Targeted killings: OK if Obama does it

Salon.com study finds "liberals" more likely to favor targeted killings once they know it’s Obama's policy.
                

Its fairly well documented in psychology (its just cognitive dissonance working) when people support things done by people they trust even if the thing is deplorable.

Its just an indication that people aren't as 'principled' as they might hold themselves out to be.

I'm more shocked that there needed to be a "study" conducted to confirm this.

Spokesman for Heart Attack Grill dies of heart attack

The unofficial spokesman of the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas has died from a heart attack he suffered last week Monday.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, John Alleman, 52, suffered a heart attack on the street outside of the restaurant last week and was taken off of life support on Monday.

The owner of the restaurant, “Doctor” Jon Basso said in an interview with the Sun that Alleman “lived ate and breathed the Heart Attack Grill” and “lived a very full life.”

Alleman, a local security guard, was a famous regular at the restaurant who ate there almost every day. He was nicknamed “Patient John” and was featured in a picture on the menu.

According to Basso, everyone at the restaurant is grief-stricken at the news about Alleman. According to Yahoo! News, this is the second time one of the restaurant’s unofficial spokesmen has died in two years.

The restaurant is known for it’s overly-fattening menu, one that features a “quadruple bypass burger” that pushes 10,000 calories. Last year, a man suffered an apparent heart attack in the restaurant while eating the restaurant’s “triple bypass burger.”

Although...


This story reminds me of James Fuller Fixx (1932 –1984), who was the author of the 1977 best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running.

Best known as Jim Fixx, he was credited with helping start America’s fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging.

On July 20, 1984, Jim Fixx died at age 52 of a fulminant heart attack, after his daily run. (Thanks to Bill Hicks for telling me of that story.)

I think I'll still have that burger.

New Tarantino Movie...

“A less violent Passion Of The Christ”

DJesus Uncrossed. NSFW, but you probably already figured that out.

2nd Amendment Stickers

The following 2nd Amendment posters show the fallacy of the arguments ban certain weapons. 

Typically, it starts with, "banning guns makes society safer."

The reality is that criminals and sociopaths will always find a way to arm themselves. 

And, it's also false. Compare Virginia, which expanded their citizen's rights to carry... "From 2006 to 2011, the total number of guns purchased in Virginia increased 73 percent, while the total number of gun-related violent crimes decreased 24 percent over that period." (tl;dr the crime rate plummeted).

Now compare that to Chicago - with the most restrictive gun laws, and no concealed carry, and have the highest murder rate in the nation... Their gun laws simply don't work.

Here are some nice stickers to put gun ownership in some perspective, and strike down silly arguments for taking away every citizen's right granted by the 2nd Amendment.

 

Lovingly shared from The Political Commentator.

Medal for Drone "Pilots"

Panetta Announces Medal For Drone Pilots

They fight the war from computer consoles and video screens. 

But the troops that launch the drone strikes and direct the cyberattacks that can kill or disable an enemy may never set foot in the combat zone. Now their battlefield contributions may be recognized. 

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Wednesday that for the first time the Pentagon is creating a medal that can be awarded to troops who have a direct impact on combat operations, but do it from afar. 

"I've seen firsthand how modern tools, like remotely piloted platforms and cyber systems, have changed the way wars are fought," Panetta said. "And they've given our men and women the ability to engage the enemy and change the course of battle, even from afar." 

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I wonder if everyone in the ceremony stays seated? It would seem to be appropriate.