2019 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Get a load of yet another “responsible gun owner.”
The man was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on Gadsden Highway. The driver of the vehicle pulled over in the Nationwide Insurance parking lot at the corner of Gadsden Highway and Rock Creek Circle and called 911.
Cart Blanked 0
A golf cart fights back.
The California Highway Patrol says a vendor parked the cart near the 16th hole at Pebble Beach and was walking away when a box fell onto the gas pedal, moving it forward as it circled at full speed.
Objectiveng to Science
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At the Bangor Daily News, Basav Sen of the Climate Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies outlines the Trump administration’s war on science. A snippet:
Last November, when a report by government scientists contradicted Trump’s position and showed that the United States will suffer devastating consequences from climate change, the president simply declared that reality was irrelevant. “I don’t believe it” was his response.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
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.
Rye Not? (Updated) 0
It appears that the local supermarkets, at least the three nearest us, no longer carry rye flour. They’ve added all kinds of other weird flours, but rye not.
I cannot bake rye bread without rye flour.
My letter-writing campaign starts today.
Addendum:
The count is now up to four supermarket chains.
Here is the format for my letter in case anyone is willing to join me in protesting this travesty; I vary the text as appropriate:
Dear [Vendor]:
I recently searched for rye flour at your store at [address] and was informed by a [staff member | manager on duty] that you [do not | no longer] carry rye flour.
I cannot bake rye bread without rye flour.
Please include rye flour in your offerings.
Immunity Impunity
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An update on the rule of lawless.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Police said their investigation determined the children had been playing with a loaded gun when it accidentally discharged, killing one and wounding the other.
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
Afterthought:
Since the recent mass shooting in my town, there has been a spate of letters about guns in my local rag, such as, for example.
It’s Bubblicious 0
As Brendan points out, it’s not just Fox News viewers who are living in a bubble.