Archive for July 27th, 2010

Hit-and-Run America, Vol. CVIII

07/27/2010
By Brian
Hit-and-Run America, Vol. CVIII

An ongoing collection of unsolved hit-and-run cases, with a focus on car/pedestrian incidents, from across the country since Jan. ‘010. If you know something about any of these incidents, or one that I’ve missed, do the right thing and call the police, even anonymously. 699. Farmington Hills, Mich. July 26. 44-year-old man on a bicycle...
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Basil Marceaux Dot Com has my vote…

07/27/2010
By Brian

… and he’ll probably have yours too after you see him a’talkin and a’swayin. (H/T Parappa)
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So this is what post-racial America looks like!

07/27/2010
By Brian
So <em>this</em> is what post-racial America looks like!

I’d like to send a big shout-out to old Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton who said his opponent in the Fightin’ Ninth, white-guy Steven Cohen, is “trying to act black.” Furthermore, he did, he did, he did say black voters “need to come off that Cohen plantation and get on the Herenton freedom train.” Oh, the...
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Today’s Metro Story

07/27/2010
By Brian
Today’s Metro Story

… is about the seedling legislative push to change how political corruption is addressed in Pennsylvania. Link’s here. Pre-edited-down-for-space draft is here … Using an Independence Hall backdrop yesterday, legislators and activists made known their desire to replace the state Ethics Commission with a new entity with bolstered anti-corruption powers. State Rep. Curt Schroeder (R-...
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Syphilitic Magic Number*

07/27/2010
By Brian
Syphilitic Magic Number*

* – tracking the Baltimore Whorioles magnificent march toward an 87.5+ loss season, all so I win a twenty-dollar bill, yo.
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Weekend Reading Roundup (The New Post-Construct Edition)

07/27/2010
By Brian
Weekend Reading Roundup (The New Post-Construct Edition)

• Two months after concurring with a congressman that the data was “infected” and declaring that a testing program would be abandoned, the N.F.L.’s committee on head injuries joined the league and its players union on Friday in publicly releasing the results of helmet testing that outside experts described as potentially compromising the safety...
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