2015 archive
Impunity and the Regency 0
The Regent has one strike left.
A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based appeals court upheld the convictions on July 10, holding in part that McDonnell: “received a fair trial and was duly convicted by a jury of his fellow Virginians.
Next stop: Washington and the big stage of the Supreme Court.
Afterthought:
Maybe he should have worn a badge.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a moving experience.
A child died Monday night in Boyd County after police said she accidentally shot herself.
(snip)
According to the girl’s brother, the shooting happened while the family was moving into their home and unpacking their belongings.
Soldiering On 0
At the San Jose Mercury-News, William Endicott contemplates the culture warriors and is not impressed.
Impunity, Reprise 0
It’s as simple as A, B, C.
Cut from the Same Mold 0
Jessica Valenti reflects on the Republican debate and points out that, when it comes to Republicans, watch what they do, not what they say.
For one glorious moment in time, this group of men – who between them have enacted legislation curbing women’s rights, voted against equal pay, and shamed women for having sex – can puff up their chests and play make-believe that they are women’s caped crusaders and true equality warriors.
But at least Donald Trump is upfront about his sexism. The other candidates are just blowing smoke up our … skirts.
“The Tokens of Virginity” 0
Apparently Deuteronomy 22:17 is all the rage at Virginia Wesleyan College (which is, by the way, about two miles down the road thataway).
Virginia Wesleyan College wants the woman, identified as “Jane Doe,” to name any individual she has had sexual intercourse with “at any time” and provide them with names of all her boyfriends since August 2012, when she was allegedly raped by a male classmate.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play politely.
Rayne Michelle-Marie Dettmann was shot in the upper body by the 16-year-old boy about 4:30 a.m. with a 12 gauge shotgun at her Pomona Park home. The boy had retrieved the shotgun from inside her home and first pointed it at two other friends. He then pointed it at her and pulled the trigger, deputies said.
Lake Effect 0
America’s edifice complex is killing Minnesota’s lakes. From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
A similar fate awaits the heart of lake country — the thousands of recreational lakes clustered around Brainerd, Detroit Lakes and Alexandria in central Minnesota. It’s not the crush of shoreline development by itself that’s killing them; it’s the reckless way in which development has been allowed to proceed
Details at the link.
Scrooged America 0
Warning: Language.