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You know you're havinga bad cow day when...

Link: Tractor Tracks.

On a brighter note, S mentioned to me on the way home that she has decided, as a vegetarian, that all cows should die. She doesn't want to eat them, but she's in favor of everyone else doing it, and says she could possibly be paid enough money to eat beef now.

Your local vegetarian starts having carnivoristic thoughts. :)

How to stop Gun Violence

h/t Xavier Thoughts

'Gun-free' school zones?�-�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper

Link: 'Gun-free' school zones?�-�-�The Washington Times, America's Newspaper.

This raises a question. Do shooters consider schools "gun-free zones"? Do they consider it unlikely that any authority figure — whether teachers or, in some cases, security guards — poses an armed threat? But in some school shooting cases, guns helped to end shooting sprees and minimize loss of life and injury.

The primary fallacy in gun-control arguments seems to be that they believe criminals will obey the law.  Gun laws only restrict law-abiding citizens.  RTWT.

h/t Instapundit

 

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Airline news!

Link: Instapundit.com.

MADE IT HOME IN ONE PIECE: Today Delta got us everywhere on time, with no hassle.

Is it just me or is it a sad state of affairs when someone finds that getting where you wanted to go, when you wanted to go, reportable?

We grieve for your loss Chris

Link: Day by Day Cartoon by Chris Muir.

 

Just dumb enough to take the stupid test.

Am-I-Dumb.com - Intelligence Test

High school football player in hospital after freak accident

Link: High school football player in hospital after freak accident | LOCAL NEWS | Phoenix News| azfamily - KTVK| News for Phoenix, Arizona.

Chandler High School senior Dion Jordan is at Maricopa Medical Center's Burn Unit this morning after he was burned in a freak accident.

Jordan and his friends were using a vacuum cleaner on Saturday to siphon gas while working on a car when a spark from the vacuum cleaner caused a mini-explosion.

Freak accident??  How is this a freak accident?  Sounds more like a dumb-ass accident to me.

Gun control in Burma

Link: The Volokh Conspiracy - -.

A 1951 law bans possession of automatic weapons, grenades, and explosives with the intent to commit high treason. A rather narrowly-tailored law, at first glance.

However, the law states that the President can by decree add "any other arms or ammunition" to the banned list. And any person with a banned weapon is presumed guilty of intending to commit high treason, and required to prove his innocence:

What a fascinating piece of lawyering.  You can have weapons unless you intend to commit high treason, but if you have a weapon you're presumed guilty of intent to commit high treason.  So the very act of carrying a weapon makes it illegal to carry a weapon.  What a wonderful piece of circular logic.

Liam David Neylon 10/3/07 - a photoset on Flickr

Link: Liam David Neylon 10/3/07 - a photoset on Flickr.

My new grandson. :)