Today’s links are mostly further notes on things I’ve already linked to. Sometimes a guy’s just gotta go back and fill in the blanks.
- Yesterday afternoon, the bird feeder was empty again. The birds are eating about two pounds of bird seed every day. There’s also a pretty good pile of seeds on the ground now which are, as I write this, providing breakfast for one of the neighborhood bunny rabbits.
- Webmonkey, RIP: 1996 – 2004. It’ll be missed, but not all that much anymore. I haven’t been there for quite a while, and various site-reshufflings over the years have blown the useful articles into a cloud of 404s. Still, a moment of silence is probably in order… Okay. Time’s up. [boing boing]
- Appeals Court Upholds Do-Not-Call Registry, saying it doesn’t unduly restrict the free-speech rights of telemarketers. [fark!]
- papersplease.org has the story of Dudley Hiibel:
[boing boing]One balmy May evening back in 2000, Dudley was standing around minding his own business when all of a sudden, a policeman pulled-up and demanded that Dudley produce his ID. Dudley, having done nothing wrong, declined. He was arrested and charged with “failure to cooperate” for refusing to show ID on demand. And it’s all on video.
On the 22nd of March 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Dudley and the rest of us live in a free society, or in a country where we must show “the papers” whenever a cop demands them.
- As I mentioned on Sunday, Koscielski’s Gun Shop is still having legal issues staying open in Minneapolis. I stopped by and talked to Mark and Barb yesterday, and got the following information:
- They’re still open for business, but the three months they were closed has cut pretty deeply into their reserves. If you need to buy guns, ammo, or accessories, swing by there.
- You can make donations to their legal defense fund at:Koscielski’s Guns & Ammo Legal Defense Fund
c/o TCF Bank
5550 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55419 - The new location on Chicago is okay. They’re just down the street from Uncle Hugo’s and Uncle Edgar’s, so for a geek, there’s other shopping nearby. And there’s usually parking at the meters on the street.
- Finally, here are The 213 Things Skippy is No Longer Allowed to Do in the U.S. Army. It may not be new, but it’s still relatively funny. [fark!]
