Is there anything more beautiful in all America than the sight of Dale Earnhardt, JR leading the field at Atlanta? Lots of racin’ left, but I’m savoring the moment.
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After Further Review
In the previous post, I linked to this, which points out that an arrest has been made in the case. An arrest. For “planting” LED caricatures of a cartoon character. From the article:
Peter Berdvosky was arrested in Arlington Wednesday night and charged under a recently enacted statute making it a crime to place a hoax device that results in panic.
OK, then, I’m glad Massachusetts has taken such meticulous care for the welfare of its citizens. My only question, is who panicked? Seems to me that law enforcement induced the panic, by closing roads, tunnels, subways, and parts of the Charles River, for crying out loud.
The suspicious device reports forced the temporary shutdowns of Interstate 93 out of the city, a key inbound roadway, a bridge between Boston and Cambridge, and a portion of the Charles River but were quickly determined not to be explosive.
The shutdowns were not “forced”; they were called by officials who didn’t have a proper grasp on the situation, and were unable to assess the gravity thereof. Seems obvious who panicked, given the following:
the devices have been in place for two to three weeks in 10 cities: Boston; New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Atlanta; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; Austin, Texas; San Francisco; and Philadelphia.
The devices were in 10 cities, and only Boston “panicked”. Officials, arrest yourselves. As for me, I will be tuning into the Cartoon Channel.
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Taser Roundup
Finally, something a taser is effective in fighting: eight-foot-long albino Burmese pythons. A 47 year old Uniontown PA man was feeding a rat to the reptile, which belongs to his daughter, when it bit his hand and wrapped itself tightly around his left arm. The snake, according to Uniontown police officer Ray Miller, was eating the man’s hand. And then:
In an effort to free the man without permanently harming the snake, Miller said he shot the animal with his Taser, a gun that sends an electric shock through wired darts. The snake immediately went limp and released its grip.
Maybe the smaller the target, the more effective Tasers are. The man who was bitten is OK; all hands safe. And the snake was spared.
And then, in a non-funny Taser incident that makes one shake one’s head, in Jonesboro (GA I think, the link is to an Atlanta TV station), a sixth grader was Tasered by police following a playground incident. According to the article:
School officials confirm that an 11-year-old, 6th grade male was tasered by a school resource officer. They say the boy was physically assaulting a female 6th grader and refused to listen to verbal commands to stop. As a last resort the officer tasered the boy twice – once to get the students separated and a second time when the boy tried to attack the girl again.
Sixth graders? In my day, a visit to the principal’s office, a stern talking-to, an at-school ass whipping, definitely followed by another when the folks found out, would have put the kibosh on such shenanigans. But then ass whippings are cruel.
Times have changed.
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Unaccented
It’s been a good week, or a bad one, depending on your view, for InterWeb Quizzes:
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The West
Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you’re a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta. |
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| The Midland |
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| North Central |
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| The South |
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| Philadelphia |
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| The Northeast |
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| The Inland North |
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| What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes |
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I’m not sure I like being referred to as a “lowest common denominator”, but it is what it is.
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Update: It looks like Mr Style Sheet has clobbered the reddening of the bars in the above. Oh, well, I am a “lowest common denominator.”
The Acidman Interview
A month or two before his death, Rob “Acidman” Smith was interviewed by Atlanta TV station WAGA. Blog d’Elisson has posted the interview on his site. The interview link is here. Rob was a soft-spoken person; this fact may not have been obvious from reading his blog; at least, it wasn’t to me. One interview segment starts with Rob pickin’ his guitar and singing. That little part alone is worth checking out. Thanks to Elisson for posting this.
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Racin’ Window
Marginal weather at Atlanta this weekend for the running of the Golden Corral 500. There’s supposedly a 2-3 hour no rain window behind the front currently passing through the Speedway area. NASCAR has the knack of getting the race run, even with iffy weather conditions.
If all else fails, NCAA hoops is an indoor sport, and will be an adequate backup event for today.
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