From Pine View Farm

January, 2013 archive

Gun Nut Paradise Approacheth Apace 0

It’s not even slowing down, is it?

Three people were injured after gunfire erupted at Lone Star College North Harris campus on Tuesday afternoon.

The shooting happened about 12:20 p.m. at the campus at 2700 W. W. Thorne, near Aldine Westfield, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

At least two of the victims were wounded in the shooting and rushed to Ben Taub General Hospital. One of them was critically wounded. Details about the other person’s wound and condition were not released.

Via the Daily Banter.

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Endless War 2

A continuing production:

Thus, the first 100 US military “advisers” are being sent to Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Togo and Ghana – the six member-nations of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that will compose an African army tasked (by the United Nations) to reconquer (invade?) the parts of Mali under the Islamist sway of AQIM, its splinter group MUJAO and the Ansar ed-Dine militia. This African mini-army, of course, is paid for by the West.

Students of the Vietnam War will be the first to note that sending “advisers” was the first step of the subsequent quagmire. And on a definitely un-Pentagonese ironic aside, the US over these past few years did train Malian troops. A lot of them duly deserted.

It’s the martial version of “firings will continue until morale improves.”

Read the rest at Asia Times.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Zandar zones in on the WATB factor in gunnuttery:

It’s funny how in the blink of an eye, law-and-order minded wingers have gone from screaming about the need for mandatory sentencing, three strikes laws, and giving prosecutors the power to actually deal with those who break the law, to, now that firearm legislation is the question of the day, yelling that America’s various district attorneys and prosecutors are power-hungry pocket dictators.

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Character Conundrum 0

How can you sue for defamation of character when, by all indications, you don’t have any?

(Please follow the link; it’s Daniel Ruth at his best.)

Aside:

These are the folks who couldn’t make the cut for Fox.

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Drinking Liberally Special Norfolk Restaurant Week Event 0

January is a great time for locals in Hampton Roads because it means Restaurant Weeks are coming! This is our chance to check out new restaurants and menus we might not have tried before!

When: Thursday, January 24, 2013

Where:
Freemason Abbey Restaurant & Tavern
209 W. Freemason Street
Norfolk, Va. (map)

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Twits on Twitter 0

Some of whom will, no doubt, shortly be meeting strong, silent folks in dark suits.

Via PoliticalProf.

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Commercial Appeal 0

I realized, as I was shaving this morning, that I haven’t seen a commercial for shaving foam in a long time, or, for that matter, one for razors or blades.

Shaving foam and razors used to be regular ads during sporting events. If my recent foray into the football playoffs is any indication, the sponsors all seem to be car companies, breweries, and pizza joints.

Kids these days don’t know the facts of Shicks.

Perhaps that explains why a three-day stubble, or, as I fondly call it, the Yasser Arafat look, seems to be all the rage amongst the smart set.

Grab a six, get in your car, and hightail it to the pizza joint. What can possibly go wrong?

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Everybody Must Get Fracked 0

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QOTD 0

Helmuth von Moltke:

No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy.

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Skulk-duggery 0

There is no honor amongst thieves. Or amongst the Virginia Republican Party.

My local rag’s news story here.

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Projectile Propaganda 0

Tom Tomorrow skewers gun nuts

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All the News that (Gives You) Fits 0

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Facebook Frolics 0

The Reader’s Digest version. A sample:

1. Want to know how much Facebook knows about you?

Go to Account Settings in the Home menu and click “Download a copy of your Facebook data.”

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Projectile Projections 0

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Celebrations 0

I understand that something important is happening today. And yesterday.

The election’s signed and sealed. Now the politics continue.

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Droning On, Creating Enemies 0

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Republican Outreach 0

Via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.

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Have Cake, Eat It Too 0

David Brooks edition.

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QOTD 0

Lewis B. Hershey:

A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does.

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The Lost Cause 0

The Commander Guy has another post to remind us just what cause was lost.

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