No Sympathy for the Devils

Via Crooks&Liars comes this story of Georgia inmates staging a “strike” and demanding ”getting paid for their work, better nutrition, better medical care and more educational opportunities.”

While I’m certainly against “cruel & unusual punishment,” taking away their cigarettes and not paying union dues for laundry labor is a far cry from having to pound rocks on the chain gang 18 hours a day.  These are not the cream of society, they are people convicted of crimes against society.  Prison is supposed to be punishment, not a model for a new society. 

OT: The commenters on the C&L article really need to get a grip on their comparisons to “Slave Labor.”  Slaves have no rights, if you recall, and could be murdered by their masters without recourse, without cause.  These prisoners made a choice at one time or another that earned them the title of criminal.  These prisoners committed crimes (cause) and have been through the trial process (their path to recourse, should they be innocent).  If they were slaves they’d be hung or shot or worse simply for being “uppity.”  Slaves never had a choice, or a chance to redeem themselves through conduct, free education, training, etc. 

Taking away cigarettes isn’t cruel & unusual.  Burning the name of your crime onto your forehead with lit cigarettes, like a permanent “Scarlet Letter,” now that would be more like it.

Ya Gotta Keep Warm!

Only a month ago we had snow on the ground here in Vermont.  Today we’re sweating to death in the middle of a very humid heat wave, and what should I see but a headline about the incipient onset of winter in Antarctica:

Antarctica base gets 16,500 condoms before darkness

Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them. . .

About 125 scientists and staff are stationed at McMurdo base, the largest community in Antarctica, during the winter months when there is constant darkness.

16,500 condoms, divided by 125 (and now, you see, THAT assumes that it’s an all male, homosexual base) equals 132 condoms per person.  Not per couple, but per person. 

When will they be doing their research? 

Welcome To “People Who Do Not Learn 101″

Some language NSFW. 

As this blog continues to fend off its assault from perverts of the double-digit IQ persuasion, I continue to get emails at the Contact Me! page from those who are really scraping the bottom of that barrel.  If you notice, I put the following disclaimer on the Contact Me! page in order to fend off the idiot emails:

 It’s a sad, sad thing that I have to put this note here, but:

Attention all of you morons who were directed here in your search for some slut: GET OFF MY BLOG!!!

If you use this to attempt to contact Heidi, I WILL PUBLISH YOUR EMAIL INFORMATION FOR THE WORLD–AND YOUR WIFE–TO SEE!

The rest of the you may contact Jamie from Imustbedreaming using the form below. 

Ah, me and my wishful thinking.  Some people don’t learn, and so their email addresses become fodder for the masses.  Hey, they’ve been warned.  Without further ado, here’s someone who should make you feel oh-so-much-better about yourself: (Click pic to view larger size)

I have no idea if she’s real or not, but, as I clearly pointed out, I’m not her.  So why would you send ME the email complaining that she’s a “cunt?” 
Here’s hoping your wife notices your email address, buddy.

Quote of the Day

“My personal feeling is that the discrimination and fear of the human body is one of greatest discriminations there is,” said Richard Cummings, a 63-year-old Seattle resident and member of the Body Freedom Collaborative. “The film and magazine industries have tried to make nudism equal sex. It is not. It is a state of undress.”

You have got to be f-ing kidding me. 

Invasion Of The Penis Snatchers

Just when I start to think people can’t get any more nuts:

Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

The funny part:

Purported victims, 14 of whom were also detained by police, claimed that sorcerers simply touched them to make their genitals shrink or disappear. . .

Huh.  Perez Hilton has been to the Congo?  *snark*

No, seriously, the funniest part is the picture that appeared to the right of the headline: “Penis Theft Panic Hits City . .” (Click the pic to see the funny)

Find that kid!