May, 2019 archive
Misdirection Play 0
The Washington Post goes down the rabid hole.
Antidisestablishmentarians* 0
The Rude One points out the obvious that’s so obvious no one else I’ve seen or heard, including me, has noticed it.
The recent wave of abortion restrictions in states such as Alabama are prima facie establishment of religion (warning: rudeness at the link).
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*Look it up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness goes to the dogs.
“At which point, Mr. Collins did retrieve a handgun and pointed it at the victims and said, ‘I will take care of all you … right now’,” LCSO Inv. Sgt. Chris Bowen wrote in a report. “All parties involved said the gun was chrome or silver in color. … Prior to my arrival, officers discovered in a flower bed in front of the defendant’s residence a tan and silver air soft pistol.”
No one was shot, and the dog lover has been charged with multiple counts of assault.
Problem Solved 0
One of the essential skills in problem solving is differentiating between symptoms and causes.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a leg up on politeness.
Before the 9mm semi-automatic pistol could be secured, however, police said Villarreal shot himself in the leg.
The NRA will no doubt argue that, had the leg been armed, it could have defended itself.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
If It’s Not Not One Thing, It’s Not Not the Other Thing 0
In related news, Will Bunch makes a convincing case that the anti-abortion movement is rooted in America’s original sin.
Image via Job’s Anger.
Alabama Bound (at the Wrists and Ankles) 0
At Above the Law, Tyler Broker explores Alabama’s disregard for the rights of its citizens against the background its claim to respect a “right to life.” A snippet:
For example, if you have the stomach for horrific detail, read about the Alabama prison system where rape, murder, and suicide (not to mention exceptionally disproportional rates of incarceration by race) are regular occurrences due to Alabama’s gross unconstitutional negligence towards protecting life. Furthermore, if you are a woman in the Alabama prison system, it is not just the other inmates that you have to worry about sexually assaulting you, it is the prison guards you should fear more. Even if you think that prisoners deserve be treated this way and denied constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment, these are hardly the actions of a state with a “deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.”
Underqualified
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson’s cookie crumbles.
