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This morning I read something about Newt Gingrich that rang true: Newt’s got hubris like some people have halitosis. If your quest is to find the one Republican 2012 candidate who can match the insuperable arrogance of Barack Obama, go with Gingrich. When I watched the man at the last debate, his smug expressions and general…

I found this at Sign The Petition. The url seems to jump around so you may have to do a search on a text phrase to find the original. In addition I’m posting the whole thing. With links. ============== Criminal Justice Petition: Give Texas Prisoners Three Meals a Day | Change.org The Texas Department of…

H/T Conservatives4Palin

In comments to my earlier post, Eli Cabelly and M. Simon both remarked on the following oath: As a veteran I pledged myself to defend the constitution of the USA against all enemies, foreign and domestic. What I would like to know is what that means. What is a domestic enemy? I did a little…

Eric has been repeating the Hillary Clinton bit about why we can’t end the Drug War. “because there’s just too much money in it.“ Which brings to mind and old post of mine from February of 2005 that hasn’t seen the light of day here. So here it is. ===== This came out about 16…

There is a new form of malware going around which has installed a very annoying popup at the bottom of web browsers. It is called the “Meebo Bar,” and it is very difficult to remove. Here’s what it looks like (shown sideways to display it thoroughly without messing up the formatting): And if you click…

‘Dismissing addictions as “bad habits” or “self-destructive behaviour” comfortably hides their functionality in the life of the addict.’ Vincent Felitti , MD Physician and Researcher I have been saying this for years. Nice to see a professional who has come to a similar conclusion. H/T Drug Policy Forum of Texas

Those who believe that states should have the right to set their own policies on things like medical marijuana might want to compare and contrast the leading Republican contender and the Democrat incumbent on the issue. Here’s Newt Gingrich: Three Republican presidential candidates have shown an openness to handing over control of drugs and medical marijuana…

Some developments are just too rich for me to ignore: The 2012 campaign just keeps getting weirder and weirder. When this year began, I never imagined that covering a presidential campaign would compel me, as a professional journalist, to publish a photo of this bizarrely muscular woman who probably inspires perverse lust in your depraved hearts. So go ahead and…

My latest article on the revival of crystal radios can be read at Solid State Radio. It is a treasure trove of links and nostalgia for those interested in crystal radios. Cross Posted at Power and Control

While I am as delighted as anyone to the right of left to see that Barney Frank is retiring, I find myself surprised by what he obviously thinks is a  rhetorical question: “Did you think I would serve till I was 106?” Come on! To answer that question, I need look no further than my own…

For quite some time, I have been vehemently opposed to the candidacy of Newt Gingrich, to the point where I sometimes thought I was being paranoid, even allowing that I suffered from Gingrichphobia. Well, I now feel vindicated, and if anything I don’t think I was being paranoid enough. In his latest interview, Gingrich has…

The Democrats have finally officially decided to dump the white working class. For decades, Democrats have suffered continuous and increasingly severe losses among white voters. But preparations by Democratic operatives for the 2012 election make it clear for the first time that the party will explicitly abandon the white working class. All pretense of trying to…

In the wake of the bund auction failure, there is woe. The problem is, no one believes the PIIGS will keep their promises.   They’ve broken too many already.  The new “stability pact” is a joke — oh, they’re suddenly going to start abiding by debt/deficit rules because… ? Meanwhile, the Krug-eynesians keep insisting the PIIGS…

I was looking around for some electronics information and got this amusing 404 notice. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Forgive my frivolity, but the 10th Amendment has become so meaningless these days that there is little point in resorting to serious arguments that it should still mean something. There is a broad, bipartisan consensus that it does not. So all I can do is wax nostalgically, like some libertarian kook who lacks the sense…

Your tax dollars at work!  Driven By Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers, Brush Off Victims Of Violent Crime As Radley Balko explains, the reason for this is simple. Federal incentives. Arresting people for assaults, beatings and robberies doesn’t bring money back to police departments, but drug cases do in a couple of ways.…

I watched the GOP debate the other night, and it became quite clear that even among the supposedly warmongering Republicans, there is a strong undercurrent of war fatigue. While Ron Paul is the only member of the pack to reject the Iraq War out of hand, there is a feeling that the era of the…

My friend Karridine has some news from Thailand ====================================== Friends, Don’t misunderstand, the Thais as a nation do NOT celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but as individuals they certainly are thankful and are showing gratitude for the several-hundred dollars in donations that came through this week. (BkkFloodHelp(at)Gmail.com) Keep it up, just a week or two more, and…

This is not about publishing, though the trigger for it was that I echoed my piece on breaking into writing in PJM lifestyle and I got a comment that puzzled me.  I didn’t know what the commenter meant or what he thought he was saying.  Now, this is not unusual, of course, except that this…