Link of the Day: MC Escher Turns Green With Envy

[High Praise! to 4of7 of Little Worlds]

Teasing

Don’t have anything in your mouth before you click over, because your jaw is going to drop, and whatever you had in your mouth will fall out and get all over your keyboard.

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Wisdom of the Day: Spider-Man Vet Facebook Banks Moonbeam

Obama Warned Us – New Economy

Now as we begin to put an end to this recession, we have to consider what comes next — because we can’t afford to return to an economy based on inflated profits and maxed out credit cards; an economy where we depend on dirty and outdated sources of energy; an economy where we’re burdened by soaring health care costs that serve only the special interests. This won’t create sustainable growth, it won’t shrink our deficit, and it won’t create jobs.

BARACK OBAMA, speech, Aug. 7, 2009

“And neither will the over-regulated wasteland I replace that old economy with. MUAHAHAHA!”

Plastic Gun Ban Marches On

So the House quietly renewed the plastic gun ban, a ban made to stop made up guns like the Glock 7 from Die Hard 2 (and was completely ineffective as plastic guns kept popping up in movies all the time).

Funnily enough, with 3D printers, plastic guns are finally becoming a reality, but I’m sure a ban will stop inevitable technological progress. Maybe they should have expanded the ban to mandate stickers on 3D printers that say, “Please don’t print a gun that can pass unnoticed through metal detectors.”

Anyway, let me reiterate a simple principle: If your safety is based on the idea of violent criminals not being able to get their hands on guns, you’re going to get shot a lot.

You’ve Been Judged!

Anonymiss of Nuking Politics picked her favorite punchlines to “The Guardian Says It’s Only Published 1% of Snowden’s Secret Files. The Other 99% Reveal…

Click here to see if you made the cut.

If you did, you should probably email Keln about becoming a guest blogger there.

If you didn’t, Anonymiss has got another straight line for you to practice on.

Keep trying. No one likes a quitter.

The Defining Whining of Our Time

So President Obama, straight off of loudly demonstrating he’s the most useless incompetent to ever run our stupid government, has declared that income inequality is the “defining challenge of our time.”

Anyone want to try to explain why income inequality in America is a problem at all?

Okay, let’s say you’re handed a million dollars, but someone next to you has a billion dollars he earned. Now, should your reaction be, “Wow! I just got a million dollars for doing nothing! I’m rich! Awesome!” Or should you whine like a little girl and cry, “No fair! That guy has so much more money than me! He should give me some of his money!”

That’s exactly what the situation is in America. No one starves. You can be poor and have a car, internet, cable, and a smartphone — many advantages even the richest didn’t have a hundred or so years ago. While there are people in other parts of the world working hard not to starve, you can do a mediocre effort in American and make obscene amounts of money. And what’s the reaction to all this luxury were given just for being born here?

“Wah! Someone has more than me! Unfair!”

I’ll tell you the defining challenge of our time: It’s not enough stupid, whiny hippies getting punched in their ungrateful faces. That’s our country’s problem. Believe me, whiners, you don’t want what you deserve, because it is much much less than you have now.

To the moon!

It’s been over 40 years, but I found out yesterday that a life-long dream is coming true. I’m going to the moon.

BasilToTheMoon

Naturally, since it’s part of the government bureaucracy, I had to find out from a third party. NASA hasn’t even contacted me yet, in fact. But, the news leaked out. I’m expecting a call from then any moment.

Frank J. was kind enough to put off nuking the moon for a couple of weeks. He didn’t promise anything beyond that, but I think it’s a reasonable compromise.

Anyway, I’m off to the moon. I guess I need to pack. I’m not sure what to take. I might want to take some snacks. Something to drink; Tang maybe. My iPad. Probably won’t take any cash. I don’t think I’ll need it there. Besides, the moon takes VISA.

What else should I take?

I mean, if you found out you were going to the moon, what would you take?

Oh, and is there anything I can bring back for you?

Random Thoughts: Minimum Wage, NYPD, and Double Equals

The minimum wage is and always will be zero dollars. When politicians interfere with businesses, more people earn the minimum wage.

So how long until we see the NYPD arrest an innocent bystander they shot for impeding an officer’s bullet?

Double equals is stupid. It should have been equals sign for comparison and something else entirely for assignment.

To update the musical, the von Trapps are now fleeing Obamacare.

Oh, how I enjoy my insipid, partisan humor.