A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that “suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year,” the Associated Press is reporting, noting that the drug overdose death rate was up 9.6 percent over 2016. According to AFP, “the rate of heroin deaths was seven times higher than in […]
Anti-Gunners Sounding ‘Taps’ over the NRA as Florida Battle Looms?
Buried in a Tuesday Politico story about the National Rifle Association’s declining revenues, and possibly failing political influence, is a stunning acknowledgement that just might account for the organization’s ability to cheat the undertaker. “Unlike the NRA’s grassroots operation,” Politico reported, “which can be mobilized to turn out voters and lobby lawmakers, Everytown relies heavily […]
The Socialist Theme Park Of Seattle- No Need For A Poet
Retiring Seattle Councilwomen and reporter ride the humorously name South Lake Union Trolley during rush hour. Abbreviations are fun! At certain instances in the inevitable ebb and flow of life, there exists the need for a professional wordsmith to aptly, accurately, and artistically describe the indescribable complexities and non-sequiturs which compose the puzzle of politics […]
Future Shock- Ohio To Accept Bitcoin Tax Payments
Whatever John Mcafee endorses, turn and run full speed in the opposite direction. The incredulous hype of the blockchain strikes again, except this time the mosh pit rave is not based off the surge of heedless investors causing a ping pong ball on mousetraps style nuclear chain reaction of crazed speculation, leading to a blatant […]
Groups Seek National Dialogue for Police, Armed Citizens After Shooting
Two of the nation’s leading gun rights organizations have called for a “national dialogue” on how police respond to active shooter incidents in public places in the wake of the tragic Thanksgiving shooting of an armed citizen who was mistaken for the person who had just wounded two people at the Riverchase Balleria Mall in […]
Gun Group Asks SCOTUS Review of Interstate Handgun Sales Case
More than four years after initially filing a challenge to the long-standing ban on interstate handgun sales to law-abiding citizens from other states, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to review the case. What began in July 2014 as a lawsuit […]
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