Some piece of shit named Scott Hoover is suing the Virginia lottery because he bought a scratch ticket and later discovered that the top prize for that game had already been awarded.  What the fuck did he expect?  Of course some people are going to end up playing after the top prize has been awarded!  That’s the obvious nature of a random lottery.  The only other possibilities are absolutely ridiculous:

1. The lottery could instantly go collect all unsold tickets the moment a top prize is collected.  Unscratched tickets could be refunded for full purchase price!  Of course, since the prizes awarded are directly proportional to the amount of tickets created (and therefore sold), this solution would eventually destroy the lottery as we know it.
2. The lottery could magically ensure that only the very last person to purchase a ticket will be the big winner!  Magic!

And where does it end?  What if the winning ticket is in someone’s glovebox for awhile and they don’t know it?  Should the lottery still be responsible for all those poor souls “wasting” their money on 2nd prize or lower?  Perhaps everyone could sue the winner instead for not scratching sooner!

Besides…the lottery never alleges that each ticket will have the real opportunity to win the top prize.  It only alleges that every ticket has the statistical opportunity to win a prize (and that a top prize will at some point be awarded to somebody).  If there’s still a single break-even ticket out there, who has the right to complain?

It’s not like they’re being shady here.  This douchebag, Hoover, used public records to determine (after the fact) that someone had already won the top prize.  Public records!  So, the availability of the top prize is public record?  What’s the fucking problem then?!  If he’s only willing to buy a lottery ticket to which the top prize hasn’t yet been awarded, he can just do the research beforehand next time!

Otherwise, I guess he’ll just have to live with a few gambles when he’s gambling.

Media outlets in Iran indicate that its president, as well as several top-level government employees, have stated that they are unwilling to rule out a nuclear strike against America.  More disturbing is the footage of an Iranian presidential candidate gleefully singing during a campaign stop (to applause and laughter) about bombing the United States.

Wait…nevermind.  I get confused sometimes.  It’s actually the opposite.  We’re the ones doing that stuff.  Funny, though, to think of the reaction it would illicit if the tables were turned.

Is it really any wonder that Iran decided to inform us that they would retaliate in the event of an attack?  Our leaders are so comfortable with the thought of a preemptive strike that they have no problem throwing around completely idiotic questions like, “Should we nuke Iran?”  It’s almost as if people neither care nor understand exactly what a nuclear explosion entails.  If we’re willing to casually throw around the idea of that kind of mass death and destruction, it certainly makes me wonder who the real terrorists are.  Of course, according to the horrible FOX News, Iran is actually just starting some random shit here.  Their headline for the story is Iran Begins War Game With Warning to U.S., Israel (and FOX…don’t forget to remind your readers about the time some tiny Iranian speedboats “threatened” our giant warships!).  So, let me get this straight.  When a sovereign nation informs an aggressive country (who is constantly making threats and invading other countries) that they will defend themselves if attacked first…they are “beginning war games?”

We’re constantly making threats against millions of innocent lives over the possibility that Iran’s nuclear program isn’t just about power like they claim.  What if it is, though?  Hell…even if Iran really did build a nuclear weapon, how would that affect America?  Any missile coming from Iran would likely be shot down over the ocean.  Following that, we really would decimate them (and if they had actually attacked us…I’d be all for it).  So what are we so worried about, anyway?

My new random goal?  I don’t know when…I don’t know how…but at some point I’m gonna get around to making a scale model of the Solar System.  It’s gonna need to be more than 40 miles from Sun to Pluto, so maybe it can be some kind of tourist trap.