Showing posts with label NRA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NRA. Show all posts

Monday, September 24, 2018

Convicted Felon/NRA Prez Oliver North Defends Brett "Skippy" Kavanaugh


That bastion of honor, Oliver North, convicted felon and NRA president, defends Supreme Court nominee Brett "Skippy" Kavanaugh in a new spot from the NRA:

“A man who refers to himself as Spartacus smears a man who serves the homeless, as a racist. A political party coordinates violent protests to smear a father and run his children out of the room. A man who lied about military service, who stole valor, smears a humble public servant and calls for his nomination to the Supreme Court to be withdrawn. A woman who wants to confiscate your firearms leaks an unsubstantiated accusation to smear a man because he believes in our Second Amendment.

“Politicians call a privileged senator who killed a woman, a lion, and now they smear Brett Kavanaugh as a threat to women. Since the election of Donald Trump, the character assassination of good Americans like Brett Kavanaugh by those with half his intellect and a fraction of his virtue, has been unconscionable.

“I didn’t hold dying Marines in my arms defending freedom, so corrupt politicians could disgrace their heroic sacrifice. We the people denounce their character assassination, their hypocrisy, their lies. And we proudly stand with Brett Kavanaugh. And we the people, will bring dignity back to our democratic process.”

In 1989, North was convicted of lying to Congress, shredding documents and accepting an illegal gratuity as a result of the Iran/Contra scandal.



Wednesday, March 21, 2018

News Round-Up: March 21, 2018

(via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Handsome dog, right? The pup's a cutie, too ;)

• The most anti-LGBTQ Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives barely eked out a win over his primary opponent in Illinois. He now faces (no exaggeration) a Republican whose a devout Neo-Nazi.

• Cell phone video shows a gay teen in Oklahoma getting his head bashed into a school locker by a bully.

• For the first time in decades the National Rifle Associations has a net negative approval rating.

• Included in the undercover recordings of Cambridge Analytica executives was one of the top ranking bosses suggesting spreading gay rumors about candidates was an effective method of bringing them down.

• Political analyst Stu Rothenberg spoke to several insiders who predict the Democrats will win between 30-45 seats in the House during the fall mid-term elections, more than the 24 seats needed to take control.

• In a somber Instagram post, insanely handsome Superman star Henry Cavill shares the news that his facial hair is, sadly, no more. #ShavedButNotForgotten

A post shared by Henry Cavill (@henrycavill) on

Saturday, March 17, 2018

#MarchForOurLives - "What If Our Politicians Weren't The Bitch Of The NRA?"


In an ad that includes footage of Donald Trump needling Republicans for being "afraid of the NRA," Parkland high school student David Hogg wonders aloud "What if our politicians weren't the bitch of the NRA?"

The spot is promoting the upcoming March For Our Lives on March 24.

Monday, March 5, 2018

Randy Rainbow Gives Dana Loesch A Tongue Lashing With "Kids" Parody From BYE BYE BIRDIE


New Randy Rainbow! Squee!!!

This time Randy takes on truly terrible NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch with his parody of "Kids" from the 1960 Broadway hit Bye Bye Birdie.

The "kids" Randy's referring to are the students from the Parkland high school in Florida who not only survived the terrible gun massacre there but are harnessing lots of support for gun legislation.

Notable that the song "Kids" was originally sung on Broadway by gay actor Paul Lynde.

Saturday, February 24, 2018

More Businesses Severing Ties With NRA After High School Gun Massacre


In the aftermath of the tragic school shooting in Florida last week, several major businesses have severed ties with the National Rifle Association.

Among those are Hertz, Alamo, Symnatec, First National Bank of Omaha, LifeLock and many more.

Today, United Airlines and Delta Airlines both announced they would end discount agreements with the NRA, and both airlines asked that their information be removed from the NRA website.

Remember folks - in America we vote with every dollar we spend.





Friday, February 23, 2018

News Round-Up: February 23, 2018

(image via Instagram)


Some news items you might have missed:

• Fitness model Quin Bruce looks ready for date night. #ThatFace #ThoseArms #Woof

• Sixteen year-old Joshua Rush, who plays the Disney Channel's first openly gay character on Andi Mack, says it was important to him to "do it right."

