Most likely to have "Hold my beer and watch this!" on his tombstone:
une 15, 2012 (COLUMBUS, Ind.) -- Police say a 12-year-old central Indiana boy hit a bullet cartridge with a hammer, firing a bullet that grazed a teenage girl.
Most likely to have "Hold my beer and watch this!" on his tombstone:
une 15, 2012 (COLUMBUS, Ind.) -- Police say a 12-year-old central Indiana boy hit a bullet cartridge with a hammer, firing a bullet that grazed a teenage girl.
THE ACLU is suing the Griffith Public Schools district over the expulsion of three girls in January because of comments they posted to each other on Facebook. The suit says the use of Internet slang and emoticons made it clear the girls weren't really serious and their First Amendment rights are being violated. Not so, says the school district:
I'm lousy at predicting, but I think the state's gonna lose this one:
A gay youth group whose specialty license plate was revoked at the behest of conservative Indiana lawmakers is appealing the decision to an administrative law judge, arguing that the state selectively enforced the policy that led to the ban.
Since at least 2006, the Indiana Republican Party's state platform emphasized that marriage is between a man and a woman while the Indiana Democratic Party was silent on the issue.
Not this year.
If the allegations turn out to be true, I'm not sure what my reaction will be, but I probably won't be as outraged as I'm apparently supposed to be:
I don't know who said it (I think I've seen it attributed both to Emily Dickinson and Gertrude Stein), so let's just credit it to Anonymous: It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another. It is the same damn thing over and over again. I was going to start this post with, "There they go again," but in reality it's just a continuation of what they've always done:
New Orleans is about to become the first major American city without a daily newspaper -- The Times-Picayune will shift to a three-day-only publication with Web updates the rest of the week. Interesting observation:
Though conservatives may experience some schadenfreude at the prospect of no-newspaper towns, we’re going to miss them when they’re gone.
Despite all evidence to the contrary, President Obama and his like-minded defenders in office and in the media continue to peddle the "government jobs can repair the economy" nonsense. Here's Sen. Sherrod Brown:
Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - The other high profile issue was Measure 2, the elimination of property taxes. Voters have resoundingly rejected the measure that would have made North Dakota the 1st state to end local property taxes.
Yes: 28,226 (22.83%)
No: 95,410 (77.17%)
Indiana has lost a treasure. From the IU annnoucment today:
The entire Indiana University community mourns the passing today of Distinguished Professor Elinor Ostrom, who received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her groundbreaking research on the ways that people organize themselves to manage resources.
Hey, what about the !@#$%^& First Amendment?
The residents of Middleborough, Mass., are tired of foul language, so they're decided to do what many parents do -- implement a swear jar.
According to the Associated Press, residents voted 183 to 50 in favour of a proposal by the police chief to impose a $20 fine on cursing in public.
Police across Indiana are calling on lawmakers to beef up a new state law that bars texting while driving so that it covers all activities that can distract motorists behind the wheel.
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Wow -- just like in the movies: "Suspected Indiana serial killer confesses mrders to local newspaper"
NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- An Indiana man accused of killing three women has confessed to a newspaper.
Hey, look at some of the "talent" lined up for the Three Rivers Festival:
Oh, and a third-place "American Idol" contestant. Can anbody say Podunk?
Ooooh, I've seen the light. Let's stop being so mean to each other, OK? Mark Halprin of Time, one of the president's cheerleaders, says "Let's Stop the Gaffe Patrol, after President Obama's howler that "the private sector is doing fine."
Another squishy accomodationist laments the current state of the Grand Old Party:
One of the GOP's leading voices said Monday that former President Ronald Reagan, considered an idol among Republican politicians, would struggle to mesh with today's hyper-partisan attitude among some elected officials.
Warning No. 3,562 that the United States should, 1) withdraw from the United Nations and, 2) remove the United Nations from our soil:
The United Nations is considering a new Internet tax targeting the largest Web content providers, including Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix, that could cripple their ability to reach users in developing nations.
A worthy Chucklehead of the Year nominee:
Renewal of federal tax credits for wind energy can save U.S. jobs and reduce dependence on foreign oil, according to Karl Rove, an adviser to former President George W. Bush.
From Jean Kaufman's essay on the 40th anniversary of the event captured above:
