenile Bluster

    Possibly a worse decision than today’s SCOTUS ruling (link goes to PDF): 1st Circuit finds that no-knock raids are always justified in drug warrant service because guns.

    1. I mean, the best way to take guns away from bad people is to storm into their house at 4am. What could possibly go wrong?

  22. GILMORE?

    The FBI published transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to 911 during his deadly attack on Orlando gay club Pulse, but “omitted” some references of him pledging loyalty to the Islamic State. The FBI later in the day unredacted and re-released the transcripts.

    I haven’t seen a single news outlet actually say the obvious – which is that everyone, including any reporters, thought it was a retarded, naked attempt to skew perceptions which actually undermined their attempts by shifting attention to themselves.

    when you talk about “media bias”, its really only about 1/3 in the way actual stories are written about/reported. I’d say 2/3 are simply “what they choose to ignore”.

    1. See:
      The Cristopher Dorner manifesto.

      The media omitted all references to politics because it didn’t fit the narrative. The dude loved the democrat political machine and even took the time to compliment Michelle Obama’s clothing.

      1. My absolute favorite part of the Dorner manifesto was the paragraph that consisted of nothing but shout-outs to his favorite porn stars.

        1. GILMORE?

          It’s kind of sad I won’t be around to view and enjoy The Hangover III. What an awesome trilogy. Xx xx, don’t make anymore Hangovers after the third, takes away the originality of its foundation. World War Z looks good and The Walking Dead season 3 (second half) looked intriguing. Damn, gonna miss shark week

          Ted Kaczynski, he is not

        2. My absolute favorite part…

          Oh, it would be!

          😉

    2. Raven Nation

      Media are committed to telling the truth and nothing but the truth, just not the whole truth.

      Let me throw a slightly different interpretation at you: many on the left (including, obviously, the media) truly believe that (1) most Muslims are peaceful and (2) that most Americans are always ready to embark on a “anti-Muslim backlash.” It is not beyond the realms of possibility that the media went along with the redaction in order to “protect” Muslims across America from being slaughtered.

    3. + 1/2 emez

  23. Tak Kak

    “Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly considering retirement.”

    His wife says that’s bogus.

  24. Tay-Tay has the best taste: Tom Hiddleston’s latest Bond audition? Actor in the running to be the next 007 shows off his Daniel Craig-style abs in a sexy new photoshoot

    He could double-oh my seven any day.

    1. Red Rocks Okey-Dokein

      I wouldn’t be surprised if banging her bony ass is enough to get him selected as the next Bond. Would be a great way for the producers to cash in on the media buzz before he eventually dumps her for some other hot piece.

    2. John

      He looks like a doofus who works out a lot. Micheal Cera would make a more convincing Bond than that dork.

      1. Juvenile Bluster

        He is absurdly popular with the ladies. He’s probably one of two people my wife would cheat on me for (the other being Benedict Cumberbatch).

        1. John

          I don’t get it. And that is not sour grapes. I am fully aware there are tons of men who are a lot better looking than I ever will be. I just don’t see him as being one of them. He looks like a creepy dork who hired a personal trainer.

          1. Neither Hiddleston or Cumberbatch are very attractive. When did weird-looking Brits become a thing?

            Daniel Craig is better looking than both of those guys. Tom Hardy is 8,000% more attractive than those guys.

            1. lap83

              Tom Hardy is 8,000% more attractive than those guys.

              There aren’t enough “meh”s in the world for him.

          2. Juice

            That’s what women want.

          3. He is one of the most handsome feminists in the entire world.

          4. Why would you get it? You don’t want to have sex with men. Why would your tastes bear any relation to the tastes of people who do want to have sex with men?

            1. Rhywun

              I do – and I don’t get the recent fascination with goofy-looking British men either. And I generally like goofy. But none of these guys do anything for me. Maybe they’re trying too hard or something.

        2. Clich? Bandit

          My wife loves Alexansder Skarsgaard…I’m like, “darlin’ I am pale too!”.

          It’s ok, I have Cindy Crawford and Angie Harmon…Jason Seahorn is a moron.

          1. Juice

            Crazy. My woman loves him too. And Bendadick Cumdumpster.

            1. Clich? Bandit

              I hate to admit it but I kind like Benedict too. And while I would never remove FINE CORINTHIAN LEATHER as the best Khan I, being solidly in the minority, thought Cumberbatch did a great job.

