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April 22, 2015
Supreme Court: Cops Can’t Violate 4th Amendment by Prolonging Traffic Stops to Wait for Drug Dogs
SCOTUS Ruled Tuesday that police cannot detain you while officers probe for evidence of crimes unrelated to the offense that prompted the initial stop.
“We can’t keep bending the Fourth Amendment to the resources of law enforcement, particularly when this stop is not incidental to the purpose of the stop. It’s purely to help the police get more criminals, yes. But then the Fourth Amendment becomes a useless piece of paper.” -Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Pardon me. Always a little flabbergast when the Supreme Court makes a good decision.
The Vidalia onion–the best thing about Georgia?Hell, I...
The Vidalia onion–the best thing about Georgia?
Hell, I don’t know. Never been there. I’m sure it’s a lovely state.
But the Vidalia onion has gotta be one of the best things about it. I can eat this onion like an apple, but, then, I’m a weirdo. It is the world’s sweetest onion, though. It even has a legal geographic designation, like wine and shit. Vidalia onions can only be grown in a handful of Georgia counties, all in one little area centered around–you guessed it–the town of Vidalia. If you take Vidalia onion seeds and plant them somewheres else, they’ll just turn out to be regular old onions. What makes Vidalias special is not the variety, but the extremely low-sulfur dirt in which they are grown–dirt which can only be found in a relatively small section of Georgia.
Is this the real reason Lincoln didn’t want the South to secede? Hmm.
Anyway, I’m gonna make sweet, sweet love to this baby later on.
*brb, condom run*
April 21, 2015
Random Headlines Distilled
Alternet: “Republicans! AHHHHHHH!”
The Blaze: “Immigrants! AHHHHHHH!”
Natural News “QUACK! QUACK!”
Huffington Post: “Republicans! AHHHHHHH!”
The Daily Show: “Republicans. LOL.”
Village Voice: “White People! AHHHHHHH!”
Redstate: “Moderate Republicans! barf.”
The AntiMedia: “Jews! AHHHHHHHH!”
The Atlantic: “Republicans. PUL-eeease!”
Drudge Report: “Robots! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Orthorexia Nervosa
As modern Americans, we have great skill in inventing new diseases. We usually do this for one of two reasons. One, to avoid accountability for our actions: “It’s not MY fault. I’m sick!” Or two, to sell drugs: “I have dry mouth syndrome. Time to eat my pill!”
But orthorexia nervosa is a new one: a disease invented purely for political purposes.
People who suffer from orthorexia nervosa prefer to eat organic, non-GMO foods. This is a very strong preference in some, as some are sicker than others. People with orthorexia nervosa do bizarre things like read labels. They exhibit an unhealthy interest in what they are actually eating. Some of their behaviors may even strike healthy people as funny, like choosing to pay a few dollars more to have food that hasn’t been genetically modified or slathered in pesticides. We shouldn’t laugh at them, though, because they are sick. Remember that, kids.
Unfortunately, the only effective treatment for orthorexia nervosa sufferers is euthanasia, so if you’re like me and have this dreaded disease, do what I do. Every once in a while, go into the store and buy a bag of Doritos or a couple of those strangely large, tasteless tomatoes. Make sure you can be seen by the cameras. Then go home and simply throw them away.
It’s probably not a very effective coping mechanism, but it just might throw the corporate overlords off your trail and delay that whole nasty euthanasia thing.
April 20, 2015
So I've been watching the new Mythbusters and I have to say it is quite awesome.
I didn’t think I’d like it because of the changes they’ve made this season (getting rid of Kari, Grant, and Tori, aka ‘the Build Team’). For a decade now, it’s been my favorite show and the people on it are like old friends.
But it totally works. It’s like it was in the first season before the Build Team were a featured part. It’s more science- and DIY-oriented and less explosion-oriented, which is a good thing. I thought it was getting a little too slick anyway, a little too boom boom. I thought the editing was getting too quick-cut and flashing, like the feces and vomit that are publicly displayed on MTV, the worst channel in the history of television.
