A no pulling our punches comic to start your day.

I don't really have anything more to add than to say that this is just as gross as it is accurate.

The horrific injuries of those who survived the Las Vegas shooting. Guns don't just kill. Update!

(Warning this video can be quite disturbing, prepare yourself to be upset by what you will see.)

Courtesy of Yahoo News:

Rachel Sheppard's scar runs from her chest to below her waist. 

"When I see it, it's just a constant reminder," she says. The 27-year-old is one of nearly 500 people recovering after she was shot in last October's Las Vegas massacre that left 58 concertgoers dead. 

Natalie Grumet felt her jaw explode. 

"I was shot in the face," she said. 

Chelsea Romo was shot in the eye. 

"My vision was taken right away," she said. She was in the front row at the Route 91 Harvest Festival outside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino when the shooting began. "My girlfriend said, 'Duck.' At this point, I was holding my face and she said, 'Chelsea, your face.' And I said, 'Oh no, I can't see.'" 

At first, she was completely blind, but surgeons were able to save one of her eyes by removing pieces of shrapnel. 

When I was a boy I was brought to see the body of a friend who had been shot by a shotgun through a door.

It was supposed to shock me into volunteering who might have shot the boy, but I didn't know so the only thing it succeeded in doing is shocking me into realizing that guns in television westerns, which only knocked the actors bloodlessly to the ground, and the ones in real life, which tore flesh to pieces and turned human beings into hamburger, were in no way the same things.

That image has haunted me my entire life, and after seeing these images from Inside Edition my nightmares have even more fuel with which to wake me in a cold sweat each night.

But it is still something that all of us should recognize.

Guns are designed to tear people's bodies up, and damage them enough to snuff out their life.

Guns are not made to shoot paper targets or to serve as a force field to magically protect us from harm.

When Todd Palin pointed that gun at Track, he was threatening to tear his body to shreds and possibly kill him. Just let that sink in for a second.

Rational people do not want instruments of death and bodily destruction in the hands of more people walking around our streets.

Because even when they are not purposefully seeking to do harm, harm can be done.

Courtesy of the LA Times: 

A 12-year-old girl was booked on suspicion of negligent discharge of a firearm Thursday after a shooting at Sal Castro Middle School left four students injured, authorities said. 

Los Angeles police do not believe that the shooting was intentional, spokesman Josh Rubenstein said Thursday evening. 

"At this time, the information suggests that this was an isolated incident, involving the negligent discharge of a firearm, where innocent children and a staff member were unfortunately injured," the LAPD said in a statement. 

I wonder how badly those children's bodies are damaged.

Perhaps those still fresh wounds should be broadcast on national TV as well. So that people can really see what the 2nd Amendment means in everyday life. 

Update: The man who sold the Las Vegas shooter armor piercing bullets has been arrested.

There is no reason in the world that everyday citizens should have access to armor piercing bullets.

None.

It turns out the Las Vegas shooter was a Trump fan.

Courtesy of Newsweek:  

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock was quite the fan of President Donald Trump before he killed 58 people and left another 500 injured—the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history. 

Paddock, a millionaire who reportedly would gamble up to $1 million a night in casinos, was attracted to the president's politics because of the boost the stock market has enjoyed since Trump took office, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo told KLAS, a local CBS affiliate in Las Vegas, during a two-hour interview. 

Paddock said "he was happy with Trump because the stock market was doing well," Lombardo said.

Lombardo said he didn't know offhand who Paddock was talking to when he was talking about Trump, adding that it's the "only thing that we have seen that references politics." Authorities do not believe it correlates to a motive in the shooting. 

To be clear the man behind the largest mass shooting spree in American history has NO ties to any terrorist organizations, and the only hint we have about his politics is that he was happy with Donald Trump.

Does it mean that his mass murder has anything to do with his political point of view?

Probably not, but if this guy were a Muslim Hillary Clinton supporter would that make any difference to the right wing media?

Nope. 

Dakota Meyer attacks somebody at the Las Vegas mass shooting for running away instead of getting killed.

