Jon Stewart opened his show with a few meaningless pleasantries and then started the news with The word "jagoff"...gets thrown around a lot in today's society... and I just knew we were the story. … [Read more...] about It’s Official: We Rule the News Cycle
More On Prostitution
(I started to write this last month, when it would have been more timely, but it kept getting put off by other stuff.) In response to the 3rd part of my rebuttle to Farley and Ramos's article urging the prosecution of prostitution patrons, someone signing herself (I'm guessing) "olympe" writes: Libertarianism is an ideology devised by and for white, heterosexual, middle-class … [Read more...] about More On Prostitution
Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested…Finally
The U.S. Attorney here in Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald, has generally been considered pretty good at uncovering political corruption, and today he was promoted to awesome: His office just charged Governor Rod Blagojevich on some amazing charges---none of that "misusing the postal meter"-style corruption for our boy Blago. The feds actually arrested him at his home. I … [Read more...] about Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested…Finally
RIAA Strikes Again
Radley Balko tells us about yet another RIAA masterstroke: [The] RIAA is suing a young transplant patient in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nineteen-year-old Ciara Sauro has pancreatitis and because she needs an islet cell transplant, she's hospitalized every week, a situation resulting in a huge accumulation of medical bills. Now, "Because she didn't defend herself against a … [Read more...] about RIAA Strikes Again
The Cinderella Affidavit v.s. Barry Cooper
You know what would be interesting? If someone---perhaps in response to accusations that a group of cops was framing innocent people---spent months setting up a fake drug house to attract police suspicion. Then, after the police raided the place and found no drugs of any kind, asked to see the sworn search affidavit, so they could check it for accuracy against their own heavily … [Read more...] about The Cinderella Affidavit v.s. Barry Cooper