Bouf the philosophical stoner libertarian Congressional candidate

Meet Jeffrey Brian Bouffard. He says most folks just call him “Bouf”, though.Bouf is quite the stoner, it would appear. He is also running as a Libertarian for the 15th District seat in the US House of Representatives.
Here’s his autobiography, taken from his website:
Born Poughkeepsie, NY, 24 January 1973.
Grew up in Newington, CT, a [...]

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First cannon fired in Rongate as Phillies calls for resignation of LNC Members

After reading this statement from Dr. George Phillies, an MIT-educated physicist who has declared his Libertarian candidacy for president, I have to say he makes a very convincing argument for the resignation of Libertarian National Committee members.
Without further ado, here is Dr. Phillies’ statement:
Some fellow Libertarians say I am too soft-spoken and gentle in my [...]

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Real-life “Zoo Tycoon” freakout

Years ago, I had a computer game called “Zoo Tycoon”. Players would make a zoo from scratch, and the idea was to ensure that all the animals were in their proper habitat, upkeep fencing, etc. You would get money for new animals and upgrades/upkeep by having a zoo nice enough that people would [...]

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Hannah Montana contest winner’s questionable essay

For those of you who aren’t familiar with kid stuff (don’t feel bad, I’m usually not either nowadays since my child is grown), an uber-popular concert tour right now is “Hannah Montana”. That’s a character on television, incidentally.
The young lady who plays Hannah Montana is a talented young singer named Miley Cyrus (the daughter [...]

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Kent McManigal ready to re-enter LP presidential race?

From Kent’s blog:
Thursday, December 27, 2007

The Libertarian Party and Its Candidates
I can’t help feeling that I am still the best Libertarian candidate out there. I still intend to write in my own name unless Ron Paul somehow gets the Republican nomination. Then I may have a crisis. In a good way. I am sure [...]

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Christine Smith’s connection to known frauds

Christine Smith wrote a Christmas message in which she also posted some photos of herself playing in the snow; I’ve posted one at left which looks particularly presidential. Or not.
Now, I could say a lot about that Christmas message, but Thomas Sipos, the Libertarian Peacenik, pretty much said it all in his entry titled [...]

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Hall and Oates: Wait For Me (Live)

This one is for my friend (you know who you are, LOL) who always claims that Hall and Oates (more specifically, Daryl Hall) can’t sing.  Go ahead and look smug for a couple of minutes, because the proof is near the end.

I do believe you now owe me five bucks.  [...]

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Ron Paul & the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Ron Paul recently stated, in response to a question, that he does not believe in the theory of evolution.

I guess this still leaves open the possibility that he believes in the omnipotence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Either that, or he believes the earth is only 6000 years old, [...]

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Man kills teen, claims he thought boy was part of a KKK lynch mob (w/update)

John White of Riverhead, New York, was convicted by a jury of killing Daniel Cicciaro.
White is a grown man, whereas Cicciaro was a teenager. More to the point in this case, White is black, while Cicciaro was white.
Normally I wouldn’t note someone’s race, since it’s irrelevant. However, Mr. White’s defense was based upon race.
Apparently [...]

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Taxing morality: Strip Club edition

Strip clubs in Texas are all riled up over a $5 per head “pole tax” on entrance into their establishments. Most of the proceeds will go to help rape victims; it is unknown where the rest will go. It is estimated that the new tax will raise about $40 million per year.
While helping [...]

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Dying for insurance

Nataline Sarkasyan, a 17-year-old girl in California, developed leukemia. She received a bone-marrow transplant from her brother, but developed a complication which caused her liver to fail.
On December 11th, her doctors at UCLA Medical Center (consistently rated as one of the top three hospitals in the country) sent a letter to her insurance [...]

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In ‘08, Liberty Decides to permit wealthy candidates to rig the competition

The Libertarian Party has started a new fundraising campaign called “Liberty Decides ‘08“. Basically, all Libertarian presidential candidates who have met certain guidelines (age-qualified, member of the LP, filed with the FEC, and raise at least $5000 for ballot access) are listed for competition (with one exception, since Dr. George Phillies chose to decline [...]

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Tabloids and the stalkerazzi

The celebrity tabloid site TMZ (which also has a new television show) has recently started showing live feeds. Usually those feeds are set up at a busy intersection, where those with no lives of their own can sit all day and try to spot celebrities walking by.
Today, they set up another live feed …. [...]

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Auto mechanics from hell

My son had a new starter installed in his car last week. A couple of days later, the car started acting very strangely. It wouldn’t start, the alarm kept going off, the headlights would mysteriously come on when he turned the key to the off position. You get the idea, the car [...]

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Antipsychotics being prescribed for babies and toddlers

It is a disturbing trend, and apparently quite trendy in Florida, for doctors (pediatricians in particular) to prescribe antipsychotic medication to children under the age of five. Some of those children are age zero, which of course means that they are infants.
However, there is no proof that psychosis can be diagnosed at all in children [...]

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Disparity in prosecution for teen sex

The recent announcement of the pregnancy of Britney Spears’ 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn, the star of Nickelodeon’s “Zoey 101″, has sparked a controversy. Jamie Lynn has said the father is her boyfriend of two and a half years, 19-year-old Casey Aldridge (who, quite amusingly to me, she met at church). That means he [...]

