Common Folk Using Common Sense

From newratings.com: Analysts at Wedbush Morgan initiate coverage of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (ticker: SWHC) with a “strong buy” rating. The 12-month target price is set to $26. In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the company has been gaining share in the pistols market, with the highly successful launch [...]

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Hat tip to ALa at blonde sagacity: From KGO-TV San Francisco: New York said “yes,” but we said “no.” Why were the U.S. Marines denied permission to film a recruiting commercial on the streets of San Francisco? San Francisco is, once again, the center of a controversy over how city leaders treat the U.S. military. [...]

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ITEM 1: From news.com.au: Two female university students have apologised in court today for streaking in their underwear at a Brisbane Lions AFL game. Jessica Louise Fitzpatrick, 19, of Buderim, and Jacquelyn Kate Baker, 22, of Maroochydore, appeared today in Brisbane Magistrates Court each charged with one count of interfering with a person engaged in [...]

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From Breitbart.com: A conservative German politician on Wednesday proposed making marriage contracts expire after seven years, with the option to renew for those not feeling the proverbial itch. “I propose that marriages lapse after seven years,” Gabriele Pauli told reporters in Munich, the capital of the largely Catholic southern state of Bavaria. “This would mean [...]

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From nbc17.com: A police officer is accused of burying puppies alive, officials said. Seven puppies were rescued from Officer John Leggett’s backyard. Leggett, 44, has been charged with animal cruelty and is now on administrative leave while under investigation. Police said at least one puppy was found dead. Officers were called to Leggett’s home Saturday. [...]

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Columbia University said it does not plan to call off a speech by Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite pressure from critics including the City Council speaker, who said the Ivy League school was providing a forum for “hate-mongering vitriol.” The US State Department calls Iran a state sponsor of terror, and Ahmadinejad has called the [...]

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At the recent NRA conference on gun rights Presidential candidate Fred Thompson said, “We are here today not just because we support the Second Amendment, we are here today for our support of the rest of the Constitution.” At most of his campaign stops, Fred Thompson tells people “basic rights come from God and not [...]

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From the Club for Growth, a national network of thousands of Americans, from all walks of life, who believe that prosperity and opportunity come through economic freedom: Today, the Club for Growth released its presidential white paper on Republican presidential candidate former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. The sixth in a series of white papers on [...]

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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on the Democratic leadership in Congress to condemn the full-page advertisement that appeared recently in the New York Times suggesting that General David Petraeus is a traitor. “Every American, including a Washington special interest organization like MoveOn.org, has the right to voice [...]

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FROM THE LEFT: Accepting her Emmy on Sunday night for lead actress in a drama series (“Brothers and Sisters”), Field stumbled halfway through, lost her train of thought, screeched at the audience to stop applauding so she could finish talking, and then was bleeped by Fox censors as she stammered through an anti-war rant. “And, [...]

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From GunCite, a great place for accurate information relating to the Second Amendment: Taking the long view it appears that the gun supply does not have a significant impact on total homicides or suicides. About half of the time gun stock increases have been accompanied by violence decreases, and about half the time accompanied by [...]

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By now you’ve probably heard that John Kerry gave a speech recently at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and at that speech a student named Andrew Meyer started asking questions and got tasered by cops. But have you heard the rest of the story? On Sept. 11, Andrew Meyer (or “The Andrew Meyer” as [...]

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From The Toledo Blade: In what city police are calling a “very, very rare” incident, an 18-year-old female student at Tiffin University was dragged out of a campus computer lab and raped during the weekend. Tiffin police Chief Dave LaGrange said the young woman, who is an international student, entered the computer lab in the [...]

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For months Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has promised a plan to bring health care to every American. She made good on her Socialist threat Monday unveiling a sweeping proposal requiring everyone to carry health insurance and commanding taxpayers to subsidize those without health care insurance. With a price tag of about $110 billion per [...]

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