We're the Only Ones Pole-Dancing Enough

The footage is shocking: A man lies screaming on the floor of a police station as officers sodomize him with a wooden pole.

Yeah, but come on--those are Egyptian "Only Ones."

That could never happen here.

Now Raise Your Right Hands...HIGHER!

This week, guns will be top of mind for many Athens middle schoolers.

For months, area students have been creating essays, raps and posters about guns, and this week, their efforts culminate with assemblies on the effects of guns and a pledge against gun violence.

See, you can't pray, because that might offend some student and make them feel singled out and embarrassed if they don't succumb to peer pressure and join in.

I'd be curious to hear how the pledge sounds in its original German...

We're the Only Ones in Fellowship with the Ring Enough

Montgomery police are investigating the weekend theft of an officer's department-issue weapon, and its possible connection to a robbery ring.

And look who took it: An Only Ones' Precioussss...

"But the System is Not Dead-on Accurate"

Sixteen cities across the country have installed ShotSpotter, a system of rooftop listening devices that triangulates the origin of gunshots and pinpoints, in seconds, the location on a map. This week, Boston introduces a plan to spend $1.5 million on the system...

But the system is not dead-on accurate, meaning police must be circumspect about how they use the new trove of data, warn civil liberty advocates. Data from ShotSpotter has not yet been challenged in court, and both the company and defense attorneys predict an eventual showdown.

That's why I'm waiting for someone to propose a new bill requiring all bullets be equipped with GPS transponders...along with mandatory shutoff switches on all firearms that the police can activate via radio signal from a safe distance, or maybe even deactivate them all by satellite signal in a time of emergency.

Hey, who could possibly be against that but someone up to no good?

We're the Только Ones Familicidal Enough

A Russian policeman used a gun and grenades against own family killing his wife and daughter before being shot dead by his son-in-law, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.

"Only Ones" is same in Mother Russia as everywhere, tovarisch!

What Do You Call a "Gun Death Study" Put Out by the Antis?

Junk science.

WoG discussed the "study" here, and wondered if it would hold up to scrutiny.

It doesn't. The critique this post title links to demonstrates how "outcomes of the statistical analyses were ignored in the speculative comments made in the conclusions."

How convenient. How predictable. How "scientific."

So naturally, the "authorized journalists" have tripped all over themselves to bamboozle their readership into accepting validity of the first paper, and ignored this one. I've tried several different search terms to find this new analysis in any "news" accounts--so far, without "luck," as if that should be necessary.

[Via Anonymous]

This Day in History: January 22

Famed Tory outlaw Claudius Smith meets his end on the gallows on this day in 1779 in Goshen, New York. In the wake of his death, Patriot civilians hope for relief from guerilla warfare in upstate New York.