Category Archives: gun nuts

Is the GOP fascist? Let’s consult the experts.

Posted on April 14, 2023 by oddmanout215

“Is it a good thing or a bad thing that they got their jobs back?” Swamp Rabbit said. “What did them experts at The Washington Post say?” He was referring to the reinstatement this week of Reps. Justin Pearson and … Continue reading →

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Cloud cover to blame for overcast, experts say

Posted on April 10, 2023 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was retching on the side of the road near my shack. I had just shown him a front-page story in Washington Post that featured this headline: Tennessee vote marks latest GOP move to stifle dissent, experts say. “Those … Continue reading →

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AR-15, Swiss Army knife — good for both home and battle

Posted on June 9, 2021 by oddmanout215

I showed Swamp Rabbit a copy of the recent court ruling on assault weapons in California. He read the first paragraph out loud: Like the Swiss Army Knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon … Continue reading →

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‘The Troubles’ in N. Ireland pale in comparison to ours

Posted on April 18, 2021 by oddmanout215

I was reading about the possible renewal of “the Troubles” that wracked the north of Ireland in the last three decades of the 20th century: The instability has been accelerated by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. From … Continue reading →

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‘Reaching across the aisle’ into the void

Posted on December 5, 2020 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was happy for our former president. “That new book he wrote is a bestseller. Most of them critics like it, too.” I shrugged. “It’s a doorstopper that lists for forty-five dollars. I read an excerpt. I like Barack … Continue reading →

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Antifa is coming, call out the militia!

Posted on July 9, 2020 by oddmanout215

Many of us wondered why the infection rates for Covid-19 in this country continued climbing through the Fourth of July weekend and beyond, even though rates in most other developed countries were way down. The lead paragraphs from a news … Continue reading →

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Half-cocked and loaded

Posted on September 20, 2019 by oddmanout215

We were talking about Trump and Twitter. Swamp Rabbit noted that making threats is a dangerous habit for a president who has no self-control and isn’t on good terms with the English language. “Take a look at these here tweets,” … Continue reading →

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Thoughts and Prayers

Posted on August 10, 2019 by oddmanout215

here’s what bugged me most abt debates this wk and how they were framed by moderators: if you didn’t know better, you’d think Mitt Romney or Jeb Bush was President. i.e. there was so little acknowledgement that we have mad … Continue reading →

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The right to become a one-man army

Posted on March 25, 2019 by oddmanout215

From The New York Times: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand on Thursday announced a national ban on all military-style semiautomatic weapons, all high-capacity ammunition magazines and all parts that allow weapons to be modified into the kinds of … Continue reading →

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Santa Fe wants more God, not gun control

Posted on May 22, 2018 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit and I were reading from a Washington Post story about local reactions to the slaying of nine students and a teacher by a gun-wielding student at a school in Santa Fe, TX: “It’s not the guns. It’s the … Continue reading →

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