• Members of the Republican-controlled Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday killed a proposed amendment to the House budget bill that would have added sexual orientation and gender identity to its nondiscrimination provision.

• In the aftermath of last week's school massacre in Parkland, Florida, several major businesses are ending their partnerships with the National Rifle Association.

• According to Donald Trump, CNN and MSNBC are "failing." But not according to the latest info from the Standard Media Index which shows that MSNBC grew its revenue from from January 2017 to last month by a 62% and CNN jumped 32% year-over-year. Fox News showed a polite 17% increase.

• Brendan Fraser says a Hollywood bigwig sexually assaulted him by fondling his butt (and more) and the incident affected his acting career.

• Out bronze medalist Adam Rippon says with the Olympics coming to a close, he would definitely take time to chat with Vice President Mike Pence about LGBT issues.

But - Rippon doesn't think the two have much to chat on: “Mike Pence doesn’t stand for anything that I was taught when I grew up, and I think that it’s important if you’re given the platform to speak up for those who don’t have a voice.”

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Highlights: Students, Parents & Teachers Face Off With Marco Rubio And NRA At Gun Violence Town Hall

Fred Guttenberg faces off with Sen. Marco Rubio

Last night's Town Hall hosted by CNN was a rough ride for Sen. Marco Rubio and NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch as they took questions from parents and students regarding the tragic gun massacre that took place last week in Parkland, Florida.

You can listen to and read a full transcript of the Town Hall moderated by CNN's Jake Tapper here.

Just a few highlights:

• Fred Guttenberg, father of Jaime Guttenberg who was killed in the shooting, told Rubio “your comments this week and those of our president have been pathetically weak.”

“Look at me and tell me. Guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids in this school this week,” Guttenberg said. “And look at me and tell me you accept it and you will work with us to do something about guns.”

Rubio later tweeted, "Banning all semi-auto weapons may have been popular with the audience at #CNNTownHall, but it is a position well outside the mainstream."



• Student Cameron Kasky asked Rubio to say he wouldn’t take more money from the NRA. Rubio has received over $3.3 million from the NRA over the course of his political career.

“Can you tell me you won’t take a single donation from the NRA?” Kasky said. “In the name of the 17 people who died, you can’t ask the NRA to keep their money?” Rubio did not answer, saying only “people buy into my agenda.”



• Student Ryan Deitsch asked Rubio why it's fallen to students and young people to take up the cause of gun violence after our lawmakers have dodged the issue for so long.

“We would like to know why do we have to be the ones to do this?” Deitsch asked. “Why do we have to speak out to the [state] Capitol? Why do we have to march on Washington, just to save innocent lives?"



• And the insanely calm and confident Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma GonzΓ‘lez asked NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch if the NRA supports making it harder to obtain semiautomatic and fully automatic weapons.

“Dana Loesch, I want you to know that we will support your two children in a way that you will not,” said Gonzalez. “The shooter at our school obtained weapons that he used on us legally. Do you think that it should be harder to obtain these semiautomatic and the modifications for these weapons that make them fully automatic like bump stocks?”

Friday, January 19, 2018

News Round-Up: January 19, 2018

(image via Instagram)

Some news items you might have missed:

• Can we start the weekend admiring Nick Jonas (above) admiring his NY Yankees hat in the background? #TheresAHat?

• Indonesia's IT Ministry is asking Google to block  LGBT-related networking apps.

• Check out the newly-announced list of nominees for the 2018 GLAAD Media Awards here.

• House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be a guest judge on an upcoming episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race" #YouBettaWerk



• And speaking of, on the latest episode of Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations podcast, RuPaul shares what he's learned from drag: “What it teaches people is that all things are temporary. Everything’s temporary: just clothes, some paint, powder – this body, even, is temporary.”

• The FBI is looking into whether a top Russian banker funneled money through the National Rifle Association to help elect Donald Trump. It's illegal to use foreign funds to influence federal elections, and the NRA spent $30 million on Trump's behalf in 2016.

• Warning: NSFW - Fischerspooner shares their new single and music video, “TopBrazil,” from their upcoming album, Sir, produced by Michael Stipe due out February 16.

In the video, shadow and light create a collage of naked male bodies becoming one, all the while blurring the lines of masculinity and femininity.

