Heather's journal: Pittsburgh?

Anyone here live in Pittsburgh? I'm going to start working there for 3 or 4 months and would like to know if the area around University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center is safe to walk around in. Also we could meet up for mini-swarm beers.

by Heather 2013-03-29 14:28:46 | 0 reads | 8 comments

More Firearm Laws = Lower rate of firearm fatalities

JAMA article:

by StartRecordingNow 2013-03-23 17:33:23 | 0 reads | 22 comments

Brennan Swears in on Constitution Without a Bill of Rights

New CIA director John Brennan was sworn into office Friday on the original draft of the Constitution - as in, the one drafted in 1787, four years before it included the Bill of Rights.

by MstrLance 2013-03-11 03:58:15 | 0 reads | 5 comments

Knifeman kills three, injures 11 in Guam.

Just think how much more damage he could have done if he had had a gun.

by dragonstaff 2013-02-16 18:00:03 | 0 reads | 33 comments

Steven Seagal, sheriff train Arizonans to guard schools

"Steve Seagal is an actor. That's it. Why don't we also have Clint Eastwood and Chuck Norris and Bruce Willis come out and train them too while we're at it," Campbell said.

by gork 2013-02-16 17:59:43 | 0 reads | comment

Incurable TB spreading in South Africa.

Welcome the new Plague.

by spankerchief 2013-02-15 16:05:01 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Super-sniper sniped in Texas

Live by the snipe; die by the snipe.

by MstrLance 2013-02-08 11:01:56 | 0 reads | comment

Rise of the nano-drones

The Black Hornet Nano Unmanned Air Vehicle is the size of a child's toy, measuring just 10cm (4 ins) by 2.5cm (1 inch), and is equipped with a tiny camera to relay reliable full motion video and still images back to the devices' handlers in the battlefield.

by MstrLance 2013-02-05 20:54:41 | 0 reads | 2 comments

List of children killed by drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen

Your tax dollars at work (by remote control).

by MstrLance 2013-01-26 08:43:45 | 0 reads | 5 comments

Boobied to death!

A classic failure of responsible breast ownership. We need tighter controls on these deadly weapons.

by MstrLance 2013-01-23 14:00:03 | 0 reads | 3 comments

New York Gov. Cuomo Signs Tough New Gun Control Law,

Loki is gonna be pissed.

by dragonstaff 2013-01-15 19:35:34 | 0 reads | 101 comments

Israel and Iran: A love story?

When war between Israel and Iran seemed imminent, Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry shared a poster on Facebook of himself and his daughter with a bold message: "Iranians ... we [heart] you." Other Israelis quickly created their own posters with the same message -- and Iranians responded in kind.

by MstrLance 2012-12-27 05:33:46 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Yes, We Can Have Sane Gun Control Without Trampling Gun Owners' Rights.

This might be classed as Loki bait, but a sensible argument never the less.

by dragonstaff 2012-12-19 01:43:43 | 0 reads | 30 comments

Gun Control Buzzfeed

All your pro-statism, anti-rights, morally sanctimonious hand wringing attempts to leverage the murder of children for the political agenda of those who want you under their control ... all in one spot.

by LOki 2012-12-17 19:00:09 | 0 reads | 41 comments

I love my son. But he terrifies me.

No one wants to send a 13-year old genius who loves Harry Potter and his snuggle animal collection to jail. But our society, with its stigma on mental illness and its broken healthcare system, does not provide us with other options. Then another tortured soul shoots up a fast food restaurant. A mall. A kindergarten classroom.

by StartRecordingNow 2012-12-16 19:35:06 | 0 reads | 12 comments

Justin Bieber Murder Plot Foiled

The weapons: Paisley tie and pruning shears.

by StartRecordingNow 2012-12-13 22:58:56 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Ole Miss students riot over election results

Black guys in power. GRRRRR!!!

by pete56 2012-12-13 22:55:30 | 0 reads | comment

What if O.J. didn't do it?

