Wouldn’t this piss of the Prez and DEA if true? The whole war on drugs is a stupid waste of time anyway…
Category: Stupidity
Mandatory Organ Donation
Elizabeth Chapman says that “Organs should belong to public, not deceased“. The thing is, after a person dies, the body isn’t really his own to donate or keep to himself. No matter how one looks at it, property rights are for the living. … The disconcerting truth is that, after death, human bodies are as…
Bad Time for a Strike
US Airways machinists must be living in a different country than I am. They’ve rejected the airline’s offer of a minimal wage cut. Read about it on MSNBC.com Any job is a good job at this particular moment.
Indian Mascots
This nonsensical faux controversy over the names of sports teams is one of my pet peeves – it’s ridiculous. On another level, the fact that a handful of malcontents can keep annoying the rest of us with this nonissue is a miniature case study of America’s legal system and the country itself. Witness: A small…
Censored Pic
Since this picture of “Muhammed the Mad Bomber” by Kurt Westergaard seems to be disappearing from the Internet, at least in its original form, I thought I would keep it alive in a small way. I suppose a clever denounciation of religious fanaticism would be in order as well, but no one who thinks that…
Do the Math, People (If You Can)
From the Houston Chronicle: Credit card companies want it both ways: strict bankruptcy laws but no mandate to disclose how much all that credit is costing consumers. If the newly wed Smiths charge $1,000 to a 13 percent credit card to finance a week-long honeymoon, then pay only the 2 percent minimum monthly payment, it…
News from the Land of the Stupid!
Former pledge sues Baylor frat for ‘mistreating him’. Heck, at Baylor they’ll shoot you if you miss a layup in a basketball game… An American web designer was convicted of ‘hijacking’ the al-Jazeera Arabic language news network to display a patriotic message. This guy ought to get a medal… I couldn’t resist this one: Wal-mart…
Denver Poh-lice Do Ebonics
Police in Denver are getting it from minorities for transcribing interviews with too great an ear for what was actually said. Word, if’n ya don’t wanna sound lik a moron, don’t be talkin’ like one…
Oops, I’m a bimbo!
Britney Spears is quite a fox and yet, she’s not quite a genius, now is she? Not that she’s any worse than any of the rest of your twenty-something musicians and movie/TV stars. It is, however, a sad realization to recognize that as a younger person, I actually thought these types had something meaningful to…
Teacher Calls Teenager ‘Monkey’, Gets Fired
This happened in Longview, Texas. With an administration as supportive of its educators as this unlucky school district, it’s not surprising that the Texas education system is among the worst in the nation. How can otherwise rational, responsible people be moved to make such inane decisions? The last thing that needs to be done is…