I Know I've Seen This Somewhere Before

Here's the setup:

"Nineteen shots -- more than a full clip of ammo -- were fired by the officer after the suspect appeared to be pointing a gun, police said. The bullets hit at least three homes, although police said they're still investigating. No bullets hit the suspect."

As reported by the Free Press, the officer was using a "standard issue Glock" with a 15 bullet clip. The Glock can hold one bullet in the chamber, so he actually took time to reload. After hitting three homes. Thankfully the suspect surrendered at which point his weapon was confiscated. What? Oh, "no gun was found."

So Clouseau shoots up the neighbourhood to apprehend a man who robbed a Subway and a couple gas bars because he was terrified of spooky shadows. Sure, I can see that. Policing is probably a frightening job in London Ontario. But the payoff from Deputy Police chief Ian Peer is just too familiar (and delicious):

"Peer said it appears the officer -- a five-year veteran of the department -- was justified in using lethal force in a "dynamic" and "rare" occurrence.

"The suspect presented himself in a position as if holding a gun," said Peer, adding police had also received reports that the suspect had a weapon. "It's a low-light situation and the officer sees the suspect present himself as if he has a gun and the officer fired his gun.

"There are a lot of facts the officer has to take into consideration in an extremely short period of time. Those were the conditions, and the officer did what he's trained to do. There's nothing I can see now to suggest anything wrong was done."

Delicious delusional thinking. Where have I seen that before?

Oh yeah.




I'm not saying that policing is easy or free of frightening situations. I am saying that more care should be taken with a weapon capable of discharging so many bullets in so little time.



Not hitting the homes of innocent people would be sweet too.

Lies That Gary Told

The Spaceman went full-metal batshit-crazy last week.

According to Gary, J.K. Rowling wanted the evil in the Harry Potter books to be real. Like real. As in not imaginary.



It's a literary allusion you huckster. Magic isn't real Gary. The "evil" in Harry Potter isn't real either. There is no "real, historical sorcery". You, are an idiot.

Listen to the first five minutes and get a glimpse into the idiocy of the Gary Bell show.

Gary says that:

"Witchcraft is real"
"The occult is real"
Paraphrasing here: "Steve Jobs is a shaman who received his inspiration through the dream world and is now paying a toll for tapping into the occult. Jobs is gaunt and sickly because of the occult".

Nice. And classy too. And a crazed lie. Steve Jobs gets his powers from the blood of infants. Clue in Gary.

Gary is very worried that your child will learn how to cast spells on the internet! Real spells! And they might learn anagrams too! Yes, Gary hates anagrams. Labels Restyle Gill!

Basically, Harry Potter is training you to be proper receptor of the anti-christ.

On second thought, don't waste anytime on the show. It's bad enough that I do. Watch this instead. It is exactly like A View From Space. Same ideas, same words, but put forth as comic fodder. As it should be.

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