Alex Pretti’s killing creates a paradox: if lawful carry is treated as lethal provocation, courts may strengthen carry rights. At the same time, fear may push even anti-2A activists toward concealed carry for self-protection—quietly normalizing CCW while undermining gun restrictions.
Chris Abraham
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8 years ago and never a truer satire—especially in 2026
Hot Robot 3: Journey to Boob Mountain youtube.com/watch
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Law enforcement’s force ladder runs from presence and commands to hands-on control, less-lethal tools, then lethal force. The slippery slope is speed: under fog-of-war stress, misreads, crowd chaos, or sudden weapons can collapse multiple steps into seconds.
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Law enforcement isn’t a game of fairness. It’s never sporting. It’s not a game. There’s no such thing as proportionality. Laws, due process, and the Constitution are not Level III and Level IV body armor, they are only after-the-fact post-mortem resolutions.
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Unsolicited moral intervention isn’t care, it’s control. It assumes authority over others without consent, replaces humility with certainty, and turns fear or conviction into coercion. Care responds when asked; control acts because it “knows better.”
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Every Independent and Conservative voter who is thanking their lucky stars that Tim Walz is “only” the lame duck Minnesota Governor and not Vice President right now based on the same behavior that makes the Left immortalize him. I’m really glad that Walz is no longer in the military. Phew.
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I’m pretty sure I’m the real life civilian manifestation of Otto.
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Legal provocation is conduct or speech that intentionally incites or provokes a reaction but remains within the bounds of the law. It may be inflammatory or offensive, yet it does not cross into illegal acts like threats, violence, or unlawful incitement, so it’s protected despite consequences.
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I think most people overestimate their own intelligence in relationship to their perceived adversaries and inferiors.
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I don’t anticipate Republicans flinching at all over the shutting down the government. The right loves the government closed. There are way fewer anti-ICE Americans than anyone acknowledges. Also, many Americans are amazed as to how few protesters have been shot and killed.
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This is so completely awesome!
Beyond the Headlines - SNL youtube.com/watch
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Doors+Radiohead+Rufus=Geese?
Geese: Trinidad (Live) - SNL youtube.com/watch
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I can tell that Geese is cool and that I’m old (and this isn’t satire) because they sound like Drunk Rufus Wainwright.
Geese: Au Pays du Cocaine (Live) youtube.com/watch
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Il a neigé
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Totally not fleeing like a complete coward.
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An exposé of American BIG PROTEST
The Minneapolis Protests and Democrats’ Nonprofit Problem youtube.com/watch
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Capitalist Pig Greed Transcends American Imperialism For Sure!
The mistake in “American empire collapse” narratives is assuming the empire is the thing that holds power. It isn’t. Capital does. Modern billionaires and oligarchs aren’t loyal to flags, voters, or even countries—they’re loyal to liquidity, legal arbitrage, and mobility. If U.S. …
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All of Star Trek is woke—and always has been
Every generation of Star Trek has been denounced on arrival as woke propaganda, civil-rights sermonizing, or pinko nonsense. The original series was blasted for interracial crews and utopian politics. The movies gave us San Francisco, flower power, and literal “save the whales” …
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Starfleet Academy has 100% Star Trek DNA. It’s delightful. I don’t know what’s up with people. Don’t let the saboteurs sabotage this camp-but-lovely Harry Potter in Space.
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Guilty pleasure.
