Author: Simon

Boy is this going to piss off a LOT of people. Odds are the more recreational drugs you consume the smarter you are. Counter intuitive huh? According to Psychology Today, people who use more drugs are more intelligent. “Intelligent people don’t always do the right thing,” they write, “only the evolutionarily novel thing.” According to…

If you want to leave a comment on the video at YouTube you can use this link. Links to the organizations mentioned at the beginning of the talk. Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Drug Policy Forum Of Texas And another organization not mentioned headed by retired Detective Howard Wooldridge: Citizens Opposing Prohibition Some thoughts on the…

Here is an oldie but goodie I wrote back in 2001. Republished on my blog in 2004. == Here is what got me started on the Chronic Drug Use is Caused by Chronic Pain track. The important thing is to read Dr.Shavelson’s book. The drug war in essence is a persecution of tortured children. –==–…

Sarah Hoyt who blogs here at Classical Values is interviewed by Glenn Reynolds on Instavision. The title of the video? There is no such thing as a benevolent dictatorship. Way to go Sarah! Update: If you want to look at some books Sarah has written have a look at Sarah Hoyt – Books . Update…

This is an excellent follow up to my post: Maybe It Isn’t All In Your Genes. About 50 minutes and worth your time. The above video on DVD: Ghost in Your Genes Related video: NOVA – Cracking the Code of Life A book for laymen: The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New…

Joseph Nadeau is trying to find the missing link between heritability and genetics. What? You thought Gregor Mendel had it all figured out in the 19th Century? Well he did. But then DNA sequencing came along and upset the apple cart. What we know about the fundamental laws of inheritance began to take shape in…

Ah. Yes. The dreaded libertarians. If they get into power they want the government to leave the people alone. Despicable. We should be glad that True Conservatives™ want to replace the meddling left (the fount of all evil) with the meddling right (the home of all that is good). The cry of the Conservative is…

I think the title of this post is a sufficient answer to a Slate article which asks: Are Assassins More Likely To Target Liberals? Cross Posted at Power and Control

It is amusing to see the rantings of a paranoid schizophrenic elevated to the level of rational discourse. Starts to make you wonder if there are enough sane people in the US to make it work. Cross Posted at Power and Control Let me add that the comment posted here by snakeoilbaron is very much…

There are a lot of reports about the Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner, being a pot smoker. But then Dave at Classical Values says that he quit smoking pot and drinking alcohol in August of 2010. There are reports that cannabis helps some people who have schizophrenia. In other words they are self medicating for their…

The question “Why was no one at the event packing heat?” has been coming up frequently with respect to the shootings in Arizona. My guess is that those at the event were Democrats. Yeah. Some Democrats are pro-gun. Like Rep. Giffords. But if you are looking for anti-gun folks you will have better luck sampling…

I know Eric is covering the Arizona shooter well. But I just had to have my say. And I’ll make it short and sweet: Paranoid Schizophrenics don’t have politics. They have voices. But if you want to do politics at least one of his acquaintances has said he was a lefty. And if you are…

David Harsanyi is looking at the Death of the Constitution. A document widely ignored by both parties when it gets in the way of something “really important”. Like preventing gay marriage. Or prohibiting drugs. Perhaps the flaw in the document is its ambiguity rather than its complexity. Giving Congress the wide-ranging authority to “make all…

Detective/Officer Howard Wooldridge (retired) of Citizens Opposing Prohibition who works tirelessly for Drug Prohibition Repeal informs me via e-mail that a Federal Marijuana Prohibition Repeal bill will be submitted to Congress in a few weeks. I don’t have a lot of hope for passage of the bill this time around. But it is a start.…

It seems the State of Illinois is so desperate for revenue that it is instituting an internet sales tax. CHICAGO, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The Internet Tax Bill (HB 3659) was passed in the Illinois Senate on January 5, by the House of Representatives on January 6 and brought to the Governor, who may…

Evidently he is a “name” in the PUA community. And what is a PUA? A Pick Up Artist. i.e. a conman other wise referred to in polite society as a salesman. In the argot of the street he is a “player”. And for your further amusement may I present the female of the species. And…

No. This is not some new way to make THC with genetically altered mushrooms. (it is just a matter of time though). It is about a follow up to my story Mutiny In Montana. The Helena Independent Record has a story called Missoula marijuana ‘mutiny’ mushrooms. Call it the Pot Shot Heard ‘Round the World.…

The above is a screen capture of a very old application I was using back in the days of DOS or was it Win 3.x? Well anyway, it has been updated for Win 7 32/64 and I’m using it on my computer. You can see where the sun is shining and it gives sunrise/sunset at…

To my first mate and mother of our four children whose hard work has made our relationship better than ever. BFF. More and better dear. Love ya! And of course good wishes to all my readers. The comments and page views make blogging so much fun. Thank you! And the kids wouldn’t like it if…

Watts Up With That is looking into complexity and finds prediction in complex situations difficult according to the IPCC. Third Assessment Report: “In sum, a strategy must recognise what is possible. In climate research and modeling, we should recognize that we are dealing with a coupled nonlinear chaotic system, and therefore that long-term prediction of…