Another Thursday night, and another Squirrel Report.
We’ll be talking about Chris Rock’s interesting idea that President Obama is both our “Boss” and our “Daddy”, and Ron Paul’s recent idiocy.
Join in the discussion tonight by calling in! 9pm EST!
ITS THE SQUIRREL REPORT!
Again…Kinda
During the study, which involved 189 healthy 18- to 22-year-olds, men who watched the most TV (20 or more hours a week) had sperm counts that were 44 percent lower than men who did not watch television.
But its not the tube, its what you do to WATCH that much TV:
The findings held after the researchers took into account factors that could affect sperm count, such as smoking, body mass index (BMI) and calorie intake.
Men who watch a lot of TV may have a more sedentary lifestyle, which in turn may affect sperm count, the researchers said. Indeed, the men in the study who exercised the most — doing 15 or more hours a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity — had sperm counts that were higher than those of guys who exercised less than 5 hours a week.
The findings suggest that having a more physically active lifestyle may improve sperm quality, said study researcher Audrey Gaskins, a doctoral student at Harvard School of Public Health. Previous studies have found that being obese and eating a high-fat die are risk factors for lower sperm counts
Again its bad for you spending all your time sitting on your duff. That goes for you who are reading this blog when you could be exercising!
At least that’s what I said the first time I shot an EOTECH on a rifle:
I dig the range finder reticule on the crossbow unit.
People say we can’t have guns because it makes murder “Too Easy”
King County prosecutors say a 24-year-old Auburn man fatally stabbed his cousin after verbal slight on Christmas Eve….Authorities say Courville stabbed Quinn in the neck with a butcher knife after the insult.
When people people say “owning a gun makes murder too easy” I want to pull out my gun, set it on the table, and tell them to kill me with it. I’d feel pretty safe in that action, but drawing a loaded gun has some legal issues that are vastly more risky than the request for them to do an act of murder, so I don’t.
No, murder doesn’t come easy to healthy people, but there is a small number of unhealthy people who have no qualms about it, and when those people are pushed, the tool doesn’t matter a wit!
Also to add to this:
Courville is also accused of trying to disarm an Auburn police officer while being held. Prosecutors say Courville managed to grab the officer’s gun, but was subdued by other detectives.
Just a dangerous person, and one who should NEVER be allowed to walk free.
h/t Barron
So much good here. The armed vet is calm, polite, and comes across as an ideal gun owner. The Hoplophobes bring the stupid, and are taken down. They’re further dressed down for demanding something illegal to be done. Also its worth a note that the Mayor notes that they aren’t just anti-gun but anti-freedom, wanting to pass rules on wearing hats in the council chamber. Of course you know that isn’t their only push into the personal lives of others.
Finally the Mayor thanks the lawful citizen for sharing his thoughts and bringing up the issue, and notes the truth. people are safer when honest, armed people are around.
Such a good video!
Imaginary Grenade leads to school suspension!
A Colorado second-grader may be suspended from his elementary school after he disobeyed a key rule of no weapons, real or imaginary, when he tossed an imaginary grenade Friday during recess and went, ‘pshhh,’ to indicate that the imaginary device detonated, KDVR.com reported.
Alex Watkins,7, who attends Mary Blair Elementary in Loveland, said he was playing the game “Rescue the World.” He plays the role of a heroic soldier out to rid the world of an evil threat.
His duties led him to throw the imaginary grenade into a box he pretended contained evil forces. He said he didn’t make any threats and was playing by himself, KDVR.com reported.
The school has a list of ‘absolutes’ that states no weapons, even if they’re imaginary. A phone call Tuesday morning from FoxNews.com to the school was not immediately returned.
So a “Grenade” that wasn’t there, while playing a game BY HIMSELF, and this is a big enough threat to warrant SUSPENSION? Back when I worked in a daycare we had kids younger than this who would occasionally point fingers and “Pew Pew” at each other. We’d tell them to stop. Sometimes toy guns would come in, and school policy was we’d put the toy up for the day and return it to the kid when their parents picked them up.
We didn’t punish, we certainly didn’t suspend. If a toy was brought we’d inform them of the school policy on toy weapons. Frankly I don’t care about any of it, but it wasn’t my school, I just worked there.
“Honestly, I don’t think the rule is very realistic for kids this age,” Mandie Watkins, Alex’s mom, told KDVR.com. “I think that when a child is trying to save the world, I don’t think he should be punished for it.”
Yeah, I grew up watching GI-Joe before school, not to mention my parents were more lax than some when it came to watching movies with gun play. It wasn’t uncommon for me to “Shoot” at stuff as a kid…or swing an imaginary sword or lightsaber.
Zero Intelligence, and these are the people teaching our kids?
Antis Making a Move in Colorado:
Democratic lawmakers in Colorado, a state haunted by two of the worst mass shootings in American history, unveiled a broad package of gun-control measures on Tuesday, but they stopped short of proposing a ban on assault rifles or any other types of firearms…. Under the Democrats’ proposals, all private gun sales would be subject to background checks. Colorado now requires background checks at gun shows and retail stores, but not for private sales between individuals. The lawmakers also would limit ammunition clips to 10 rounds, banning the 30-round and 100-round magazines that a gunman used last summer in the shooting inside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora.
And Democrats would make dealers and manufacturers of assault rifles liable for deaths or injuries caused by those guns, potentially stripping away some legal protections that have made gun makers immune from civil lawsuits brought by cities and family members of victims. That proposal could be trumped by a 2005 federal law that protects gun dealers and makers from civil actions.
Even with Democrats now in control of the governorship and both houses of the Legislature, supporters of the gun measures said a bruising political battle lay ahead. “It will be a fight,” said State Representative Rhonda Fields, a Democrat from Aurora whose son Javad was shot to death in 2005.
Be interesting to see if any of this crap gets passed. Oddly enough Colorado’s laws against guns in schools, and murder don’t seem to be working. Hey, but this lesser stuff will work, right?
If guns are as illegal as murder, nobody will be murdered with guns, right?
I bought my first box of Federal HST ammo when Federal would sell it to any gun shop at Law Enforcement prices. Then Federal started exclusively selling directly to police agencies. Since few people make a bonded hollow point .45 ACP 230gr +P load, I was forced to find overrun lots to keep my supply up.
Those days are coming to an end!
Awesome! Now my local shop will be able to carry this stuff again!
In New York where guns are strictly controlled:
Two people are being quizzed today by police after the body of a teenage girl was found burning in an alley.
Sasha Marsden, 16, was engulfed in flames outside a seaside guest house.
Staff at neighbouring hotels tried to douse the fire with bowls of water.
At first they thought the figure was a mannequin but to their horror realised it was a human body.
It is believed she had suffered a head injury and had possibly been stabbed before being set alight.
But not a “Gun Death”!
h/t Guav
