http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?8006-The-Right-To-Be-a-Jerk
If you watch the clip, you might come away with the impression that Cox acted like an obnoxious punk. How? He said something that wasn't nice to a policeman, and he said it loudly. And as Kelley testified, "his attitude and the way he went about carrying himself" were on the sassy side—though there's no law requiring citizens to display cringing submission in the presence of a policeman, either.
Now, none of us is a mind reader. But it seems fair to wonder whether Kelley would have written Cox up if Cox had bellowed something more flattering to the ego, such as: "Thanks for keeping our streets safe, Officer!"
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The War on Drugs has failed.
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?8005-Declare-Defeat-and-Go-Home
People recovering from drug and alcohol addiction are fond of defining insanity as trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. By that standard, American policy toward mind-altering substances looks awfully familiar. The nation tried Prohibition once, with alcohol. Result: abject failure, rampant organized crime, and little lasting effect on consumption or addiction. In fact, Prohibition actually encouraged the use of harder spirits, since bootleggers could smuggle more alcohol in a car full of liquor than a car full of beer.
Alcohol prohibition lasted only a few years. The war on drugs has lasted for decades, and for the most part has consisted of only one solution, over and over: criminalization and imprisonment. Nearly 2 million people are arrested each year for drug offenses and a half-million are currently serving time on drug charges. Yet when stiffer sentences fail to produce the desired results, drug prohibitionists insist the penalties just aren’t harsh enough. They resemble the carpenter who complained that he had cut a board three times and it was still too short.
People recovering from drug and alcohol addiction are fond of defining insanity as trying the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. By that standard, American policy toward mind-altering substances looks awfully familiar. The nation tried Prohibition once, with alcohol. Result: abject failure, rampant organized crime, and little lasting effect on consumption or addiction. In fact, Prohibition actually encouraged the use of harder spirits, since bootleggers could smuggle more alcohol in a car full of liquor than a car full of beer.
Alcohol prohibition lasted only a few years. The war on drugs has lasted for decades, and for the most part has consisted of only one solution, over and over: criminalization and imprisonment. Nearly 2 million people are arrested each year for drug offenses and a half-million are currently serving time on drug charges. Yet when stiffer sentences fail to produce the desired results, drug prohibitionists insist the penalties just aren’t harsh enough. They resemble the carpenter who complained that he had cut a board three times and it was still too short.
The Solar Cycle 23 Spaceweather Thread
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7988-The-Oracle-Looks-Up-The-Solar-Cycle-23-Spaceweather-Thread
Geomagnetic Storm activity tomorrow, June 8, beginning around 1800 UTC with the passage of a fast CME. A prompt Solar Radiation Storm reached the S1
Geomagnetic Storm activity tomorrow, June 8, beginning around 1800 UTC with the passage of a fast CME. A prompt Solar Radiation Storm reached the S1
A Canadian student has been suspended from school
http://www.thebeerbarrel.net/showthread.php?7978-Student-Suspended-for-YouTube-Satires
"Corporate Whistleblowing", which involves a trip to the eighth dimension to defeat the Mango King; and "Run for the White House", in which he mocks 2001: A Space Odyssey, defames Senator Joe Lieberman, proposes the invasion of Sweden due that country's possession of "65 per cent of the world's hot, untapped ass", and incinerates a caterpillar.
"Corporate Whistleblowing", which involves a trip to the eighth dimension to defeat the Mango King; and "Run for the White House", in which he mocks 2001: A Space Odyssey, defames Senator Joe Lieberman, proposes the invasion of Sweden due that country's possession of "65 per cent of the world's hot, untapped ass", and incinerates a caterpillar.