Quote of the Day, Justice Edition

Andrew Branca:

It has been a striking consistency that prospective jurors who have seemed favorably disposed to Mr. Zimmerman seem to be startingly more informed those those who seem disposed against him.

The more folks learn about the case, the more likely they are to support Zimmerman.

Clarity

The same government officials who don’t trust schoolteachers with revolvers are giving Al Qaeda machine guns and rocket launchers.

It’s good to have clarity.

Overwatch

Fun with Headlines: 6-14-2013

Actual Headline: Kentucky Man Charged After Trying To Break Into Own Home Accurate Headline: Man arrested for being drunk and disorderly.

Actual Headline: Singer Cee Lo spurs complaints at Riverbend Accurate Headline: Officials who hire singer made famous by song titled “F&CK YOU” surprised by profanity in his show

Actual Headline: Memphis police suspend officer [...]

Quote of the Day

Allen G:

What’s scary about this is not it’s truth or falsehood (though it’s obviously orders of magnitude worse if it is true than if it is not), it’s that we read this and we can’t dismiss it out of hand.

The story he’s commenting on is one I’m not inclined to believe without [...]

The funniest news story I’ve read all week

Actual headline: Men dressed in clown masks rob man who admits drug dealing Accurate headline: Actually, the original headline is pretty accurate.

You gotta love a story that includes this line from investigators:

“We assembled a photo line-up of clown masks, and had the victim look at it, and he quickly identified the mask.”

[...]

So… the point of the bill was?

I’m sure everyone remembers the big fight that Tennessee had over allowing folks to keep guns in their cars even if the company bans firearms on their property.  The final bill basically said “yes, you can, as long as you’re a permit holder and no one sees you do it… oh, and you can still [...]

Fun with Headlines: 5-31-2013

Actual headline: Franklin grandma posts unique warning for speeding drivers Accurate headline: Local woman threatens to kill commuters

Actual headline: Metro Nashville tries to reduce school hopping Accurate headline: Metro schools still don’t understand how markets work, omit stats that make public schools look bad.

*BONUS* Current Headline: Mt. Juliet asks residents to watch, take [...]

Deal Alert

Dewalt tools on sale at Amazon.

I was a construction worker for a little bit after high school. I coveted the Dewalt 18v drill my employer issued me. Certain people may have a better formed opinion than me, seeing as my construction experience is limited to 8 months as a helper 15 years ago, but [...]

Found while unpacking from the recent move

January 1997: Death of the Internet!