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  • Phillipines Relaxes Rules for Rifles to Counter Threats From China (Bearing Arms)

    03/05/2024 1:22:24 PM PST · by DogByte6RER · 8 replies
    Bearing Arms ^ | March 5, 2024 | Cam Edwards
    Gun laws in the Philippines aren't as atrocious as many other countries in southeast Asia, but they're still wildly draconian compared to most states in the U.S. There are an estimated 4 million gun owners in the country, but in order to lawfully possess a gun owners have to jump through numerous government-imposed hoops like psychological testing and training mandates, and some guns that are commonly owned here are off-limits to the average Filipino. This week, however, the Philippine National Police announced that soon civilians will be able to purchase and possess semi-automatic rifles; a major change to the country's...
  • Gaslighting: U.S. Mint Issues $20 Bronze Medal Honoring the U.S. Capitol Police and Those Who Protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021

    02/10/2024 2:04:58 PM PST · by DogByte6RER · 53 replies
    United States Mint ^ | 2024 | United States Mint
    This is sounds like gaslighting by the U.S. Mint while they look to make a tidy little profit too. Maybe the Mint ought to just call it the Lon Horiuchi federal marksmanship award?!? Here’s the description: Bronze miniature replica of the Congressional Gold Medal honoring the U.S. Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. 1.5 inches in diameter. Every day, the United States Capitol Police protects the U.S. Capitol, Members of Congress, staff, journalists, and the visiting public. On January 6, 2021, a mob of insurrectionists forced its way into the U.S. Capitol building...
  • Waste of the Day: The EPA Spent $620,000 On Guns And Ammo (RealClear Investigations)

    01/29/2024 3:24:14 PM PST · by DogByte6RER · 24 replies
    RealClear Investigations ^ | January 29, 2024 | Adam Andrzejewski, RealClear Investigations
    Topline: The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t traditionally associated with ranged weaponry, but the federal government has spent almost $620,000 since 2018 to buy guns, ammunition, and more for EPA employees. Key facts: Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that between 2018 and 2022, the EPA spent close to $400,000 of federal funds just on ammunition. That came after the EPA purchased 500,000 rounds of ammo and 600 guns from 2010-2017. Over $100,000 went to buying armor for EPA employees. Funds were also used for “optical sighting and ranging equipment,” for “night vision equipment” and “security vehicles.” Background: The EPA has a Criminal...
  • Submitted Public Comment: California Department of Justice proposes emergency regulations on concealed carry licenses

    12/22/2023 8:24:22 AM PST · by DogByte6RER · 9 replies
    Valley News - A Reeder Media Publication ^ | December 21, 2023 | Rick Reiss
    To Whom It May Concern; The California Department of Justice’s (DOJ) proposed “emergency regulations” regarding the issuance of concealed carry weapons (CCW) licenses smack of complete political hypocrisy and demagoguery, as well as political retaliation against Californians who may disagree with the current policies and leadership within the California State government. The California DOJ’s “emergency regulations” conspicuously leave out a large number of certified firearms instructors, who are affiliated with such gun groups as the National Rifle Association (NRA), the California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA), among others. Most, if not all, of these firearms instructors have excellent records in...
  • Best U.S. Stance on Hamas-Israel War? … Letter to the Editor

    10/21/2023 10:58:44 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 14 replies
    Valley News … A Reeder Media Publication ^ | October 20, 2023 | Rick Reiss
    In 2005 Israel voluntarily and unilaterally disengaged and withdrew from the Gaza Strip giving it outright to the Palestinians, who then screwed the pooch by electing the Hamas psychopaths for their leadership. Hamas’ crimes against humanity hearken back Imperial Japan’s Rape of Nanjing and the Nazis’ engineered Holocaust. All of the Hamas terrorists so richly deserve Nuremberg-like trials. Along with military and intelligence support, one of the roles America must take with Israel is to establish such a war crimes trial commission. Any Hamas terrorists and architects of this outrage left alive and captured by the Israeli Defense Forces should...
  • Murdered Cartel Boss ‘El Fatal’ Buried With Hundreds of Guns to Protect Him ‘In The Afterlife’

    09/29/2023 11:02:08 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 37 replies
    New York Post ^ | September 19, 2023 | Isabel Keane
    A murdered Ecuadorian cartel boss known as “El Fatal” was buried with hundreds of pistols, shotguns and rifles in his coffin so he could be “armed to the teeth in the afterlife.” Julian Sevillano, the 39-year-old reputed leader of “Los Fatales,” was with his 20-year-old daughter getting a regular car wash in Moroche last Wednesday when they were suddenly ambushed by gunmen, according to La Nacion. Both were killed in a hail of more than a dozen shots blamed on members of a rival gang, the outlet said. Sevillano’s relatives refused to leave the bodies for local police, however, instead...
  • University of California Riverside ‘pretendian’ professor would fit well in the U.S. Senate, with the other liars and demagogues

