“Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign announced that it raised over $1.5 million in the 24 hours after he announced his bid. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old on Kickstarter just raised $7 million in five minutes after announcing his idea for juice box water guns.” YearsIdeasWaterHoursMillionsFiveMinutesGunRaisedBoxesCampaignsPresidentialFive MinutesJuicePresidential CampaignAnnouncingKickstarter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.” IfsLooksGovernmentRunningPoliticalUsedWaterDealsRightsLandGunClaimsSlaveFavorsViolentFundGoodsEpisodesTradingSpeculationIndigenousAcquisitionCrookedMineralsOpiumIndigenous PeopleUnsafePayoffTraffickingGenealogyExterminationVouchersBootlegging Author:Michael Parenti
“My parents would have to put the fire hose on me to get me out of bed, to go to school in the morning. They would use a cattle prod and just shock me, or throw boiling water on me, or fire a gun next to my head, to get me out of bed.” UseSchoolNextParentWaterMorningFireBedGunShockCattleBoilingBoiling Water Author:Jackson Rathbone
“When watering your plants, try to talk to them - say something like, Hold it right there and then shoot them with water gun.” TryingWaterGunPlant Author:Demetri Martin
“Our freedom is under attack. Our economy is under water. The leading democrat is under investigation. And America is under the gun to lead the free world to protect our civilized way of life.” WorldWayAmericaWaterEconomyProtectGunDemocratCivilizedInvestigationFree World Author:Jeb Bush
“You see a briefcase for business, a bookbag for education, a knife and gun for violence. Then there's government, law, media overall, and so on and so forth, just things that we are kept busy by. We're either entertained by them or we're just trying to keep our heads above water by trying to earn enough money at a job so we can afford just any standard of living, let alone the standard that we desire.” TryingEnoughDesireWaterViolenceGunBusy Author:Mr. Lif
“If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toy guns are subject to safety regulation; water pistols are, but not real guns.” IfsRealWaterSubjectsProductsGunSafetyConsumersRegulationToysPistolsGun SafetyToy Guns Author:Michael D. Barnes
“Cole - I just thought of a new game. Jaz - What's that? Cole - Splat the Specter. Jaz - Rules? Cole - You can help me make them up. Right now all I know for sure is that it involves water guns filled with grape Kool-Aid and two ferrets named Biff and Chlamydia. Vayl - Why Ferrets? Jaz - Really? You want to know about his choice of pets when he's named one of them after an STD?” KnowsWantTwoHelpingChoicesGamesWaterRight NowGunFilledAidsHelp MePetGrapesFerretsKool AidStdsChlamydia Author:Jennifer Rardin
“I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?” IfsWantNeedsFeelsMeanHardDoneWaterHard WorkUnderstoodGunCaughtFishesDrainsBarrelsRedundancy Book:Jasper Jones Source: Jasper Jones
“The heat made people crazy. They woke from their damp bedsheets and went in search of a glass of water, surprised to find that when their vision cleared, they were holding instead the gun they kept hidden in the bookcase.” PeopleMadeWaterVisionCrazyGunGlassesHeatDampBookcases Book:Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle: On Mystic Lake, Summer Island, Distant Shores, Home Again Source: Kristin Hannah's Coming Home 4-Book Bundle: On Mystic Lake, Summer Island, Distant Shores, Home Again
“Nick sat beside Simon, who was at his computer. Marcus stood at attention beside the food. Hale had his feet on the table, reading the morning paper. And someone had given the Bagshaws a gun. 'Pull!' Hamish yelled, and Angus pulled a cord and sent a skeet flying across the deep blue water. A split second later, a loud crack was reverberating across the deck. Kat jumped. Hale sighed. The shot went far wide, and Marcus never moved a muscle.” ReadingGivenWaterAttentionMorningFeetPaperComputerGunShotsBlueTablesMovedWideFlyingLoudSatMusclesCracksSplitsDeckCordsHaleBlue Water Author:Ally Carter
“So I'm guessing you're Seven and Ten; What can you do?" I say as I find our rifles in the sand and hand each of them a gun. "You can call me Marina," the girl with the brown hair says. "And I can breathe under water and see in the dark and heal the sick and wounded. And I have telekinesis." Call me Ella, I hear ten say in my head. Aside from my telepathy, I can change ages. "Awesome. I'm four, that nut job with the long black hair is nine and the beast is my chimaera, Bernie Kosar.” LongI CanHandsAgeJobsGirlBlackWaterDarkFourHairTenGunSickSevenBreatheNineHealBeastBrownSandCall MeNutsWoundedRiflesGuessingTelepathyBlack HairBrown HairLong Black Hair Author:Pittacus Lore