            2. lap83

              Benedict Cumberbatch is tall and not conventionally handsome, but there is some intangible thing about him that makes him attractive. Guys don’t understand because they can be attracted to a beautiful girl with the personality of a stapler. If women were like that then we’d give a shit about male models.

    3. Rasilio

      Funny but I always thought he was gay

      1. John

        What makes you think he is not? If there ever was someone with “beard” written all over her, its Taylor Swift.

    4. lap83

      I think he’s attractive, but I hate “men lounging in their underwear” photo shoots. I just think, get a job Frenchie.

  25. Jerry on the rocks

    Rome’s new female mayor. Would.

    1. Red Rocks Okey-Dokein

      “This is a historic moment and a turning point. For the first time Rome has a woman mayor, in a time in which equal opportunities are a chimera.”

      Let me go pick up my eyeballs, I rolled them right out of their sockets.

      1. John

        Her or Marion Le Penn

        http://www.lavie.fr/debats/chretiense…..33_431.php

        Its a tough choice.

        1. geo1113

          The answer, of course, is both.

      2. … in a time in which equal opportunities are a chimera.”

        I like Chimaira. Wait, what was the question again?

    2. John

      Totally would.

      Why are European right wing politicians so often hot? I would do Marion le Penn, all day, every day and twice on Sunday with a Hitler salute in between if that is what she wanted. And now this woman.

    3. bacon-magic

      Hail Caesar in high heels!

    4. Wow. Yes.

      1. John

        She is 37. She looks like she is about 22.

        1. waffles

          She looks like she’s in her 30s, but she looks like someone who has taken care of herself. Unfortunately the self-care required to not look haggard as fuck by age 40 is somewhat rare.

          1. John

            I think she is single too. I could totally go for being the kept husband of the mayor of Rome.

            1. RBS

              She’s recently separated. According to the article, her husband sent her some letter after she won.

              1. John

                I could get a quickie divorce and be there by the Spring. I will start working on my Italian. She just has to say the word.

            2. PBR Streetgang

              Yeah. Move to Rome, if you want to.

              1. Raven Nation

                Well, apparently public transportation and trash collection will be improving.

              2. C. Anacreon

                We’re actually going to be in Rome in two weeks. I might try to look the mayor up while the wife goes shopping.

    5. Anomalous

      Would, but she seriously needs some pasta and gelato.

  26. The FBI published transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to 911

    They were redacted so people wouldn’t feel victimized again, which pretty much makes us feel victimized after realizing the government thinks we’re just a bunch of little children.

    Donald Trump has dumped campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.

    No more manhandling of young women for this guy. Life is so unfair.

    The Supreme Court […] declined to hear a challenge to Connecticut’s law banning some semi-automatic weapons and large capacity magazines.

    “Who needs an assault musket?” – The British Empire.

    Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly considering retirement.

    It ain’t Halloween and yet people are getting scared.

    Three members of the New York Police Department and a fund-raiser for Mayor Bill de Blasio were busted for corruption charges and bribery.

    I heard my mamma cry,
    I heard her pray the night New York City died!

  27. PBR Streetgang

    OT: Many of left acquaintances complain that we are entirely unable to do any studies on gun violence because the NRA has “banned” research on gun violence. Am I correct that the “ban” is solely the Dickey Amendment and that said amendment only “bans” research by the CDC, rather than the entire federal government? And further that this does not and in fact cannot have any impact on privately funded research?

    1. It’s just the CDC.

      If only there were a federal agency responsible for All Things Firearm related.

      1. PBR Streetgang

        Yes. If only.

      2. ATFE should be a retail outlet, not a federal agency.

        1. Or perhaps some sort of event planning company that offers turnkey bachelor parties.

          1. Porque no los dos?

      3. RBS

        The USDA? FDA? EPA? BLM? WHO DAMINIT!!!!!!!????

        1. I dunno. The Coast Guard?

          1. BiMonSciFiCon

            Coast Guard Youth Auxiliary?

          2. RBS

            Ah, so the Sea Org.

            1. C. Anacreon

              You misspelled Sea Hag.

      4. It’s just the CDC. If only there were a federal agency responsible for All Things Firearm related.

        Kinda like the marching band in Animal House: Just crash into each other in that alleyway because someone with a baton led you there.

