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Sounds Like Japan Needs Some Gun Laws

Shooting people should be illegal

Jim Treacher
Jul 8, 2022
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Some grim news on a Friday morning:

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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country’s longest-serving leader, died after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election reut.rs/3ynl7Ti
12:20 PM ∙ Jul 8, 2022
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Suspected gunman tackled by security personnel after former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated. abcn.ws/3PaMoyN
11:09 AM ∙ Jul 8, 2022
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Shinzo Abe was 67.

I really don’t want to hear that this sort of thing only happens in America. Japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, and none of those laws stopped this lunatic from making his own gun and shooting a politician with it. Laws mean nothing to the evil and the insane.

The NRA didn’t do this, unless there’s a Nipponese Rifle Association.

And once again, our media is a disgrace. Here’s how NPR decided to remember Shinzo Abe:

The man who was just assassinated was divisive and arch-conservative, huh?

And here’s their second attempt, after they deleted that one:

“Ultranationalist.” Well, maybe the third time will be the charm.

And of course, the worst president in the history of the United States had to say something stupid:

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Biden statement on assassination of ex-PM Shinzo Abe of Japan: “While there are many details that we do not yet know, we know that violent attacks are never acceptable and that gun violence always leaves a deep scar on the communities that are affected by it.”
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12:59 PM ∙ Jul 8, 2022
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Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Japanese soil with a homemade gun, and now this moron and his staffers are using it to push gun control in America. I can’t wait for November.


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Day 313 of Americans stranded in Afghanistan.
12:08 PM ∙ Jul 8, 2022

This is the greatest political ad I have ever seen.

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Make Rifles Great Again 💪🏿 👉jeroneforcongress.com #JeroneForCongress #2A #SelfDefense
3:12 PM ∙ Jul 6, 2022
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Are you going to tell this black man that he shouldn’t be able to defend himself against the Klan in the United States of America? Really?


Biden Administration to America: Stop Whining, Peasants

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Karine Jean-Pierre says "we are stronger economically than we have been in history"
8:37 PM ∙ Jul 7, 2022
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Are you feeling stronger economically, friends?

These geniuses really do think they’re on a TV show:

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Joe Biden has a secret plan to fight inflation.
8:33 PM ∙ Jul 7, 2022
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Some kid-touchers go to jail. Other kid-touchers go to the White House. But they can still be friends!

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Biden campaign surrogate Jerry Harris was sentenced to 12 years for child sex crimes. The Biden campaign embraced Harris in an effort to "win back the internet." He was arrested days after Biden appeared with him on Instagram Live. Via @AndrewStilesUSA
freebeacon.comAnother Democrat Sent to Prison for Child Sex Crimes - Washington Free BeaconJerry Harris, former Biden campaign surrogate and star of the Netflix documentary Cheer, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for sex crimes involving minors. The disgraced cheerleader pleaded guilty in February to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in a bathroom at a cheer competition and…
7:55 PM ∙ Jul 7, 2022
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It’s true. He did.

“I’d like to spend the day with you.” I’m sure you would, Joe.

This would be an embarrassing development for Biden if he still had any idea what’s going on around him at any time. He’s like Uncle Junior with a nuclear football.


James Caan, R.I.P. He was 82.

Everybody’s talking about The Godfather today, but my favorite James Caan performance is in The Way of the Gun (2000). Caan plays Joe Sarno, an aging mob fixer. And when he walks into a room, he owns it:

The writer and director of the film, Christopher McQuarrie, has a great anecdote that’s 100% Caan:

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“Like it or not, this is your movie. Nobody else’s. Now quit fuckin’ around and direct.” - James Caan, in some Utah parking lot. 1999. Thank you, Jimmy, for teaching me the fine art of adjudication and for setting me on the path. And thank you most of all for being The Dream.
8:14 PM ∙ Jul 7, 2022
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More recently, McQuarrie has been writing and directing the Mission: Impossible movies, so apparently Caan’s lesson has served him well.

God bless James Caan.

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2:52 PM ∙ Jun 3, 2022
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The emerging consensus seems to be that Thor Meets Lady Thor, Courtesy of That Annoying Guy from New Zealand isn’t very good. Sounds like another Marvel movie I’ll wait to see on Disney Plus. I’m spoiled now and I need my pause button.

A lot of people seem to be feeling the same thing I am: Marvel Fatigue Syndrome. It’s been almost 15 years now. I liked everything up until Avengers: Endgame, but once they finished off Thanos, they lost their way. They had a good run, but now I just don’t care anymore.

It’s disposable entertainment by its very nature. Very few people read every single Marvel comic that comes out every single month, so why feel obligated to see every dumb Marvel flick? You don’t owe Stan Lee’s ghost anything.


This is it, Better Call Saul fans:

“Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.” That’s what Jim Garrison said in Oliver Stone’s JFK. As for what that means for Jimmy/Saul/Gene… who knows?

We do know that by the time Saul crossed paths with Walter White, he was still terrified of someone named Lalo. So, what happened to Lalo? And Kim? How do they explain Howard’s sudden disappearance? And what ends up happening to Gene Takovic? Most importantly, who’s running the Cinnabon while he’s dealing with his pursuers? I need to know!


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Pi Guy
Jul 8, 2022

"Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Japanese soil with a homemade gun..."

We need common-sense plumbing control, for sure.

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Pi Guy
Jul 8, 2022

"Are you going to tell this black man that he shouldn’t be able to defend himself against the Klan in the United States of America?"

Intersectionality isn't working out as they'd hoped.

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