February, 2013 archive
CBBT Scenes 0
The Bay was much choppier than usual Thursday. Here are a few scenes.
Virginia Beach seen from Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
In a Word 0
Contraception, n.: Something right-wingers need to take to avoid having so many misconceptions.
H/T Susan for giving me permission to post this.
An Assault of Misdirection Plays 3
Chauncey Devega highlights the strategy of the silliness over defining “assault rifle.”
Please do follow the link and read his entire post.
Enemies List 0
Josh Marshall:
The full list is at the link. You’ll be surprised at some of the persons and outfits on it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
That’s “polite.”
Not “bright.”
Eugene Police said that a 26-year-old man was in the Indras Internet Lounge restroom at around 3 p.m. when his holstered gun discharged and hit him in the thigh. Five people were in the business at the time of the shooting.
Misdirection Plays, Gun Nut Dept. 2
Michael Bader, at Psychology Today Blogs, skewers the gun lobby’s professed concern for mental health. A nugget:
Read the rest.
Taking Him at His Word 0
She listened to the sheriff:
A criminal complaint obtained by the Journal Sentinel indicated that 36-year-old Makisha Cooper had told police that she was following Clarke’s advice that “simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option.”
Misdirection Plays 0
The Commander Guy: using fear of the national debt as a scare tactic is nothing new.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
(snip)
The grandmother took the little girl to Providence Hospital in Everett, where she was examined. Her grandmother and hospital staff counted more than 36 marks on the little girl’s body.
The girl told detectives that Tedder became angry when she woke him up early, so he shot her with the pellet gun, according to documents filed in Snohomish County Superior Court.
The Internet Is a Public Place 0
The surprising part of this story is that they got fined.
More at the link.
Aside:
I’ve never heard of “Path.” It seems to be a phone thingee.
“Black” History Month 0
It’s not “black” history. It’s American history, as the Fayetteville Observer points out, after listing events scheduled in its area.
That fiction has survived too long already. It isn’t “the children” who are being protected.
The Cat’s Meow 3
Daniel Ruth on the killing machines:
Meanwhile, you know a duplicitous, grumpy Mr. Buttons is somewhere else in the house plotting your demise, quite possibly over the humiliation of being named Mr. Buttons.
Cats are the animal world’s equivalent of North Korea — distant, aloof, secretive and unpredictably dangerous.
It turns out that this was true all along.
Then there’s this.