"We tend to idealize tolerance, then wonder why we find ourselves infested with losers and nut cases. -- Patrick Nielsen Hayden "I have seen gross intolerance shown in support of tolerance." -- ColeridgeCue the music. The United Nations has proclaimed today, November 16, as the International Day of Tolerance. This came in the wake of the UN proclaimimg 1995 the International … [Read more...] about Blawg Review #238: Celebrating the International Day of Tolerance … and the NRA’s Birthday
Better Candidates Than Obama
Well, now that the Nobel Committee has decided that the major qualification of a peace prized laureate is being Not George Bush, I think there's a few folks worth considering, beyond those usually being mentioned. Hell, restricted this just to folks who, like Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter, have been President, we've got quite a few choices. I suggest the following … [Read more...] about Better Candidates Than Obama
Polanski Questions
About the only good thing I can think about in the whole Polanski fooforaw is that it gives folks who wouldn't otherwise have had one an easy opportunity to stake out a not particularly morally difficult or brave position against middle-aged guys raping young girls, and in favor of said assholes being given appropriate punishment for it. Miami lawyer Brian Tannebaum takes … [Read more...] about Polanski Questions
A Quick (Okay: Long) Look at the Machinery of the MCPPA…
... and a look back at how to solve the problem of the armed village idiot... There's folks who say (I'm one of them) that the MCPPA is one of the best carry permit laws in the country. They -- we -- have a point. Quick digression: I'm occasionally praised for being one of the folks who helped write the law. That's flattering, but it's not true; I've … [Read more...] about A Quick (Okay: Long) Look at the Machinery of the MCPPA…
The Village Idiot Position in Minnetonka is Filled [Updated]
[Update, 12/29/09: the village idiot himself weighs in; see the comments.] Here we go again . . . Near as I can figure out, Josh Hendrickson of Minnetonka MN, didn't have anything useful to do last Saturday, so he headed on down to the Obama Worship Seminar at the Target Center, where thousands and thousands of Minnesotans were assembling to hear Barack Obama explain that the … [Read more...] about The Village Idiot Position in Minnetonka is Filled [Updated]