The economy’s down the toilet, the government is a squillion dollars in deficit, but never mind, can’t let that get in the way of arming the population.

A gun company has made a pistol especially for elderly people.  The company says it has won approval as a medical device for people with arthritis or other disabling conditions who have trouble squeezing the trigger on a normal firearm. 

Matthew Carmel, president of Constitution Arms in Maplewood, New Jersey, said the gun was:

"something that they need to assist them in daily living".

"The justification for this would be no more or less for a (walking aid) or wheelchair, or any number of things that are medical devices,"

Seniors who buy the $US300 ($460) 9mm handgun will be reimbursed by the federal government in the US.

However, a FDA spokeswoman denied the agency had formally labelled the gun a medical device, saying no determinations had been made about the weapon.

I certainly hope common sense prevails and they don’t approve it.

Never mind the fact that millions of Americans don’t have access to decent, affordable health care, but they’ve gotta have their guns, at any cost.  Sick! Stupid! Completely fucked up!

 They clearly have plenty of time to tackle the big issues in the Queensland education system.

Teachers have been told to stop marking schoolchildren’s work with red pen because it is an "aggressive" colour, and teacher are advised to consider their pen choice because it may offend children.

This was contained in a Queensland Health document proposing "strategies for addressing mental health wellbeing in any classroom".

I trust no-one feels offended or upset by my aggressive choice of red text in this post.

Stiff shit if you do!

The wankers that actually wasted work time dreaming up this shit ought to be named, shamed and fired.