This is why children shouldn't classify heroes by their followers or their photos. @danbilzerian this is what kills me about people like you. Always playing "operator dress up" and so so tough when the cameras are on. A woman just got shot in the head and you are running away filming that's not what operators do. Please stop trying to be someone your not. People are dying, you're running away not helping them and pretending it's worthy of a video is disgusting.

A post shared by Dakota Meyer (@dakotameyer0317) on Oct 2, 2017 at 5:12am PDT

So here is the actual video that this Dan Bilzerian fellow posted, as you can see he was unarmed during the shooting but said he got a gun and headed back. Though of course there was nothing to be done. Now look I really don't know, or care much about this Bilzerian guy. He could be a real douchebag, and according to his Instagram account that is probably somewhat accurate.

But I am still not sure what compelled Meyer to go after him like that on social media.

First off the guy was unarmed, which according to some messages on Dakota's Instagram makes him a pussy right there.

But secondly even if he was armed with a handgun, HOW would that have helped?

The gunman was firing an automatic weapon from the 32nd floor into a crowd of people.

NOBODY fires a handgun and hits a guy 32 floors up except in the dumbest action movies ever made.

The best this guy could probably have done was to shoot out windows on the 20th or 25th floor and hit some poor bastard who was up to that point completely safe.

As for leaving that woman shot in the head, yeah maybe this guy could have provided help if he is trained to do so, but most likely he would have simply been killed as well.

Nobody knows what they would do in a similar circumstance, and only an asshole insults somebody running from a hail of gunfire.

At the time of this post the death toll stands at 58, with 515 wounded.

If this Dan Bilzerian had followed Dakota's advice he would quite likely be number 59, or if lucky number 516.

Las Vegas becomes the largest American city to switch to 100% green energy.

Courtesy of the Independent:

Last week, Las Vegas reached its decade-long goal of completely powering the city with renewable energy, making it the largest city in the United States to do so. 

“Las Vegas is one of the few cities in the entire world that can boast using all of its power from green sources,” Mayor Carolyn Goodman told reporters at city hall last Monday. 

The city reached the goal thanks to the opening of Boulder Solar 1, a 100-megawatt solar plant located near Boulder City. Now, the city’s government buildings, streetlights, and parks are fueled the renewable energy.

Apparently the city has been working toward this goal since 2008, and  have now reduced energy emissions by 30%.

And this Sarah Palin is why we do not need to spend billions on oil exploration in the Arctic.

Thank you President Obama.

"The Duck Commander Musical" will shut down due to poor ticket sales. Seriously, who saw that coming?

Courtesy of Wonkette: 

No one could have predicted that a Vegas musical about the loathsome Robertson family — those jerkwads who hunt ducks and hate homos and believe the only reason people don’t go around cutting off dicks is because the Bible says — would fail harder than Carly Fiorina running a major corporation. (Topical jokes!) And by no one, we mean everyone, even those without God on their speed dial: 

A musical based on the family featured in the “Duck Dynasty” reality TV series is closing in Las Vegas, a little more than a month after it opened. 

“The Duck Commander Musical,” based on the book “Duck Commander Family” by Willie and Korie Robertson, will shut down on May 17 after typically selling less than 100 tickets per performance despite heavy discounting, the Las Vegas Sun reports. 

I wonder, how many drugs does a person have to do in order to make this seem a like a good idea?

Maybe if were staged in Nashville instead of Las Vegas it might have had a better run. Or better yet in Gilley's, that bar from "Urban Cowboy."

I wonder if it's true that the musical accompaniment was made up of duck calls and somebody blowing over the top of a half empty jug of moonshine?

Sarah Palin in Las Vegas.

I quite literally know nothing about the origins of this photo, including who that guy on the left is, but I thought I would post it and give all of you budding internet detectives the opportunity to do a little sleuthing.

Sure going to Las Vegas was a bust for Sarah Palin, but at least Bristol had a good time.

Bristol got to meet Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor winner, and possibly an even bigger liar than Chris Kyle.

