Lucas did, however, have one definitive answer: Barack Obama would most certainly be a Jedi. “I would say that’s reasonably obvious,” he said.
The idea of sending an idol of Hanuman dawned on him after friends in the United States mentioned a “prominent American politician who carried a miniature Hanuman idol in his pocket for luck,” Mr. Bhama said speaking on the first day of the ceremony on Tuesday.That's our Lightworker!
100-square-miles...680,000 residents...80 and 150 gunfire incidents...60 to 80 percent...thirty-five percent...221% more gunfire incidents than reported by citizens...two minutes and fifteen seconds faster...700,000 citizens protected...Series D equity funding totaling $7.5 million...deployed in 30 cities...
Pushed hard by skeptical writers in the audience, Schoenke declined to say how many members AHSA had, but said that more than a thousand members paid membership dues in the past year.But...but...but it was just mid-May when Annette John-Hall told us:
Vernick's opinion is shared by the 25,000 members of the American Hunters and Shooters Association, a new organization created to bring reason back to the gun issue.And her source was none other than that font of veracity, Judas Bob!
A Queens dad trying to beat the heat at Rockaway Beach was arrested and hauled off in handcuffs - while his family and friends looked on - for wading ankle-deep, into the water.
Let me get this straight--it wasn't safe because all the Aqua Teen "Only Ones" were still in school?
But...but...what could "authorities" have done?
Oh, gee, I don't know...
If only average people were competent enough to wade. Thank goodness we have water control laws, and public servants to enforce them! And if you and I can't be trusted with the substance that covers 2/3 of the planet's surface, wouldn't it be insane to let us get our hands on guns?
Just remember: They hate us because we're free!
I wonder what the cops would have done if a fed up citizen, sick and tired of all the stupid rules and being told what to do, had waded in and joined the man, followed by another and then another...?
That could be an interesting metaphor. I wonder who would be the ones to find themselves up to their necks in it, and ultimately in over their heads?
Spanish parliament to extend rights to apes...Well, then, there's no real reason why we shouldn't be seeing this:
Schwarzenegger Banned from Local Cigar Shop
Obama Moves To Reintroduce Himself to VotersPlease allow me to introduce myself
Jurors heard wiretaps of McGee, including one where he called himself “Thug Mike.”Welcome to the Third World kleptocracy of Milwaukee, which runs itself pretty much like Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Mogadishu...
Milwaukee police officers participating in a privately funded anti-crime program targeting part of the city's south side began conducting additional foot and bike patrols today, according to a news release from Ald. Bob Donovan."Operation Impact." Apt name for a protection racket that basically tells business owners they haven't been paying enough.
District 6 police officers will volunteer to patrol one of five zones within the target area, ideally on foot or a bicycle, and will be paid overtime for doing so with funds donated to Operation Impact by Milwaukee businesses and foundations, Donovan said while unveiling the program earlier this month.
“All the horror stories I thought would come to pass didn't happen.”
A nice compilation of quotes from people in law enforcement who came to accept reality...
[Overwhelmed lately--if I owe someone a tip credit, I apologize]
At the close of Wednesday’s public session, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., announced that the Court will issue all remaining decisions for the Term at 10 a.m. Thursday. The test case on whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a gun is among those remaining (District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290).All I can guess at is they're wrangling over scrutiny level...
An American pastor walked free Tuesday after spending almost five months in a Russian jail for bringing hunting-rifle ammunition into the country.No, not quite free.
The private military company Blackwater has found an unusual way to skirt federal laws that prohibit private parties from buying automatic weapons. Blackwater bought 17 Romanian AK-47s and 17 Bushmasters, gave ownership of the guns to the Camden County sheriff and keeps most of the guns at Blackwater's armory in Moyock.Hey, at least they fully wrote out "Yes" and "No" on the transfer documents, so there was nothing "willful" about this.
A Stark county grand jury has found no probable cause that county deputies committed any criminal wrongdoing while arresting Hope Steffey.Yeah, really.
As many as 7 male and female deputies forcibly removed Steffey's clothes inside a Stark County jail cell and left her completely naked for 6 hours.
A federal jury in Boston today awarded $150,000 to an assistant US marshal after concluding that Anthony Dichio, the former marshal for Massachusetts, retaliated against her at work because she filed a sex discrimination complaint against him.I know what it's like to have a US marshal retaliate against you, sweetie, but I never thought of the sex angle, even though it felt like an attempted rape.
US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan recused his office, praised the jurors as "conscientious" but declined to comment further.Aw, c'mon, Mikeus Maximus. Won't you at least tell us if it was a "willful violation"?
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Wednesday approved in second and third readings a broad version of the "Shai Dromi Bill," which absolves from criminal responsibility anyone who kills or injures an intruder in his home, business or farm.Cycjec writes:
[A]nd we'll fight them with slingshots...because we don't have anything else, as Winston Churchill didn't remark after the beach speech. Israel does not have a real 2nd Amendment, one needs a permit even for privately owned weapons (Haven't located a recent English language cite for this online.)Microbalrog gives us further analysis of what this does and doesn't mean.
Earlier reports in e.g. the Jerusalem Post noted "police opposition. Israel has *never* had police departments as once understood(delegation without surrender of one's right of self defense,maintained and supported at the local level. Think back to the ancient "Support Your Local Police" campaigns, if you can remember that. I did see one such placard in NYC as late as the 1980s)
It has a unitary force commanded by IIRC the national government,and as such is susceptible to that government's politics and policies. It needs only to be said that recent "actions" at e.g. Amona by the "Yassamniks" as they are now popularly called was just like current "LEO" actions at NOLA (if not somewhat worse)
"He had credentials. He had a badge. He had a phone number to call for verification," said Gerald Mayor Otis Schulte. "I don't know what else we could have done."Oh, gee, I don't know, Otis. Not being a highly qualified "Only One," I can only hazard a guess.