    09/09/2023 11:59:35 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 8 replies
    Valley News - A Reeder Media Publication ^ | September 6, 2023 | Rick Reiss
    Wow. University of California Riverside’s “Pretendian Professor” Andrea Smith gets a whole year to resign after getting exposed in another typical ivory tower academia, fake diversity fraud scandal. She also keeps her retirement and the honorary title of emeritus too. What a sweet liars’ deal. No wonder college tuition continues to soar, even at rates higher than inflation. Not to worry … this bad penny will surely turn up again. Perhaps “Professor” Smith ought to toss in her hat for the California U.S. Senate race. As California seems lost in a left-wing progressive doom loop race to the bottom with...
  • Commentary to the Temecula Valley Unified School District Board of Education re: Parental Notification

    08/26/2023 5:51:14 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 8 replies
    Valley News ^ | August 24, 2023 | Rick Reiss
    Dear TVUSD School Board, The school board’s proposed parental notification policy is both a common sense and worthy proposal to what so many voters, parents, and taxpayers want in our school district as well as in society at large; a return to normalcy. It has long been a normal standard throughout virtually all school districts that parents receive timely and pertinent notifications from school officials for a variety of reasons, including school sponsored field trips, medical, psychological and counseling issues, extracurricular activities, student commendations, as well as disciplinary actions, and the safety and security of the students. It is only...
  • Youth Gender Transition Is Pushed Without Evidence … Top International Medical Doctors’ Warning About Dangerous Gender Transition Surgeries

    07/15/2023 3:15:45 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 10 replies
    WSJ Opinion … Archived ^ | July 13, 2023 | This letter is signed by 21 clinicians and researchers from nine countries.
    <p>As experienced professionals involved in direct care for the rapidly growing numbers of gender-diverse youth, the evaluation of medical evidence or both, we were surprised by the Endocrine Society’s claims about the state of evidence for gender-affirming care for youth (Letters, July 5). Stephen Hammes, president of the Endocrine Society, writes, “More than 2,000 studies published since 1975 form a clear picture: Gender-affirming care improves the well-being of transgender and gender-diverse people and reduces the risk of suicide.” This claim is not supported by the best available evidence.</p>
  • A Trustee Responds to Assemblyman Jackson’s Anti-Parent Legislative Agenda (Temecula, California)

    07/15/2023 7:04:51 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 5 replies
    Valley News ^ | July 14, 2023 | Jen Wiersma, TVUSD Trustee
    By Jen Wiersma, Trustee for the Temecula Valley Unified School District, Area 3 Standing up for parental rights over our children’s education is more than a campaign slogan; it is essential. As parents are taking action to regain control of their children’s education, we are seeing disinformation campaigns launched to upend their efforts. As a newly seated Temecula Unified School District (TVUSD) board member, I’m compelled to address the inaccuracies perpetuated by Assemblyman Corey Jackson, author of Assembly Bill 1078 and the co-sponsor of the bill, Tony Thurmond, California Superintendent of Public Instruction. Since the November 2022 general election, where...
  • Dear Senator Seyarto … Re: California State Senate “Honoring” The Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence

    06/10/2023 8:26:29 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 3 replies
    Dear Senator … I strongly urge you and your State Senate colleagues to vociferously condemn and refuse to participate in the California Senate’s plan to “honor” the bigoted anti-Catholic minstrel performers known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. These so called performers hearken back to the dark days of the Jim Crow Era minstrel shows that routinely demeaned and caricatured Black Americans, all in the name of performance art. If anything, a strong case could be made that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is a de facto hate group, and should be reported to Governor Gavin Newsom’s recently launched website...
  • Curriculum That Mentions Harvey Milk Blocked By Temecula School Board (Riverside County, California)

    06/02/2023 4:02:27 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 14 replies
    Temecula’s conservative school board majority has blocked a history textbook because its supporting materials mention slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk. School board President Joseph Komrosky, who opposed the book, called Milk “a pedophile.” In response, the Temecula teachers union staged a rally and plans another, including before the next Temecula Valley school board meeting Tuesday, June 13. Last month, Temecula Valley Unified School District officials brought the adoption of a book called Social Studies Alive to the board and recommended it be approved for students in first through fifth grades for eight years. The textbook would be used starting...
  • Temecula, CA Mother Objects to Her Daughter Reading the Sexually Explicit ‘Angels in America’ for High School Drama Class Assignment

    05/17/2023 8:14:49 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 21 replies
    The Press-Enterprise ^ | May 17, 2023 | Nova Blanco-Rico
    A Temecula mother has complained that her 15-year-old daughter was made to read a sexually explicit play in drama class and is calling for a policy to prevent such instances in the future. Tracy Nolasco said her daughter, a Temecula Valley High School sophomore, had to read “Angels in America,” a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tony Kushner. The play, set in New York City in 1985, explores the AIDS epidemic as well as religion, race, politics, and homosexuality. Nolasco on Tuesday night, May 16, told the Temecula Valley school board that the drama describes sexual activity, sexual...
  • Rainbow Oaks (Restaurant) Going Strong After Anthem Publicity

