The Texas gunman who killed eight people before being gunned down himself was a 33-year-old neo-Nazi-curious ex-security guard who lived with his parents. His name was Mauricio Garcia, which makes think we’re doing a lousy job teaching schoolchildren the Holocaust if this many non-Aryans self-identify with the Nazis. Seriously. Every time I see a photo of, say, Charlottesville, I see Hispanic and Asian faces mixed in with the white mob. Are the other neo-Nazis just too polite to tell them sorry, but you’re not a member of the Master Race?
The late Mr. Garcia got the headlines, relegating the weekend’s seven other mass shootings to the back pages of what newspapers are still published.
And when there are no guns, they use vehicles, like the other Texan who killed seven people at a bus stop near a migrant center. Man, it’s a good thing we’re not in the middle of a civil war or anything.
You’ve no doubt wondered — I certainly have — how the Republican Party keeps attracting voters despite pushing a long series of unpopular positions on important issues. This article explains how. Warning: Some math is involved.
Lots of Democrats still hate Bernie Sanders, but he’s like the honey badger of politics — he doesn’t give a fuck, he just keeps doing what he does. His latest proposal: A standardized 32-hour work week for the American worker. Given how much mayhem Americans cause with a 40-hour week, giving them more free time might not be the wisest course.
The smell of gunpowder means it’s time to wrap things up. The floor’s yours.