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Jesse Jackson is claiming that Trayvon Martin’s death was caused by racial profiling. By his former school. If the suspensions were as I posited in this post he is going to be sorry. I hope the defense can subpoena Tray’s school records and presents them in evidence. I believe they would be quite a revelation.

This is sad. San Francisco’s legendary Sam Wo restaurant (which I’ve written about before and which was home to the “world’s rudest, worst, most insulting waiter” — the famed Edsel Ford Fong) is closing. It’s 106 years old and the main reason it is being closed is because it would cost too much to bring it up…

The case appears to be falling apart. The sooner the better. The question now is will it peter out like Duke Lacrosse or will we have cities burning al la Rodney King? Time will tell. I do not believe burning cities are in Obama’s interest. But it may now be out of his and Al…

Drug use and prevalence is increasing among the older cohort. This study is from England but from graphs I have seen the same thing is happening in the US. Senior author of the study Prof. Robert Stewart, from King’s College London, comments that “the key message of this paper confirms something which has been long-suspected…

While I’ve got better stuff to do with my life than call giant unaccountable corporations and get lost in their user-unfriendly maze of rerecorded promptings and customer “service” voice mail dead-ends  asking me to leave messages, I was so annoyed by the post Glenn Reynolds linked earlier that it’s what I wasted at least a…

I have off and on been watching George Zimmerman’s bail hearing this morning. I only caught the very tail of the last part, but Zimmerman has been granted bail. I just found out the amount was $150,000 with the condition of an ankle bracelet monitor. Because of the danger George is in he will be…

There has been some movement in the public case against George Zimmerman. Crump (the lawyer for the Martin family) admits Trayvon may have thrown the first punch. Crump said it was not clear that Martin threw the first punch but, argued that even if he did, Zimmerman’s actions launched the entire sequence of events. “Trayvon…

In keeping with Eric’s Dick Clark Memorial theme.

I’m so sorry to see that Dick Clark died. The man was a giant as well as a family friend. I grew up in Philadelphia and I was thrilled to meet him when I was a kid and he was doing the American Bandstand thing. Some of my fondest memories are from when I was…

As regular readers know, I don’t like the war on drugs, and I don’t like the welfare system. Both seem intractably embedded in our national psyche, though, and getting rid of either is politically impossible. All attempts at reform are, it seems, doomed to perpetual failure. What worries me is the way dislike of the…

Ace is having a contest. Here is an entry: Setters are Red, Tick hounds are blue, The poodle looks great, I think I’ll have two! And Ulsterman has a very funny video in the same vein.

I believe the savages he is referring to are these people. H/T Moonbattery

For all those Conservatives who love the UN [/sarc], the UN has a large Drug Prohibition Division. They have a plan to suit every political persuasion.

The Secret Service sex scandal has drowned out one of the most important parts of the recent Summit of the Americas. A call for Drug Legalization. The Summit of the Americas, normally a subdued tri-annual gathering of regional leaders, could be more interesting than usual this year, as right-wing governments are set to clash with…

Regular commenter Frank just emailed me about the latest in what has become all too standard police practice in America. Shooting the family dog. On Saturday afternoon, a passerby called 911 around 4:30 to report a domestic disturbance. What the responding officer, APD Officer Thomas Griffin, didn’t know when he arrived minutes later is that the 911 caller mistakenly gave…

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…