How f'n crazy would that be?

by gork 2012-11-22 18:43:24 | 0 reads | 1 comment

The Symmetry and Asymmetry of Violence in Gaza

The United States has no national interest in taking sides in any of this lethal meep-for-tat. And yet, to its own disadvantage and discredit, it does take sides.

by MstrLance 2012-11-19 22:45:36 | 0 reads | 6 comments

Appeals Court: Tortured US Whistleblowers Can't Sue

Torturing Detainees 'Part of Human Nature,' Court Insists

by MstrLance 2012-11-11 14:31:19 | 0 reads | comment

Tails of TERRIER: Zombie Dog walks the Earth

The zombie dogpocalypse has begun.

by MstrLance 2012-10-22 20:02:53 | 0 reads | 1 comment

WoW meets WMD

Entire cities full of players and NPCs suddenly die of hax.

by MstrLance 2012-10-12 23:10:31 | 0 reads | comment

Military service causes breast cancer

Military women are 20 percent to 40 percent more likely to get the disease than other women in the same age groups, and officials say they're not sure why dozens of men who lived and worked at Camp Lejeune, N.C., have developed the disease.

by MstrLance 2012-10-04 18:32:34 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Drones: the west's new terror campaign

The CIA's Predator drones are bringing to Pakistan the same horror that Hitler's doodlebugs inflicted on London

by MstrLance 2012-10-02 11:23:58 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Shunning Evil: Tutu Sets Example in Call for Blair and Bush Indictments

Archbishop Desmond Tutu refused to attend a conference last week for a very good reason - he did not want to be publicly associated with a war criminal.

by MstrLance 2012-09-05 08:57:12 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Vintage True Crime Murder Pamphlets

History of and links to vintage true crime murder pamphlets

by middle_age_man 2012-09-05 08:56:08 | 0 reads | comment

Military Terror Plot: Murder Case Uncovers Terror Plot By 'Militia' Within U.S. Military

Prosecutors said the group called itself F.E.A.R., short for Forever Enduring Always Ready. Pauley said authorities don't know how many members it had.

by godevillivedog 2012-08-29 09:57:35 | 0 reads | 18 comments

We Don't Need No Bloody Treaties: Britain Blows a Fuse over Ecuador's Asylum Grant to Wikileaks' Assange.

As Ecuador has told Britain, an assault on an embassy is technically an act of war, as embassies are viewed legally as the territory of the home country they represent.

by godevillivedog 2012-08-20 12:22:00 | 0 reads | 2 comments

South Africa shocked by police shootings at mine

Marikana was one of the bloodiest incidents since apartheid ended in 1994.

by godevillivedog 2012-08-20 12:21:56 | 0 reads | comment

James Holmes linked to DARPA projects

Crazy talk for sure, but Holmes had some interesting ties to frightening government research.

by sugarslim 2012-08-12 13:29:37 | 0 reads | comment

Officer at center of pepper-spraying incident no longer works at UC Davis

Pike's 2010 salary was listed as $110,243.12. He has been on paid leave since the debacle unfolded last year, sparking worldwide outrage, numerous investigations and calls for the resignation of UC Davis leaders. Paid meeping leave ever since.

by MstrLance 2012-08-03 18:43:26 | 0 reads | 3 comments

Explorers find sunken German U-boat off US.

Just off the coast of Nantucket.

by dragonstaff 2012-07-30 08:07:17 | 0 reads | 5 comments

A Functional 3D-Printed Rifle

That's enough silly talk about restricted access to weaponry.

by MstrLance 2012-07-27 13:53:58 | 0 reads | 11 comments

The Checkpoint: Terror, Power, and Cruelty

At the checkpoint, omnipotence is the power to create orders, not merely the power to enforce them. When a soldier's order is defied, it is he, his judgment, that is defied, not merely a rule that he represents. Disobedience, therefore, is always personal at the checkpoint. So are the punishments that follow.

by MstrLance 2012-07-27 13:53:52 | 0 reads | 7 comments

Why Japanese style gun control would never work in the USA

A great read and very informative with lots of citations.

by meeproach 2012-07-27 13:53:39 | 0 reads | 2 comments

War Is Betrayal

Persistent Myths of Combat

by MstrLance 2012-07-19 00:35:29 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Sodomy, the new jihadi training method?

