I’m getting ready for a heavy-duty weekend of studying. The next several days worth of posts have been scheduled (actually, most of them are anyway as I don’t have time to do it every day of the week). The tidbits: Cooking with semen. Humanity at its finest. 25 hilariously defaced bills. I especially like the [...]

Today’s OED Word of the Day: narcocracy, n. 1. A body of people responsible for the implementation of drug laws. rare. 1983 National Rev. (Nexis) 29 Apr. 492 The National Research Council report of June 21, 1982..was promptly suppressed by the narcocracy because it questions the efficacy of marijuana prohibition and advocates complete decriminalization and [...]

Gordon Brown finally admits that England was wrong to prosecute Alan Turing – who may have done more to save England from total destruction in WWII than any other man alive – for being gay. England just can’t stop trying to one-up us with past misdeeds. I spotted this on the relevant Fark.com thread and [...]

Milwaukee man arrested in connection to 9 killings MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man whose DNA authorities say linked him to the slayings of nine women since 1986 has been charged with two counts of homicide, with more charges expected later this week, police and prosecutors said Monday. Walter E. Ellis, 49, was taken into [...]

Forced Catheterization Used In DUI Case LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. — An Indiana man has filed a lawsuit claiming that police forcibly withdrew blood and urine from his body during a drunken driving arrest, WLWT-TV reported. According to the suit, police arrested Jamie Lockard, 53, on suspicion of drunken driving in March.A Breathalyzer test showed he was [...]

Why Everything Sucks: A Simple Explanation What happened was, in a strange kind of quirk of fate, youth began to be celebrated by society. This was in a way that it had never been at any time in human history. What used to be celebrated was experience, and cleverness. But what became valuable was youth [...]

Sorry it’s been so long – I am a very busy man and have been very busy with business. In all seriousness, I am free from academia for the next three weeks. I have my evenings entirely to myself. My life is a bit of a strange play. And as I grow older, more cynical, [...]

From RightWingWatch: WHEREAS, the people of Oklahoma have a strong tradition of reliance upon the Creator of the Universe; and A tradition kept most everywhere. Since the dawn of human imagination. WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis; and Economic woes are caused by moral crisis, not by [...]

Absolutely true. Screw the police.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Drunken Arizona drivers with the late-night munchies may soon be getting more than chicken strips at drive-through windows. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has a new campaign targeting drunken driving. Operation Would U Like Fries, or Operation WULF, will put undercover deputies inside 24-hour fast-food restaurants to spot impaired drivers placing their [...]