Top California court backs gay marriage

The directors of Security Theatre have noticed that it might be a good idea to check air cargo. Kinda.

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Some Detainees Are Drugged For Deportation

Immigrants Sedated Without Medical Reason

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Bush's legacy in pix.

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If we hired like we vote

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Things younger than John McCain

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Oliver Willis notes an important demographic:

John McCain has a clear lead among the delusional. EVERYBODY PANIC. WHAT WILL BARACK OBAMA DO TO APPEAL TO THE DELUSIONAL?–Oliver Willis

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Terrorism as a Tax

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Why your internet experience is slow

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Happy birthday, hobbitbabe

RIP Jerry Wallace, who sang "Primrose Lane," "Shutters and Boards," and other good rockabilly songs.

S.I. Hayakawa tells the story of a white man who was introduced to a woman with a Japanese name, made sure he was pronouncing it correctly, and then said, "I'm sure you find our names difficult, too. Mine is John-son," which was very polite, except that the woman had blonde hair, blue eyes, and a Japanese husband. These people aren't quite as stupid.

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Happy birthday, bort43, dhole, & pvincent

I have never liked "Myanmar"'s State Law and Order Restoration Council, and their current efforts to turn disaster into catastrophe remind me of a bit of verse I came up with years ago when they started arresting people for possession of ideas with intent to distribute:

Don't be a dork
Don't be a slave
Get rid of SLORC.
Myanmar Shave.

Hockey has its own David Hartwell.

The behavior of some animal species is brutal and disgusting, but there's no point in arguing with evolution (as someone should have pointed out to Ben Stein). If there must be media feeding frenzies, it should be Republican Bush's party politicians.

Not as many Evangelicals as we feared thought.

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But it's about drug testing.