Category Archives: Fail

Reasoned Discourse breaks out at the Texas CHL Forum

Posted on May 18, 2012 by alan

Hey! Want to get banned from the Texas CHL Forum? Ask when the TSRA will support open carry! You’ll get banned too! For bonus points point out that a certain lawyer doesn’t seem to know the difference between libel and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail | 9 Comments

Billion dollar boondoggle

Posted on May 13, 2012 by alan

First it was the bridge to nowhere, now they’re actually building nowhere. A $1 billion city without residents will be developed in Lea County near Hobbs, officials said Tuesday, to help researchers test everything from intelligent traffic systems and next-generation … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail | 10 Comments

QOTY On TSA

Posted on May 1, 2012 by alan

“I’m not embarrassed,” she said. “I just think they’re stupid and their machinery is defective and they should learn to whisper when they’re talking about my crotch, or anyone’s crotch.” —Jeffrey Goldberg’s Mother-in-law

Posted in Fail, TSA | 1 Comment

Report from Lala land

Posted on April 30, 2012 by alan

The 2012 peace index is out. All you need to know about it is here: “The USPI is the first national peace index produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace. Similar in concept to the Global Peace Index (GPI), … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail, Science!, WTF? | 5 Comments

Zero-Tolerance and the TSA

Posted on April 14, 2012 by alan

I stopped doing TSA fail posts because it’s just too hard to keep up with all the fail. This one caught my eye though because it’s illustrates WHY the TSA will never be anything but a complete failure. A TSA … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail, TSA | 3 Comments

Boondoggle

Posted on August 23, 2011 by alan

This will not end well. “In what could certainly be one of the boldest infrastructure developments ever announced, the Russian Government has given the go-ahead to build a transcontinental railway linking Siberia with North America. The massive undertaking would traverse … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail | 13 Comments

Maybe you just suck at this.

Posted on August 18, 2011 by alan

If no one reads your blog (or links to it) which is more likely, that there is a secret blacklist conspiracy against you OR you just suck and aren’t interesting? Yeah, it must be a blacklist.

Posted in Fail, Snark, Teh Interwebz | 33 Comments

War on Rabbits?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by alan

Loony animal rights activists convince the government gang to raid another rabbit breeder. You know if you made this up no one would believe it.

Posted in Fail, Police State | 5 Comments

I think I see the problem here.

Posted on August 1, 2011 by alan

Central Falls, Rhode Island is declaring bankruptcy. There’s a lot of hand wringing and boohooing in the article. Horrible economy, Wake up call, years of economic distress! Oh the humanity. But buried down in the article, the copy editor let … Continue reading →

Posted in Fail, Socialist Hellhole | 7 Comments

From the not getting it department

Posted on July 26, 2011 by alan

No wonder the cop in Canton, OH had a problem with someone carrying a concealed handgun. The attitude comes straight from the top. Wouldn’t this be a deprivation of civil rights under the color of law case?

Posted in Concealed Carry, Fail, Police State, Political Class | 8 Comments