November 2009
22 posts
Why You Can't Stop Gay Marriage and Marijuana |... →
“Our forms of prohibition are more sins of omission than commission. Rather than trying to take away longstanding rights, they’re instances of conservative laws failing to keep pace with a liberalizing society. But like Prohibition in the ’20s, these restrictions have become indefensible as well as impractical, and as a result are fading fast. Within 10 years, it seems a...
October 2009
21 posts
Democrats Plan to Strip Sustainable Growth Rate... →
President Obama has made serial promises that he will not sign a health-care bill that “adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future, period.” This was never plausible, but now we can begin to understand what he meant: Democrats plan to make ObamaCare “deficit-neutral” by moving nearly a quarter-trillion dollars off the books, in the fiscal deception of the...
SAFER- Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation... →
On Friday, October 23, 2009, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske (aka the Drug Czar) issued a statement declaring the issue of marijuana legalization a “non-starter” not even worthy of discussion in the Obama Administration.
The Drug Czar’s statement also highlighted the extraordinary social and health care costs associated with widespread alcohol...
BBC NEWS | UK | Drugs adviser claimed that... →
Professor David Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C.
He accused ministers of devaluing and distorting evidence and said drugs classification was being politicised.
The home secretary said he had “lost confidence” in his advice and asked him to step down.
The Advisory Council on the Misuse of...
A True "Jesus Freak" protests Real Time with Bill... →
wow this guy embarrasses himself going on a tirade, calling out people waiting in line for the show. some of them start shouting at him etc…
Larry David Feels The Heat From Christians For... →
In the episode, Larry’s character accidentally urinates on a painting of Jesus. Because he’s taking a pill that makes his urine exit the body more, umm, forcefully, it splashes onto the painting giving it the appearance of a tear on Jesus’ face. Other characters think its a miracle after seeing the “tear” and hilarity ensues.
We think it’s pretty funny but...
30 reasons why Fox News is not legit →
retropolitics:
soupsoup:
(via ryking)
See also: The Most Biased Name in News: Fox News Channel’s extraordinary right-wing tilt (Extra! July/August 2001)
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And the award for most brilliant...
“Hey Jeff, I’m not going to be able to come into work today. I’m leaving the hospital right now: I just had my stomach pumped. I accidentally overdosed on Tylenol. I thought I was taking my daily fiber regimen, but I grabbed the Tylenol by accident. About an hour later my stomach felt like it was on fire. I threw up blood, and rushed myself to the emergency room. I took...
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(617): Just watched a porn with the dvd commentary on i think i need to re-evaluate my life
“Lounging around in the editorial offices of the capital of a rapidly decaying...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via retropolitics)
Corporate Supremacy and the Rape of a Human Girl →
azspot:
We are fast approaching the time of the next great battle over evolution. The Neo-creationists will be corporations, and they will argue that they could not possibly be descended from human beings.
This isn’t science fiction. Just the other day 30 Republicans voted in the U.S. Senate to deny justice to a human victim of rape in order to protect the so-called sovereign rights of...
Noam Chomsky's works banned at prison camps -... →
“Chomsky, 80, who has been voicing disgust with U.S. foreign policy since the Vietnam War, reacted with irritation and derision. “This happens sometimes in totalitarian regimes,” he told The Miami Herald by e-mail after learning of the decision.”
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“A rejection slip accompanying the Chomsky book did not explain the reason but listed categories of restricted...
“Just Got To Be” - The Black Keys
"Sexual Favor Fail" by Sarah Schneider on... →
“why don’t you come over tonight, and we’ll discuss my grade in the morning…”
