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Via the Independent Institute:

While the most consistent left-liberal voices for civil liberties, among them the ACLU, have defended Chick-fil-A’s right to open a business regardless of the proprietor’s political views, there has been far too much silence or even enthusiasm toward ( Read more... )

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Anyone know who took these?  They’re from a hinky Russian site.  Google image search turns up copies of the images in forums, but nothing that looks like the originator.  Same for Tineye.


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http://homeinteriordesignthemes.com/2009/03/metal-tree-bed-brings-nature-into-the-bedroom/

Each of the four corners of the bed is comprised of a tall metal tree ( Read more... )

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You mean the “bath salt” moral panic was baseless scaremongering by the police and media?  Shocking!

Rudy Eugene, the man who chewed off a homeless man’s face on the MacArthur Causeway and was shot to death by Miami police, had no drugs in his system other than marijuana, the Miami- ( Read more... )

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Narco Polo is a fantastic blog for puncturing the myths and moral panics that surround recreational drug use.


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http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20120530/10085/ketamin-bipolar-disorder-depression.htm

“In this new study, they administered a single dose of ketamine and a single ( Read more... )

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Base rate fallacy dooms TSA’s risk-based screening

“Risk-based screening, if it describes any partitioning of airline passengers at checkpoints, is a fraud. It doesn’t matter what the criteria are for putting passengers into low-risk and high-risk categories, because the concept is ( Read more... )