Trick or Treat

Pumpkin symbol marks sex offenders' homes

The immediate thought strikes that making copies of the sticker and putting it on innocent houses would be a better Halloween prank than soaping windows or TPing. And if the offenders have to leave their lights off, how are people going to see the sign?

Government. Is there anything it doesn't do well?

Supporting Republicans is Racist and Stinky

The marquee supporting the GOP ticket in "an area that is strongly African American was like putting a stink bomb in the middle of the living room," said University of Maryland political Professor Ron Walters.

Brought to you by the party of Tolerance and Diversity...

The Director, African American Leadership Center said it.

I believe it.

That settles it.

I wonder if he'd be equally agreeable to my using the same terms to protest democrat campaign signs in my "strongly white" area...? Or does the fact that I even live in one automatically make me racist?

A Well-Heeled Anti-Gunner

You can almost hear the thought process behind Madonna's red-carpet footwear. "OK, those pesky tabloids won't stop with my whole divorce thing and my film's about to get panned. What can I do to take the heat off? I know - gun shoes! That'll get them talking." [More]

What ought "to get them talking" is the hypocrisy of the Material Gorn, shown here hind-claw in Lagerfeld.

Be funny if she wore these in a locale that bans replica guns and one of her fellow travelers called the snitch line...

It'd also be funny if fashionable Karl had to install bright orange tips in some markets or paint the heels fluorescent in others...

UPDATE: Here's a clearer look...the replica gun heels look pretty realistic--I'll bet if she separated them from the shoe she could knock over a liquor store with them.



And true to form, her PSH partners in citizen disarmament are shocked, shocked...

I am horrified that Madonna can see these shoes as fashion. As a mother herself I would have thought that she would have paused for a second and thought about all the young people here and in her own country that have died because of gun crime. She should have thought about all the young people that have died because of gun crime. We need the whole of society to take responsibility and action in stopping the glamorization of weapons. Celebrities have a massive part to play and an icon like Madonna should have more sense. It’s uncaring. Surely she reads the news and realizes that young people are dying every day.

But here's the thing--the story says she wore them to her movie premiere in New York.

Well, well, well...

These guns will have the FULL ORANGE TIP as required by Federal Law.

In accordance with New York State law, these guns are available for shipment to the state of New York except in New York City.

Somebody call BATFU! Somebody call Furious Mike!

Or is there a different set of laws for rich anti-gun celebrities? (And they say there are no stupid questions...)

Yes, But it's a Rare and Attuned Contempt

I lobbied Barack Obama extensively while he was an Illinois State Senator. As a result of that experience, I know Obama's attitudes toward guns and gun owners better than anyone. The truth be told, in all my years in the Capitol I have never met a legislator who harbors more contempt for the law-abiding firearm owner than does Barack Obama.

Careful there, Mr. Pearson. Considering his exalted status as a Lightworker, "that rare kind of attuned being who...can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet," you're getting awful close to heresy...

[Via Jack A and Lane]

Taking Turns

When he turned, he looked directly at me. Eye to eye. He spoke no words. The look on his face said everything. It seemed to be, 'What will you do? It's your turn now.'

Mike H has a celluloid dream...

Child Gun Deaths on the Rise

The number of justifiable homicides committed by police and private citizens has been rising in the past two years to their highest levels in more than a decade, reflecting a shoot-first philosophy in dealing with crime, say law enforcement analysts.

Bummer. All the li'l tykes were doing was reaching out to find their path...

[Via Plug Nickel Times]

Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of the Lightworker in Vain

A Lufkin woman received a surprise visit from the Secret Service last week because of a "death threat" comment she reportedly made about Sen. Barack Obama to a campaign volunteer asking for her support of the presidential candidate.

All it takes is an unsubstantiated accusation by an acolyte against an infidel?

I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition...

[Via Tommy S]

Reaching Out to Find His Path

Victor Wells, who runs a program in North Chicago called X-Cons Save Our Kids, said he had been working with Starks and trying to help him find a construction job.

"This was a very bright young man," Wells said. "He was reaching out to find his path in life."

Starks was sent to prison in 2006 for residential burglary and school vandalism. He got a 4-year sentence and was two years into that sentence when he was paroled last month.

Well he couldn't have been too bright. When you reach out, it's generally a good idea not to be pointing a gun at another human being with one hand while you clutch for his money with the other. And while he may not have found his path, he certainly had no trouble finding the pavement.

Based on results, the guy had a gun, had no reservations about initiating force with it and was within shooting range--on top of a demonstrable history of being a sociopathic creep with a criminal record for victimizing others. In other words, a perfect candidate for the Bradys to add to their "Another Child Gun Death" statistics...

[Via Tom H]

This Day in History: October 16

The maritime minister of France sends orders to officials in port towns urging them to prevent American ships from loading war munitions.