Author Archives: Weerd Beard

Dress Up Your Locust Day

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Weerd Beard

I’m looking for a news story I only heard part of on my way out the door this morning. Well I found this and it made me think of the lovely Christina. I guess its “Dress up your Locust Day” … Continue reading →

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“Gun Death” Mixed Bag

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Actually found this one on an anti-gun blog. In the early hours of Tuesday, the State Police said, Mr. Friedlander, 50, beat his wife to death with the leg of a piece of furniture. He also fatally shot his two … Continue reading →

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Consumer Protection for Idiots

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Seriously this story is on the front page of the Boston Globe! The sliver of raw fish sold as white tuna at Skipjack’s in Foxborough was actually escolar, an oily, cheaper species banned in Japan because it can make people … Continue reading →

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“Gun Death” No Respect for Human Life

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Weerd Beard

One of the goals of the “Gun Death?” Files is to show the mentality of violent people as opposed to the tools they use, as those who use the made-up metric of “Gun Death” often do to frame the argument … Continue reading →

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Accidental “Gun Death?”

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Sometimes I get a “Gun Death?” submission that doesn’t quite fit the bill. This one from Wallphone. He sends me this editorial about Seattle area accidental shootings. One story is a Dad putting a loaded magazine into a gun he’s … Continue reading →

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“Gun Death” How Laws REALLY Work

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Weerd Beard

One bit of magical thinking is that by making guns illegal it will eliminate gun crime. Any rational person knows this isn’t true. The alleged driver charged in a fatal road-rage crash in Richmond does not have a valid driver’s … Continue reading →

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LOL Tastic

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Funny shit from Pissed

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“Peaceful” Protest

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Where there’s smoke there’s fire. Efforts by the Occupy Baltimore protest group to evolve into a self-contained, self-governing community have erupted into controversy with the distribution of a pamphlet that victim advocates and health workers fear discourages victims of sexual … Continue reading →

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For Those of You in PA

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Looks like CSGV is doing the same thing in PA that they’re doing here in Mass. Its almost identical to the ad put out for Scott Brown, its all about domestic abusers getting guns because of HR 822…which is a … Continue reading →

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“Gun Death” Bad One

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Weerd Beard

Warning this is not a pleasant one **UPDATE** The video Auto-plays so click here to play the video and read the rest of the post

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