Just to put things into perspective: the world doesn’t stop being shitty just because it’s the holidays.  A couple of local things and one from afar. Jerry Oliver, founder of Mercy Ministries in Augusta dies. He was tough as nails.  Watching him recover from the stroke he had last year was inspiring.  He will certainly [...]

When the revenue stream created by the judicial system runs in reverse. And trust me, the court acts as though it is doing you a favor by giving you probation instead of jail-time. And they have absolutely no problem giving up time served. I for one am thankful because the food in the Richmond county [...]

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 [...]

Prosecutor: Woman broke law, case handled correctly: The law, of course, does not require that the State show that the purchaser intended to make meth. And, the truth of the matter, is that many of the people who violate the “purchase law” are not meth makers. Oftentimes, they are people on limited income who are [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

The Declaration of Independence When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a [...]

Pentagon training course says engaging in First Amendment is terrorist activity Steve WatsonInfowars.net Current Department of Defense anti-terrorism training course material states that the exercise of First Amendment rights in the U.S. constitutes terrorist activity. The ACLU has written to the DoD regarding its Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course, which advises personnel [...]