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Good article Opinion: Here's the reason people tell me they want to buy an AR-15. And it's simply ludicrous Opinion by Michael Fanone Some members of the tinfoil hat brigade have come up with the reply, "We need these weapons because we want to be effective against the government if it becomes tyrannical. That's part of our Second Amendment right." Personally, I think that's ludicrous, but it has become an increasingly popular justification for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle. What side would the US military be on ? The bullet fired by the AR-15 is capable of defeating the average police officer's body armor, like a knife slicing through butter. SWAT teams and some of the more specialized units typically are equipped with level IV Kevlar or steel-plated armor, which would stop maybe two or three direct hits, but eventually body armor breaks down after being hit with multiple rounds. A person wielding an AR-15 has a range beyond 300 yards. For an officer armed with a 9 mm pistol, hitting a target beyond 50 yards is going to be difficult, even for the most accomplished marksman. The bullet that comes out of the barrel of an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle can easily penetrate the target -- the intruder or whatever person you are using deadly force to defend yourself or others from. But it also will go through the wall behind that person, and potentially through that room and into the next wall. That power and accuracy are useful for military purposes, which is obviously what they were designed for. But it's far more power than should ever be in the hands of the average civilian. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/05/opinions/guns-ar-15-uvalde-school-shooting-fanone/index.html

Kim Kardashian says she might eat poop 'every single day' to look younger https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kim-kardashian-eat-poop-younger Maybe she can advise Trump again 🙂

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France wins the 2nd set on to 3rd

Jess and Coco win the 1st set easy so far Gauff has a chance to pull off a double this weekend as she and Jessica Pegula, who lost to Świątek in the quarterfinals in women’s singles, will go for the women’s doubles title against France’s Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic. The winning side will earn €580,000, or about $620,000. https://dknation.draftkings.com/2022/6/4/23153786/french-open-prize-money-winner-womens-tournament-iga-swiatek-vs-coco-gauff-second-place

The evangelical church faces a 'state of emergency' over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says Winning souls for Christ. Taking back America for God. Standing in the Gap. Anyone who has spent time among white evangelical Christians has heard some of those phrases. The evangelical subculture is filled with militaristic rhetoric that depicts conservative Christians trying to "take back America" for God from the secular forces of evil. But what happens when one of the nation's most famous evangelical leaders declares that "saving America is not the mission of the church?" When he says that loving people takes precedence over loving country? Or when he says that Christianity is not about winning, but "losing on purpose, with a purpose?" This is part of the message he shares in his provocative new book, "Not In It To Win It: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/04/us/andy-stanley-evangelicals-book-blake-cec/index.html Always enjoyed listening to Charles Stanley (I'm Catholic) what a nice surprise his son gets it.

GOP Rep. Chris Jacobs announces retirement amid backlash over gun control support after 1 term Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs has announced his retirement amid backlash he received for supporting a Democratic-led effort in Congress to pass controversial gun control measures. Jacobs, who represents New York's 27th congressional district, announced he would no longer be seeking re-election after he threw his support behind efforts in Congress to ban assault weapons on the federal level. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-rep-chris-jacobs-announces-retirement-gun-control This is my district the most republican in NYS. His uncle owns Delaware North and the Bruins. He came out for banning new sales of AR15 after Tops killing. All republican leaders jumped on him hard after that.

DeSantis blocks state money for Tampa Bay Rays training facility after team tweets against gun violence DeSantis on Thursday used his line-item veto powers to eliminate $35 million for a sports training and youth tournament complex in Pasco County, in the Tampa Bay area, which local officials hoped could serve as the new player development facility for the Rays. On Friday, he said he eliminated the funding because "I don't support giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums." https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/politics/ron-desantis-tampa-bay-rays-gun-violence/index.html I guess the Rays didn't get the Disney memo

This next season will be so interesting for so many reasons besides the Bills.

Chevron CEO says there may never be another oil refinery built in the U.S. Mike Wirth points to the federal government's policies on energy "There hasn’t been a refinery built in this country since the 1970s," Wirth said at Bernstein's Strategic Decisions Conference this week, when asked about the prospect of new capacity being added in the Gulf of Mexico. "I personally don’t believe there will be a new petroleum refinery ever built in this country again." "Capacity is added by de-bottlenecking existing units by investing in existing refineries," he explained. "But what we’ve seen over the last two years are shutdowns. We’ve seen refineries closed. We’ve seen units come down. We’ve seen refineries being repurposed to become bio refineries. And we live in a world where the policy, the stated policy of the U.S. government is to reduce demand for the products that refiners produce." "At every level of the system, the policy of our government is to reduce demand, and so it’s very hard in a business where investments have a payout period of a decade or more," Wirth said. "And the stated policy of the government for a long time has been to reduce demand for your products." https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/chevron-ceo-oil-refinery-built-u-s Being a retired Delphi worker I'm looking for one last vehicle to replace my reliable 2008 Chevy Cobalt. Had my eye on a new Chevy Trailblazer . With the price of gas predicted to stay high reluctantly started looking at electric vehicles. Might have to look at a non GM electric car whose tax credit ran out. I hate climate change, wonder if my old garage can be wired , old house is already at limit forget doing away with natural gas.

