tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20918742009-05-25T10:09:12.357-04:00Why do people suck? Not you, though. Really.stonedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01889444287161712025grrbear@gmail.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091874.post-65325053470271609452009-05-25T09:44:00.002-04:002009-05-25T10:09:07.644-04:00

What Would Happen if Marijuana Were Decriminalized? A Freakonomics QuorumI believe that we are rapidly approaching a tipping point in Western society where marijuana will finally be allowed to come out of the closet. So many people from all walks of life smoke it on a regular basis despite the laws, and it permeates pop culture - hell, there's a show called 'Weeds'!Full disclosure: I've never

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It's not how you play the game, it's whether you win or loseIn my limited experience, I know of no country more obsessed with sports than the United States. From high school to college to professional sports, more time, money, and attention is paid to sports in America than anything else. In Canada, my nation is all about hockey, with a little curling, figure skating, and football thrown in.

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What Matt Taibbi said on the Rachel Maddow show last night was absolutely right - if a corporation is too big to fail, then it's too big. Banks should have stayed as banks, instead of allowing them to branch out into insurance and investments and god knows what else. The banks in my country, Canada, are no exception, but the reason they're not in trouble is that they are far more conservative

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Fox News mocks Canadian militaryAs Canadians mourn the loss of four more fallen soldiers in Afghanistan, a videotaped segment of an American TV talk show where panelists mock Canadian soldiers as slackers is making the rounds on the Internet. The five-minute segment, which aired recently on Fox News late-night program Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld and later posted on YouTube.com, features American

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The Problem With 'Heroes'Well, there's no one single problem with the show, obviously; I'm just adding to the chorus of complaints, but I think there is something specific that could easily be changed which would turn things around.Nathan Petrelli has the ability to fly. And he is one morose motherfucker. Now, honestly, would those two facts really go together? If you could fly, wouldn't you

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Every year there are the same complaints about the Oscars and how out of touch they are with, well, reality. I haven't seen any of the five Best Picture nominees, and to be honest, I don't really want to see them. I do want to see The Wrestler, because I'm a Mickey Rourke fan. But it's hard to say with any authority that one work of art is better than another, although obviously Pineapple

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Lose, Leafs, LoseThis is what the Leafs need to do - suck mightily in the hopes that Tampa Bay, Ottawa, and Atlanta find their collective sacks and pass them in the standings. (I'm assuming the Islanders are a lost cause) I mean, sure, it would be hilarious if Toronto somehow managed to finish higher than the Senators - I can't think of a bigger insult - but realistically, they need a chance at

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There was probably a time, long ago, when politicians told the truth, kept the promises they made, and acted with integrity. Then, one day, a politician lied, broke a promise, took a bribe. Politics is a difficult, demanding career, but once lies and corruption were discovered, suddenly it wasn't so difficult, so demanding. And the rewards were far greater than what came before. So with very

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If the banks want rescuing by the federal government, then they should have to agree to a couple of conditions:1) Make it harder for people to get credit. I'm not talking about people with regular jobs and a steady income. I'm talking about giving credit cards to high school students who aren't even working. I'm talking about giving a $300,000 mortgage to someone who makes $28,000 a year. I'm

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It sure is a great time to be a Toronto-area sports fan. The Leafs suck, the Raptors suck, and the Jays are very likely to suck. The rest of the country could care less, of course, because for most Canadians, Toronto is apparently the enemy, or at least a symbol of all the things that are wrong with the world. Toronto commands so much media attention in Canada that it's hardly surprising that

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Black high school students in Louisiana threatened with lynching Campaign for America's FutureIn September 2006, a group of African American high school students in Jena, Louisiana, asked the school for permission to sit beneath a "whites only" shade tree. There was an unwritten rule that blacks couldn't sit beneath the tree. The school said they didn't care where students sat. The next day,

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Crooks and Liars » Bong Hits For JesusI wish I could say that this Supreme Court ruling surprises me, but of course it doesn't. The best part is that the student unfurled his banner across the street from the high school. He wasn't even on school grounds, so how does a principal have the authority to do anything to the student? As for 'advocating drug use', the banner clearly states "Bong Hits

