Depending on where you live, you may have to call around to find a place that has flu shots to give. The availability seems a bit uneven geographically, but keep looking.

If you live in Boston, where Mayor Tom Menino has declared a public health emergency, city health clinics will be offering free vaccines this weekend.

Just a sample:

"And in Missouri, Todd Akin ... was asked by a local news source about rape and he said, `Look, in a legitimate rape situation' -- and what he meant by legitimate rape was just look, someone can say I was raped: a scared-to-death 15-year-old that becomes impregnated by her boyfriend and then has to tell her parents, that's pretty tough and might on some occasion say, `Hey, I was raped.' That's what he meant when he said legitimate rape versus non-legitimate rape. I don't find anything so horrible about that. But then he went on and said that in a situation of rape, of a legitimate rape, a woman's body has a way of shutting down so the pregnancy would not occur. He's partly right on that."

And this:

"And I've delivered lots of babies, and I know about these things. It is true. We tell infertile couples all the time that are having trouble conceiving because of the woman not ovulating, `Just relax. Drink a glass of wine. And don't be so tense and uptight because all that adrenaline can cause you not to ovulate.' So he was partially right wasn't he? But the fact that a woman may have already ovulated 12 hours before she is raped, you're not going to prevent a pregnancy there by a woman's body shutting anything down because the horse has already left the barn, so to speak. And yet the media took that and tore it apart."

Having carefully reviewed all of the facts and circumstances of this matter, as it does in every case involving firearms-related offenses or any other potential violation of D.C. law within our criminal jurisdiction, OAG has determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory, who has no criminal record, or any other NBC employee based on the events associated with the December 23,2012 broadcast. OAG has made this determination, despite the clarity of the violation of this important law, because under all of the circumstances here a prosecution would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes its trust.

Translation: Laws are for ordinary people.

Shameful.

Saying that the National Rifle Association is too willing to compromise with gun-control advocates, 22 state and 5 national pro-gun groups have coalesced in recent weeks to form the National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban. Among the national groups involved is Gun Owners of America, which claims a membership of 300,000.

...

"The coalition members have all agreed on a `no compromise' approach on this issue," Valone said. "It needs to die. Period."

In an open letter to President Barack Obama, Valone speculated that some gun owners may use violent force to resist government attempts to confiscate assault weapons.

"The real question, Mr. President, is whether you so hunger for power that you are willing to foment what might be the next American Revolution," Valone wrote.

For those who keep trying to equate the positions and attitudes of gun control advocates with gun activist groups, ...

Thought Jessica Chastain did a very good job.

A former Iowa state legislator's 30-day law license suspension for falsifying the signature of a client was upheld Friday by the Iowa Supreme Court.

Eric J. Palmer of Oskaloosa, who served in the Iowa House from 2007 to 2010, admitted to telling his secretary to sign three documents during the settlement of a personal injury case. Palmer, however, said his client gave him permission to place her notarized signature on the paperwork.

The client, Linette Paulos of Ottumwa, told a state attorney disciplinary board that she did not remember granting permission, but admitted she could be mistaken because she had suffered a traumatic brain injury, court documents said.

Here's their president, Brian Brown, distorting a good man's work against discrimination:

In Illinois, where gay marriage advocates tried and failed to quickly shove through a gay marriage bill in the lame duck session, a rebellion of another kind is brewing: against GOP turncoat Pat Brady, head of the Illinois Republican party, who unilaterally gave cover to liberal Democrats by endorsing gay marriage and accusing his own party of bigotry and discrimination!

NOM took the leadership on holding him accountable for his betrayal, calling for his resignation, and promising a quarter of a million dollar against any Republican who votes for gay marriage.

Brady is doubling down now with ever more hateful rhetoric directed against his voters:

"If people want to throw me out because I took a stand on an issue of discrimination [as] the chairman of the Republican Party, the party founded by Abraham Lincoln, then that's -- that's up to them and they're free to do it," Brady said. "But I'm not backing down." [emphasis mine, mostly to point out Brown's hateful rhetoric ;-)]

The state of Tennessee has suspended the handgun carry permit of James Yeager, CEO of Tactical Response, who recently said he would "start killing people" should President Obama take executive action on gun control.

State officials explained they revoked the permit because of Yeager's "material likelihood of risk of harm to the public," according to a local TV station. Tactical Response is a Tennessee-based company that specializes in firearms and tactical training.

"The number one priority for our department is to ensure the public's safety," wrote Commissioner Bill Gibbons. "Mr. Yeager's comments were irresponsible, dangerous, and deserved our immediate attention. Due to our concern, as well as that of law enforcement, his handgun permit was suspended immediately......link