She met former Green Beret Grady Powell, who now also works as a reality star.

She once again got to meet old poopy pants pedophile Ted Nugent.

She got to hold one of the dumbest trophies ever given. (However it must be noted that it was a dumb trophy that her mother's show Amazing America was not good enough to receive.)

And of course she was instrumental in helping to promote an image that insures that her mother's political aspirations are finished forever.

Yep, all in all it was a big weekend for Bristol.

Made even better I'm sure by the fact that Tripp spent the weekend with his dad and his new baby sister, allowing Bristol to go on a hunt for Lumbersexuals unhindered.

Don't worry men of Las Vegas, they have shots for that.

Presenting the Sarah Palin version of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Update!

Palin's first stop was to shake her skinny ass at the SHOT show to launch her second season of the truly terrible Amazing America series.

 And of course you know who else was there. Yep old poopy pants himself.

Saw @TedNugent and @SarahPalinUSA at the @SPORTSMANchnl booth at #SHOTShow pic.twitter.com/keV7PmfOTw
— T. Logan Metesh (@tlmetesh) January 23, 2015

And did I mention that Bristol was there too?

Ran into some old and cherished friends @BristolsBlog and @SarahPalinUSA while perusing #SHOTShow miss you ladies! pic.twitter.com/93sV5P4pyE
— Grady powell (@gradylpowell) January 22, 2015

Well somebody has to help cover up those age spots and wrinkles.

Palin claimed that she was not there to talk politics, but you know that's bullshit:

“I’m not going to talk politics except to say the GOP had better go on offense. Man, they are not going to win any game on defense,” she told TheBlaze. “Being in the majority there in D.C. — we’re blowing it if we just bend our back.” 

She added, “That GOP leadership, that establishment, they’ve got to get their stuff together. I love what they believe in, I believe in it too. But they’ve got to get tough, man. You know what? It’s not just the New England Patriots who are dealing with deflated balls right now. 

Classy.

But then what would you expect?

Hunt Fish Feed at the @SalvationArmyUS Las Vegas with @SarahPalinUSA #SHOTshow2015 pic.twitter.com/zTQ2amR59d
— Sportsman Channel (@SPORTSMANchnl) January 23, 2015

Palin's second stop yesterday was to the Salvation Army in Las Vegas.

Here is more from UT San Diego:

 Former vice presidential candidate and Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin was cozy in her Cadillac Escalade as it wheeled through a segment of Las Vegas few tourists and certainly very few politicians ever see. 

As she approached the Las Vegas Salvation Army on 35 West Owens Ave., hard by the railroad tracks and I-15 -- actually, on the other side of the tracks -- she couldn’t help but see the people, families even, camped in tents and whatever shelter they could build on the sidewalks of D Street.

.....

Outside, hundreds of homeless lined up for their one big meal of the day, and on this day it was chili made with wild boar pork that Leysath ordered from Sierra Meat in Reno. Palin was a bit late, so Leysath and the Salvation Army crew and volunteers from the Las Vegas Police Department and Nellis Air Force Base started serving the needy before she arrived from the SHOT Show at the Sands Expo Center.  

Fortunately Palin had no hand in the actual chili preparation which was handled by the Salvation Army's culinary students.

Good call Salvation Army.

Of course she was far more concerned with promoting her show than in feeding any hungry people. You know much like she is at home in Wasilla.

Never in all the events Leysath put on for the Sportsman Channel did he or anyone associated with the show see anything like the stir surrounding Palin’s appearance at the Las Vegas Salvation Army. She arrived with two bodyguards who looked as though they could be UFC or MMA stars. Upon arrival, she was sped off to a “green” room to get outfitted for the show and then led to the kitchen area to serve food. Local and national TV shows were there to follow her every move.

What in the hell does she need bodyguards for? Is she afraid one of the homeless people might actually try to touch her?

This was clearly an ugly day in the history of Las Vegas. And that is saying something for a place founded by mobsters.

Update: And here I thought she could not get any classier.

