October 8, 2017

If you insist upon leaving your garbage out, don't complain about the flies and maggots it attracts.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/us/charlottesville-torch-rally/index.html

Charlottesville mayor slams 'despicable visit' as another torch rally held

The city's mayor, Mike Signer had a blunt message for them: "Another despicable visit by neo-Nazi cowards. You're not welcome here! Go home!"

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On Saturday around 7:40 p.m., a group of about 40 to 50 people, including Spencer, gathered at Emancipation Park, where the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stands, Charlottesville police said.

October 4, 2017

Uh-oh! I'd hate to be this doctor...

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/las-vegas-strip-shooter-prescribed-anti-anxiety-drug-in-june/

Stephen Paddock, who killed at least 58 people and wounded hundreds more in Las Vegas on Sunday with high-powered rifles, was prescribed an anti-anxiety drug in June that can lead to aggressive behavior, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.

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Records from the Nevada Prescription Monitoring Program obtained Tuesday show Paddock was prescribed 50 10-milligram diazepam tablets by Henderson physician Dr. Steven Winkler on June 21.

Nothing can be done to Stephen Paddock, who's already dead, but someone has to pay, and it might turn out that this unlucky doctor has drawn the short straw.

EDIT: Obviously I don't personally believe that "someone has to pay", I'm just saying that it's the way people tend to look at it.

October 4, 2017

Note to gun advocates: "This is not the time" is not a compelling counter-argument.

When Marcia Clark, O. J. Simpson's prosecutor, tried to counter allegations that Mark Fuhrman planted evidence, she tried that empty argument on the jury and it failed miserably. It will always fail because it implies that it's all you've got. It's equivalent to saying "Uhh... let's not talk about that now" with an embarrassed expression on your face.

October 3, 2017

Chicago Tribune's John Kass slams Democrats for talking gun control, gets trounced in the comments.

It's another lame "this is not the time" argument, but the commenters are all over him.

Chicago Tribune:

The left swoops in on Las Vegas massacre