It’s still a little slick (after all, their budget has suffered terribly by becoming pretty much bottomless), but it’s more nuts-and-bolts than ever. Plus, I do love Jamie and Adam, and could watch them work and think for hours.
Not gonna lie, it’s a little tough not getting to see Kari Byron. Long have I been in love with her. How could I not? A red-headed vegetarian hippie girl with a penchant for guns. Why, she was crafted among the stars as a special project by God Himself. I could just hear Him saying in His booming, divine voice as He set to work on her, “Ok, I’m really gonna try on this one.”
*sigh*
Television is basically an open sewer running through the living rooms (and subsequently minds) of America, but Mythbusters has always been an exception. If there were more shows like it, I might actually pay to watch and not just steal what I want off Television Underground.
April 19, 2015
If you can use your religious freedom to not cater gay weddings,...
If you can use your religious freedom to not cater gay weddings, Joan Cheever can use hers to feed the homeless, dammit.
Here’s a picture of Joan Cheever, who was given a ticket for feeding homeless people on April 14th. The ticket carries a potential fine of $2,000.
Joan is a trained chef who, for the last decade, has used her food truck to feed homeless people 3-course meals. On Tuesday, April 14th, Joan was ticketed by San Antonio police. She has a food permit for her mobile truck, but she was cited for transporting and serving some food from a vehicle other than that truck. There are good reasons for having food permit laws for mobile vehicles (sanitary considerations and public health), but those laws are usually reserved for people trying to sell food, not provide alms to the poor.
Are we actually supposed to believe that San Antonio is worried about the health of its homeless population when it has banned panhandling, sleeping in public, and camping without a license (including sleeping in vehicles)? San Antonio is also considering making it illegal to even give money to panhandlers as well, targeting not just homeless people, but also those who wish to help them.
Joan is fighting back, though. She has cited Texas’s Religious Freedom law, and is contesting the ticket. “One of the police officers said, ‘Ma’am, if you want to pray, go to church,’” she told WOAI-TV. “And I said, 'This is how I pray–when I cook this food and deliver it to the people who are less fortunate.”
The Indiana pizzeria who cited religious freedom for its decision to not cater gay weddings got nearly a million dollars worth of crowd-funded support. There is also crowd-funding for Joan, to help her with her charitable work and potential legal costs.
Spread the word. A statement just as loud should be made for this woman.
If you can use you’re religious freedom to not cater gay...
If you can use you’re religious freedom to not cater gay weddings, Joan Cheever can use it to feed the homeless, dammit.
Here’s a picture of Joan Cheever, who was given a ticket for feeding homeless people on April 14th. The ticket carries a potential fine of $2,000.
Joan is a trained chef who, for the last decade, has used her food truck to feed homeless people 3-course meals. On Tuesday, April 14th, Joan was ticketed by San Antonio police. She has a food permit for her mobile truck, but she was cited for transporting and serving some food from a vehicle other than that truck. There are good reasons for having food permit laws for mobile vehicles (sanitary considerations and public health), but those laws are usually reserved for people trying to sell food, not provide alms to the poor.
Are we actually supposed to believe that San Antonio is worried about the health of its homeless population when it has banned panhandling, sleeping in public, and camping without a license (including sleeping in vehicles)? San Antonio is also considering making it illegal to even give money to panhandlers as well, targeting not just homeless people, but also those who wish to help them.
Joan is fighting back, though. She has cited Texas’s Religious Freedom law, and is contesting the ticket. “One of the police officers said, ‘Ma’am, if you want to pray, go to church,’” she told WOAI-TV. “And I said, 'This is how I pray–when I cook this food and deliver it to the people who are less fortunate.”
The Indiana pizzeria who cited religious freedom for its decision to not cater gay weddings got nearly a million dollars worth of crowd-funded support. There is also crowd-funding for Joan, to help her with her charitable work and potential legal costs.
Spread the word. A statement just as loud should be made for this woman.
