Tag: justice

Only in the south

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What could possibly go wrong – Georgia senate panel approves legislation that would make it legal to “pull or show” your firearm during a dispute as long as you don’t “aim it offensively” at someone

In other words, Georgia is trying to make it completely legal to show that you have a gun in order to attempt to deescalate a conflict, but not necessarily point it at another human being.

Yeah, that’s really going to go over real well; especially when jobber A flashes that they have a piece during a heated argument over the last $16 waffle maker at Walmart on Black Friday, and then jobber B responds by flashing their larger, more powerful piece.  Surely, the hypothesis is that jobber A will immediately stand down and forfeit the waffle maker to jobber B and then everyone will resume what they’re doing peacefully.

But the reality is that the two of them will eventually reach this uncomfortable and tense stalemate before one of them inevitably breaks the law and flashes it at the other, causing mass hysteria around them, before the highly armed and concealed-carrying rest of Georgia all begin brandishing weapons all around and then Milledgeville ends up on the news for the first time since Ben Roethlistberger raped a chick way back when.

Seriously, this is some only in the south kind of shit logic, and if there were ever any more proof that industries like firearms have their hands in the pockets of old white men in political power, dry rubbing their flaccid old dicks, it’s stories like this, because in no scenario in the world involving people who are not law enforcement, does the introduction of firearms ever have a chance at hell at deescalating anything at all.

Digging deeper, I love how the impetus behind this ridiculous bill is that the previous punishment for brandishing a weapon is a 20-year felony, and a bunch of hicks decided that they shouldn’t have to go to prison for two decades because they have a gun and want to show it off.  So why not just change the fucking law?

Anyway, I look forward to the statistics that will never be published where gun violence actually goes down as a result of laws like this.  Or the amendment where it will not-so subtly exclude black people from this law and in fact make it a 25-year felony for the colored folks for even saying the word “gun” around old white people.

Too easy

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You don’t say – Atlanta rapper who goes under the name “Young Thug” is arrested and faces up to eight felony charges

Man, who could have seen this coming?  A guy who goes by the name of Young Thug, arrested for doing the kinds of things that young thugs are known for doing, like having drugs, threatening people, distributing drugs, among all other charges.

This isn’t the first time I’ve written about this guy, because shockingly, he’s had run-ins with the law several times over, over the last few years, but it does not seem apparent that regardless of how much his rap credibility increases, it doesn’t change the fact that he’s still subject to do dumb shit under his own volition.

I think the funniest part about this is that it all started with getting pulled over for suspicion of too-dark window tint.  It’s one of the most ticky-tack bullshit violations to be pulled over for in the first place, and no doubt that there was some racial profiling involved with the cop’s decision to pull him over in the first place.  Don’t get me wrong, I see cars all the time with window tint that’s got to obviously be illegal, so I’m a little surprised to see someone actually getting pulled over for it in the first place.

Lo and behold, it turns out that the car is driven by a minor celebrity, and holy shit did he have a lot of drugs in his possession at that time.  Naturally, there’s a gun in the car too, because how can anyone be a young thug without having a firearm as well?  The legality of its ownership is never mentioned, although one can easily speculate.

Either way, it’s the shocker of the century that Young Thug is arrested; again, and it’s not one of those things where anyone can even pull the race card.  The guy had a car that raised red flags, and upon further inspection, it turned out that there were plenty of reasons to arrest the guy.  It’s not like he’s actually going to serve any time, because if the guy can seemingly get back out on the streets after skipping out on warrants and threatening the lives of other people, it’ll be a short stay in incarceration before he’s back out on the streets, and probably not long afterward before he’s busted again for some stupid shit.

GOOD BOY

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lol’d: dog left in truck attempts to get at Tupperware full of bacon grease, inadvertently puts vehicle in gear, causes fender bender in parking lot

Sometimes we just need funny stories to brighten a day.  This is one of them.  Elvis, which is an appropriate name for this dog, attempts to get at some bacon grease and instead drives a truck into a parked car.

It’s not like Elvis could be held accountable for any of this, because it was his less-than intelligent owner who left A DOG, alone in a vehicle that had a container full of BACON grease, and somehow expected that everything would be okay while he went into the store.

Anyway, the best news of this story is that nobody was hurt, most of all Elvis.  A Mitsubishi Lancer took a little bit of a ding, but considering that it’s a Lancer, it’s not like any damage was done in the first place.  Unfortunately for Elvis, it didn’t look like he succeeded at getting any of that sweet bacon grease though, however. 😢

I love stories like this

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Long story short: former Cosby Show actor photographed working at Trader Joe’s, photos submitted to celebrity gossip sites in an attempt to ridicule actor; instead, criticism and the general rage of the internet get turned onto woman who took pictures

I really do enjoy stories like this one.  It gives me hope for humanity that even the vast populous of the wasteland internet are operating with a general respect for those who work period, versus those who try to throw stones from afar.

