Expanding the Lexicon

AP's Yost Ignores Fri. Fast and Furious Doc Dump... [More]

Hell, why not? According to them, the whole damn story hardly qualifies as news.

Maybe Mike and I need to start referring to ourselves as "undocumented journalists"--you know, we're doing the jobs the "Authorized" ones won't do...

And maybe we ought to start using a new word:

yōst: transitive verb
a : to intentionally ignore a story that conflicts with a media outlet's political agenda.

b: to manipulate basic story elements to provoke a conclusion in readers that supports a media outlet's political agenda.

c: to clog a closet bend underneath a toilet. Also see yost (noun)--the material cause of the clog itself, as in "Who wrote this yost?" and in verb/gerund form: "He was straining while yosting and ruptured a blood vessel in his eye."

[Via Michael G]

We're the Only Ones Upset Enough

The Portland police union lashed out Wednesday against a city commissioner for his recommendation that two officers be suspended without pay in the death of a mentally ill man. [More]

Yeah, I mean, WTF?

Isn't being able to get away with that one of the perks of being an "Only One"?

What the hell kind of politically-motivated witch hunt is this?

You can see them in happier times posing with their trophy here...uh, oops, I mean, here...

[Via Jeffersonian and Michael B]

Another Three Bite the Dust

The group dismissed its longtime outside counsel Charles Cooper, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source also confirmed to CNN that Michael Volkov, another outside counsel, resigned Thursday as did an in-house lawyer. [More]

"[B]ack alleys of greed, lies and betrayal"?

Be interesting to hear their side under oath.

[Via DDS]

Less is Moore

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Is the exploding ammo anything like heat-seeking bullets that cook a deer when you shoot it? Has Michael done anything to go after Russia and China for the 7.62 X 39 round?

And "...WE used in Vietnam..."? Is that a royal "we"? What is he, the Queen? Alternatively, was he shirtless, like in "Rambo"?

Point of order: NRA never did report back on my filing to expel him, which is a violation of the Bylaws.

[Via Keith B]