The BBC calls Mexico’s drug war “Made in the US” They offer a sad and ironic quote from a Texas gun store owner who lost his inventory to robbers that put a “boulder” through his store’s glass front: …he has since added steel bars to his store front, together with hi-tech glass that can withstand … Continue reading US Guns Supplying Mexican Drug War→
He actually plead guilty to a careless driving charge, as explained in the Metro: “Firefighter’s siren made scared cows kill farmer” Julian Lawford was on a 999 call and sounded the siren on the engine as he was driving down a country road. Farmer Harold Lee was walking his 100 dairy cows in front of … Continue reading Firefighter Found Guilty for Cow Stampede→
The California State Supreme Court turned down an appeal for a San Francisco dog-mauling defendant. The court pointed out that the dog’s owner was negligent by failing to take simple measures to reduce risk of attack and by failing to assist the attack victim. The court said a fatal dog mauling is murder if the … Continue reading Idaho Gulag Versus the SF Dog Maul Conviction→
The Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at MIT together with the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center has released a study of blasts, helmets and brain injury. They set out to test a theory that military traumatic brain injury is made worse by the current helmet design. Compared to the unhelmeted head, the head with helmet … Continue reading Blasts, Helmets and Brain Injury→