Year: 2008
Kelo Day
Arg! I totally forgot to mention that today is Kelo Day! Susette Kelo and the Institute for Justice are trying to moneybomb the eminent domain abuse issue by getting 10,000 people to donate a few bucks each today. Make your donations here. Or at least go read what it’s all about. Read more
The End of Evolution? Right Here, Right Now.
One of my regular blog reads (I can’t remember which one) just posted a clip from the (almost) straight-to-DVD movie Idiocracy. It’s a comedy about the potential long-term effects of living in our modern civilization, in which our technology protects us from the consequences of our acts, drastically altering the evolutionary pressures that made us… Read more
Kirk – Spock – Shat – Pulp
Someone posted this at Hit & Run a few days ago, and despite all the weirdness, it’s kind of cool in some way I can’t explain. This is complicated, so here are a few things you need to know: The original 1960’s science fiction series Star Trek starred William Shatner as Captain James Kirk and Leonard… Read more
Another Comment About Police Raids
I just got another comment to my post about the Lima, Ohio SWAT team’s shooting of an unarmed mother who was holding her child. The guy calls himself “Major.” Let’s see what he has to say: Yeah, enter and clear a room with taser or pepper spray first. You people are a joke. If you… Read more
A SAD Anti-Gay Post
When Kip posted about the recent discovery of possible structural differences between the brains of straight and gay people, he predicted that it would make no difference to the anti-gay folks: To the bigots, all the research in the world won’t make a scrap of difference. If it’s not biological, then it’s a “choice.” If… Read more