2015 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Even if persons get too close to you, show politeness.
Dupree reportedly waited for the driver. When he emerged from the store and got into the driver’s seat of his car, she started yelling at him and initiated an argument, court documents say.
The man backed out of the parking lot and started to drive away, but the two continued to argue. The man reportedly yelled, “I’m a man” out of his car window, probable cause records say, prompting Dupree to reply, “Well, I’m a woman. That’s why I have an equalizer.”
Dupree allegedly retrieved a handgun from her truck, pointed it at the man and walked toward his car as he tried to leave the parking lot.
Virginia Gentlemen 0
Yeah.
The three signs at the house, which have been taken down, read: “ Rowdy and fun. Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time …”, “Freshman daughter drop off” with an arrow pointed to the front door and “Go ahead and drop off mom too …”
Right.
Playing Trump 0
The Booman sums up the attraction:
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Steven M reflects on the New Confederate Party.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 3
I’ve mentioned before my opinion that persons who complain about “political correctness” are part of the “have cake, eat it too” crowd: They want to be permitted to be nasty without penalty.
Historiann sums it up quite nicely. A snippet:
Everybody Must Get Fracked 0
Rodrigo Romo describes what it’s like to live with frackers. Here’s a bit:
Many students at the school suffer from asthma and serious, debilitating illnesses. What is causing this spike in health problems in normally healthy children? Fracking. It exposes our children to unsafe levels of air toxins that can cause a broad variety of serious health complications, including asthma. Students at my daughter’s schools were often forced to stay inside for weeks at a time because of the noxious fumes from the fracking sites. They think it’s strange when people don’t get nosebleeds every day.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another day in NRA Paradise . . . .
The medical examiner says Phonisay apparently was posing with his gun and it discharged when he went to holster it. A round was fired into his right groin, striking his femoral artery.
Droning On 0
Kevin Drum reflects on boys and their toys.
NASCAR Dreaming 0
I got my driver’s license a long time ago.
Shortly thereafter, I was driving the family car in a snow storm on I-85 near Charlotte, North Carolina. As I recall, I was doing about 50, reasonable in a snow storm, when a pick-up truck careened by me on the left, then immediately shot to the exit ramp on the right, almost taking the hood ornament, except that 1961 Fords did not have hood ornaments.
That’s when I said, “All North Carolina drivers must think they are Richard Petty.”
Well, it’s just going to get worse.