Year: 2016
Cabela’s (CAB) reported strong demand for guns and shooting accessories during the third quarter, reflecting an industry-wide surge during a presidential election year.
The outdoor retailer, which recently agreed to a takeover by rival Bass Pro Shops, said Wednesday sales at Cabela’s stores open at least a year fell 2.3% in the quarter. But Cabela’s saw positive sales trends for firearms and shooting-related categories, such as ammunition. Optics, like rifle scopes, also flew off the shelves. Continue reading “Gun sales surging in election year”
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker says the city of Tucson is violating a state law by destroying guns turned in by residents or seized from crime investigations.
Rep. Mark Finchem has filed a complaint accusing Tucson of violating a 2013 law that requires otherwise legal guns obtained by law enforcement agencies be sold, not destroyed, The Arizona Daily Star reported. City records show that the Tucson Police Department has destroyed 4,820 guns since the beginning of 2013. Continue reading “Arizona lawmaker wants Tucson to stop destroying guns”
Colonial Pipeline Co [COLPI.UL] shut down both of its main gasoline and distillates pipelines on Monday following an explosion and fire in Shelby County, Alabama, near the site of a gasoline spill last month.
A segment of the pipeline was undergoing maintenance on Monday afternoon when it exploded, resulting in several workers suffering serious injuries, according to the Shelby County sheriff’s office. The number of those injured is believed to be less than ten, the sheriff’s office said. Continue reading “Colonial’s gasoline, distillate lines shut after explosion, fire in Alabama”
With both Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton voicing extreme accusations of violating federal law against FBI Director Comey’s decision to be transparent about his investigation into Clinton’s emails, it appears President Obama is having none of it. As White House spokesman Josh Earnest stated: “President Obama doesn’t think Comey is trying to influence the election.” Continue reading “Obama Destroys Clinton/Reid Narrative “Does Not Believe Comey Trying To Influence Election””
There will be no Word From the Trenches broadcast today, Henry has a doctor’s appointment.
I begin this piece with three quotes from my work-in-progress, The Underground:
“There is a media metaphysics. Its basic principle states that nothing exists until it becomes information. Now we have a new twist: information only becomes real when it reaches a mind already attuned to it. In other words, the tree falling in the forest makes a sound only if a user/consumer who wants a tree to fall receives video and audio of the event…” Continue reading “The globalization of media: a failing strike force”
New York, NY — A business owner in Manhattan is suing the city after being forced to waive his fourth amendment rights and potentially forfeit his business because an NYPD officer sold illegal goods at his store.
You read that right. Continue reading “NYPD Catches Itself Selling Stolen Goods, Blames Business Owner”
Breitbart – by Donna Rachel Edmunds
The BBC has come in for a slew of criticism for broadcasting a program aimed at children as young as six, which tells the story of a school boy as he prepares to transition to a girl.
The program, broadcast on CBBC, follows a boy as he attempts to access drugs to delay the onset of puberty, as part of the process for having an eventual sex change, the Mail on Sunday has reported. Continue reading “BBC Under Fire for ‘Transgender Diaries’ Program Aimed at Children as Young as Six”
CATO Institute – by Abby W. Schachter and Adam Bates, New York Post
Prosecutors in Arizona promise they won’t charge parents with molestation for diapering or bathing their babies and children. The crazy part is that they have to make this promise at all.
Some background: Current Arizona law defines “sexual contact” as “any direct or indirect touching, fondling or manipulating of any part of the genitals, anus or female breast by any part of the body or by any object or causing a person to engage in such contact.” It’s a standard that does not require the state to prove sexual intent.
Continue reading “Meet the Law That Turns Parents into Pedophiles”
Do you remember that scene in the old Frankenstein movie when the villagers descended on the castle with burning stakes and pitchforks? The hounds were baying, people were shouting incoherently, and ignorant, fearful villagers watched the whole thing?
Listen in particular to the speech at the beginning of this. That’s about what the person leading the charge against James Comey is saying. Continue reading “Torch-Wielding Mob of Democrat Villagers Grab Pitchforks and Go After James Comey”



