Government just can’t help trampling on our god-given right to sport penis-enhancers — one moment Virginia passes a law allowing dudes to carry firearms into bars, the next moment somebody notices the catch:

A leading Virginia gun lobby is now arguing that the law unfairly stigmatizes gun carriers as second-class citizens because there is an exception that “allows law-enforcement officers and commonwealth’s attorneys to carry concealed weapons and consume alcohol.” Philip Van Cleave, leader of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, complained, “We’re not allowed to drink, but they (law enforcement officials) can… That’s two classes of citizens.”

Van Cleave’s genius solution: Anyone can pack their pistol and enjoy a refreshing adult beverage, “as long as they are not drunk.” We can’t wait for news of the first bartender who cuts someone off.

Virginia gun lobby pushes for right to drink alcohol while carrying a gun in public [ThinkProgress]

“A new Salt Lake Tribune poll of Utah Republican delegates shows Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) is on the verge of becoming the state’s first incumbent U.S. senator to lose his party’s nomination in seven decades. Mike Lee (R) leads the GOP field with 37%…” [Political Wire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ohsvJHkbY

Tim James, Republican candidate for governor: “This is Alabama. We speak English. If you want to live here — learn it.”

[Newsweek, via RomeGirl]

Carl Levin to a former Goldman Sachs partner during a subcommittee hearing this morning: “How much of that shitty deal did you sell to your clients?”

[via TPM]

Recent stories by Jason Chen, editor of “Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide,” published by Gawker Media. Wired describes Chen as a “reporter”.

• “MacBook Pro 15-inch Core i7 Benchmarked: It’s So Fast”
• “Microsoft Kin Hands-On Videos”
• “iPhone OS 4 Has Video Chat, Group Chat Code”
• “Best iPad Comic Reader: Comic Zeal vs. Comic Reader Mobi”
• “iPad Chatroulette Is the Way to Go”
• “iPad Test Notes: In the Bathroom”
• “iPad Super Tip: You Can Put Six Icons In Your App Tray”

Chen works from his home, which was searched by California’s interagency “Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team” Friday night, as part of a criminal investigation into Gizmodo’s purchase and promotion of a purportedly lost iPhone prototype.

Read more »

We don’t have time to do this justice, but after last week’s heavily censored South Park episode aired — censored by Comedy Central because it revisited the topic of depictions of Mohammed — Seattle artist Molly Norris announced “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day,” which promptly went viral.

And now Molly would prefer that everyone forget about it:

Once it became a national story she reeled back, asking [Dan] Savage — in an email he provided to The Ticket — if he would “be kind enough to switch out my poster” with another one — a much tamer version which has no images attributed to Muhammad.

“I am sort of freaked out about my name/image being all over the place,” her e-mail reads.

Ummm, right. Don’t they teach irony in the Pacific Northwest any more?

Creators of ‘Everybody Draw Muhammad Day’ drop gag after everybody gets angry [LAT]

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! [The Stranger]

“Lazy state residents are contributing to the number of illegal immigrants in South Carolina, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer said during a Republican gubernatorial debate Friday, living off public aid rather than working.” [TheState]