No one can evade the fact that historically, the state is a blood-thirsty monster, which has been responsible for more violence, bloodshed and hatred than any other institution known to man. – Roy A. Childs, Jr.
This was a very news-rich week, and the inimitable Radley Balko, back from his sabbatical, contributed no less than eleven items (including the video). The links below the video were provided by Neil Gaiman, the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, Eugene Volokh, Penn Jillette, Violet Blue, Deep Geek, Brooke Magnanti, Franklin Harris, Korhomme and Walter Olson (in that order). The “4%” picture and the first two items beside it arrived via Jesse Walker, and the next two after them via Grace.
- Peeking at Schrödinger’s cat?
- Hyperinflation causes witch hunts.
- Presumption of guilt, copyright style.
- Tinfoil hats actually amplify mind-control beams.
- The law of unintended consequences, “gender equality” edition.
- Cops savagely beat and arrest man as a favor to his father-in-law. (Graphic photos).
- Houston politicians claim that food trucks could be fronts for terrorists and drug dealers.
- New York cops run over young man, then send his mother a bill for damage to the police car.
- This guy’s story is the bunk. It’s little animals! Little tiny turkeys in straw hats. Midget monkeys coming through the keyholes.
- Cops claim that man died in jail from “choking on drugs”; medical examiner discovers the actual cause was eight fractured ribs, lung contusions and a ruptured spleen.
- Philadelphia cop (who has since been fired) sucker-punches and handcuffs female passerby after someone else throws water on him:
- Robert Heinlein’s February 11th, 1955 letter to Theodore Sturgeon, on the occasion of Sturgeon’s suffering a severe case of writer’s block.
- “The nurses in the adjoining observation room had blocked the glass with manila folders so they wouldn’t have to look at the old man.”
- Michigan State University believes adults are so fragile, they need “counseling” after a professor had a nervous breakdown.
- Helpful hint: If you ever want to link to a specific time in a YouTube video, just add &t=XXmYYs to the end of the URL.
- You’ll never think of “eating like a pig” in quite the same way again.
- The US military classifies Julian Assange an “enemy of the state”.
- Philippines bans anonymous online comments.
- Poe’s Law in action.
- The fruit machine.
- Thought crime?
What would happen if everyone on earth stood as close to each other as they could and jumped at the same time?- Austrian supermarket sells bananas peeled and repackaged in plastic wrap.
- The US government today has more data on the average American than Stasi did on the average East German.
- The US Army says use of social networks is a warning sign of terrorism.
- Tunisian cops rape woman, then charge her with violating modesty law.
- This is obviously meant for the gypsy whores at football games.
- Canadian cops rip up garden, claim daisies are marijuana.
- Another brick in the growing “strict liability” wall.
- The Great Wyoming Tribble-Naming Contest.
- ‘Twas the night before censorship…
- Universal criminality in action.
