By Restless
“The treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilization of any country.”  - Winston Churchill
The United States currently incarcerates 738 people per 100,000 of population.  Europe’s average is 200 (The United Kingdom is 145).  Only Russia comes close at 603 per 100,000.
The U.S. is the only Democracy […]

From MSNBC.COM:
Japanese fleet heads off to hunt for humpbacks
Activists vow to disrupt first hunt for protected whales in decades
SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - A Japanese whaling fleet sailing toward waters off Antarctica to kill protected humpback whales was itself the target of a hunt Monday by environmental activists who vowed to disrupt the expedition.
Greenpeace said its protest […]

Now you know what little brothers are for. 

By Restless
Howard David Ludwig — affectionately nicknamed Bubba — received his state-issued Firearm Owner’s Identification Card two weeks ago.

Howard Ludwig was able to get his son Bubba a FOID card.
(Brett Roseman/Daily Southtown)

The wallet-size card arrived in the mail about a month after his dear ol’ dad correctly completed the online form and sent the $5 […]

Very Clever and Informative. (Thanks April!)

By Restless
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. –The Ninth Amendment
Last fall, I wrote about Justice Scalia’s idiotic interpretation of the constitution in regard to Roe v. Wade and the right to privacy (Scalia vs. de Tocqueville).
Now comes a book, addressing […]

By Restless
Vancouver psychotherapist Andrew Feldmar has been barred from entering the United States. The reason? During a random stop-and-search at a US/Canadian border crossing, a Google search of his name led to his article from the Spring 2001 ‘Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature, Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Psychology, and the Arts.’ In it […]

By Restless
I love internet radio. From the first, I would listen to stations outside the Bay Area (like kpig in Santa Cruz, jazz stations in San Diego and Tokyo, pirate radio outside the UK). Then there was live365, which allows individuals to broadcast and finally, pandora, which uses new software techniques to deliver tunes based on […]

The 2nd Amendment in the United States Bill of Rights…
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
My Question…
In 2007, does the USA really need to have a well regulated militia?   Don’t we have a United States […]

By Restless
When in school it seemed clear that the future of our country and the world was tilting toward a shorter work week, more leisure and play, more time to enjoy and to help others to enjoy the same. Some of that has happened but we are really still a long way away.
Happened onto Chris […]

I have Jury Duty this week, so apologies for the lack of posts by me over the next few days.
- Porter

By Restless
In the never-ending attempts to legislate morality, US & State representatives rush to pass complicated laws on all aspects of sexual behavior. Laws are passed with ever more draconian penalties attached. The Hang ‘Em High mentality that pervades the legal community (judges, DAs, legislators, governors, presidents), our adversarial form of jurisprudence, insures injustice. Two […]

 
From USATODAY.COM:
House easily passes anti-terror bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-terror legislation sailed through the House on Tuesday, the first in a string of measures designed to fulfill campaign promises made by Democrats last fall.
Patterned on recommendations of the commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks, the far-reaching measure includes commitments for inspection of all cargo carried […]

Bravo to Matthew LeClair for blowing the whistle on his idiot teacher,  the guy should be canned and kicked out of the teachers union.
Read the entire New York Times article below,  the teacher went as far as to tell a Muslim student they were going to go to hell.  
We don’t need ilk like this in our public […]