Why I hate asshole school administrators - and authority in general

Third grade boy gets accused of stealing from a little girl.  He denies it.  Female principal orders him down to his underwear, and runs her fingers inside the cuffs.  Turns out - the kid didn't steal anything.  The boys parents were never igven the opportunity to be present.  In fact, they were never even told it happened.  Of course, the super intendant defends:

 The assistant principal was within her legal authority, her legal right, to do the search.  She may have been overzealous in her actions.

 

Third-grader strip-searched at North Carolina school after stealing claim | Fox News

punishing thought crime isn't censorship so long as its your boss that's punishing the thought

in this case, it was like the catholic school set up a teacher with a questionnaire about her personal views, then punished her for being frank about her personal views - even though she said those views didn't influence the way she taught her class.  aside from the marriage equality issue - and the increasing distance between the church and its members on these sorts of issues - there's the whole idea that when you work for somebody, you're merely selling your time and services. employment isn't slavery - the employee is not owned by their boss.  so long as you do your job to the letter, no employer should have so much control over a person that they can punish you for what's in your mind on your off time.

Catholic School Fires Teacher For Supporting Gay Marriage In Self-Review | The New Civil Rights Movement

some people deserve to go to hell when they die

 like greedy businessmen that sell us poison to feed to our children

BPA | Toxic Ingredients Hiding in Kids' Products | The Stir

iSlavery

Apple’s suppliers claim to the press that they have ended excessive overtime and doubled workers’ salaries.  Meanwhile, interviews with the workers themselves reveal that, for many not in management, pay has actually decreased. Even worse, workers are now being told to work UNPAID overtime or risk losing their jobs

(emphasis retained from original)

Apple: Get serious about improving worker conditions | SumOfUs

Tell House Democrats: Support President Obama by drawing a line in the sand on the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.

All Democrats have to do is nothing. And yet . . . they can't help themselves! I predict that these great defenders of medicaid and social security will manage to somehow put compromises to those programs on the table and still not get what they want. The biggest differences between the democrats and republicans isn't so much the extent to which they favor wealthy business interests - its the extent to which republicans are open about it and democrats make excuses.


Tell House Democrats: Support President Obama by drawing a line in the sand on the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.

Another reason to run Linux

Flame malware hijacks Windows Update to spread from PC to PC | Ars Technica

Breaking with Ubuntu is probably a good thing - but keep the name if Canonical is cool with it

Lots of people like Kubuntu.  I've always had a much better KDE experience on OpenSuse and Mint.   Kubuntu is still horrible on my Asus eepc 900 (obviously a low power computer - the system runs fine on my other machines), whereas OpenSuse has always ran adequately (but not as well as standard install Ubuntu). 

Personally, Kubuntu always felt like an after thought to the main distro.  It may be that the whole thing goes to hell with Canonical lessening their support.   But so long as Kubuntu remains an official -buntu, Canonical will have every reason to fund it sufficiently and provide enough support to prevent it from dragging down the overall -buntu brand.

From Kubuntu's perspective, losing the name means you eventually just become another KDE distro with an interesting history.   There are plenty out there to choose from.

Kubuntu Community Update | wonderly@blog:~#

Maybe they're on to something after all

 A phone that is a fully functioning Android - until you hook it up to a dock, and then it becomes a fully functional Ubuntu desktop with your data automatically integrated?   Could be impressive.  Will a manufacturer offer it installed, or will you have to root your phone and arguably void your warranty?  How hard will the install be?

At any rate, sounds like a move in the right direction.

Ubuntu OS for Smartphones May Come Next Year | PCWorld Business Center

better late than never (so long asits not too late)

Canonical is pushing developers to make it easy to install an application by clicking a button on a website.  This sure would have been a nice feature back when I started with Hardy - and its something Windows users have come to expect since at least Windows 2000 (if not earlier).  

Sometimes I get to wondering what a distro like Ubuntu is trying to do.  They seem focused on improving the PC experience for the average user (when they're not trying to distance Unity from Gnome Shell for its own sake) - and they've generally done a good job. Yet they don't seem to have any viable plan to increase the settings in which people will encounter Ubuntu in their everyday life, there's no reason to believe that manufacturers are going to start shipping Linux machines (Ubuntu or otherwise) without public demand, and the PC is going to start being a harder place for a user like me to install after the fact.   Plus, all the smart money is moving away from the x86/AMD64 PC and towards ARM powered mobile devices - where iOS is increasingly dominant and Android serves the alternative market.  So what the hell is their big picture objective?  What's the ultimate vision for this thing?  

But hey - I'll take whatever convenience I can get! 

‘Download for Ubuntu’ Button Campaign | jonobacon@home

best shoes = flat shoes

I go for big walks.   When I wear athletic shoes, my feet get blown.  with chucks there's never a problem.  Sometimes I'll throw in a flat insert to reduce the shock.  But even without one, I can walk forever.  I think its because they let your feet do their job - they're just a flat protection against bumps like the sandals the long walking ancient romans wore - or mocassans worn by native americans. 