Los Angeles DA Gascon's office lands 5-month probation camp sentence for teen who mowed down mom and infant Why are Gascon’s policies prioritizing the livelihood of rotten monsters when my child, my baby, who is incapable of protecting himself, is left to fend for himself, and is essentially being told his life doesn’t matter?" https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-da-gascon-sentence-teen-mom-infant-video The video is unreal , that pickup truck driver is a real hero who should be rewarded , the DA should be in jail.

People not cooperating and taking the 5th isn't speeding things up. The Dems might try to make it affect the midterms but the economy is the biggest issue by far.

I doubt it will affect the midterms , the economy will do that. It is important to get the truth out for Jan 6 fwiw

Oil Jumps After EIA Confirms Large Crude Inventory Draw Jun 02, 2022 “The crude oil price is $120 per barrel but the product price — what you and I pay for petrol and diesel — is much, much higher. The overarching theme is the lack of investment,” Amrita Sen from Energy Aspects told the FT this week. “We are in this for the long haul: potentially a decade,” the analyst added. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Oil-Jumps-After-EIA-Confirms-Large-Crude-Inventory-Draw.html I think we are going to need a bigger Keystone Pipeline , what does the squad think

Would be interesting to study why mentally unstable females do not resort to mass killing like males . Why do normal males commit a lot more murders also. Are men more violent than women? The U.S. Department of Justice sponsored a National Crime Victimization Study in 2007. This evaluation found that 75.6 percent of all offenders were male and only 20.1 percent were female. https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/men-more-violent.htm Male prisoners, who made up 93% of the total prison population at year-end 2018, declined by almost 23,500 (down 1.7%) from year-end 2017. Females, who made up 7.6% of the total prison population, decreased by almost 530 (down 0.5%).

C. Garcia J. Pegula Women's Doubles Final K. Mladenovic French C. Gauff US Sunday 5:30 am

DOJ indicts former Trump adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress Peter Navarro is the second former Trump official to be indicted after ignoring subpoenas from the House Jan. 6 committee The Department of Justice announced the indictment Friday. The department has previously indicted former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon for contempt of Congress, throwing its weight behind the committee's subpoenas. Navarro has called the Jan. 6 committee illegitimate and is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the committee's activity. In an interview with Fox News' Chad Pergram, he called any possible prosecution of him "domestic terrorism." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-indicts-former-trump-adviser-peter-navarro-contempt-of-congress

Durham was not appointed by Trump ?

Trying to get 60 Senators and the NRA to back gun safety so far is a exercise in futility. Something done by some states is better then nothing. Chicago is in a very bad location for outside guns.

Trump's attorney dream team can't lose , Durham, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Lin Wood

The world hates Putin and will not change while he is still in power. He would have to give back and repair all damage to Ukraine and that will not happen.

Would be against NATO , conventional no , if Putin loses his mind then nuclear would be his option. I doubt if Russian military would allow "mutual assured destruction, principle of deterrence founded on the notion that a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack such that both the attacker and the defender would be annihilated."

Ukraine will not use US missile systems against Russian targets, says Blinken U.S. officials agreed to send the HIMARS only after their Ukrainian counterparts promised that the weapons would not be used against forces inside Russia, even if Putin was using weapons inside Russia to fire at them. https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/06/latest-ukraine-arms-package-includes-himars-mi-17s-and-thousands-artillery-rounds/367620/ The transfer of four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, commonly known as HIMARS, to Ukraine will come soon, and will require about three additional weeks to train Ukrainian forces to use them, said Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy. The weapons, deployed by the U.S. military to target militants during wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, will allow Ukrainian forces to rapidly and precisely launch multiple rockets at Russian artillery and forces. The satellite-guided weapons, launched from the back of a truck, will be the most advanced arms provided to Ukraine by the Biden administration since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. Ukrainian officials had been requesting them for about two months without approval, prompting frustration in both Kyiv and Washington. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/01/himars-rockets-longrange-ukraine-biden/

Pegula/Gauff won the semi final doubles today. Gauff will play Swiatek Saturday in the Singles Final.

This is another issue for States rights to deal with , if it works other states will follow.