Author Archives: Oscar Gordon

Is this article from UC. If you can make it past the first paragraph without openly weeping or your head exploding, you are a better person than I.

A few days ago, I found this article on Calibre Press, which is critical of Radley Balko.  I don’t recommend the article itself, but at the time, the commenters were having a field day taking the author’s arguments apart, and … Continue reading →

Via Volokh: Seems that in CA (& Idaho?) if you kill a person in self defense and you also happen to want the person dead for other reasons, you can lose the affirmative defense. The take away, for those in … Continue reading →

Hell FUCKING No! What political dick sucker in the US Navy decided that it would be a good idea to name a combat vessel after Gabby Giffords? Seriously, is the Navy & USMC fresh out of MOH winners to name … Continue reading →

Too bad they are intercepting the checks in the mail, much harder to shoot them then.

You know how Joe is always going on about Flour Bombs and all that?  I think this illustrates the effect nicely.

Despite my very liberal tendencies, the details in this article are exactly why I tend to butt heads with liberals by and large.  I understand the desire to help those less fortunate, and to prevent innocent kids from falling into … Continue reading →

FYI to all, our friend Rolf, over at Joe’s place, has put his first story out there for sale on Amazon. I was one of the proofreaders for the story, and found it a very enjoyable yarn, in a unique … Continue reading →

In this new year, if you aren’t feeling loved & appreciated, allow me a recommendation (because I know you are reading this). Use your great & powerful data collection skills to find & destroy spammers & the authors & distributors … Continue reading →

A coworker stops me in the hall & asks, “Have you heard about the shooting in LA?” Me: “What, is it 1030 already? CW: “Haha, no, at LAX.” Me: “Oh, yeah, that shooting, the one that made the news.” Update: … Continue reading →