(This is much funnier if you sing it to the tune of “Immigrant Song”.)
Also:
Guilty. But that was nearly two hours in, and we still had a whole bunch of Ulfråsen Fribergsgatu to go.
(Hattip: the great and good Pat Cadigan on the Twitter.)
Quote of the day.
January 20th, 2012Today’s Bell update.
January 20th, 2012Former police chief Michael Chavez gets a pension of $117,942, and got a worker’s compensation settlement of $140,000. Former police chief Andreas Probst gets $160,649 a year on top of his $250,000 worker’s compensation settlement. Former police chief Dennis Tavernelli gets $169,027 a year on top of his $395,667 worker’s compensation settlement.
And:
Question: if the city and the police chiefs knowingly violated state law in that fashion, could they be charged with tax evasion?
Pancho’s Mexican Buffet.
January 19th, 2012The thing I always liked best there were the sopaipillas.
(Wow. They’re still in business.)
But I digress. (Thanks to the Atomic Nerds for the pointer on that.)
Anyway, speaking of SOPA and PIPA, I’ve seen a lot of people today asking the musical question: “If you were opposed to the Citizen’s United decision, then why were you not also opposed to Google changing their logo to signify opposition to SOPA/PIPA?”
It tastes so sweet.
January 19th, 2012Terrell Owens has signed with Dallas.
Well, technically, Allen.
The Allen Wranglers, that is, of the Indoor Football League.
In the FARK thread on this, I suggested that the Wranglers should also seek out Tiki Barber. But I’m going to throw it open to you, good people; what other notorious team cancers can the Allen Wranglers sign? And if they sign enough of them, will the suburbs of Dallas collapse into a black hole?
A show of support.
January 19th, 2012Today is the first anniversary of l’affair TJIC.
“Brad in MA” apparently originated the idea of commemorating this date by going out on and purchasing something Second Amendment related, which we think is excellent. Our great and good friend Borepatch elaborated on this idea some more by suggesting folks patronize TJIC’s company, Smartflix, which rents learning DVDs. We also heartily endorse this idea; Smartflix has an amazing selection of firearms related DVDs for rent.
On this day, I encourage you to consider both options. As for myself, I’ve already set up a Smartflix account, specifically as a response to the illegal and unconstitutional actions of the Arlington, MA police, and look forward to a long and pleasant relationship with the company.
I also wanted to make passing note of this tweet by TJIC about the firing of Boston PD officer David Williams for beating a suspect. As the article notes, Williams was previously fired in 1998, and rehired after winning an appeal in 2005.
As it happens, I am currently reading Dick Lehr’s book The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston’s Racial Divide
I’m not far enough into The Fence to feel confident recommending it, but the story of Michael Cox is appalling and deserves to be better known.
It’s like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.
January 19th, 2012WCD did not go on strike yesterday because of SOPA and PIPA (though we did call our Congress slime and make our views known).
(By the way, we think the “Congress” app for Android is pretty spiffy.)
Basically, there just wasn’t much going on yesterday.
Today, we note the NYT‘s article on discussions of doing away with the leap second.
Also noteworthy: Penn State trustees discuss the decision to fire Paterno.
We have no joke here, we ust like saying “feral burros”.
Foodie things that bring a smile to my face.
January 17th, 2012- TJIC’s new site.
- The WikiTravel entry on Stavanger, Norway, which states “Stavanger is considered a great place for foodies, with a range of good restaurants”…and gives details on exactly two restaurants, one of which is vegetarian.
- The HouChron‘s report on the Houston branch of Uchi opening February 2nd “in the former Felix space in Montrose”, which promptly draws complaints from people in the comments that you can’t get good Mexican food in Houston any more.
Notes and updates.
January 17th, 2012Jim Caldwell fired from the Colts. 26-22 over three seasons, 2-14 this year. I don’t think there was anybody who didn’t expect this.
Moving right along, Harris County DA Pat Lykos did testify today before the grand jury investigating her office and the BAT vans.
This is another story where there’s really not much to add beyond the basic fact that she did testify, and apparently did answer questions (as opposed to pleading the Fifth). But we note it here as part of the ongoing story.
The Journalist’s Guide to Firearms Identification.
January 17th, 2012There was a bit of a kerfluffle last week. A group of “intruders with assault rifles” robbed a Walmart in the Houston area.
Television station KPRC reported that the assault rifles were AK-47s.
Today, the HouChron is reporting that they caught the alleged robbers. (Actually, the girlfriend of one of them turned them in.) And…
Yeah. Not so much.
(Hattip.)
Holy Cow. (Part 3)
January 17th, 2012Rumor has it that these run for $50,000, so we’re talking lottery territory here. Plus there’s the cost of feeding it .45-70 ammo.
As Sebastian notes, this isn’t technically a machine gun so NFA doesn’t apply. And it would be an awesome weapon for certain stages of Lovecraft action shooting.
(Hattip: The Firearm Blog, by way of Sebastian. I do love the comment there: “I think [Colt’s] marketing strategy is to put a monkey in charge.”)
Edited to add: I can’t directly link to the “Gatling” westerns on Amazon, but here’s the “Jack Slade
TMQ watch: January 17, 2012.
January 17th, 2012This was a bad weekend for WCD. The Saints lost. The Packers lost. Eli Manning won. The only bright spot for us was the Patriots winning, and at this point the best we feel like we can hope for is a New England – San Francisco Super Bowl. And now we have to write this week’s TMQ Watch and see what Greggles has to say. Perhaps there will be photos of pleasant looking cheerleaders to relieve our burden.
After the jump…
How about those Texans?
January 17th, 2012This is to document that Lawrence has bet me $5 even money that the Texans will finish better than 8-8 next season.
Declaration of policy.
January 16th, 2012This does not apply to most of you. However, this blog has a new policy:
We will no longer put ourselves in a position to lose more than $5 to Lawrence on any single bet.
DEFCON 19 update.
January 16th, 2012I have not been able to watch it yet (Vimeo is blocked at work) but video of Deviant Ollam’s “Safe to Armed in Seconds: A Study of Epic Fails of Popular Gun Safes” presentation from DEFCON 19 is up.
Quote(s) of the day.
January 16th, 2012I find it hard to choose between these two:
from Walter Olson on the always amazing Overlawyered site, and:
from Tam over at her place.
My inability to decide is your gain!