I'm a bit surprised that I haven't featured this song before, because it was how I first discovered Dorothy Martin, lead singer for the band Dorothy. I have featured a couple or three songs from her band, including last Monday when we heard one of her newest songs.
But today's song is from Nita Strauss, one of my favorite guitarists. It just happens to feature Dorothy.
This is "Victorious" by Nita Strauss featuring vocals by Dorothy.
From Georgetown University we get the following. 2021 National Firearms Survey: Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 3887145
This report summarizes the findings of a national survey of firearms ownership and use conducted between February 17th and March 23rd, 2021 by the professional survey firm Centiment. This survey, which is part of a larger book project, aims to provide the most comprehensive assessment of firearms ownership and use patterns in America to date. This online survey was administered to a representative sample of approximately fifty-four thousand U.S. residents aged 18 and over, and it identified 16,708 gun owners who were, in turn, asked in-depth questions about their ownership and their use of firearms, including defensive uses of firearms.
Now Georgetown University is a Jesuit Institution. That doesn't mean as much as it did 30 or 40 years ago. While probably not as Woke as a place like Yale, it has succumb to some of the Woke mind virus. That said, they did find the following.
Consistent with other recent survey research, the survey finds an overall rate of adult firearm ownership of 31.9%, suggesting that in excess of 81.4 million Americans aged 18 and over own firearms. The survey further finds that approximately a third of gun owners (31.1%) have used a firearm to defend themselves or their property, often on more than one occasion, and it estimates that guns are used defensively by firearms owners in approximately 1.67 million incidents per year.
Handguns are the most common firearms used in self-defense, and in most instances, (81.9% of cases) no shot was fired.
Click thru for more stats on the subject.
The hat tip for this goes to Colion Noir and his video Gun Ownership Higher Among Republican Women Than Democrat Men. I can highly recommend the video, and I did recommend it on Friday. It is 7 minutes long.
Shoe0nHead isn't your typical blue-haird Leftist. She didn't shave her head in protest of the election results. I guess she actually predicted the election results (I haven't see that video yet) She actually looks at the world, and has interesting things to say. Her videos are long, about half an hour each, but they don't come out every day, and they are entertaining AF.
In this video she takes apart the Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign. And while she does give the Democrats some advice, she tells Republicans to not worry about it, because the Democrats won't listen to her. They will continue to call people names, say that Kamala ran a "flawless" campaign, and do the same thing the next time around.
The truth is my last video was way meaner and way harsher than the final product turned out to be. When I showed the video to my assistant, he basically had an intervention with me and he was like,Listen you need to soften this up a bit. It's a few days before the election, you went too hard.Well the election is over, and I'm sorry River but, I'm going hard.
You idiots. You morons. You imbeciles.
And then she let's the Dems have it.
One part I particularly liked is the section on Joe Rogan, in which Shoe0nHead talks about the Left's discussion of Joe Rogan: ShoeOnHead "We Need a Liberal Joe Rogan." It's a one minute clip.
Of course, they had a "Liberal Joe Rogan." His name? Joe Rogan. He endorsed Bernie Sanders back in the day. So they tried to destroy him. How dare you not go along with the establishment! [in your best Gretta T. voice] How dare you!
This is the Shoe0nHead video Downfall of The Democrats | The Truth About The 2024 Election. As I mentioned, it is a bit long at 37 minutes, but it is fun to see a Leftist/Populist take apart the Democratic establishment.
In one section of the video, a Democratic Party anayst said something about White men without college degrees ruining this country. Her response?
First of all, white men without college degrees built this country, [ __ ].
Colion Noir has a video on the recent decision by F*c*book to suspend Smith & Wesson from their platform. Facebook Just Banned Smith & Wesson, Why Gun Owners Should Care?
Let's dive into why Facebook’s censorship of the 2A community is a direct attack on the most American of rights—and why platforms like X are becoming the new battleground for free speech and gun culture.
Liberty Doll also has a video on this subject, that includes why she had to remove an AR-10 from her "studio" because of YouTube insanity. Smith & Wesson Kicked Off Facebook
You can find my original post on this topic at F*c*book Goes All In on Censorship
Can you give me another explanation for why this ruling took so long? Fatal shooting in Vermillion, SD was justified, authorities say
This event took place back in the middle of May in Vermillion, South Dakota, which is about 40 miles northwest of Sioux City, Iowa.
Authorities say that Kinchen, a Vermillion resident, texted a friend that day saying he was going to “slaughter” the owner of the home on Cataline Avenue. That evening, Kinchen reportedly obtained a black facemask, dressed in all-black clothing, altered his appearance by shaving his face and got a handgun. He then walked several blocks to the Catalina Avenue home and forced his way in.
The homeowner was there with a guest. Kinchen chased the guest and fired his gun at the guest.
