Wednesday, January 2
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Sharon Secor is the guest editor today. |
Could We Ever Justify Restraining Someone From Doing Drugs? (Part I)
Column by Danny Shahar.
Fox News: Bhutto Attacked by Killer Tiger from San Francisco
"I sat shocked at the news of the former prime minister’s death. The bartender, who had looked up occasionally, asked me, 'Wait, how did the tiger get to Pakistan ?'" Column by Travis Irvine.
Navy JAG Andrew Williams Resigns Over Torture
This is exactly why our government has to have Blackwater. They cannot be sure that our United States military will, on command, turn their weapons upon American citizens right here at home. I know people in the armed forces, and from what I hear, there are more than a few who are seeing the creeping fascism and more than a few who are doing some serious thinking about exactly what is going on here.
“The un-parodiable state of civil liberties in America.” I don't want to spoil the ending, so all I'm going to say is this – make sure to read the final two paragraphs.
Defaults on U.S. Insured Mortgages at Record High
“Defaults
on privately insured U.S. mortgages rose 34.7 percent in November to the
highest level on record, reflecting the inability of a growing number of
homeowners to keep current on their loan payments.” The financial mess is
just beginning to hit the fan. Already taking incredible multi-billion dollar
losses on the mortgage and lending meltdown, banks
are borrowing heavily, and there are still more
Man Wants His $400K Back from the FBI
Forfeiture laws are a crime against the Constitution, yet another tool to be used against the people for the thugs and criminals serving as agents of a fascist state. Long gone are the days of the peace officer.
“We are Fools If We Continue to Trust the Government….”
“Most of us don’t realize how much of our income goes to these bureaucracies. Look at your next income check stub, and see how much of your income this year has gone to Social Security. Now, imagine that money instead being spent on subsidies for wealthy business owners, Cowgirl museums, NHS studies on the sexual habits of prostitutes, condoms for kids in public schools, and bailouts of failing billion dollar corporations who’d rather exploit the taxpayer than cut costs to remain competitive. Do you actually think that you’re going to get that money back when you retire?”
The increasing incoherence of written communication and spoken conversation that I regularly encounter in my day-to-day life gives me a much greater understanding of what Orwell was saying in 1984 about new speak, paring down the language, reducing the words that people had to work with, which in turn reduced their capacity to think, as they had no words for thoughts outside of the realm desired by the Party.
Millions in the Slammer: We Must Reverse America's Zeal to Incarcerate
Speaking of Orwell, America's claim to be the home of the free is simply Orwellian in nature, as the facts and figures clearly demonstrate.
31 States Introducing New Laws
Well, of course they are...economic times are tough, but – here in the land of the free – court systems and prisons are money makers and money takers, as more and more laws ensure a constant revenue flow.
Researchers Work on Cocaine Vaccine
I wonder how long it will take after a passable degree of success is achieved before the vaccine is made mandatory.
Feds Share Coupons to Help TV Transition
I
know, I've said it before, but this just enrages me. It really does. I simply
cannot believe that they are using taxpayer dollars for this. My kids don't
watch TV because I think it rots the brains right out of their heads. Yet, if
I were earning at levels worthy of taxing, I would be forced to pay for other
people's transition to
Man Leaps Off Bridge, Taking Police Dog With Him
NHS Patients Told to Treat Themselves
More fun stuff from Britain. At least this way, patients won't have to endure long waits and can be sure that what is being done is being done right.
Yet another country falls to a failure to let the market decide.
“Evolution and economics are both examples of a larger mysterious phenomenon.” Very interesting read.
A photo blog.