As you may recall if you've been paying attention, the War on Bikers is a close cousin of the War on Drugs and the War on Terror.
In fact, you may be forgiven for assuming all those wars have seamlessly melded into one war.
Here's a rare spot of good news for the MC community; five Hells Angels have walked on murder and conspiracy charges, due to a Quebec judge getting totally pissed off that matters have been dragging on since 2009. The same judge threw out lesser charges against another 31 bikers four years ago. All the charges came out of a major anti-biker investigation that culminated in 156 arrests back in 2009.
For the folks ensnared in the Waco farce, this is a good-news bad-news story. The good news is that some semblance of justice may eventually prevail. The bad news is that these guys had this shit hanging over their heads for six years.
So if you're aghast that the worthies in McLennan County have managed to drag their feet for six months, they can obviously drag things out a lot longer.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Big Steve poops pants in paroxysm of rage as Zunera Ishaq becomes a Canadian
The think tank here at Falling Downs believes Zunera Ishaq is already a model Canadian - one who will fight for her rights!
One who will not be cowed by a bullying Prime Minister who used the full weight of the state to trample those rights. And how Canadian of her to head to Timmies for a double-double right after the ceremony!
From one immigrant to another, a warm welcome to Canada, Ms. Ishaq!
One who will not be cowed by a bullying Prime Minister who used the full weight of the state to trample those rights. And how Canadian of her to head to Timmies for a double-double right after the ceremony!
From one immigrant to another, a warm welcome to Canada, Ms. Ishaq!
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Urban Outfitters offers employees opportunity to work for free!
Hey, you don't get a chance to do that everyday!
Well, actually lots of folks do. The publishing industry and the advertising biz are chock full of unpaid interns. Then there's the 70% of university faculty known as "adjunct professors" who are working for something right next to free.
So I guess Urban Outfitters isn't exactly tilling virgin soil here.
But, I suspect it's gonna work out swell for them. Lots of employees will be keen to show their commitment to the organization. After all, who can be against "team building?"
Only somebody just begging to be "outsourced," that's who...
This is more or less the other bookend for those folks who proclaim that raising the minimum wage would hurt poor people.
Be a team-builder; work for free!
Those black folks on the plantations weren't slaves; they were team-builders!
Well, actually lots of folks do. The publishing industry and the advertising biz are chock full of unpaid interns. Then there's the 70% of university faculty known as "adjunct professors" who are working for something right next to free.
So I guess Urban Outfitters isn't exactly tilling virgin soil here.
But, I suspect it's gonna work out swell for them. Lots of employees will be keen to show their commitment to the organization. After all, who can be against "team building?"
Only somebody just begging to be "outsourced," that's who...
This is more or less the other bookend for those folks who proclaim that raising the minimum wage would hurt poor people.
Be a team-builder; work for free!
Those black folks on the plantations weren't slaves; they were team-builders!
Putin attacks Iran
Turn off the news for an hour, and whoopsie, you missed another bout of Putin's aggression!
Sure, those missiles were meant for Syria...
But we all know, don't we, after being told and told and told again about Putin's plans for world domination by our mainstream news providers, that nothing Putin says is ever true.
Whereas every pronouncement from the White House or the Pentagon or the 101 bag-licking beltway think-tanks is the bona-fide gospel truth!
So what's Putin really up to here?
Obviously, with his recent invasion of Syria and last year's conquest of Ukraine already feathers in his cap, he's going after Iran next!
What I don't understand is why this would concern the Nations of Virtue? After all, we've been fantasizing about dropping missiles on Iran for decades!
So, even if those Russian missiles landing in Iran were nothing more than an accident, it's an accident that should be roundly applauded by the West.
Even if those stray missiles managed to miss any wedding parties out there in the Iranian boonies.
Sure, those missiles were meant for Syria...
But we all know, don't we, after being told and told and told again about Putin's plans for world domination by our mainstream news providers, that nothing Putin says is ever true.
Whereas every pronouncement from the White House or the Pentagon or the 101 bag-licking beltway think-tanks is the bona-fide gospel truth!
So what's Putin really up to here?
Obviously, with his recent invasion of Syria and last year's conquest of Ukraine already feathers in his cap, he's going after Iran next!
What I don't understand is why this would concern the Nations of Virtue? After all, we've been fantasizing about dropping missiles on Iran for decades!
So, even if those Russian missiles landing in Iran were nothing more than an accident, it's an accident that should be roundly applauded by the West.
Even if those stray missiles managed to miss any wedding parties out there in the Iranian boonies.
General Hillier is right!
Wasn't that long ago that I couldn't imagine agreeing with Hillier on anything.
In fact, we've been a little harsh on Hillier in the past.