To Heel or Not To Heel…The Toe-nnoying Truth About High Heels (and your poor toes)

Lucky nobody was killed

Doesn't change the fact that using a swat team to raid several family homes, sticking machine guns in kids faces, over the sale of bongs is an utter disgrace.

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run

"Bipartisan usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." - George Carlin

   
Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban

According to the Bible, what group of people would Jesus put in a concentration camp until they die out?

Icould be wrong, but I think Jesus' support for concentration camps can be found somewhere between "judge not lest ye be judged", "love thy neighbor", and"let he without sin cast the first stone."

Local Pastor Calls For Death of 'Queers & Homosexuals' - YouTube

I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but . . . .

As happy as I am to see New Jersey's criminal penalties for small level drug possession be eliminated, I'd rather see all penalties be eliminated altogether - especially considering the statements made by lawmakers.  In reducing the penalties for small amounts of marijuana to a small civil fine, Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll stated, ""Some acts harm society, and they warrant the intervention of police, prosecutors, and perhaps even incarceration. Other acts warrant, at best, a spanking.  The harm to society, if it exists at all, is de minimis" in these possession cases.

An adult shouldn't be subject to a spanking by the state, no matter how light, for doing something that doesn't harm anyone.  Period. 

SKRILLEX - Rock N' Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain) - YouTube

SKRILLEX - Rock N' Roll (Will Take You To The Mountain) - YouTube

About time!

Though I think that rock & roll has done well in the face of changing technologies - and the electric guitar is unique in its ability to give a frustrated kid a loud way to be expressive - a new paradigm is long over due. 

Guitar Music Fad Runs Course | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Beleive me, i get it: Sometimes work force you to be a bad dad.

Raps&Hustles » Common Defends Nas’s “Daughters” Record

One good thing about Philly: it's great place to to be a junk food vegetarian

this article focuses on upscale options, but there are alot of solid downscale options, too.  blackbird pizza makes the best fake-steak sandwich.  there's a cup cake bakery in norther liberties.  and of course, grindcore house in south philly.  they're all great places to get some guilty pleasure food without the guilt of meat.

Philadelphia-area vegan restaurants evolving beyond fake meats - Philly.com

I'll do my part

Can beer save America? - Consumerism - Salon.com

If there's any truth to biblical prophesies of eternal damnation

the people involved in this deserve it

Footage of Judge Rotenberg Center torturing a person with a disability aired in court (Graphic) - YouTube

Small errors almost resulted in anihilation at least 6 times

And, surprise, all six times involved nukes.  Whatever happened to the movement to get rid of those damn things?  

6 Tiny Mistakes That Almost Ended the World | Cracked.com

survival guide for the run up through November

5 Ways to Spot a B.S. Political Story in Under 10 Seconds | Cracked.com

So funny I forgot to laugh

and to all those people that want to shrink the size of government to preserve liberty  - what do you say about one small group of "private" businessmen position themselves to have unilateral dominance over the vast bulk of the food supply? when those private businessmen decide to start exploiting society's dependence in ways that aren't good for anyone but them - who is supposed to step up and protect the people?

6 Secret Monopolies You Didn't Know Run the World | Cracked.com

Two things are certain: (1) the kid's an asshole, and (2) judges fuck up everything when it comes to families

Dad raises a kid as his own, thinking he's his own.  Turns out it might not be the case - and he has some credible proof.  He wants a DNA test so he can sue the guy that banged his wife for some the expenses of raising his kid.  The kid - now an adult -  says he doesn't want to know - preventing the man who raised him as his own from seeing anything resembling justice.  The courts side with the kid.

Kid's an asshole.  Courts suck at handling family issues.

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The punk thing to do: throw a party when everyone's down and worry about paying for it later.

I suppose it's nice he has a philosophical reason, but I have to disagree with John Lydon's (Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) reason for snubbing the olympics.  The whole idea that England cannot afford something is ludicrous. Interest rates are so low, its irresponsible not to be spending money.  And all this so-called-austerity is killing the economy.  Notice all the cuts come in the form of program slashes for everyday people and the poor - free money for bankers, subsidies for business, and tax cuts for the wealthy are always on the table regardless of their impact on the budget.

Either way, the reason the economy won't grow is because people are broke or are fearful of being dead broke in the future.  They're not spending money. The cure for that is business expansion that puts people back to work. Business isn't going to expand operations regardless of the tax rate or the public balance sheet unless it has a customer to sell goods and services to.   How do you break the viscous cycle?

Government spending.  Granted, spending on infra structure upgrades is probably better than on a big party (which is what the Olympics is), but throwing money out of a helicopter for people to spend is better than what they're doing now.  So given its the only thing the austerity pushers in England are willing to splurge on, I'm all for it.

Obviously, you can't blame a musician for not being as up on their economics as Paul Krugman.  However, refocusing and conflating the short term growth problem with the long term debt issue is a right wing strategy to exploit a crisis.  In god times they want to tear down the modern social safety net.  In bad times they want to tear down the modern social safety net.  They want to tear it down because it liberal.  They want to tear it down because its socialist.  They want to tear it down because its the road to fascism.  They'll say anything to tear it down - they just want a society where the better off aren't responsible for the well being of the people as a whole - and a place where people are hungry enough to work longer hours, for less pay, with less safety, and with less concern for the environment.   It's sad to see Johhny Rotten getting suckered by the rhetoric.

