July, 2013 archive
All the News that Fits 0
Mark Washburn of the Charlotte Observer has unearthed the rules for local television news. What he found does not surprise.
A nugget:
If we send you to the coast for a hurricane, stand out in the storm while beseeching people to take shelter. Go find some civilians outside in the storm and remark on how they are foolishly risking their lives.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebration time.
Lt. Randy Horowitz said police believe the gunshot wound “was a result of someone shooting randomly into the air, likely from a distance, and not an intentional act.”
There is a doctoral dissertation in researching the correlation between gunnuttery and stupid.
Via my local rag.
Facebook Frolics 0
One man’s joke . . . .
At issue is whether a Facebook post of a photo taken inside a courtroom this year was a harmless joke or a damaging misrepresentation, according to the lawsuit and response, filed in Circuit Court this spring.
Frolicky details at the link.
“It’s a Jungle Out There” 0
Straub, 34, and her husband, Jonathan, were accused of disorderly conduct and harassment, after surveillance video surfaced allegedly implicating them in a scheme to hamper the sale of a neighbor’s home. The video shows someone tossing dead mice and snakes on a next-door-neighbor’s driveway. The video also showed tree branches being cut down and ‘For Sale’ signs being kicked down.
It’s quite a tony area where such hijinks at least used to be Just. Not. Done.
When I lived in Narberth three decades ago, I used to cross over into Merion to jog or bicycle and I distinctly remember Booth Lane. It’s an attractive area with streets that are wide, mostly flat, and relatively lightly traveled, except when the servants are funning errands for the lords and ladies of the manse.
The Fee Hand of the Market 0
Innovations in theft “financial products.”
News, Ripped from the Ticker: A Bridge Too Farce 0
More language than usual.
Mean Girls 0
You can’t make this stuff up, and, as John Romano points out, sometimes there’s more to it than you see at first glance.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Have a banging good time in Bangor on the Fourth.
Bangor police received a call at 8:30 a.m. for a report of a man firing shots at 47 Park St., said Bangor police Sgt. Paul Edwards after the man was in custody.
Raw Story reports that Bangor’s Fourth of July Parade had to be rerouted around the scene.
