Michael Z. Williamson (SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large [1]) found a link to a great video, profiling an old school, multigenerational machine shop: Central Texas Tool Co. [2]
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A long-standing joke is that a lot of dead people cast votes in the eastern seaboard states. Not to be outdone, deceased anti-gun mayors sign petitions from the grave, again and again [3]. In more recent news: Another one of the Bloomberg Crime Fighters [4] goes to the Big House, for corruption: Hamilton, New Jersey Mayor John Bencivengo [5]. And another, Former Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada, has just been charged with operating an illegal gambling establishment [6]. And here are some MAIG [7] member “Working The System” updates: Mayor Ray Nagin: Indicted, trial date delayed to October [8]; Mayor Noramie Jasmin is seeking funds for her legal defense [9] (Gee, why not use some of that bribe money?); Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: still begging to be released before sentencing [10]. (He swears he doesn’t own a white Ford Bronco); Mayor Tony Mack: Indicted on corruption charges, trial date delayed [11]; Mayor Richard P. Corkery: Still awaiting trial [12] on child pornography charges after two years; Mayor Adam Bradley: Wife-beating conviction overturned [13] and will get a new trial; Mayor Eddie Perez: Still free on bond three years after getting a three year sentence, and now his lawyers are asking for a new trial [14], since they claim that showing the jury all of the evidence was damaging to his reputation; Mayor Craig Lowe has entered a not guilty plea [15] after his drunken car wreck, despite some damning police dashcam footage and a failed breathalyzer test [16]; Mayor Gary Becker has been released after serving three years on child pornography and child enticement charges [17] but will still have five years of GPS monitoring and “community supervision”; Mayor James “Jay” Schiliro of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (a suburb of Philadelphia): awaits trial on reckless endangerment, unlawful restraint, official oppression, false imprisonment at gunpoint, providing alcohol to a minor, et cetera [18]. (His homosexual advances were not considered legal in Pennsylvania since the young man was over 18.) Despite the fact that he is being held in jail [19], he is still seeking re-election [20] (how’s that for chutzpah!); Mayor April Capone Almon [21] has been re-elected after making a show of donating a kidney [22]; Mayor Samuel Rivera: Presumably released [23] after serving 16 months in Federal prison and then 21 months in a halfway house; Mayor Sheila Dixon: May be returning to politics [24]. (It seems that the disgrace of stealing charity money from the poor is just trifling and transitory, in some circles.)
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Jeff H. suggested a piece by David Hathaway over at Lew’s site: Ham Radio Freedom [25]
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Forbes: This Is The World’s First Entirely 3D-Printed Gun (Photos) [26]
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Bill D. sent this from his local newspaper: Preppers: Ready, Come What May, In The Shenandoah Valley [27]. (Yet another example of bad OPSEC. If a journalist wants to interview you, then he should respect your privacy and be willing to identify you by a pseudonym. But this only happens if you insist on it!)
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R.B.S. sent: Internet tax bill targets all digital downloads [28]