Having a great time. The weather is pretty dreary, but its allefedly going to nice tomorrow!
Bunch of old friends here, some whom I’ve known for years, but never been in the same place at the same time. Several people I’ve never heard of before, and I’m glad to have met.
Fun times!
Let’s dispense with the tools, New York did this!
Two teenagers charged in connection with the death of a 5-year-old New York girl whose body was dumped in a trash can are expected to make their first court appearance since their arrests….Isabella’s family had called police Monday morning to say she was missing from her great-grandmother’s Niagara Falls home, where she’d been staying overnight. Isabella’s great-grandmother said she’d last seen her Sunday night with Freeman, a neighbor and family friend.
Authorities said it appeared Isabella had been killed without any weapons being involved.
The beasts that rule New York and their stupid gun laws talk a lot about “Gun Death”, but what about this? These beasts killed a little girl with their bare hands! Fuck everybody who uses “Gun Death” to frame an argument! You’re heartless and evil!
As you might have heard, I’m headed out to Blogorado!
Light blogging ahead, but lots of pictures and blog fodder to come!
See you on the flip side!
Let’s compare and contrast with this one, as Maddmedic likes to send me “Gun Death” stories from Minnesota, which is also the home state of my favorite Anti-Rights fanatic, Joan Peterson. First Joan:
Guns? Any talk of gun restrictions in public places, such as at the Minnesota State Fair, is questioned by the gun rights extremists. Some of these folks believe that no one can restrict their rights for any reason whatsoever. Pigs are not protected by the Second Amendment….Restrictions on where guns can be carried are constitutional. So are restrictions on who can carry them and what types of guns can be owned. Because elected leaders wrongly believe they can’t engage in a discussion about gun policy, people are dying every day from bullets. People are not dying every day from Swine Flu. But we take precautions anyway because we know that if we don’t, more people could be infected with this disease, get sick and potentially die. That is the right thing to do. We should be treating guns the same way. Prevention is prudent and in the best interests of public health and safety.
Yep, Joan wants guns banned at the Minnesota State fair for public safety. Now the “Gun Death” story:
A fight at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul sent two men to Regions Hospital with stab wounds to their stomachs on Sunday.
The incident happened around 6:15 p.m. near the corner of Dan Patch Avenue and Cooper Street, fair officials said.
Officials say Pnayrpeo Chap and Sarasovarn Sourng, both 28, are still at Regions Hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Their conditions are not known, and police say they are not cooperating with the investigation.
This comparison is EXACTLY why I labor at the “Gun Death?” Files. This covers all the bases.
First: There were no guns involved in this violent encounter. Granted none of the people were killed, but check the above archive, and you’ll find a lot of “Blade Death” stories…as a matter-of-fact the last story from Minnesota I posted a few days ago was a “Blade Death”.
Second: Joan doesn’t think we should carry guns for “Public Safety”. OK first we have a stabbing at the very fair she’s griping about, but we have the people in the hospital not cooperation with the police! Why do you think that is? I bet its Omertà from gang members! Even if it isn’t, does the state fair do background checks? Are there metal detectors to make sure weapons aren’t brought in? Hell fists and boots are good enough to kill a person (again, check those archives!). So we have violent felons, and that’s a non-issue, but no lawfully carried guns?
Sorry, but that’s a DAMN good reason to pack your gun! (Need I add “Carry your damn guns, people!”?)
Third: Joan isn’t mentioning this story, because for her only “Gun Death” counts!
Sorry Joan, when I go to the fair, I carry my gun, and I think everybody else should too!
Thanks again to Maddmedic!
Sebastian and John have pictures from the NRA endorsement of Romney, and I guess the attendance was 10,000.
Sebastian notes that and anti-gun protest in the same area is about…10 (but they have about 20 crappy signs!)
I mentioned last night on the Squirrel Report, that I think the numbers of lackluster supporters and get-rich-quick guys in gun blogs are due to the fact that guns are just SO POPULAR right now. You can’t lose right now if you talk about guns, and Anti-gun people can’t find a friend even when they beg.
Of course there is a limit to everything, eventually guns will no longer have shock value, or novelty. When hanging out in the lab people will whip out various smart phones to amuse themselves while a sample runs in a machine, or to check for messages after a meeting. A few years ago, everybody would be asking “What phone is that?” “Is that the new iPhone?” or “Is that an Android?”. Now nobody cares, as EVERYBODY has one. Soon just about everybody will have a gun, and it won’t be novel. People will care about guns when A) They’re looking to buy a new one, or B) If they need to defend themselves. Target shooting and hunting will also be moot, because its just one of those things people in America do.
When that happens this blog will be pretty boring unless I ramp up the music, movies, and baby duck posts.
I look forward to that day! 😀
Yep, there’s a show tonight! You can find the show page and topics here!
Go watch that video! It’ll improve your concentration!!!!
9pm EST Its THE SQUIRREL REPORT!!!
Baby Animal Pictures are good for you!
Puppies. Kittens. Fat babies. These are the cute things in life we love to coo about, but who knew that the mere sight of them could heighten our mental skills? A new study by Japanese researchers now shows there are more benefits to looking at pictures of these universal delights than just getting a case of the warm and fuzzies. Afterwards, we concentrate better.
Such is the “Power of Kawaii”, as a paper documenting the research is appropriately titled. The Japanese word “kawaii” means cute. The paper was published in the online edition of the U.S. journal Plos One on Thursday. Through three separate experiments a team of scientists from Hiroshima University showed that people showed higher levels of concentration after looking at pictures of puppies or kittens.
Well there! See? Looking at the baby duck pictures here at Weer’d World is GOOD for work productivity! Inform your boss!
h/t Mrs. Weer’d
Making black powder .22s. Seems like a LOT of work if you ask me. I’d just be happy to hang the old .22 on the wall and buy a cheap smokeless rifle for shooting.
A German sports official died Monday a day after being struck in the throat by a javelin.
The 74-year-old man was officiating at a youth meet in the western city of Duesseldorf when the incident happened late Sunday, police spokesman Andre Hartwig said.
The Javelin is a military weapon! One that caused much death and destruction against the German people at the hands of the Roman army! WHY ARE CHILDREN WIELDING THESE WEAPONS OF WAR!!!!!
Why are we giving our children military-style weapons! They have no legitimate sporting purpose! I mean that last part too! I find track and field to be a boring sport that I have no interest in, so my opinion is more important than yours!
Too bad Antis don’t read this blog, I think they’d get a kick out of this post!
h/t Mad Saint Jack
Didn’t watch it…they don’t hold my interest. Still take it from Chris Mathews:
Still what’s really interesting is it appears gun control is in its death throws.
Twitter aggregation can be read here and here
And Thirdpower shows the ham-handed arrogance of the Brady Campaign publishing a post about the gun control questions in the debate BEFORE the debate!
They doubled down on this debate, and they lost HARD! I wonder how much money they have left. I suspect all this whining over nobody giving them the time of day will dry up all the donations for a group that already didn’t have much in the coffers already.
Also be interested in seeing how many of the key gun control players stop talking when the checks stop clearing!