John Lydon speaks out on the Sex Pistols' refusal to play the Olympics

Perhaps the campaign is cynical, but liberals are pretty damn naive

if they think its obvious that somebody shares their world view simply because they're gay or dark skinned.  

Right-Wing, Anti-Public Education Group Funds Gay, Muslim Democrat as Stealth Candidate in PA House District « SpeakEasy

progress

Texas College Converts its Football Field into a Working Farm : TreeHugger

Dislike! Facebook supports government spying | SumOfUs

Yet, even open source me still plays in his exploitative walled garden.

Dislike! Facebook supports government spying | SumOfUs

Helen Keller Sunglasses: Insensitive Insult or Respectful Tribute?

Who knows, but telling the story of Helen Keller without talking about her commitment to a socialist future and opposition to the war of her time is an insult and misleading.

Helen Keller Sunglasses: Insensitive Insult or Respectful Tribute?

It was never about the money. And certainly isn't about helping kids.

It's the type of law written to flush out civil liberties absolutists and cast them as pro-criminal extremists:  Florida and other states passed laws that force public assistance recipients to submit to and pass a drug test.  It has a common sense ring to it - why should the tax payer be supporting somebody's drug habit - but its actually kind of ugly in practice. 

Conservatives that oppose healthcare reform often argue that the welfare state is a soft route to tyranny - the more people are dependent on their government's benefit programs, the more government can coerce them by withholding the benefit.  Yet these seem conservatives lead the way when it comes to turning government programs into mechanisms for tyranny. 

We all benefit from constitutional protections that protect each of us from being treated like criminals when their is no probable cause to do so. In that vein, we're protected from unwarranted searches and seizures.  A search of your bodily fluids certainly falls within those protections. 

So if conservatives are so wary of "big government", why are they the ones looking to make it intrusive?  Why are the conservatives the one's asking you to waive your constitutional rights as condition to receiving a government benefit?  Because "conservatives" - especially those in power - only oppose "big government" when it burdens the businessmen that contribute to their campaigns.  Those same conservatives are all for "big government" when it comes to the individual decisions, personal autonomy, privacy of everyone else. 
 
It's not about the money - the law did not reduce the number of assistance applications and the number of drug users identified was statistically insignificant.  The program cost more than it saved. 

And then there's this:

"The drug testing law was really meant to make sure that kids were protected,"

How exactly are protecting children by making sure their mom - who might already be saddled with a problem - has no money?  You're not.  There's a damn good chance you're hurting those children.

But this law was always about pleasing the people that like to case moral judgements on people, be they judgments about poor people or judgements about people that enjoy themselves too much.  And those judgemental people like to cite the bible, but they lack all of the empathy that book instructs us hold for others.  Worse of all, they're always willing to break a few eggs - hurt people - in the name of righteousness. 

They're monsters, and the only reason they get their way is because the business elites are willing to throw them a bone to keep them voting Republican.


NYT: No Savings Found in Florida We

If there's truth to biblical prophesies to eternal damnation . . . .

the businessman that decided to save money by using live baby chicks as packing materials deserves it.

Live Baby Chicks Used as Packing Peanuts!

Labor judge doesn't know his labor history

Back in the day, the boss would ask you to do a job and then deny you compensation when you got hurt because on the premise that you voluntarily assumed the risk. This ugly defense is one of the reasons people formed unions and why states passed worker compensation laws. Know when I learned that? In 11th grade history. Now, in New Jersey, we have an ALJ denying a janitor his pension because he should have known that moving a large object, as instructed, was dangerous. Disgrace.

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The fact Obama can credibly pull a question like this off

explains why some people love the guy despite his failings, and some people hate him despite his accomplishments.  

Press asks Obama Kanye or Jay-Z?

“Jay-Z,” he says, as if the answer should be obvious. “Although I like Kanye,” Obama continues, with an easy smile. “He’s a Chicago guy. Smart. He’s very talented.” Even though you called him a jackass?,” I ask. “He is a jackass,” Obama says, in his likable and perfectly balanced modern-professorial voice. “But he’s talented.”

Raps&Hustles » Barack Obama Picks Jay-Z Over Kanye West

Skid Row, Rancid, and the Gilmore Girls

 All relics of a bygone era I saw come and go first hand.  Damn I'm getting old.

Gilmore Girls - Hep Alien tocando Time Bomb, Rancid - YouTube

Double albums kill bands. What does a triple album do?

Beatles only had one studio album (Abbey Road) and some odds and ends (Let It Be) after the white album.

After The Wall, Pink Floyd floundered with the Final Cut after and devolved into a tribute tour with some original members.

Guns & Roses had a Spaghetti Incident after abusing the illusion of two theoretically independent albums.

Everything that followed Smashing Pumpkin's Melancholy depended on electronica gimmicks.

And I hope Greed Day fares even worse!


Green Day to release three-album trilogy beginning late this year – Dying Scene

cock sucking pencil dicked little pieces of shit

The proper title for school officials that feel the need to exercise their petty authority over kids that wear I Love Boobies T-Shirts.

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The businessmen would turn our daughters to stone if there were profit in it

Instead they just rape their minds over and over, all day and all night, for their entire lives

Killing Us Softly 4 (2010) - 1/2 - YouTube

Also vaseline and spray deoderant

Great tips for any festival concert, camping trip, or hybrid of the two

Music Festival Camping Tips | Filthy Philly

Stupid: spain charging musicians with a crime for insulting the king

even more stupid: the fact Spain still has a king.

Spanish Punk Band Charged with Insults to the King

Rock on

A straight Mormon who once campaigned against same-sex marriage has made a U-turn to become a supporter of marriage equality, and he says his entire church should embrace this position.

Mormon Lawyer: Church Should Embrace Marriage Equality | News | The Advocate

Never read this guy Tucker Max

But he tried to donate half a million to planned parenthood and was denied because he proudly writes of his exploits as a man whore.  Says Max:

I thought Planned Parenthood’s mission was about helping women, not passing judgment on humor.

You'd think with his purported experience with tons of women, he'd realize that some of them don't get the whole "humor" thing.

Tucker Max | Planned Parenthood | Donation | The Daily Caller

Damn liberal media

AP reports Obama's move from opposing an individual mandate as a candidate to his embrace of the mandate as president is a move to the left even though (a) he embraced the mandate as an alternative to the single payer and public options he had earlier espoused (a move to the right), and (b) the primary purpose of the mandate is to protect insurance companies from the costs associated with consumer protections.  The consumer protections may be liberal, but requiring ordinary people to contribute to the profits of businessmen is not - especially when those businessmen are making profit by virtue of their position as middlemen for life saving medical care without adding any value to the system.

False-Equivalence Watch: The Platonic-Ideal Form - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic

Peace sells, but who's selling?

Arianna Huffington: Campaign 2012's Biggest Disconnect: Americans Want Out of Afghanistan, Candidates Would Rather Ignore It

Paul Ryan's budget is as fair as it gets

Everyone gets a cut:

it slashes taxes for corporations and the rich while drastically cutting food and medical aid to the needy.

damned liberal media, government

AP reports on the arrest and charge of a man accused of bombing an abortion clinic.  The man was charged with arson.  Neither the charges nor the article speak refer to the act as terrorism or its perpetrator as a terrorist.  Those terms are reserved for scary brown people and college kids that set fur farm animals free.

The Associated Press: Suspect charged in Wis. Planned Parenthood arson

Scalia the activist

But Justice Sonia Sotomayor voiced a view that also seemed to be shared by Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. States that have experimented with similar health care plans, she said, have adjusted those plans as problems occurred.

"Why shouldn't we let Congress do that?" she asked. "What's wrong with leaving it in the hands of the people who should be fixing this, not us?"

Ginsburg later noted that the law contains many provisions that have nothing to do with the individual mandate. "So why should we say: It's a choice between a wrecking operation, which is what you are requesting, or a salvage job?" she said to Clement. "And the more conservative approach would be salvage rather than throwing out everything."

However, Justice Antonin Scalia was skeptical of the "salvage" approach in questions to Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler, who argued that only the mandate and the guaranteed-issue and community-ratings provisions should be severed if the mandate is unconstitutional.

"Whether we strike it all down or leave some of it in place, the congressional process will never be the same," Scalia said. "One way or another, Congress is going to have to reconsider this, and why isn't it better to have them reconsider it — what should I say — in toto?"

Whose choice as to which is "better" is it Scalia? Yours or Congress? Why should Congress start out as if nothing was passed if something was in fact passed simply because you think it'd be "better" if they started from scratch?

honest question

how do government job residency requirements pass constitutional muster in light of the privileges and immunities clause?

Why I hate authority

Old man's Life Alert badge goes off accidentally, and he winds up dead after police claim he came at them with a knife.  Internal affairs claims the shooting was justified.  Just one problem: life alert recorded the entire exchange and there are two video tapes of what happened.  Turns out the cops got into a pissing match about whether the old man had to let the officers inside - calling him a nigger and ridiculing his military service in the process.  once they got in, he was standing there defenseless - arms in plain view - in nothing but his underwear. the cops tasered him, shot him with a bean bag gun, and then shot him with a regular gun twice in the chest. 

Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. killed after clash with police who responded to his medical emergency - NY Daily News

Problem with Obama care is . . . it hasn't done a damn thing for anyone

I don't know what it did for me. I pay close to $1000.00 per month for my family to have health insurance that covers big and small things - but hits us with high co pays and leaves us out to dry if we have a medical problem with our teeth. That's pretty much what I was paying and receiving before "Obamacare".

My parents get their insurance through my Dad's employer, and they suffer from a high up front deductible that deters routine preventative care - until the burn through more than $1,000 in out of pocket bills, their insurance covers nothing and they still have high co-pays after. The primary reason they work at this point is for that crummy insurance, and any hope they had of retiring was dashed in the second or third round of Obama's compromises to the ass hole Senators in his own party.

