Best Life is an online luxury lifestyle magazine for men, that was originally a print magazine that was a spin off from Men’s Health.

So… I’m bored, browsing the internet at one does during a time of boredom, when I get linked to this listicle in Best Life, 40 Items Every Man Over 40 Should Have in His Home.

OK, I thought.  Let’s see the list, I wonder what I have at the ripe old age of 34.

Some of these items were reasonable.

OK.  This isn’t bad.  A have a nice collection of Waterman fountain pens.  I hate ball points.  This is sort of upscale lifestyle advice.

Sure, there is a lot a good cast iron skillet can do.  Not my favorite for the stove top (unless you have a gas range) but invaluable for the grill.

This one is 100% yes.  A good chef’s knife is an investment.  A good cutting board to go along with it is just as necessary.

Some on the list gave me pause…

Why?  This is why god and Leon Leonwood Bean invented the duck boot.  A shitty old sneaker isn’t what you want to wear when the dog has to go out at 2:00 am in January in Chicago.

But I was getting the sneaking suspicion this was really a list for superurban* hipsters who aren’t quite sure what being a man really means.  They don’t just need a listicle.  They need an upbringing.

What the fuck kind of man doesn’t own tools?  Seriously?  I get not being able to do a big repair but without a pliers and a screw driver, how does someone change a toilet seat or assemble a Jagenpultz from Ikea?

WD-40 is a basic food group.  That and duck tape.

OK.  Now I’m getting mad.  If you don’t have a pair of pliers, screw driver, WD-40, and duck tape, go to the store and buy them, right fucking now.  If you don’t you have forfeited the right to have fuzz on your peaches.

This and This…

Those are not items you buy.  Those are items that you happen to have.  Having to include them on the list means you never thought to do work before.  This is the evolution of the trucker hat.  It is a status symbol to other hipsters.

Seriously?  I’m going to punch the first fucking hipster I see.  No knife should ever be rusty.  Ever.  It means you don’t know how to take care of your tools.  No knife should ever be dull.  If you have a knife (and you should) and it’s rusty and dull, go to the trash chute at your fancy condo, pull out your knife, set it on the ground, and toss yourself down the trash chute into the dumpster.

A rusty knife is not for “street cred.”  It’s a tool you fucking hipster.

Sure, some are more bad ass than others (Hell Yes) but it’s still a tool to be respected.

Holy shit.  Only a luxury lifestyle magazine can take something so indispensable to everyday life and simultaneously misunderstand it and turn it into a pointless (literally) ironic status symbol.

This is a listicle from an online magazine for non-men who have never lifted a finger to do labor more strenuous than the scroll button on a mouse, have no idea how the world really works, and are happy to pay the 18% man tax at the feminist vegan cafe.

Moms Demand Action posted a Fox News piece on their Facebook page, that couldn’t make the state of National Concealed Carry any clearer.

It’s New York and California (and a few other Blue places) that are holding this up.

The followers of MDA rushed to prove this in the comments.

Yeah, why should New York give full faith and credit to lesser states on gun laws?

How dare the law abiding gun culture of the Deep South and Midwest be respected by the Coastal Elite.

You can feel the condescension drip out of these people in the way they object to bringing the full promise of Heller, McDonald, and Moore v. Madigan to fruition.

If national CCW is passed (and the GOP better pass it after screwing the pooch on Obamacare) I wonder what these states will do?  These are of course the same areas the call the rest of us racist for objecting to when they wantonly violate immigration laws.

Since the designer of the sign is making clear he is addressing idiots, why is he including somebody who uses his weapon to save lives in the mix?

Maybe if the sign read:

ATTENTION PEOPLE!

There are only three reasons to unholster your loaded firearm:
a) You are an incompetent fool
b) You are robbing us
c) You are shooting the person robbing us.

The consequences for your actions will be:
a) You will be told to leave.
b) You will be shot.
c) You will be thanked and given a 30% discount plus drinks.

Now, I do believe this is a less Chest-Thumping sign and does not accidentally insult gun owners walking into your store. I don’t know, maybe I am too sensitive?

Not The Onion;

After the Chicago Dike March kicked Jewish Lesbians for their Gay flag adorned with the Star of David I do believe it is fitting that the New Gay Movement uses the swastika as emblem.

A feminist vegan cafe in Australia is fighting the Patriarchy and gender pay gap by charging men an 18% gratuity and giving women seating priority.

Supposedly, none of the men who have been charged the “tax” have complained.

