And when weaponized anthrax is outlawed, only outlaws will have weaponized anthrax. --John Fugelsang
Dec 17, 2012
Today's Toon
And when weaponized anthrax is outlawed, only outlaws will have weaponized anthrax. --John Fugelsang
Dec 15, 2012
Godly(ish) Tunes
Of course, the inevitable crap immediately showed up on Facebook about how assholes shoot kids at school because the schools have told God to get out. Here's the thing: if your all-powerful god can be kept out of anywhere just because some minor functionary on some random local board says so, then that is one weak shit god ya got there, Sparky.
And if your all-loving and all-merciful god turns his back as innocent people are being slaughtered - and while you shrug and rationalize it all as "god's will" - then you and your god can both go fuck yourselves.
The Shooting(s)
We have a gun problem. And since the problem is all about guns, the solution has to be all about guns as well. So here's the logical approach to solving it.
I'm calling on all you gun owners to carry your guns wherever you go, and when you see someone who has a gun, I want you to shoot him. Shoot anybody you see who has a gun.
There's bound to be some collateral damage, but once the gun freaks are all busy shooting each other, maybe they'll leave everybody else the fuck alone.
And while we're at it, the Sate Department should add the NRA to its list of Terrorist Organizations.
I'm calling on all you gun owners to carry your guns wherever you go, and when you see someone who has a gun, I want you to shoot him. Shoot anybody you see who has a gun.
There's bound to be some collateral damage, but once the gun freaks are all busy shooting each other, maybe they'll leave everybody else the fuck alone.
And while we're at it, the Sate Department should add the NRA to its list of Terrorist Organizations.
Dec 14, 2012
Dec 13, 2012
The Krugman Speaks
Bleeding Europe
Europe has surprised me with its political resilience — the willingness of debtor nations to endure seemingly endless pain, the ability of the ECB to do just enough, at the very last minute, to calm markets when the financial situation seems ready to explode. But the economics of austerity have played out exactly according to script — the Keynesian script, that is, not the austerian script. Again and again, “responsible” technocrats induce their nations to accept the bitter austerity medicine; again and again, they fail to deliver results. The latest case in point is Italy, where Mario Monti — a good guy, deeply sincere — is leaving early, ultimately because his policies are delivering Italy into depression. (And yes, for the record, this means that Italy won’t get the full Monti.)
So what’s the answer? Stay the course, say the Eurocrats. It will work any day now — the confidence fairy is coming!
Kevin O’Rourke has it right: Europe has become the continent where good times are always just around the corner.
It really is like medieval medicine, where you bled patients to treat their ailments, and when the bleeding made them sicker, you bled them even more.
Dec 12, 2012
Another Day, Another Shooting
via LA Times:
A masked gunman stormed into a crowded Portland, Ore.-area mall Tuesday, shouting, "I am the shooter!" and opened fire, killing two people and seriously injuring a third before killing himself, authorities and a witness said.
Dec 11, 2012
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