James Grimmelmann opines:
So if they catch the [Potomac] sniper – and we all hope that “if” is really a “when” – I would find it harder to make the claim that he should live than to make such a claim on behalf of an African-American teen convicted by an all-white jury on the testimony of unreliable police informant for a convenience-store robbery gone wrong. Much harder.
Written on October 22.
Blind? Can’t stand dogs? Get a mini horse. (Found at B3TA, to which in turn I was referred by Bruce Baugh.)
About a year and a half ago, Russell Whitaker took me out for some shooting sport, and afterward told everybody that I had made eight out of eight fairly tough shots with his new rifle and that he looked forward to further improvement. Someone naturally asked, what, next time he’ll hit nine out of eight? I naturally explained that I was looking around for MIRV bullets. Ha ha. Now James Rummel reports on multi-bullet cartridges. Learn something new every day!
Look, if you can’t hate slavery, torture and genocide, what are you allowed to hate these days?
Go read it.
Satur-evening at Walgreens I happened to see a photograph that had just been picked up: two women in Halloween costume as Frida Kahlo (with a brush) and her self-portrait (in a frame).
All the cool kids got this or something similar:
. . . .
If you are a Time Traveler I am going to need the following:
1. A modified mind warping Dimensional Warp Generator # 52 4350a series wrist watch with memory adapter.
2. Reliable carbon based, or silicon based time transducing capacitor.
. . . .
This is, I think, the third time-travel appeal I’ve seen in about two years; and the most concise. I’m still hoping that the gag will be explained someday.