The guest reportedly got a handgun from a vehicle in the garage and returned fire. Kinchen was struck in the arm and chest and died because of those injuries.
By entering the home he invaded, he was in violation of a court order.
So you add all of that up, and I have to ask, "Why did it take so long to determine the shooting was justified?" My answer is that the prosecutor hates self-defense.
Someone will say that they were waiting on the toxicology. (His blood alcohol was nearly three times the legal limit to be driving.) And what, does the toxicology have to do with the other facts in this case? Would the shooting not be justified if he was sober, or even more out of this mind?
And another article does reference the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation. So waiting on a bureaucracy is probably part of the excuse. But again, what difference could it have made?
At least it seems that they got to the right place eventually.
This has all the earmarks of a domestic violence attack. That he was an ex-boyfriend or ex-husband turned violent stalker. None of the articles I have seen state that, however, so I can't say that for sure.
Self-defense is a human-right.
Danika, AKA Comic Book Girl 19, has had a dream to do a documentary on the anime film, Akia. It seems that dream may be coming true.
Akira is a 1988 Japanese, cyberpunk film set in the far-distant, dystopian future of 2019.
This is the trailer for the upcoming film AKIRA: The Documentary
📅 Coming not soon. Like late 2025? Pray for us.
Why is anyone still using that crap system? Smith & Wesson gets kicked off Facebook for its stories about what?? - Must Read Alaska
The American firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson, which since 1852 has been a leading manufacturer of pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shooting accessories, joined Facebook 15 years ago. It’s now been kicked off of Facebook for breaking the rules by posting stories about … wait for it … weapons.
“Despite our extensive efforts and resources spent on trying to adhere to Facebook’s ever-changing community guidelines on firearms, our account was suspended indefinitely on Friday, November 22nd, 15 years after its original creation. In an era where free speech and the right to bear arms are under constant attack, we want to thank @elonmusk and @X for supporting free speech and our constitutional rights guaranteed by the 1st and 2nd Amendments.
Go read the whole thing. (Hat tip to KABA)
Reddins, a five-year veteran with the department, is the first Oak Park officer to die in the line of duty since 1938.
Oak Park police said Reddins was working a patrol beat when he responded to the 1000-block of Lake Street around 9:30 Friday for a report of a person seen leaving a Chase Bank in the area with a gun.
Oak Park, Illinois is a near-in suburb of Chicago, actually sharing a border with the city. It is about 7 or 8 miles due west of The Loop.
Animal Magnetism is first with Animal’s Hump Day News
National Treasure Dr. Victor Davis Hanson on our return to sanity.
No, we won’t.
The Right Way - Top of the News
Trump’s tariffs - The New Neo
2025: A MOMENT OF OPPORTUNITY IN SPACE BY JEFF GREASON - ACCORDING TO HOYT - Born Free
Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.27.24 (Afternoon Edition)
Don Surber: “You’re not the media!” is a compliment
Michele Catalano: giving thanks
EBL - What is Kamala Harris up to?
Instapundit: Should Kamala run again?
AoSHQ: Morning Report 11.27.24 and Drunk and Disheveled
Battleswarm Blog - Prepper/Black Friday Shopping Guide
First aid kit: There are a lot of different makes and models of these, and I think Sam’s offers a kit that’s a bit cheaper than this one. Has a little bit of everything. A good thing to keep in your car for emergencies.
Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.27.24 (Evening Edition)
Transterrestrial Musings: The Fumes Of The 2024 Election, also, RIP “Privilege”
Victory Girls: Judge Chutkan Dismissed Smith/Trump Subversion Case, Left Is Bereft
Theo Spark - Substackies....
Study Finds DEI and Anti-Racism Training Sow Divisiveness, Suspicion, and Hostility
Trump's Art of War
A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Some Thanksgiving Leftovers
Don Surber: The Trump presidency has begun – or should I say resumed? Bob Hoge at RedState, Winning: Trump Sends '70s Dance Hit Shooting Straight to the Top of the Charts
Small Dead Animals - Wednesday On Turtle Island
Dementia Joe’s America: Lab grown meat. Identitarian dogma at Scientific American. Biden’s border.
Blackie’s Canada: Blame Trudeau.
Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 11.29.24 (Belated Thanksgiving Turkey Coma Edition)
Vox Popoli: Occupied Britain, Happy Thanksgiving, Refuse to Play – Refuse to Lose, Winning is Not on the Table, and Excellence in Everything
Born Lucky: The meaning of Thanksgiving
Gates of Vienna - News Feed 11/29/2024
Democratic Lawmaker Calls on Progressives to Stop Leaving X
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said during a recent interview that progressives should remain on X as many have already deactivated their accounts amid President-elect Trump’s victory.
Cafe Hayek - Some Links
David Bier explains that the recent U.S. election “refuted right-wing hysteria about a Great Replacement.”