So what has Obamacare done for me? Nothing. Along with all the substantive compromises, Obama let the effective date of most of his reforms be set so far into the future that its hard for nearly anyone to quantify their real world impact.

that's why I highly doubt you'll see its defeat by the Supreme court as any sort of rallying point beyond lip service by the faithful. Obama passed a law that didn't have any real impact on most people's lives for years - years in which his detractors could make the case that the program is socialist slavery to those inclined to listen to that sort of thing.

Media Matters campaign against Limbaugh isn't censorship

I agree that what media matters is doing isn't censorship, but I disagree that the "private v. public" distinction ends the discussion.  to be sure, the distiction is dispositive as a matter of  First Amendment law - but the question of whether something constitutes censorship doesn't end with whether it violates the First Amendment.  To begin with, many states recognize expression rights against private actors, such as when New Jersey's Supreme Court held that shopping malls can't stifle all forms of expression at their whim simply because their replacement of the trandtional public square happens to be privately owned.  And that ultimately illustrates the flaw in so much of libertarian thinking: its more concerned with whether something is "government" than whether something is truly a threat to liberty.  Private authority can be just as stifling and public authority, and while there are clear differences between the enforcement mechanisms, the lines have been blurring as of late.

Tom Mullen: The Right Has It Wrong on Media Matters' Campaign Against Limbaugh

Pitting people against each other for political gain - and all in the name of Jesus

"The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks - two key Democratic constituencies"

completely sickening.

Breaking: Previously Confidential Documents Shed Light on NOM Strategy | Backstory Blog | Human Rights Campaign

Romney's plan for the uninsured:

drop dead

The Morning Plum: What will happen to the uninsured? - The Plum Line - The Washington Post

the business men would sell us poison if they could make money that way

and, as it turns out, they do!  these people deserve to go to hell when they die.

Aspartame is not the only thing in diet cola that can kill you | Grist

The businessmen would turn are kids to stone if they could get away with making money off the process

and they've concluded that sexualizing Care Bears is in their best business interests.  these people deserve to go to hell when they die.

Fat is a Preschool Issue

Why the extra step?

Law school consumer information—especially its accuracy—has been the focus of transparency advocates and a number of powerful U.S. senators in recent years

but . . . .

By striking the salary data, the council has brought the accreditation requirements in line with changes already made by the ABA's questionnaire committee—a separate group that designs the questionnaire that all accredited law schools must fill out every year. The questionnaire committee decided last year that instead of school-specific salary data, schools should disclose the three states in which the largest percentage of their graduates found jobs. Prospective students or other interested parties could then look at state-specific salary information.

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Bully's producers do something courageous

old censors and theater owners act like bullies

'Bully' Rating: Weinstein Company Documentary To Be Released As Unrated After MPAA Fight

justice. yeah right.

"An Elizabeth couple who managed to stave off a sheriff's sale of their foreclosed home for more than two years have apparently run out of time, as a state appeals court on Wednesday denied them the benefit of tightened requirements meant to protect against foreclosure abuses."

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the war on youth conitnues

No Class-Action Status for Suit Over High School's 24/7 Drug-Alcohol Policy

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And when they say that employment is anything but wage slavery

ask them why a legal secretary would offer themselves up for a third degree crime (e.g. years in in prison and a felony record) committed by their lawyer employer? because the legal secretary was so dependent on their wages there wasn't really a choice. slavery.

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ugly

there's nothing rocking about a exposing the homeless to cancerous radiation for the opportunity to beg for a couple bucks from rich kids with enough time and money to go to a festival concert.  shame on everyone involved.

SXSW Festival catches heat for using homeless to boost 4G reception – Dying Scene

you can't spell crap without . . .

I've seen many punk shows turn into trash fights.  I've seen Tom Araya get his mouth bust open by a shoe and walk off stage with the words "words cannot describe how much hate i have for you".  each time the show went on.  and it never ended with fans getting shot.

Raps&Hustles » Tyga Gets Garbage Can & Bottles Thrown @ Him On Stage

Nothing scares a limp dick judge like jury nullification - because it people taking their power back

As far as I'm concerned, Daniel Kaminsky is a hero - having saved somebody from the ruin of their life over a victimless crime. And the jurors that turned him in are low class rats. The judge is even lower for failing to recognize that jury nullification has a rich history in our nation and that the jury, at the end of the day, is the consceience of the community. Bravo, Daniel, for having a conscience.

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it's always a good day for lobbyists

especially when its a bad day for the rest of us

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raping us on the way in and out

parasitic publishing industry sues people for sharing books, fights to prevent authors of those books from making real money on those same books..

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The third circuit gets what the media misses

The GOP's preoccupation with voter fraud is nothing more than a resurrection of their old strategy of suppressing minority voters.

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America is # 1!

America lags behind the world in gender equality when it comes to corporate leadership

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This is why I back up Patty in choosing natural childbirth 100%

The importance of uninterrupted contact during the first hour after birth - YouTube

poser defined

Per  a post on Dying Scene:

 If you’re lucky, the only time you’ve been looking up at bassist Joe Escalante on a raised platform is when you getting crushed in the pit at a Vandals show.  If you’re unlucky, it’s been in small claims court when he declares you guilty for vandalism charges. Escalante currently serves as a temporary judge, presiding over small claims, traffic, unlawful detainment, limited civil, and limited criminal matters.
Escalante now seeks to be a permanent county-paid judge, and to do so must run in an upcoming June 5th election.