Being sodomized is acceptable in Islam if the goal is to carry out jihad, according to a cleric on a new video making the rounds online.

by middle_age_man 2012-07-15 08:12:58 | 0 reads | 3 comments

autoshoes's journal: my first bike

No summary.

by autoshoes 2012-07-12 12:14:28 | 0 reads | 25 comments

Zippo lighters from U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam

Zippo lighters from U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam give a unique insight into life under fire

by middle_age_man 2012-07-11 10:06:10 | 0 reads | 1 comment

Coming Back Broken After War: The Invisible Wounds

For the men women that have had to kill and drive through ambushes, Home is not what it used to be. Nothing ever will be.

by BeachGoat 2012-07-07 22:10:19 | 0 reads | comment

Death by squeezing testicles.

An awful way to die.

by meeproach 2012-07-04 10:22:38 | 0 reads | 14 comments

Powerful "Flame" cyber weapon found in Middle East

Security experts have discovered a new data-stealing virus dubbed Flame they say has lurked inside thousands of computers across the Middle East for as long as five years as part of a sophisticated cyber warfare campaign.

by MstrLance 2012-05-30 10:13:20 | 0 reads | comment

security forces in Mexico have raided a workshop making fake Mexican military uniforms and body armour.

Officials said the uniforms were used by Mexican drug cartels to set up road blocks and carry out kidnappings.

by Crapalicious 2012-05-26 12:10:46 | 0 reads | 4 comments

Dogs Shot by Police

But don't try to hit a police dog while it's biting you, because that would be assaulting an officer in some jurisdictions.

by MstrLance 2012-05-22 20:30:22 | 0 reads | 3 comments

War Tribunal Finds Bush, Cheney Guilty of War Crimes

Former US President George W Bush, his Vice-President meep Cheney and six other members of his administration have been found guilty of war crimes by a tribunal in Malaysia. The tribunal's award of reparations will be submitted to the I.C.C.'s War Crimes Commission and the U.N. Security Council. They also recommend that the victims find a judiciary entity that could enforce the verdict.

by MstrLance 2012-05-19 03:15:32 | 0 reads | 6 comments

White Supremacist Slash Border Vigilante Finally Kills The Right Person - Himself

Infamous "whitebred" supremacist finally makes a good decision and kills himself. Unfortunately, some innocent family members also drew the short stick in the evolution lottery.

by BigDinWaunakee 2012-05-03 08:55:39 | 0 reads | comment

"Survivalist" Really Didn't Survive Too Long

Militant Whackadoo spends last hours in meephole built for one.

by BigDinWaunakee 2012-04-30 05:47:46 | 0 reads | 2 comments

Don't be messin wit Lulu!

4'11" granny in shoot-out with bad guys- bad guys zip; Granny 2.

by dragonstaff 2012-04-24 13:56:02 | 0 reads | 2 comments

World News - North Korea rocket breaks up after much-touted launch

'This launch was also a chance for North Korea to showcase its military wares to prospective customers,' the official said. 'The failure will make those customers think twice before buying anything.''

by godevillivedog 2012-04-17 12:26:11 | 0 reads | comment

Gravy-wrestling model suffers horrific facial injuries after being hit with monkey wrench when she interrupted a friend having meep

Disclaimer: I'm submitting this link based solely on the title. I haven't even read the article yet.

by MstrLance 2012-04-08 07:02:11 | 0 reads | 3 comments