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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Real life is not a good place for laboratory experiments.
“And you might say well, 55, that’s not a lot. Well, if it’s your family, it’s a lot,” Nicholson said. “And for me, it’s not just your family, it’s everybody’s family. I’m responsible for everybody in this city. And so if we don’t get to one person, that’s one person too many that we didn’t get to.”
Afterthought:
Methinks one of the synonyms for “hubris” is “Tech Bro.”
And Now for a Brief Respite 0
H/T Susan for the pic.
Sound Familiar? 0
For some fool reason, this reminds me of someone.
Originalist Sin 0
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse plans to follow the money.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another child . . . .
(snip)
Investigators determined the victim’s 5-year-old brother found a loaded gun in a vehicle, deputies said in a news release. Authorities didn’t say who owned the gun.
Establishmentarians 0
At The Kansas City Star, a retired Army officer and self-described “life-long Republican” explains why he has become disenchanted with today’s Republican Party. Here’s the gist; follow the link for the bill of particulars.
(Broken link fixed.)
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch argues forcefully that the press coverage of the “race” for the Republican presidential nomination is missing–or willfully ignoring–what’s really at stake. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Facebook Frolics 0
Gadzooks! The gullibility!