Current Affairs


The TSA Can’t Tell an Insulin Pump From a Gun

I don't like to let more than a couple of weeks go by without pointing out how pointless and incompetent the TSA is, and so at least for that purpose it's lucky that its employees do dumb things so frequently….


Feinstein Bill a Great Step Forward for the Illusion of Civil Rights

While most people were getting ready for New Year's, President Obama was happily signing the National Defense Authorization Act (as Jonathan Turley discusses here). As you may recall, the NDAA contains a hilarious provision that requires anyone accused of terrorism to be detained…



How Not to Respond to an Allegation

This way: [Herman Cain] was then asked, “Have you ever been accused, sir, in your life of harassment by a woman?” He breathed audibly, glared at the reporter and stayed silent for several seconds. After the question was repeated three times, he…


BREAKING: Libyan Rebels Have Seized Qaddafi’s Hat

Muammar Qaddafi himself is still on the loose, but it seems clear that he has lost his grip on power now that some joker is running around wearing his special hat:   The reporter (on the left, in the helmet)…


German Police: Body Scanners Are Useless

After a ten-month test of the same scanners currently irritating many U.S. travelers, German federal police have concluded that they aren't worth using. This appears to be largely because, according to the report, the scanners "triggered an unnecessary alarm in…


CASEY ANTHONY LATEX RUBBER MASK FOR SALE [Updated]

Just a few hours left to get in your bid on this horrifyingly realistic Casey Anthony mask, now being offered on eBay: Halloween is only a few months away. Forget Freddy, Jason, [Michael] Meyers [sic], here's your chance to scare…


Saudi Creeps Arrest Female Drivers

As I mentioned last month, the arrest of Manal al-Sherif for Driving While Female led Saudi activists to set June 17 as a day on which other women would also go out and drive around, to show solidarity and protest the…


Saudi Women Planning to Drive on June 17

The one country on the planet that does not allow women to drive may soon have a big traffic jam on its hands, if a planned protest goes forward on June 17. That’s the day that activists have set for…