David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown – WSJ.com

David Kopel: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown – WSJ.com

so this is the new conservative party line on the topic of gun control?

divert peoples attention away from licensing and regulating semi-automatic weapons by endorsing the involuntary imprisonment of troublesome citizen before they commit a crime?

without any substantial evidence that the gunman was in danger of being committed against his will that’s just the new reality as rewritten for us by the fat, rich, white guys?

a baseless piece of non-journalism starts on Faux News like a seed or a spore of a disease and it just spreads out like a virus or a cancer throughout the conservative media.

well, how decidedly unobvious… um, sort of.

U.S. soldier referred to court martial in Afghan killings – chicagotribune.com

U.S. soldier referred to court martial in Afghan killings – chicagotribune.com

His lawyer has a point, the military is at fault for its lousy mental health system, its predilection for sending troops back into combat again and again and many, many other things. None of those failings took away the murderous scum’s free will though.

Sgt. Bale is responsible for his own actions and should reap the benefits of them.

…Including, but not limited to, a public execution so the people of the Middle East know the US is not OK with its military service people behaving like psychotic murderers. Anything else is just endangering all of the troops who do serve our country faithfully.

Sandy hook shooting: Was Adam Lanza lashing out against treatment? – CSMonitor.com

Sandy hook shooting: Was Adam Lanza lashing out against treatment? – CSMonitor.com

interesting…

“People who are forcibly treated so often feel traumatized by it,” says Robert Whitaker, author of “Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America.” “Women in particular will sometimes talk about it almost like a quasi-rape, because sometimes they are held down and injected,” he says.

So this is what’s next, advocating forcing treatment on people?????

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness? Bullshit.

The reactionary anti-freewill dystopia this country is rapidly descending into is a breeding ground for this kind of crime. Imprisoning people before they commit crimes will only serve to weaken the creditability of the state and give someone like this asshole even less to lose.

This story was first reported by Faux. The liberal press is playing their usual role as patsy, passing around the stories the conservative corporations want them to.

All cable news media should have to identify who pitches every single story so the public has a prayer of getting a true picture of what they are being told even if they are paying attention.

Are Muslims being provoked? – Inside Story – Al Jazeera English

Are Muslims being provoked? – Inside Story – Al Jazeera English

It is hard for me to have sympathy (that and veils that cover the face) for Muslims who complain about this kind of discrimination.

Seriously, if you don’t like the publication, don’t buy and don’t read it. All that these self-centered, disrespectful to the culture you now inhabit, whiny-ass, woe is me, childish protests accomplish is more publicity for the publication, and personally I think that is a great thing.

Publications who stand their ground in the face of whiny, sanctimonious, self-centered, and wholly inconsiderate to the world around them protests by religious zealots (and if you aren’t for freedom of speech because of your religion, you most definitely are a zealot) deserve a huge, huge monetary reward.

In other words, fuck ’em if they can’t take a joke.

Seriously.
Fuck them.
Fuck them in a public square.
Fuck them up the ass.
Fuck them by a dirty goat.
Fucking seriously, if you don’t like it, don’t read it. Problem solved.