Udderings

“Daunting”

merlin:

Bill allows sightless to hunt with laser

Signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal, HB 39 authorizes the use of laser scopes by visually impaired hunters while hunting with a sighted individual. Prior to the law, sighted hunters had the daunting task of looking over an impaired hunter’s shoulder and then trying to guess if a rifle or shotgun was properly aligned to make a clean shot.

It’s appalling to think how many years blind people with rifles were legally barred from shooting at things—even with the assistance of an infallible technology like laser beams.

Once again, we find our country shamed into cultural evolution by the maverick, science-based activism of our Southern brothers.

What?

Your quote clearly states they weren’t barred from shooting at things, they had to have someone look over their shoulder, which is absolutely ridiculous.  Talk about a way to make it so someone accidentally gets shot.

The article admits the lasers are frequently miscalibrated, but its a huge improvement.

Ognjen Milatovic

So, on Monday, boston.com told us about an “Unruly passenger removed from US Airways flight.”  This kind of flew under my radar because I didn’t care.

Let me quickly quote from the article:

Milatovic allegedly would not comply with a flight attendant’s instructions, refusing to take his seat and refusing to place his carry-on luggage into the overhead compartment, State Police said.

One passenger also reported hearing a noise coming from a plastic bag that Milatovic was carrying when he finally put it in the overhead bin.

Sounds like he had a large bag that he didn’t want to put overhead or something?

Well, it comes out today, the bag had “keys, a bagel with cream cheese, and a hat”.  Hmm.  It was an 8 am flight, so you might have a guess about what a normal person does with a bagel and cream cheese he brings onto a morning flight, and it isn’t put it in the overhead compartment…