Local time where you're at. ("Where you're at"?)

And now some good&#160 news for a change:

A suburban Houston homeowner was cleared by a grand jury Monday for fatally shooting two men he suspected of burglarizing his neighbor’s home.

Joe Horn, 62, shot the men in November after he saw them crawling out the windows of a neighbor’s house in the Houston suburb of Pasadena, carrying bags of the neighbor’s possessions.

Why yes, we are&#160 our neighbor’s keeper here in Texas.&#160 Why do you ask?&#160

Mr. Horn, a retired grandfather, called 911 and told the dispatcher he had a shotgun and was going to kill them. The dispatcher pleaded with him not to go outside,

Because as we all know – when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.

but Mr. Horn confronted the men with a 12-gauge shotgun and shot both in the back.

Points taken off for style, to be sure, but the two dead goblins mitigate that quite substantially, I would say.

“The message we’re trying to send today is the criminal-justice system works,” Harris County District Attorney Kenneth Magidson said.

Actually, it sounds more like you’re sending the message that fuckheaded goblin perps aren’t going to get an even break in Harris County.

Which is just fine with us, we’re pleased to announce.&#160 Just fine with us.&#160

The two suspected burglars, Hernando Riascos Torres, 38, and Diego Ortiz, 30, were unemployed illegal immigrants from Colombia. Mr. Torres was deported to Colombia in 1999 after a 1994 cocaine-related conviction.

LSIK&T:&#160 Kor, any response from the meter?

KORRIOTH:&#160 No, m’Lord – it must be broken.&#160 Here, have a look:

LSIK&T:&#160 No, Captain, I believe this fine piece of equipment is in perfect working order.&#160

UPDATE:&#160 As usual, Misha – having far more time, on balance, than your humble correspondent to layeth the smacketh down on GFWs like All Barack Crap (all the time) News – has once again cranketh’d out a gem, and you are advised to go read it at your earliest convenience.

Notice: compact(): Undefined variable: limits in /home/sysop284/domains/spatulacitybbs.net/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php on line 853

Notice: compact(): Undefined variable: groupby in /home/sysop284/domains/spatulacitybbs.net/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php on line 853

Notice: Theme without comments.php is deprecated since version 3.0.0 with no alternative available. Please include a comments.php template in your theme. in /home/sysop284/domains/spatulacitybbs.net/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 4027