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Archive for April, 2010

Ron Paul Takes On Chris Matthews

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Individual Liberty, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul appeared on Hardball yesterday afternoon and tried with all his might to explain freedom to Chris Matthews. Unfortunately, Matthews seems immune to rational argument:

Jon Stewart On The South Park Death Threats

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Islam, Religion, South Park, Television

This was classic:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

British Family Tells Florida Ritz-Carlton “We Don’t Want To Be Served By Black People”

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News, Legal

And, amazingly, the hotel complied with their request:
A British family is at the centre of am astonishing legal case in America after telling a luxury hotel they did not want to be served by a black waiter.
Their apparent racist request was entered into the computer of a five star Ritz-Carlton hotel on checking in and [...]

Joe Biden Talks About The Big F***ing Deal

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Joe Biden, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Joe Biden was on The View yesterday and talked, among other things, about dropping the F-bomb on national television:

Campaign Afoot To Make William Shatner Governor General Of Canada

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Celebrities, In The News

The Toronto Star reports that some Canadians would like to see Queen Elizabeth appoint their most famous export to the largely ceremonial post of Governor General:
“It’s time for Canada to boldly go where no country has gone before.”
That phrase leads off an increasingly popular Facebook page calling for Canadian-born actor William Shatner to be named [...]

I’d Rather Have Bureaucrats Looking At Porn Than Regulating The Economy

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Internet, Technology

An audit reveals some rather interesting web-surfing going on at government offices:
On a day when President Obama argued for more government regulation over the financial industry, a new government report reveals that some high-level regulators have spent more time looking at porn than policing Wall Street.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is supposed to be the [...]

Since Comedy Central Is Such A Coward, I Give You The Muhammed Cartoons

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Islam, Religion

Comedy Central may be too much of a coward to display the image of Muhammed, but I’m not.
So, here are all twelve of the Danish Muhammed Cartoons.

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Yankees Turn First Triple Play In 42 Years

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 22nd, 2010. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

The Yankees lost this afternoon, which sucks, but they still managed to make some history:
The A’s quickly put runners on first and second in the bottom of the sixth and Kurt Suzuki(notes)—who earlier hit a three-run homer—sent a sharp grounder to Rodriguez at third base.
Rodriguez stepped on the bag and threw to Cano at second. [...]

Republican Congressman Says He Can Identify Illegal Immigrants By The Clothes They Wear

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 22nd, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Immigration, Politics

Congressman Brian Bilbray was doing his best yesterday to deny the reality that Arizona’s proposed anti-illegal immigration statute would inevitably lead to racial and ethnic profiling by the police:

Dumbass

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, April 22nd, 2010. Filed under Blogging, Individual Liberty, Quote Of The Day, War On Drugs

I can think of few acts as harmless as smoking a joint, even in a public park, and I find it hard to believe that a New York police officer feels a pressing need to arrest a public pot smoker rather than patrol the city’s streets.
— Kristen Davis, Candidate For Governor Of New York and [...]

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