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July, 2013 archive

A Picture Is Worth 0

Republicans vow to replace Obama-Care with ELEPH-I CARE.  Image:  Elephant in doctor's coat smoking cigaret, holding chart entitled


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QOTD 0

Gail Sheehy:

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough.

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Tempus Keeps Fugiting 0

20 vs 30 – watch more funny videos

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Scheming Media 0

George Smith offers more tech tips:

Don’t watch Net TV on original content server websites of mega-corporations. They drip with what would have been considered malicious programming ten years ago.

Learn why at the link.

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The Regent Takes a Dip in the Pool 0

Blistering.

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Don’t Parade on That Rain 0

(Link fixed.)

The Orlando Sentinel reports (emphasis added), with a refreshing breath of candor:

If you’re one of many drivers who has switched on your car’s hazard lights while negotiating heavy rain, guess what: You’ve broken the law.

But it’s not too likely you’re going to get a ticket for it.

Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Mark Wysocky said the law is probably not very frequently enforced, noting that both the officer and driver would get “soaked” if a citation was issued in the pouring rain.

Drivers’ flashing four-ways when there is no good reason irritates the heck out of me.

(The rationale for the law is to keep drivers from confusing ordinary vehicles with police cars and ambulances.)

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

More politeness for the children.

Wilmington police say a 5-year-old girl has been shot outside her home.

(snip)

He (Cpl. Mark Ivey–ed.) says the girl was standing outside her home when she was shot in the right leg.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Be polite to the children.

The Oakland Tribune (http://bit.ly/15OQ8w6 ) says the Oakland girl was on a sleepover with a friend inside the apartment when a man opened fire on the building shortly before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. She died at a hospital.

The shooting also wounded a 4-year-old boy, his 7-year-old sister and their 64-year-old grandmother. They’re hospitalized in stable condition Thursday and are expected to recover.

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The Entitlement Society 0

Below the fold because it autoplays.

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Cooch and the Cuckoos’ New Act 0

Read the review of their latest release, Bedroom Eyes.

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QOTD 0

Charles Reade:

Well, every one for himself, and Providence for us all–as the elephant said when he danced among the chickens.

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Meta: New RSS Feed in the Sidebar 0

Over there, on the right, where well-behaved sidebars belong. ——->

Visit the site.

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The Talk 0

The Talk:  For white Americans, birds and bees.  For African-American, danger from law enforcement and lack of justice.

Via BartCop.

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Everybody Must Get Fracked, Gasland Dept. 0

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Twits on Twitter 0

All-Star twits.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Party politely.

St. Louis Homicide detectives report just before midnight the men were driving on Chestnut on the north side of Kiener Plaza when one of the men in the car dumped beer inside the vehicle, sparking an argument.

Another man in in the car upset over the spill then got into an argument with the man who dumped the drink. That man got a gun and fired several shots at the victim, striking him repeatedly in the chest. The 29 year old victim was dead at the scene.

If Spuds MacKenzie had had a gun, this no doubt would not have happened.

Via the Sacramento Bee.

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Both Sides Not 0

Tweet:  No one ever justifies the killing of a white person by saying white people kill each other too.

Via Contradict Me.

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Droning On in Florida 0

A United States military drone presumed to be a QF-4 crashed, exploded and sent up a large black cloud of smoke Wednesday morning at Tyndall Air Force Base. Following the accident, the UAV reportedly went up in flames and started a ground fire, prompting authorities to close nearby Highway 98. They’ve reported no injuries.

The item doesn’t answer the overriding question in the public mind:

    In Florida, huh! How long had the left blinker been on?

Video of smoke at a distance at the link.

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Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0

A little better, but still in the same ballpark:

Jobless claims dropped by 24,000 to 334,000 in the week ended July 13, the fewest since early May, from a revised 358,000 the prior period, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington.

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The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, fell to 346,000 last week from 351,250.

The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits climbed by 91,000 to 3.11 million in the week ended July 6, the most in five months. That caused the unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits to rise to 2.4 percent, the highest since early April, from 2.3 percent.

Bloomberg’s “experts” once again–oh, never mind, wish I could get a job where always being wrong is okay.

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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0

Practice, politely.

. . . the offending customer was firing a Smith & Wesson pistol that was “rather new” to him in a neighboring lane at Wade’s range. As the man raised his arms to shoot, the other customer accidentally fired through the foam lane divider.

The 9 mm bullet struck the man in the right arm, powered through it, then tore through his left arm as well, leaving him seriously injured, according to the lawsuit.

Yes, it does say “foam lane divider.”

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