90 Miles From Tyranny

Saturday, May 21, 2016

NRA Endorses Donald Trump for President

The National Rifle Association threw its weight Friday behind Donald Trump, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee personally assured the group’s members he would protect Second Amendment rights if elected – and claimed that likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton would threaten them.

The billionaire businessman and leaders of the nation’s powerful gun lobby joined forces as they amplified warnings that the Supreme Court vacancy only raises the stakes for gun owners in this election. Trump, speaking to the NRA-ILA (Institute for Legislative Action) forum in Louisville, Ky., even challenged Clinton on Friday to release a list of her potential Supreme Court nominees, after he did so earlier this week.

“I would like for Hillary Clinton to put a list together also, and I want to see what the list consists of,” he said. “It will be day and night, it won’t be good for the people in this room and the country.”

He charged, “Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the Second Amendment.”

He addressed the NRA-ILA forum moments after Executive Director Chris Cox announced the group’s Trump endorsement.

In a written statement, Cox also said: "The stakes in this year's presidential election could not be higher for gun owners. If Hillary Clinton gets the opportunity to replace Antonin Scalia with an anti-gun Supreme Court justice, we will lose the individual right to keep a gun in...

Girls With Guns

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
BY ROBERT FROST

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

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Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

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Amazing Photos Collection #5

The Gadget, the first atomic bomb (1945)

An amputation is performed in a hospital tent at Gettysburg (1863)

A female officer of the Haganah demonstrates handling a Sten gun during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Liberty Bell being moved on wagon with an escort of uniformed militia in 1903

Duck Dynasty, (1926)

An English girl comforts her doll in the rubble of her bomb-damaged home. 1940.

Observer on Iwo Jima, (1945) - Colorized

Mother Theresa Was Kinda Hot At 18 Years Old.... - Mother Theresa, aged 18. 1928.

Operation Overlord, (June 1944) - Colorized

British Royal Marines marching across the Falklands. 1982.

Cab stand in Madison Square Park, New York, (ca 1900) - Colorized

US troops examine a wrecked Japanese seaplane at Makin Atoll (1943)

German Field Bakery Near Ypres (1914)

Belva Annan, an accused murderer, whose trial records became the musical “Chicago.” Circa 1924.

Omaha Beach June 6th (1944)

Soviet Soldier with a bust of Hitler in Berlin (1945)

101st Airborne paratroopers paint each others faces on the eve of their jump into the invasion of Normandy (1944)

After 800 nuclear tests from 1951 and 1992, this is the view over the Nevada Test Site (formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds).

The center of Stalingrad after liberation

Fallen North Vietnamese soldier, Hue South Vietnam 1968 by Don McCullin

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- P. J. O'Rourke

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Surprising no-one, Glenn Beck, after joining the recent conservative delegation to Facebook, has defended the social network and its progressive CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, while attacking fellow conservatives for being too demanding of the company.

It’s unclear if he’s gunning for a role in their PR department in the wake of The Blaze’s financial difficulties, but even if he isn’t, it’s hard to tell the difference. He’s written a post on Medium as well as his own personal website, given an interview to TIME, and appeared on his own syndicated talk radio show to defend the social network.

In his post on Medium, whose CEO he met before flying down to Facebook’s sprawling headquarters in his private jet, Beck attacked conservatives who suggested more political diversity in Facebook’s staff. Astonishingly, he accused fellow conservatives who attended the meeting of staging a “Salem Witch Trial” against the company. If that wasn’t enough, Beck also appears to have swallowed Mark Zuckerberg’s argument that the company never discriminated against conservatives.

“I was convinced that Facebook is behaving appropriately and trying to do the right thing” wrote Beck. “They were humble, open, and listened intently to...

On Monday, California began covering health care for poor illegal aliens under the age of 19.

State enrollment estimates in the first year are expected to hit 185,000 of the 250,000 eligible minors, say state officials cited by the Associated Press. Legislative analysis of SB 4, the follow-up bill to shore up implementation of an earlier illegal alien public health care expansion bill, SB 75, details a budget allocation of $40 million toward the expansion. “Ongoing annual costs are estimated at $132 million General Fund.”

Among supporters of SB 4 were California’s most powerful unions and immigrant activist organizations. including the National Council of La Raza, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, the California Teachers Association and SEIU California.

Enrollment coordinator Claudia Carolina is working with schools in Los Angeles to publicize the program. The AP noted that outside the state Capitol, “health care and immigrant rights advocates celebrating the expansion turned their attention to their next goals. They want Medi-Cal – the state’s version of Medicaid – to cover income-eligible adults who migrated illegally …”.

An online KCRA 3 News poll via Facebook asked, “Should minors brought illegally to the U.S. be allowed to sign up for state-funded health care?” Respondents overwhelmingly said no: 62 percent rejected the idea, compared to...