 Okay is there ANYBODY on the planet that thinks that this person still has a shot at being elected President of the United States? I mean come on!

Sarah Palin is going to bore chilly homeless people in Las Vegas tomorrow. At least I think I read that right.

Courtesy of the Las Vegas Sun:

Conservative pundit and former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Las Vegas on Thursday to promote a new television show and serve food at a local Salvation Army. 

The former Alaska governor and reality TV star is partnering with the Sportsman Channel for the Hunt.Fish.Feed program — the channel’s outreach effort to help curb hunger in America. 

With the help of police officers and military veterans, Palin will be dishing up wild boar chili from 4 to 6 pm. at the Salvation Army at 35 West Owens Ave. The channel says its program has served meals to 25,000 people in 40 cities. 

The channel dubs Palin, who has entrenched herself in punditry and popular culture after her failed vice presidential bid, as the “First Lady of the Outdoors.” She is well known for her love of shooting and other outdoor activities. She has her own show on the Sportsman Channel: Amazing America with Sarah Palin.

Oh I get it now.

Sorry, just the idea of Sarah Palin doing anything for the less fortunate, even as a promotion for her crappy reality program, is just really hard for my brain to digest.

You just have to know that the idea of serving boar meat chili is a desperate attempt to lend credibility to Palin's faux pig slaying on Nugent's wildlife farm by the way.

And speaking of laughable this whole idea of Palin being the "First Lady of the Outdoors" is ROFL worthy.  This woman despises the outdoors and can only cope with it if she has certain creature comforts provided for her.

You know like staying in a camper, having fresh coffee brought to her around the clock, and having all of the menial tasks like fishing, cooking, and building a fire done by somebody else.

You all do remember this episode of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" where she could barely manage to scramble up some rocks without a climbing harness and constant encouragement from the crew, right?

The only thing rugged about Sarah Palin is the skin around her neck.

Todd and Sarah Palin in Las Vegas last weekend. You know what to do.

There is just so much about this clip that is ripe for ridicule that I really did not know where to begin.

So I thought, "Why bother?" The IM gang will make short work of this.

(BTW if you have trouble telling them apart, Todd is the one that sounds the most feminine.)

Apparently channeling Hispanic Mitt Romney, ethnic Sarah Palin continues her "Eviscerate the President" campaign.

I don't even know where to start with this.

Palin, sporting her best Latino wig and mahogany skin, appears on Hannity to attack the President while sitting in front of a backdrop which I believe is either meant to represent Las Vegas, or perhaps the last days of Sodom.

Hannity continues his now dog eared set up claiming that the President is mishandling the Middle East, and is solely responsible for the violence now taking place there.

Hannity: "Help me out here Governor." (Governor?)

Eva Fangoria: "Right so now in the midst of this apology tour (What fucking "apology tour?"), we see out embassies in the Middle East under siege. So how is that US apology tour working out for ya, Mr. President? Look, if our fearless leaders insist on waving the white flag like this then they need to bring our troops home from the Middle East, No more blood, no more US treasure spent. Not one drop, IF those in control of our troop's lives and our tax dollars going into things like this are going to capitulate, wave...apologize for our First Amendment rights of ours, freedom of speech that our troops are over there fighting for. Sean our Commander-in-Chief is contradicting what we believe our troop's mission is, and that is to protect freedom."

Uh, wait. How is OUR killing people over in the Middle East protecting our rights to free speech? Does Palin believe that Al-Qaeda's master plan was to come to America and censor us? Besides isn't that what we have Fundamentalist Christians for?

What an idiot.  And why do I suddenly crave Nachos while watching her babble?

Hannity goes on to turn up the heat (Or if you rather "el calor") and literally claim that Obama is protecting the murderers of Americans. (Fucking asshole!)

