Did You Know that DUI Checkpoints Are Illegal in 12 States?

For the uninitiated, DUI checkpoints, also known as sobriety checkpoints, are roadblocks set up by the police under the auspices of catching for drunk drivers. Yes, the kind of thing you expect to encounter during a manhunt when a serial killer escapes from prison or maybe when a child is…

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‘Bully’ Problems: The MPAA Gives A Scarlet ‘R’ To A Thoughtful Documentary : Monkey See : NPR

‘Bully’ Problems: The MPAA Gives A Scarlet ‘R’ To A Thoughtful Documentary : Monkey See : NPR Unbelievable! The R rating is for language. The rating is about swear words. If the swear words get bleeped, they’ll change it. The MPAA is saying, whether they would put it in these…

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Service Animals: Yes, You Do Have to Let Them in Whether You Like it or Not.

Full disclosure? I think that people who try to turn away people with service animals are assholes. Major assholes. Special place in Hell assholes. I am also not so stupid, rigid, or naïve as to think that there aren’t special circumstances, as in the rare unruly service animal causing a…

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Slaughtering Wolves to Save Caribou in Canada from Starving?

No, they aren’t competing for food (obviously). And starving isn’t the only problem the caribou face. Their habitat is being destroyed. That includes problems with their food source, but also causes other problems leading to population decline. You can read about the nasty details here. So the caribou habitat is…

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Want to Send Your Parents to Jail? Show Up Late for School a Whole Bunch of Times.

OK. I could have said “frequently” or “on a regular basis” but I chose “a whole bunch of times” because I love the line in Freeway when Vanessa (Reese Witherspoon) asks Bob (Kiefer Sutherland) if he wants to get shot “a whole bunch of times.” I don’t know if that…

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CBGB?

About a week or so ago I was coming across stories that there are rumors of CBGB reopening, or something. It was all very mysterious and very vague, but it got my attention. CBGB club facade, Bowery St, New York City. Photograph by Adam Di Carlo, taken 10/1/2005. Now I’m…

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