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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Luv / Puppy / Cots / Cats Coats for Cubs
Posted by Marjorie Skinner on Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 4:56 PM
The annual Buffalo Exchange fur-donation program is right around the corner, kicking off on the 14th of this month through April 22nd. For those unfamiliar with the "Coats for Cubs" program, it's a drive to collect authentic fur and shearling pieces—even just trims and collars—for the Humane Society to use as bedding for injured and orphaned wildlife cuz it reminds them of their mommies. Take a minute to think about how sweet and sad and cute that is.
Now gather up whatever fur you're not using (tattered and battered is a-okay) and bring it down to any Buffalo location between those dates, and tell them it's a donation for the program. Voila. (If you want to claim a tax deduction, mail it to The Humane Society of the United States, attn: Coats for Cubs, 2100 L St, NW, Washington, DC, 20037).
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Cots / Film I DEMAND A TAUNTAUN SLEEPING BAG.
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 3:32 PM
This high-quality sleeping bag looks just like a Tauntaun, complete with saddle, internal intestines and glowing lightsaber zipper pull. Now when your kids tell you their favorite Star Wars movie is Attack of the Clones you can nestle the wee-ones snug in simulated Tauntaun fur while regaling them with the amazing tale of Empire Strikes Back.
SHIT YES I WOULD LIKE TO ORDER ONE! PLEASE I WILL SLEEP IN IT EVERY NIGHT!
Pardon me? What's that? What's the date, you ask? Whyever would you ask, dear sir?
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
News / Cots BREAKING NEWS: Amnesty Recommends Cops Limit Taser Use
Posted by Matt Davis on Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM
A new report issued by Amnesty International is recommending that Police Departments around the country either stop using Tasers, or limit their use to situations where guns would otherwise be used. The report, coincidentally titled "Less Lethal Weapons?", which was the title of my feature on Tasers last month, probes the growing use of Tasers as compliance tools around the US, instead of as weapons of last resort, to be used instead of guns in a lethal force situation.
You can download a pdf version of the 130-page report here, which concludes:
Based on the concerns raised in this report, as regards both the safety and the potential for abuse of such weapons, Amnesty International believes departments should either cease using CEDs or limit their use to situations where they can be effectively used to avoid the resort to lethal force or firearms. Electro-shock weapons, which have a high physical impact and cause extreme pain, should never be used as a general force tool.
The report goes on to make two dozen recommendations on Taser use to federal, state and local government officials. We'll give the Portland Police Bureau a few days to digest its contents before seeking comment from the chief and police commissioner before we go to press next Monday.
Update: "This position by Amnesty International is not new," says Brian Schmautz. "The Police Bureau's Training Division is tasked with the responsibility continuing education regarding the use of Taser. Chief Sizer supports the use of Taser consistent with 1051.00 in the Police Bureau's Manual of Policy and Procedure. The Police Bureau does not train officers to use Taser in a deadly force situation."
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Cots Vocabulary Lesson of the Day
Posted by Ned Lannamann on Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Boy, was I wrong about this one. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Apparently, "petard" is not a kind of leotard. And to "hoist by one's own petard" is not to be given some sort of atomic wedgie.
Nope.
In fact, according to the American Heritage Dictionary:
pe-tard n.
1. A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a gate or wall.
2. A loud firecracker.
And according to Random House:
4. hoist by or with one's own petard, hurt, ruined, or destroyed by the very device or plot one had intended for another.
Well, now I know! You may all carry on with the rest of your day.
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