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WP: Scientists cast doubt on Kennedy bullet analysisThey found that the scientific and statistical assumptions Guinn used -- and thegovernment accepted at the time -- to conclude that the fragments came from just two bullets fired from Oswald's gun were wrong. "This finding means that the bullet fragments from the assassination that match could have come from three or more separate bullets," the

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Phoenix Coach Rips Ruling The NBA suspended Stoudemire and Diaw for Wednesday night's Game 5 of what's become an intense, rough Western Conference semifinal series against the San Antonio Spurs. The two violated an NBA rule by leaving the bench area after Robert Horry's flagrant foul on Steve Nash in the final seconds of Phoenix's 104-98 victory in Game 4, a win that tied the series at 2-2.

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My Way News - Warner Bros. Cancels Canada PreviewsCanadian film lovers hoping to catch an early peek at "Ocean's Thirteen" and the upcoming Harry Potter sequel will be out of luck after Warner Bros. canceled all of its advance screenings and accused Canada of being at the forefront of the piracy market.Darcy Antonellis, Warner Bros.' senior vice president of worldwide anti-piracy operations,

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Gov. Hasn't Reviewed Hilton Fan PetitionHilton - star of E! network's reality show "The Simple Life" - has called the sentence unfair, and her fans have posted a petition on the Internet urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon her.Paris Hilton has fans. I know, this was probably obvious to you, but give me a second. Paris Hilton has fans. Fans of what, exactly? What has she accomplished

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I've reached the point where I've realized that it doesn't matter who is running America - Democrat or Republican, it will still be business as usual, with the rich getting richer while everyone else gets the bill. Howard Zinn's book, 'The People's History of the United States', was a real eye-opener for me, as I never knew how thoroughly the upper class has been managing and controlling the

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Update 2: GOP Senators Introduce Eavesdropping Bill - Forbes.comThe bill would give the government up to 45 days to monitor calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists when one party is in the U.S. and the other is overseas. Like Bush's existing program, the government would not have to get court approval. After 45 days, federal officials would have to stop the eavesdropping, get a court warrant or

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ESA Says, Vote for Video Games - ShacknewsAs you have probably noticed, the legal and political climate surrounding video games and the video game industry is becoming absolutely stifling. The number of laws being proposed or passed on a daily basis relating in some way to the restriction or regulation of games continues to grow. Of course, most of them are struck down by the courts, but the fact

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So Crash wins for Best Picture, and that's fine, but let's be real - this was a weak year for movies. Check out this list of films from 1994:The Shawshank RedemptionPulp FictionForrest GumpEd WoodHeavenly CreaturesHoop DreamsThe Lion KingQuiz ShowThe Madness of King GeorgeSpeedThe MaskClerksThe Crow1994 might just have been the best year for movies in the last half-century. I saw Crash, and it

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CBS News | Poll: Bush Ratings At All-Time Low | February 28, 200634 percent. Oh, and 58 percent of Republicans think the Dubai port deal is a mistake.I watched 'Good Night, and Good Luck' last night, the movie about the conflict between Edward R. Murrow and Senator McCarthy. It was a reminder of a time when people actually trusted journalists, instead of thinking they're just as full of shit as

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U.S. Government Shuts Cuba Out of World Baseball Classic The U.S. government is keeping Cuba out of the inaugural World Baseball Classic, citing the standing embargo against the communist island nation. ... In the tournament schedule announced last week, Cuba was to play its three first-round games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, facing Panama on March 8, the Netherlands on March 9 and Puerto Rico

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Good old Drudge Report... The DRUDGE REPORT has learned from a top GOP operative that the Republican National Committee will provide state parties with a web video prior to release tomorrow afternoon that shows a white flag waving over images of Democrat leaders making anti-war remarks. The ad is in response to the controversial comments Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean and 2004 Democratic

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Open And Shut - 10 Unanswered 9/11 Questions Of all the questions, the one that interests me the most is: How did the twin towers fall? As the writer says: The lessons learned from the WTC collapse will inform decisions about the safety of other modern office towers. We're still waiting for a more definitive computer simulation that explains the complete collapse of both towers. Demolition

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Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture' President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw torture. "There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said. "So you bet we will aggressively pursue them but we will do so under the law." He declared, "We do not torture."

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