Sioux Falls, SD:

After reporters pointed out that wild marijuana, commonly called ditch weed, was growing on the lawn at the federal courthouse in Sioux Falls, the greenery was eliminated.

City officials and a developer said seeds in dirt brought in for construction must have sprouted.

KSFY-TV in Sioux Falls had it tested to be sure it was ditch weed and brought it to the attention of federal officials last week. None wanted to comment.

Uh-huh.

Don't follow this link unless you are mentally prepared for a sight so horrifying I cannot adequately describe it.

All those perfectly good Makarovs!  And those TT-33's (I think that's what they are), still new and in the wrappers!

I am sick with the sight of it.  Doesn't somebody somwhere know that there are Americans with money who would pay for these things?


The unimaginable horror.  Words fail me.  I feel sick.

Thanks, sort of, to Xavier for revealing this insanity.

UPDATE:  Oleg Volk comments.

John Lott and David Hardy both report that the San Francisco Superior Court threw out the ordnance banning handguns.

Because I thought this news from Atlas Blogged was very interesting.  Someone has come up with what may be the first ever version of touch-sensitive robotic skin.  Still very primitive, but it's a start.  Go read it all, if that kind of thing peaks your interest.