“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness takes practice.
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While the gun was initially unloaded during their practice, they later reloaded the gun and failed to unload it before once again practicing the techniques, the news release said.
And, from the “This Surprises You How?” Dept. . . . . 0
Shaun Mullen highlights a disturbing pattern.
Facebook Frolics 0
I am beginning to think that there is nothing more routinely an pettily anti-social than “social” media.
“Take ’em Up on It” 0
Shannon Green offers a “can’t fail” strategy for promoting sane gun laws.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Treasure those polite fuelings . . . .
The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. when the man dropped his gun, shooting himself in the chest.
Afterthought:
Was he playing quick draw with the gas pump or what?
How Stuff Works, Know the Scoring Dept. 0
I stumbled over an enlightening column about how credit scores work.
I commend it to your attention.
QOTD 0
Willard Huntington Wright, under the pseudonym of S. S. van Dine, in the voice of Philo Vance:
Logic is the most perfect artificial means of arriving at a false conclusion.
van Dine, S. S., The Garden Murder Case, in a double volume
with The Kidnap Murder Case, (London: Leonaur, 2010), p. 62.
And Now for a Change of Pace 0
We were lucky enough to see her perform with the VSO recently.
The Pusher Men 0
The Sacklers want to keep their sacks.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues apace, or is that “a piece.”
A member of the hunting party reportedly rested a shotgun on a bush to tend to a dog, when the gun fell over and went off.
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.