Chase Utley, the “F” word, and bad taste

Perhaps it was the placement of a new William Penn atop the Comcast Building which undid the curse. Perhaps the curse was just a false religion. In either case, there is no curse now, and the Philadelphia Phillies have won the World Series. Having lived in the middle of all the celebrating, I can say [...]

Female teen pro-life demonstrators publicly strip-searched by Maryland police

So what? They needed a stupid permit. Big freakin’ deal. Hell, they even tried to comply by moving their demonstration. They were rewarded by being strip-searched by perverts. But, of course, the last thing we should ever expect is for a cop to be reasonable. The State is not eloquence, it is force. Nor is [...]

A first-hand account of Republican aggression at the Texas State Convention

Via LRC’s blog. “Anyone sympathetic to the Paul delegates or even those for fair and open discussion were threatened with arrest.” The Republican Party doesn’t mind being pro-gun, because it’s fascist military can quickly vaporize anyone who tries to use one. But ideas, truly they are dangerous things to the Oligarchy. Heaven forfend that truth [...]

SS confiscates Ron Paul materials at the RNC

The following was sent to me via one of the Ron Paul meetup group mailing lists. It is a complete outrage. People, your rights are gone; they’re just treating us like frogs in a pot so that we don’t know it. Before I saw this, I was kind of disinterestedly watching this election. Now I [...]

Minneapolis pigs mace photographer

Police officers once commanded a fair amount of respect in society, but I have noticed that within the past few years, many people have begun to hold rather a disregard for them. These are not troublemakers, but reasonable, good people who have seen cops abuse their power. Now, from the looks of this article, some [...]

Achtung! Tyranny in Denver, Tertia Pars

Not only has the city of Denver built a bare-bones facility to house any protesters who might be arrested at the Democratic Convention, it has also designated protest areas, where those who wish to protest will be forced to stand. These protest areas, are, essentially, cages, and they’re located 200 yards from where the convention [...]

47% of Americans favor censorship

Usually, when I’m looking for proof of American stupidity, I try to find something cultural: Britney Spears, American Idol, and some of the requests I get as a church musician are all quite helpful in this regard.  Today, however, there is a poll which says that 47% of Americans favor the fairness doctrine, which would [...]