Nice look Jessica...
Monday, December 10, 2012
Your Vote Counted: A Damn Lie
I was walking past a polling place the other day and saw this lost and lonely sticker just lying there. I stopped, I looked down. A sense of irony came over me, the sticker said: "My Vote Counted". I don't believe it did. When more votes were cast then there are registered voters, my vote did not count. Some unknown organized force conspired to steal the election and I believe it was successful, the will of the people was thwarted. The sticker is an illusion, a false appeasement, an opiate that cures no pain or suffering administered by the same oppressors who are responsible for the pain and suffering in the first place. In my youth I was idealistic, a bright eyed true believer in our democracy. I believed that most men were good men of high character. Honesty and truth meant something, the good were rewarded and recognized. I think this once was true. Is this some terrible bad dream? The imperfect but noble people that worked so hard to build this country, to create a perfect union, what would they think of us?
They would have it torn asunder and so would I.
I snapped this photo of a Tesla Model S
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Usurper
A usurper is an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, often but not always in a monarchy. This may include a person who succeeds in establishing himself as a monarch without inheriting the throne or any other person exercising authority unconstitutionally. It may also be applied to an official acting ultra vires, outside his authority or jurisdiction.
Inanimate Objects Killing Spree Shocks Nation—Maybe Costas Was Right
(read snarky article at Canada Free Press:)
Inanimate Objects Killing Spree Shocks Nation—Maybe ....
Smith & Wesson has announced record sales for its most recent quarter.
SPRINGFIELD MASACHUSETTES — Smith & Wesson has announced record sales for its most recent quarter.
Net sales from continuing operations for the second quarter were a record $136.6 million, up 48 percent from the second quarter last year, according to a news release issued this week.
It was the second consecutive quarter of record sales.
The company employs more than 1,200 workers at its factory and headquarters on Roosevelt Avenue.
Federal background checks for gun purchasers were up over Black Friday. Many observers say that's because gun buyers fear that a re-elected President Barack Obama will impose more gun restrictions. But Smith & Wesson has pointed to a long-term upward trend in gun ownership driven by people wanting to get into shooting as a sport and a hobby.Smith & Wesson said the increase was led by continued strong sales across all of the company's firearm product lines, including M&P-branded products, such as pistols, modern sporting rifles and the recently launched Shield pistol designed for concealed carry and personal protection.
Gross profit for the second quarter was $48.5 million, or 35 percent of net sales, compared with gross profit of $24.6 million, or 26.7 percent of net sales, for the comparable quarter last year.
The company also announced a program to repurchase up to $20 million of the company's outstanding shares of common stock from time to time until June 30. Smith & Wesson stock was trading at midday Friday at $10.05 per share, a drop of 80 cents a share. For the year, the stock is up from $4.36.
Smith & Wesson expects net sales from continuing operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 to be between $126 million and $131 million, which would represent year-over-year growth from continuing operations in excess of 30 percent.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
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