World of Suck

Dude in Missouri held up a convenience store. Police were called in. He stole a car and attempted to evade police. During the pursuit, the suspect shot and injured a cop. They caught him and arrested him.

He was convicted of a number of crimes relating to the burglary, car theft, and shooting the cop. He was also convicted of 2nd degree murder. You might wonder, how did the murder bit get attached?

Well, apparently a cop was on route to the search area to join the pursuit. 40 miles from the area, with his lights on, siren blazing, the cop came over a hilltop. A tractor trailer crashed into him and killed him.

The jury found that the cop would still be alive if this guy hadn't committed his crime, so it was his fault.

Personally, it's bullshit. I'm all for tough laws and all, but the cop got killed by his own actions and the actions of an unrelated truck driver. Would he still be alive? Maybe, but that doesn't mean this guy is guilty of murder. It's pretty fucked up, IMO.

Honestly, throw the book at the guy for the stuff he was responsible for. Attempted murder on the cop he shot. Burglary, grand theft auto, whatever. But you can't assign guilt to the guy because some cop that was responding to the call ended up dead 40 miles away from the scene of the crime.

So last night I was in the liquor store, buying stuff to take on a camping trip this weekend. One of our group is a girl who doesn't drink beer, only girly drinks. So I was forced to look in the dreaded "malternative" cooler. And that's where I found the worst product ever.

Smirnoff Source. It's pure spring water, plus alcohol, and a small amount of flavoring. Yes, it's just watered-down vodka. And they expect people to pay for that. I can't imagine any environment in which this drink is necessary. Presumably it's aimed at people in clubs, but clubs have bars, and bars can give you a shot of vodka in a glass of water if you want. Of course, nobody has ever in the history of the universe ordered a shot of vodka in a glass of non-sparkling water, but that didn't stop the geniuses at Smirnoff from putting that in a bottle.

A couple years ago, I had a similar reaction to "Nice and Easy" vodka, which was only 60 proof. It was just regular vodka, watered down slightly. But in retrospect, that makes at least a little sense, if you want weak drinks but don't want to mess with the proportions. Flavored alcoholic spring water, on the other hand, is just moronic.