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It is “standard procedure” to tase a 5’4″ kid in the genitals while screaming you”re going to kill him. Worked, too. They killed him just fine.
The money quote: “If architects designed buildings the way engineers design software, the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.” Thanks, Borepatch.
Satire. Reality. On Rand Paul’s attempt to stop the endless Afghan war.
Such progress! Such awesome justice! Three years after he choked Eric Garner to death for no reason, officer Daniel Pantaleo might get a slap on the wrist.
“Terminal.” How airports got bad enough to drive us psycho.
Hillary thinks the real reason she lost was US. Contemplate that as she asks you to shell out $30 for her new book and a minimum of $89 for a book tour ticket. (Well it probably was “us” as in people of this blog; but she appears to mean “us” as in all the people who failed to see the True Glory of Her.)
“We are all serfs on Google’s farm.” An online business person looks at Google’s power, quite apart from its ability to control and censor searches.
Cancer treatment for $5? So far there’s only proof of concept in animals.
Wow. Now there’s a twist in that Utah nurse-vs-cop story. It’s now cop-vs-cop. (H/T ellendra in comments.)
To no one’s surprise, Bloomberg’s anti-freedom efforts are top-down, autocratic, and authoritarian. So writes a disgruntled volunteer. Such has always been the case with anti-gun organizations. Bloomberg just makes it personal.
You’ve probably seen the story of the Utah nurse arrested for doing her job (and upholding a Supreme Court decision that every cop knows). But she is so good and the thugs so bad that I’d be remiss not to post this. I hope every cop involved gets fired. I hope the nurse gets a bonus.
Oh Brad, you are so right. In the tech world “1984” has morphed into 1984.
King County (Seattle area) cop confronts a motorcyclist, gun in hand, irrationally and profanely accusing the guy of “going 100 miles per hour.” Fortunately, his intended victim was wearing a helmet cam.
Californians may get the chance to decriminalize psilocybin next year.
And HERB, a site that hopes to become the go-to spot for “all things cannabis-related” just raised $4 million plus from some very respectable sources.
Amazon said they’d drop prices as soon as they took over Whole Foods. And by golly, they did. No more Whole Paycheck.
Bovard: 25 years later, Ruby Ridge still offers lessons in how to fight extremism. And how not to.
Are electric cars doomed to fail (again), but this time for a more interesting reason? (Another take-with-a-grain-of-salt article)
