- From the “Fifth Time’s the Trick” Department – A person wearing a uniform has been convicted of killing his ex-wife and her former mother-in-law at their home in Kentucky. The two main witnesses against him were the children that were in the home at the time of the murder. One of them remembered seeing him in the house with a gun that day, while another remembered hearing his voice shouting. This is Burke’s fifth trial. He had two mistrials and two hung juries before Kentucky prosecutors stepped aside and let the military justice system take over. I have mixed feelings about this one. From everything I’ve seen in the press and elsewhere, I’m convinced he did it. But if prosecutors are so incompetent that they give up after four tries and let another system of justice take over, it smacks of “prosecute until you find a favorable jury”.
- From the “Blind Squirrel” Department – TSA agents at the airport in Providence, Rhode Island, found a disassembled gun and ammunition stuffed inside plush toys recently. By my recollection, this may be the first time the TSA has found a gun that wasn’t forgotten in a purse or a range bag. So good for them for ending their 10+ year train-up to do the job we pay them for. There is one weird thing about the story though. The agents let the man and boy who tried to bring the toys through security continue after confiscating the guns. Don’t you think they’d want to hold onto a guy who took a gun apart, undid a seam on a doll, put the gun and some bullets inside the doll, then sewed it all back up before heading to the airport?
- From the “Mother May I?” Department – The state of Michigan has passed a law that allows concealed carry permit holders to also carry electric stun guns. Again, I have mixed feelings. Any step that puts more tools in the self-defense toolbag is a good one, but if you’re close enough to hit someone with a stun gun, they’re close enough to harm you. Could use of a less-lethal put you in less of a precarious position against a litigious attacker than putting a bullet in him? What do y’all think?
- From the “Personal Growth” Department – The makers of Enzyte, a ‘supplement’ that was marketed as a way for men to put a little more stackage in their package, have been ordered to pay a $24 million settlement to customers who are willing to admit they bought this particular brand of snake oil. Smiling Bob was not available for comment, although his Santa suit, NASCAR racecar, and teeth whitening apparatus have been spotted on eBay.
- From the “Steel Pot, Jock Strap, and Thin Coat of CLP” Department – Employees of some Chicago businesses are being advised to “dress down” during the NATO summit. This means not wearing suits, ties, or shirts with company logos. If this were anywhere but Chicago, I’d suggest a bad attitude tee-shirt, a pair of jungle boots, and a basic load of arms and ammunition. Since it’s Chicago, I suggest a Cubs baseball shirt, cleats, and a Louisville Slugger. One way or another, the workers of the world are going to have to fight their way to their place of employment so they can pay taxes that go toward feeding the Occupy crowd and their anarchist fellow travelers.
News Roundup
Posted by daddybear71 on May 9, 2012
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/ May 9, 2012Yeah, that last one pretty much sucks… AND they’ve told people that live near there to move out during the conference… So much for your home is YOUR castle in Chi-Town…
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DaddyBear
/ May 9, 2012Hope there isn’t any trouble, and if there is, I hope the residents aren’t prohibited from standing up for what’s theirs.
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Robert Hewes
/ May 10, 2012DB, it’s Chicago. Of COURSE they’re prohibited from standing up for what’s their’s!
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mrgarabaldi
/ May 9, 2012Hey DB, I ain’t on your blogroll. You are on mine and have been since the days of Blogger;) I enjoy your blog immensely. You are correct on the NATO summit, the occupy clowns will be protesting…just to protest. And it gets me that the unions support them. if I was still at Ford and I found out that my hard earned dues were supporting leftist freeloaders, I would be upset. I already made use of the *Beck* amendment. and that had gotten the union leadership annoyed at me. Other at my Assembly plant also used it. I have told the leadership that 50% of the rank and file don’t support their candidates and causes.
Bob
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DaddyBear
/ May 9, 2012Bob, I’d love to blogroll you. Please post a link to your blog. Google is taking me quite a few places and I want to get it right.
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mrgarabaldi
/ May 9, 2012Hi DB,
here it is
http://www.mydailykona.blogspot.com
Bob
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daddybear71
/ May 10, 2012Got you up there, Bob! I’m still copying over the old blogroll. Hope to have that done this evening or this weekend.
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Steve
/ May 10, 2012■”From the “Mother May I?” Department – The state of Michigan has passed a law that allows concealed carry permit holders to also carry electric stun guns”.
In this day and age I don’t think you can maintain a “safe” distance. The other day I went to a mall to visit a book store. There were about a dozen of those fellows that wear their hats backwards; milling around the entrance. The local mall cop was asking them to move on. I about faced and entered the mall at a different entry.
Once I got into the mall, I watched those same fellows through the book store window. (the book store was right next to the food court.) I didn’t see any of those fellows act as if they were “shopping”. My “oh sh*t” antenna was on full alert.
Now, I have to say if something happened in which I had to use deadly force…..it would have been a stupid choice. Too many innocents in the background. BUT, if I had a stun gun! At least a couple of ’em would have been screaming for mama before I went down!
Steve
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ZerCool
/ May 10, 2012I don’t have the link handy, but apparently further investigation on the gun parts in stuffed animals revealed that they were placed/planted there by the guy’s ex-wife. Seems they’re having a custody battle and she thought this would be a good way to get full custody. Or something like that.
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daddybear71
/ May 10, 2012Thanks Z. I did a quick search for more detail before I wrote that, but nothing more came up at the time. Having been through custody fights, that assertion doesn’t surprise me in the least. My ex had the temerity to accuse me of being a nice guy who smiles at old ladies when we were in court.
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ZerCool
/ May 10, 2012Had to find a link. 🙂 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/05/08/national/a163150D24.DTL
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daddybear71
/ May 10, 2012Appreciate it Z. The article says they kept him for 3 hours then let him continue on Tuesday. The original article made it sound like they let him explain and then continue through security.
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Robert Hewes
/ May 10, 2012Yeah, that’s what I heard as well. However, surely it took more than a few hours for them to prove that, right? But they let the guy back on the plane, basically by taking him at his word. Now, I’m no fan of the TSA jackboots, but if they actually FOUND SOMEONE WITH A GUN, then they should probably DETAIN HIM.
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