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Concealed Carry Hero at Portland Mall - The Full Story: "Knowing he had an armed person in the mall and that this was no longer his gun-free zone, the gunman avoided the Macy's Home Store and ended his rampage by fleeing to a service corridor and into the stairwell to the lower level."
Monday, December 17, 2012
Neighbor describes taking 6 young Sandy Hook survivors into his home | Fox News
Neighbor describes taking 6 young Sandy Hook survivors into his home | Fox News: "He took the children in, gave them juice and stuffed animals, called their parents and listened to them describe the ordeal.
They said the shooter had a big gun and a little gun. Another boy provided a moment of levity when he said: "Just saying, your house is very small.""
They said the shooter had a big gun and a little gun. Another boy provided a moment of levity when he said: "Just saying, your house is very small.""
Obama's Economic War on Women - Gregory Cummings - Mises Daily
Obama's Economic War on Women - Gregory Cummings - Mises Daily: "if women receive equal direct wages and increased indirect benefits (such as maternity-leave supplements, for example) it will also be more cost effective to hire men instead of women. The net effect is increased female unemployment."
"In the presence of equal-pay-for-equal-work legislation, the employer in our example would be wise to hire another male employee."
"while equal-pay-for-equal-work legislation is proposed in the United States in order to protect women workers, it has been used in South Africa as a means of protecting white unionists from the competition of lower-paid black workers. It cannot simultaneously achieve both goals."
"The mythical "sexist pig" employer would soon go the way of the dodo, courtesy of market forces. If he were stupid enough to hire a male when he could have employed an equally productive female for less money (because of the pay "gap"), his gender-blind competitors would hire her, and price him out of the business."
"In the presence of equal-pay-for-equal-work legislation, the employer in our example would be wise to hire another male employee."
"while equal-pay-for-equal-work legislation is proposed in the United States in order to protect women workers, it has been used in South Africa as a means of protecting white unionists from the competition of lower-paid black workers. It cannot simultaneously achieve both goals."
"The mythical "sexist pig" employer would soon go the way of the dodo, courtesy of market forces. If he were stupid enough to hire a male when he could have employed an equally productive female for less money (because of the pay "gap"), his gender-blind competitors would hire her, and price him out of the business."
(1997) MS School Principal Captures Mass Murderer With His .45 | Guns Save Lives
(1997) MS School Principal Captures Mass Murderer With His .45 | Guns Save Lives: "There is simply no telling how many lives were saved by this educator who took steps to make sure that he was prepared for any situation and to use a weapon when it was necessary to save the lives of others."
Big 10 Expansion Has Unseemly Side | Neal McCluskey | Cato Institute
Big 10 Expansion Has Unseemly Side | Neal McCluskey | Cato Institute: "Funding has dipped on a per-pupil basis, but largely because we have seen huge enrollment increases. And for roughly every dollar cut, schools have raised prices about two dollars."
Massad Ayoob » Blog Archive » AGAINST MONSTERS
Massad Ayoob » Blog Archive » AGAINST MONSTERS: "if we simply prepared teachers to handle this type of crisis the way we teach them to handle fires and medical emergencies, the death toll would drop dramatically. We don’t hear of mass deaths of children in school fires these days: fire drills have long since been commonplace, led by trained school staff, not to mention sprinkler systems and smoke alarms and strategically placed fire extinguishers that can nip a blaze in the bud while firefighters are en route. In the past, if someone “dropped dead,” people would cry and wring their hands and wail, “When will the ambulance get here?” Today, almost every responsible adult knows CPR; most schools have easily-operated Automatic Electronic Defibrillators readily accessible; and a heart attack victim’s chance of surviving until the paramedics arrive to take over is now far greater.
The same principle works for defending against mass murders"
"After the Ma’alot massacre in 1974, Israel instituted a policy in which volunteer school personnel, parents, and grandparents received special training from the civil guard, and were seeded throughout the schools armed with discreetly concealed 9mm semiautomatic pistols. Since that time, there has been no successful mass murder at an Israeli school, and every attempt at such has been quickly shortstopped by the good guys’ gunfire, with minimal casualties among the innocent. Similar programs are in place in Peru and the Phillippines, with similarly successful results."
The same principle works for defending against mass murders"
"After the Ma’alot massacre in 1974, Israel instituted a policy in which volunteer school personnel, parents, and grandparents received special training from the civil guard, and were seeded throughout the schools armed with discreetly concealed 9mm semiautomatic pistols. Since that time, there has been no successful mass murder at an Israeli school, and every attempt at such has been quickly shortstopped by the good guys’ gunfire, with minimal casualties among the innocent. Similar programs are in place in Peru and the Phillippines, with similarly successful results."
Texas School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns | Fox News
Texas School District Will Let Teachers Carry Guns | Fox News: "We have had employees assaulted before by people in the last several years,"
"The Texas superintendent linked gun-free zones with the uprising of school shootings in recent years.