Christine Rosen makes a strong case that “the Democrats have a woman problem.”
Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 11.29.24 (Black Friday Evening Edition)
Don Surber: Watching the left lose
First Street Journal: Oh, those poor babies!
Gates Of Vienna: Giving Thanks for the Marvelous Peace of God
Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links
Image from Why Are Urban Turkeys Thriving?
John Kerry: People need to behave
J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 11/29/24
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
“This is the new normal for everyone in Chicago.”
What Ails Chicago—and Its Jews
• The Daily Chart: The California Exodus Update - Power Line • Mainstream Media Suppresses Study Finding DEI Increases Hostility and Causes Psychological Harm - LI
I leave you with Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, I Need Skipisms This Afternoon . . . . You? from Woodsterman, and Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #2172 from 90 Miles from Tyranny.
Self-defense is legal in Vermont, though it took the prosecutor months to figure that out. No charges filed after July incident where two 2 were killed in St. Johnsbury, police say
He did kill one person before he was stopped.
Investigators completed their investigation this week into a July incident after 42-year-old Nicholas Johnson broke into a home on Cottage Street and attacked his former partner, Jennifer Bradley, along with Bradley's husband, Patrick Mayhew and her adult son.
Johnson, who was homeless at the time of the attack, seriously injured Mayhew and stabbed 21-year-old Ben Lyons to death before he was shot and killed by Mayhew.
Self-defense may be legal in Vermont, but the DAs HATE that. How dare you not rely on The System for your safety, even though the system cannot provide that? When seconds count, police are minutes away.
Two younger children were unharmed, though my guess is that they were traumatized. One of the couple's dogs was also killed.
Would this situation have been improved if the victims had been disarmed? I really wish that someone from the gun-hating part of the Left would explain that.
Lone Star Parson brings us Blind Faith
I've always loved this, perhaps you have too. Be careful out there, kids, like no fooling.
Click thru for "Can't Find My Way Home" by Blind Faith from their only album, Blind Faith, which came out in 1969.
Blind Faith consisted of Steve Winwood, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. Truly a Supergroup.
Soen is a Swedish, Progressive Metal Band. Don't worry, they sing in English. Drummer, and founding member of the band, Martin Lopez describes Soen’s music as “melodic, heavy and intricate.” They usually sound more Progressive Rock to me, than Metal, which is why we are on a Saturday, not Metal for Mondays.
Elisa (Elisa Toffoli) is one of a handful of Italian singers, who also writes and performs in English. I will probably spend some time researching her work. She has 9 albums published.
This song is "Hollowed" by Soen featuring vocals by Elisa. It is from their 2023 album Memorial.
Andrew Malcolm at Red State has some disturbing, but not surprising, observations. Is Anyone on Duty? Biden Falls Silent, Harris Goes Missing - but Trump Is Here
This month, in addition to escalating combat in Ukraine as a gift to his despised successor, Biden said he would spend billions more to save the planet’s environment.
With Biden mentally crumbling before our eyes, a RedState writer you might recognize warned six months ago that someone needed to admit we no longer had a real president in office.
Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 25 November 2024: 396 Shopping Days Until Christmas Edition
Outlandish recursive query examples with SQLite. (SQLite)
Like solving Sudoku with a database query. Or plotting the Mandelbrot set... With a database query.
Yes, we seem to have run out of tech news.
Politique Republic - Study Finds DEI and Anti-Racism Training Sow Divisiveness, Suspicion, and Hostility
While diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have almost become a religion here in America, an unexpected backlash is quietly brewing. The backlash isn’t just among those who question the DEI's underlying Marxist agenda; it’s an unintended consequence among those exposed to it. A recent series of studies unveils a troubling paradox: anti-racism trainings—celebrated as the antidote to prejudice—appear to sow the seeds of divisiveness, suspicion, and even outright hostility.
2. California has provided us with more proof that the CO2 scam is just that. Tesla is the world’s most successful EV company. The fact that the politics of the founder means they are the ONLY EV company that does not get subsidies ... shows the real purpose of EVs. Making cars expensive
Jordan Conradson at The Gateway Pundit - WTH: Far-Left Judge in Arizona Attorney General’s 2020 Electors Case Recuses Himself After Emails Show He Demanded That Other Judges Defend Kamala Harris, Compared Critics to Nazis
In a slew of August emails recently obtained by Arizona House Speaker Pro Tempore Rep. Travis Grantham and reported by Arizona Daily Independent earlier this month, Judge Cohen lambasts white people, specifically white men, and loses it over people calling Kamala Harris a DEI hire after she was installed as the Democratic presidential nominee. He further urges his colleagues to no longer remain silent “merely because others are exercising their right to free speech.”
Miguel Gonzalez - Oh Honey, we cook better than you.
