When you try to save taxpayers’ money by tearing down the facilities supposed to care for those unable to care for themselves (particularly the mentally deficient or incompetent) and force them out on to the streets, that’s bad enough . . . but when you deny them the streets as well, what does that make… Continue reading Looks like San Diego has a compassion deficit
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H. L. Mencken in 1925 on gun control
Several readers sent me the link to this reprint of an article by H. L. Mencken in 1925, dealing with a contemporary gun control proposal. Here’s an excerpt. The new law that [The Nation advocates] … is one of the most absurd specimens of jackass legislation ever heard of, even in this paradise of legislative… Continue reading H. L. Mencken in 1925 on gun control
Heh
Courtesy of By Other Means: No ****, Sherlock! Peter
This one’s for Old NFO
Old NFO‘s daughter and grandson are visiting him at present. I sent him this picture this morning. He replied: “That’s [my grandson] in a nutshell!” I suspect it was him, too, in his younger years – to say nothing of yours truly . . . Peter
Not the best selfie ever
Several readers have e-mailed this picture to me, claiming that it’s the ‘best selfie ever’. Er . . . no, it isn’t. Check the reflection in his sunglasses. Photoshop, or something similar. Peter
Another funny April Fool advertisement
I had to laugh at Quilted Northern’s contribution to April Fool’s Day yesterday. It reminds me of Army toilet paper, which in my younger days was said to “take crap from nobody”! Peter
Uh . . . yeah, kinda like that!
Courtesy of The Lonely Libertarian: Peter
So much for wind power reducing air pollution
Uh-huh . . . Peter
The ‘Pearls Before Swine’ diet
I may have to try Stephan Pastis’ latest brainwave. Peter
NSFW facepalm
I snorted tea through my nose when I found this pictorial variation on a well-known song lyric over at By Other Means. It’s not safe for work, but it’s very funny! Click over there and enjoy it for yourself. (If you don’t know the original earworm song, try this video on YouTube.) Peter