Hummer Drivers Believe They’re Defending America’s Frontier Against Anti-American Critics (Links)
Krugman: ‘most widely respected climate models’ show ‘hurtle toward catastrophe’ These days, dire warnings aren’t the delusional raving of cranks. Our relationship to the natural world is a Ponzi scheme Beyond the illegality of Madoff’s scam, why didn’t he consider his responsibility to his clients, to their future, and even to his own? Give birds a break. Lock up the cat Free-ranging felines do a lot of damage to the baby bird populations in neighborhoods. Gila National Forest threatened by off-road vehicles The well-funded off-road vehicle lobby is pressuring forest managers to add unnecessary roads and permit other destructive practices in the forest. Hummer drivers believe they’re defending America’s frontier against anti-American critics Hummer drivers believe they are defending America’s frontier lifestyle against anti-American critics, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, which researched attitudes toward owning and driving Hummers, which have become symbols to many of American greed and wastefulness. Children who are spanked have lower IQs Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to groundbreaking new research. Pennsylvania gun nuts shoot, kill each other A car parked in the driveway bore a badge-shaped sticker that read “NRA law enforcement.” Boing Boing offers ‘nourishing soup and sandwiches’ to Ralph Lauren’s deathly ill models “Dude, her head’s bigger than her pelvis.” Ted Williams’ frozen head abused in cryogenics lab Workers at an Arizona cryogenics facility mutilated the frozen head of baseball legend Ted Williams—even using it for a bizarre batting practice, a new book claims.
More on the Gun Database Controversy in Tennessee
Still in the news: the Memphis newspaper that posted a searchable database of Tennesseans with concealed-carry permits. If nothing else, it’s a great example of advocates of two supposedly inalienable rights (1st amendment and 2nd amendment) fighting each other.
According to the New York Times, the Commercial Appeal only published what was already available to the public—they just made it easier to access. Tennessee is one of 19 states that gives the public access to gun permit information, but after database went online, some gun owners called it an invasion of privacy and (potentially) their homes. (Is securing one’s guns not an option in Tennesee?)
Obviously, accessibility is the real issue here, but some nuts aren’t being helpful by sending threatening letters to the Commercial Appeal:
