…less casualties would occur”.  Over at The Truth About Guns is this short post on an active shooter simulation created by a PhD student at Perdue’s Homeland Security Institute:

The simulation technology allows him to adjust police response time, concealed carry probability, and whether or not security guards are present during a shooting. He said all of these variables are something every venue should consider. “We want you to use our model to determine what solution is best for you,” said Kirby. He said overall, the simulations concluded if more innocent people were armed, less casualties would occur. Same goes with more security guards and faster police response times.

Well, faster police response times can only

Read more

That would either be “The Fringe” or “Fungus” – take your pick for nickname, as they both realiably denotehis reality.  And here Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s national campaign manager (and ‘Grok friend) decided to show Fergus the consequence when one enters the political Octogon full of hubris and totally unarmed in a battle of wit and repartee:

“Number one, Mr. Trump’s views do comport with the Republican Party and number two, from a constitutional stand point, there is such a thing as freedom of speech,” Lewandowski said. “To file such a document against the person who is not only the frontrunner, but leading by tremendous margins is outrageous. If anything like this would ever happen Mr. Trump’s supporters would probably riot in the streets of New Hampshire. This is yet another attempt by the failed GOP establishment to keep Mr. Trump off the ballot because they know he is the only one who can Make America Great Again.”

While I don’t think that

Read more

PJ Media has an interesting piece on Ted Cruz when he was developing economic policy as the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning.

PJ Media |  What No One Seems to Know About Ted Cruz’s Past(A few highlights, read the article for the meat in between.)

– Cruz launched an initiative to study the government’s role in conspiring with established businesses to suppress e-commerce. 

Read more

Last year was this author’s first annual ‘Turkey Awards’ handed out to people or political organization in New Hampshire politics. On Monday they will be discussed on ‘Politically Buzzed.’ It was quite the list last year and again is quite the list this year. These awards are all based on stories written over the past year and cross lines in both political parties and include local, state and national politics of events happening in the Granite State.
Once again enjoy. These are in no particular order but are all stories taken from events that happened in the past year since the last ‘Turkey Awards’ were given. Of course ‘Golden Turkey Award’ goes to the biggest turkey of the year.

Read more

Language is an ever-evolving communication tool, an abstract and symbolic system which sets us apart from other cultures.   I’m glad that our complex and interesting language continues to grow–in spite of a near-universal fascination with 140-character Twitter messages.

There are some ‘evolutions’ that I could do without, however.

I don’t favor the lightning-quick appropriation (or more aptly, the mis-appropriation) of certain words that generally hold a great deal of innate cultural meaning. There are many recent examples of important words whose meanings have been altered, toned-down, cranked-up, or completely upended. Here are just a few examples of words that one can no longer depend upon a traditional definition for: “marriage”, “free”, “conservative”, and now, “forgiveness”.

The local pop radio station ran an ad this morning for the Student Debt Relief Organization’s “loan forgiveness” program. It was repeated every break, lest you miss it—and it is beyond the pale for those of us on the thinking side of the human spectrum.

Read more