New Stand Your Ground case in Texas

Damned right it applies.  This idiot thought that harassing this woman and threatening her with a knife was a good idea.  So, she pulled out a rifle to try to get him to back off (not always the best choice, of course, but what the hell, you use what you got.) He lunged at her and attacked.  She shot his stupid ass.

Darwin 1, Goblins 0.

Damned right!

Fast forward to 7:45 or so.

Slapped this one right outta the park.

Zimmerman acquitted!

So much for that.

Now, we brace and see if those that were threatening to riot will carry out those threats.  I sincerely hope not, since there's been enough death in this case, but people tend to be stupid (and greedy, as one tweet I read from a potential rioter stated: "Ima gonna get me a new flatscreen, niggas!")

Interesting times ahead, folks.  Keep your weapons loaded, and eyes open.  I sure will.

They caught the bastard!

Or at least, they think it's the right guy.  There's apparently camera footage of this fuckwad dropping off a backpack at the explosion site in MA.
Get a rope!

Interesting times ahead,,,,

More details to follow....

I never thought I'd say this....

...but this russian guy slaps this right outta the park.

Americans: Never give up your guns

Wow.  The comments have the usual shitbag full of gun grabbing fuckwits, but you can't swing a stick without hitting one of those idiots. 

It's definitely good food for thought, but I doubt it'll sway the hardcore Feinstein lover, after all, they don't live in reality.

THIS is *EXACTLY* why the RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS MUST NOT BE INFRINGED.

This old woman would have been utterly helpless against these bastards.  Tables = TURNED.

Fuckers.

BWAHAHAH!

I have no words.  It's true, though!!!

Just for fun.....

Weerd over @ weerdworld brought up the topic of old video game systems. I commented about how some systems seemed to have some seriously awesome specs, but didn't really do so well.  I am about to examine a little bit of the reasons why in this post.

One of the first systems to be looked at was the Sega Genesis.  This system had  a more powerful CPU than the SNES and boasted a marketing campaign designed to make those that didn't possess one feel like an inferior nerd.  It's too bad with the exception of the Sonic the Hedgehog games, the Genesis didn't really have many compelling games.  How many remember Shining Force 1 & 2 or the Phantasy Star series?
It did get the "unedited" version of Mortal Kombat (which required a blood code to activate the bloody animations, due to the fuckery going on in Congress at that time over violent video games,) but this wasn't good enough to topple the SNES, which had a HUGE library of games and peripherals.

On the flip side was the fail that was known as the Nintendo 64.  Sure, it had a handful of really good games (The Mario games, Zeldas, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Donkey Kong,) but the crippling deficiencies like the lack of ram and the use of ROM carts rather than cheaper to produce CDs and shitty controllers signed this things death warrant fairly quickly, compared to it's main competitor, the Playstation 1.

Sega tried hard with the "next-gen" system, the Saturn, but couldn't attract enough developers to make it work

Atari tried their own 64 bit system shortly before the N64 hit the scene, it had 5 discrete different processors / subprocessors, a CD-ROM attachment (a nightmare in and of itself,) and a virtually unusable controller setup.  It swiftly faded to obscurity in the face of the fact that no matter how powerful the system, if there's no games or it's unusable due to bad controllers or the CD attachment eats CDs.

There were a few other systems like the 3DO, the Neo-Geo home systems, and that one Linux based thing that wanted to compete with the X-Box.  They all failed for one primary reason:  If it ain't entertaining, nobody wants it.

Status Update

I haven't really been posting much lately, simply because the situation with my dad has just kept me fried to a fucking crisp.  He's finally in another dialysis place, and won't be returning to that shithole here in Tulare.  Davita of Tulare can suck my left nut, but they'd better wash their mouths out first - they're not the cleanest folks around.

One unhappy kid.....

What do you think? Was he right or wrong?

I can sympathize with his point of view.  After all, his kid sounds like a fucking ingrate.  On the other hand, wouldn't it have been better to donate the computer?

Plus, making his kids pay for the ammo? Seriously?

But whatever, I think this guy's going to find that maybe posting this wasn't the best idea ever.....

Self Defense WIN!

I know most of you have probably heard by now of a certain woman in Oklahoma who was forced to kill a home invader in self defense.  Said woman was defending her 3 month old baby, with the cops on the phone, and her back to the wall.  I'm posting about this now to address the morons who seem to believe that she did the wrong thing.  Some folks believe she did NOT do the right thing by standing her ground and shooting the knife-wielding maniac dead.  They believe she should have RUN AWAY from her OWN FUCKING HOUSE.

Where to even BEGIN on this utter, complete, fuckwitted bullshit?!? Jesus fucking christ, it's not like one's own home is public property.  She's got the rights there, not the knife-wielding stalking motherfucker! Why in the bloody fuck should she retreat from her own goddamned home?  Not to mention the complete lack of data she had on the conditions outside.  What was she supposed to do, carry her baby out into the night at a run and hope they didn't have someone watching the back?  What if they would have? She would have likely died raped and mutilated by those bastards.  Instead, she stood her ground, ended one of the useless wastes of oxygen, and scared the other one off, and saved her and her child's lives in the process.

Some people ask about the rights of the attacker to live.  What right does someone have to live when they enter a home without permission and with the intent to do harm to those inside the home? Even if they don't enter with a specific desire to do harm and just an intent to steal property, then so what?  It's not like every burglar is going to say "Oh shit, someone's home, I'd better run away and leave these fine folks unharmed!"
Not only that, but humanity has yet to show proof of telepathy.  Therefore, we can't read minds, so we have no idea what a intruders intentions are.  Some folks say "let them take what they want / do what they want and it'll be ok."  Clearly, these folks haven't been through the trauma of being home invaded and having their lives threatened.  If they had, I'm sure their attitudes would be quite different.

I sincerely hope this poor lady will recieve the help she needs.  Fuck the knife wielder and his partner.

Had some connection problems....

...but they're fixed, mostly...for now.

In any case, I'm happy to hear the news that Bin Liner got sent off to his just reward, and his cronies are foaming at the mouth over his loss.

XKCD slaps this right outta the park.

Read it here

SCIENCE, bitches!