January, 2020 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your neighbors.
Witt called police immediately to report the shooting and said he thought someone in the neighboring apartment was struck by the bullet.
When police arrived, they were told a 23-year-old woman was showering in the next-door apartment when she was shot in the shoulder. There were five people in the woman’s apartment at the time, three of them were small children.
He did not think that there was a live round in the chamber, but he was too lazy to check.
Furrfu.
Twelfth Night 0
Afterthought:
“Cleaning up homelessness” and “mopping up the homeless” are not the same thing.
“Can You Give Me Sanctuary, I Must Have a Place To Hide . . . .” 0
Above the Law reports that Donald Trump has decreed that the District of Columbia is his own little sanctuary city just for his ownsome. A snippet:
Much more at the link.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness can be such a gas.
The Lies of the Land 0
Will Bunch points out that it’s starting all over again once more. A snippet:
The Art of the Con 0
Atrios spots a pattern.
The Tree Looks Different from the Other Side 0
Explorers “blazed a trail” because the tree looks different from the other side.
Noz looks at the other side of the tree and discovers some true equivalences.
War and Mongers of War 0
Shorter PoliticalProf: Beware of false prophets (and their false prophecies).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Angle for politeness at the old fishing hole.
(snip)
“So the 19-year-old gave the pistol to the 15-year-old, and then the 15-year-old gave it to the 10-year-old, and at that time the gun was, as we’re seeing right now, accidentally discharged, striking the 15-year-old,” Duncan said.