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If there ever was an argument for the legalization of firearms, this would be it. Sorry, Canada, but all those restrictions you placed on handguns? Well, they don't make too much sense now, do they?
Man Decapitates fellow passenger on Canadian Greyhound bus, then eats flesh of dead victim.
People may think that now isn't the best time to raise that issue, but I happen to think this is the perfect time. Good, law-abiding people shouldn't have to worry about machete-wielding madmen. If one of these people on the bus was armed, this might not have happened. I can understand some people's hesitancy to embrace firearms, but if used for strictly self-defense purposes, they are legitimate. And they could have saved this young man's life.
UPDATE
Here is the victim of the attack, and here is the perpetrator.
Liveleak.com has a purported audio recording of the police chatter, if you're interested, but I don't know if it's legit or not. |
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Don't Speak,
by Eagles of Death Metal
Here's the cd version.
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I'm a lawyer, almost. Next Friday, I need to pass this annoying little exam known as the MPRE. I should have passed it the first few times I took it, but I was never able (for various reasons) to devote the necessary attention to it so I could pass it.
While I'm a rookie in regards to the law, I know enough about the legal field to understand that the behavior of some government attorneys at the Justice Department was disgraceful. Monica Goodling and her fellow members of the Hitler Youth were choosing for non-partisan jobs at the Justice Department based on their political leanings. Goodling was blatantly asking candidates, 'What is it about George W. Bush that makes you want to serve him?'
Are you kidding me? Lawyers at Justice are there to do the work of the American people by serving the Constitution, not George W. Bush. This little ferret apparently didn't know the difference. You have seen this time after time with the Bush Administration. They appoint people to government positions based on their political ideology instead of their ability and competence. They have little regard for the institutions and traditiion of American government, and simply ignores many of the safeguards that have been built into our Constitutional Republic.
Stop me if you've heard this one before: Christian Evangelical takes prominent role in federal government, thanks to the Bush Administration. Said individual then manages to completely ignore many of the rules and regulations of the job, to further their own sort of radical theocratic ideology. The result is a complete mess and a disgrace to the country.
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Mike Huckabee does not sleep.
He waits.
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Let's give it up to men and women of the USAF midair refuelers. I know that's not their actual title, but I want to give them props anyway.
This takes skill. Lots and lots of skill. And patience.
Nov. 18th, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
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| » Obama just locked up the Democratic Nomiation |
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I'm back!
This speech gives me goosebumps, just like the speech that I saw back in Chicago a few years ago. Wow. You can hear a little Bobby, Jack, and even Martin in the speech, especially at the end.
Nov. 12th, 2007 @ 05:44 pm
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Oct. 2nd, 2007 @ 05:41 pm
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| » The Daily Rock |
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Bullet the Blue Sky, by U2
Sep. 26th, 2007 @ 08:42 pm
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| » Steve Downie |
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Please pick up the white courtesy phone, because your days in the NHL are done. Or at least they should be. Mr. Downie laid out Dead McAmmond on a violent hit in last nights preseason game between the Flyers and Senators. This is one of the worst hits I've ever seen, and Downie needs to be kicked out of the league. At least for a while.
I hate this. It reduces this beautiful sport to thuggery on skates. The league needs to kill this, and kill it now.
Sep. 26th, 2007 @ 11:32 am
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Could be.
Right now, DirecTV is testing out it's new HD channels, which are set to roll out sometime by the end of the month. The company has fired up a few new satellites into space, and apparently the company has been testing them to prepare for the rollout.
What is quite intriguing is that the NHL Network is supposed to be one of the test channels. Now, I don't know if this is the SD channel, or even the HD one. But I'll take either.
As I write this, I'm watching one of the two D* test channels, number 9300. (Apparently 9301 was supposed to be the preliminary NHL Nets test channel.) Anyway, D*is certainly preparing for something, because I'm watching the NFL Network in HD at the moment. This, of course, is supposed to be one of the new channels. What is confusing however, is that a giant NHL logo is plastered in the lower right hand of the screen.
So either someone at D* is drunk and playing with the controls, or the company is just testing in preparation of releasing both channels soon. Maybe the engineers are busy preparing a bunch of new sports channels, and this overlay allows them to do two things at once.
Either way, it's exciting. I've waited for both the NFL and NHL networks for years (our friends to the north have had the latter for a while), and it looks like we are just about to get both of them.
In the immortal words of Vince Lombardi, 'What the hell is going on out there?!'
Sep. 25th, 2007 @ 10:37 pm
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My personal favorite.
Sep. 25th, 2007 @ 08:35 pm
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Official 90 second spot
Here's the John 117 Monument used in the commercial. Very cool, if you ask me.
Sep. 25th, 2007 @ 08:12 pm
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Sep. 25th, 2007 @ 05:45 pm
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Sep. 25th, 2007 @ 03:07 pm
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| » How I feel |
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Sums it up...
Sep. 24th, 2007 @ 03:39 pm
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| » Percocet is happy times. |
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So my arthroscopic surgery went well. I had a few tears on my miniscus, so something definitely had to be done to my knee to get it working again. I am now comfortable resting at home, with Mr. Percocet to help me out. I'm now getting around with the help of a cane (damn, I hate crutches). Unfortunately, Mr. Percocet taketh and giveth away. You see, Percocet makes you constipated. So, my pipes have been backed-up for a few days.
I am anticipating giving birth later this afternoon. Whoopee!!
