"Don't get stuck on stupid!"

Retiring general aims to create a culture of U.S. preparedness
As Lt. Gen. Russel Honore gets ready to retire from the Army and hand over his command on Friday, he says he wants to spend the rest of his life creating a "culture of preparedness" to prevent another post-disaster disaster.

"There's an attitude everywhere else that people are smarter than they are in New Orleans and in Mississippi. They're not," the 60-year-old general said at his office at Fort Gillem, just outside Atlanta. "What happened in New Orleans could have happened anywhere on the Eastern Seaboard."

"In this new normal, with the possibility of terrorist attacks, natural disasters and industrial accidents, we need this culture of preparedness," he said. "A vast part of America still thinks, '`That couldn't happen where I live.' And they are dead damn wrong."

A good message from someone I hope to hear more from in the future.

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There's Cake!

HABERDASHERY!

It's more likely than you think.

The Bill that no one will talk about

Blogonomicon has a post up on The Bill that no one will talk about. Passing overwhelmingly in the house, and expected to pass in the senate, no one wants to talk about this bill. Except one man who did NOT vote for it.

Read up. These are important times, and these are important issues.

Various Engine Animations

This is very cool!

Example:

This is fucking hilarious!

Actually, this is WAY more hilarious!

.... candygram...

Land Shark - Saturday Night Live - Season 1

Posted Dec 01, 2006

In this classic SNL skit, a shark attacks on land.

What's the difference between 9/11 and a cow?

Rudy Giuliani doesn't know how to milk a cow.

But I live in a good neighborhood part 8

Police: SJ Newlyweds Bashed By Dozen Teenagers
Teenagers Attack Newlyweds On Way Home From Church Party

Just driving home with your new spouse and friend, after leaving the church new year's party...

Even non-gun grabbers are sometimes taken aback at the notion of carrying a gun to church. They view it as the height of paranoia. Attacks on churches are very well documented, and these same people often forget that carrying a gun to church also means having it with you on the way to and from church.

This is unnerving to read because it reveals the harsh truth.
Random acts of violence can visit anyone, at any time, and irrevocably shatter lives.
Act accordingly.

What really gets me is that this would likely have ended instantly if one of the victims had simply brandished a gun. Instead, their lives are forever changed.

The quotes are raw, and still carry the fear of the victim. If you've got the stomach; read on.

"My heart was racing. It was like something out of a scary movie where someone is after you," said Maria. "I was thinking, God please stop. Why us? Why us? Who are they? I was terrified."

"(I felt) just fear, absolute fear. I've never been through anything this traumatic in my life," Jason said. " The driver's side has the biggest damage of the door below the handle. That blow was aimed towards her head. That's the force they were aiming at her head."

Dan was beaten the worst, Fadipe reported.

Doctors said his injuries would take a year to heal.

"I took one to the forehead, one to the back of the head -- a couple to the arm (and) to my back," said Dan.

"They were going for his head with these weapons," said Jason.

"They almost killed a man," Jason said. "They could have killed my wife, and they had complete utter disrespect for any human life or anything. It was relentless disrespect, relentless violence."

The couple said police officers have told them their case is not a top priority because the department is understaffed.

SWAT team busts in, takes son for checkup.

SWAT officers invade home, take 11-year-old at gunpoint
Cops demand boy go to doctor because of fall during horseplay

This is unreal.

Nearly a dozen members of a police SWAT team in western Colorado punched a hole in the front door and invaded a family's home with guns drawn, demanding that an 11-year-old boy who had had an accidental fall accompany them to the hospital, on the order of Garfield County Magistrate Lain Leoniak.

The paramedics were allowed to see the boy, and found no significant impairment, but wanted to take him to the hospital for an evaluation anyway. Fearing the hospital's bills, the family refused to allow that.

The sheriff said the decision to use SWAT team force was justified because the father was a "self-proclaimed constitutionalist" and had made threats and "comments" over the years.

However, the sheriff declined to provide a single instance of the father's illegal behavior. "I can't tell you specifically," he said.

Can you not tell us because its sooooper seekrit??? Or could it be because he didn't do anything illegal, and was only guilty of making you uncomfortable? I suppose you can't answer that question specifically either...

"He was refusing to provide medical care," the sheriff said.

However, the sheriff said if his own children were involved in an at-home accident, he would want to be the one to make decisions on their healthcare, as did Shiflett.

"I guess if that was one of my children, I would make that decision," the sheriff said.

Wow. Sometimes you just wonder if people can hear themselves talk. You just want to record the conversation, and play it back for them until they understand the deep disconnect in their line of thinking. At least, you HOPE it's a disconnect, and not just a rationalized double standard. "I'm the ONLY ONE qualified to make that kind of decision!"

"While people can debate whether or not the father should have brought his son to the ER – it seems like this was not the kind of emergency that warrants this kind of outrageous conduct by government officials," a spokesman said.

