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From: Google executives say technology can be harnessed to fight drug cartels in Mexico. If you Google Carlos Salinas, former PRI President, and Billionaires Banquet and NPR, then Google Raul Salinas, Nuevo Leon and Donaldo Collosi, you will realize that the Zeta and Gulf Cartels are the PRI. Google Chapo Guzman and PAN and you…

This shit gets more and more tedious. What, precisely, is the question? Who should be in charge of our SWAT teams? Please God don’t let them vote.

Here is Russel Jones in the Warrior phase. Here he is in the anti-War phase. Here are some of the organizations he mentions: Drug Policy Forum of Texas Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Citizens Opposing Prohibition Update: 1304z 18 July 2012 Another video of Russel Jones speaking out against the Drug War along with a text…

I needed to find some high carbon steel to cut some shapes and one thing led to another. It turns out that old sawmill blades are a good source of high carbon steel, so I found one. Then it occurred to me that it wouldn’t do just to use the blade as source material; why not…

Quick question. What does “pro-abortion” mean? I’m asking because Condi Rice is being routinely skewered as “pro-abortion” by seasoned political analysts (some of whom I normally respect but will not name). My curiosity was aroused by this, and the only detailed explanation of her views I could find was a 2005 interview in which she…

As I asked a friend earlier, “Is this rape?” Notorious Pervert Suspected In Walmart Toe Suck Leaphart was arrested in February after approaching a female shopper at a Walmart in South Carolina and asking if he could kiss and smell her feet. Leaphart is pictured in the mug shot at right. After asking the teen…

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…