The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) said that a plan to loan Trust bank an amount of up to 30bn roubles (£343m) had been approved, while analysts warned that Russia’s banking sector had become particularly vulnerable. Trust bank has run a series of advertisements featuring actor Bruce Willis in Russ[...]
Posts Tagged ‘guns’
December 22nd, 2014 - 10:32 pm § in Misc.
Radical Republicans: No, this isn’t a toy gun; and the kids are real, too
These are Michigan state representative-elect Todd Courser’s children, whom he’s “training up” to fight against “tyranny” and for “Christ.” http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/19/1352903/-Mich-GOPer-posts-pix-of-his-kids-with-AR-15s-calls-them-modern[...]
December 19th, 2014 - 5:02 pm § in Misc.
Florida amusement park features kids firing machine guns
An Orlando, Florida, amusement park where kids can fire machine guns opens tomorrow. Train your kids to join rightwing paramilitary militias! If you work there as an instructor, you may want to strap on a stout helmet before handing an Uzi to a kid. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-attra[...]
December 11th, 2014 - 2:20 am § in Uncategorized
White Guys and White Cops Debate “Is it a gun?”
Imagine if the guys with the “not a firearm” were black![...]
December 8th, 2014 - 1:15 am § in America
NRA’s Judy in Olympia
From HorsesAss: NRA Spokesman Who Belittled Jews for Supporting Stronger Gun Laws Emerges from Hiding to Lobby Olympia by Goldy — Thursday, 12/4/14, 12:53 pm It looks like the longest flight in aviation history is finally over, now that the NRA’s Brian Judy has been sighted in Olympia. Way bac[...]
November 23rd, 2014 - 11:54 am § in Misc.
Parents! DON’T Let Your Kids Play Outdoors With Toy Guns!
Because there too many paranoid and trigger-happy cops out there: “The 12-year-old boy wielding what turned out to be a BB gun when he was shot by police outside a Cleveland recreation center died early Sunday morning, a police union official confirmed. … The shooting came after a man [...]
October 24th, 2014 - 3:17 pm § in Hypocrisy
Shooting Horror Pays A Halloween Visit To A Washington High School
Washington’s luck ran out today. Our state dodged the bullet (or bullets, literally) several times over the last few years when would-be school shooters were apprehended by authorities before they could act, usually because someone tipped off police. This one wasn’t caught in time. The S[...]
October 19th, 2014 - 9:09 pm § in Uncategorized
Shooting A Gun Will Give You Lead Poisoning
No, this headline isn’t tongue-in-cheek. I had a heckuva time writing it, because this article is serious. I gave up trying to write something catchy, played it straight, and wrote a simple factual statement. Seriously, I did. I can’t outdo the Seattle Times’ reportage on t[...]
October 18th, 2014 - 8:58 am § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
Yes on 594: Lets Stop The Gun Trade Between Thugs
Who is the real target of 594? The NRA says it is the hunting buddy who want to try out out Jim’s shotgun or the dad who wants to give his daughter a Glock to defend herself at college. This is silly. Jim’s friend and Mary will havbe some inconmvenoience under 594. But the real [...]