"When you make schools gun-free zones, it's like inviting people to come in and take advantage,""
"the small community is a 30-minute drive from the sheriff's office, leaving students and teachers without protection. He said the district's lone campus sits 500 feet from heavily trafficked U.S. 287, which could make it a target."
"In Utah, the law allows anyone with a permit to carry a gun in public schools and state institutions of higher education."
"The Texas superintendent linked gun-free zones with the uprising of school shootings in recent years.
"When you make schools gun-free zones, it's like inviting people to come in and take advantage,""
"the small community is a 30-minute drive from the sheriff's office, leaving students and teachers without protection. He said the district's lone campus sits 500 feet from heavily trafficked U.S. 287, which could make it a target."
"In Utah, the law allows anyone with a permit to carry a gun in public schools and state institutions of higher education."
Friday, December 14, 2012
Misreading the Fiscal Cliff | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary
Misreading the Fiscal Cliff | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "In fact, the president's proposed tax hike doesn't even cover the $2.6 trillion in spending increases that he has called for over the next ten years."
"Great Britain hiked its top tax rate from 40 to 50 percent in 2010 as part of a deficit-reduction package. The tax hike was supposed to raise an additional £2.4 billion in 2010–11, but actually brought in £5 billion less than was expected without the rate rise (Britain cut tax rates again in the 2012 budget)."
"President Obama claims that his plan includes spending cuts — in fact, $3 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax hikes. But he hasn't actually offered any details beyond smoke and mirrors. The president's plan, for example, includes $1 trillion in spending cuts that were already agreed to as part of the 2011 debt-ceiling deal, a neat exercise in double-counting. He also includes savings from not fighting a war in Iraq or Afghanistan after 2014, money that was never going to be spent in the first place. And, finally, he includes $634 billion in savings from not having to pay interest on the phantom spending he's cut. More realistic estimates suggest that the president is actually proposing almost $3 in tax hikes for every $1 in spending cuts.
Even those spending cuts are not real cuts, in the sense of less money being spent, but simply reductions in the baseline rate of increase. And while the president's proposed tax hikes would go into effect immediately, the spending cuts are pushed off into the dim and distant future. In fact, according to recent reports, the president actually wants new stimulus spending in the short term, to be followed by spending cuts once the economy has bounced back."
"But once again, not only did the spending cuts fail to materialize, spending actually increased"
"the 2011 deal to increase the debt limit promised $1 trillion in spending cuts, even before the upcoming sequester. Instead, spending since then has increased by $132 billion"
"Great Britain hiked its top tax rate from 40 to 50 percent in 2010 as part of a deficit-reduction package. The tax hike was supposed to raise an additional £2.4 billion in 2010–11, but actually brought in £5 billion less than was expected without the rate rise (Britain cut tax rates again in the 2012 budget)."
"President Obama claims that his plan includes spending cuts — in fact, $3 in spending cuts for every $1 in tax hikes. But he hasn't actually offered any details beyond smoke and mirrors. The president's plan, for example, includes $1 trillion in spending cuts that were already agreed to as part of the 2011 debt-ceiling deal, a neat exercise in double-counting. He also includes savings from not fighting a war in Iraq or Afghanistan after 2014, money that was never going to be spent in the first place. And, finally, he includes $634 billion in savings from not having to pay interest on the phantom spending he's cut. More realistic estimates suggest that the president is actually proposing almost $3 in tax hikes for every $1 in spending cuts.
Even those spending cuts are not real cuts, in the sense of less money being spent, but simply reductions in the baseline rate of increase. And while the president's proposed tax hikes would go into effect immediately, the spending cuts are pushed off into the dim and distant future. In fact, according to recent reports, the president actually wants new stimulus spending in the short term, to be followed by spending cuts once the economy has bounced back."
"But once again, not only did the spending cuts fail to materialize, spending actually increased"
"the 2011 deal to increase the debt limit promised $1 trillion in spending cuts, even before the upcoming sequester. Instead, spending since then has increased by $132 billion"
Opinion: Deterring the nuclear option - Sen. Rand Paul - POLITICO.com
Opinion: Deterring the nuclear option - Sen. Rand Paul - POLITICO.com: "I want the Senate to consider a new rule stripping the majority leader of the power to prevent amendments to bills. This is a “filibuster reform” that all should support, because on the vast majority of bills, Sen. Reid forbids amendments. By forbidding amendments, he is essentially filibustering himself."
Speed camera gives ticket to stationary car | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
Speed camera gives ticket to stationary car | Technically Incorrect - CNET News: "one of those reviews involves an actual police officer who must swear that this car was going at least 12 mph over the limit.
Oh, and he or she must swear it "based on inspection of the recorded images.""
Oh, and he or she must swear it "based on inspection of the recorded images.""
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