Comments on: Morning Links

By: Delta

Delta — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:53:00 +0000

“Only seven percent (7%) of American Adults think the United States is winning the war on drugs,” says a new Rasmussen telephone poll conducted Nov. 9-10. Eighty-two percent of respondents say the U.S. is not winning that war, and 12 percent of respondents, according to Rasmussen (though maybe that’s 11?) aren’t sure.”

Wait, what was that last part? Oh, I get it — the writer at Reason.com doesn’t understanding rounding off decimals.

By: CyniCAl

CyniCAl — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:41:18 +0000

•“He’ll push to loosen marijuana penalties, legalize undocumented immigrants and pursue a less aggressive American foreign policy.”

Barack Obama? Oh yeah, that’s right, I forgot.

Rand Paul you say? Hmm. I’ll believe it when I see it.

By: C.E.

C.E. — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:46:43 +0000

I’ll never be able to eat toast again without thinking of Eli Wallach.

By: croaker

croaker — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:30:35 +0000

@30 In the TV universe, Reed and Malloy would be finding more garden hoses.

By: The Late Andy Rooney

The Late Andy Rooney — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:22:44 +0000

The Satanic toast footage reminds me of what “The Daily Show” used to be like, before it got so political. The correspondents would find characters with unusual hobbies, quirks, talents, or beefs with society, and let them say their piece. Part of what made it so funny was that the people obviously had no idea they were charcters.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:09:23 +0000

RE: the guy fighting the fire…

In the TV universe, Reed and Malloy would be compassionately holding him back and reassuring him: “let it go man…just let it go.”

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:56:06 +0000

>>>I was set to think toaster lady was crazy, but that lettering on the toast seems legit.<<<

She's got it all wrong. The message is FROM THE BREAD ITSELF!

Mine said "No Kill I"

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:53:24 +0000

>>>you could even pick your donkey from the pen outside the front door. <<<<
I can hear their Jingle now:

Come on out to the Donkey Pen
You'll wanna come back again and again
to Del Stator's Del Stator's
Del Stator's Donkey Pen!

(Apologies to SNL)

By: Personanongrata

Personanongrata — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:10:15 +0000

Man uses garden hose to spray fire at neighbor’s house. Police tell him to stop. He does. But when firefighters don’t arrive minutes later, he gets frustrated and starts spraying the fire again. So they Tase him. The Pinellas Park Police Department is staffed by depraved fractions of human beings.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:30:47 +0000

For mysterious reasons there appears to be an epidemic of police fear of dogs. From now on, fear of dogs should disqualify applicants for police jobs.

By: Miroker

Miroker — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:17:39 +0000

Not that they were based on actual performance, but I have been watching reruns of Dragnet and Adam 12 lately. Man, those were some polite cops. May have pulled their guns a bit, but hardly actually used them. And they talked to the “perps”.

By: Len

Len — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:42:02 +0000

WOW!! I read the article about the fire and could only think “How fucking dumb can those punk thugs be?” Maybe only my opinion, but there was probably a time that the cops would’ve commended a man in such a situation.

By: Aaron W.

Aaron W. — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:34:06 +0000

I was actually pretty excited to see Rand Paul come out for immigration reform, but then as I read the article I saw this: ‘Paul said the “trade-off” would be “not to accept any new legal immigrants while we’re assimilating the ones who are here.”’

*FACE PALM* So, as a supposed libertarian, does he not realize that for the state to do this is virtually impossible without spending TONS of taxpayer money, and even then there would still be illegal immigration?

By: Stick

Stick — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:22:00 +0000

The toaster!

By: Yizmo Gizmo

Yizmo Gizmo — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:17:47 +0000

” …so police arrested him and an officer shot and killed the dog.”

I almost understand the arrest part of it, but why the hell did they shoot the dog? With respect to dog shootings, we have moved from reckless indifference over to sheer bloodlust entertainment.
….Anyone know any good dog lawyers?

By: Boyd Durkin

Boyd Durkin — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:09:56 +0000

So, Guy Fieri basically opened an Applebee’s?

By: Boyd Durkin

Boyd Durkin — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:09:56 +0000

I was set to think toaster lady was crazy, but that lettering on the toast seems legit.

By: Nancy Lebovitz

Nancy Lebovitz — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:37:11 +0000

I wonder whether that piece about bullets that include ashes from cremation will show up in “markets in everything”.

I also wonder if I was the only one who misread “Man uses garden hose to spray fire at neighbor’s house.” I assumed he had a home-made flamethrower, at which point the story looked exceedingly odd.

By: Jeff W

Jeff W — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:03:45 +0000

I read that first page will full interest but at the point of clicking to the next page I just kept thinking “I want to hear more about covering the Romanian Revolution.”

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:43:15 +0000

I love the whole, “We had to hurt him before he hurt himself” philosophy of cop these days.