Molyneux made a funny.

Stef reads an article from the Economist. There is a Class 3 beverage warning in effect. You have been warned.

ATF takes toy guns. No, this isn’t from The Onion

In news so weird that The Onion couldn’t come up with it, the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms seized 30 toy guns from an Oregon business. Next week I guess they’ll be taking candy cigarettes.

Complex systems, and the death of empires

An interesting article over at Agora Telegraph. It suggests that complex systems can often react in what appears to be a disproportionate manner to small stimuli. Could the US Government collapse overnight, like the Soviets before them?

Insane Sex Crimes

Via FreeTalkLive.com

Here’s a story of a man who met a woman who lied about her age, had consensual sex, and wound up persecuted as a sex criminal. Insanity, just plain insanity.

Cops shoot neighbors dog during arrest.

Via FreeTalkLive.com

The police said the officer was acting responsibly when he shot the dog belonging to the neighbors of the person he was out to arrest. According to witnesses the dog wasn’t even barking.