San Francisco, CA—The Ninth Circuit Court’s three judge panel originally ruled that California’s Concealed weapon law was void in light of both the recent Heller and McDonald cases in the US Supreme Court.
California counties and cities issue carry permits except that the jurisdictions controlled by Democrats simply deny them except for a select few politically connected favorites.
Yesterday the full court, at the urging of State Attorney General Kamala Harris revisited the case, en bank. The full court reversed and allowed for the continued blanket denial of permits.
The case Peruta v. County of San Diego is now been positioned in direct conflict with the Supreme Court and other Circuit court opinions to the contrary. Here the Ninth Circuit Court simply repealed the right to bear arms through an outrageously biased and defective judicial action.
The next fight will be in the US Supreme Court and we must now guess who will be confirmed to fill the absence of the late Conservative Judge Scalia.
However hope is not lost depending on the November elections. Donald Trump has vowed to make sure every law abiding American has a right to a concealed weapon for self-protection through national legislation. With Obama and his minions this was all but impossible.
Out Constitution and gun rights cannot be left in the hands of Democrats, Socialists or Communists. We need to remove all of them and those Republican pretenders from every political office in the land.
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA—A deadly dispute between two engineering Ph.Deggheads at the UCLAcampus yesterday was turned into an unnecessary and obscene military commando exercise by authorities.
UCLA Policeofficers immediately responded to a shooting scene and found two dead males.They appeared to have suffered fatal gunshot wounds from a low powered handgun and a recently fired 9MM pistol lay nearby.Additionally there was a suicide note that made this somewhat clear to be an isolated Murder/Suicide event.What followed was nothing less than what we’d expect from an out-of-control fascist government.
The authorities turned this into a massive training exercise that disrupted and disturbed the entire region. SWAT teams were summoned from every department surrounding the area. FBI, Homeland Security and the BATFE joined in the raiding party.
A chance to test their inter-agency radio communications crossing every jurisdictional line under a single command structure was fully exploited.
UCLA’s Bruin Alert system told the students to shelter in place setting off panic. The students attempted bizarre efforts to lock classroom doors that had no locks.
I saw perhaps 40 police vehicles speeding with emergency lights and sirens headed for UCLA from the San Fernando Valley along the crowed 405 Freeway. It’s easy to assume that the every major street leading to Westwood saw similar activity.
Students were removed from buildings at gunpoint, forced to raise their hands, submit to unnecessary humiliation as the were frisked like criminals in front of news cameras. Then the hapless students were then forced to kneel on the ground. This while the police were assigned to search for “Active Shooters” throughout the campus. Needless to say none were found.
Hours later police officials declared the exercise over saying it was indeed an isolated Murder/Suicide. Then the media wasted no time heaping on the praise of how wonderfully the police responded protecting the students and faculty at the University.
Adding insult to injury politicians began demanding more gun control. California’s gun laws are the most restrictive anywhere and UCLA is a GUN FREE ZONE! They somehow want to believe that gun laws are obeyed by criminals. Gun laws only impact the law-abiding obstructing their ability to defend themselves. Liberals always embrace full government dependence, rejecting any form of self-reliance.
Was the UCLA police “Active Shooter” raid just a rehearsal for bigger things yet to come? Will we see bucket helmet, jackboot wearing armed thugs marching through our businesses and homes? The sad answer provided by world history is yes unless we demilitarize the cops while we still can. We need to see police returned to their communities as local protectors not an invading army. Freedom is not free we must fight for it.
Washington, DC--Donald Trump has given us some strong lip service to his support of traditional Conservative causes. Immigration Enforcement, Gun Rights, are two of the biggest issues where the GOP has faltered. Wether the traditionally Liberal Trump has really turned around still remains to be seen. The words coming from his mouth are the ones I want to hear.
I'm an Army veteran. I was drafted and trained to kill Communists. Today Communists are running our government. The sad truth is that the Communists have taken over our government decades ago and our Constitution is on the ropes.
With Trump's amazing success in the Primary elections the leadership faction of the GOP is in a major panic. The GOP leadership has been nearly 100% RINO pretenders. Since Ronald Reagan left office they have put up increasingly Liberal losers that have long ago abandoned Conservative voters like me. I have not voted in a Presidential election since Reagan! I refuse to vote for the Left leaning pretenders offered by the party. I feel that the lesser of two evils is still evil!
