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Charlie Rose discusses with brain scientists the nature of addiction. There are a few commercials at the beginning. Update: The NIDA woman just repeats the DEA line – drugs hijack the brain. She never explains why only 10% of those who try heroin ever become addicted. She also makes no mention of the fact that…

The protesters back in the 60s who behaved the way the OWS crowd is behaving elected Nixon in a landslide. The backers of OWS have to know this even if the rioters don’t. So the question for me is: why do the backers of OWS want a Republican elected? And just which Republican might that…

“Cain 26%, Romney 23%, Gingrich 14%” What can I say? For many months I have been doing my damnedest to sound the alarm about Gingrich, but obviously a blog like this is not the place to avert an impending train wreck.

The researchers at Polywell Fusion have issued a report on their progress. Project Status More than 50% Completed Final Project Report Submitted No Project Activities Description Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Quarterly Activities/Project Description As of 3Q/2011, the WB-8 device has generated over 500 high power plasma shots. EMC2 is conducting tests on Wiffle-Ball…

House member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) says the Drug War is turning a whole generation against the system. Given that pot use peaks in the 16 to 25 year age bracket and that roughly 50% of that cohort are at least occasional users it seems like a really stupid move. “Marijuana is not the problem,” Rep.…

Now that the angry left has moved from the Occupy phase to the Destroy phase, I can’t help feeling unpleasantly nostalgic: “Oakland Police responded to a late night call that protesters had broken into and occupied a downtown building and set several simultaneous fires,” the statement read. “The protesters began hurling rocks, explosives, bottles, and…

People are hurting people with machetes. So why is there no outcry for machete control? And correct me if I am mistaken, but what’s with the tendency to see such crime reports as some sort of ominous new sign of the times?

A little Boomer nostalgia for all my OF (alter kocker in Yiddish) friends.

Spengler explains the rise of the Tea Party as a war between the tax eaters (public unions mostly) and tax providers (working stiffs near or past retirement age). Which explains why the OWS is mostly young uns and why the Tea Partiers tend to be an older crowd. Has America become irrational? Not since the…

Commenter Frank sent me this link. Very scary. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in suburban Houston, Texas is preparing to launch operations with a newly received Shadowhawk MK-III unmanned aerial vehicle, paid for by grant money received by the Department of Homeland Security. The MK-III is a product marketed for both military and law enforcement…

A friend sent me this cartoon from 1934. I guess it is supposed to speak for itself. I got a kick out of Trotsky’s agenda on the lower left. As to why it would be sent to me, I don’t know. Should I be thinking in terms of modern parallels?

That was my first reaction to Megan McArdle’s post about the Occupy Wall Street protesters that Glenn linked earlier. This is a revolt by some of the people who want to tell people what to do against the people who are actually hired for the job of telling people what to do. Forget for the…

I agree with Condoleezza Rice that it isn’t a good idea to play the race card. The race card sucks, whether it is played by Obama and the Democrats or by Cain and the Republicans. I may be naive, but I don’t want a president whose race matters. IMO, the best argument against Herman Cain…

According to Zero Hedge our financial system is on the brink of a collapse bigger than the one that happened in 2008. This all comes about because the risks the banks are taking internationally are accounted as if the financial system is going to work properly and cover them. But what if the system can’t…

It appears that industries powered by brains, commonly referred to as high tech, are also powered by marijuana. Almost 92% of the people that work in the technology and telecommunications industries answered “yes” to the survey’s question asking if they had ever smoked cannabis. “Obviously, cannabis users work in a variety of professions,” said James…

And to think that I haven’t had time to carve a pumpkin. What’s the world coming to? I did, however, somehow find time to attend Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s University of Michigan speech. He did a good job with a hostile audience, and he is to be commended for his courage in facing them down. Naturally,…

I got one of those annoying IM pop ups on my e-mail and for S&Gs I decided to engage (warp drive plus impulse engines). So I start chatting. Since I am not biting right away the female in question gave me a link to “her” site. Well she was looking good with not too many…

Thanks to Howard Wooldridge of Citizens Opposing Prohibition I have a link to what purports to be a Mexican Drug Cartel PR site. We Are The Cartels. They boast on their current front page: Mexican Drug Cartel Association – Now offering To-Your-Door Service in many cities. There is another page that I found interesting. Breaking…

This is a live version that I haven’t heard before. It is very good. And for something different here is Grace doing a Flintstone Commercial. Not Safe For Work

My friend Karradine is caught up in the Thai Flooding. He tells me that it will be about 30 more days until the waters recede. He could use some help (about $500). He told me that if he gets more than that he will use it to help others in need. You can contact him…