BIBI, Torture For the Cure Edition
It’s been a while since we’ve needlessly argued an impossible hypothetical, no? Imagine a scientist discovers a cure for cancer. The efficacy of the drug at curing cancer is undeniable: it can quite literally...
Daily Archive: February 18, 2013
I’m having a hard time deciding which I find harder to believe…
… that Mississippi didn’t ratify the slavery-banning 13th Amendment until 1995, that after they did no one bothered turning in the paper work until just last week, that the only reason anyone thought to...
If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for the law
Ta-Nehisi recently wrote a post in which he boggled: In my twitter (and maybe in yours) and around the web, I keep hearing what I can only call an attempt to redeem Christopher Dorner’s...
This is Not Your Father’s Republican Party…Oh Wait, It Is.
Why does the GOP still act like it’s 1980?
Walking Dead Discussion Thread: S3 E10, “Home”
Spoiler Alert: Do not read this post or the comment section if you have not seen the show. Also, for those who have read the comics, please do not discuss plot elements not revealed...
Property Rights are Imaginary
For the first part of 2013, Canada has been in the grips of an existential crisis. The Idle No More movement saw Native Canadians voice their anger and frustration over centuries of abuse and...