Real harsh.
But times change. People change... some people learn from their mistakes.
I'm beginning to believe General Hillier could very well be one of them.
Here he is today tying the refugee crisis to ISIS. He claims ISIS must be "decapitated."
America and her so-called coalition have been playing footsie with ISIS for more than a year with their bombing campaign. Far from decapitating them, they seem to be more interested in ensuring that ISIS gets the weapons they're constantly dropping for those imaginary "moderate" rebels.
You'd almost think that they were, in spite of the rhetoric, actually supporting ISIS in the interests of regime change in Syria.
That would explain the howls of indignation that have arisen in the past week as Putin decided to help the US coalition with their battle against terrorism.
In fact, we've been a little harsh on Hillier in the past.
Real harsh.
But times change. People change... some people learn from their mistakes.
I'm beginning to believe General Hillier could very well be one of them.
Here he is today tying the refugee crisis to ISIS. He claims ISIS must be "decapitated."
America and her so-called coalition have been playing footsie with ISIS for more than a year with their bombing campaign. Far from decapitating them, they seem to be more interested in ensuring that ISIS gets the weapons they're constantly dropping for those imaginary "moderate" rebels.
You'd almost think that they were, in spite of the rhetoric, actually supporting ISIS in the interests of regime change in Syria.
That would explain the howls of indignation that have arisen in the past week as Putin decided to help the US coalition with their battle against terrorism.
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Harvard debate team gets beat up by convicts
And I'm not talking about what you're thinking about... no, those Harvard dweebs didn't get beat up in an alley off Quincy Street; they got beat in a debate!
There's a story that should shake up some stereotypes!
On the other hand, there's more to this story than meets the eye...
First off, I'm guessing the cons had way more time available for practice.
Secondly, this upset is due to what many refer to as America's "prison crisis."
What crisis?
Sure, America may lead the world in the rate of incarcerating (mostly black) twenty year olds who sold a quarter ounce of weed to a narc, but without that massive talent pool, this story would never have been possible!
There's a story that should shake up some stereotypes!
On the other hand, there's more to this story than meets the eye...
First off, I'm guessing the cons had way more time available for practice.
Secondly, this upset is due to what many refer to as America's "prison crisis."
What crisis?
Sure, America may lead the world in the rate of incarcerating (mostly black) twenty year olds who sold a quarter ounce of weed to a narc, but without that massive talent pool, this story would never have been possible!
While have-not states like Kentucky are burning their grow-ops, have-more states like Washington and Colorado are taxing them
This photo-essay at Bloomberg is ironic on several levels.
First off, it's got great thought-provoking photos like this one;
Yup, that's a law-enforcement official dousing a pile 'o pot with gasoline, the better to set it aflame.
Dude! If you wanna burn weed, stick it in a pipe or something!
What a waste!
So here's some food for thought. Have you ever thought that the reason some states (like, just to arbitrarily pick a couple of high-performance states out of the air at random; Colorado and Washington) habitually show up at the high end of the quality-of-life indices, and other states (again, completely random; Kentucky and West Virginia) habitually show up at the bottom, might have something to do with the average IQ of the denizens of those states?
Now I don't mean to offend my relations in Kentucky, but they got a lot of somewhat dopey folks among them, which I think might be at least partially the result of a) cousins marrying cousins, and b) marrying at age 15.
Meanwhile, over in your have-more states of Colorado and Washington, instead of spending money fighting the weed 'o wisdom, they're MAKING money taxing it! Oddly enough, these states also vastly out-perform the have-nots in educational achievement etc.
Coincidence?
I think not...
This is what Darwin was talking about.
First off, it's got great thought-provoking photos like this one;
Yup, that's a law-enforcement official dousing a pile 'o pot with gasoline, the better to set it aflame.
Dude! If you wanna burn weed, stick it in a pipe or something!
What a waste!
So here's some food for thought. Have you ever thought that the reason some states (like, just to arbitrarily pick a couple of high-performance states out of the air at random; Colorado and Washington) habitually show up at the high end of the quality-of-life indices, and other states (again, completely random; Kentucky and West Virginia) habitually show up at the bottom, might have something to do with the average IQ of the denizens of those states?
Now I don't mean to offend my relations in Kentucky, but they got a lot of somewhat dopey folks among them, which I think might be at least partially the result of a) cousins marrying cousins, and b) marrying at age 15.
Meanwhile, over in your have-more states of Colorado and Washington, instead of spending money fighting the weed 'o wisdom, they're MAKING money taxing it! Oddly enough, these states also vastly out-perform the have-nots in educational achievement etc.
Coincidence?
I think not...
This is what Darwin was talking about.
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