So a newspaper called The Journal News put up an interactive map marking the location of every single registered pistol permit holder in two New York counties. Predictably, they’re getting a little bit of flak for that. Also predictably, the paper’s defense is all “that’s public information, and the public has a right to know.”…
Category: masters and servants.
do you hate a plant more than you love your rights?
Prohibition causes huge profit margins for dealers cause turf wars cause violence causes public concern causes calls to “do something” cause gun control. If you’re for prohibition, you are for gun control. That’s irrespective of the substance to be prohibited. I posted that on Facebook yesterday, in response to one of my FB friends posting…
it’s not like it’s their money, right?
I am so fucking glad that my tax money is being spent on the Pentagon having a workshop that discusses whether Jesus died for space aliens too.
the surveillance state eats its own.
Here’s an excellent Salon.com article on the most worrisome and least-addressed aspect of the Petraeus affair—the fact that the Feds were able to dig up what they did without evidence of a crime, and without any warrants. Money quote: “Having the career of the beloved CIA Director and the commanding general in Afghanistan instantly destroyed…
capitalism is bad, except when it’s *my* profit.
There’s a new party in Germany. They call themselves the “Pirate Party”, and they’re a loose conglomerate of people well left of the already pretty left-of-center mainstream Social Democrats: anti-Capitalism, anti-establishment, anti-soap-and-deodorant, the usual coffee house anarchists. One of the platforms of the Pirate Party is that “information should be free.” They advocate unrestricted Internet…
how u spel deficet?
So the Chicago Public Day Care System’s wardens—who, on average, earn $76,000 a year—are striking because the 16% pay increase over four years offered by the city just won’t cut it. Meanwhile, the Chicago school system has a dropout rate that’s close to 50%. But if you question the right of public sector union workers…
most transparent administration evar.
So the White House is asserting “executive privilege” on the release of the Fast & Furious documents to the House committee. What the hell is “executive privilege”? Does it have something to do with the restroom use at the White House, or maybe toll-free calls from the phone in the Oval Office. I don’t rightly…
I like my soda in “fuck you” sized bottles.
When did we reach the point when we considered it acceptable for people to run around and try to tell other adults what size soda they may or may not buy? Of course, the people supporting this kind of paternalistic nonsense will argue that we’re all footing the bill for the health care costs that…