Eengstro on June 27th, 2009

This week Americans should be mourning the ordinary men and women who have given their lives for their freedom on the streets of Tehran, not some washed-up celebrity child molester.

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Eengstro on February 26th, 2009

It didn’t take long for the new administration to start pushing more gun control. This time, they are trying to blame scary “assault weapons” for the violence we’ve seen in Mexico:

Mexican government officials have complained that the availability of sophisticated guns from the United States have emboldened drug traffickers to fight over access routes into [...]

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Eengstro on June 30th, 2008

Anti-Obama blogs locked on Blogger:

I spoke to several of the bloggers who had accounts locked and every single one was convinced that it was Obama supporters who had flagged the blogs in some kind of concerted effort to silence them. But when I asked for specific evidence of this, most simply pointed out that only [...]

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Eengstro on June 8th, 2008

This AP headline just pisses me off:

War bill helps Iraqis, may ignore Katrina victims
NEW ORLEANS – A long way from Iraq and the war debate in Washington, Herman Moore sat outside a tent in a downtown New Orleans homeless camp, trying to make sense of a proposal that helps Iraqi war refugees but will likely [...]

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Eengstro on May 5th, 2008

I stopped by the local BMW dealer to take a look at the new 1 Series yesterday. (Yes, I fit! I don’t think I can bring myself to pay $35k for one though.) I was also curious about any certified pre-owned E46s on the lot (since that’s about the only BMW I’d actually buy at [...]

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Eengstro on April 30th, 2008

Ben Stein on science:

Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [i.e. biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to [...]

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Eengstro on April 28th, 2008

Now, Rev. Wright says that criticism is an attack on the “black church”. From all the vile spewage we’ve seen from him, I’d say that criticism is roundly deserved. Being black doesn’t excuse stupid, racist garbage.
But then, what do I know? I’m just an Typical White Person.

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Eengstro on March 24th, 2008

I spotted this story today:

DENVER – A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal program to arm pilots was fired, authorities said Monday.
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The “accidental discharge” Saturday aboard [...]

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Eengstro on March 11th, 2008

Do I really need to say this? No I don’t, but I just can’t help myself: If you’ve prosecuted and jailed prostitutes as Attorney General, it’s probably not the brightest idea to patronize them.

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Eengstro on February 28th, 2008

Out of North Carolina comes this example of extreme stupidity:

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Elizabeth City State University is offering counseling to faculty and students after some became unknowing participants in an emergency response drill.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported in Wednesday’s editions that an armed man burst into a classroom Friday, threatening [...]

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