Month: April 2012

What do men work for? The National Times of Australia explains. As the Nobel prize-winning economist George Akerlof put it: ”Men settle down when they get married: if they fail to get married they fail to settle down.” It is also true that when they lose their marriages, that incentive disappears. How many married men…

The New Black Panther Party is offering a reward for George Zimmerman. We’ve come a long way baby. H/T Ironic Surrealism

Rick Santelli is at it again. H/T Hill Buzz

Ulsterman seems to be having a difficult time understanding what the Wall Street Insider is saying this week. Wall Street Insider: So….why do you fail to connect the dots here? The very essence….the very plan….the Goddamn roadmap of where these people intend to take us! Why have you not….Why? Just a bit of effort? You…

Oh darn. I hate it when I miss details, but late last night when I discussed the Secret Service prostitution scandal, and I failed to mention the evil root cause of their behavior. Those damn homos! It’s all their fault! They forced the president into repealing don’t ask don’t tell, and by extension, the president’s…

There are a lot of stories out there that an investigator in the Trayvon Martin death wanted Zimmerman charged. The lead homicide detective probing the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin wanted the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer slapped with manslaughter charges from the get-go. Investigator Chris Serino, of the Sanford Police Department, expressed doubt in George…

Except it looks like they killed the wrong ones. Another of my insane anti-government posts? Not really. Well maybe really. Michigan Orders Slaughter Of All Heritage Breed Pigs. In a brazen power grab threatening small farmers, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is using the state Invasive Species Act to expand its jurisdiction beyond…

A couple of things. Although he doesn’t say it directly he wants the evidence sealed so he can trip up the liars more easily. And an early warning here. I have some doubt that Martin’s father arrived home at 10:30PM as he claimed. There is also doubt that the brother was at home. All that…

I’m having trouble keeping track of our, um, gummint offishuls. A few days ago, I complained that President Obama would probably ignore the growing clamor among Latin American heads of state to consider legalizing drugs. Which he did. President Obama and his administration and the Democrats are adamantly opposed to that, as are most Republicans.…

Well what do you know there is a call out for Trayvon Justice – i.e. Al Sharpton for another Black boy shot down in cold blood. Authorities, however, paint a very different picture of the events which led up to the death of Arnold. In a statement, the Atlanta police department said Hambrick “found himself…

There’s an old expression that you can’t put the genie back into the bottle (or the toothpaste back into the tube). Governments around the world are working willy-nilly to prove that old expression wrong. So says Sergey Brin, as he explains why Web freedom faces the greatest threat ever: In an interview with the Guardian, Brin…

This headline got my attention. Naked Vermont governor almost eaten by bears At least, he says he was. No politician in his right mind would make up such a story. Speaking to the editorial board of Valley News in Vermont, the first-term Democrat said he noticed the bears in the back yard late at night,…

Fear of numbers is a fascinating thing, and it seems to permeate many cultures in different forms. A friend sent me a compendium of helpful hints the other day, and it included this:   I don’t think the information is accurate, nor do a lot of online skeptics.  But what’s more interesting than that is…

In a discussion of the affidavit in the Trayvon Martin case Macsmind says: Where to begin. First, there is no mention of the three witnesses who said they saw Martin on top of Zimmerman and one in fact who has stated that he not only saw Martin on top of Zimmerman but he heard Zimmerman…

George Zimmerman has been charged with murder in the second degree. Alan Dershowitz has chimed in to say the prosecution has no case. “There’s simply nothing in there that would justify second degree murder.” Dershowitz said that the elements that would constitute that crime are non-existent in the affidavit. “It’s not only thin, it’s irresponsible,”…

Via Reason, I just learned that a number of Central and South American leaders have had it with the war on drugs, and want to call it quits. Nice snarky headline too! You Are Now (Almost) Free to Discuss Ending the War on DrugsLatin American leaders talk drug legalization. Will Obama join in? On Friday…

I’m getting so sick of anti-American rants like this one: We’re here, we’re invasive, so get used to it!

According to Fox Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey will announce that she is charging George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a law enforcement official close to the investigation. I’m going to see if I can track down the WaPo story. The Washington Post. George has…

Live Feed. Update: 10 April 2012 2144z I’m getting YouTube Links for segments of the press confrence. I’m going to post segments as I get links. The bits are somewhat fragmentary so be patient until someone uploads the whole thing. I haven’t reviewed these videos so I can’t tell you if they are in order.…

Whether this is an opinion or scientific fact, I am not 100% sure, but the following image is floating around on Facebook, and I found it amusing. And another way of putting it: Technically speaking, the only two things in life that give you reason to keep living are dopamine and serotonin. In other words, that…