2014 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Travel the highway of courtesy.
As they approached Bearss Avenue, Rosina changed to the outside lane, cutting off the Cadillac, troopers said. The Cadillac then tailgated him before the cars paralleled each other.
Rosina and the other driver yelled and exchanged obscene hand gestures, troopers said. Then, the Cadillac driver fired a gun.
Lost Cause 0
Sauce for the Duck 0
Tina Dupuy issues a challenge:
If you really believe in free speech, if you really think it’s in danger of being abridged, if you really believe it’s an absolute right of living in a free country—then stand up for liberals who say dumb things too. Rally for Alec Baldwin. How about the governor of Louisiana spend an afternoon tweeting support for Martin Bashir’s alleged right to a basic cable show. Get some Change.org petitions going. Get these people back on TV!
(Yeah. Not gonna happen.)
Everybody Must Get Fracked . . . 0
. . . but tell no one.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to yourself.
Police say the homeowner accidentally shot himself around 6 a.m. this morning.
Police say the homeowner thought someone was breaking into his home.
He went looking for who he thought was an intruder – when his gun accidentally went off.
Because packing heat keeps you safe . . . .
Via Juanita Jean, who has more news of the polite.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt (Updated) 0
Addendum:
Elsewhere, Bob Cesca looks at the big picture. A nugget:
Image via Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog.
An Officer and a Gentleman 0
The Navy resorts to “roving patrols” to reduce sexual assaults.
Your tax dollars at work.
Words fail me.
Fine for Me, Not for Thee 0
Colbert skewers David Brooks and Ruth Marcus for their self-righteous hypocrisy on marijuana. Listen carefully as he quotes their words, which embody the hypocrisy of privilege.
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It’s the Best Catch There Is 0
What Chauncey Devega said.
Right-wingers say mean, nasty, (and, unlike in this case) false and perfidious things all day, every day. Rather than apologize, they do it again, harder, harder. It’s how they roll.
Why settle for one standard, when you can have two?
Old Tea, New Bags 0
Mr. Feastingonroadkill explicates the blend.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
She was two months old.
Now, about those intelligence tests . . . .
Speaking of Vacuum Cleaners . . . 0
. . . the Zuckerborg has developed a new tactic for sucking–your personal information, that is. The “Donate” button:
“Towing the Line” 0
This sort of stuff is far more common than the media would lead one to believe.