Pot-shots

>>> The real reason the BBC and other establishment media outlets feel free to hate on Christianity but largely leave Judaism and Islam alone? Fear, pure and simple. Oh sure, Jews and some Christians will bitch, whine, kvetch, and complain about being dissed, but offended Muslims will riot, set off car-bombs,  kidnap and/or behead you (and do it on video and post it on the web to boot!) if you dare disrespect Islam (in their opinion) in any way at all. And they never forgive or forget either. (Just ask Salmon Rushdie). But not Jews or Christians though. They just embrace the suck and try to shrug it off.

>>> The final answer to the nervous nannies: If a riot or natural disaster hits your part of the world you will find out for positively sure the answer to the Sarah Brady's of this world question as to "what do you need an assault rifle for?" Hint: It wont' be for fending off imaginary threats like vampires or zombies, or survival hunting for rabbits and squirrels, nor for driving off coyotes or feral dogs although it can be used for that too.

>>> Money spent on real estate is consumption not investment: See What $890,000 Buys In A Housing Bubble And After The Bubble Pops The homes featured in the Business Insider article linked above are in Vancouver, B.C., Canada a former hotbed of real estate speculation that has cooled down some and are priced in Canadian dollars as well, but even so the prices are just off the wall nuts.

Sign of the times: Flash mob violence

I had never thought that assault weapons were really a necessity. Sure they're fun and appropriate for match shooting, marksmanship or collecting and such, but not for their designed and  intended purpose (i.e., paramilitary-style attack/defense ops). Now I'm not so sure. Okay, America is not Rwanda or some other Turd World shithole of a country where, given their demographics, and their political, ethnic, and religious extremism, and their history of chaos, having an AK-47 and a combat harness full of loaded 30 round magazines makes perfect sense because credible scenarios for the need of such a weapon abound there.

Now I must reconsider. In the past I have thought that a simple sporting-type rifle, pistol, or shotgun would do very nicely to defend my homestead.  But now it seems the thugs have discovered social networking digital technology. And so I have as John Maynard Keynes is reputed to have said: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"