I'm watching a rather interesting documentary entitled American Crusaders: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Post-9/11 America. It's nothing new, but they're extremely active as of late, being some of the most anti-Obama voices out there. I've been somewhat busy trying to call a few of them on their bigotry on a forum I frequent, they've been ( Read more... )

Liberal Democrats are outraged at the prospect of people who have vast personal fortunes receiving even more money and subsidies to their extravagant lifestyles at the expense of all other taxpayers without working for it ( Read more... )

There was a case that just concluded in the UK, in which breed-specific legislation was absolutely in the wrong ( Read more... )

Boulder police: Two men spray bear repellent at fraternity members while on scooter.

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_21013767

The wind shifted, and the bear mace was blown back on them, causing them to crash the scooter. They'd been drinking...

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Watching that is better than setting off one's own bootleg fireworks & risking burning down the neighborhood or forest.

( It seems like every time I take the bike there, people stop to gawk... )

The puppy is now 9 months old ( Read more... )

So this week, one of the hot issues around the People's Republic is a home intrusion, in which the intruder was (non-fatally) shot in the homeowners' bedroom, in the dark, after refusing to stop advancing on them when told to stop and surrender. (Follow-up story at http ( Read more... )

The dog breed discrimination issue seems to be a hot topic lately. More and more cities have singled-out American Pit Bull Terriers and closely-related breeds by banning them from being owned within city limits ( Read more... )

Finally, Obama took a solid stand rather than non-committal wishy-washy statements on the issue of gay marriage ( Read more... )