James K. was the first of several readers to mention this grid collapse calamity: 620 million without power in India after three power grids fail
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Pat Cascio sent this article: Obama will ‘evaluate’ bill to ban online munition sales. JWR’s Comments: There are billions of cartridges manufactured each year. For .22 rimfire alone, the number is around 4 billion rounds per year. So with of all these cartridges made, what percentage of them are used in violent crimes? The violent crime rate is 403 per 100,000 people. So we are talking about a lot of decimal places filled with zeroes. To venture a guess, perhaps 0.00001 percent. So our elected representatives plan to make life miserable for those of us buying the other 99.99999 percent of cartridges? That is Severe Myopic Statism for you. If they succeed, we’ll have more government, less freedom, fewer buying options, and higher prices, to boot.
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I just noticed that Founders: A Novel of the Coming Collapse is now ranked #2,228 in Amazon Best Sellers. Stop! Please wait until its release date (September 25th)–which is also our planned Book Bomb day– to order. Thanks!
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More militarization of police: Anaheim Police Dressed in ACUs Stop Protest Near Disneyland. (Thanks to RBS for the link.)
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Reader K.A.F. sent this: Report: GOP investigation finds five top ATF officials responsible for Fast & Furious. JWR’s Comment: I find it very hard to believe that there wasn’t approval given by Executive Branch officials higher up the chain.