I just love the thought that some nobody chick whom it says something about her that she was able to recognize Geoffrey Owens in the first place given the fact that his episodes of the Cosby Show were back in like 1992, thought she could get a little bit of internet cred by breaking photos of a television actor from the 90s working an ordinary job, but then it blows up in her face when the wrath of the internet simply asks, what’s wrong with a guy trying to earn an honest living?

The fact that there are people out there whose lives are basically dedicated to trying to find interesting content to try and break the internet with is sad enough, and feeds into the inherent need to be first that so many people fall prey to, and its stories like this that make me smugly satisfied from afar that people really should be a little more careful with the content they try to produce and think for two seconds of the potential outcomes of breaking it.  I’m fairly certain this broad didn’t imagine the vast majority of the viewing world would turn heel on her beyond the worthless props and credit she was going to get for making this reveal.

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Batista will be in for a rude awakening

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I know Dave is on this little high of thinking he’s a something big shot because he’s a former WWE champion and that he played Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, but I don’t think he realizes that he doesn’t have as much clout as he thinks he does.  But thinking that anyone is going to join him much less care, by threatening to walk away from the franchise if Marvel-Disney doesn’t reinstate director James Gunn after firing him for inappropriate tweets from a lifetime ago, he’s going to be in for a very rude awakening at the results that will ensue.

I’m sure he got the impression that the actors could make a difference, after Chris Pratt’s earnest attempt to pen an open letter and get all the stars of the franchise to sign off on it, but in spite of his experience in the public eye as a public wrestler, he’s still relatively green when it comes to the world of Hollywood, which at the very core of it, gives zero fucks about any human being, cares only about money, and fully understands that absolutely anyone is expendable and replaceable.

Furthermore, I’m sure ol’ Dave thought that the cast and crew of Guardians were tight as knots when he made his declaration of wanting to opt out of future Guardians films if they didn’t bring back James Gunn, but the reality is that Gunn or not, the franchise is going to continue, and ain’t nobody from the righteous and current-hotness Chris Pratt all the way to James’s own brother Sean, who has been a bit part in the both films so far would be willing to walk away on solely principle from the money, prestige and exposure that a Marvel Studios film provides to all those involved.

Frankly, Dave Bautista has a tremendous amount to learn about way Hollywood works, and as much as admire his determination to stick to his guns, it’s simply not the best idea for a guy that barely has a handful of films worth mentioning under his belt to be trying to make such waves in an industry where the ensemble cast around him is most certainly not as willing to join the cause. 

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Pokémon is what makes it funny

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Newsworthy: parkour hero scales four stories in like four seconds in order to rescue child hanging off of a ledge in Paris.  French president applauds his act of heroism and immediately expedites his pursuit of French citizenship and immediately offers him a job with the Paris fire brigade.  A wonderful story of bravery and a reward fitting of a hero who deserves it.

Brogworthy: child ended up in the precarious situation because his dad left him unsupervised so he could go to the market and play Pokémon Go on the way back.  Dad faces two years in prison for child neglect.  Because of Pokémon Go.

Even before it was revealed that dad was out being an idiot, this was still a fantastic story of a legitimate hero who did something extraordinary.  It’s a happy ending for all, because the kid didn’t fall to his death, and the Malian immigrant who scaled the building like Spider-Man to rescue the kid is instantly rewarded with the French citizenship he was aspiring to gain. 

There’s not much to talk about in a situation like this, and it’s easiest to simply marvel in the incredible feats of human bravery and feel like our collective faith in people can gain a point or two for such selfless courage.

But then it comes out that the kid was left unsupervised by a deadbeat of a father who went out to the market, and then decided to leisurely take his time coming back so that he could play some Pokémon Go.  Now, it’s something to brog about.

Full disclosure: I still play Pokémon Go.  It’s literally taking me an entire year to go from level 34 to 35, and there’s a litany of life milestones that I’m fairly confident that I’ll hit before I can get to the maximum level 40, and knowing my luck, Niantic, if they’re even still around in six years, will raise the max cap to like 50, and then I’ll be fucked and proclaim I’ll stop but then probably won’t anyway.

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Now that’s some hardcore ownage

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Applause for draconian punishment: dumbass teenager who threw a firework that resulted in a gargantuan forest fire sentenced to pay $36 million dollars in restitution

Step aside, Smokey.  You ain’t done SHIT in 64 years.  Kids have continued to play with fire and idiots have continued to inadvertently start fires that have resulted in god knows how much damage and carnage to nature throughout the last century.

But Hood River County Circuit Judge John A. Olson sentencing a 15-year old to pay $36 million dollars in restitution?  Now THAT’S going to make some dumbasses think twice on whether or not it’s worth playing with fire and risk starting a blaze and getting caught and facing the gavel themselves.

I really love this story, because far too often, America has seen people who have done terrible things get away with merely metaphorical slaps on the wrists.  Draconian punishments would undoubtedly make people think twice or three or four times on whether or not a bad choice is worth the punishment, and if only America would go a little dark side and apply more of them, then maybe this country wouldn’t be so full of shitheads.

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