- Here’s a concise Summary of Senate events in the gun bill to-do. My one-line summary is that things seem to have turned out okay. For now. Larry Craig (R-ID) urged people to vote against his own bill once it had become cluttered with anti-gun amendments (and deserves a note of support). For once, the NRA took a stand on gun-control that didn’t attempt to compromise, too. That’s a welcome change. [endwar]
The CNN Article Senate kills bill protecting gun makers has a picture explaining exactly why John Kerry is a bad choice for President. The three people he’s with in the photo are Schumer, Feinstein and Kennedy, and if you think there’s anything at all to the second amendment, this photo should convince you to vote for anyone but John Kerry. [instapundit]- And as this article from the Boston Herald points out, Kerry not on roll with voting. It’s telling that one of the few times he shows up in D.C. to vote is for more gun control.
- In the second
Well, there it is, then
note of the day, Metro bus strike set for Thursday morning, beginning at 2am. So much for my tentative Thursday lunch date. [press-patch] - Interesting. It says RFID Tags in New US Notes Explode When You Try to Microwave Them. First I’ve heard of it, and I would expect the security stripe or some magnetic bits in the ink to cause a problem, but I hadn’t heard about RFID tags in US money, and I usually hear the good conspiracy theories pretty quickly. There’s more on the scorched twenties over at Boing Boing, saying that the same thing will happen with ordinary paper, and the pictures shown include older twenties (after the first redesign, but not the ones with the orange background). [some gal]
- A little over a week ago I mentioned that Molly Quinn’s will be reopening. Well, I’ve got more details now. Both Saturday and Sunday will see an early start of traditional Irish music as part of their Grand Opening. I’m not sure if I’ll be going for the party, but it sounds like a guy could make a pretty full weekend of it if he wanted to:
Molly Quinn’s Irish Pub Grand Opening – New Location
Saturday & Sunday, March 6 & 7
3300 East Lake Street 612-722-1272Saturday, March 6th–Music Starts 3 p.m
- Papa John Kolstad & The Hot Club of East Lake
- Opiate Of the Masses
- Tom Carrerea & Ben Behrins
Sunday, March 7 – Music begins 3 p.m.
- Some of the Buffalo Gals
- Middle Spunk Creek Boys
- Tom Dahill
- Tom Carrera & Ben Behrins
- Da Da Cha Cha