Free Citizens Wise Up: Gun Sales Surge

Janet Shan, Hinterland Gazette:

Gun sales surge in U.S. for Christmas. According to the FBI, over 1.5 million background checks on customers were requested by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in December, the UK

If being voluntarily associated  with a racist  is bad for one politician, it should not be good for another,  yet,, Roger Simon, PJ Media:

That inability to select even marginally acceptable (non-racist) employees and colleagues should, on the face

Sloatsburg,NY– I’m here after driving most of the day. A quick run from rochester to Bethlehem Pennsylvania, then over to Quakertown for a loadfew of paper towels. —

• Voting rights:

  Over at questions and observations, Bruce McQuain in his usual

There is no moral imperative driving this message, tonight — no calls for a life of self sacrifice, no direct calls for intensive reflection this night, not even a real punch line of the story.  I will let you decide

Newt Gingrich just got another reason for the republican wing of the republican party to support him, gift wrapped courtesy of Mitt Romney and George (41) Bush, via Allah Pundit, Hot Air:

Choosing his words carefully, the former president

Carlisle, PA--After three highly unusual weeks of running to the west it appears as though I will be spending the remainder of this year running east.  That’s a bit more normal for this truck line.  Frankly, we’re experiencing a

Some folks at the New York Times seem to think this is a  reason for celebration, via Doug Mataconis, Otside the Beltway:

BAGHDAD — The last convoy of American troops to leave Iraq drove into Kuwait on Sunday morning,

James at OTB suggests he knows why the GOP establishment doesn’t like Gingrich. He offers up the usual litany, but noplace does he offer the real reason:

As to the issues, Gingrich makes Mitt Romney look like a pillar of

Indianapolis, IN–I’m still at Indy.

When I got done writing yesterday’s Ramble, I did my usual pre-trip inspection of my truck and found that I had oil coming from one wheel seal. This is a possibly dangerous situation, with

Who says I never cite Morning Joe, video:

Reax, Karen the Lonely Conservative:

Tina Brown: Obama Doesn’t Like His Job, Doesn’t Know How to Exercise Power

Ace of Spades calls this the one Morning Joe transcript worth a few

We here in America have a problem.

It is a major problem. There are large number of people in this country, indeed I begin to suspect majority, who are sensing danger and destruction in our near future if this problem

From Cadie Thompson, CNBC:

Some demonstrators[morons] are planning to occupy retailers on Black Friday to protest “the business that are in the pockets of Wall Street.”

[…]

The goal of the movement is to impact the profits of major

Alan Colmes has his knickers in twist over this statement by Alan Keyes,  Liberaland:

If the allegations against Sandusky are true, there’s an aspect of the situation that doesn’t make sense. Why would higher-ups be willing to risk their

I note with some degree of interest with a resurgency  of Newt Gingrich in the early polling for Iowa.  There seems a good deal of objection to his showing up, particularly among the press who like Rick Perry and Herman

Columbia, NJ- I’m set to run into the city at about 3am, and am taking a rest break before doing that. It’s raining here, fairly hard, though the radar says it’ll slack off shortly.

• Hacking: The last few days, I’ve