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Jake Porter named Phillies campaign Chief of Staff

I’d like to congratulate my friend Jake Porter on his new position. I’m sure he will do a fantastic job.

George Phillies for President 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 18, 2007
Phillies Campaign Expands Lead Staff
The Phillies 2008 Campaign announced the appointment of Charles Wilhoit as Campaign Chairman, Jake Porter as Chief of Staff, Jeff Wartman as National Mobilization [...]

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When witnesses need protection

CNN has published a story about witness protection problems in the state of Colorado.
No national statistics on crimes against witnesses exist, and minimal research has been conducted on the subject. The latest National Institute of Justice survey on record — conducted more than a decade ago — shows that more than half of big [...]

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Some of Reuter’s best photos

An alligator had just bitten off the arm of the veterinarian treating it at the zoo.

Yes, this is exactly what it looks like. This man paints portraits using his penis as a brush.

I’m a fan of mummies, and this one is the coolest ones I’ve ever seen.

The annual “Running of the Santas” in Paris. [...]

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Dan Fogelberg RIP

Singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg died today, at the age of 56. He announced in 2004 that he had advanced prostate cancer.
I was a fan, I have to admit. Not a frothing-at-the-mouth kind of fan, but the kind who’d sit in the car with the motor running, if one of his songs came on the [...]

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Wacky Presidential candidates

One of my favorite blogs is “Whitey and the Professor“. The Professor has been doing a series of articles on presidential candidates; thus far he has covered the third parties and the Democrats, including many candidates who are so obscure that even I haven’t heard of them.
In the immortal words of the late great [...]

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The pursuit of happiness

I recently read a personal blog of a woman I know online. I have reproduced it, with grammatical and punctuation errors corrected for easier reading:
Some days I want to know why I should get up at all. I know I do so because of my child, but everything in my life is so [...]

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Now for some good news: Lakshmi is going home!

Two-year-old Lakshmi Tatma, an Indian girl born with a parasitic twin which caused her to have four arms and four legs, has been released from the hospital in apparently excellent condition. While she had never been able to stand or even to roll over prior to the surgery, she is now doing both. [...]

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Payday loans = legal loan sharking?

Payday loans are increasingly common in many states. In at least one state, there are more payday loan establishments than there are fast-food restaurants. However, is taking a payday loan a good idea?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — At the East Side Organizing Project in Cleveland, six home owners recently went in for group foreclosure [...]

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Locked-in syndrome

Imagine that you cannot move. You cannot speak. You are fully conscious, but the only parts of your body which move upon your command are your eyes.
Then imagine that, even though you are completely paralyzed with the exception of your eyes, you can feel everything. You might get an itch which [...]

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Megan Meier case through the eyes of a racist

I get alerts on particular news stories, which allow me to keep up with the latest on issues I’m watching. I set up an alert for “Megan Meier”, and of course most of what I receive is the same information rehashed over and over again.
Today, I got an alert taking me to what appears [...]

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Audioslave/Soundgarden singer terrorized by lunatics

From TMZ (emphasis mine):
Audioslave Singer Allegedly Stalked By Man With Gun
TMZ has obtained court documents outlining a terrifying series of events that have left former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell and his family in terror. Cornell is seeking a restraining order against a man who they say was hired to do the dirty work [...]

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Drew Peterson asks for donations

Drew Peterson, the former Chicago cop suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife and in the murder of his third wife, set up a website asking for donations for his legal defense. He said he should not go broke defending himself. At the same time, Peterson has not been charged with anything [...]

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David Spates: hilarious YouTube news commentator

David Spates is a comedian who posts videos on YouTube. He has a YouTube series he calls “Talkin’ With Dave”. Basically he gives his own hilarious opinion about popular news issues, while sitting on the toilet. Give this guy his own television show!
I have to admit, I enjoy his videos so much [...]

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The Salvia Controversy

Salvia Divinorum, also known as “Diviner’s Sage” is a plant which also happens to be a potent hallucinogen. It has for years been purchased by those seeking a legal high, whether in head shops or over the internet. However, although it is far less dangerous than many other substances, both legal and [...]

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New entry on “Megan Had It Coming”

All previous entries have been removed on the “Megan Had It Coming” blog (but not to worry, I posted them here, just scroll down if you missed them) and have been replaced by the following.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
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Just exactly how dishonest is George W Bush?

At this point, there should be no doubt in the mind of any intelligent person that George W. Bush has repeatedly lied and altered the truth to fit his own agenda. His “war on terror”, based on lies and prevarications, has resulted in the deaths of untold numbers of people – both Americans and [...]

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New ordinance against internet harassment to be used to protect Lori Drew?

The internet is abuzz after the Kansas City Star published an article, saying the first person to benefit from the new Dardenne Prairie, Missouri ordinance against internet harassment may be the adult female (Lori Drew), whose actions in tormenting a 13-year-old until she committed suicide, prompted the law in the first place.
This is based upon [...]

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Arrested for … salt?

