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By Dave Hitt on May 29, 2016 in Politics | 1 Comment
One Boot For Each Serviceman Killed Since 9/11 We’ll see dozen of pictures like this used to create memes this weekend. Typically, the text will say something about them dying for freedom or sacrificing their lives for our liberty. They are designed to elicit emotions of pride and honor, but they have a different effect on […]
By Dave Hitt on Mar 5, 2016 in QH Podcasts | 3 Comments
After a four-year podfade, the Quick Hitts podcast is back! Since the show faded, a lot of folks have asked about it returning. Some of you even pleaded for it. (Actual quote: “Please, please, PLEASE bring it back.”) So I conducted an experiment. My plan was to do six shows – a minimum of one […]
By Dave Hitt on Feb 15, 2016 in Nanny Nation, Politics | 2 Comments
You want to get us together, Bernie? Then get out of the damn way. Let us peacefully decide what we want to do and who we want to do it with. Let us. . .
By Dave Hitt on Feb 10, 2016 in Personal Adventures, Religion | 2 Comments
Most religions promise a joyful afterlife as a disembodied spirit. Few believers really think about how unsatisfying that would be. Me, I never want to be an angel.
By Dave Hitt on Jan 18, 2016 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
The world loves David Bowie. It seems like every fourth of fifth Facebook post in my feed is about him. Some folks might be tired of so many blasts of information, but they all make me appreciate him even more. And through all of them, from when he was a teenager campaigning for the freedom […]
By Dave Hitt on Jan 10, 2016 in Police State | 1 Comment
“You know the score, pal! {If} you’re not cop, you’re little people.” – Bryant, in Blade Runner. Congratulations, Officers. You’ve set a new record. In 2015 you killed 1202 people – slightly more than 100 per month. When I checked the numbers at Killed By Police on December 28, you were at 1196. I was worried […]
By Dave Hitt on Jan 3, 2016 in Junk Science, Nanny Nation | 3 Comments
Anti-smokers have spent decades vilifying smokers over second-hand smoke. They claim that the near-homeopathic levels of chemicals in SHS cause not just lung cancer and heart disease, but SIDS, strokes, ear infections, low birth-weight babies, cervical cancer, behavioral problems in children (including ADHD), miscarriages and difficulty conceiving, breast cancer, brain cancer and stroke, to name […]