Johannes Mehserle
Jan 15, 2009 Politics & Government
Johannes Mehserle. That name screams white supremacist. That would explain why this guy, a cop for the BART public transit system (California Bay Area), killed a black man in the back while handcuffing him. This story wouldn’t be as interesting without the numerous videos taken during the arrest. Thanks, cell phones.
What happened before the shooting? BART police officers were called early New Year’s morning because of a reported fight. During the arrest, you can hear plenty of heckling and the cops struggling to keep the suspects under control. The victim, 22 year-old Oscar Grant, supposedly stood up without permission and this resulted in the attempted handcuffing. Two officers, including Heir Mehserle, try to control him. Mehserle pulled his sidearm and shoots him once in the back. The other officer jumps back. By the way Mehserle looked at his partner, I think he’s shocked by what happened.
The first theory I heard was that Mehserle mistaken his gun for a Tazer. Maybe, but are they that similar in weight and feel? Are both located on the same part of the belt? I doubt it. My theory is that Mehserle just freaked out with all the heckling and multiple suspects that he was trying to control. It’s like wanting to slap crying kids…except you shoot the kid with a 9mm Beretta instead. I don’t know what Mehserle was thinking. He’s an idiot and hopefully, he gets fucked by lady Justice. Only after public outcry, Mehserle was arrested and charged with murder.
ABC News: Ex-Transit Cop, Johannes Mehserle, Arrested in Oakland Shooting
Tags: bart, bay area, brutality, cop, johannes mehserle, murder, oakland, oscar grant, police, shooting
I Hate Airports
Jan 6, 2009 Business, Politics & Government
JetBlue hates your shirt
An airline passenger forced to cover his Arab shirt was awarded $240,000 in a lawsuit against two TSA officers and JetBlue. Ironically, the shirt said in Arabic, “We Will Not Be Silent.” Well, he was forced silent and won money. Good for him!
Apparently, Raed Jarrad was forced to wear a JetBlue shirt over his Arabic shirt after he was told that other passengers felt uncomfortable with his shirt. My question is: Why can’t I do this with babies? I feel uncomfortable with babies sitting next to me on airplanes. Can you tape their mouth shut? No? Oh, so why appease the racist passengers? Idiots.
Yahoo! News: 240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt
Photo by spackletoe, (CC)-by-nc-nd
Tags: airport, arab, JetBlue, lawsuit, racial profiling, racism, security, shirt, TSA
Israel and Palestine
Jan 2, 2009 Politics & Government
Fuck, can we get this over with already? One thing I hate more than a pointless war is a long, continuing, endless, pointless war. When the U.S. and other countries try calling for ceasefires, truces, and peace agreements, they can’t seriously think that they’re helping the situation. It’s like putting a lid over a boiling pot. It’s always going to blow at some point. There’s no point to stopping the fighting. Let them keep fighting until the Israelis and Palestinians realize they’re fucked. Until then, each side thinks they can still win and you can’t stop that fanatical fervor with anything….ANYTHING. A thousand babies could be dead (I’m pretty we’ve reached that point already) and both sides will still think they can win.
Israel’s latest campaign against Hamas is great. You got Hamas who can’t do anything except launch a few rockets and Israel blowing the hell out of them with helicopters. Sure, Israel is an asshole and they know it. They’re tired of the stupid rocket attacks. It’s like your bigger brother who keeps giving you a wet willy. Sure, it doesn’t hurt you, but you want to punch him the face, right? Israel rejected a 2-day ceasefire. What’s the point of a 2-day ceasefire? Take a smoking break and then get back to blowing shit up? Israel should keep going until Hamas gives up. Just end this shit!
Finally, for those you don’t understand the Israel-Palestinian conflict (that’s everybody), it’s pointless to make sense of it. One thing you should understand is that there are idiots fighting over a piece of “holy” land. That’s also part of the problem as well…it’s fucking “holy” land. War over “holy” land. Do the idiots see the irony?
Gavle, Sweden
Dec 31, 2008 Politics & Government
Swedish folklore dictates that a goat delivers festive gifts for Christmas. Every year since 1966, the town of Gavle, Sweden erect a giant straw goat for holidays and almost every year, this giant straw goat gets torched by vandals. The town officials keep trying to prevent this giant bonfire without much luck. They even go as far as fireproofing the goat with sprayed chemicals and posting security guards. And yet, it was burned down again this year. A BBC News article reported that the goat committee spokeswoman was “saddened” by the destruction.
Are town idiots running city hall? Why is this hard to figure out? From the way I see it, this town has two solutions.
1. Accept that this straw goat is destined for fire and make it an annual bonfire
2. Stop making a FLAMMABLE goat!
“A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.”–T.S. Eliot
BBC News: Festive goat up in flames again
Tags: burning, flammable, folklore, gavle, giant straw goat, sweden, torch, tradition
Joshua Wendall Blackburn
Dec 17, 2008 Politics & Government
Almost as funny as Super Troopers
Here’s a tip: when you’re going to steal 3 duffel bags of cocaine from the evidence locker, make sure you’re not the only one there. Josh Blackburn, a California Highway Patrol officer, stole about $1 million worth of cocaine while his fellow officers were responding to a call. Blackburn later admitted to stealing the coke after investigators quickly figured out he was the only guy around to steal it. This poor bastard got 5 years in prison, which is good news since the prosecutor wanted 12 years. Joshua Blackburn, you’re an idiot.
Orange County Register: CHP officer sentenced for stealing $1 million in cocaine
Photo by Brave Heart, (CC)-by-nc-nd
Tags: chp, cocaine, joshua blackburn, police, stealing
“I’m Not a Scientist, But I am an Idiot”
Dec 15, 2008 Politics & Government
“Do we need to seize five computers in a suspect’s house or could we use a simple tool to preview on site and identify there’s that one email we are looking for and we can then use that and interview the person now, rather then waiting six to 12 months for the evidence to come back to us?
“For example, look at breathalysers - I am not a scientist, I could not do a chemical test on somebody when they are arrested for drink driving but I have a tool that tells me when to bring somebody in.”
You don’t have to be a scientist to search for files on a computer. Looking for an email? It’s called using the search function, idiot. Also, I don’t know how they do it in the UK, but in the US, I doubt a cop can just search a person’s hard drive without seizing it first. So the idea of cops coming into my house and searching for evidence on unseized computers with a scanner? Sounds very unconstitutional.
Tags: constitution, cops, individual rights, law, search, seizure, united kingdom
Congrats, Blago
Dec 10, 2008 Politics & Government
Congratulations, Gov. Rod Blagojevich of Illinois. You’re the first idiot to be featured on this blog. Blago was arrested and charged by the federal government for a variety of corruption charges, including to sell President-Elect Barack Obama’s former Senate seat to basically the highest bidder. But this guy isn’t an idiot for just being greedy, breaking the law, and general douchebaggery. Blagojevich is an idiot because he flaunted his crimes to others and he thought he could get away with it. It seems the most incriminating evidence are the recorded conversations he had with his chief of staff and other advisers where he literally spelled out his greedy motives.
One of Blago’s harebrained get-rich-quick schemes was to get Warren Buffet to fund a non-profit that Blagojevich would lead and later pocket the money. Really? Blago really thought we could get away with scamming one of the richest people in the world? There are also rumors that Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s chief of staff, tipped off the feds about Blago, which might mean that Blago even tried to scam the next President of the United States.
Rod Blagojevich, you’re an idiot.
Tags: blagojevich, corruption, illinois, rod