(Now-Republican) Alabaman[***] legislature strikes blow for individual liberty.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  May 8th at 02:00 PM  | 

Legalizing homebrewing, of course. The Alabama Senate tonight gave final passage to the homebrewing bill, possibly ending Alabama’s status as the only state in which homebrewing is still illegal. “Alabama is literally the last state that makes homebrew legal, assuming the governor signs it,”said Sen. Bill Holtzclaw,R-Madison. The Alabama legislature was, of course, controlled by the Democratic party until the historic elections of 2010; homebrewing | Read More »

Reflections of a potential drone strike target

By: John Hayward  |  March 7th at 12:05 PM  | 

I don’t want to sound alarmist, but at the moment I’m a potential target for drone strikes, and so are you.  I’d really like to be formally and unambiguously taken off the list, unless due process is conducted following the discovery of evidence that I belong there.  A simple “No, the President will not send robots to kill you” would suffice, but the current “we | Read More »

Eye In The Sky. DHS to Monitor More of the Internet.

By: Repair_Man_Jack (Diary)  |  April 15th at 11:30 AM  | 

I am the eye in the sky Looking at you I can read your mind I am the maker of rules Dealing with fools I can cheat you blind – “Eye In The Sky” – Alan Parsons Project (HT:Sing365.com) There was a point pretty soon after the 9-11 attacks, where I used to get in a lot of arguments with other Conservatives. Something about the | Read More »

Liberty Erodes Through the Young.

By: Brian Wilson (Diary)  |  March 1st at 06:06 AM  | 

No one likes child abusers. Before the Supreme Court decided to codify in our Constitution the European notion that child molesters should suffer repeated rape in prison rather than be put to death, Louisiana made child molestation a death penalty offense. However, as any conservative knows, “for the children” is a codeword for “this is going to hurt.” Anyone who watched daycare workers and parents | Read More »