Tom's Playhouse

[Ozarks Tom]

Taking the advice of members here, I'm starting this thread as a "sticky".  I'll be posting items that are of interest to me, and hopefully others.

[Ozarks Tom]

The Bruen decision is driving blue state politicians nuts. Gov Hochul in New York is especially in a tizzy, trying to write "gun control" laws that nibble around the edges of the 2nd Amendment, but I seriously doubt the way the Bruen decision is written she or any others will come up with anything that won't be struck down.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen decision (issued June 23, 2022) was a pivotal ruling. Following up on the District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and the McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) decisions, Bruen reaffirmed private gun rights, quite solidly. Up until those three decisions, the Supreme Court had conspicuously ignored taking up any Second Amendment cases, for more than 50 years. But now, the highest court has made it quite clear that the right to keep and bear arms is nigh-on absolute.

I’ve mentioned the Bruen decision before in SurvivalBlog. But today, I’d like like to examine it more closely.

The majority opinion for Bruen was written by one of my heroes, Justice Clarence Thomas. He had previously lamented that the Second Amendment had been treated as “a disfavored right.” But in the 2022 decision, Justice Thomas set things write. He forthrightly wrote that the only gun regulations that can be deemed constitutional are ones that don’t infringe on conduct that is plainly covered by the text of the Second Amendment and that are “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition.” This part of Bruen means that any gun law enacted at any level must have a demonstrable parallel in regulations that were in place at the time of the ratification of the Bill of Rights — meaning circa December, 1791. Thus, Bruen sets a very high bar for legislators to hurdle. If lawmakers cannot cite a similar law that existed after the War of Independence but before December, 1791, then any statute pertaining to arms of any description would be unconstitutional!
survivalblog.com/2023/02/22/closer-look-pivotal-bruen-decision/

[Tricky Grama]

Not sure this qualifies for this section but I'm htinking anything goes so...

[wildhorseluvr]

Really hard to tell, Tricky Grama . I thought so but it’s being reported it was a female staffer. Maybe so. 

[paisley2]

www.newsweek.com/alaska-republican-touts-benefits-children-being-abused-death-1782972


What DAVID & Sarah just set up the pro abortion legislatives to squash bringing up bills to fund abortions.

Bold risk but both players know the vote count

[Ozarks Tom]

Just what we needed, Super Pigs, feral of course. Sort of reminds me of the Alpaca craze of about 15 years ago. Everyone was going to get rich, until they didn't. Then many people who couldn't even give their expensive animals away just turned them loose, along with their Emu's.

Between armadillos migrating north and tearing up properties, while Japanese beetles eat any vegetables they can find, I thought we had more than enough invasive species.

Apparently some genius in Canada decided to "improve" his pigs, but they've become a much more dangerous and destructive Alpaca.

A cross-bred "super pig" from Canada is poised to wreak havoc on the environment in the United States and must be dealt with aggressively and immediately, a wildlife expert told Fox News Digital.

"These pigs are easily the worst invasive large mammal on the planet," said Dr. Ryan Brook, an assistant professor in the department of animal and poultry science at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.

These "super pigs" are actually a cross between a European wild boar and a domestic pig, Brook said.

The pigs "cause crop damage, destroy natural environments, get into cities, destroy water quality and can spread disease to humans, livestock, pets and native wildlife," he also noted.

The pigs are coming into the U.S. from Canada as their numbers swell there, causing populations to migrate south. Left unchecked, these "super pigs" could negatively impact just about everyone, Brook emphasized.
www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wild-super-pigs-canada-poised-wreak-environmental-havoc-spread-disease-us-expert

[joebill]

Feb 22, 2023 18:35:28 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

Just what we needed, Super Pigs, feral of course. Sort of reminds me of the Alpaca craze of about 15 years ago. Everyone was going to get rich, until they didn't. Then many people who couldn't even give their expensive animals away just turned them loose, along with their Emu's.

Between armadillos migrating north and tearing up properties, while Japanese beetles eat any vegetables they can find, I thought we had more than enough invasive species.

Apparently some genius in Canada decided to "improve" his pigs, but they've become a much more dangerous and destructive Alpaca.