We can cook. Hell, we can hunt, clean and cook our Thanksgiving dinner while you probably will have probably starve if the can of cranberry sauce does not have an easy-open top and you are forced to the infamy of using a can opener which will probably defeat you.
Don't engage in road rage, and don't "brandish" a firearm. From Concealed Nation we get the following story. Insane Footage Shows Man Display Gun During Road Rage Incident, Target Had Gun Ready; How Would You Have Responded?
He faces charges. He is probably lucky he wasn't shot and/or killed.
Slane, driving a black Mercedes, reportedly engaged in aggressive driving behavior, maneuvering around a victim’s truck. During this encounter, he allegedly brandished a handgun at the truck’s occupants—a driver and a passenger. The situation intensified when Slane stopped his vehicle in front of the victims, exited with the firearm still in hand, and approached the driver.
Brandishing a firearm is illegal in most jurisdictions. Trying to steal someone's cellphone because they are recording you acting like a lunatic is also not a good idea. You shouldn't assume that you are the only one in the situation with a firearm. This idiot broke all of those rules and more.
Slane now faces serious charges, including:
- Two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
- Attempted armed robbery
- Two counts of simple battery
The driver of the truck was armed, but never felt threatened enough to shoot this guy. A bit of a surprise that he exercised that much restraint.
This incident underscores why concealed carriers must approach every situation with a calm, measured response. Emotional decisions can lead to disastrous consequences, both legally and ethically.
Click thru for more, including a bit of the video. (Hat tip to KABA)
This is up from 19 percent since the 2007 to 2012 surveys.
In contrast, 29% of Democratic men own guns. If you consider the Democrats official stance on gun ownership, that is a lot.
This is Colion Noir's video Gun Ownership Higher Among Republican Women Than Democrat Men
I don't know what's more surprising here, the fact that Republican women are arming up like John Wick in yoga pants, or that nearly 30% of Democratic men actually own guns. Who are these guys? Are they hiding their guns in their Priuses next to their reusable tote bags?
The video is 7 minutes, but there is basically a Black Friday ad form 2:19 to 5:11.
Faine Greenwood: Facebook Destroys Everything: Part 1
Some background on the short-lived, democratically-elected government of Myanmar that was replaced by a military junta in 2021.
As this last dismal decade in Myanmar unfolded, one thing has become exceedingly clear: Facebook, in its rush to massively profit from getting an entire country on the Internet in just a few short years, played a key role in the country’s slide into hell. During that blood-soaked period from 2016 to 2018, website’s attention-hunting algorithms pumped vast amounts of ferocious anti-Rohingya content into the feeds of millions of Myanmar Facebook users, and the site failed over and over to counter dangerous hate speech, ignoring pleas from local activists, including some people I knew.
As I have said for years... I never trusted F*c*book. I have a user-id. I originally logged in about twice a year to change the password. Less frequently since they instituted better security. (My F*c*book account was hacked once, back when F*c*book didn't take security all that seriously.
Go read the whole thing. (Hat tip to Tam at View From The Porch: Tab Clearing...)
From The Other McCain Happy Thanksgiving to All!
Probably most readers don’t care about the NFL, and you came here expecting some kind of political commentary. Well, how about Kamala as your alcoholic aunt rambling incoherently at Thanksgiving?
We can afford to laugh at that, as we give thanks that our nation has been spared from the Kamala Harris presidency.
There is more, including the video.
I mentioned on social media just yesterday that I don't usually like solo piano. Most of it sounds like the etudes I had to practice when I was taking piano lessons. It is all about technique, and at least to some extent about showing off.
George Winston is more interested in the quality of music than technique and showing off. The first track on the album today's song comes from is titled "Thanksgiving." It might be more appropriate for today, but I have featured it in the past. I hope everyone has a great day!
This is "Joy" by George Winston from his 1982 album December.
Several mistakes were made, but it still seems like self-defense Uber driver killed in road rage shooting on Las Vegas Strip
The victim was behind the suspect’s vehicle and when both vehicles came to a stop, the victim got out of his vehicle, walked to the driver’s side door and banged on the window. Police said that is when the suspect shot the victim in the neck. Police said the victim also had pulled out a firearm however he collapsed before he was able to use it.
Someone approaches me with a gun drawn, I am going to assume that is a threat of imminent of death or grave bodily injury. Don't approach people in a threatening manner. Things might not turn out the way you expect.
Hat tip Woman Shoots Uber Driver in Neck During Road Rage: How Things Went Wrong Very Quickly
The woman fled the scene but was later apprehended at her home nearby. The woman, identified as a 24-year-old woman, has not yet been charged as investigations continue. The Clark County District Attorney’s Office is evaluating whether her actions qualify as self-defense under Nevada law.
It will be interesting to see how this case plays out.
In any event, it doesn't change the fact that self-defense is a human right, and road rage is never a good idea.
