Random Thoughts From The News

1) Apparently the launch of a new Nike shoe sparked a riot.

Seriously?

Apparently this is the American version of a bread-line, or at least a middle-class bread-line. We do have actual bread-lines and charity food pantries and soup kitchens; those are legitimate. Rioting in line for sneakers, not so much.

At least, not until a sneaker is released that lets you leap tall buildings in a single bound or outrun a speeding bullet. That would be worth rioting for.

Actually, I'm not sure anything else in the news can top that for the moment, so I won't try to add anything more.