Blackface Palin: "Well certainly he is succeeding in weakening America when it comes to these foreign policies he is adopting. It is the antithesis of Reagan's 'peace through strength.' And I believe that other countries are looking at America today as this 'Paper Tiger' that we're not going to follow through on threats or sanctions (Excuse Ms. Palin there's an Osama Bin Laden, with an urgent call from hell, holding on line two for you.), or...those things that we need to do to in order to be that beacon of hope, and bright light that other countries can look to America and wish to emulate, those practices of ours, to help create a safer more peaceful world. Have you ever seen a more disorganized and dishonest administration than what you're seeing today? 

Okay seriously, is THIS the same Alaskan Governor whose own staff never had any idea what was on her schedule? Who was constantly out of communication when important events called for her attention? Who charged the state a per diem to stay in her own fucking house? And who was missing from her job so frequently that the people in Juneau had "Where's Sarah?" buttons printed up? Is that who is judging our President's organizational abilities and honesty?

And is she talking about a President who was cracking up the audience at the White House Correspondents dinner while AT THE SAME TIME launching the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden?

Disorganized my ass!

Hannity goes on to throw more raw meat in Palin's cage suggesting that the President is lying in order to cover up for his poor policy decisions.

Snap on Lego Haired Barbie: "Well the President is masterful at dodging the question and the press really stinks at...uh...following up and making him answer questions. Making him be accountable to the people who elected him to be a leader. Though I really don't consider him a leader. I consider Barack Obama a politician. Again Sean it is atrocious what is going on and we need to exert strength, we need to be protecting all those things that we have believed our troops are in war zones for, otherwise we are wasting US blood and treasure, and I say no more."

 Well I knew it would happen eventually, but finally Sarah Palin and I are in agreement about something. I ALSO believe that we need to stop wasting America's money and the lives of our soldiers trying to hunt down phantom terrorist organizations and propping up corrupt governments.

However I also recognize that left to President Obama, we NEVER would have put our troops in harm's way in the first place. He is simply trying to finish what the Bush administration so carelessly started, and bring our troops home as quickly and safely as possible.

Oh and by the way, even though Palin famously could not identify what the Bush Doctrine was, she was always in full agreement with the policy of attacking another country that might possibly pose a threat to America, which only makes her hypocrisy in judging how President Obama is cleaning up the mess caused by that stupidity even more ludicrous.

In short, "That woman, is an idiot."

Oh, and she also needs to give Salma Hayek back her hair. She's not fooling anyone!

Vegas oddsmaker does not think Bristol Palin has a snowball's chance in hell of winning this season of DWTS. Actually the snowball's chances are slightly higher.

Courtesy of Vegas Deluxe:  

Johnny Avello, the Wynn’s director of race and sports operations, has released today his first list of odds to win the new all-star season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” and Las Vegas regulars -- among them former and current Strip headliners Kelly Monaco, Joey Fatone, Drew Lachey and Pamela Anderson -- are in contention. 

Twelve contestants will be competing for the mirrored disco ball trophy, while the public will vote a 13th contestant into the competition: Disney actor Kyle Massey, actress Sabrina Bryan and fashionista Carson Kressley. 

The opening odds, as of Monday and for entertainment purposes only, are: 

Apolo Ohno, 5 to 1
Helio Castroneves, 6 to 1
Shawn Johnson, 7 to 1
Gilles Marini, 8 to 1
Kelly Monaco, 9 to 1
Emmitt Smith, 10 to 1
Drew Lachey, 11 to 1
Sabrina Bryan, 12 to 1
Melissa Rycroft, 25 to 1
Kirstie Alley, 35 to 1
Joey Fatone, 45 to 1
Kyle Massey, 60 to 1
Pamela Anderson, 75 to 1
Bristol Palin, 100 to 1
and Carson Kressley, 125 to 1.

Oooh, second from the bottom, that's gotta hurt!

Personally I think that this season will be a real reality check for the Grizzled Mama's little dancing clone, and that Bristol will not find nearly the kind of support, and Palin-bots willing to cheat on her behalf, as she did back in 2010.

This time she will actually have to rely on her raw talent and good work ethic to stay on week after week. Yeah, like THAT'S going to happen!

Apparently Teabaggers can't take the heat. Who knew?

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