So Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot." Should we care? I mean, it's Ann Coulter - does anyone take her seriously? Mainstream Republicans have been quick to distance themselves from her. It's nice to know that Mitt thinks "all people should be treated with dignity and respect" - as long as they're not gay or lesbian and wanting to get ( Read more... )

This is so absolutely bizarre that I'm not sure what to say:

So two guys planted a bunch of light-boards on bridges, near hospitals and T-stations three weeks ago and they were discovered yesterday, causing a bomb scare.

[the city] learned the devices were Turner's when the company sent a fax to City Hall at 5 p.m ( Read more... )

According to Gonzalez, because the right to habeus corpus isn't explicitly spelled out in the Constitution, it doesn't exist. Despite being part of common law for several hundred years.

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From NYT:
“I’ve suffered major back, neck and shoulder pain from carrying heavy bags,” said Kimberly Whalen, 37, a literary agent in New York who recently bought the ubiquitous black Chanel carryall, which more than one fashion Web site has compared to a trash bag. “I’ve even had M.R.I.’s and cortisone treatments to help alleviate the problem ( Read more... )

A UCLA Student Repeatedly Stunned by Taser
(some snippets borrowed amelia_eve)

From the UCLA student newspaper:

( Student repeatedly stunned after refusing to show ID or leave computer lab )