Spooner explains, "The video celebrates a pop aesthetic typically reserved for the female archetype and liberates the male form to be sexual, expressive and fearless."

I think it's a very cool video, but again - Adult Content.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

News Round-Up: June 16, 2016


Some news stories you may have missed:

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will donate $150,000 to aid the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

• Former President Bill Clinton says more would have died in the Orlando nightclub shooting if they had been armed. Gee, alcohol + fear + dark nightclub + guns shooting into the dark - what could possibly go wrong?

• Donald Trump now says he plans to talk to the NRA about blocking folks on the "No-Fly" list from being able to purchase guns. Glad to see he's taking Hillary Clinton's advice.

• Billionaire Mark Cuban, longtime LGBT ally, is donating $1 million to help fund added security measures for Dallas’ LGBT community. Hmm, where's the donation from our "good friend" Donald Trump?

• Vanity Fair takes a broad look at the current state of the presidential race, and for now, it's looking very good for Hillary.

• Broadway blockbuster Wicked will hit the silver screen December 20, 2019. How's that for planning?

• Two active-duty Marines are under investigation after posting a photo to a closed Facebook grouop for Marines that read “Coming to a gay bar near you!” showing a corporal in uniform holding a rifle with his finger near the trigger.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Seth Meyers Takes A Closer Look At The NRA Endorsement O Donald Trump


Seth Meyers, host of NBC's "Late Night," takes note of Donald Trump's flip-flop on gun rights over the years in an attempt to pander to the NRA for the organization's coveted endorsement.

From International Business Times:
Meyers noted how before entering the presidential race, Trump previously supported an assault rifle ban and expanded background checks — far from the standard Republican unwillingness to disagree with any part of the NRA platform. However, on the campaign trail Trump has been promising that as president he would be unapologetically anti-gun control.

"Trump's ham-fisted attempts to pander to gun owners were apparently enough to sway the NRA, which announced its endorsement of him Friday," said Meyers. "You might think, 'How can an organization that is devoted to defending second amendment rights back a candidate who has been so inconsistent on that issue?'

Monday, March 7, 2016

NRA Tweets Support For Bernie Sanders

https://twitter.com/NRA/status/706859878703177728?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

I'm not exactly sure this is the kind of support Sen. Bernie Sanders is looking for in the Democratic presidential primary season right now.

The National Rifle Association sent out the above tweet today after Sanders answered a question at the Democratic debate last night saying gun manufacturers shouldn't be held liable for crimes committed by folks who legally purchase guns.

From Talking Points Memo:

Sanders said during Sunday's Democratic presidential debate that he didn't agree with rival Hillary Clinton, who said that gun manufacturers should be held accountable if a crime is committed with their weapons.

"If I understand it and correct me if I'm wrong, if you go to a gun store and you legally purchase a gun, and three days later you go out and start killing people, is the point to hold the gun shop owner or the manufacturer of that gun liable? If that is the point, I disagree," Sanders said. "If they are selling a product and the person who buys it legally, what you are talking about is ending gun manufacturing in America. I don't agree with that."

Friday, December 4, 2015

New York Daily News Lists NRA Head Wayne LaPierre As "Terrorist"


Today's cover of the New York Daily News features not only the "mass shooter of the week," Syed Farook, but goes further and pictures several of the mad men who've waged war on Americans via gun violence, including (according to NYDN) NRA head Wayne LaPierre.

"Syed Farook joins long list of murderous psychos enabled by NRA's sick gun jihad against America in the name of profit."

Although over 90% of Americans approve of common sense background checks when purchasing a gun - including a majority of NRA members, the NRA has politicians so afraid no one in Congress is able to pass anything when it comes to gun legislation.

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

NRA & Republicans Block Law To Prevent Terrorists From Buying Guns In US


According to the New York Daily News, suspected terrorists are able to legally buy guns in the US due to the lobbying efforts of the NRA.
A legal loophole allows suspected terrorists on the government’s no-fly list to legally buy guns, but a bill to fix that will likely wither on the vine. The federal Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act, even in the wake of last week’s terrorist killing of 129 people in Paris, remains a long shot due to its rabid pro-gun opponents.

“Anything which they feel restricts the use or the ability to retain a gun they’re opposed to,” bill co-sponsor Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.) told the Daily News.

