Axios put together this horrifying chart from data gathered in a Pew Research Center poll about children in America's fear about getting shot in school: Axios summarized the findings as follows: Overall, 57% of teenagers are worried about a shooting at their school. But ...read more
According to Florida law, it is illegal to use exploding or flying fireworks that include: shells and mortars, multiple tube devices, Roman candles, rockets and firecrackers. Adult Floridians are only legally allowed to use sparklers that have been approved by the Florida ...read more
After 17 children were slaughtered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, by former student Nikolas Cruz, parents in America must now take matters into their own hands. There is now no other way. With shooting after shooting after shooting, it is ...read more
There is a country that ranks 31st globally in life expectancy even though its healthcare costs per capita are by far the highest. This country has one of the lowest voter participation rates in the free world. It loses over a thousand people every week to misuse of ...read more
Donald Trump tweets a lot. Some of it makes sense, much of it doesn't. Today's nugget of wisdom from the Commander in Chief however, may well be the weirdest, craziest tweet of his long and storied career as a deranged halfwit playing at being president: Some observations: 1. ...read more
Last night, the major late-night hosts - Seth Meyers, Conan O'Brien, James Corden, Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Jimmy Kimmel - all opened their shows with statements memorializing the victims of the shooting, and urging Republican lawmakers to pass sensible gun control ...read more
1. The media will cover the massacre relentlessly for 5-6 days, interviewing victims, bystanders and government officials. They will cover the vigils and dedicate the 24 hour news cycle to it for as long as people can stand it. 2. There will be vigils held around the country ...read more
From what we understand so far, two or more snipers at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas shot eleven police officers. Four of those officers have died, two of them are in surgery, and three are in critical condition. According to a statement from Dallas Police Chief David ...read more
Two days ago, British Labour MP Jo Cox was brutally murdered by a Tommy Mair in West Yorkshire. She was stabbed, beaten, and shot to death in broad daylight despite passersby's attempts to stop the assault. While details are still emerging about the horrific case, we know that ...read more
In a special edition of The Daily Banter's Meaning of Life Podcast, Ben and Vazken discuss the horrendous tragedy in Orlando and what it says about the modern American mind. Is violence built into the American psyche? How much did religion play a part in the shooting, and why ...read more
In the wake of the horrific gun massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, there have been many articles decrying the latest installment of America's never ending series of firearm related bloodbaths. There have been passionate speeches from public figures, pledges to fight ...read more
In response to conservatives questioning the authenticity of Obama's tears over the death of thousands of Americans killed by guns this week, Trevor Noah delivered a blistering, angry attack on their astonishing assholishness. "See that thing you're feeling right now, that pain ...read more
Well that was quick. After Obama bravely confronted the insane gun culture in America and showed raw emotion over the thousands of lives lost to gun violence in America, Sarah Palin has waded into the debate Hockey Mom style with the finesse of a drunken ballerina. Writing for ...read more
Here's a thought: in the wake of new horrific gun massacres destined to occur in the not so far future, Americans should try NOT praying to stop the violence. Yes, this might sound cruel and heartless, but the fact is, this has been the only solution America's political elite ...read more
"I absolutely believe he has no right to be lecturing the rest of us. Gun control's not going to solve this." -Bobby Jindal speaking about the Oregon shooter's father to ABC's News Leave it to Bobby Jindal, the GOP's least charismatic and most desperate Presidential candidate ...read more
Americans need to take a very long, hard look at this chart. Please notice the difference between your country and every other industrialized nation: This mayhem is not necessary. This bloodshed is not necessary. This anguish is not necessary. Now do something about it. ...read more
Back in the 1990's, British comic Harry Enfield created a hilarious satirical character 'Tory Boy' - a caricature of a precocious, but massively awkward conservative school boy. To those familiar with the private education system in Britain, Tory Boy was particularly funny given ...read more
A reader hailing from Chicago's South Side commented on our post about the city's unrelenting gun violence that puts it on par with actual war zones: As a resident of the south side, I'm living with this daily. Just this morning, a mother of five was shot and killed on the ...read more
Over July 4th weekend, 82 people were shot in Chicago, and 16 people died in one of the bloodiest spate of shootings the city has ever seen. Amongst the victims were a 66 year old woman who was accidentally shot in the head (she thankfully survived), and a 14 year old boy who ...read more
The tragedy one week ago in Isla Vista, California, has sparked vehement debates about gun laws, mental illness treatment, and misogyny in America. They are all worthwhile – even crucial – discussions. But the reality is that although all three of these issues were threads woven ...read more
Last night, thirteen people, including a 3-year-old boy, were shot in a park on Chicago's South Side. The shootings reportedly occurred at a basketball court in Cornell Square Park. Reports the Chicago Tribune: Witnesses told police a gray sedan pulled up to the park around ...read more
