Comments on: Monday Links

By: Site Update « Injustice Everywhere

Site Update « Injustice Everywhere — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:10:45 +0000

[...] especially wanted to thank Scott Greenfield, Mark Bennett, and Radley Balko for letting people know about what was going on and for their parts in efforts to keep things [...]

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:48:06 +0000

Anent the daily WTF: I almost lost the will to live, but thanks to massive doses of DEVO and William S Burroughs, I regained it.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:02:29 +0000

Taktix, since you’re dumb enough to fall for such obvious Wiki bullshit, I offer some friendly advice.

Just in case you’re capable of learning, let’s review why this is obvious bullshit. 1) He’s controversial, and on wiki. 2) He warned an aide about racist remarks with. . . a racist remark. 3)The link is to a NYT story about a 1982 MS senate election. None of the other reporters found this remarkable enough to publish. 4) You have to pay to read the story. If you’re going to reference something controversial, it’s standard practice to not make people pay $3.95. 5) The title of the story and the first few sentences make no mention of “Holy shit, Senate candidate makes crazy ass racists comments.” 6) What are the chances that Haley Barbour has a full career in MS and Washington, and one reporter ever heard him make racists remarks, and that one reporter just happens to be NYT reporter who swung through to do a profile of the election.

By: Helmut O' Hooligan

Helmut O' Hooligan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:44:49 +0000

RE: Mexican drug decriminalization

“The important thing is … that consumers are not treated as criminals,”

Thank you. It’s about fucking time, but thank you. It doesn’t go far enough, but thank you. It’s sad that Mexico has allowed such carnage to ensue before taking this small step, but thank you.

The U.S. may have a case study close to home (For those who haven’t checked it out yet, CATO has a study on the decriminalization project in Portugal that has been a great success so far). It’s great to see this happen. It’s great to see U.S. drug warriors get poked in the eye.

Your move, Uncle Sam.

By: akromper

akromper — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:41:08 +0000

Republicans “capture” governorship. Yes, politics isn’t about public service, it’s about playing RISK and garnering power for the sake of power. Another poor play with crappy working included.

By: Taktix

Taktix — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:28:56 +0000

Alex,

Huh?

By: diakron

diakron — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:32:42 +0000

Standard-issue cognitive dissonance from Lancaster’s illustrious mayor.

By: Johnny Clamboat

Johnny Clamboat — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:24:23 +0000

J. Richard Gray, Lancaster's mayor since 2005, backs the program but worries about such abuses. He is a former defense attorney, a self-described civil libertarian Epic fail

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:01:51 +0000

No mention of this, Radley?

http://cbs4denver.com/investigates/denver.police.suspension.2.1049330.html

By: Windy

Windy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:30:20 +0000

Andrew your wrote:
“Hopefully cameras would illicit that very response.” I think you meant to write elicit.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:08:46 +0000

Taktix and everyone who voted up #13 need to take pris’ advice and always wear a helmet. Also, that stripper isn’t really in college, the guy at the gas station (the one without a car) isn’t going to buy gas with your money, and “that certain part of the male body” is not your penis.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:32:54 +0000

I would almost bet that in the small rural town of 2000 or so where I go to collect my mail and buy groceries would have a completely different reaction to cameras. I’d sincerely hope that the good ol boys around here would take the presence of cameras as an opportunity to exercise their precision rifle shooting. They can be more than a little ornery when they feel they’re being treated unfairly. Hopefully cameras would illicit that very response.

By: Packratt

Packratt — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:43:57 +0000

Thank you for the kind words and for the work you do. What I did was only a drop in a bucket that writers like you fill each day…

So I fully expect that you’ll still be at it here when I get things squared away and come back to help again.

All the best, and thanks again!

By: Will Grigg

Will Grigg — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:27:42 +0000

“Now I know what people felt like when Pat Boone covered Little Richard songs.”

THAT comment was a tape-measure shot.

Admittedly, I make that observation as someone who thinks that music is to rap as food is to what food becomes….

By: whiskey

whiskey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:13:50 +0000

Hey I just got a 33% paycut thanks to budget problems as a federal employee high five

By: Ben (the other one)

Ben (the other one) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:59:57 +0000

It’s ironic that George Orwell’s name has entered the lexicon as an adjective for the authoritarianism he opposed through his writing.

By: Z

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:31:08 +0000

The GOP needs Barbour-Palin in 2012 to shore up its margins among white southern Baptists and trailer park fanatics. Perhaps, just perhaps, they may get to 135 electoral votes. GO GOP!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:52:39 +0000

Those “rappers” were horrendous. So brave of them to stick up for their beliefs at Dartmouth through the magic of song! Isn’t the persecuted-minority college republican shtick through yet?

And apparently saying “yo” and moving around your hands is what counts for a good rap in the crowd’s book.

By: seeker6079

seeker6079 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:51:34 +0000

Why am I not surprised about the Milwaukee police?

This is the same force that framed the one and only cop on the force feeding info to the FBI on corruption and misconduct. Bambi Bembenek, remember her? Her ex-husband’s wife was gunned down, the kid(s) identify a large, bulky man, (you know, like all the cops that her ex-H worked with) and yet this slim woman is convicted of the crime.

By: SusanK

SusanK — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:42:02 +0000

I’m sad about Packratt. I think I found his site when it was younger through this one. It was hard to read on a regular basis – way more infuriating than this site because there were no breaks for pictures of cuddly animals.
It’s a service that will be missed.