While it certainly isn’t commonplace, it’s not absolutely unheard of for a punk musician to run for public office. Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys ran for mayor of San Francisco.

There is a huge difference between Jello running for mayor in a campaign that outright mocked the players within the power structure and a clean cut career goals musician doling out the man's "justice" by the book. 

The Honorable Joe Escalante? The Vandals bassist running for LA County judge – Dying Scene

America's most arbitrary censor sums up why America is so damned fucked up

MPAA: "parents in red-state, small-town America are far more wary of foul language than of graphic violence."

Is the MPAA the real bully in the ratings fight over 'Bully'? - latimes.com:

america's censor protect our children's ears from filthy words

but could give a damn about them being tormented.

MPAA Praises Teen 'Bully' Crusader But Won't Change Rating | The Wrap Movies

fuck you if you can't take a joke

even if the joke comes from big shot federal judge. i'm not racist, i'm not sexist, and I support Barrack Obama. But that doesn't mean I'm going to get my underwear in a bunch over a crude joke. who knows, i might even laugh.

war pigs

If you wanted a list of people that surely deserve to go to hell when they die, click the link below. Also, why the hell is Lieberman a chairman of anything considering the only thing he ever seems to stand for is his own ego and blood lust?

Senators Offer License To Strike Iran Nuclear Program

bad news

New Jersey's most liberal Supreme Court justice turned too old to be a judge right in time to be replaced by New Jersey's most conservative governor in anyone's memory.

As if we needed more proof municipal court is a joke

A municipal judge who fed questions to the prosecutor during an ex parte chat in a drunken-driving case was publicly reprimanded on Feb. 24.

The accused was convicted on the DWI and refusal charges, and the ex parte conversation came to light in reviewing the transcript for appeal.

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rock on

all girl punk bad in russia breaking all the rules.

Pussy Riot Strikes Again

impotent big government

FTC can't seem to bring itself to get demand deceptive businessmen admit wrongdoing as part of its settlements.

Judge Mulls Public-Interest Review of FTC Settlement in Acai Berry Litigation

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does anyone remember the consequences faced by the attorneys robo-signing foreclosure papers?

i don't recall it including jail time. those types of penalties are reserved for attorneys that cost billionaire bankers some chump change, not attorneys that ruin people's live by helping those bankers steal homes.

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thoughts on lawsuit against West over publishing legal briefs

on the one hand, I hate to see West making money off work I put time and effort into but for which West paid nothing. on the other, i feel like once you file a paper with the court, you've set it free to be copied by anyone, for any reason. its part of the public domain. besides, knowing the arguments a party made can help you understand a decision. i hate having to worry about another thing to search through as anyone - except maybe a big firm slave trying to meet their billable requirement - but it ought to be available to the extent its feasible. besides, West should get a benefit from my work - but why should I get paid again for work my client theoretically already paid me for? I say set it free, and it will eventually become irrelevant as more courts follow the federal lead and make everything not under seal available online.

the cost of fighting mariage equality is money spent to please a special interest group

There is no denying that litigation is an expensive proposition - and doubly expensive for the state when it loses civil rights cases because the tax payer has to pay for the prevailing party's attorney's fees. Proponents of "civil unions" over true marriage equality claim one is just as good as the other. But if that's the case, why fight the issue?

The answer is obvious: a legal acknowledgement that two people of the same sex can love each other with the same amount of commitment as members of the opposite the sex can is offensive to various types of bigots that the Republican party needs to get elected. Anti-gay bigots are a Republican special interest group. And money spent keeping gay people in a second class citizen status - whether symbolic or substantive - is money spent to keep this special interest happy.

You rarely hear it framed this way by our damn liberal media, but that's exactly what's happening here in New Jersey.

Big government too feeble to regulate abusive business practices

White House Pushing For Companies To Adopt Online Privacy Bill Of Rights - The Consumerist

Don't steal a loaf a bread. Steal somebody's home and destroy their life instead.

If you steal a loaf of bread, you'll get arrested for shoplifting. If you steal somebody's house through a sham foreclosure process, you may have wrecked somebody's life - but the worst that will come of it is slap on the risk and a warning not to do it again.

Foreclosure errors continue - latimes.com

I hope hope hope Santorum gets the nomination

because I just don't think a bigot like him can win an election.

Santorum not letting new strength in GOP race temper his words

rock on

New Jersey Assembly joins Senate in passing marriage equality. Sad Christie will veto it, but a sign of progress nonetheless.

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ugly

hospitals are hoarding tax payer money given to them to help the uninsured - while using debt collectors to harass the intended beneficiaries of the money

NY Hospitals Saddle Uninsured Patients with Massive Debt Despite $100s of Millions in Gov’t Aid

I like the anti-corporate sentiment

but the pigs they killed "sustain-ably" were still just as scared as we will be when we're dying.

