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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Weird Enuf Fer Ya? News From Barbaria: #21


Alan: Yes, the possession of a gun will sometimes save an innocent person's life.

But in general, the more guns sloshing around a society, the more people killed or grievously injured by them.

Comparing these two phenomena side-by-side is to place Mount Everest next to the neighborhood hill you sledded on as a six year old.

Conservatives are motivated by anecdote.

Liberals are motivated by scientifically-determined truth which derives from statistical measures using very large populations. 

In these very large populations, anecdotes comprise a pinch of spice in a vat of soup made with slabs of meat and gobs of potato.

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"Gun Cartoons and Bun Violence Bibliography"

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Pat Robertson: Demons get ‘permission’ to wreck your car from X-rated moviesAnn Coulter likens U.S. demographic shift to ‘being raped,’ blames Democrats

Company withholds experimental drug from dying 7-year-old boy to preserve profits

Anti-LGBT pastor: Gays causing war between Ukraine and human rights ‘leader’ Russia

Fox’s Stuart Varney outraged states still feeding poor despite food stamp cuts: ‘You can’t win!’

KY churches withhold $7 million from children’s home to force anti-gay policies

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