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- Reflections on “Thanksgiving” in Indian Country
- Cory Doctorow asks (and answers) “What Do We Want Copyright To Do?“
- Really fun article on Islam and modern music. “The security guards moved quickly to stop me, but he leaned back and grandly announced, “Oh, don’t worry. She’s worthy.””
- The Nation’s article on the TSA opened with six paragraphs of baseless smears against an innocent (and seemingly decent) guy who objected to a TSA search. Usually The Nation is better than that.
- Why don’t women just leave abusers? I didn’t know that’s what happened to the actress from Poltergeist. :-(
- “It’s been a generation since a major presidential candidate flamed out in truly awe-inspiring fashion, and many of today’s political observers are hoping that Palin can be their generation’s political Hindenburg.”
- Transgender Travelers and New TSA Policies
- Your Excuse Is Just As Scary As What We Originally Suspected Department: “A security guard at a St. Paul Planned Parenthood clinic called the cops last week after he spotted a Republican state lawmaker with a loaded gun in the parking lot. But the pol says he was only “checking on” his online girlfriend, who he thought may be on a date with another man.”
- Ladies! Stop assaulting us by dressing like slutty sluts
- Only when the last tree has been cut down; when the last river has been poisoned; when the last fish has been caught; only then will you find that money cannot be eaten. –allegedly a Native American proverb (I wonder if it really is or not?)
Did you know liberals are miserable? Don’t worry; conservative Dennis Prager will tell us what’s wrong with us.
My review of Hereville was cross-posted (with my permission) at Berfrois, a site I’d never heard of before — it is half a link-site, half a reprint site. Looks interesting. At least they have good taste in graphic novels to review, and the reviews of them to reprint. :)
#9 was pretty wild. Sounds like this guy is channeling sharia law with respect to women. Or should we just summarize it as “The Devil made me do it.”?
#6 – I’m really not hoping for a Sarah Palin run in 2012 – or any other year. She reminds me a lot of Sec. Hillary Clinton. People either love her or hate her, there’s few people who are neutral about her. I don’t think she’s electable, which is an argument people used against Clinton’s run, come to think about it.
I also don’t think she’d make a particularly good President, but based on the last election that doesn’t seem to be a big priority with the American electorate.
Why I’m happy I became a prostitute
Something in this woman’s essay reminded me a lot of RJN’s Korea Fragments. A quote:
Simple Truth, I’ve looked at a few hard-core porn sites on-line. I have to say I’ve always been a little surprised that forceful treatment of women is so prevalent. Who gets off on that? I don’t. I want to see a couple of people having a good time – or at least the illusion thereof.
I had brought this up before, but now we have our answer: Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) has declined to join the Congressional Black Caucus. Rep. Allen West (R-FL) has decided to join it.
The use of the word ‘infamous’ to refer to ex-Rep. Watts’ decision not to join the CBC seems odd. Usually ‘infamous’ is used to refer to notoriety attach ed to immoral or criminal behavior. That’s an odd attitude from the editor of this piece.
#8:
Hm. On the one hand, I’m trying to figure out what the legal basis for confiscating the man’s gun was. He had a legal right to carry it. He didn’t do anything with it except carry it in a holster – there’s no report of his having touched it other than when he surrendered it to the officer. He parked in the Planned Parenthood parking lot but apparently never approached the building or anyone leaving or entering it, walking down the alley away from the building instead. And at the time he was stopped he was back in his vehicle and had left without interacting with anyone. If you are legally carrying a gun but have otherwise done nothing with it, on what basis are you accountable to a police officer for justifying why you are carrying it?
I don’t fault the security guard, mind you. It’s Planned Parenthood. There are nuts out there. Someone shows up the parking lot with a gun and I can see where he would call the cops. But by the time the cops caught up with him he was gone from the area of the security guard’s concern.
OTOH, when a cop asks someone “Why are you carrying the gun” and he answers “I’m looking for a girl I’ve had an on-line relationship with because she might be seeing another man” then I understand why, at that point, the cop might decide that this loser sounds like trouble waiting to happen and suggest that he surrender his gun – although I’m still not sure how he can require the surrender. Perhaps there are terms in the Minnesota carry law that cover this. I wonder what would have happened if the legislator had answered, “Here’s my permit. Why I choose to exercise my rights under the law is none of your business.”?
Remember – the 2nd Amendment says that you have the right to keep and bear arms. Now that the Supreme Court has conceded that the 2nd Amendment actually means what it says expect some lawsuits attacking restrictions on carrying them. It’ll probably center in Chicago again. Daley passed a City Council ordinance that permits you to own a handgun and keep it in your house (after you jump through what are likely unconstitutional hoops). But you can’t leave your home with it. You literally can’t walk out of your house and into your garage carrying your gun without violating Chicago law.
My son, who lives in Chicago, had a bad experience with someone coming to his front door (which the offender had to climb over a locked fence to do) and pounding on it demanding to see his roommate, who was not home. Now he wants a gun. We had a bit of a talk about a) have you taken a look at Chicago law and b) think about what and how you’d use it – are you really ready to shoot someone? What would you do if you had answered the door with a gun in your hand and the guy at the door had lunged at it? Sure, most people would take one look at that gun, be intimidated, and shut up/bail out/be a lot more polite, but that’s not the full range of possible responses. So we’ll see how this goes.