Never Bring A Gun To A Baseball Bat Fight

This story is full of win.

I was listening to a local FM station this morning as I was prepping myself for work. The DJs were delivering the news as is their wont every morning about the same time.
It turns out that Homey ran out of money and smokes, and went to a gas station/quickie mart out in North Town to replenish his supply of both. Trouble is, Homey attempted to do this packing a gun rather than a an ATM card. (North Town for those of you who are unfamiliar is North Las Vegas, which is our own little Detroit).

So the clerk raises his hands and lets Homey behind the counter to gather up what he wanted. About then two customers came in the store, saw the gun-toting hoodlum, turned around and walked out again. This however, provided just enough distraction to Homey that the clerk had time to grab a baseball bat from under the counter and bash his fucking brains in. Score one for the clerk.
Homey is currently lying in a hospital bed, in a coma.

Too bad the clerk didn't have a gun under the counter instead though.


Oh, and the 'Spam Subject of the Day'? Bah. Got sick of it. Unless there's one that really shines, I won't waste the time any more.


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Civics

So I went here and took a civics quiz, which:

[...]thirty-three questions, many drawn from U.S. naturalization exams and U.S. Department of Education high school progress tests (NAEP).
[...]

I ain't proud of my score (69.70%, or 23 out of 33 - I suck), but it is what it is.
What's interesting - but in my eyes not surprising, is that the politicians we elect on the average know less than the average citizen.

Anyway, it only takes 5 or 10 minutes, so give it a whirl and let me know how you do.

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Good For her

911 Call Released From Home Invasion Shooting
[...]
It happened in Cushing, about 50 miles west of Tulsa in Lincoln County. Police say the female homeowner was awakened by her barking dog and called 911. While she was on the phone with dispatchers, police say she warned the intruder that she had a rifle.

Authorities say the intruder, identified as Billy Dean Riley, ignored the woman's warning and threw a chair through the window. That's when the woman opened fire.
[...]

911 - "Okay , (unintelligible) is advising that you can defend your property if you need to."

RESIDENT - "Alright he's at the garage."

911 - "He's at the garage? Is it attached to your house?"

RESIDENT - "Nope, he's at the patio door again."

911 - "I can hear him banging again."

RESIDENT - "I don't want to have to kill this man, but i'll kill him graveyard dead ma'am."

911 - "I understand."

RESIDENT - "Alright."

RESIDENT - Oh crap he's breaking in. he's breaking in now, he's breaking in now. He's breaking the window, i'm going to kill him. He's walking back and forth on the porch. He looks to be an older man, I don't want to kill him. He's kicking the door please hurry. He's going to make it in please hurry ma'am. I think he's drunk . He doesn't know where his pickup's at. God I don't want to kill this man."

RESIDENT - "I cant keep this gun and keep on the phone darling, it's a big shotgun, it will break my arm. As soon as you tell me they're here im taking the safety, uh.. I'm putting the safety back on this sucker."

[...]

Click - boom.

Too bad this asshole made it so this woman has to live the rest of her life knowing she killed someone. But at the same time, this asshole deserved what he got.
Good thing this wasn't somewhere like say, Chicago or D.C. The woman probably would be dead instead.


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