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ssAnne Applebaum, author of Gulag, has a great piece in the Washington Post contrasting the trial of Saddam Hussein with the Nuremburg trials in Germany following World War II. Excerpt:Yet Nuremberg was, in retrospect, a huge success, and as the...

More on the possible political artistry involved in posing for a mug shot. Ace had more along these lines last night....

Brazilians Reject Proposed Gun Ban

Brazilians soundly rejected a proposal to ban the sale of guns in a national referendum Sunday, striking down the bid to stem one of the world's highest firearm murder rates following a campaign that drew parallels to the U.S. gun control debate.

With more than 92 percent of the votes counted, 64 percent of Brazilians were opposed to the ban, while 36 percent backed it, said election officials, giving the 'no' position an insurmountable lead. The proposal would have prohibited the sale of firearms and ammunition except for police, the military, some security guards, gun collectors and sports shooters.

There are a number of interesting ramifications and issues associated with this - aside from the primary fact that the Brazilians were not willing to cede full responsibility for personal protection to an all too ineffectual governmental system.

Some Brazilians said they resented the referendum because they feel the government is ducking its responsibility to keep the peace. "It's immoral for the government to have this vote," said Pedro Ricardo, an army officer in Sao Paulo. "They're putting the responsibility on us, but ... the way to cut down on violence is to combat the drug trade and patrol our borders."

Hmmmm. Sounds sort of familiar doesn't it!? Enforce borders? What a concept!

About 39,000 people in Brazil are killed by guns each year, compared to about 30,000 people in the United States, although the U.S. population is about 100 million more than Brazil's, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Hello? Come again? Does anybody know what the US Centers for Disease Control is doing collecting data on gun deaths in Brazil? One shudders to learn the answer.

Cards' season ends with Game 6 loss in NLCS

Well, I suppose it's back to blogging as usual now that the Cardinals are out of the post-season. Congrats to Houston, I guess - they obviously were pumped for the playoffs, and played better at least in the post-season.

The Chief thinks it would have been better if they had a better sustained record over the season - but that's the breaks of the way the system is organized.

What leaves a bad taste also is the clearly visible (on TV) bad call by the umpire in the thrid inning that took the steam out of a Cardinals offensive move. Again, unfortunately, that's part of the game too.

This was the final game in the present Busch Stadium (the new one will be the 3rd Busch Stadium!). Also it's the end of the Cardinals on KMOX radio. The relatively puny new station's signal can't make it to South Dakota, so maybe it's time to look at XM Satellite Radio or something.

"...there was no joy in Mudville.
Mighty Casey had struck out."

Go White Sox!

Joseph Bottum discussed good 'ol South Dakota, America, and the Fall of Memory: American Childhood and the American Memory. Excerpt: WHEN I LONG FOR ESCAPE, I dream of the prairie. The last time I was out west, visiting my childhood...

This is to demonstrate how potentially easy it could be to start a conspiracy theory.

Has anyone elxe noticed the resemblence between Homeland security boss and Lenin?

Nah. Couldn't be, could it?

The AP has an incredible story about the televised Saddam trial in Iraq. It's striking the different ways people choose to remember Hussein:The moment Saddam Hussein appeared, a Shiite housewife spat on the screen and then sat gnawing her fingers,...

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