- From the “Unpossible” Department – The city of New York is reporting a drastic rise in ‘gun’ violence. How that’s possible, since the scourge of handguns has been pretty much banned from the Big Apple, I don’t know. Sixty people were shot last week, and city leadership is blaming the phenomenon on the heat and the fact that police are doing fewer ‘stop and frisks’. In a stop-and-frisk, a policeman, without any of those annoying constitutional considerations, stops a person, forces them to submit to a frisk, and then arrests them for anything that is found. Their theory is that as police violate the rights of fewer and fewer people, more blood will flow in the streets. Of course, not interfering with the rights of their citizens can’t be considered as a way for them to deter someone from hurting them. That’s just crazy talk.
- From the “Use What You Got” Department – A man in Florida was arrested recently after being accused of attacking two women with a sword and a peanut butter sandwich. It’s possible he was just trying to test one of the ladies for allergies, but I think this is just a smear campaign against the man. Of course, he could just be a goober. As for the sword, remember, choosy morons choose Cold Steel.
- From the “And The Horse You Rode In On” Department – A man in Germany is being sued by his university for lost income after he completed his degree early. It seems that he and a couple of friends arranged with the school to pool their efforts at attending lectures and then all of them took the necessary exams to get their degrees. I guess you can’t get your full dose of revenue generation and indoctrination if you’re actually being efficient about your education.
- From the “Do It Yourself” Department – The state of Texas has acquired several gunboats, which it plans to use to patrol the waterways that separate it from Mexico. I guess since the federal government isn’t doing anything to secure the border, the states will have to step up. No word on whether or not John Kerry has offered his expertise in boats to the Lone Star state. Who knows, maybe they need someone to teach the fine points of creative after action report writing and how to draft your own decoration justifications. I look forward to a Texas sized finger directed to the northeast when Washington tries to stop Texas from taking over where the federal government has slacked off.
- From the “No Kidding” Department – A recent report finds that moderate alcohol consumption can act as a social lubricant. Really, Professor Obvious? You had to do a study to figure out that when folks have a couple of drinks under their belt they get more social? What’s next, a study to look into the phenomenon of water running downhill? Are we actually paying for this ‘research’?
News Roundup
Posted by daddybear71 on July 4, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/07/04/news-roundup-133/
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