The crux of the issue. Should society be allowed to infringe upon people's rights simply because their choices and decisions make other people uncomfortable. Last I checked, the bill of rights doesn't enumerate those rights for everyone unless you're weird. In fact, that's why we live in a republic, so minorities cannot be oppressed by majorities simply because of numbers. But hey;
"The United States can't be so fixed on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans..."
~ William Jefferson Clinton, March 1, 1993
There you have it.

"Now I'm hunting for lawyers that will take the case … I'm going to sue everybody whose name was on that page right down to the judge," he said.

Godspeed, from another American who believes in the constitution, and makes "comments."

How to Escape Microcar-Attacking Ninjas on Roller Skates

It just could save your life...

Quote of the current socio-political landscape

'Need' now means wanting someone else's money. 'Greed' means wanting to keep your own. 'Compassion' is when a politician arranges the transfer. ~ Joseph Sobran

My addiction, exposed!

James of Hell In a Handbasket heard my cry for help, and layed it all out for me.

Most of the stuff that we perceive as being spicy hot has zero nutritional value. So why would anyone crave it physically? It certainly doesn't help the body keep going in any way.

Sugary and fatty foods are calories, and even if the body doesn't need them right away those foods are easily broken down and stored as fat in case they are needed later. But hot spices?

I was reading an article about 25 years ago, when the fascination with hot spices and different kinds of peppers was just taking off in the US. The author speculated that the appeal was because the hot taste caused the release of endorphins in our brain. (Brain: "3rd degree burns on the tongue! Release endorphins to try and stave off the onset of shock!")

So you wanted to put Tabasco in your too hot soup because you are a filthy junkie.

Might as well just mainline a chipotle, and then you're going to start turning tricks on the street for jalapenos. You'll spend all your money on nachos at the local 7-11 because they let you put as many peppers on as you want, and you'll be kicked out of your house because you can't make rent. It won't be long after that you start going through the dumpster at the Taco Bell, sucking almost empty packets of "Fire" sauce for the last few drops. Eventually the cops will find you frozen to death on a park bench with a half eaten habanero clutched in your fist.

Spice addiction. I've seen it before. It is always ugly when it finally ends.

James

It's not an addiction! I can quit whenever I want! ... I-- Just don't want to, that's all!


... BACK OFF!

But seriously, I was rolling on the floor when i read this, thanks James!

The 360 is back

... and I'm trying really hard not to expect the police. :)

It's 9:30, and we're pounding away on the drums of rock band and having a great time.

Good to be back.

Fantaisie Sign - Ian Pooley Remix

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Hey wait!

Fuck the remix, the original is way better!

You can actually watch this video.

Be sure of your target, and what's behind it!

This is disgusting.

Cops get reports of someone shooting into the air on new year's, they arrive and see the shooter. Shooter points gun at officers and flees into a house which had a party going on inside. Officer fires 11 shots into the house wounding four including one man shot in the face, and a 9 year old.

Towandaa Austin, 18, a neighbor, said she was outside and yelled at police: ” ‘Stop shooting! There’s kids in there!’ They said shut the f- up.”

You can shoot through cover if you are VERY sure the dangerous assailant is on the other side, AND is an immediate threat, AND must be subdued immediately.
Now listen closely, because this part is important;
You may NOT shoot through cover if that cover is a 9 year old.

Hat tip to David

What the fuck is wrong with me?

Seriously?

I love spicy food, but it wasn't until a recent event that I began to wonder if I love it a bit too much.

My mom made some posole, but added too many habanero peppers and apologized for making it so hot. I assured her it was no problem, and thanked her for making it so spicy. I quickly filled a bowl and went to town. She was right. It was hot. I eat a lot of spicy things, and this was extremely spicy. It was a challenge to finish the bowl, and was a very enjoyable (somehow).

A few days later, I returned to finish the soup and mentally prepared myself as I prepared the soup. I also commented aloud at the spicy damage I was about to inflict upon myself. I withdrew the reheated soup from the microwave and placed it on the table, sat, and stared at the hazardous soup.

Then, in what hindsight can only conclude as an attempt at self torment, I formulated a sentance that must have originated from a deeply detached part of my brain, and understanding fully how this soup treaded dangerously upon my limit for spicy food, said;

"Maybe I should add some Tabasco."

My girlfriend looked at me in disbelief, "What?!" It took a little bit for me to realize the implications of what I'd just suggested out loud. I say a lot of weird things, but this really confused me. "What the fuck is wrong with me???"

Why DO I like spicy food? I usually order the spice level of my food with words like, incapacitating, deathly, or coma-inducing. This crossed a line somehow. Why do I do this?

Yeah? Well, your MOM...

It should be obvious...

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Flinch - Why shooting isn't like the movies

Carteach has a great post up with pictures and videos explaining flinch.

If you've never shot before, or if you're new to shooting, managing flinch is a huge part of shooting accurately. This post is definitely worth your time.