Month: July 2012

Well how about this wonderful technology that will, with the right laws, give government complete control over our lives. Within the next year or two, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will instantly know everything about your body, clothes, and luggage with a new laser-based molecular scanner fired from 164 feet (50 meters) away. From…

Pat Condell on atheism and Islam. The video is entitled Freedom Is My Religion. H/T The Blasphemous Book

The Dutch have changed their coffee shop rules on marijuana and it is causing problems. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, July 9 (UPI) — The introduction of a “weed pass” in three Dutch provinces has resulted in an increase in illegal street sales of marijuana, researchers said. The pass, introduced in May, is a mandatory membership card for…

What people generally focus on is the Devil’s exploitation of desire. But that is one of his least significant tools. If you want people to be evil to the bone exploit their fears. Based on a conversation in this thread.

Tasty Infidelicacies has a post up about things her daughter overheard in a bookstore. Some examples: A clerk came by as we all watched him, and asked if she could help him find something. “You aren’t qualified to help me find what I need.” “Well, I am a bookstore clerk. I’m sure there’s something I…

  Making you a slave to your fears.   Cross Posted at Power and Control

Commenter Jewel left a link to her blog (I clicked on her name) at this post of mine. Her blog is full of the most beautiful artwork. You should visit it and have a look. Eric will definitely like this one given his most recent post today.

Coco was most amused by this: A Kauai District judge found an attorney guilty Thursday of licking his client’s ear at his Lihue office. Lawrence McCreery, 64, was convicted of harassment by per-diem District Judge Frank Rothschild. On July 26, 2011, McCreery was discussing a 21-year-old woman’s child custody case when he touched her arm,…

The rent seekers in Washington, DC are howling because the licenses they paid so much for have dropped in value by a considerable amount and may ultimately be worth less than the paper they are printed on. The ink used for the signatures may be worth more. In a victory for smartphone app Uber, the…

I loved this little exchange from the Wall Street Journal comments: Commenter #1 I thought I understood this article until I got to two phrases: Can someone please explain the phrase “government planning” and “government foresight”. Commenter #2 The former never works……. The latter doesn’t exist……… Commenter #3 And they are both accompanied by “unintended…

Here’s what is probably the last Flanders Poppy of the season, struggling to bloom on a nearly dead plant amid its dead podbrothers who not long ago were once vibrant flowers. Yes, they’re a spring and not a summer flower and Memorial Day is long gone. To change the subject from hot petal to hot…

The above is a graphic promoting the Kickstarter Project – Should Grandma Smoke Pot? Part of the pitch for the project: Endorsements for medical cannabis from popular authorities like Dr Oz, Dr Sanjay Gupta, Carl Sagan and Dr Andrew Weil sends a powerful message, especially to seniors. They are America’s most powerful voting block. When…

  When you make vice a crime, crime becomes merely a vice.   Cross Posted at Power and Control

Mead is discussing the breakdown of morality in the public and private sector. The fish rots from the head. That aside aside a commenter said: We need to stop championing single motherhood, the leading contributor to poverty, as a life-style choice. Ending Drug Prohibition and its exorbitant incarcerations would go a long way towards solving…

  Definition: Anarchy – A government passing laws people will not obey.  

I took a picture of some Fourth of July debris lying on the ground earlier. On closer examination, it’s a very American bulldog, wearing a biker type bandanna covered with human skulls, with spiked collar, pierced nose and chin bandage, who is advertising a powerful 16 tube fireworks display (branded “NOT IN MY YARD”) inside a large…

Over at Ulsterman the conspiracy theorists are out in force in the comments and I have done my best to feed their paranoia. The best one I have come up with so far is:   What if the Drug War is a False Flag Operation?   Operation Valkyrie ring a bell?  

The latest metal shape I programmed and cut probably reveals my mental shape. How nice it would be to program and cut a mental shape!

Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey says the Drug War is a failure. He wants to put first timers caught up in Prohibition into rehab for up to a year. Forced anything is not what I would call a conservative position. But it is a start. Especially for Christian Democrats (Republicans). And then from the…

My opinion? Jindal is the only pick that makes sense. Jindal adds excitement for the base, makes this an uber-competence ticket, and makes the ticket multiethnic, which may not matter to you and I but will have an effect on the MSM (remember how “historic” Obama’s candidacy was?). Portman and Pawlenty add nothing, they’re boring…