    05/13/2023 9:04:43 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 22 replies
    Village News ^ | May 11, 2023 | Rick Monroe … Special to the Village News
    When NFL players took a knee during the National Anthem in 2016, a tradition was born at Rainbow Oaks Restaurant. Owners Duke and Jonell Maples, who remodeled and reopened the restaurant in 2009, decided to start playing the National Anthem at noon, seven days a week. "It was my way of waving my middle finger at the NFL," said the retired Marine. The restaurant is filled with patriotic memorabilia and American flags. A Marine Corps flag flies under the American flag atop the restaurant and inside, it's obvious the clientele has support for and by the military and law enforcement....
  • Censorship By The NCIS?!? … Man Who Caught Two Navy Ships Nearly Colliding Ordered To Take Cameras Down

    05/09/2023 1:09:03 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 24 replies
    Fox 5 San Diego ^ | May 9, 2023 | Sarah Alegre
    SAN DIEGO – The man whose livestream caught two Navy ships nearly colliding in the San Diego Bay has been ordered to take the cameras down. The Navy Criminal Investigative Service says the camera’s livestream shows military activity in the area, but the camera owner says he has the right to film. “It might be the San Diego Web Cam today, but if you don’t stand up and call foul, we don’t know what’s it going to be tomorrow,” said Barry Bahrami who runs a group called San Diego Web Cam which provides livestreams across the city. It was Bahrami’s...
  • King Charles’ Coronation … "Jill Biden seated at the back by the toilets. Maybe they'd still planned for Joe to be there?"

    05/06/2023 10:21:35 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 65 replies
    Washington Engager ^ | 05/06/2023 | Cassie Cole
    Oops! Did Someone Forget to Save a Seat for Jill Biden at King Charles' Coronation? Well, well, well, looks like First Lady Jill Biden had a bit of a giggle-inducing seating arrangement at King Charles' coronation on May 6. While her hubby, President Joe Biden, couldn't make it for reasons unknown, Jill headed to Westminster Abbey to witness the royal affair. However, it seems like the organizers weren't exactly rolling out the red carpet for her as they stuck her all the way in the back. Oh boy, you can just feel the love and respect pouring in, can't you?...
  • Rare 2,800-year-old mummified ancient Egyptian HEAD kept in a cupboard in Oxfordshire for a century is up for sale - with an eye-watering £20,000 price tag

    05/01/2023 1:15:02 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 20 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | May 1, 2023 | Sam Tonkin
    * The head was brought home by a British soldier who fought in Egypt during WWI * Remained in soldier's family for a century and is now being sold by a descendant A rare 2,800-year-old mummified Egyptian head brought to the UK by a British soldier during the First World War has gone on sale. The artefact, which was stuffed away in a cupboard for decades because 'it is not everyone's cup of tea', has an eye-watering price tag of £20,000. It has been carbon dated to between 800 BC and 750 BC. The head remained in the unnamed soldier's...
  • (California) AB 742: Proposed State Bill To Ban The Use Of Police Canines

    04/29/2023 10:14:36 AM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 19 replies
    Valley News ^ | April 27, 2023 | Rick Reiss
    Dear Sheriff Bianco; I’ve been quite repelled by the asinine assembly bill to ban the use of police canines by California police agencies for the arrest and apprehension of criminal suspects, and for crowd control. I am certain that you find this bill quite disturbing as well. If this utterly stupid and shortsighted Assembly Bill 742 is indeed passed, then I suggest that as Sheriff you merely trump this bill and raise the political ante by reaching for a new law enforcement tool. I would hope that you would seriously consider procuring and deploying robotic dogs as possible replacements for...
  • San Diego judge blocks key parts of California’s strict handgun law

    04/06/2023 7:55:30 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 12 replies
    The San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | April 5, 2023 | ALEX RIGGINS
    A San Diego federal judge has issued a ruling that blocks four provisions of California’s strict handgun law, becoming the second U.S. district judge within two weeks to rule that parts of the state’s Unsafe Handgun Act likely violate the Second Amendment. Judge Dana Sabraw’s ruling in the San Diego case could potentially open the door for Californians to purchase hundreds of types of semiautomatic pistols that state officials currently deem “unsafe” and thus do not include on a roster of approved handguns. But the judge issued a stay on his decision, giving Attorney General Rob Bonta time to appeal...
  • Letter to the California Public Utilities Commission (Public Comment)

    03/17/2023 3:24:34 PM PDT · by DogByte6RER · 6 replies
    Valley News ^ | March 17, 2023 | Rick Reiss
    The notion that the Southern California Gas Company is seeking to raise rates by 13% borders on gross malfeasance and criminal conspiracy. Yet most of my ire is not directed at SoCalGas but rather toward government institutions like the inept California Public Utilities Commission, the vacuous California governor and much of the Byzantine California State Legislature. Yes … we can all indeed thank the political swamp that is Sacramento for our ever increasing natural gas, energy and fuel prices. Ever the political demagogue, Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding a federal investigation into high natural gas prices. The “pretty boy” Left...