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First Amendment Badass: Hossein Derakhshan
By J. DeVoy You may have never heard of Hossein Derakhshan or his more popular moniker, Hoder. More than a name, Hoder.com – now a parked GoDaddy page – was one man’s outlet for free speech in Iran, a country not given to free expression and individual liberty. Yesterday, Derakhshan was released on furlough from a 19.5-year sentence on an unprecedented
Update: Wikileaks, Lieberman, the New York Times, and the First Amendment
Update – I was interviewed on WTOP in Washington, DC, on this subject. (source)
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By J. DeVoy Let’s see, a crocodile (or alligator) and what appear to be croquet wickets. Are we sure it’s not just a glorified Lacoste ad?
Wikileaks, The NYT, and the First Amendment
I was interviewed by Slate yesterday, for an article discussing why Joe Lieberman’s saber rattling about prosecuting the New York Times is an empty threat. The Brian Palmer article that came from that interview is here. My conclusion was that since the New York Times lawfully obtained the Wikileaks information, and it had no part in their procurement, there is
"The Cup Size Choir"
By Tatiana von Tauber Sexy. Fun. Brilliant. (Daily Mail article here.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5wNafq4v-E]
To serve, protect, and to ass rape little boys in drag. Thank you Uncle Sam!
The United States Government hired DynCorp, a private “security contractor” to train the Afghan Police. That training requires DynCorp to show these local Afghan cops how to shoot guns, investigate crime, and how to fuck little boys up the ass. Wha?????? One of the cables released by Wikileaks reveals that the U.S. Ambassador met with the Afghan Interior Minister to
Google to Internet Users: "All Your Angry Comments Are Belong to Us"
by Jason Fischer Google, allegedly in an effort to improve the civility of user comments, has determined that the “caps lock” key should not be a part of laptops that will be made to support its forthcoming operating system. (source)
Christians should be slaves. Textbook fails to support that view. Panties are wadded.
by Randazza Dennis and Aimee Taylor got their panties all in a wad because their son had to read the book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” in his personal finance class at Bedford High School.” (New Hampshire) In the book, the author (Barbara Ehrenreich) recounts experiences she had while trying to make a living at minimum
Joy to the world, and naked women
By Tatiana von Tauber As a boudoir photographer I see lots of women naked. Most clients fall into two groups: Those who look so hotter than they ever thought they could, or those who use boudoir photography to confirm they are as fat, cellulite-ish or unsexy as they feared (I’m an artist, not a Photoshop God). Too often I deal
“Feminism” In Iceland: Saving Women From Their Own Adulthood
By Dr. Marty Klein Iceland, the world’s oldest democracy, is now heading in exactly the opposite direction. And they’re doing it in a familiar way—by eliminating choices regarding sex. Iceland has now criminalized all strip clubs. And forget even something as quaint as a topless bar; the repression of the 1950s is looking positively progressive, as the law even makes
All that has worked since 9/11
Bruce Schneier writes: The truth is that exactly two things have made air travel safer since 9/11: reinforcing cockpit doors and convincing passengers they need to fight back. The TSA should continue to screen checked luggage. They should start screening airport workers. And then they should return airport security to pre-9/11 levels and let the rest of their budget be
TSA now run by Pedobear
by Randazza We really must be at the verge of tipping into Idiocracy. It was once believed that you could spot a pedophile just by looking at him. This theory is now proven scientific fact. Now I’m not saying that I have evidence that TSA Administrator John Pistole is a practicing pedophile, but he certainly has never publicly denied it.
Why can't Bernie Sanders be president?
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WTF NJ?
The NRA reports that a guy just got 8 years in prison for having guns in locked cases, which he was transporting from one house to another, while moving. New Jersey’s restrictive gun laws provide an exception for just this situation, but the NRA claims that the judge refused to tell the jury that. (source) Update: Reason has a more
Everything we know about life may change today
Nasa has apparently discovered a new life form – in a poisonous lake in California, no less. Wired explains: All life on Earth is made of six components: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur. Every being, from the smallest amoeba to the largest whale, shares the same life stream. Our DNA blocks are all the same. (source) But this
Bond… Julian Bond…
Faithful Readers: It is Wednesday Night here on the left coast and time to check in with the patrons of this fine blog. Although some might say it is too late to apologize for not checking in last week, our fearless leader held down the fort rather nicely. Most probably know the night before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest
The only reason that I never committed a terrorist act on a plane….
Is because I have no desire to. No interest whatsoever. You couldn’t pay me enough to do it, I have no political beliefs that would be advanced by it, and I sure as shit don’t believe in some magic super-douche who flies around in space waiting to give me 72 completely inexperienced women after I die. (Seriously… can you imagine
More TSA Trash
A woman had the audacity to complain to the TSA that the screeners in Phoenix did not know their own procedures — which allow for alternative screening for medical liquids. Breast milk is classified as a “medical liquid.” The brave TSA agents, who make us all safe, saw her coming a week later. They made sure that she would miss
Jesus is a dick, Bills fans and poor people already know this
The media is all aflutter over Buffalo Bills receiver, Steve Johnson, who dropped a game-winning pass, and then used Twitter to blame the Magic Space Zombie Jew. Mr. Johnson, I agree. The thing is, Jesus is a dick. The ungrateful fuck just flies around in space, demanding that we bow down and kiss his ass, and meanwhile, what does he
Homeland Security now seizing domain names
By J. DeVoy ICE appears to be targeting sites that help Internet users download copyrighted music, as well as sites that sell bootleg goods, such as fake designer handbags. The sites are replaced with a note from the government: “This domain named has been seized by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations.” (source.) Upon trying to access 51607.com, one of the affected
