Things That Men Do That Upset Women

The general consensus is that #7 is the worst of all!

The Eric Garner Grand Jury

Justice is blind.  Really blind.  And deaf too.

Five white cops swarm the big black guy, choke him, and squash him into the sidewalk until he's dead, all captured on video, and the Staten Island grand jury says, "All harm, but no foul.  That's just good police work."

Madness!

One Of Life's Unwritten Rules

I was out running around today making a couple calls when I stopped at a Frisch's restaurant for a quick lunch.  It was semi-late for lunch and the place wasn't crowded.  After my food was served, another man was seated a couple booths behind me.  From that direction, I suddenly heard these odd little clicking noises.

Casually, I took a peek and here was this guy clipping his fingernails right there on his table!  WTF?  And he's not going after just one little hangnail.  No, he's doing the full set of ten -- clik-clik-clik, and stuff is flying everywhere.  Hey, stay classy, dude!

Among life's many unwritten rules:  You don't cut your fingernails in public.  You just don't.  Not at school, not at work, not at the shopping mall, and sure as hell not in a friggin' restaurant!  It's never an emergency, but if you just can't wait until you're home, at least do it in the restroom!

Some people!  I was just glad he didn't follow up by trimming his toenails!

"No Woman, No Drive"

By Saudi Arabian religious law and custom, women are restricted in a hundred different ways.  Maybe more.  One example:  Saudi women are prohibited from driving motor vehicles of any sort.  It is literally illegal for a woman to drive.  A woman found driving can be fined, punished, and jailed.

Alaa Wardi is a Saudi comedian.  (They do exist.)  Here's his spoof of his country's silly law, done ala Bob Marley:  

Ayn Rand: How Is She Still A Thing?

From John Oliver's Last Week Tonight:

A hat? A flower pot?

http://youtu.be/_8m8cQI4DgM

Porky Governor Confuses Garden State With Iowa Hog Industry

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a bill which would have banned the use of pig gestation crates in his state.  These cages, also called sow stalls, are used to confine breeding females while they are inseminated.  They're small enough that the pig can't turn around.  These animals spend almost their entire lives facing forward, getting pregnant and giving birth, over and over again.  Many people feel the practice is cruel and unnecessary.

The New Jersey legislature passed the pig crate ban almost unanimously -- 93% voted for it, Democrat and Republican alike.  Yet when Christie vetoed it, he called it just another example of "partisan politics."  An interesting definition of partisan.

His Heftiness also said, "Trust me, I know what it's like.  I've spent most of my life unable to turn around in the shower, or in my office, or even in a small studio apartment.  But it's really not so bad.  If the governor of New Jersey can get used to it, so can a bunch of pigs."

Takes one to know one.

The Longest 35 Feet In History

From the very start, the Ferguson police authorities claimed the "entire scene" of the Michael Brown shooting was no more than 35 feet in length, from where Officer Wilson's patrol car stopped to where Brown's body lay dead in the street.

Check out this seldom-seen panoramic photo taken shortly after Brown fell.

Wilson's vehicle is circled in red.  Brown is at far right, with Wilson and another officer standing nearby.

Does that look like 35 feet to you?  Me neither.  Turns out it's more like 150 feet.

You may draw your own conclusions as to why the Ferguson cops are such poor judges of distance.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/20/1346374/-BREAKING-VIDEO-Police-Lied-Mike-Brown-was-killed-148-feet-away-from-Darren-Wilson-s-SUV