A cross-bred "super pig" from Canada is poised to wreak havoc on the environment in the United States and must be dealt with aggressively and immediately, a wildlife expert told Fox News Digital.

"These pigs are easily the worst invasive large mammal on the planet," said Dr. Ryan Brook, an assistant professor in the department of animal and poultry science at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.

These "super pigs" are actually a cross between a European wild boar and a domestic pig, Brook said.

The pigs "cause crop damage, destroy natural environments, get into cities, destroy water quality and can spread disease to humans, livestock, pets and native wildlife," he also noted.

The pigs are coming into the U.S. from Canada as their numbers swell there, causing populations to migrate south. Left unchecked, these "super pigs" could negatively impact just about everyone, Brook emphasized.
www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wild-super-pigs-canada-poised-wreak-environmental-havoc-spread-disease-us-expert

Those pigs sound almost as bad as democrats...

" causing populations to migrate south. Left unchecked, these "super pigs" could negatively impact just about everyone,".....Joe

[joebill]

Feb 22, 2023 13:22:32 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

The Bruen decision is driving blue state politicians nuts. Gov Hochul in New York is especially in a tizzy, trying to write "gun control" laws that nibble around the edges of the 2nd Amendment, but I seriously doubt the way the Bruen decision is written she or any others will come up with anything that won't be struck down.

Not sure what was going on in my life when that one came down, but it seems to have slid right past me, somehow. Of course, the MSM would certainly NOT make much noise about it, and I used to rely on Limbaugh for much of my news and did not latch onto the guys who got his time slot, so maybe I was just wandering in the dark at the time.

My knee-jerk first question would be how many folks who are languishing in prison over unconstitutional gun related convictions will now be suing for relief, and will they get it?

SECOND reaction is we surely will see a number of attempts to convince the general public that we need to get rid of the second amendment completely. 

Hard for me to believe, though, that my 7 year old grandson will be able to go into the dollar store and buy himself a glock or I will be able to chop down my shotgun barrel to 6 inches, the stock to 8" and carry it in my trench coat pocket, laying it out on the table for comfort while I lunch at a 5 star eatery, or build myself a tommy gun in my shop and sell it on Craigslist.....

I think they will work VERY HARD to prevent such liberties, or else completely ignore the supreme court ruling as they have the Heller decision in many cases and go completely hog wild, so be prepared for things to try very hard to get worse instead of better......Joe

[Ozarks Tom]

joebill, Yeah, I don't care much for Rush's replacements either, they just skim the surface of subjects, and spend way too much time talking about Covid.

If the NRA cared more about their purpose for being instead of how much they can skim off memberships for Wayne LaPierre's lifestyle they'd have lawsuits filed in nearly every state.

I hadn't thought about all the people serving time for what are now declared unconstitutional laws, but I hope they're working on it.

[wildhorseluvr]

No one will ever fill Rush Limbaugh’s shoes. 

[UseLess]

There are replacements for Rush on the radio?

[wildhorseluvr]

Feb 22, 2023 18:35:28 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

Just what we needed, Super Pigs, feral of course. Sort of reminds me of the Alpaca craze of about 15 years ago. Everyone was going to get rich, until they didn't. Then many people who couldn't even give their expensive animals away just turned them loose, along with their Emu's.

Between armadillos migrating north and tearing up properties, while Japanese beetles eat any vegetables they can find, I thought we had more than enough invasive species.

Apparently some genius in Canada decided to "improve" his pigs, but they've become a much more dangerous and destructive Alpaca.

A cross-bred "super pig" from Canada is poised to wreak havoc on the environment in the United States and must be dealt with aggressively and immediately, a wildlife expert told Fox News Digital.

"These pigs are easily the worst invasive large mammal on the planet," said Dr. Ryan Brook, an assistant professor in the department of animal and poultry science at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.

These "super pigs" are actually a cross between a European wild boar and a domestic pig, Brook said.

The pigs "cause crop damage, destroy natural environments, get into cities, destroy water quality and can spread disease to humans, livestock, pets and native wildlife," he also noted.

