HOLY HANDGUNS One of the many decisions greeting Pope Francis, as Salon.com pointed out, is whether to officially recognize a Patron Saint of Handgunners–as urged by a U.S. organization of activists for more than 20 years. According to legend, St. Gabriel Possenti rescued an Italian village from a small band of pillagers (and perhaps rapists) in the 19th century by shooting at … [Read more...] about Holy Handguns and Government In Action and Redneck Chronicles
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County Of Maui Wins Transparency Award From Group That Hates Transparency While Sugar Cane Burning Starts Again
THE COUNTY OF MAUI IS MY SUNSHINE One of the great things about the County of Maui is that they don’t discriminate against anyone willing to give them an award. Regardless of the organization, its funding or the fact that it doesn’t really like government of any kind, if it’s willing to hand over an award that didn’t exist five years ago, the County of Maui is more than … [Read more...] about County Of Maui Wins Transparency Award From Group That Hates Transparency While Sugar Cane Burning Starts Again
Government Waste And Heroic Military Bureaucrats And World of Warcraft Politicians
GOVERNMENT IN ACTION Among the federally funded projects highlighted in the “2012 Waste Book” of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn were a $325,000 grant to develop a “robosquirrel” (to help study the somehow-confusing interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes) and a $700,000 grant by the National Science Foundation for a New York theater company to create a musical about climate change … [Read more...] about Government Waste And Heroic Military Bureaucrats And World of Warcraft Politicians
Male Cosmetics In South Korea and The Art Of Sleeping Women
MEN WANT TO BE PRETTY, TOO For some reason, South Korea (with about one-sixth the men that America has) is the world’s largest consumer of male cosmetics, with its leading company approaching $1 billion a year in sales. According to a September Bloomberg Business Week dispatch, South Korean males became fascinated with the country’s 2002 World Cup soccer team’s “flower men,” … [Read more...] about Male Cosmetics In South Korea and The Art Of Sleeping Women
First Amendment Blues and Celebrity Immigration Policies and People With Too Much Money
FIRST AMENDMENT BLUES A bar in Horry County, S.C., named the Suck Bang Blow filed a lawsuit in May challenging the county’s new ordinance prohibiting motorcyclists’ “burnouts” (engine-revving with back-tire-spinning, creating smoke–and enormous noise). The bar claims that burnouts are important expressions of its customers’ “manliness and macho” and as such are protected by the … [Read more...] about First Amendment Blues and Celebrity Immigration Policies and People With Too Much Money