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The Carnage Isn't Over Till the Last Person Shoots - Wait'll Next Time!

Never thought I'd give a shout-out to the New York Daily News but here is the NYDN's editorial about the Virginia journalists' shootings and its front page, plus a cartoon from Bill Bramhall.

You go, folks!

'How many Alisons is this going to happen to before we stop it?' - Andy Parker, father.

Now, About Your Library Vote....Perhaps You Should Reconsider? @CitizensUnTied

Naaahhhhhh....

From the good folks at Citizens UnTied and others.

 

"Politicians and diapers must be changed often and for much the same reason." - Unknown

The New York Post: Maintaining Its Journalistic Standards

Glad to see that one of my hometown newspapers, the New York Post, is maintaining its journalistic standards.

"There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil." - Walter Lippmann

North Bennet Street School Caddy Camp Reunion Almost Here - 11-13 September 2015 in NH. Buy an Ad!

The North Bennet Street School's Caddy Camps Reunion/Summit is fewer than four weeks away: 11 - 13 September 2015. It is open to all those who attended any of the NBSS caddy camps, not just those in New Hampshire. It will be held in the neighborhood of Bethlehem, NH, at the Maplewood Golf Course and Inn and Maplewood in the gorgeous White Mountains.

Download NBSS_Caddy_Reunion_Newsletter_11-13_Sept2015 

Note: The NBSS used to be known as the 'North Bennet Street Industrial School' or 'NBSIS'.

There is a website - CaddyCamps.com - and Facebook page. Check each for timely information.

A new wrinkle - an Ad Book will be distributed to all attendees and former campers who have paid their dues. Put an ad in the book honoring friends, relatives, or whatever! A full-page ad is $100 and a half-page ad is $60. All copy and payments are due by 1 September. Contact John Daly ([email protected]). See the following forms for complete information:

Download Ad Book Information

Download Ad Book Application Form

Here is some information recently posted on the Facebook page:

Want to buy a brick?

See you there! 

"If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not even God can hit a 1-iron." - Lee Trevino

If Great Scientists Had Logos

From the folks at lolworthy.

“There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.” – Mark Twain 

Jimmy Carter, National Treasure

Great cartoon by Mike Luckovich at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Regardless of your opinion of his presidency, you'll have to admit that since he left office, Jimmy Carter has entered the realm of a national treasure. He's bypassed golf courses and gazillion-dollar speaking fees before hedge fund managers to make the world a better place.   

"We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles." - Jimmy Carter