The pigs are coming into the U.S. from Canada as their numbers swell there, causing populations to migrate south. Left unchecked, these "super pigs" could negatively impact just about everyone, Brook emphasized.
www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wild-super-pigs-canada-poised-wreak-environmental-havoc-spread-disease-us-expert

Can’t imagine how anyone thought the European wild boar was going to improve on the modern pig. Nasty animals. Some game farm back in central Oregon had some feral type pigs get loose and go on a mission to destroy everything around them. My Bil was drilling numerous wells on a huge ranch in the area that was overrun by these pigs. The ranch owners declared open season on the pigs. Bil was into hunting so he shot a bunch of them but IIRC they weren’t very edible. Guess a person could possibly use them as pet food or something. 

Llamas, alpacas and the like…some people did make money on them. Again, big business in central Oregon. I knew the owners of some of the big llama/alpaca farms who had people coming to their sales from all over the world and paying insane prices for these animals. IMHO these are pretty much pyramid schemes, and tax shelters for wealthy NY attorneys. Some of them raised all kinds of weird animals…wallabies, zebras and such. Really, what purpose does anyone have for a wallaby? 🦘🦘🦘 And emus…don’t even get me started on emus…

[farmrbrown]

Feb 22, 2023 22:47:41 GMT joebill said:

Feb 22, 2023 13:22:32 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

The Bruen decision is driving blue state politicians nuts. Gov Hochul in New York is especially in a tizzy, trying to write "gun control" laws that nibble around the edges of the 2nd Amendment, but I seriously doubt the way the Bruen decision is written she or any others will come up with anything that won't be struck down.

Not sure what was going on in my life when that one came down, but it seems to have slid right past me, somehow. Of course, the MSM would certainly NOT make much noise about it, and I used to rely on Limbaugh for much of my news and did not latch onto the guys who got his time slot, so maybe I was just wandering in the dark at the time.

My knee-jerk first question would be how many folks who are languishing in prison over unconstitutional gun related convictions will now be suing for relief, and will they get it?

SECOND reaction is we surely will see a number of attempts to convince the general public that we need to get rid of the second amendment completely. 

Hard for me to believe, though, that my 7 year old grandson will be able to go into the dollar store and buy himself a glock or I will be able to chop down my shotgun barrel to 6 inches, the stock to 8" and carry it in my trench coat pocket, laying it out on the table for comfort while I lunch at a 5 star eatery, or build myself a tommy gun in my shop and sell it on Craigslist.....

I think they will work VERY HARD to prevent such liberties, or else completely ignore the supreme court ruling as they have the Heller decision in many cases and go completely hog wild, so be prepared for things to try very hard to get worse instead of better......Joe

You didn't miss it, I think you just forgot it.
We discussed it in most of the 2nd half of this thread a few weeks back.
countryconservatives.proboards.com/thread/16428/thomas-listens?page=3

This is the link to the Bruen decision I quoted from on that page.
lawliberty.org/not-a-second-class-right/

[Ozarks Tom]

New York state is trying to go full England, where "hate speech" is forbidden. Of course, "hate speech" is anything Marxists/leftists don't like. Think Gov Hochul is a whack-job totalitarian? Better not say it! Think CRT is racist and shouldn't be taught to little children? To the delete dumpster with your remarks!

At least some judges, but unfortunately not all, realize tyranny when they see it.

A federal judge has yet again slapped down a blatantly unconstitutional law passed by the totalitarian leftists who run New York.

This time, it was an anti-hate-speech law that required websites and applications to police their commentary boxes by providing a complaint device and posting their guidelines.

Constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh filed the federal lawsuit to shut down the Legislature’s attempt to crush speech New York’s leftists don’t like. That means anything that offends them, hateful or not.

But more significant than the decision to stop New York from muzzling dissidents is what the attempt shows. As liberal law professor Jonathan Turley observed, leftists are comfortable targeting free speech as a harmful threat to “democracy.”
thenewamerican.com/federal-judge-nixes-new-yorks-hateful-conduct-law/

[daw]

Wasn't there some big to do about pigs in the US was it Minnesota nor Wisconsin where authorities came in and closed him down. I think that was on Homesteading Today.
I do.not know about the hogs turned loose in Missouri
when the price got so low. Hogs are one creature that
can go feral quickly.