MATT DRUDGE ✔ @DRUDGE Why would anyone vote Republican? Please give reason. Raised taxes; marching us off to war again; approved more NSA snooping. WHO ARE THEY?![...]
Archive for September, 2014
September 2nd, 2014 - 9:57 pm § in Misc.
South Carolina still doesn’t get it …
Chase Culpepper, 16, dresses and wears makeup like a girl. But South Carolina’s DMV won’t let him take a driver’s license photo that way because of a policy prohibiting license applicants from “purposely altering his or her appearance.” I assume this means South Carol[...]
September 2nd, 2014 - 7:31 pm § in Misc.
I despise only bad cops; I admire and respect the decent ones
Despite the impression you may get from some of my recent posts, I don’t have it in for police. I simply struggle to accept their human frailties when these include bigotry, brutality, dishonesty, and a cavalier attitude toward the lives and property of citizens they’ve sworn to serve an[...]
September 2nd, 2014 - 6:33 pm § in Uncategorized
Do They Still Beat Confessions From Murder Suspects In North Carolina?
“A North Carolina judge overturned the convictions Tuesday of two men who have served 30 years in prison for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl after another man’s DNA was recently discovered on evidence in the case. Superior Court Judge Douglass Sasser ordered the immediate re[...]
September 1st, 2014 - 10:08 pm § in Misc.
When cops shake down citizens
Forfeiture laws are meant to deprive criminals of the instruments and proceeds of crime. This may look great on paper, but without adequate safeguards, these laws create conflicts of interest that encourage misuse of the law and can lead to corruption and oppression. The latest example of this com[...]
September 1st, 2014 - 6:19 pm § in Misc.
Pericles Wine cup is found!
Greek archaeologists believe that they have unearthed ancient Greek general and political leader Pericles’ wine cup in a northern Athens suburb, according to media reports on Wednesday. [...]
September 1st, 2014 - 1:08 pm § in Misc.
Why Did Mallory Climb Everest?
“Because it’s there.” — George Leigh Mallory, 1923 First of all, by “climb Everest” if you mean get to the top, no one knows if he did. Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t. (My guess is he didn’t.) But that’s beside the point. If you think people climb[...]