Major Victory in Hawaii

In response to a suit on which I contributed expert declarations, Hawaii has revised their weapons laws.  A bunch of deadly weapons that used to be prohibited from open carry (clubs, switch blades, butterfly knives and handguns) are now only prohibited for concealed carry or if used in conjunction with a misdemeanor or felony while openly carried.

It would appear that open carry is now legal in Hawaii.  I would count on police stopping you and asking for ID for a background check.

Mike Moyle

The volume of RINO hit pieces on Mike Moyle claiming he is carrying out Obama's agenda is startling.  The left is spending a lot of money trying to defeat Moyle.  I am hoping all this is in hopes that California refugees with no knowledge of Moyle will go ahead and vote against him.  So if you know any recent arrivals, warn them that Moyle is a serious conservative and these nasty mailers are attempts by the left to put a RINO in place of Moyle.

Nuking Mortgage

It is the only way to be sure.

Rep. Mike Moyle (R)

He is Speaker of the House in the Idaho Legislature.  I have been receiving ferocious attacks on him for being a RINO, more supportive of liberal policies than not.

Looking at a summary of his votes on VoteSmart suggests this is a smear campaign by a Moby group.  His votes are pretty consistently on the right. While you might fault him for voting for an abortion ban law so defective that even some pro-life legislators believe it needs revision, the hard facts are that the exemptions are one of the big loopholes that pro-abortion forces use.  Getting this law right is important; getting it wrong the first time was almost certain to be wrong 

Closed Old House Today

We did the final paperwork to sell the old house today. Two more days and we get our money out.

Military-Industrial Complex

Eisenhower warned us about it.  How defense contractors can exercise unhealthy influence over military spending.

I was watching some video podcast and the guest was saying that even if it existed in 1960, it is not really the case now 

Raytheon gross profit 2023: $12 billion.

Lockheed-Martin gross profit 2023: $8.4 billion.

These are not trivial amounts of money but compared to:

Apple: $174 billion 

Alphabet (Google and cousins): $174 billion

Amazon: $270 billion

Now the jobs and especially when they are concentrated in a small number of Congressional districts or states might matter a lot, but Tech is more likely from resources available to corrupt our criminal class.

Post-Apocalyptic Films

There are more than I expected on Tubi (a free with ads) channel available through Google TV.  Mostly indie productions some very well done.  Cheap high-res cameras and video editing software produced a storm of films in the early 2010s.