Guns, Murder, and Other News You Probably Can’t Use

January 8, 2009

North Dakotans have a lot of legal guns but don’t shoot each other. It seems New Hampshire is the same.

According to CBS, President Bush has created “the largest marine conservation project in history.” Italics in original. No matter how cynical one is (and, judging by the comments, there are plenty of cynics), 200,000 square miles is a pretty big area.

Cato-at-Liberty notes that CNN says the economy is so hard up that the porn industry is seeking economic Viagra. Choice lengthy quote in which Big Porn admits it doesn’t really need the money, they’re just taking and making it for the Public Good:

Flynt and Francis concede the industry itself is in no financial danger — DVD sales have slipped over the past year, but Web traffic has continued to grow.

But the industry leaders said the issue is a nation in need. “People are too depressed to be sexually active,” Flynt said in the statement. “This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex.”

“With all this economic misery and people losing all that money, sex is the farthest thing from their mind. It’s time for congress to rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America. The only way they can do this is by supporting the adult industry and doing it quickly.”

Continuing on civility, a headscarved woman in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, shouts at Jews: “Go back to the oven!” and “You need a big oven, that’s what you need!”

If you live in America, you’re apparently being forced by Congressional fiat to buy CFLs (compact fluorescent lights) to replace your former light bulbs. But have you seen what you should do if one breaks?

Conservative columnist George Will on how a Supreme Court decision has led to everyone going to college, even when unnecessary.

From Yahoo! news, “Australian police hunt blow-up doll sex bandit.” He’s hit three sex shops to inflate and mate with three “Jungle Janes.”

From the BBC, the cost of compliance with Nigeria’s motorcycle helmet law has caused some to wear dried pumpkins. “Nigeria bikers’ vegetable helmets” also mentions that some motorcycle taxi customers oppose the law because the helmets can be used to cast spells to knock riders out for robbery.

Also from the BBC, “Vatican divorces from Italian law” because there are too many in the civilian code. Years ago I was somewhat into shortwave radio, occasionally trying to listen to various stations to send them a reception report. The word from Rome was to mail such things using the Vatican’s postal system because Italy’s was far too unreliable.

The bizarre Pennsylvania collar-bomb case has wound down.

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