Factory-Farming Exposed in Prime-Time Grammy Commercial | Rodale News

Just end it

North Carolina evidently perceived a racial bias in its death penalty convictions. In response, they passed a law that would require the sentence be commuted if race played a part in the jury or prosecutor's decisions. If we've got to this point, why not just end it already? We can all admit the criminal justice system is rife with imperfections. North Carolina is at least frank enough about the racial element that they tried to address it. But racial bias isn't the only problem. In fact, it could easily be argued that one reason the imposition of the death penalty and minority status have a correlation is because there is also a correlation between minority status and the ability to fund a vigorous defence. Such an imperfect system has no business putting anyone to death.

What, Exactly, Does NC's 'Racial Justice Act' Mean? We'll Know Soon - Law Blog - WSJ

rock on

New Jersey Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill But Votes Short of Veto-Proof Majority

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party guy

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the gun industry, and the politicians they own, are willfully blind to the illegal market

If I know that the legal gun market is x but maufacture and sell x+n guns, i am completely complicit in the illegal gun trade - particularly when n is a substantial number. The gun industry knows its making money from the illegal market (convicts, the insane), and is having its hired politicians protect that market. I'm all for the right to bear arms, but profiteering from the illegitimate sale of deadly weapons to criminals is a disgrace.

Inquirer Editorial: Towns need their gun laws - Philly.com

Do as we say, not as we do

A Tale of Two Repressions: Bahrain and Syria - Forbes

cop speaks the truth: 'The war on drugs is a war on people' | The Raw ... - StumbleUpon

Active duty cop: 'The war on drugs is a war on people' | The Raw ... - StumbleUpon

take more time off when you can, fight for more when you can't

7 Reasons Working Too Much Is Bad For Your Health

graffiti matters

Egyptians Use Graffiti to Reclaim Streets (Slide Show) | Care2 Causes

Street cred for Jon Stewart: he was photographed moshing at Dead Kennedy's show

Check Out A Pic Of A Young Jon Stewart Moshing At A Dead Kennedys Show - Stereogum

Gingrich is getting quick traction by pandering to racists

A fairly common tactic among Republicans these days.

Alan Grayson Does What The Media Won’t And Calls Out Gingrich’s Racism

The 1% get the best government money can buy

The 99% get to be their bitches.

SOPA and PIPA Spur Lobbying Spike - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets

The idiots are taking over

They want your kid to be kept in the dark about evolution - while getting trained to suppress their homosexual urges.

The idiots are taking over

lawyers are snakes

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Nothing gets a room full of pigs to applause

like talk of another war.

Jon Stewart Recaps 2012 State Of The Union Address Highs And Lows (VIDEO)

Rock on

"I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anyone else . . . just give everyone the chance to have the life they want"

Did Clint Eastwood Really Just Say This About Gay Marriage? | MoveOn.Org

bet it will be alot like the Dr. Dre concert i went to

A lot of commentary about black people to an audience filled with white people rich enough to afford tickets

Dave Chappelle And Chris Rock Possibly Touring Together | The Smoking Section

Proof its not just about law and order

Only a racist could hate a baby just for being born.

Charlotte’s First Baby of 2012 Sparks Anti-Latino Hate

It's the oilmen's world, and its time we got used to it

Headlines like this don't get as much shock value now that we've gone through the process of adjusting to $3.00 per gallon gas and images of dead birds aren't on TV everyday.

ConocoPhillips Announces $3.4 Billion in Q4 Profits -- Bringing 2011 Profits to $12.4 Billion | ThinkProgress

stand by your man

doctor drugs his wife's sister and rapes her. wife helps him cover tracks and refuses to testify against him. i'm a pretty loyal person, but wow . . . .

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rock on

Kendrick Lamar Brings Fan On Stage To Preform "Look Out For Detox" | The Smoking Section

Soda rots more than your teeth

soda health problems | 3 Surprising Reasons to Give Up Soda | Rodale News

credit where credit is due

Chris Christie's embrace of diversity is laudable.

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As if slut shaming weren't sexist enough

This article blames Rhiana for almost destroying Chris Browns career - presumably by going on with bruised face performances after he beat her ass.

7 Fast Women We Would Still Put A Ring On | The Smoking Section

Freedom? Yeah, right.

Run a file sharing service that facilitates the transfer of big files - including many legitimate files - and you face 50 years in federal prison. Its a lot like facing execution in feudal times for hunting too close to the king's woods and maybe killing one of his deer.

More Megaupload Mess: Swizz May Answer To The FBI, Other Filesharing Sites Shutter Services | The Smoking Section

Big media putting the onus on businessmen instead of blaming the victim?

I like.

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People will lose their homes, neighborhoods will get destroyed by unkept vacant dwellings

but at least the bankers will get a few bones

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There is a certain charm and passion and magic

in aging rockers turning their back on free expression.

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The businessmen would turn our kids to stone if they could make a profit off it

"The best toy is 90 percent child and 10 percent toy," says Susan Linn, a Harvard University psychiatry instructor and cofounder of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. "The [perfect] toy's meaning and its use changes at the child's behest."

