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The debate over whether homosexuality is a choice (as if such a thing would be relevant to fundamental questions involving freedom) never seems to end. Herman Cain was recently asked about choice by Joy Behar: I mean, don’t think anybody in this world wants to be gay considering all the vilification that is brought upon…

Yesterday I looked at the lessons of Part One of “Prohibition”, a movie by Ken Burns. Today the lessons of Part Two. We will obey the law because that is what law abiding citizens do. For about 6 months or until supplies run out. Then we will buy from the “nice” guys until their supplies…

Former editor of the NYT Howell Raines (who, to the shock of absolutely no one, turns out to be an unabashed lefty ideologue) repeats the myth about Buffett’s secretary paying less taxes than he does: As Warren Buffet points out, middle-income Americans ought to be protesting a system in which billionaires like him pay a…

Being petrified would seem to have its advantages. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QsKcNWdd9s&feature=related Of course, if you really were a rock, you’d have no say over how you were painted. Here in Ann Arbor they have one that gets painted constantly. No idea what it looks like today. This one’s not bad either.

Alcohol Is The Enemy Of The Family And Civilization. There ought to be a law. That is my take away from watching the first two hours of Ken Burns “Prohibition”. Update: I said this in an e-mail. Drug Prohibition. Same old song. New lyrics. Cross Posted at Power and Control

“Prohibition” on PBS – TV schedule Cross Posted at Power and Control

Earlier I got an email from M. Simon, who said this: I keep telling my friends on the Right that when they have run through the dopers (or warring on them is no longer useful) all that apparatus used to go after the dopers will be used on them (we are already seeing the beginnings…

The audio is not so hot (it sounds like it was recorded off a playing TV), but the information is excellent. More here. Watch the above first for background. H/T Zero Hedge Cross Posted at Power and Control

Sometimes I despair about my allies. Let alone my enemies.

Guns and drugs don’t mix according to the ATF. If you live in a state where medical marijuana is legal you can go to prison for up to two years if you use medical marijuana and own a firearm. A gun rights group and a medical marijuana group are getting together to oppose this measure.…

Probably because I am so accustomed to reading about dress codes under Sharia Law, yesterday I was annoyed to read that police in New York are telling women not to wear shorts or short skirts. At the same time, I recognize that police have no authority to tell people what to wear, as long as…

From Moms United To End The War On Drugs The Colorado Independent tells the story. Hundreds of law enforcement professionals including Denver’s U.S. District Judge John Kane have come together on a curious quest: Saying the drug war has failed, they want to legalize drugs. Some are very nuts and bolts, saying the war on…

I was dreaming about this song this afternoon while I was taking a short nap. So I thought I ought to post it. The words were a little different in my dream though “I’m naked and can’t find my way home”. Cross Posted at Power and Control

I feel guilty. Driving around yesterday, I stumbled upon a massive liquidation sale here in Ann Arbor. It consists of the contents of the corporate HQ of Borders Books, and I bought a bunch of office supplies and computer stuff (including the computer I am writing this post on, and a real workhorse of a…

Bill Whittle does a preliminary investigation of the recent Reno Air Races accident that killed 11 people. It is very good if you want to know what went wrong. And why nothing in life is risk free. Mind Your Own Business. Live Free Or Die. Thanks Bill! Cross Posted at Power and Control

I’m a fan of Naked Lunch. Especially the movie Naked Lunch. So imagine my surprise when I received a political fund raising e-mail that started off: Do you want to see Barack Obama and Lady Gaga win this week’s political battle? I know I sure don’t. As you know tomorrow is the 3rd Quarter FEC…

Bigotry these days is getting, like, really really complicated. But my goal is to simplify, and yes, I think I can. Today I marveled over Janeane Garofalo’s very serious claim that “Racist Republicans Support Herman Cain,” because it reminded me of my superciliously convoluted explanation of why Cain can’t win: He can’t win. That’s because the…

I have a new article up at ECN Magazine about a microprocessor that can do 90 billion instructions per second for a power cost of about 1 watt. Pretty good huh? It gets better. The chip has 144 processors in the package and when they are all idle the chip uses only 14 microwatts. GreenArrays…

Alan Kellogg in the comments says you might like to compare this version:

The Wall Street Journal had a scare story up a while back to the effect of Needle Parks coming to the US. Well that is interesting and just more of the same old. What is really interesting is the comments. I’m going to excerpt a few of them. These two ignorant prohibitionists shamefully forgot to…