Far be it from me to not give equal time. The other day, I wrote about a guy who allegedly found an unwrapped condom in his Burger King meal. Today, let’s take a look at some weirdness involving McDonald’s.
A McDonald’s employee was arrested, jailed and is facing criminal charges because a police [...]

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Christine Smith may bow out of LP presidential race

Christine Smith has announced that she is considering withdrawing from the Libertarian Party’s presidential race. It appears that she thinks libertarians will not accept her because she is a “principled, anti-statist, no-compromise articulate Libertarian”.
That’s not true. She is not being widely accepted because she has only been in the LP for a couple [...]

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Severely injured Iraq veterans must fight another war at home, for VA benefits

Meet Ty Ziegel. Just 25 years old, he was critically injured in Iraq by a suicide bomber. He was severely burned, lost part of his skull, half of his left arm, and most of the fingers from his remaining hand. He has a left lobe brain injury, is blind in his right [...]

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Swingin’ in the ‘burbs

Swingers’ clubs are not exactly new. However, they are being viewed in a new light by lawmakers.
In Duncanville, TX, Jim Trulock’s suburban home in an upscale neighborhood includes a sex room. In fact, most of his house has been set up to accommodate swingers, and his swinger parties attract as many as 100 [...]

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Has Burger King introduced some new CONDOMents?

Van Miguel Hartless, 24, of Fair Haven, Vermont, says he found an unwrapped condom on his Southwestern Whopper from Burger King. It’s unclear whether the condom had been used, but either way, I have to say GROSS!
Most of these types of claims turn out to be hoaxes. He has no record of filing [...]

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Say hello to a future serial killer

A 15-year old boy, while visiting someone else’s house whilst the owner was out for the evening, tortured their pet hamster to death. It took the poor animal a half hour to die.
He put it in the freezer, then tumbled it in a hot clothes dryer, then put it in a washing machine. [...]

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Drew family statement re Megan Meier

Paul Harris, a radio personality in St. Louis, has posted a statement issued by the Drews’ attorney.
This week, Prosecuting Attorney Jack Banas issued his report concerning the death of Megan Meier. His investigation included a review of all reports of law enforcement agencies involved with this case and interviews with several of the individuals involved. [...]

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Criminal justice in China

I have been invited to participate in a delegation of US criminal justice professionals to The People’s Republic of China. The delegation will explore criminal justice issues in that country, and will visit Shanghai, Guiyang and Beijing.
On the plus side, it would be a very interesting experience and a nice addition to my [...]

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CIA destroyed videographic proof of torture

Does this actually surprise anyone?
The Central Intelligence Agency in 2005 destroyed at least two videotapes documenting the interrogation of two Al Qaeda operatives in the agency’s custody, a step it took in the midst of Congressional and legal scrutiny about the C.I.A’s secret detention program, according to current and former government officials.
The videotapes showed agency [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Here’s me being a dancing elf.  LOL

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Bush lies. Again.

Bush continues to ignore the latest report about Iran’s nuclear program, claiming Iran is a serious nuclear threat, while simultaneously taking credit for the end of Iran’s nuclear program.
Huh?
Is it just me, or does that not make any sense at all?
The Bush administration has spent years warning that Iran’s development of nuclear power plants and [...]

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Were hospital patients euthanized due to Katrina?

Allegations have arisen that at least one doctor and two or more nurses gave patients fatal doses of morphine following Hurricane Katrina. Here is an excerpt of a news report:
Conversations summarized in the report include discussion about “putting patients out of their misery” in the wake of Katrina’s devastation. One doctor, according to [...]

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Darwin proven wrong

John Darwin, 57, was believed to have drowned after a March 2002 kayak accident in the North Sea. A massive search was undertaken. His body was never found, but his kayak and an oar washed ashore. He was pronounced dead by a coroner 13 months after his disappearance, and his wife collected [...]

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Local businesses report threats by Megan Meier supporters

Obviously, threatening people who are not directly involved is just plain wrong. I’m sure they had no idea what Lori Drew was doing. After all, if any reasonably responsible adults found out about it, they would have told the Meiers. That’s why Drew only told children and one barely-legal adult.
Rage [...]

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Authorities investigating “Megan Had It Coming” blog

Although the prosecutor announced yesterday that he had made a decision to not prosecute in the Megan Meier case, authorities are now investigating the “Megan Had It Coming” blog. They are trying to determine if it really was written by Lori Drew.
It’s a new twist in the story of the internet hoax that ended [...]

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Fun with killer names

Has anybody else noticed that a surprising number of men with the last name “Peterson” have recently killed their wives?
Of course there was Scott Peterson, who killed his eight months pregnant wife and their unborn child.
Now there is Drew Peterson, who allegedly killed his third wife (and almost got away with it) and allegedly killed [...]

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Another convicted sex offender allegedly kills a child

Arrest made in death of four-year-old boy.
This time, a 46-year-old sex offender, Cecil Eugene New II, has allegedly killed a 4-year-old boy, Cesar “Ivan” Aguilar-Cano.  The boy had disappeared from outside his apartment building in Louisville, and his body was found in the back of a trash truck.  Police say they could tell where the [...]

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