    2. Re: PBR Streetgang,

      Many of left acquaintances complain that we are entirely unable to do any studies on gun violence because the NRA has “banned” research on gun violence.

      Tell them that they’re full of shit. ANYBODY can do research on ‘gun violence’. What the Federal Government will not do is give the CDC funding for such a study because that is not the CDC’s role but of law enforcement agencies. Gun violence is not a communicable disease.

      1. RBS

        Gun violence is not a communicable disease.

        Yet…

    3. GILMORE?

      Am I correct that the “ban” is solely the Dickey Amendment and that said amendment only “bans” research by the CDC, rather than the entire federal government? And further that this does not and in fact cannot have any impact on privately funded research?

      I think so; the only thing that is “Banned” is the CDC treating it as a “public health” issue which would allow guns to be regulated under an entirely new body of legislation. Its a backdoor for banning weapons.

      Claiming that ‘no one can do research’ is nonsense.

  28. Donald Trump has dumped campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, which seems to be getting about as much press as the Orlando attack transcripts.

    What seems to be getting no press is the DNC hack and release of data and the initial suggestion that it was Russians.

    1. John

      And they apparently stole the personal information of all of the big DNC donors. That seems like it might be a big deal.

  29. GILMORE?

    Sort of interesting for any racing fans = Ford GT wins at Le Mans, first time for Ford in 36 years, and on 50th anniversary of the historic original Ford GT40 win in 1966

    the new GT has already been the most interesting supercar ever made in the US, and this just boosts its profile immensely

    1. John

      Thank you to Fox Sports for not showing the most exciting finish in perhaps the history of the race because 10 hours of golf coverage just wasn’t enough.

      And Ford one the GTE class not the overall race.

      1. GILMORE?

        The other two classes are prototypes.

        Which are nice for engine-builder bragging rights, but you can’t go out and buy an LMP1

        1. GILMORE?

          *Correction

        2. John

          Back in the day, they had to sell so many of the prototypes to be eligible. That is why there are 250 GTOs and 917s out there to be had, if you have the $20 or $30 million it takes to get one.

          And the GT 40 won the overall race, four straight years, which is astounding.

        3. GILMORE?

          I should have said, “You can’t pick up hookers in Las Vegas in an LMP1”

  30. Rich

    Anger over dating website set up by Muslim entrepreneur to help men find SECOND WIVES

    The man behind SecondWife.com, web boss Azad Chaiwala, insists that the service promotes fidelity, morality and old-fashioned family values.

    Internetu akbar!

    1. John

      Even I don’t hate Muslims enough to wish two wives on them.

      1. RBS

        Maybe if they spread some of their wives around they’d get a little less terroristy.

        1. John

          Maybe. More likely the nagging makes a ticket to 72 virgins seem like a good option.

          1. Hyperion

            Why do you think they have stoning, John? They already have that part figured out.

          2. Rhywun

            I was under the impression that Muslim wives don’t talk back. You know, because they tend to get beaten if they do.

        2. Hyperion

          Surely this is the latest and greatest war on terror. Maybe a nice young dancing boy to go with the 2nd wife, and a camel? Peace shall fill the land!

    2. Hyperion

      So is 2nd wives going to be the Democrat’s next special group of favored victims?

      Sorry, gays, you’re out, we need radical Islamists. Sorry wiminz, you’re out, we need 2nd wives.

      1. Rich

        And to avoid “profiling”, it should not be restricted to Muslims.

        1. Hyperion

          heh, that’s like saying you should be able to eat peyote because certain Indian tribes can. No privilege for you, white boy!

    3. Is that the second wife at one time, or is it more sequential, like a trophy wife?

      Mrs. Dean is my second wife (also, I have been informed, my last wife). So it makes a difference.

  31. John

    https://www.instagram.com/loki_the_wolfdog/

    Meet Loki the Wolf Dog. That is a magnificent animal.

    1. Hyperion

      When I was a kid, my uncle worked at an auto repair company that had a junkyard behind it. They had a bunch of German Shepard / Wolfe hybrids. Those are the scariest fucking dogs I’ve ever seen, they were huge, I mean I was just a kid, but they were huge and scary as hell.

      1. Lee G

        And not very predictable.

