- Angry man pours gasoline on himself. Police arrive. One guess: What does a genius cop do? (Tip o’ hat to P.T.)
- Intelligent, up-to-date discussion of the Japanese nuclear plant at The Mental Militia Forums. (Tip o’ hat to S.)
- An era has truly ended. Augustus Owsley Stanley, III is dead. For a brief, shining time, Purple Owsley was the holy grail of psychedelics. Oh yeah, and there was that band he was involved with, too.
- Oh lord. You know I’m for creators’ rights. But the government version is getting crazier and more Draconian by the day. Absurd. Government by and for mega-corps.
- In what sort of country does the government have the authority to order airlines to check luggage for free and grant special privileges to government-certified travelers while the rest of the flying population continues to be subjected to TSA/Rape-o-Scan “math errors”? Oh yes, a country where “free-market capitalism” runs rampant. Snark snark.
- Freekibble. Special reason to go there today. (UPDATE: It’s always worthwhile going to Freekibble. But the day I posted this they were donating all their kibble to animal-rescue work in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami.)
I thought of your site, Claire, when I read this off of one of my blogs that I follow:
http://www.thethriftymama.com/2011/03/drinking-raw-milk-felony.html
It just doesn’t stop, does it?
This may be a good idea for the Japanese people if someone can alert them about it.
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/005175.php
Looks like a good temporary structure to live in while they rebuild, Akin to the old San Francisco Refugee Shacks of fame.
http://www.outsidelands.org/shacks.php
Speaking of the government, well, here’s how the Obama Administration is trying to pull one over our eyes.
http://gizmodo.com/#!5782374/obama-administration-planning-to-extend-privacy-rights-for-internet-users
Ah. Come on Ms. Wolfe. You know you want the government protecting your intellectual property against those evil dudes at The Pirate Bay.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3921531/101_Things_to_Do_____Til_The_Revolution_-_Claire_Wolfe
parabarbarian — Ugh. I had no idea. I think the person who took my work without permission is a pig and a thief. I would almost certainly have allowed the book to be used that way, had somebody asked, especially since it’s out of print. But since someone thought so little of me and my work that (s)he couldn’t be bothered getting permission, I hope that person — if he, she or it is ever capable of creating anything worth reading, listening to, or looking at — has it stolen.
But no. You know very well I wouldn’t want to sic the government on them. I just hope karma will bitch-slap them.
JuliB — Sorry your comment didn’t appear immediately. Sometimes the spam filter catches the strangest things!
Should drinking raw milk be a felony? Yegads … Well, I guess it might as well be a felony. Everything else is …