“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Drive with courtesy.
A one-year-old boy has been shot and wounded in what Houston police believe was a road rage attack.
Detectives believe the attacker fired two shots after flying into a violent rage when he was cut off near a Southwest Freeway gas station yesterday afternoon.
The suspect apparently produced a handgun when the 18-month-old child’s father, who has hearing problems, got out of his car to apologize for cutting him off.
“The Exoneration Tour” 0
David discusses the Mueller Report and William Barr’s craven crusade of cover-up with a former prosecutor.
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
Paul Krugman argues that it’s a Republican strategy.
Just the Vaxx, Ma’am 0
Meanwhile, Dick Polman marvels at Republican pols’ willingness to serve the anti-vaxx Kool-Aid.
Mulling Mueller 0
Shawn Mullen goes Barr-hopping.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
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Maj. Joe Leibold of the Waterloo Police Department told ABC News they are looking into the possibility that an illegal hunter fired the fatal shot.
“It’s a state park out that way. … There’s islands out that way. We’ve been made aware that some illegal hunting may have been taking place on a couple of those locations,” Leibold said.
“Responsible gun owner” is an oymoron.
Sound Track 0
Vice President Pence visited the USS Harry S Truman and stupidity presaged his arrival.
According to the report, the Chief has gone from salt water to hot water.
“Phubbed”* 0
Martin Graff explores why some persons fall into their “smart” phones and ignore the world (and the people) around them.
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*”Phone Snubbed“
None Dare Call It Terrorism . . . 0
. . . even though it is.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to our animal friends.
An 18-year-old Mississippi man has been charged with killing two pet pigs.
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The case began with reports from a county resident and her son who said that on Feb. 25 of this year, they found one of their tame boar hogs with a gunshot to its head inside its pen.
At the time, there was little information to go on, Ogden said. However, on Wednesday of last week, after hearing a gunshot in the area the owners found that their second boar hog had been shot.
QOTD 0
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach:
Nowadays people are born to find fault. When they look at Achilles, they see only his heel.
