To borrow the analogy from John Robb over at Global Guerillas, who sees the recent Joe Stack incident as such a marker. In addition to that, I’d point out the guy who bulldozed his own house in retaliation of forclosure: As well as the ridiculousness of the Tea Party. These people don’t know what they [...]

New items for February 20, 2010: Google Reader: Latino immigrants and crime I know you are, but what am I? A Conspiracy So Immense His-Panic Happy 80th Birthday, Pluto!

(via The Smoking Gun) Hopefully. A Cthulhu tattoo on your forehead is probably the most hardcore thing ever.

Mortuary Techs getting down and dirty: The people employed to respectfully handle the remains of the deceased have instead turned cadavers and body parts into macabre playthings, The Post has learned. And they shockingly documented their depraved foolery in photos taken as keepsakes. Grinning mortuary technicians use corpses as props in dozens of disturbing Polaroids [...]

The Blog of a person who didn’t start watching LOST until season 6. Very amusing. I can see where they’re coming from and at times felt the same way (re-watching episode 2 stoned, that is).

Typography for Lawyers As a person that prints out manuscripts (and puts together photocopied ‘zines) and mails them out, the idea of expressing professionalism through typesetting interests me. I’ve been pretty loyal to the Arial font for a good number of years now, unless the guidelines demand Courier. I don’t use standard Courier or Courier [...]

New items for February 19, 2010: Google Reader: Due Process and DUI License Suspensions Dr. Anarchy answers your mail #6: keeping away unwanted attention from statists Obama’s DEA Raids Another Medical Pot Dispensary That’s What I Call a Court-Packing Plan Legal Highs & Terrorism

New items for February 18, 2010: Google Reader: on 'chatroulette' Colin Ward, RIP RIP Howard Lotsof, ‘Grandfather of Ibogaine’ Samizdata quote of the day <a href="http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/84599552.html" title="Man accuses Pizza Hut of racist remark on his receipt | NBC …“>Man accuses Pizza Hut of racist remark on his receipt | NBC …

A (unconfirmed?) Mossad hit-squad caught after assassinating al-Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing. I’ll give the Israelis one thing: they just don’t give a fuck, and I can admire that. But flat-out ignoring (and often times, in very racist ways) diplomacy only makes me think that they really don’t respect other countries [...]

It can be very confusing, sometimes.  Also, adorable.