Now I'm watching the GOP whiners fighting for their political control and lives. They don't give a rat's ass about what the voters want. This is really about controlling massive power by an institutionally corrupt GOP Mafia. The Lindsey Grahams, John McCains, Mit Romneys or anyone with the last name of Bush should consider retirement or even suicide.
I have serious suspicion about Trump keeping his political promises. However, we know only too well what the GOP leadership is all about.
When the political Left and GOP RINOs have become so united in their quest to destroy Trump I'm convinced he is the last hope for America's Conservative voters.
I'm taking a chance to support Trump for President. If Trump will just accomplish half of what he says he wants for our nation we will be safe, prosperous and self-reliance will return to the population. If not, all but government officials and contractors will be slaves to the false promise of Socialism.
Los Angeles, CA--We can begin with the popular ride sharing outfit, Uber that relied on the data brokers assurances they were somehow getting comprehensive nationwide criminal histories of their driver applicants.
What Uber got for their money were numerous criminals convicted of disgusting, despicable and violent crimes. Uber officials expressed surprise as they are now forced to shell out millions to victims and government agencies for their deadly failures.
Data brokers are not licensed to do investigations. They are not capable of doing them. They are merely providing data they've collected. That data is key punched by minimum wage earners and in some cases foreign workers. Additionally numerous data contributors are actually people serving time in American prisons! There are just too many holes in the data provided. Massive mistakes of omissions and incorrect information is the rule, not an exception.
Let's begin with reality. The FBI can't by law share their information for public consumption even to licensed private investigators. The information comes from various courts that are willing to contribute their data. A huge number of courts simply refuse to cooperate with the data brokers because they want to sell their data directly and cut out the data brokers.
A not so small obstacle is name variation and misidentification. Our names can change just like our underwear. People are booked for crimes by police simply under the names they provide. Identification is based on a unique fingerprint classification generated number! That number never changes rather than ever changing criminal's names is the identification.
We private investigators examine the data broker information because it's available but dare not use it as an end report! This is only an investigative tool used to sort out the real story.
A diligent background investigation requires at a minimum checking each jurisdictional court anywhere near where the target/applicant ever lived. That includes city, county, Justice of the peace and local Federal courts! Additionally we search newspaper Archives all with a sharp eye out for alias names and misspellings.
You need to just imagine how difficult doing a records search on a common name like Robert Smith or Bill Jones! Tell me please, how the data brokers can begin to sort this all out?
For nearly two decades the data brokers have engaged in widespread fraud making millions of dollars doing little or nothing. The should be prosecuted and the public needs to be informed.
Banks, landlords and employers have been victimized just as Uber but the regulators like the FTC and police have been asleep at the wheel!
In addition to a professional investigator's skill all licensed private investigators have what the data brokers don't. That is lawful access to the state motor vehicle records. It's a much better tool needed to sort out identification issues! We even have access to the photo database.
A meaningful investigation will easily cost a full day's time of an investigator. The average cost is about $550.00 and that's a far cry from the $39.95 taken by the Internet data brokers!
Dallas, TX—Lee Harvey Oswald was a
former Marine.He was trained on the
eight round semi-automatic M-1 Garand rifle.In 1963 he military was dumping those fine rifles on the surplus market
when they switched to the 20 round M-14 rifle.
Klien’s Sporting Goods in Chicago was selling both
the far superior M-1 Garand and the crappy 6.5 Carcano rifle that Oswald bought
and used on Kennedy. Of course Kline’s
sold many other rifles by mail order back then.Oswald selected the really cheap Carcano rifle.He also bought a cheap 4X scope.
Had there been any kind of
conspiracy Oswald would have purchased a far superior rifle like the M-1 Garand
he was trained to use. Certainly had
others been involved a better rifle would have been chosen.
The distance between Kennedy
and the sixth floor window was just 81 meters.Kennedy’s limo was traveling in a straight line away from Oswald’s
position at less than 12 miles per hour.
This was what most
experienced shooters would call a “cheap shot”.No particular skill was needed to hit Kennedy even using the bolt-action
rifle.However the use of a
semi-automatic rifle would maximize the success of that mad act.