At the same time, a large percentage of children's toys are based on media characters – Transformers, for instance, were top sellers this past holiday season.

The problem with this, says Diane Levin, an education professor at Wheelock College in Boston, is that when a child plays with a toy that already has a character description, the play tends to be limited; the child doesn't invent the figure's personality or actions because those characteristics are already determined.

"One of the reasons that creative play has been diminishing in the United States is that it's not lucrative," Dr. Linn says. "Companies make less money when children play creatively. Children who play creatively need less stuff"

Toy makers adjust as children find new games to play | Alaska Dispatch

My hunch is that federal opposition to marijuana will end

but only when the right companies figure out how to make tons of money from it and exclude everyone else.

Pot-Based Drug Poised for FDA OK - Sativex for cancer pain already in advanced clinical trials

a broken promise and bad politics

I just read in the New Jersey Law Journal that the feds have been cracking down on medical marijuana growers and retailers in California. Of course, medical marijuana's legality under California state law has no bearing on the continuing force of federal prohibition. Thus, the federal authorities are completely within their rights.

However, when Obama ran for president he said he would respect the states on the issue. And at this point, the federal government ought to be embarrassed that nearly half the states are outright defying the federal government on the issue and the feds can't think of a way to reconcile outside of threats, force, and coercion. That's pretty ugly, especially considering the states that have passed medical marijuana laws have largely done so at the behest of clear majority of people that live in those states.

Obama promised better. He promised to use his discretion as executive to respect the states' decision on the issue. The linked article makes it plain he's broken that promise.

To what gain? I can't think of any substantial block of voters that will be enticed to vote for Obama because of these federal crack downs, but there are plenty of people that may stay home. It's a foolish move.

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New Jersey's biggest bully cuts the tantrum after finally getting his way

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Reward for helping catch terrorists

America puts you through litigation hell for more than decade, trying to destroy your life.

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I'm sure I could come up with a pun about old dogs and news tricks

But instead, I'll just point how ridiculous it is for anyone to face the potential of going to jail for a couple joints.

Raps&Hustles » Snoop Dogg Arrested For Weed In Texas

If the economy improves

It will mean that Obama will be able to take at least as much credit for drawing down Iraq, killing Bin Laden, toppling Quadaffi, and fixing the economy George Bush broke as Romney can take credit for job creation. Only foolish America would elect Mittens (or any other Republican) in the face of peace and prosperity under Obama.

compare

Political Animal - Romney flubs his own standard on job creation

with

The Rapid Economic Recovery Republicans Are Praying Against | TPMDC

Its absurd my state has virtually no input in the presidential primar

After all, New Jersey is the most densely populated state in America. My state is also one of the wealthiest, highly educated, and diverse. But the good old farm boys in Iowa know better than we do.

Race politics in the Hawkeye and Granite States - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

great SNL clip

The fact it was buried confirms the critique

'Banned SNL Clip': Rare 'Conspiracy Theory Rock!' Short Unearthed And Going Viral (VIDEO)

They call him Mr. 1%

Romney’s tax plan saves top 1 percent $82,000 - The Washington Post

Why we hate them

health insurance companies prosper as fewer Americans have health coverage

Health insurers’ good year - The Washington Post

NASA = cool

Astronomy is one of the few areas of science where major discoveries are still made by amateurs. So it makes sense that NASA's culture is friendly to open source tech.

One small step: NASA launches open source portal, aims to open more code

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the elites have already chosen the nominee

I read the reports that Romney won. Saw it on Drudge. Saw it on the front page of several news papers at the local Wawa. Turns out "Romney won" is a misleading statement. I wonder if the report would have been the same if it were Mr. Anal Lube or - gasp - Ron Paul? Doubt it. The big business wing of the Republican Party have already chosen the nominee. It's just a matter of the rank and file falling in line.

Mathematics Says Romney and Santorum Tied In Iowa - Slashdot

kinky sex makes the world go round

apparently, the companies have decided that it's time for the leaders of the world to all sit down, have a serious get together, and start another war.

EU Moves To Ban Iran Crude Oil - Slashdot

The 1% would rather destroy their wedding dresses

than chance they be seen on the backs of the 99%

Priscilla Of Boston Spray-Paints Unsold Wedding Gowns To Keep Them From Grubby Poor People - The Consumerist

When you're the 1%

you get to have Toots (of Toots & The Maytals) jam with the Chilli Peppers at your private party. I usually have to rely on my mp3 collection.

Watch Toots & Red Hot Chilli Peppers Perform "Louie Louie" | The Smoking Section

The journey from "good" to "great" always seems to involve increased sacrifice by the servant class

San Diego Union-Tribune staff told told to dress up, work longer hours - :: Future of Journalism

I suppose any positive mainstream celebrity support is a good thing

And who knows, maybe she's really an Iron Maiden fan, too.

Dangerous Minds | Miley Cyrus supports Occupy Wall Street with new music video

You can afford to have a wide stance when your in the 1%

But then again, masters and dogs play by different rules. Masters' rules.

Murdoch berates 'Brits' for long holidays ... from Caribbean