Dumbass Bullshit
Shannon Faulkner; Stolen Collegiate Valor
Shannon Faulkner spent two years in a legal battle with The Citadel. She joined the Corps of Cadets on August 15, 1995 accompanied by US Marshals and the media after the US Supreme Court ruled that Virginia Military Institute had to accept women in their ranks or forfeit US tax dollars. Faulkner clearly wasn’t prepared […]
Dumbassery
In Houston, Texas, yesterday, Daniel Barber was at a party where he found a bullet proof vest, which, of course, he put on. According to news reports, he then told his friend Jason Allen Griffin, 39, to shoot him. Of course, Griffin complied. Well, Barber is now dead, despite Griffin’s attempt to reverse the “shoot […]
4th Circuit upholds removal of Peace Cross
In an 8-6 vote, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals voted to uphold the lower courts’ decisions for the removal of the Peace Cross in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Originally, the cross was bought with private funds and placed on private land, but the State took possession of it as urban Maryland expanded. From SFGate; […]
67 shots fired in 15 seconds
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Fox News reports that seven San Francisco police officers fired 65 rounds at homicide suspect Joel Armstrong who was inside an RV at a homeless encampment. Armstrong fired back twice and no one was injured in the massive exchange of gunfire. The San Francisco Police Department said the shooting […]
Manning garners little support in Maryland Senate race
Chief Tango sends us a link to WTOP which reports that the convicted spy formerly known as Bradley Manning is way behind Ben Cardin, the incumbent Senator’s seat Manning covets. The Goucher College poll has Cardin with a 61-17 lead over Manning if the race were held today. “Ben Cardin is a really popular, long-term […]
Anthony Swofford: I Was a Marine. I Don’t Want a Gun in My Classroom.
Yesterday, I wrote a bit about veterans rushing to the microphones of the media to get their few minutes of fame, or notoriety, by embracing the current fear-mongering about Armalite-style rifles designed by Eugene Stoner more than 50 years ago. Today’s example is Anthony Swofford, an assistant professor of English and creative writing at West […]
Tara Marie Solem; phony LEO
Chip sends us a link to the story of Tara Marie Solem who needed a discount on her Chick-fil-A meal so badly that she decided to be a Federal law enforcement agent, claiming to employees that she was undercover. Solem at first tried to convince a drive-thru employee that she was a federal agent but […]
Gregory Salcido refuses to resign
Last night in Pico Rivera, California, Town Council members asked Gregory Salcido to resign from the council because of his remarks disparaging members of the military to impressionable students. He doubled down, refusing to resign, he said that his goal is to get his students to college “It’s not just the military. I don’t want […]
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