26,000 unreported sexual assults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2013 What a monumental douche. The problem isn't putting men and women together. Does Donald have separate areas in his casinos — one for women, one for men? The problem is the … Read More
NC Legislature Can’t Keep Its Hands Of Womens’ (and Young Girls’) Bodies
Think Progress: A measure advancing in the North Carolina legislature would require teens to obtain notarized, written parental consent in order to access a range of health services, including testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, birth control prescriptions, pregnancy care, mental health counseling, and substance abuse treatment. HB 693 seeks to amend the state’s existing parental consent law — which already prevents … Read More
Downloadable Guns
Thank God that 3D printers cost about $10,000. But what about 5 or 10 years from now?
Yet Again: Today in Gun Culture
A 13-year-old boy shot his 6-year-old sister with a handgun at their Oakland Park, Fl. home on Saturday, where they appeared to be unsupervised. "The siblings had been home alone when the teen found the handgun," Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella said, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. The girl was taken to Broward Health Medical Center where she is listed … Read More
NRA’s New President
NRA proudly announced a new president: James Porter, a man who, among other things, refers to Barack Obama as a "fake President"; apparently thinks the Civil War was a great example of an armed citizenry resisting Northern tyranny; and advocates training all civilians in the use of standard military firearms so "they're ready to fight tyranny" yet again. Fellow Southerner Ed … Read More
Rhode Island Joins The Future
And then there were 10. Overcoming years of resistance, Rhode Island on Thursday became the 10th state in the country and the last in New England to approve same-sex marriage. The measure passed a final vote in the legislature in the afternoon. Just before 7 p.m., Gov. Lincoln Chafee, an independent who had long advocated for its passage, signed it into … Read More
Jobs Reports Is Good
Good news: Employment picked up more than forecast in April and the jobless rate unexpectedly declined to a four-year low of 7.5 percent, showing the early stages of government budget cuts failed to destabilize the U.S. labor market. Payrolls expanded by 165,000 workers last month following a revised 138,000 increase in March that was larger than first estimated, Labor Department … Read More
Shorter Rush Limbaugh
Shorter Rush Limbaugh: "Why aren't people tolerant about bigotry? Huh? Huh?!?" Actual Rush Limbaugh: LIMBAUGH: Folks, I grew up in a family where people’s sexual orientation, preferences, whatever, weren’t even discussed. Why can’t everybody just put your sexual preferences on Facebook and call it a day? What do we need to stop everything and have a national day of celebration, … Read More
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Internet idiot Aaron Worthing got taken in by this article at The Daily Currant (a satirical web news outlet): New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was denied a second slice of pizza today at an Italian eatery in Brooklyn. The owners of Collegno's Pizzeria say they refused to serve him more than one piece to protest Bloomberg's proposed soda ban,which would limit … Read More
Today’s Public Gun Shooting
KHOU in Houston: HOUSTON—A man shot himself at Bush Intercontinental Airport in north Houston early Thursday afternoon, the Houston Police Department confirmed with KHOU 11 News. The suspect walked into the ticket area inside Terminal B around 1:35 p.m. and fired at least two shots into the air with an AR-15 rifle, according to witnesses. A McDonald’s employee who works at the … Read More
Esquire Columnist Response To 5 Year Old Killing His 2-Year-Old Sister With “Kid’s” Rifle
I hear you, Charles Pierce: I realize that I am just a pointy-headed liberal elitist who doesn't understand the importance of guns to some of my fellow citizens, but even I know that "Is this thing loaded?" is an important question to teach your five-year old when you give him his first firearm on the day he accepts Jesus as … Read More
Strange GOP Ad
Obama has been in office 100 days of his second term, so the GOP came out with a negative ad that is, well, kinda weird. The ad basically attacks Obama for not getting anything done. Uh… what? It's very strange, for example, for Republicans to go against popular will and common sense by blocking gun control legislation…. and then complain … Read More
Oldest Concentration Camp Survivor Dead At 107
AP: VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian organization that tracks the fate of Nazi concentration camp inmates says the oldest known survivor of such a camp has died aged 107. The Mauthausen Committee said Thursday that Leopold Engleitner died April 21. After refusing to renounce his faith as a Jehovah's Witness, he survived three concentration camps and forced labor between 1939 and 1945. He weighed just 28 kilograms — about … Read More
Republicans Are Revolting
Buried deep in a just-released depressing poll from Fairly Ridiculous University, lies this question/result: That's right. 44% – a plurality — of Republicans think we need an armed revolution in the next few years. You know, to protect our liberties. I would like to know what liberties they think are being taken away. Of course, that result explains the reasoning … Read More