20
Jul 02

Victory

Calif. high court upholds medical marijuana law. Unanimously, I might add.


    ”The possession and cultivation of marijuana is no more criminal – so long as its conditions are satisfied – than the possession and acquisition of any prescription drug with a physician’s prescription,” Chief Justice Ronald M. George wrote for the court.

20
Jul 02

Corporate scandal trading cards

Collect them all.


19
Jul 02

Stories from a Chicago porn clerk

I used to work at a video store, not a porn video store, but still I think anyone who has had to deal with people in a customer service capacity will enjoy this site, True Porn Clerk Stories. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes and interesting insights into attitudes about porn and sexuality and job dissatisfaction.


    I think the reason straight guys like enormous schlongs, apart from the whole bigger = more powerful and more potent thing, is that it’s an easy answer to Freud’s unanswerable question: what do women want? The real answer is too hard. Women want you to be independent but emotionally available. They want you to be attached but not smothering. They want time and attention, and also some time alone. They want you to grow and change with them. They want you to be all kinds of things, and it’s going to be a different list for every woman, and that list is always subject to change without notice. For some men, and many of my regular porn addicts, I think, fall into this category, the answer is that women want you to change that glaring personality flaw and learn to talk to them like a human being. Maybe they want you to take a frigging shower.

    The other way is so much easier. What do women want? Enormous, glistening cocks. If you’ve got one, great, your job is done. No need to worry about anything else. If you don’t, well, then if women don’t like you it’s not your fault.


19
Jul 02

Victim of Social Promotion

Man, Bush is such a dipshit. God must have a real good sense of humor albeit a very sick and twisted sense of humor.

derrrr

19
Jul 02

And gee I thought global warming was a big lie

I swear, do people really the environment remains unaffected by human beings?

BBC: Alaska glaciers raise global warming fears


    They say their finding also adds weight to the growing body of evidence for climate change, which climate experts predict may cause sea levels to rise by up to a metre over the next century.

19
Jul 02

Assorted

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18
Jul 02

American boot to remain on Iraq’s neck for one year

…as an American force occupies Iraq to ensure ‘stability’. Pardon me if I think this is crap.


    AMERICAN troops would occupy Iraq for at least a year after toppling President Saddam Hussein to ensure the transition to a democratic regime, under plans being drawn up by the Bush Administration.

Of course, Bush has a different view of what constitutes a democratic regime than most people.


18
Jul 02

The ‘Terror War’ as the new paradigm of social control

With the end of the Cold-War the US struggled to find new bad guys and bogeymen to justify its status as big kid on the block and the suppression of domestic unrest and dissent. Throughout the 80’s the powers that be, the invisible hand, desperately searched for the new paradigm to manufacture: the fear of crazed arabs, hispanic narcotraffikers, the threat of domestic crime, welfare queens. Of course, foreign enemies are always better for the purpose of fear-mongering. The terror war is exactly what the doctor ordered as far as these people are concerned.


18
Jul 02

Very interesting

I have been amazed at Zacarias Moussaoui’s behavior in his dealings with what will most likely be the institution which will, in the end, murder him. His bravery, foolishness, or whatever you want to call it, in the face of such overwhelming odds is astonishing. I really want to know what the result of all this will be. From the Washington Post (the least stupid account of events I’ve seen today):


    In addition to declaring his allegiance to Osama bin Laden and saying he was a member of the al Qaeda terrorist network, Moussaoui said: “I will be able to prove I have certain knowledge about September 11, and I know exactly who done it. I know which group, who participated, when it was decided. I have many information.”

    Moussaoui, 34, a French citizen, said he was pleading guilty to the six charges against him in order to move on to the penalty phase and try to save his life. Four of the counts carry the death penalty.

    “For the guilt phase, I’m guilty,” he told the judge. “But for the death penalty, we will see.”

    Brinkema told him that if he truly wanted to plead guilty, he should consider negotiating a plea bargain, which could result in the government’s dropping its death penalty demand. “I’ll give you at least a week to think about that,” the judge said.

    “I don’t need it,” Moussaoui replied. “I’ve been thinking for months.” …

    “I want to enter a plea, I want to enter a plea of guilty,” Moussaoui said. “I want to enter a plea today of guilty because this will ensure to save my life.”

    Brinkema urged him to stop and told him his words could be used against him. He continued: “I have knowledge and I participated in al Qaeda. I am a member of al Qaeda. I pledge bayat [allegiance] to Osama bin Laden.”

What can he be trying to do?