Also, don't use a Taser for self-defense. It won't work. Or, rather, it will -- for as long as the juice is on. Two seconds after that, not so much.

See also, other famous incidents:

Sergeant Koon then shot King with a Taser. King groaned; momentarily fell to the ground; then stood back up. Koon fired the Taser again, knocking King to the ground. ( Read more... )

 
The Seattle City Council is expected Tuesday to approve a surcharge on city water customers to help cover the cost of a $22 million court-ordered rebate to water customers.
Wait, I'll figure that one out, any minute now... It's actually a little worse than you'd think -- ( Read more... )

Helping fabricate minor aluminum patches for the F86-D/L Sabre Dog at MAPS appears to be a manner in which I'll be spending some Saturdays.

More on "our" plane here.

At some point in its display life, numerous inspection panels had been lost from the aircraft. As a 'quick fix' by persons unknown, these panels were skinned-over with pop-rivetted ( Read more... )

'Hektor, argue me no agreements. I cannot forgive you ( Read more... )

Government is not charity. It is not persuasion, or cooperation, or sharing. Government is a fist, a shove, a gun. Obama either doesn’t understand this, or doesn’t want voters to understand it.

I think he understands it quite well. He was, after all, raised on Chicago politics. And quite clearly, he wants all the guns -- literally and figuratively

Oh, and illegal, unethical, unscrupulous, and intentional donations.

As the Powerline reader has noted, if "John Galt" of "Ayn Rand Lane" attempts a contribution at the McCain campaign, it gets rejected. Which is just as well. If the Republican candidate's website were intentionally set up to facilitate fraudulent donations, it would be on the ( Read more... )

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse:

House Democrats recently invited Teresa Ghilarducci, a professor at the New School of Social Research, to testify before a subcommittee on her idea to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of the popular retirement plans. In place of 401(k) plans, she would have workers transfer their dough into ( Read more... )

"The 1960s dream of 'make love, not war' does not work for Bonobos. Even though bonobo societies are characterized by promiscuity and a lack of male dominance the males still hunt and kill other primate species."

What, the hippies were lying to us? NO. FUCKING. WAY.

During the recent financial crisis we got a taste of Obama's leadership style in crisis: do nothing and hope he can shift the blame to somebody else ( Read more... )

"... letter -- signed by nineteen other senators -- said that it was "...vitally important that Congress take the necessary steps to ensure that [Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac]...operate in a safe and sound manner.[and]..More importantly, Congress must ensure that the American taxpayer is protected in the event that either...should fail."Somebody knew ( Read more... )