Sep. 22nd, 2007 @ 11:42 am
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked for permission from the United States to visit Ground Zero up in New York. Mr. Ahmadinejad, a fundamentalist Shiite Muslim, wants to lay a wreath at what is modern-day Holy Ground in New York City while he's here in town at the United Nations.
Now, this is bound to strike up a whole bunch of indignation among many people tomorrow, much of it with good reason. I'm certain the talking heads will trip over themselves tomorrow to denounce Mr. Ahmadinejad. It should be quite a site to see.
Nevertheless, Mr. Ahmadinejad has no business visiting Ground Zero for a few reasons. First, while he may indeed feel sorry for the victims of 9/11 -- Iran was one of only 2 Middle Eastern countries that staged impromptu vigils for the victims right after 9/11 -- this act seems to be nothing more than a political stunt meant to embarrass the U.S.. Ground Zero is still one of the most sacred places in the country. 9/11 has been used and used by so many people over the years for various reasons that it's easy to sometimes forget that thousands died horribly there that day, as well as in Pennsylvania and Virginia. (Might I add that I get furious when people say that D.C. was hit on 9/11. No, Virginia was. Arlington was. It was Arlington Fire Department that led the rescue that day, not D.C.. Get it right.) So a narrow-minded, simplistic man such as Mr. Ahmadinejad has no business going there. You've got to figure that this guy is really impressed with himself. He actually thinks we would let him visit the site? How dumb does he think we are?
Second, he's the public head of a repressive Shiite theocracy. Yeah, I know, he doesn't lift a finger without the approval of this man, Supreme Pizza Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei does. But still. This presumes Mr. Ahmadinejad is there with the support and approval of the Supreme Leader. Some think the current President of Iran helped create the 'elite' Al Quds force. It may be possible that he had something to do with the lethal EFP's that are now killing many of our troops in Iraq. He's probably got the blood of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians on his hands. Now he wants to visit Ground Zero? I don't think so.
We're supposed to be fighting terrorism. Iran is one of the largest state sponsors in the world. Iran probably is helping add to the anarchy of Iraq. If the country stabilized and moderated, who knows? Maybe it would help quell much of the extremism in the reagion. But this won't be possible as long as guys like this, who call for the destruction of Israel, support terror groups, and work on nuclear weapons when they shouldn't, keep interfering.
If I'm a relative of one of the firefighters who died on 9/11, there is absolutely no way this man gets anywhere near the site. No, Mr. Ahmadinejad, you're not welcome at Ground Zero.
Sep. 19th, 2007 @ 10:38 pm
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It looks like our troops in Iraq won't be seeing as many of the MRAP vehicles as first though. The number of vehicles to be delivered to troops has been slashed by over half.
Defense officials say fewer than half of the new blast-resistant vehicles being built this year to give troops better protection from roadside bombs will be delivered to Iraq by year’s end. At least 1,500 will be in Iraq by Dec. 31, according to Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell. But the figure is less than half of the 3,900 an official previously said would be delivered.
It takes 35 days to get the MRAP from the factory to the front lines. I suppose that's somewhat fast, but the fact the troops still aren't getting enough of the vehicles is depressing.
Whatever MRAP's are produced, they are probably going to have to be version 2.0. And this is when the first version fo the truck has barely even made it over to Iraq!
The new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles will not provide protection against explosively-formed projectiles (EFP), the roadside bombs that fire a high-velocity metal slug. So contractors are already working on MRAP II, which will provide a much higher level of protection against this sort of attack. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's 'game over' for EFPs.
Insurgents may yet build bigger and better EFP's, but I hope our engineers can create something that stops these little bastards in their tracks.
Navistar has just been awarded $71.5 million dollars for this new batch of Marine MRAP's. Teh company needs to get on it and deliver these trucks, because our troops need them. Every day that goes by without the trucks puts some of our soldiers in mortal danger.
Sep. 19th, 2007 @ 10:11 am
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| » Hail to the Redskins.....no, really. |
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As I sit here just outside of Washington, D.C., I notice a few things. The sun shines a little brighter. The air is a little crisper. People walk with a bounce in their step. The reason? Because the Redskins won their Monday Night Match-up with the Iggles last night, 20-12.
A win such as this one is quite rare around these parts. The Skins had lost 9 out of their last 11 trips to Philadelphia. I lost count of the number of times the team ventured up I-95 with high hopes, only to return home a loser. It's great to see this team actually do well for a change, because the last 15 years have been utter disappointment.
I think Tony Kornheiser mentioned on last night's telecast that the Redskins have had only 2 playoff seasons since 1992. That's not bad. That's God-awful. 23 starting quarterbacks since the early 90's. A coaching carousel that would make anything Barnum and Bailey had pale in comparison. A noticeable lack of young talent(somewhat NSFW).
So, any time the Redskins can escape Philadelphia with a 'W' is a good day. Jason Campbell was a man last night. He has one heck of an arm, makes great decisions, and looked like a veteran back there. His TD pass to Chris Cooley was great last night. It was good to see Mr. Cooley catch the pass for a TD, since he had dropped 32 passes just before that.
I'm still troubled by the fact the Redskins seem to trade away all of their important draft picks for established players, but at least it worked last night. The team is 2-0 going into Sunday's crucial matchup against the 0-2 New York Giants. If the Skins can go to 3-0 and put their bitter division rival to 0-3, we may soon see the most rare of occurances here in the D.C. area- a Redskins playoff spot. If you think things are looking up aroudn here, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Sep. 18th, 2007 @ 09:56 am
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