A Case for Guns

Let me be absolutely clear on this; I have zero problem with people owning guns.  I do not own one, but I do like shooting them.  In fact, I might even pick me up an AR15 when I get back to the States (fuck AK47s); AR15s are W way more fun!

What I do not and can not agree with is how political gun ownership has become in our country and how polarizing an issue it is.  And while I do not always find agreement with the the pro gun lobby, as well, I do not always find agreement with the gun control lobby.  However, after reading about this jewel heist (I always love reading about jewel and art heists; just seems so glamorous and something I wish I could pull off ala Thomas Crowne), I find myself definitively on the side of pro guns and their argument that if more people were armed, there's be less crime.

Or Why I am in Favor of Guns

I mean, there were two, back to back, in which the robbers were armed and the guards were not.  And this quote from a non-profit director in Switzerland can be filed right alongside equally puzzling logic from the pro-gun crowd:

"Given that civilian possession of weapons is much less available, they're unlikely to have weapons because they're unlikely to be facing people with weapons."

I get it, I understand that this is Europe where not everyone is as trigger happy as those in the US, but being assigned to guard millions of dollars worth of jewels, and especially after there was a robbery just a little while ago and especially more so when the hotel and the area seem to have a penchant for having jewels stolen, it just seems to me, in my perhaps rather pedestrian world view, that had one guard at least had a handgun, perhaps things might have turned out different.

Still Making His Case For A Number One Douche Bag Status

Not content to rest on his laurels, or his penis, Anthony Weiner decided to to get tough with a man twenty years his senior, using tough guy bar speak:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/aarp-calls-weiners-grandpa-language-at-forum-unfortunate-95292.html

I understand that Weiner did a lot of good politically, and I also know full well the expression, "He's an asshole, but he's our asshole."  But I think that Senor Weiner should seriously consider golf.  In Rwanda.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oy, Oy, Oy!

Some say that life imitates art while others claim that art imitates life.  What happens when stupidity decides to double down?

Running for a seat in public office in the east Australian city of Brisbane, Stephanie Bannister was One Nation's candidate.  One Nation is virulently anti-immigration and clearly has deep-rooted issues with Islam.

In an interview with local media that she later claimed was edited to make her "look the fool" (sound familiar?), Bannister claimed the following: Islam is a country; referred to the Koran as the "Haran"; Judaism is predicated on the words of Jesus Christ; food prepared Al Halal (the Arabic version of Kosher) is being used to fund terrorism; she has been charged with putting stickers which proclaim the latter on food in markets.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/10/one-nation-s-stephanie-banister-withdraws-from-race-after-islam-comments

The question here, much like the question of why the GOP foisted Palin onto McCain, is why did One Nation pick Bannister?  I mean, really?  She was it?  Were they at a meeting and when asked who wanted to try and have a go at the seat, she was the only one who raised her hand?  She isn't all that charismatic, she clearly is not the sharpest tool in the shed and she is under criminal investigation.

Actually, in light of the above, Palin was a brilliant tactical decision.

Anthony Weiner: Making His Case For A Number One Douche Bag Status

?Illegitimi non carborundum" should be the new Weiner campaign slogan.  Regardless of how many women he's sexted pictures of his penis to, regardless of being forced to resign from Congress in disgrace, regardless of the shame and humiliation he rains on his wife, Anthony Weiner has vowed to press on, stating emphatically that: "Quit isn't the way we roll' in NYC"

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/07/30/weiner-new-york-mayor-resign-sexting/2601211/

He reminds me of the people portrayed in Bud Light's "Real Men of Genius" commercials:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETrWZsYYJOQ

The Stolen Kingdom Has Its Revenge

While it is well known that many US cities will scoop of their homeless and bus them out of town, sort of like a combination between "Soylent Green" and the trains that the Nazis loaded Jews onto, Hawaii, the 50th state, has introduced a new policy regarding its homeless population: a one=way ticket to the mainland:

Hawaii Offers Homeless One-Way Tickets

That's right folks; LAX, SFO, OAK; you name it, soon not only will you be battling taxis, buses, the screeching whistles of airport police, now you will also have to do battle with a swarm of shuffling vagrants blinking at the sun, their pockets filled with small bags of complimentary pretzels and honey roasted peanuts.  Wait in line for your baggage, load aunt May into the SUV and give a homeless person a ride to the nearest park.

Good times!

Thanks Hawaii!