I’m not sure what happened. I completely lost the desire to write anything here, and my blogging here came to a full stop for a month and a half. My life has been full of other focuses lately, and Right to Bleed has moved to the back of my mind. Over the last few days, [...]
Picture teenagers as young as 13 years old, screaming “Put your hands up!” and “Separate your feet!” while carrying airsoft guns and practicing such scenarios as chasing illegal border crossers, taking down terrorists, facing campus mass-murderers, or raiding a marijuana field.
According to the recent NYT article Scouts Train to Fight Terrorists, and More by Jennifer [...]
A collection of links that are interesting to me, but didn’t make the cut for full-blown commentary:
Have you read the article Deadly Force at the Washington Post? Read the whole thing, every single word, and think about who the victims are in the War on Drugs. (Answer: all of us.)
An interesting Zero Waste project in [...]
I like clever little lists that validate choices I’ve made. I ran across this one recently: The 10 Most Successful Potheads on the Planet. I don’t even like pot and haven’t smoked it in a long time, but I strongly support those who do and support and end to drug prohibition. One of the stepping [...]
A study shows that when local governments have a downturn in revenue, the number of traffic tickets issued increases. Big surprise, right?
I guess this may seem like a small thing to get upset about. Traffic tickets are just part of the way it is, right? Joshua gets a ticket every couple of years or so, [...]
The Atlanta case of 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston received a lot of press - she was killed by police when they illegally entered her home, which led to a big cover up by the cops. The Agitator had the best headline about the cops’ trial, which just came to a close:
Tearful Atlanta Cops Express Remorse for [...]
This headline seemed exciting to me: Mobile Phones to Serve as Doctors in Developing Countries. I imagine people without access to doctors being able to call one up and get ideas for treatment that they can do themselves.
The article mentions several ways cell phones are being used to facilitate heath care goals in countries where [...]