Conspiracy theories would
exist no matter who killed Kennedy.Conspiracies sell books and films. We know that the Kennedy
assassination theories sold massive amounts of books, movie tickets and supermarket
heckout line tabloids. .
The truth is that Oswald’s
rifle with shipping cost him less than $22.00.The really great M-1 Garand cost less that $100.00 at the time.
Every time I hear the words, Kennedy and Conspiracy, I cringe.It’s all
baseless, even though there were plenty of people that really wanted Kennedy
out of the Whitehouse.
We all know Oswald, an avowed Communist that wanted to
become important to Fidel Castro.Kennedy tried to overthrow and kill the Cuban dictator.Oswald had dreams of being a hero in the new
Communist Utopia in Cuba.
One man murdered both Kennedy
and Dallas cop J.D. Tippett.That man
was Lee Harvey Oswald.
As for Jack Ruby he was just
another narcissist jackass who thought he’d be hailed as a hero for killing the
most hated man in America.
I hope I’ve helped those
people that still ask themselves nagging questions about that 22nd day in
November 1963.
As for me, I was in the ROTC Class
at Chicago’s Senn High School when we got word the Kennedy was shot.That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Los Angeles, CA—We are now in
a truly multimedia world. TV and
Newspapers are on life support because of declining viewers and
readership.Today’s people want news on
their terms, instantly, short, sweet and with compelling video.
People want to see news on
the iPhones and IPads.They want it
while they are between tasks. They seek it out while in the grocery checkout
line or when waiting at the barber’s office or hair salon.
The opportunities for citizen
journalists are starting to surface.Today the pay may be low but now’s the time to prepare.You can be creative and lead the pack or be
left in the dirt.
You need writing skills.Hopefully you learned them in school.
Multimedia is the venue.That means writing, photography, video and
video editing.You must be a master of
all media forms.You also need to learn
how to transfer your work to the Internet.
Most people have some of these
skills right now.The technical aspect
has never been easier to learn and the equipment and tools gave never been more
affordable.
For starters the iPhone 6
plus is a great platform.You need a selfie-stick
and a good lavalier microphone like the Rode for $80.00.You can simply obtain the iMovie app for $5.00 and
you’re in business.For the absolute
best results, so-called prosumer cameras, wireless microphones and lights are
recommended.
For spot news the iPhone is
quick and easy.
If you go to YouTube there
are a huge amount of tutorials on every technical aspect of shooting, editing
and getting your material posted.
If you get an exclusive story
on a hot subject you can be paid a small fortune.Those opportunities are rare but they do
exist.
The first rule is to always
hold your iPhone sideways because that’s the way video monitors and TV screens
are positioned. Vertical cellphone video
simply stinks.
When you’re at the scene of
news events being shy will destroy your chances of success.Get up close and into the face of the
event.Ask lots of questions!For news you need not get anyone to sign a
release.If you’re using the video for a
documentary or entertainment by all means a release is a good idea.
Learn how to put voiceovers
on your video keeping the natural sound.Crappy audio makes for unsalable video.Using a second audio source like a Zoom H4N microphone is always the
best failsafe.
Drones are great.Get it up, get the shots and you may have
something exclusive, unique and sensational.You don’t need to ask permission to fly over property!That’s First Amendment protected activity.
Libel avoidance is an
absolute must.You better have solid
proof before making accusations.Rather
than accuse, it’s better to simply ask the question, did your protagonist do
something wrong?
Be bold, be accurate and get
the details.Understand your subject
matter and tell the story.
I have one story below done
with just my iPhone in London.It took
me just minutes to put the story together and post it on YouTube.
Below that is an exclusive
story I did for WND that uses all the things I talked about. Here I used some prosumer gear because it was
warranted.
Los Angeles, CA--While attending the German Film Pre-Oscar Reception here I saw an attractive lady and asked a fellow who I was chatting with what he knew about her. He made a disapproving face and said she made documentary films about rocks. He then said that her films must be dreadful!
That lady was Petra Haffter and I didn't care about the the quality of her films because she had a great presence and she rang my bell. I had to meet her!
I forgot the line I used on Petra, but she responded in a warm and friendly manner. I liked her more by the second! Her personality was equally attractive!