I don’t believe that.

Let’s be honest here, none of the “male shaped persons” who have gone to eat at a feminist vegan cafe are in any way men.

LARGO — Charges against a 40-year-old man involved in a fatal scuffle outside a St. Petersburg bar were dismissed this week after his defense attorneys invoked the state’s new “stand your ground” law.

Bobby Ryan of St. Petersburg was charged with manslaughter after he was accused of punching Christopher Motlenski, who later died from complications of his injuries. On Thursday, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Frank Quesada granted his motion to dismiss the case.

Source: Pinellas judge tosses charges against man under new ‘stand your ground’ law | Tampa Bay Times

Again we have the mixing of SYG with Immunity from Prosecution. It is so embedded in their brains that they write about it and still do not get it.

“Under Florida law, a person “does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground” if they believe they or others could face imminent death or great bodily harm.”

Now, this is the narrative presented by the Defense lawyer to the judge:

“According to court records filed by Ryan’s defense attorneys, James Beach and Richard Watts, this is what happened the night of Feb. 10, 2016. At 2 a.m., Ryan and friend Torsten Simpson, arrived at Angelo’s Grill and Bar on First Avenue N in downtown St. Petersburg to pick up some sandwiches.

They were standing near the bar when Motlenski began an argument with them about their British accents. An employee escorted Motlenski, 53, outside. When Simpson and Ryan left the bar, Motlenski “continued to harass the defendant,” records stated. The men threw punches and Motlenski “bull charged” Simpson against a pair of doors, drawing other patrons’ attention.

That’s when Ryan punched Motlenski, who fell and hit his head on the pavement. Ryan was initially arrested on a charge of felony battery. After Motlenski died of complications, the charge was upgraded to manslaughter.”

So, unless the defense lawyer has cojones the size of ridding lawnmowers and lied to the court, we have a clear case of Self-Defense which begs the question why was the defendant arrested and charged in the first place or even better, once the investigation progressed, why wasn’t he released? So either the prosecutors did not have the clear evidence to get a conviction or they did not do their due diligence and prepared a basic minimum to show the judge “Hey, there is good evidence to take this to trial!”

The rights of the Defendant were sustained and public monies were not wasted. I can’t argue with that.

Those evil Floridians don’t care about Children!  They are dying in droves and nothing is being done! BAN ALL THE GUNS!

There is no epidemic. Although we like to joke that stupidity is contagious, really is not transmitted by a biological entity but simply a failure to learn and in the case of guns, a concerted effort NOT to teach firearms safety to kids and even adults. Why? Because knowledge equals safety equals less death.  Less corpses means fewer opportunities to make noise and raise funds. It is a bloody mercenary thing if you ask me.

The answer is more and more legislation which we know it does not help other than to make a nice photo-op for the local or state news. I went to the CDC’s website to check on drownings of kids since we already had several this year. Lo and behold, the info for death by accidental discharge and for drownings are next to each other:

So for ages ranging from zero to 14 (“Do it for the Children!”) we have 49 deaths by accidental firearms and 647 by drowning.  Thirteen time more by water than by bullets.  And that is for a total of just under 11 million pools in the USA, bit somehow thee same idiots expect zero accidents in a country with 350 million firearms which they know is impossible but have no issue peddling the idea they can make it happen if you only vote for them and give them money.

Now, if you are from Pluto and have not heard, for many years there has been legislation about pools and an effort to teach children as young as months-old to swim or at least survive in the water. Add to that and extensive line of merchandise to make pools “safe” (no such thing, just helping to reduce chances) with passive and active means. Yet, we see the numbers above and compared with deaths by accidental discharge of firearms, the numbers are staggering.

Now, if we follow the instruction book of the Opposition, we should start an immediate campaign against this  malady by denouncing   “rogue” pool builders, having demonstrations in front of pool supply stores like Pinch a Penny and we should even go ahead and ban water. Well, not ban-ban but common sense restrictions like fencing all bodies of water in the USA to keep people from accessing them. Having all private pools filled with dirt or totally removed. The use of public facilities only allowed to those with “official training” and the general public won’t be allowed to gather water inside their homes in containers bigger than 3/4 of a gallon. No water to be taken outside the home unless the person has a May Issue license issued by the local LEO and after showing good cause. I do believe that these are good “first steps” to eliminate the death by of our children.

Yes, it sounds that stupid applied to anything, but Gun Control groups are not after Gun Safety and will stand in the way of teaching safety even if it kills your kid.