Update: Shots for Tots

indecentspeech.

Posted to Politics on Fri May 17, 2013 at 11:02:28 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

The grandfather of 2 year old shot to death by her 5 year old brother is advocating for gun safety:

"You don't pick up the gun and use it as a toy. Because at 5 years-old that's what he was doing. He grabbed it up and played with it like it was a toy," says Robinson.

Robinson is a hunter, and he says people should exercise more caution when they have guns around children.

"When you get to the back door with a gun the best thing is to unload the gun. Never bring it in the house until you've completely checked it," he says.

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Oh Canada, this is why you'll never be cool

tjb.

Posted to Politics on Fri May 17, 2013 at 11:01:54 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

You always try so hard, but crack smoking mayors were so 23 years ago.   Maybe if your mayors banned big gulps or put a limit on coffee servings at Tim Hortons we'd let you hang with us, but in 2013 our mayors would only consider smoking crack for its irony and retro appeal.

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Should Research on Race and IQ Be Banned?

Ephraim Gadsby.

Posted to SciTech on Thu May 16, 2013 at 04:46:21 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

A "Scientific" American writer ponders this important question, and not so reluctantly concludes "yes".

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Nice to see you, old sport!

Ephraim Gadsby.

Posted to Etcetera on Wed May 15, 2013 at 08:13:21 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

Play The Great Gatsby videogame that was made for the NES.

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We heard Richard Nixon say, "I've gotta go but you can stay"

gerrymander.

Posted to Politics on Tue May 14, 2013 at 02:00:02 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

In 2009, the recently-sworn President Barack Obama joked over a basketball prediction failure, "I really thought this was much ado about nothing, but I do think we all learned an important lesson. I learned never again to pick another team over the Sun Devils in my NCAA brackets. . . . President [Michael] Crowe and the Board of Regents will soon learn all about being audited by the IRS."

Within a year, the IRS began to target Obama's political opponents for extensive audits. Using a phrase popularized by the Nixon administration, the IRS explains this as "mistakes were made".

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Transparent.

pO157.

Posted to Politics on Mon May 13, 2013 at 06:31:29 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

HHS has released a list of the top 100 medical procedures across the country, their cost at major facilities and what medicare actually pays out.

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ABACADABA! (Or sit next to Asian)

indecentspeech.

Posted to Legal on Mon May 13, 2013 at 06:31:02 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

In recent months there have been high profile cases of student cheating. At the nation's most prestigious university, Harvard, 60 students have been suspended for cheating on a take-home final exam for a class called "Government 1310: Introduction to Congress" (maybe they were practicing for political office). They were caught when a tutor noticed identical answers on multiple exams. On average about 17 students are suspended every year for academic dishonesty, this year is exceptional.

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GEORGIA'S RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL OUT OF CONTROL!

pO157.

Posted to Legal on Mon May 13, 2013 at 06:29:11 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

A local high school student was suspended for putting a police mug shot of his principal on that instagram thingy all the kids are doing these days. In the post in question he wondered if the offending picture had been taken after a DUI -- it had not. Principal Jamille Miller Brown apparently just doesn't believe in showing up in court for traffic tickets. Principal Jamille Miller Brown attempted to have the police arrest the student in question but they laughed at her so she was forced to suspend him for four days. Principal Jamille Miller Brown obviously did not learn of the Streisand Effect during her stay in jail.

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In White News (Part 2)

indecentspeech.

Posted to Legal on Thu May 02, 2013 at 01:29:44 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, authorities said.

The children's mother was home at the time of the shooting Tuesday afternoon but had stepped out to the front porch for a few minutes and "she heard the gun go off," Cumberland County Coroner Gary White said. He said the rifle was kept in a corner and the family didn't realize a bullet was left inside it.

White told the Lexington Herald-Leader the boy received the .22-caliber rifle as a gift.

"It's a Crickett," White said, referring to a company that specifically makes guns, clothes and books for children. "It's a little rifle for a kid. ... The little boy's used to shooting the little gun."

Isn't that cute... got it as a gift. I guess he gave his sister a nice gift too.

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Jones dead

Ephraim Gadsby.

Posted to Music on Fri Apr 26, 2013 at 02:20:38 PM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

Singer George Jones, age 81.

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Hacked Twitter Account, White house bombings, and DJI fall.

indecentspeech.

Posted to Business on Thu Apr 25, 2013 at 07:36:38 AM EST (promoted from Diaries by port1080). RSS.

I'll just leave this here: lolz.

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Clearing the Air

Gaius Petronius.

Posted to Legal on Mon Apr 22, 2013 at 08:42:51 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

So, now that a suspect is in custody and charged in the Boston Marathon Bombing, We can relax and try to figure everything out. Or not.

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