August, 2014 archive
Feeding Time 0
Look closely and you can see the baby’s open mouth in the birdhouse.
H/T to my brother on Virginia’s Northern Neck for the pic.
Everybody Must Get Fracked 0
The stupid, it burns.
Ferguson 0
Jasiri X raps Ferguson. I used to think that they left the “c” off of “rap,” but he has convinced me otherwise. (Warning: Language.)
From the website:
Full lyrics at the link.
“Murder Is Still Murder” 0
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Playdates must be polite.
According to the coroner’s office, Walker died at University Hospital from a gunshot wound to the head.
“We didn’t know for a long time whether he was going to make it or not,” Mohr said.
Police have charged a 17-year-old juvenile with Walker’s murder.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
While the cat’s away, the polite will play.
(snip)
They said a 15-year-old boy who lives at the home found a hidden key to the gun safe and was able to get to a handgun inside. The 15-year-old told police that the gun went off as he was putting it back in the gun safe.
Both parents were at work at the time of the shooting. Police said the 15-year-old had been told not to have friends over when the parents weren’t there.
An, in more news of the polite, the polite shoot first and ask questions later (Via Atrios):
Light Bloggery 0
Things to do.
“Pay for Performance” 0
Robert Reich doesn’t see it. A snippet:
On the other hand, what’s the worth to society of social workers who put in long and difficult hours dealing with patients suffering from mental illness or substance abuse? Probably higher than their average pay of $18.14 an hour, which translates into less than $38,000 a year.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play with your toys, politely.
The pellet lodged in the 18-year-old’s stomach after his brother, 25, accidentally discharged an air rifle at their Honeysuckle Street home.
