Comments on: Morning Links

By: Bruce H

Bruce H — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:57:09 +0000

Regarding the NYPD story:

Is that the “New Professionalism” Justice Scalia talks about?

By: albatross

albatross — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:41:44 +0000

My understanding is that the sudafed bans have largely had the effect of moving meth production away from local scum home-cooking it, and over to professionals from Mexican drug gangs cooking it up. I wonder what fraction of the money and PR push for this nonsense came, directly or indirectly, from those gangs.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:49:07 +0000

As for Jim Beilsmith, another pseudo-human who needs to become a Christmas decoration this holiday season.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:45:14 +0000

Sounds like NYC needs another Stonewall Inn riot. Only this time make sure the cops pulling this stunt end up as lamp post decorations. Preferably with their genitals cut off and stuffed in their mouths.

By: the friendly grizzly

the friendly grizzly — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:06:15 +0000

Leon, it was done for your own good.

/must I?

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:54:47 +0000

You know what’s really annoying? Previously you could get pseudoephedrine based cold remedies behind the counter in the UK (basically, “ask the pharmacist”, rather than “on the shelves”).

But because the US market has reformulated to Phenylephrine-based remedies (which are no better than placebos, in pill form), most of the remedies *here* are also now phenylephrine-based.

I ended up getting a nasal spray using phenylephrine recently, which works fine. But the pill form? Useless. Utterly useless. Thanks, US drug warriors!

By: Leon Wolfeson

Leon Wolfeson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:50:18 +0000

London? No, a couple of activists in London.

It’s allready not legal in the UK to discriminate on, for example, something which has no direct bearing on how someone will do a job. Unless there’s a *direct* reason (say – health and safety. The equipment you use has a maximum safe rated weight)…

By: Elroy

Elroy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:11:45 +0000

After the government drives the price up by making us get prescriptions for cold medicine, some enterprising drug dealer will figure out how to make cheap cold medicine with his leftover pseudoephedrine. Since only a small part of the population uses illegal drugs like meth he could expand his potential customer base.

Picture this, its late at night you are hacking and coughing so you cruise through the bad part of town stop at a corner, the guy comes up to your window and asks if you want crystal meth or cold medicine.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:00:41 +0000

“[W]henever I haul ass it takes two trips.”

Funniest thing I’ve read in ages. Who said that? Ralphie May? I love that guy.

By: SteveinClearwater

SteveinClearwater — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:30:39 +0000

As long as you don’t live in one of about a dozen states which obstruct legal purchase, this site can hook you up as long as you provide proper ID

In combination with standard over the counter products like Nyquil, tylenol etc, you should be good to go

http://dmdpharm.com

Here in Florida, numerous convenience store outlets sell products from this website right over the counter, though at modestly inflated retail rates.

By: seeker6079

seeker6079 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:23:49 +0000

Let’s not forget the fact that this guy is a kiddy diddler who just happens to wander out and about when the school buses go by. This isn’t some fellow caught making toast by a nosy trespasser.

By: MDGuy

MDGuy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:28:04 +0000

Nudity’s no fun unless someone gets her panties in a twist over it ;-)

If that guy was my neighbor I’d make a point to have a non-reaction every time I saw him, like I completely didn’t even notice he was naked. I’m sure he gets most of his thrill from other people’s horrified/disgusted reactions.

By: Nick T

Nick T — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:18:41 +0000

Re: the Patriot Act.

Sanchez was a bit of a dick, but deservedly so. The opening argument in the “pro” article was that the Patriot Act improved information sharing between the agencies! Huh?
The pro piece is so vague and fact/detail free that it is remarkably dishonest – even if accidentally so. Her summary of the Patriot Act was just absurd. And Sanchez hits the nail on the head: it’s not about the Patriot Act in general but about specific pieces which may or may not go to far, may or may not be useful or effective, and whether reforms can limit abuse withouth correspoding limits on effectiveness….. OR whether pieces of it are Unconstitutional. God forbid we discuss that dimension of this issue.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:28 +0000

About Sudafed….so now that the government is tracking and limiting how much Sudafed we can buy, wouldn’t that encourage us to stockpile as much of the stuff as we can, so we know we will have it when we need it? Isn’t that exactly what the government wants to avoid? I use Sudafed or something like that maybe about twice a year…so should I start buying as much as I can every week, in case I might need more than one box worth of Sudafed when I get sick? If there’s a chance of this prescription requirement becoming law, I guess I better start my Sudafed stash ASAP.

By: J sub D

J sub D — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:40:48 +0000

Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate for 2012.

I am emphatically not looking to be the Libertarian sacrificial lamb in 2012.

That said, could I be any worse than Wayne Allen Root?

By: David

David — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:20:01 +0000

The last time I went to the drugstore, I picked up a package of NyQuil. I was perfectly healthy at the time, but I’d used up a package of it a few weeks before when I had a persistent cold, and I wanted to make sure I’d have medicine on hand the next time I get sick. So the plan is to make sure that, instead, I have to go to the doctor’s office, and then the store, while I’m still coughing and sneezing all over the place every time I need cold medicine?

By: Billy

Billy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:01:41 +0000

Regarding the “Better Red Than Free” report, here’s an interesting analysis (written almost three years ago, when things were going well in the USA) of how that actually worked out better for them than our own situation has (so far, anyway..) for us:

Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US
http://www.energybulletin.net/node/23259

By: Aresen

Aresen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:32:00 +0000

| J sub D | October 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Via the comments, more naked news. Looks like prancing about naked on your own property is at least still legal in Oregon. Even if you’re in plain view of just about everyone. (Warning: Fleshy fat guy photos.)

OK, this guy is a complete asshole. No. I don’t want him arrested, fined or committed. Still, he’s a total jerk seriously lacking in basic social skills and likely has a couple of screws loose.

Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate for 2012.

By: Aresen

Aresen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:10:44 +0000

Rob | October 22nd, 2009 at 12:41 pm

“Apparently you can steal fat people’s kids, but you must say mean things about them while you are doing it.”

The government has this cute little gingerbread house in the woods run by an older lady dressed in black….

By: J sub D

J sub D — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:10:09 +0000

Via the comments, more naked news. Looks like prancing about naked on your own property is at least still legal in Oregon. Even if you’re in plain view of just about everyone. (Warning: Fleshy fat guy photos.)

OK, this guy is a complete asshole. No. I don’t want him arrested, fined or committed. Still, he’s a total jerk seriously lacking in basic social skills and likely has a couple of screws loose.