The debates are going on as I type.  I am not watching because I already know who I am going to vote for, so whatever happens during this debate is immaterial. 

I hope Trump wins the 2020 election.  I hope this out of practical considerations like our national economy or our relationship with China, but mostly because I really, truly enjoy watching liberal heads explode. 

But if he does not win, then I will still consider his presidency a success by virtue of his court appointments.  He has made a substantial difference to the makeup of the 9th Circuit, which I appreciate as a Californian, but he has also changed the makeup of the US Supreme Court,  changes that will last for a generation.  And who is to say that even though the country has (according to the MSM) made a turn to the left, that at some point in the future it couldn't make an equally hard turn to the right?

Anyway, I shouldn't drink so much during debates, and especially shouldn't post to social media.

Tim

desegregation was one of the major causes of the creation of inner city black slums.

I don't understand the connection.  Could you please elaborate?

Tim

I know I'm going to regret this, but I don't see what's objectionable about the cartoon.  In fact, I don't get it at all--why is it funny?

Edit:  Oh--the sixteenth.  Okay, I get that one.  I don't understand the one for the seventeenth.

Tim

The ninth circuit has upheld Judge Benitez's ruling that the "high capacity" magazine ban in CA is an infringement of the right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment.  Yes, the ninth circuit.  Only a three-judge panel, though, and the vote was 2-1.  Anyway, here's the opinion:

https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-08-14-Opinion.pdf

So for a while, at least, we may  experience a bit of freedom here in our socialist worker's paradise.

Tim

There are various guns available that will shoot both .410 shotgun shells and .45 Colt cartridges.  The key is that they all have rifled barrels and are sold as pistols.  (At least the ones I've heard of...)  If they had smoothbore barrels then they would be short-barreled shotguns and illegal (or at least NFA items).   There are 12GA flare guns for maritime use.  One could, I suppose, shoot a regular 12GA shell in one, but it would be a one-time event, and the shooter had better have the emergency room on speed dial.

As for self-defense use, this gun only has two shots and, for all practical self-defense purposes, is not reloadable.  Joe Biden might go for it--I put my faith in a 12GA pump loaded with buckshot.

Tim

I guess they consider it a pistol?

Because it's a black powder muzzleloader it's not considered a firearm by law.  That's why you can buy it direct without going through a dealer or otherwise having a license.  So it's not a sawed-off shotgun, pistol, or anything.

Tim

More and more it looks like Tammy Duckworth will be his running mate. 

Tammy Duckworth would be problematic as a vice-president, since she was born in Thailand and is thus ineligible to be president.  So if Biden were president but for some reason became unable to continue, Pelosi would slide right into the spot.  Convenient. 

Tim

That's nice.  Now for God's sake, all you Libertarians please recognize she doesn't stand a snowball's chance in Hell and vote for Trump in the general election.  We cannot allow the democrat candidate, whoever he/she/it is, to win.

Tim