Impending tipping wank in 3...

... arrested for "theft of services". "The pub, which was very busy that night, took the $73, but then called the cops, who treated the matter as a theft." Besides the arrest, the waitress had charged them 22% gratuity instead of the 18% which the students balked at as well. Edit: Those of you hungry for tipping wank, head over to this post over at ontd_political and dig in.

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...Sidetrackedery, n.: the weird, interesting, and/or fun stuff I find via my ever-behindness in my LJ flist, from Twitter, emails, going back through friends' LJs, and elsewhere. From @ontd_political to afa_dad to liberal to this: How to win the Gay Rights War . (The answer: wait a generation.) Epic health care debate commentary pwnage is epic. From a_tergo_lupi , ...

114.

....com) From the above link, The First Ten Lies from Going Rogue . (from huffingtonpost.com) Duuuuuude. From yukitheawesome , Steampunk 'Epic Mickey' game on its way . (from ontd_political ) This beautiful poem posted by exceptindreams : Facing It by Yusef Komunyakaa. Yeah, pretty much. From @HumanityCritic, "Learn To Speak Tea Bag" (from npr.org; warning: ...

In response to the news article "Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages" lavenderfrost exclaims OMG WHERE'S JON STEWART?? WE NEED COMMENTARY! and then strikes a dramatic pose and utters... Two ideologies, not alike in dignity, in Fair Texas, where we lay our scene. From ancient argument springs forth new lulz, where civil fuckups make civil hands look ...

For the love of....!

... actually, I can't find words to describe this. I think the link says it all. Gay Puerto Rican Teen Decapitated, Dismembered, and Burned "The police agent that is handling this case said on a public televised statement that 'people who lead this type of lifestyle need to be aware that this will happen'." I'm aware this is a few days old piece of news, and that these kinds of things ...

Update on Burned Teenager: Slowly Recovering

Just thought you would like to hear an update on the teenager who was set on fire by his 'friends'. Exclusive: Burned Teen's Parents Speak Of Recovery MIAMI (CBS4) ― It's been five weeks since 15-year-old Michael Brewer suffered burns over two-thirds of his body after five other teens doused him in rubbing alcohol and set him on fire in a dispute over money, according to BSO detectives. ...

A Follow up to that whole 'Librarians fired for protecting the children!!1!' story...

Remember that story about the two Kentucky librarians being fired for refusing to let an 11 year old to check out Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume IV: The Black Dossier? Seems there's a bit more to the story than originally mentioned in the news, and Neil Gaiman recently discussed in his blog, when answering a reader question (bolding is mine): Someone wrote to ...

Fried Endings

suitablyemoname on still legal methods of execution in certain US states: " "Your grandpa got fried on Yellow Mama" has a certain ring to it. "Your grandpa was injected with three substances plus an anaesthetic, and passed away quietly at some unspecified point in the next three to ten minutes" doesn't." QWP Ohnotheydi-int (political)

Let me reiterate

Well, I was well & truly excoriated for saying that if an anti-abortion got some kind of public health plan passed, then good. Fine. I'm not happy with this plan either. I wanted actual single-payer, I got a system with an effective head tax starting at 400% of the poverty line. But it's better than nothing. It's a step forward. It's a move in the direction of what people in this country ...

Bachmann calls Christians to violence.

... of church and state. [The language they're using is the language of hatred and violence. How long before atheists end up beaten and left on the roadside for dead? Bachmann and her ilk thrive on stoking fear and loathing in the shallow minds of the knuckle-draggers. How long before a few get together and decide to go on a killin' spree for gawd?] Crossposted to ontd_political .