Anders Behring Breivik's terrorist attacks in Norway are bringing out the idiots. For example, from the (more-or-less) right, there's Cheradenine Zakalwe at Islam Versus Europe in a post titled "Why the Left Shouldn't Gloat about Anders Breivik": Reading through Anders Behring Breivik's comments on the document.no website, it's clear that he was on the verge of giving up on … [Read more...] about Clowns Of the Left, Jokers Of the Right
More Pictures of Hotch
[Update: We renamed this cat "Beezle" (includes video of him playing).]I was going to blog about the President's speech, but look! Kitty pictures.Taking all these pictures of Hotch is proving to be more difficult than I expected. For one thing, the color balance is all over the place. The room is actually lit with incandescent light, which gives everything a warm glow, … [Read more...] about More Pictures of Hotch
TOS OMG
Remember Lori Drew? She's the woman who used MySpace to play a very unkind trick on a teenage girl named Megan Meier, who killed herself. Prosecutors in Missouri, where Drew and Meier both lived, didn't prosecute her for this, probably because saying mean things to little girls isn't a criminal act. That didn't stop grandstanding U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien from stepping … [Read more...] about TOS OMG
Never Rely on Prosecutors For Mercy
Defenders of Caylee's Law have been arguing in my comments and elsewhere that even though the rush to legislate will result in a poorly-written law, my fear that it will punish innocent parents and babysitters far more than it helps any child is unfounded, because prosecutors will use their discretion wisely and mercifully. In most cases, I'm sure they're right, but why rely on … [Read more...] about Never Rely on Prosecutors For Mercy
Maryland Revisited
I just drove through Maryland a few weeks ago, and now I'm back, this time on business. One of my on-again, off-again clients has a bit of work that I'm suited for, so I flew out here for a meeting. Yeah, that's right. I flew. For the first time in about 11 years. My lack of flying had nothing to do with 9/11. I've always disliked flying -- getting through the airport traffic, … [Read more...] about Maryland Revisited