The attacks on the 2nd never stop,

because of a combination of "We don't need that/You don't properly understand it/It's for the public good/I hate people like you owning these things!" from politicians and activists.

Yes, time for some clearing, including

this top one, which reminded me of a discussion.

This reminds me of things said by a hispanic guy and another guy I worked with.

Hispanic guy: "Oh yeah, it's true, and it's worth it."
Me: "I don't think so."
Other guy: "But that ass!"

                                                    And below, enter of your own free will

From Ammo.com: average age

of mass shooters.

Remember I said that sounded like the enemy providing a new target list?

People making calls out and wonderful things happen.

This is Israeli Air Force footage of drones and jets blowing up Basij checkpoints all around Tehran today, based on tips called in by Iranian citizens. A revolution with air support against a regime with no air defence.

This latest terrorist attack was stopped by students,

who did it bare handed.

Yes, there are still good people who get into some universities.

In our latest terrorist attack a bunch of Democrats and other leftists share responsibility

for the murder of Col. Shah.

And should be treated as such.

Yes, a bunch of our Professional Journalists are just on the enemy side

I truly don't know if they just prefer them, or if it pays better.
There is no doubt as to their motivations: Both men spoke freely and unrepentantly to police at the scene, proudly claiming inspiration from ISIS and stating they had intended their terrorist atrocity to be “bigger than Boston” — a reference to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that took the lives of three and injured scores more. Only the incompetence of the bombers prevented Saturday from turning into one of the darkest days in recent New York history.

Yet one would know none of this were one to go only by the headlines and framing devices the mainstream media have consistently used to explain this story to American readers, who — like it or not — primarily consume their news in headline rather than article form. NBC New York got an early start on what would quickly become an overwhelming trend, telling a curiously noncommittal story over the weekend: “Multiple arrests made after ‘suspicious devices’ found outside Gracie Mansion, home of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, during anti-Islam rally and counterprotest.” The Daily News’ headline whimpered, “Protestors throw smoking improvised device, clash over Jake Lang pig roast at ‘anti-Islamification’ rally at Gracie Mansion.” The tone-setting New York Times itself wrestled with curiously tortured locutions: “Smoking Jars of Metal and Fuses Thrown at Protest Near Mayor’s House.”
And you know damn well that if either or both of the bombs had worked, these same bastards would be blaming the protesters and 'islamophobia' for the death and maimings.  Because that's what the left demands.

And sometimes they flat lie.

Reasons to keep an eye on the activists in schools

And to sue their asses off when called for.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of an elementary school student’s First Amendment rights after she was punished for adding the words “any life” to a picture of “Black Lives Matter.”

The student, with the initials B.B., said she added the message while in first grade in 2021, inspired by a lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. She shared the drawing with a friend.

The school principal told her the drawing was inappropriate and punished her, according to the Pacific Legal Foundation, which represented the family in the case. The principal forced her to apologize, banned her from giving drawings to classmates, and excluded her from recess for two weeks.

BRM has an interesting piece on hospital bills

The man’s sister-in-law was ready to pay it. He asked her to wait. He requested an itemized bill with CPT codes, the universal billing codes hospitals use, and fed the whole thing into Claude, an AI chatbot.

Within minutes, Claude found duplicate charges, services billed as "inpatient" even though the patient was never admitted, supply costs inflated by 500% to 2,300% above Medicare rates and charges for procedures that never happened. He cross-checked with ChatGPT. Both AIs agreed. He wrote a six-page letter citing every violation by name.

The hospital dropped the bill to $33,000. An 83% reduction. Zero medical training. A $20 app.

Holy crap. I'd not have thought of checking all that. 

I have just realized that, being somewhat busy, I managed to

forget my clearing stuff a few days ago, so here 'tis