Petra then invited my to a screening of her film series on rocks. Suddenly in my mind I could see the disapproval on the face of of the guy who thought Petra's films must be dreadful. I tried not to show Petra any skepticism but I had some serious doubts. I then called the Goethe Institute and put in my RSVP for the screening.
Tonight was the screening. Petra really packed the house! Either she was a great promoter or her project was hot!
Petra spent a year and a half making her five-part series that took her to Rajasthan, India in search of white marble, the Pacific Rim to see lava at various stages, sandstone, meteors in the American Southwest and granite at the French Atlantic coast.
Drone video was everywhere but used in subtle and clever ways. The cinematography was great and the sound was a combination of great music with energetic and expertly researched narration by Petra. Petra's minimal German accent all but completely disappeared. Petra's writing would rival Hemingway any day!
There are three more parts to this series and I don't want to miss them!
Could a series about rocks, rock you ask? The answer is a rock solid, yes!
Los Angeles, CA-My DJI Inspire 1 drone cost well over $3,000.00 extra batteries are well over $200.00 each.
Realistically you need several additional batteries if you plan to do any extended flying.
One of the batteries I purchased was only recharged seven times and somehow gave a "damaged cell" warning. The battery is absolutely unusable.
Three DJI technical support calls later they told me to send it in with photos of all six sides of the battery with proof of purchase and I'd get a replacement. Sounds simple!
Not so fast! The date on the receipt Oct 2015 was not readable. So they refused to send me the replacement. Without a better copy of thr receipt I'm out of luck!
So now I'm supposed to kiss enough ass to get a better copy of the receipt from my dealer. He's closed today so it will delay replacement assuming the dealer will generate another copy. My drone dealer is top notch in every way and I know he will help me within reason.
I asked DJI if they would simply call the dealer who knows me very well and could verify the sale. I was told that the DJI policy would not allow for a simple phone call.
Needless to say I'm going to be unlikely to recommend them or purchase another product with their very unreasonable nitpicking.
I'll say this for what it's worth. I'm not talking behind DJI's back. They are getting a link to this review of their service.
I'm angry about this crappy treatment and hope this fiasco won't get worse. I will update and publish just how this aggravation is resolved.
An Update!
DJI finally heard my complaint and cut out the obstruction. They were slow but by within a week they sent me a new battery.
My lost productivity because of the battery problem was much greater and more expensive than had I just bought a new one! That was indeed unfortunate.
DJI makes wonderful products. They like every relatively new business has some setbacks. Dealing with fraud is no small problem and security measures are no small concern.
I've heard a multitude of complaints about DJI's service. Will their service ever have the same excellence as their products? We all hope that will be the case. I say they need time to streamline and make service more customer friendly. I hope my criticism was constructive and helpful to that end.
LosAngeles, CA--instead of having a contest about the art of filmmaking, acting and soundtracks we now have a disgraceful political exercise, The Oscar Awards.
The Olympic Games began as a way to unite people everywhere. The common enjoyment of sports connected people with the singleminded goal of excellence. Instead of creating dividing issues with race, politics and religion the Olympics have brought people together.
Likewise the art of entertainment should be a uniting force. However the evil of division, hate and distrust has turned the Oscars into a political freak show.
The participants now wear ribbons and bracelets and campaign for political crap that has nothing to do with art or entertainment.
Nobody benefits from divisive, abrasive or offensive political rhetoric, boycotts or blacklisting. Those being offended the most are the ticket buying audience.
The only thing that should count at the Oscars are compelling stories told by those talented folks involved with making films. Instead we see race card promotion, political ass kissing and garbage not related to entertainment.
The entertainment industry went sideways with the Blacklisting disaster of the 1950's. They learned nothing from the the sports athletes. What the public sees are a bunch of narcissistic millionaire brats dictating from the Oscar stage.
As a film patron I don't give a rat's about anything other then the performances, visuals and sounds. I don't care about the personal political, sexual or religious proclivities of the players. Make me laugh, cry or be angry through the delivery of your special art not your political message.
There is a place for satire in entertainment provided it's funny. Politics has no place on the Red Carpet or acceptance speeches.
Few will ever forget the horror of the 1972 Olympics in Munich with the murders of promising young athletes. The athletes did absolutely nothing to create animosity like so many of the Oscar competitors are doing today. Instead the violence and hate came from outside of the competition.
