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Some Days....

Some days I think I know what I want to type about, but someone else then does it so much better than I could ever do it.  For example, Doug Milhous J over at Balloon Juice:

If the Republicans wanted to eat all the Irish babies, and the Democrats opposed cannibalism, Fournier and the rest would wonder why Obama couldn’t lead by agreeing to eat half the Irish babies…

In other news, the Pirates play their first post-season game since 1992 on Tuesday, and I'm a bit worried.  They'll be playing the Reds in Pittsburgh, a team that's won 90 games, compared to the Pirates 94.  However the Pirates are coming off a three game sweep of the Reds, and the Reds finished the season by losing their final five.

90 win teams rarely lose six in a row. 

How Come They Never See This?

Another "psychic" goes to prison.

A South Florida woman who claimed to have psychic powers has been convicted by a jury of multiple fraud charges in what prosecutors called a long-running $40 million scam.

What's amazing is how much money was fleeced from the gullible:

One victim was romance novelist Jude Deveraux who testified she gave Marks about $18 million over several years.

 

 

KKK in Gettysburg

It looks like the KKK is planning on holding a rally on the Gettysburg battlefield the afternoon of October 5th, near the site where Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.  I'm planning on donning my blue suit and standing in protest against this hate group. 

Who will join me?

UPDATE: Rally cancelled due to government shutdown.  Kind of funny in a way!

Atlas Mooched

What can I add to what Spork already typed?

Playoffs

I didn't get a chance to post last night, but with the Pirates beating the Cubs, and the Cardinals beating Washington, the Pirates secured their first playoff berth since 1992.

LET'S GO BUCS!!

Color Bearer

Antietam, at The Bloody Lane.

Forward

Detail from the Irish Brigade monument at Antietam

Beat 'em Bucs!

There's a huge series this weekend between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati this weekend.

All I can say is 'Let's go Bucs!"

Whistling Dixie

Its odd spending time south of the Mason-Dixon line.  Confederate flags are everywhere, and this is the part of Virginia that was for the most part completly under Federal control during the Civil War. 

I went to the pharmacy to pick up some cold medicine, and I happened to be wearing a shirt indicating that I'm from Pennsylvania.

The clerk at the checkout asked me "How did you get down here?  I didn't think we allowed Yankees." 

I replied, "We won the war, that's why."

She then said "well its amazing that we let you across the border."

To which I replied, "Don't make us come down to teach you a lesson again."

Less than a week to go, I cannot wait to get back north.

Madness

Over a dozen dead in D.C. 

I don't know what the answer is, but there must be a way to keep powerful weaponry out of the hands of lunatics bent on committing mayhem.

Sure, something like this could happen anywhere, but it happens with alarming frequency in the United States.  Anyone with a perceived grudge has ready access to military grade weapons, and the result is always carnage.