        1. Hyperion

          I wouldn’t go near them. One of my cousins kept going out and trying to pet them and /or taunting them. His dad kept warming him to stay away from them. One day one decided to get after him and he was lucky to get on the roof of a car and his dad had to rescue him. He was pissed. After that we weren’t allowed near the junkyard anymore.

          1. lafe.long

            +1 Leroy Brown

      2. John

        This one is malamute and arctic wolf. It will probably eat someone one of these days. But, damn what a beautiful dog.

        1. It’s very likely to kill another dog. Wolves don’t know how to read or signal domestic dog breeds.

          1. Hyperion

            I had a chow that I couldn’t have around any other dogs. It wanted to fight. It would behave as long as you were watching it, around another dog, but the moment you turned your back, dog fight.

          2. John

            My dad had a German shepherd we think was part wolf. She was just too savy and smart not to have been. She would do things like be able to tell when there was a rattlesnake ahead and be smart enough to avoid it. Normally a domestic dog will stick its nose right towards the snake and get bit, unless he has been taught otherwise. Not her. She could also stand on posts and shit the way that dog is doing in some of those pictures.

            And she was hell on other dogs. Terrible dog fighter.

        2. RBS

          My SIL’s boyfriend has one. It’s a cool animal. She’s escaped a couple of time a brought wildlife back to their house.

  32. Man arrested at Vegas rally says he was planning to kill Trump.

    Seriously, this guy was an idiot. Still makes me wonder if Trump won’t be the next Pim Fortuyn.

    1. If this happened to [redacted] instead of Trump, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.

      1. John

        If Trump were to be assassinated, what is the over under on the number of journalists who tweet something to the effect of “Thank God he is dead” before they think better of it? 50? 100?

        1. Needs more zeros.

  33. Trigger Hippie

    I guess it’s Supreme FYTW Monday. Cheers.

    1. Hyperion

      Libertarian moment.

  34. Hannibal Smith

    I just got done arguing with one of the stupidest progs I’ve yet encountered. It’s kind of a long story how the discussion led up to this, but she was talking about how she had been learning about Nepal, and how the protest ten percent of the country there only has something like 2% of the wealth while the richest 10% has 40% and how this is the most horrible injustice since ever. I pointed out that in terms of normal distribution that’s actually pretty equal, but and she lost it.

    She was telling me that it’s only fair if any 10% of people control 10% of the wealth, and she couldn’t get over this lunacy no matter how much I tried arguing with her. I tried to explain to her what the words “richest” and “poorest” meant and how math actually fucking works, but she wasn’t having it. I explained that what she was proposing meant that there by definition couldn’t be any “rich” or “poor” people at all and she was proposing an actual hardcore Marxist viewpoint, then she called me a “paranoid rightwinger who sees Communism everywhere”, laughed, and practically skipped away thinking she won the debate.

    This is an adult, 24 year old woman.

    I need a fucking drink.

    1. The plan did not come together.

    2. Nepal?

      Officially Maoist Nepal?

      That Nepal?

      1. Hyperion

        They’re Buddhist for Mao. Budmaoists.

      2. Hannibal Smith

        That was kind of her point. If even in wonderful right-thinking Nepal shit is unequal, then it shows how far the reach of the capitalists reaches.

        Or something like that, I don’t speak stupid.

        1. That was kind of her point. If even in wonderful right-thinking Nepal shit is unequal, then it shows how far the reach of the capitalists reaches.

          Or something like that, I don’t speak stupid.

          I’m sure she would have eventually gotten to her point, that is, “We must do something about world Jewry”.

    3. Hyperion

      This is an adult, 24 year old woman

      So, she probably recently graduated from an American university? Geez, I have no idea where she got ideas like that from, I’m shocked.

      1. RBS

        Dude, she learned about Nepal, who are you to question her wisdom?

    4. The Last American Hero

      This person sounds like the VW bus with the Endless/End This War bumpersticker on one side and the Ready for Hillary on the other.

      1. block30

        I think the “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention” bumper sticker more than applies to Obama. Oh the irony.

    5. block30

      Twenty four is no longer adult in this country.

      1. Ken Shultz

        Honestly, 24 year old girls were very smart about these things when I was 24 either.

    6. Ken Shultz

      Did she mention how she was going to accomplish this equal distribution of wealth without throwing people in prison for having too much stuff–or does the prospect of throwing people in prison for saving their money just not phase her?

      1. Hannibal Smith

        I honestly don’t even think she was even considering that what she was calling for was even distribution. She claimed that she didn’t have a problem with having rich people (and called me paranoid for suggesting she was) she just thought the numbers should “line up” and “be fair”, with very little thought into what any of it actually meant.

        Honestly now that it’s been a couple hours and I’ve cooled off from my initial anger over the sheer stupidity, it was kind of fascinating.

    7. widget

      I played the game of Monopoly last week for the first time in 30 years. Like always, no one ever plays it out. Perhaps there are electronic web versions that lets it play out in less than 8 hours. It’s still a good game to extent that it lets a player understand some basics about “wealth”, like the risk of being house poor. And it’s a good game for 24 yo. Load the dice for her and see how generous and understanding she is even with friends and family as the other players.

      There should be a couple more “pay tax’ squares on the board. And you need the IT help to quickly calculate money on hand plus the owned property value. Tax them both!, to make it real.

    8. Glide

      Elementary school math is pretty unfair

      Occupy Sesame Street

  35. Ken Shultz

    “Donald Trump has dumped campaign manager . . . which seems to be getting about as much press as the Orlando attack transcripts.”

    Isn’t he the one that allegedly grabbed the arm of a reporter from Breitbart, dragged her to the ground, kicked her while she was down, beat her with a baseball bat, threw dog crap in her hair, dumped her purse out on the ground, threw her keys down a storm drain, and called her a stupid bitch while all the other misogynist Trump delegates danced around and sang glory hallelujah?

    Or did all those accusations turn out to be . . . ahem . . . horseshit?

    P.S. Why are we linking to NPR for news?

    1. Ken Shultz

      I may have left off an italics tag by accident.

      I’m just sayin’.

    2. Something

      I loled

  36. Also, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is reportedly considering retirement.

    I suppose once you’ve trashed the Fourth, there’s not much left for an encore.

    1. Troy muy grande boner

      Hey, grade school principals can now go down the panties of 11 year old girls.. All they have to do is say some magic words, “I was looking for drugs.” What more do you want?

  37. Uncle Jay

    RE: The Supreme Court ruled, 5-3, that courts don’t necessarily have to throw out evidence of crimes that police obtain during illegal searches. There are going to be some very terrible consequences for this decision.

    Not true.
    The gulags will swell.
    Our socialist slavers will continue to chop away at that ancient and capitalist tool, the Constitution.
    Big Government will march on.
    The Glorious People’s Revolution will accelerate until we all reach the final goal of enslavement, imprisonment and oppression.
    Let’s all give thanks to the Soviet Supreme Court for this recent decision.
    They’re doing their part to advance socialist slavery in this country.
    Are you?

    1. The Grinch

      Kinda makes you think it’s all fucking hopeless doesn’t it?

  38. Uncle Jay

    RE: Three members of the New York Police Department and a fund-raiser for Mayor Bill de Blasio were busted for corruption charges and bribery.

    This can’t be right.
    NYPD enjoys a sterling reputation for efficiency, high moral standards and honesty.
    When was the last time the NYPD had a scandal?
    Can anyone even remember?
    DeBlasio is as pure as the driven snow.
    He did his level best to help the wonderful, benevolent and freedom loving Sandadistas back in the ’80’s.
    Plus, he is does his level best to eliminate private schools in NYC and keep the government run public school monopoly thriving in his town.
    That should be enough to tell anyone where’s he is coming from.

  39. The Supreme Court also declined to hear a challenge to Connecticut’s law banning some semi-automatic weapons and large capacity magazines.

    Reading the opinion in Heller back in the day, I was pretty disappointed. Its a weak-ass opinion, written by weak-ass judges, mapping out for the gun-grabbers how they can just keep on infringing the RKBA without having to worry too much about SCOTUS.

  40. widget

    Widget here with some bumper sticker reporting from Southern California. I drive a lot here so it’s a large sample.

    “It’s time for Hillary”: 2 (these were in the early primaries)
    “Trump *” :0 (such as “2016, “for President”, “Making America Great Again)
    “* Trump”: 2 (such a “Dump”)
    “Bernie *: 1000’s (mostly “2016”)

    Just FYI.

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