Both were IMHO. It’s one of those incidents that bond a family together and become family lore.
I was just a tool.
Some say I still am.
William Waters allegedly stole the patrol car from the QuikTrip gas station in Spartanburg County on Saturday night while suffering from an apparent mental health crisis.
….
As the judge read the charges out, the suspect repeatedly interrupted, accused the judge of lying and refused to sign any necessary paperwork, WHNS reported.
….
‘I’ll contact Donald Trump if I have to,’ Waters responded, before being escorted out of the courtroom.
How would he do that, I wonder? Does he have Mr. Potato Head in his contacts list?
Idiot posts videos of himself punching out Santa (AI-generated - obviously Santa could take him) just in time for Christmas
Republicans are not OK.
I don’t even understand: what should that exemplify? Isn’t Santa Claus a respected tradition among conservatives? Or is he too “woke” for them? Confused…
He delivers presents all over the world. And all the toys are made in a foreign country in workshops that accommodate deformed people.
I think the implied message was “I’m so tough that I’ll beat up everyone I meet, even if I have no reason to, because having to have a reason is for wimps”.
Wait until they hear about Jesus! 
Turns out that when you spend years telling people that homophobia, white supremacism, and science denial are essential elements of Christianity, people stop wanting to be called Christians.
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/26/great-unchurching-america-religiously-unaffiliated
Nearly three in 10 American adults today identify as religiously unaffiliated — a 33% jump since 2013, according to the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).
That’s quicker than almost any major religious shift in modern U.S. history, and it’s happening across racial groups, an Axios analysis found.
Garten’s on Trump’s shit-list because he failed to deliver the demanded (by Trump) votes for mid-decade redistricting in Indiana. Perhaps he thought showing himself as a tough-guy would help him, either with Trump or the Maga cult members.
And no, Republicans are not OK
We now have a dedicated thread for your fun cite.
A man gets himself a new Glock for Christmas, and goes into the backyard and shoots at a Red Bull energy drink can, resulting in:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/us/oklahoma-shooting-neighbor-christmas.html
The four rules of gun safety I was taught are:
-
Always assume a gun is loaded, even if you’re 100% sure it isn’t.
-
Never point your gun at something you aren’t willing to kill or destroy.
-
Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to pull the trigger.
-
Be aware of everything near or behind what you are shooting at.
Clearly, that 4th one was ignored in this case. I have also never fired a gun in this circumstance:
They also determined the home lacked a suitable shooting backstop meant to protect those in the surrounding area from being struck by stray bullets.
For fucks’ sake.
This seems kind of harsh. This guy literally killed their son, in broad daylight, at the college he was attending, then wasn’t even indicted because he claimed it was self-defense. The article (and another article I found) doesn’t have much details about the incident, but I’d think if the two shooting victims had been armed, it would have mentioned it. According to the article, “He is the father of two baseball players at the university and visited the campus on Dec. 9 to discuss his children’s safety following a previous altercation involving one of his sons.” So it sounds like he strapped on a pistol, tracked down the guys who got in a fight with his son, shot them, and got away with it on a self-defense claim. So maybe lay off the heartbroken parents who lost their son and were robbed of justice?
ETA: Or did I misread your post and you were calling Bard the vigilante? My apologies if that was the case.
You have been reading the wrong/incomplete articles. Here is what his lawyer says:
Kentucky State
University and the Kentucky State University Police Department failed to address multiple
armed, violent felonies against Jacob’s sons and other students in the days leading up to
December 9, 2025. Jacob Bard and his wife, along with their sons decided that the only course of
action was to withdraw from the university for the son’s safety and requested a police escort to
remove their son’s property due to the imminent threat of danger they faced.
Despite having two armed Kentucky State University Police Officers present, a group of
twenty to thirty individuals gathered in the lobby of the son’s dormitory to violently and
viciously attack Jacob Bard’s son and family. Many of these individuals were not students of the
university and wore ski masks, hoods, and otherwise concealed their faces. Watching the mob
gather, Jacob Bard armed himself with his wife’s firearm. Jacob kept his family away from the
dormitory until a KSU police officer escorted the family to the dormitory. Upon the officer and
Bard family reaching the entrance, the mob immediately rushed out of the dormitory, past an
armed KSU police officer, and began violently assaulting Jacob’s family and others present.
Jacob and his family retreated approximately forty feet while being physically struck, until his
son was slammed into the concrete, and had multiple people on top of him beating his head
against the pavement with feet and fists.
In any event there was video which the grand jury saw and other testimony which backed up these claims.
Do you have a cite that wasn’t written by the lawyers who gets paid to make sure Bard doesn’t get convicted?
I’m not sure such a cite exists.
For example, here is CNN:
Most of the info in the article comes from the defense attorneys.
How about the other side?
Investigators have said the shooting was isolated, but they have not publicly shared details of the circumstances or a possible motive.
So, there you go.
I’m calling the parents who were criminally intimidating someone vigilantes.