BANG! BANG!
mikethemadbiologist | July 6, 2011Or something. From The Boston Herald:
A purported firearms instructor for the National Rifle Association pulled a handgun on a pizza deliveryman and ordered him to, "Stay out of my neighborhood" after objecting to the frightened pie guy's driving style, Boston police said....
Robert Michael MacCormack, 32, of West Roxbury, whose occupation on his arrest report states "NRA instructor," is expected to be arraigned tomorrow in West Roxbury District Court on a charge of assault by means of a dangerous weapon.
You know all that gun safety crap the NRA always insists its involved in. Not so much…
mikethemadbiologist | January 22, 2011Whenever some right-wing associated nut shoots someone, we always hear it described as the actions of a 'lone wolf.' Well, if that's the case then them wolves have formed themselves a pack:
-- July 2008: A gunman named Jim David Adkisson, agitated at how "liberals" are "destroying America," walks into a Unitarian Church and opens fire, killing two churchgoers and wounding four others.
-- October 2008: Two neo-Nazis are arrested in Tennessee in a plot to murder dozens of African-Americans, culminating in the assassination of President Obama.
-- December 2008: A pair of "Patriot" movement…
mikethemadbiologist | July 2, 2010Like Atrios, DeLong, and The Krugman, I'm old enough to remember when nine to ten percent unemployment was not only an economic disaster, but also viewed as an ethical and societal one. With that, I first bring you some ethics by way of the Slacktivist:
I'm not an economist, but we've got five applicants for every single job opening. If you tell me that the best response to that situation is to lay off hundreds of thousands of teachers, I will not accept that this means that you're smarter and more expert than I am. I will instead conclude -- regardless of your prestige or position or years…
mikethemadbiologist | June 17, 2010Last week, I described how the pair of swans living on Boston's Public Garden's Lagoon* have a predilection for attacking ducklings. Last night, the swans were at it again. But last night, this took a very sinister turn: I think Juliet got a duckling. I could have counted wrong, but I think the Lagoon now has n - 1 ducklings. No idea if this was Juliet I or Juliet II (LESBIAN SWANZ!! AAAIIEEE!!).
Oh, the... avianity?!?
*Why the pond is called a lagoon when it is not a lagoon has always puzzled me.
mikethemadbiologist | August 25, 2009If you're wondering who Arthur Frommer is, he's the chief author of Frommer's Travel Guides, which can be found at virtually every U.S. bookstore. So when Frommer argues that people should reconsider visiting Arizona, that's not definitely good for Arizona's tourism sector. But Frommer's reasons are...interesting (italics mine):
I am not yet certain whether I would advocate a travel boycott by others of the state of Arizona... But I am shocked beyond measure by reports that earlier this week, nearly a dozen persons, including one with an assault rifle strapped about his shoulders and others…