The Pops just kicked it in. Oy!
Artillery Any Second Now…
1812 Overture
Another Ridiculous Massachusetts Move
TAUNTON — City residents may soon not need their Constitutional right to bear arms — not because the law has changed, but because the police department has stopped issuing gun licenses.
Police Chief Raymond OêBerg said yesterday that due to budget cuts and lack of staffing, he has imposed a moratorium on new firearm licenses.
The department is now four months behind in processing permit applications, and OêBerg said the clerks in his office will not accept new applications until they clear the backlog.
The chief said that due to the cityês fiscal crisis, he lost one of the clerks in his office. The office now has two full-time clerks and one part-time clerk, whereas decades ago previous chiefs had four full-time clerks, he said.
“Services are being cut. Weêre unable to provide the services we have been,” OêBerg said.
The moratorium went into effect July 1. In the meantime, people whose gun licenses are about to expire will be left in a lurch.
“They will have to transfer their guns over to someone who has a license,” the chief said. “I didnêt want to do it.”
NYT: Stars and Stripes Forever
Stars and Stripes Forever: Smithsonian Preserves That Flag. A three-year effort to preserve the 190-year-old Star-Spangled Banner, which inspired what became the national anthem, is nearing completion. By Elizabeth Olson. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Home…
Home at last! Home at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are home at last!
Harry Potter #3 Done
Finished with Harry Potter #3: The Prisoner of Akazban. Now I just need to read number four and then I can get to the deep dark secrets of JK’s latest book.
War Railing
Crusing along Amtrak northbound from NYC Penn Station up to Providence, got MacStumbler going – it’s found four open access points so far as well as another laptop user here on the train that has an open wireless card on their system. Loads of fun!
Scripting News Down?
I’m on Amtrak right now, so I certainly can’t confirm this.
tj 4 dw. For my friend Dave the wise words of Thomas Jefferson: “Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” Here’s the last version of scripting.com’s homepage. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry’s Weblog]