“It’s sort of a knee-jerk reaction,” he said Tuesday. “The National Rifle Association is strongly opposed to it and the fact is we have only a handful of Republican co-sponsors.”

The legislation was initially proposed in 2007 by the Bush administration, with King formally introducing the bill in Congress two years later.

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the NRA, has prevented tougher gun laws from being approved.

Currently, some known or suspected terrorists are prohibited from boarding airplanes by the government’s no-fly list — but all are allowed to buy assault rifles and other weapons.

While the bill remained a nonstarter, more than 2,000 suspects on the FBI’s Terrorist Watchlist bought weapons in the U.S. over the last 11 years, according to the federal Government Accountability Office.

The GAO reported that 91% of all suspected terrorists who tried to buy guns in America walked away with the weapon they wanted over the time period, with just 190 rejected despite their ominous histories.

The NRA did not respond to a Tuesday request for comment, but opposed the 2009 version of the proposed law on grounds that law-abiding Americans wrongly placed on the list would lose their Second Amendment rights.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Tweet of the day: NRA Women


A day after a 9 year old shot and killed her gun instructor with an Uzi at a gun park, NRA Women send out this tweet.

Talking about timing...

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

National Rifle Association supports guns for the blind


Do you think folks who can't see should carry guns?

Your thoughts? Feedback please.


(h/t JMG)

UPDATE: Talking Points Memo reports the NRA has yanked the video from YouTube with no comment. Hmm....

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Mark Fiore: "Jihadi Rifle Association"


From Mark Fiore:

With the recent shooting in Las Vegas, it's becoming more apparent that the crazed anti-government conspiracy nuts are a danger, to say the least.

What is the largest, most well-funded group fanning these flames of insanity? You guessed it, the NRA!

I've dealt more specifically with Wayne LaPierre's recent apocalyptic diatribe in another cartoon. Since that cartoon was published, there has been an attack on a courthouse in Georgia and a "revolution" started by killing two police officers who were on their lunch break. (After said revolutionaries made sure that their cats would be cared for.)

You can read more on http://www.markfiore.com




(via JMG)

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Jon Stewart on the 2013 NRA Convention


Jon Stewart runs down the cray cray at the NRA Convention this past weekend in Texas.

The kids in Houston got off to a slow start as they really do more "2016 campaigning" than talk about guns. But they eventually get around to guns. Kinda.

Stewart breaks down the contradictions in the speechifying much better than I can. Take a look...

Sunday, December 23, 2012

NRA's Wayne LaPierre on Meet The Press



During Sunday’s Meet the Press, the National Rifle Association’s Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre sat down with host David Gregory and defended his organization’s universally panned call for armed guards to be stationed at every school in the country.

The NRA’s tone-deaf press conference on Friday has been widely criticized by all corners of the political arena, and several commentators were quick to point out that armed guards stationed at Columbine High School, Virginia Tech and Fort Hood in Texas were all unable to prevent mass shootings. But LaPierre dismissed those cases on Sunday, and said that lawmakers should be willing to try anything that might work. Anything, noted David Gregory, so long as it doesn’t involve guns and ammunition:
GREGORY:This is a matter of logic, Mr. LaPierre, because anybody watching this is going to say ‘hey wait a minute. I just heard Mr. LaPierre say that the standard is we should try anything that might reduce the violence. And you’re telling me that it’s not a matter of common sense that if you don’t have an ability to shoot off 30 rounds without reloading, that just possibly you could reduce the loss of life? Would Adam Lanza have been able to shoot as many kids if he didn’t have as much ammunition?’

LAPIERRE: I don’t buy your argument for a minute.
I think it goes to reason that if you can only shoot 10 people in a minute instead of 30, it's possible to think fewer people may get shot.  That seems a logical theory.  Mr. LaPierre simply doesn't want to hear it.

LaPierre equated gun controls with morality laws and disagreed that removing assault weapons from streets would save lives.  The NRA leader said , "you can’t legislate morality … legislation works on the law-abiding, it doesn’t work on criminals."

I'm assuming, changing subjects, that Mr. LaPierre has no problem with marriage equality since he doesn't believe morality can be legislated.

p.s. - you do understand that the National Rifle Association is really about representing gun manufacturers, and not gun owners, yes?

Saturday, December 22, 2012